340 THE entomologist's record. 



upset already alluded to. There was a good number. Four $ s, all 

 alike, are good intermediates, much more so than in the <? 9 x $ 2 

 brood. Forewing with a band like that of var. riburni in breadth 

 and in contour also, but influenced by the straight var. sicula 

 character. Hindwing with a broad band suffused externally. 

 That is to say, var. fticida takes the inside half and L. meri- 

 dional is xvibu mi the outside. Fringes yellow. These are very 

 like the Gironde var. (jiiillewdtii. There is another <? exactly 

 like these from a pupa which no doubt got into a wrong box. 

 Then there are three males purporting to be this cross, with narrow 

 bands on the hindwings, which probably are what they pretend to be ; 

 they show little L. var. sinila. Finally there is another 3' which came 

 out of this box which will be referred to later. The female (described 

 from one of Mr. Bacot's) has the sicula hindwing. 



(5) <? 9 X ? (9 X 7). — I obtained this pairing and also J 9 x ? (6 x 6) 

 with the same male, but nothing appears to have come of either. 



(6) L. hybr. 3" [{nn'ridiojutlisx ciburni) x{>iteri(Uonalisxrihi(rni)] 

 X ? sicida [= (J (6 x 6) x ? 9] . — This cross the reciprocal to the last 

 was obtained by Mr. Bacot (no. 1, 1898). He and Mr. Prout" bred 

 from itlc? and 5 $ s in 1899, and 2^ s in 1900. The males are 

 practically L. var. cibnrni but with the band more orange on the hind- 

 wings, and are very like the three 9x7 crosses described as doubtful (the 

 probable correctness of which they endorse). One of the two males 

 given me by Mr, Bacot has the band of the hindwings wavy, the only 

 example of the kind among all the specimens. The ? s have the 

 sicula hindwing. 



We now come to three crosses which give very charming offspring. 



(7) L. hybr. sicula (/) xqiierciis (Paris) (= <? 9x ? 10). — The male 

 parent is one which came from a batch of var. sicula pup^e, 

 and I have little doubt is such. In markings it is a typical 

 specimen of this form. The $ parent is of a pale ochre 

 with the markings obsolescent. All the ova of this batch (lot 

 3647), which were laid August 6th, 1898, hatched. The 1st moult took 

 place September 14th, 1898. The moths emerged from March 28th 

 till June, 1899, 9o s and 15 ? s. In the second year 2 2s emerged at 

 the end of August, which is remarkable. There are ten pupre still 

 left, some, I think, alive. The young larv^B before the 1st moult are 

 like those of lot 3646 [ 5" (9 X 7) X ? 10] but the long hairs are, many (or 

 most) of them, black. The black spot on the 4th segment fairly con- 

 spicuous. The moths are all smaller than the parents. The males are 

 very like L. var. sicula, but the band on the forewing is suffused externally, 

 making the whole border pale. The border of the hindwing is either 

 pure yellow or more or less powdered. The females all very pale 

 yellow, paler than the mother, there is, however, more tendency to a 

 darker b ise with pale border to the hindwing. The second year female 

 is redder, thinly scaled, with markings nearly obliterated. A fertile 

 pairing of two moths of this cross was obtained. The larvte hatching 

 May 23rd, 1899. These may be noted as follows : 



(8) L. hybr. [sicula{/) X querciui] x [sicHla{.^) x qucrcus] . — The 1st 



* Mr. Bacot writes me : " Mr. Prout bred, during 1899, 4 <? s and 7 ? s, in addi- 

 tion I exchanged with you I think 1 <? and 1 ? . One ? is extremely dark, not (f 

 coloration, but very dark ? sicula coloration. This ? and another show a narrow 

 yellow band dividing the border from ground colour of hindwing." 



