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ISLAND LIFE. 



[par r II. 



being found to equal the smallest English specimens ; so that 

 we must look upon it as dwarf race developed in the Island and 

 confined to it. 



The following moths also present definite peculiarities : 



1. Agrotis lucernea, var. This is of a grayish-black colour, with hardly any 



markings. All are alike, and are very distinct from the common type 

 of the species, which is abundant in Wales. 



2. Cirrhcedia xerampelina, var. This is much darker and more richly 



coloured than the English form, the yellow band being reduced to a 

 narrow line, sometimes a mere thread. This would doubtless be 

 regarded as a distinct species if it occurred with equal constancy in 

 some more remote island. 



3. Dianthcecia capsophila, var. This is an exceedingly dark and richly 



marked form of the Irish D. capsopJdla, itself a local variety, Mr. 

 Birchall thinks, of D. carpophaga. 



4. Dianthcecia ccesia, var. This is another dark form of a rare Irish and 



continental species. 



5. Tephrosia biundular ia, var. This is an exceedingly dark form, and differs 



so much from North of England specimens as to have all the appear- 

 ance of another species. Mr, Birchall has bred it from captured 

 parents, and finds that the produce is this dark form only. 



We will now pass on to the Coleoptera, or beetles, an order 

 which has been of late years energetically collected and 

 carefully studied by British entomologists. 



List of the Species of Beetles ivhicJi, so far as at present hnown^ are confined 

 to the British Islands. 



Carabid^. 



1. Dromius vectensis (Rye). Common in the Isle of Wight, not known 



elsewhere, 



2. *Harpalus latus, var. metallescens (Rye). Unique, but very marked ! 



South coast.. 



3. Stenolophus derelictus (Dawson). Unique ! North Kent. 



Helophorid^. 



4. *OcHTHEBius poweri (Rye). Very marked. S. coast. A few specimens 



only. 



BRACIfYELYTRA. 



5. •'^Aleochara HiBERNicA (Rye). Ireland. Mountain tops. 



6. -^OxYPODA RUPicoLA (Rye). Scotland. Mountain tops; several 



specimens. 



