28 THE entomologist's record. 



which he attempts to deal. On the first page that we opened (vol. 

 xviii,, pi. 1) we find a newly-named form of Aporia ontaiyi. Surely 

 the diagnosis and figures of this var. aiujunta agree absolutely with 

 ab. suffum, ab. himdata, and ab. melana [Brit. Butts., pp. 226-227, 

 1896); then is not the Anthrocera trifolii ab. incarnata (xx., p. 15) 

 referable to ab. hitennedia, Nat. Hist. Brit. Lep., i., p. 487 (1899); 

 and how does Gramniesia tri(irammica var. crnbescens (xxi., pi. 6, fig. 11) 

 differ from ab. eridens, Brit. Noct., i., p. 141 (1891)? Or, how 

 does Xylophasia monoiih/plia var. sictda (xxi., p. 89) differ from 

 var. ohscura, Brit. Nuct., i., p. 73 ? And, why figure (xxi., pi. v., 

 figs. 4-5) Dasypolia teiiipli ab. ochravea, Brit. Xoct., iii., p. 50, 

 as the type of this species, the original description of which we 

 quote (op. cit., p. 50) ? And, again, does Count Turati suppose 

 for a moment that his pi. v., fig. 12 answers at all to Guenee's 

 description of Polia fiavicincta var. vicridiunalis (see Brit. Noct., 

 vol. iii., p. 48) ? w^hilst his figure of the type surely does not satisfy 

 the Fabrician description " fulvo punctatis ;" his \Siv.snblatea also should 

 be compared with what we have written of var. meridionalis [op. cit.). 

 In the Geometrids, too, the Count figures (pi. vi., fig. 42) as Heniero- 

 pliila fd)ri(ptaria var. theobromaria our ab. iinicolur, Ent. Bee, x., p. 172 

 (1898), and so on ad nauseam. 



We can only judge the Count's work oft'hand by what we are 

 really conversant with, and, if he does not attempt to check his own 

 studies in Avhat seems the simple matter of reference to the 

 better- known work relating to the species with which he is dealing, he 

 is surely courting failure ; nor is it fair to future workers that they 

 should have to unravel the Avholesale synonym}- that the Count appears 

 to be creating. 



With regard to the two new species of Paltearctic butterflies with 

 which the Count deals, much more evidence is wanted in support of both. 

 We have already stated our opinion that Autjiades faunus is only a form 

 of A. sylvanus (Nat. Hist. Brit. Lep., viii., p. 136), and the work we 

 have tested and dealt with above gives us no real confidence in accept- 

 ing An/i/nuis auresiana, Fruhst., as distinct. Fruhstorfer, who is in 

 possession of 1 ? only, and Turati oil S and 1 $ , received from Nissen, 

 of Mustapha, have no doubt whatever of its distinctness. We must 

 await further material and knowledge of the early stages. We shall 

 probably refer later to other conclusions put forward by Count Turati. 



It is with the greatest regret that we have to announce the death 

 of the Rev. Henry Charles Lang, M.D., Vicar of All Saint's Church, 

 Southend, at the age of 59, on December 20th. His only entomo- 

 logical work of importance. The Bntterjiies of Europe, was published in 

 1884, all that he has done since being comprised in magazine notes of 

 his holiday trips to various parts of the continent, useful so far as 

 additions to our knowledge of the geographical distribution of some of 

 the butterflies is concerned, but containing little in the way of observa- 

 tions on the habits of the insects recorded. Dr. Lang has been, how- 

 ever, in very indift'erent health for a considerable time, although the 

 sudden breakdown came rather as a shock to his friends. A short 

 time since, his collection of Palaearctic butterflies was dispersed at 

 Stevens' sale-rooms, but he was already busily engaged on the forma- 

 tion of another collection, and had made several trips abroad with this 

 object in view. Our deepest sympathies are offered to the widow in 

 her great trouble. 



