CURRENT XOTKS. bO 



H. Where the stems of Arti'uiisia ruhiaris are broken ott' and the 

 holes in centre covered with silk, larv;e of hliihippiphora foeneana may 

 be judged to be present in the roots. The imagines are easily reared 

 from potted roots. 



9. KphipplpJtora iii;iri.co^taiia can be bred in numbers by collecting 

 dead stems of Stac/n/s siilratiea and enclosing them in any suitable 

 receptacle. 



10. Fallen cones of spruce fir will, in due season, give plenty of 

 4 'orvi/.r strobilana if gathered and confined in hat-boxes or small tubs. 



11. Hfuaiiiiene rhnhriana appear about the middle of March, flying 

 in the sunshine amongst oaks, and during dull weather uuxy be obtained 

 by beating. 



1*2. Larvfc of Kiipoecilia scyrillami occur in shoots of sallow, be- 

 traying their presence by causing gall- like swellings to arise. The 

 imagines may be reared by placing the tenanted shoots in damp sand. 

 A keen lookout must be kept for the moths, as they are active, and 

 very soon injure themselves. 



13. Old and prostrate stems of h'lipattiriiim cannabinioii may now 

 be gathered if a supply of Eupoccilia Dqiicola be required. The stems 

 should be kept out of doors, or any larvae they contain may otherwise 

 perish. 



W^ AR I A T 10 N. 



Abraxas grossl'lariata ar. lacticolor. — Mr. Prout, who has recently 

 had an opportunity of referring to the figure in the Berl. Ent. Zti'ts., 

 {1901, pi. vi., fig. 10), of Huene's ah. jlaro/anciata, assures me that it 

 corresponds in every, respect to my ab. lacticolor. The latter name 

 must therefore give way to the former, which has at least a year's 

 priority. — (Rev.) G. H. Eaynor, M.A., Hazeleigh Rectory, Maldon. 

 Jannarii Slsf, 1903. 



Plebeius ^gon ab. unipuncta, Mous. — It may, perhaps, interest 

 some of your readers to know that there are four male examples of this 

 rare aberration in my collection from Erivan, Armenia, where the form 

 ■occurs amongst the type. I have not yet observed the critical basal 

 spot in European specimens. — Ernst Krodel, K. Postexpeditor I. CL, 

 Wiirzburg, Bayern, Germany. Januarn Vdth, 1903. 



NocTUA RUBi AB. FLAVEscENs. — The brood of yellow Xdcttia vuhi 

 referred to {antea,\'o\. xiv., pp. 171-2), were successfully reared, although 

 I did not get so many larv* through the winter as I had hoped to do, but 

 all that pupated emerged, and, without exception, were all yellow in 

 •colour and fine specimens. Thus, from two yellow parents, there was 

 not a single reversion to the typical form. I tried to pair some of the 

 latest emergences but failed, my failure being attributed, perhaps 

 wrongly, to the inbreeding.— S. Walker, 15, Queen Anne's Road, 

 York. Nnrcinbev lit/,, 1902. 



@^URRE NT NOTE S. 



Ereiherr C. von Hormuzaki announces {Sac. Knt., xvii., pp. 138-9), 

 the form of Zipjacna [Anthrocem) trifolii, Esp., from the mountain 

 plateau of Lutschina (Bucovina) as a local race worthy of being 

 separately named in the interest of precision in the study of geographi- 

 cal distribution, and proposes for it the name of var. orientalis. It is 

 •characterised by its large size, its strikingly small spots (sometimes 



