242 THE entomologist's record. 



Variety of Leucania lithargyria. — I have bred a very strange 

 specimen of Z. lithargyria^ the variation being connected with the hind 

 wings. These are silvery grey in colour, bordered on the outer margins, 

 by a broad, dark band. The specimen has an altogether "underwing" 

 look about it. The larva was obtained in the Delamere district. — Id. 

 December, 1890. 



Variation of Bombyx castrensis. — This year, I reared 73 perfect 



B. castrensis, 59 males and 14 females. Of the males, 52 are typical, 

 3 are pale ochreous with the transverse lines only faintly visible, 3 are 

 brownish, and i is an unicolorous deep reddish-brown specimen, with 

 the usual transverse lines nearly obsolete. Of the females, i is ochreous, 

 the rest are typical. Only about one-fifteenth of the males, therefore, 

 are brownish or reddish-brown in colour. — F. G. Whittle, Lothbury, 

 E.G. 



Ghrysophanus phl^as var. schmidtii. — I possess two specimens of 



C. phheas var, schmidtii, one, a perfect beauty, evidently just emerged 

 when captured, is " silvery white ; " the second specimen (not in fine 

 condition, however) is very similar in colour. They were both captured 

 at Strensall Gommcn, where a large military camp now is. — S. Walker, 

 York. September 12 th, 1890. 



ViMiNiA RUMicis var. salicis. — Last June, I captured at sugar, six 

 exceptionally fine dark varieties of Acronycta ( Viviinia) riimicis, one 

 specimen with the white markings very clearly defined. — J. Gollins, 

 Warrington. November, 1890. 



Vars. of Anthocharis cardamines. — On the 17th May, 1886, I 

 got a % oi A. cardatnities, in which, what appears to the naked eye to 

 be green markings on the underside of the hind wings, as well as those 

 on the underside of the tip of the fore wings, were replaced, in each 

 case, by cinereous grey markings. This I have called ab. cinerea. I 

 caught it while at rest on a fern. On the i6th June, 1887, I caught, 

 in a field close to the station here, 3. '^ A. cardamines with orange tips 

 which occupy considerably less space on the upper side than in the ^j, 

 and appear rubbed in places ; on the underside, however, they are of 

 the normal size. I regret to say that the specimen is far from being 

 in good condition. On the 23rd May, 1888, I caught a beautifully 

 fresh hermaphrodite specimen ot A. cardamines, in which the right wing 

 is that of the ? , while the left wing exhibits the coloration of the $ ; 

 the antenna, too, on the right side is considerably shorter than that on 

 the left side. As to the size of this species, I may mention 

 that my smallest specimen, a $ , measures one and a quarter inches 

 from tip to tip, my largest, a ? , caught by myself last year, slightly 

 exceeds two inches ; this is the largtst I have ever seen. — F. B. 

 Newnham, Ghurch Stretton, Salop. October, 1890. 



Is MiANA FASCiUNCULA A VAR. OF M. STRiGiLis ? — A very short 

 time ago I should have had no doubt about answering this query in the 

 negative, but Irish specimens sent me from ihe Rev. W. F. Johnson 

 (Armagh) have tended to make me give an almost ])Ositive affirmative 

 answer. I presume it is well known that AI. fasciuncula has, in France, 

 always been considered a var. of strigilis, but Mr. South, by an over- 

 sight, unfortunately put " the cart before the horse " in his Synonymic 



