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there is no trace of a line in the hind wings at all. — G. T. Porritt, 

 Huddersfield. yune 6th, 1890. 



Mr. Tutt's remarks ^ on the above species have led me to refer to my 

 diary. I find that I have noted captures of what I have believed to be 

 tniricata, in several localities round London and in Hampshire, between 

 May 26th and June 27th, and again in the last week, of September. 

 My dates, for the insect I have supposed to be immanata, range from 

 July 24th to August 24th. I have put a specimen in the Exhibition 

 box.- The only locality in which I have met with this insect is in that 

 part of Epping Forest between Chingford and High Beech, In truncala 

 the markings seem to me much less sharply defined than in iinmanata. — 

 F. J. BuCKELL, Canonbury Square, N. April, 1890. 



C. r/^j-^a/rt occurs at Portland plentifully; last season (1889) I took 

 it from May 25th to June iSth, and again at the end of August to 

 September 14th. It varies greatly, but the markings are dark and not 

 sharply defined. I was at Brockenhurst from August 12th to 20th, 1889, 

 and then took 16 specimens of what I believe to be immanata off 

 ragwort flowers. I had not seen the insect before. I saw several more 

 at the same time, but as most of them were worn, did not take them. 

 In addition to the difference, as described by Dr. Buckell, in the few 

 specimens I have, immanata has a sienna brown bar near the base of 

 the wing which is sharply angled near the costa. In russata, this bar is 

 not angled, and is dark coloured, with hardly a trace (and that in only 

 a few instances) of the sienna. Perhaps, however, this distinction does 

 not hold in a long series. — E. W. Brown, The Verne, Portland. 

 April, 1890. 



We take russata and i/nmanata here (I believe they form, however, 

 but one species) from June to September. I have had russata sent me 

 from very many localities, and also a number of immanata from Engli -h 

 friends, but as yet I have never been able to distinguish the o.ie from 

 the other. Besides, I have sent our examples to numbers of our best 

 lepidopterists, and they have always been willing to accept them under 

 whichever name I sent them. The late Mr. Newman reared a number 

 of imagines from the eggs of one ? , and when he sent the whole of 

 them to Mr. Doubleday, the latter gentleman said he thought both 

 species were included in the consignment, but could not make out 

 which were one species and which the other. I also have captured the 

 species at ragwort ; I have seem them flying literally in thousands 

 among the flovers. I never attempt to select them, but catch as rapidly 

 as possible, putting several into one large chip-box. Of course some will 

 be spoiled, but if killed as soon as possible after, the number will be re- 

 duced to a minimum. — W. Reid, Pitcaple, Aberdeen, N.B. April, 1S90. 

 During the early summer months, I take what I consider to be 

 russata in great variety. In the autumn, I take dark varieties, which 

 I had labelled in my collection as immanata, until Mr. Tutt suggested 

 that they were the second brood of russata. I have received series of 

 immanata (so-called) from correspondents, but whether they are really 

 that species I cannot say, as some vars. of russata I have taken, 



^ These were in the form of a note in one of the Exchange books in which I stated 

 that riism/a {tnincata) was douiile-broaded (June and Septembei), i/ninanata single- 

 brooded (July to September). — El). 



" This is apparently iiiiiiianata. — Ed. 



