12 THE entomologist's RECORD. 



Varieties of Grammesia trigrammica. — This species is taken 

 very commonly here. In 1887 it was a perfect pest at sugar. That 

 year nearly all the specimens appeared to be of the normal type. In 

 1888 I took the species sparingly, but several var. biluiea and var. 

 semifusca occurred. Last season, in common with all other lepidop- 

 den'sts, I found sugaring almost useless. I took only three specimens 

 of G. tngrammica {trilinea)^ all three being var. biltnea and abnormally 

 dark. In one specimen the third transverse line is just perceptible 

 from the costa to rather above the middle of the wing. — (Miss) M. 

 KiMBER, Newbury, Berks. 



At Clevedon (Somerset) we take three forms of G. trigramtnica :- — 

 I. Of deep wainscot brown colour (the common variety). 2. Ruddy 

 in colour. 3. Deep grey, almost leaden ; the latter form has not 

 unfrequently only two transverse lines (lu'/inea), and is much less 

 common. The first form also occurs in Carmarthenshire, but I cannot 

 say whether the other two forms are found there. — T. B. Jefferys, 

 New King Street, Bath. 



Lycena bellargus (adonis) var. pallida. — Although last season 

 was such a bad one here for insects generally, I took a fine var. of 

 Adonis. The upper side is of a pale lavender colour, and the under 

 side has the usual rings, but no spots ; the rings themselves are blind. 

 — W. Austin, Radnor Street, Folkestone. 



Varieties of Zyg^ena trifolii. — -This species, which I take near 

 here, in a locality called " Tunberland," is very variable. The follow- 

 ing are the chief points of variation : — 



1. Upper central spot very small. 



2. Two central spots joined. 



3. All spots just in contact. 



4. All spots forming one continuous band = var. co7ifliiens. 



5. Base of hind wings orange = var. semi-Iutesccns. 



6. All hind wings yellow -= var. lutescens. 



M. Stanger Higgs, The Mill House, Upton St. Leonards, Gloucester. 



Xylophasia rurea var. argentea. — " Anterior wings shiny silvery 

 white, with faint traces of the typical costal streaks in pale brownish. 

 The typical darker area on outer margin very faintly marked in pale, 

 and the typical dark longitudinal basal marks brownish, no trace of 

 orbicular, transverse lines or central shades, the reniform faintly out- 

 lined ; hind wings grey, whiter at the anal ansjle." 



This remarkable specimen of rurea., which appears to agree with 

 the specimens mentioned in the Etitovu, vol. xxii., p. 39, as cap- 

 tured in Scotland, by Mr. Salvage, was taken by Mr. K. Dingwall, who 

 kindly gave it to me. Mr. Dingwall writes : — " The white specimen of 

 rurea I took in a web in Scotland, at Ballachulish, in the Pass of 

 Glencoe. When I took it, it was a perfect specimen, not rubbed, but 

 very dry and brittle, I thought I had got something new, as it was in 

 a shed under cover, and well protected from damp and weather ; so I 

 pinned it and put it by for identification. Vv^hen I unpacked at Inver- 

 ness the box was loose and the specimen somewhat injured ; however, 

 I set it, and the result is the specimen I am sending you. I cannot 

 imagine whether the atmosphere or the turpentine emanating from the 

 saw-mill where I took it had bleached it, or whether it is a natural 



