258 [November, 



despriberl by Herrieli-Schiilfer [Syst. Bpar. Sehmet. Eur., v, PI. SO, f. fi83 (1854), 

 p 238 (185fi)], from a single iiuliviflunl taken in tlie Breispau (P.aden) and reeeived 

 from Reulti. Re therefore returned theni a^ probably vef(>rable to ninrginatfUn, 

 H.-S., but. in tbe absence of undoubted exponents of the latter for comparison, the 

 question, unfortunately, cannot be definitely settled at present. 



In Staudinnrer and Rebel's " Catalo<j " (No. :'71'i), the latter author, followin£ 

 Heincmann and Wocke [Schmet. Deutsch. u. d. Sehweiz, Tin., 557, No. 8fi3 (187fi)], 

 entered C. marfjixateUa, H.-S., as synonymous with C. alhico<.tena, T)up., but Lord 

 Walfiingham informs me that for some time past he has been aware that these two 

 species are distinct. 



The followinf; deseri|)tion that I recently made from Canon Crutt well's four 

 examples of this Scottish Cohophora, of which the sexes are alike in colour, may 

 be of interest to t hose who study the Tineina : — 



Exp. al., 12 — 14 mm. 



Antennpe white, conspicuously ringed with fuscous ; basal joint somewhat 

 thickened, greyish-brown. Palpi externally greyish-brown, internally whitish. 

 Head and fhorar greyish-brown. Fore-winq.s- narrow, silky greyish-brown, with the 

 anterior two-thirds of the costa conspicuously and rather broadly white. J[ind- 

 ?«/»7.v satiny dark grey. Abdomen dark grey. — Eustace R. Bankes, September 21.9/, 

 1907. 



Tortrix ssemialhana, Gn., in Artjyleshire. — A note in Ent. Mo. Mag., October, 

 1907, p. 237, by Mr Porritt on this species, reminds me that I took T. semialbana 

 in July, 18.">7, near Lochgoilhead, Argyleshire. T have a note that specimens were 

 sent to Henry Doubleday on August 17th, and to R. F. Logan on August 21st, in 

 that year. My own examples may still be seen in the Hereford Free Library and 

 Museum. — T. A. Chapman, Betula, Reigate : October, 1907. 



Oypo.ioma incarnana, Haw., ab. aJnefana, On., near Folkestone. — In July last 

 I cajitured a remarkably dark specimen of Oi/posoma incarnana. Haw., ab. alnetana, 

 Gn., at Eltham Park, near Folkestone. .4s I was at the tame unable to satisfactorily 

 identify the specimen in question, I submitted it to Dr. Rebel in Vienna, who stales 

 that the insect in question is undoubtedly ab. alnetana. Dr. Rebel writes me as 

 follows : — " The example, which is a male and very large, measuring 14 mm. in 

 expanse, is exceptionally dark, and shows but an extremely faint resemblance to the 

 type. The fore-wings have the first white fascia entirely darkened by scales of a 

 leaden greyish hue, while on the tcrmen tlie white is entirely absent. The ocellus 

 is very broad, and outlined on both sides with scales of a metallic leaden colour. 

 The costa beyond the middle and the apex are ferruginous, the hind-wings and 

 their cilia as well as the abdomen are very dark grey. The frons is whitish-grey, 

 and the antenna? white ringed." — W. Purdey, 129, Sea View Terrace, Folkestone : 

 October, 1907. 



Aculeate ITijmenoptera at Holmioood, Surrey. — When recording in the 

 September Ent. Mo. Mag. the second occurrence in Great Britain (after an interval 



