18 THK ENTOMOLOraSx's RECORD. 



droppings, all the other species were gone, as were the Homalotids. etc. 

 It must, therefore, be a very hardy insect ; it had probably been 

 subjected to not far short of 10° of frost for several days during the 

 cold spell earlier in the month. It is worth mentioning that, in the 

 KntonioUviia Kdinensia, of the species of the genus most allied to 

 tfssulatm, the following are given as occurring near Edinburgh — 

 iuiliiinatnf, F. " not infrequent in spring " ; stictints, Panz., "very 

 abundant in spring," and (■(m.^purcotus, L., " occurs very sparingly," 

 while in JMurray's Catalogue we have tct^ulatiis, Payk., also given, and 

 its restricted locality mentioned, and as regards stirtiriiH, Panz., he 

 merely repeats the previous record. Apparently on the strength of this, 

 Canon Fowler remarks that the Edinburgh record for sfirticita, Panz., 

 is a mistake. I hope this coming spring by carefully working at the 

 genus to settle this point. In the HntoinoUujia the distinguishing- 

 characters which separate stictintx from iiuiiiiiiafio^ and its allies are 

 very clearly and distinctly given, and, as it is said to occur in abundance, 

 the record is a remarkable one, for, apparently, Mui-ray himself did not 

 find the insect, and yet, if it were not stictim.s which was taken in 

 abundance, what was the insect ? I do not think it is possible that it 

 could have been confused with tes-vilatus. On account of their unplea- 

 sant habitat the species of this genus are neglected by ordinary collectors, 

 and it is, therefore, probable that many of the species are much more widely 

 distributed than the records would lead one to suppose. — T. Hudson 

 liEARE, F.E.8., 10, Kegent Terrace, P:dinburgh. Dnnnber^-drd, 1902. 

 Varieties of Aphthona nonstriata. Goeze. — Some time ago Mr, 

 Champion introduced the var. anu'sfeiis, \\'e\se ( Knt. Afo. Mafi., 1899, 

 p, 15), of this species to our list, on the authority of examples captured 

 by Mr. J. J. Walker and myself in South Wales. I am now able to 

 record it from Ireland, where it occurred commonly to Dr. Chaster 

 and myself last September at Athenry, co. Galway. The colour is 

 almost exactly the same as that of Haltica ericeti. A few specimens 

 also occurred of a dull bronze aberration, which seems to be included 

 under Weise's description of var. aenenccm, which runs " Virirlianica rel 

 ohsciira aiireo-ciipira." Mr. Donisthorpe tells me he took a specimen of 

 this aberration in co. Kerry last June.— B. Tomlin, M.A., F.E.S., 

 Chester. Ih'ceuihry 1th, 1902. 



:ig^OTES ON COLLECTING, Etc. 



Notes on collecting Lepidoptera i\ South Devon tk 1902. — 

 Owing to the very Avet and cold weather that has prevailed through- 

 out the year, collecting has been somewhat disappointing. j\Iany 

 insects have been scarce, and some even have not put in an appear- 

 ance at all. On the other hand, others have been more than usually 

 plentiful {('.II., the Vanessids). Sugar seemed most unattractive and un- 

 remunerative, and the ivy bloom was ruined by the very heavy hail and 

 rain storms that prevailed during October. Delow is a list of my cap- 

 tures, and also the observations made on the insects that came under my 

 own notice during this season. Had I been able to do any night work 

 in the earlier and latter part of the year, I should doubtless have been 

 able to record many other species, but, being prevented from so doing, 

 I have no means of connnenting on the insects that occurred either at 

 sallow or ivy. Khopalocera. — Fieris hramfoe, P. rajini'. and P. 



