860 THE entomologist's record. 



Dwarf Lepidoptera. — Dwarf forms of Pohjommatus icarus have 

 been commoner than usual this year. I took one measuring only 

 ifths in., in expanse. Mr Tylecote took one even smaller. — (Major) 

 R. B. Robertson, Boscombe. 



Aberrations of Bryophila muralis.— I obtained a long series of 

 Bryophila tnuralis (ijlanchfera) at Swanage, two years since, comprising 

 all the aberrations named in British Xoctuae, &c., vol. i., pp. 9-10). 

 The pale form, ab. pallida, is the most numerous there, but, curiously 

 enough, the only real type specimen I ever took myself (with plain 

 black markings on a green ground) was on a wall at Littlehampton, 

 although I have it from Folkestone (collectedby Wellman), and also from 

 Barnstaple and Ilfracombe. The green specimens with no black 

 outline, ab. viridis, are found at Swanage and Rye, but they are not 

 so numerous as the grey and brown forms. — J. Henderson, Birchin 

 Lane, E.G. 



Chrysophanus phl.eas ab. schmidtii near York. — I was fortunate 

 in taking a very fine silvery-white aberration of C. phlaeas whilst 

 walking on the Thirsk and Ripon road on October 11th. The after- 

 noon was rather dull, and this specimen must have been disturbed, as 

 it fluttered out of the herbage on the bankside and settled close to me. 

 This is the second record for the county. — S. Walker, Eddercliffe, 

 York. October IMi, 1901. 



NocTuiD aberrations in Co. Dublin. — The distribution of some of 

 the best marked forms of our variable Noctuid species is none too well 

 known, and this leads me to note that, in Co. Dublin, among others, 

 I have taken Anchocelis limosa ab. vhsideta, ab. ai/rotoides, ab. 7ietirodes ; 

 Luperina testacea ab. ni(/rescens and Hydroecia viicacea ah. brunnea, and 

 ab. cypriaca. — T. Greer, 30, Waltham Terrace, Blackrock, Co. Dublin. 

 October 24:th, 1901. 



Aberration of Enodia hyperanthus.— On August 4th I captured 

 an aberration of E. hyperanthus (but, unfortunately, in a very bad 

 state), which seems worth noting. The colour is about the same as 

 usual, but the right forewing has two spots or ringlets, while the left 

 one has three. The capture was made in Abbott's Wood, Sussex. — 

 G. J. C. Russell, Upper Dicker, Sussex. Xovember ith, 1901. 



SCIENTIFIC NOTES AND OBSERVATIONS. 



Hybrid Oporabias. — I have recently been breeding a few hybrids 

 between O]iorabia autuninata (Enniskillen) and O. Jiliyramwaria 

 (Bolton). The larvse were healthy throughout, and the imagines 

 appear to follow the filiyrauniiaria form. — A. W. Mera, Capel Road, 

 Forest Gate, E. 



Inquiline Cynipid.?:. — With reference to my remarks on Syneryus 

 inelauopiis and S. reiuJiardi (aiitea, p. 126), I find by breeding these 

 species from the galls of Oynips kollari, that I was in error in stating 

 that these two Sy)ieryi were not parasites. After writing that para- 

 graph I was not satisfied, seeing all the rest of the genus were 

 parasites, consequently, in February and March, I collected one hundred 

 C. kollari galls ; these I kept separate and noted the contents of each gall 

 as the flies emerged, and after emergence, I examined each gall to see 

 what part of the gall they had occupied. The result of my breeding is 

 as follows, viz., 18 Cynips kollari, only one contained both the maker 



