68 THE entomologist's recohd. 



to clematis, as it is reported to be in the " Warren," but was disturbed 

 from the long grass. Acidalia humiliata, in thousands. It was to be 

 found over a large area of ground, covered with long grass and short 

 scrubby bushes of about two or three feet in height. From the grass 

 and bushes the specimens came out in swarms. I once thought this 

 was a rare insect on the Continent, my first two or three attempts to 

 get it proving failures ; but there is no doubt that in France and North 

 Italy it is abundant almost everywhere, and double-brooded. A. 

 (limidiata {scutulata), one or two specimens. A. oniata, not uncommon, 

 A. rubiginata (nibricata), fairly common on the same ground as L. 

 purjniraria and A. trahealu, but going over. This species is also 

 double-brooded in Southern France. A. straniinata was rare, but the 

 few obtained were disturbed by day. A. dilutaria [holosericata) was 

 common the last morning we were at Fontainebleau. I was glad to get 

 this insect again, and find the specimens much more like those 1 got 

 in the Tyrol {Ent. Eec, vol. vii., pp. 124-126) than the Bristol speci- 

 mens. Here, however, the specimens were only to be got by raking 

 at the bases of bushes forming the undergrowth of the wood, an ex- 

 ceedingly different locality from the grassy precipitous slope where it 

 occurred in the Tyrol, and on the Mendelstrasse, although at the latter 

 place it hid at the base of the bushes in the same way. A. wacilen- 

 taria, was not uncommon behind the chateau, but going over. It was a 

 new species in nature to me, and hence interesting. A. herbariata, 

 one specimen came to light at the hotel door. Hyria atiroraria, the 

 bright yellow and red form of the south of England, could be disturbed 

 at the close of the afternoon from the long grass in the wood, but was 

 exceedingly local. Besides these, we obtained a fair number of 

 Pseudoterpna pnunata, some very fine, and just emerged, resting on 

 the broom. A single specimen of Gcometra papilionaria, disturbed 

 from a small birch on one of the heaths ; a single specimen of Macaria 

 liturata, and one of Ellopia pnmipiana from the pines, whilst a single 

 Eupithecia plumheolata and one Emmelesia alhulata were disturbed from 

 the herbage, where Acidalia humiliata was so abundant. Bright yellow 

 Camptoyramma bilineata were abundant everywhere. 



Notes on the Yorkshire aberrations of Abraxas sylvata (ulmata). 



By SAMUEL WALKEH. 



As supplementing the notes by Messrs. Hewett and Tutt {ante, 

 vol. ix.,pp. 304-307) on these aberrations, the following observations may 

 be interesting. My first visit last year to search for the aberrations of 

 the species under notice was made on June 21st, and, although quite 

 a couple of miles of the wood was traversed by three of us, nothing 

 but forms with which we expected to meet were found. These con- 

 sisted of the very light form, which was in fair numbers, and the 

 " bone " or " greasy " aberration (ab. obscura), which was scarce ; the 

 species was, however, fairly well out, and no dwarfs were seen. A 

 week later (June 28th), the first really dark form (ab. si(fusa) turned 

 up, and from that date to July 13th, when I last visited the wood (I 

 found, so late as this date, three of the ab. suffma), the slaty-blue 

 aberrations were taken on each visit. The species was now evidently 

 disappearing fast, and was in a very worn condition. I understand 



