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In the twenty years which have elapsed since the appearance of 

 Brunner's short paper, Felixdorf has disappeared, from an entomolo- 

 gical point of view ; at Oberweiden the leafless lightning-struck tree 

 has gone ; big stables have been built near the railway station, 

 and a training ground has been made through the stronghold of 

 Gowplioccrus antcjinatux. But the ground is so poor, and the whole 

 region so desolate, that little use can be made of it, and these dying 

 forms may hold their own for many years, perhaps for ever. 



Peronea cristana, Fab., and its aberrations {nith plate). 



By J. A. CLARK, F.E.S. 

 {Condudc'd from p. 293.) 

 A recent visit to the New Forest has given me a further supply of 

 aberrations of this interesting species, two of which, taken on Sep- 

 tember 27th, are so exceedingly specialised that there can be no doubt 

 that they should be described in detail. In order that the whole of 

 the various described forms may be kept together I publish at once 

 descriptions of them. 



63. ab. nigrocostana, n. ab. (PL viii., fig. 1). — Head, thorax and palpi 

 white ; anterior wings black, with a beautiful velvety-black marking, running 

 transversely across the wing from the base towards the apex, and a broad white 

 vitta ; posterior wings light brown, deepening in colour round the anal angle. 

 This aberration closely repembles ab. alhorujicostana in the form of its markings, 

 but is slightly grey-black instead of brown, and the costal streak is black instead of 

 chocolate colour. 



64. ab. albonigrana, n. ab. (PI. viii., fig. 2). — Head and palpi black ; thorax 

 white ; anterior wings uniform black with a large black button, and a broad white 

 vitta ; posterior wings light brown, much deeper in colour round the anal angle. 

 The broad white vitta distinguishes this aberration from ab. nigrana. 



SCIENTIFIC NOTES AND OBSERVATIONS. 



New names among the Lachneids. — In order to prevent the 

 duplication of names that I have already used in Briti>ih Lcjiidaptera, 

 vol. iii., I wish to notify some of the more important of them : (1) Fachy- 

 liaHtria trifulii ah. flara, n. ah. — The pale yellow form of the species 

 taken between Rye and Lydd. P. ah. jiaca-ubsoleta, n.&h. — Like the 

 last but without any markings. P. ab. co-vina, n.ab. — The reddish- 

 grey form with transverse markings. P. ab. cervina-obsuleta,n.£ih. — The 

 reddish-grey form without markings. P. ab. rufa, n. ab. — Bright foxy 

 red-brown, with transverse markings. P. ab. riifa-obsoleta, n. ab. — Bright 

 foxy red-brown without markings, [Each of the forms with contracted 

 median band is known as ab. contracta.] (2) Lasiocainpa querois ab. 

 warginata, n. ab. — -With the yellow transverse bands extending on both 

 fore- and hindwings to outer margin. L. ab. semi)nar<iinata, n. ab. — 

 With narrow (or normal) transverse band to forewings, but band on hind- 

 wings extending to outer margin. L. ab. purpurasrens, n. ab. — ^ 

 with ground colour of a deep purplish- or chocolate-brown. L. ab. 

 bnmnca, n. ab. — <? with ground colour russet-red, and normal trans- 

 verse bands. L. ab. ochracea, n. ab.— 2 wnth ground colour dull 

 ochreous. L. ab. rvfescens, n. ab. — $ with ground colour faint 

 reddish-ochreous. L. ab. brnnnca, n. ab. — 5 with ground colour 

 brown. L. ab. olivacca, n. ab. — The ground colour entirely suffused 

 with green, the latter tint not simply confined to the transverse bands 

 as in ab. olicaceo-fasciata. (3) L, hybr. bacoti ( = meridionaUsxviburni). 



