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THE ENTOMOLOGIST S RECORD. 



larva pupated without forming any special cocoon, and the moth 

 appeared in a few weeks. — A. Sigh, F.E.S., Corney House, Chiswick. 

 June Qth, 1905. 



W^ARI ATION. 



NOLA CONFUSALIS AB. COLUMBINA, N.AB., IN EpPING FoEEST. On 



May 22nd last, I took at rest on tree-trunks, in Epping Forest, two 

 aberrations of lYoZa confiisaln, H.S. [crhtulalu, Dup.), which seem to 

 be remarkable. The forewings are practically altogether of a soft 

 grey, showing no white except on the scale-tufts. The first line is 

 much less acutely angulated towards the costa than in normal ex- 

 amples. The hindwings are of an uniform silky grey. The ordinary 

 form of this insect is singularly conspicuous when at rest on a tree- 

 trunk, visible at a great distance, white as a snow-flake, and is not 

 uncommon in Epping Forest at the end of May on hornbeam and oak 

 trunks. These grey forms, on the contrary, are exceedingly incon- 

 spicuous. The aberration is striking, and seems to be unnoticed. If 

 it were thought desirable to name it, I might suggest the name 

 roluuihina as appropriate, for it exactly recalls the soft, silky, quaker- 

 like greyness of a dove. — Selwyn Image, 20, Fitzroy Street, W. June 

 dth, 1905. 



::^OTES ON COLLECTING, Etc. 



OVENUENIA SEPTODACTYLA (lIENIGIANUS) AT CrOYDON. 1 have jUSt 



discovered the larvfe of Ovendenia ^eptodactyla {lieni(iianus) to-night 

 somewhat abundantly at Croydon. I picked some foodplant for those 

 I had collected, and found a dozen more larvae on the pieces. — H. J. 

 Turner, F.E.S., 98, Drakefell Road, New Cross, 8.E. May 2'dnl, 

 1905. 



Sesia sphegiformis in North Hants. — At Pamber, on Saturday, 

 June 3rd, I cut out a pupa of Sesia spheififoriuis, emergence took place 

 the following day. The middle of the month is an average time for 

 the appearance of this species. — J. Clarke, Reading. June 1th, 1905. 



Butterflies in Switzerland in 1904. — The following is a list of 

 some of the butterflies taken in Switzerland (chiefly Valais) between 

 June 25th and July 14th, 1904. The season was an early one, many 

 species appearing from a week to a fortnight in advance of their 

 normal time. The weather was, on the whole, very favourable. I 

 have not, as a rule, mentioned butterflies that are common and widely 

 distributed. Urbanus (Carchamdus) larateme, near the Ganter Bridge 

 on the Simplon Pass (July 6th and 8th) ; Hesperia cacaliae, on the 

 Simplon Pass (July 9th) ; Pynjus mo, Martigny (June 28th) ; Thywe- 

 licus actaeon, on the road from Aigle to Le Sepey (June 25th) ; 

 Chryfiophanus virciaureae, in several localities, but especially fine in the 

 Laquintbal (July 12th) ; C. hippotlwe, on both sides of the Simplon 

 Pass (July 8th and 11th) ; ('. alciphron var. (/ordius, Martigny (June 

 27th), Finshauts (July 1st), and Pfynwald (July 3rd) ; C. dorilis, near 

 Vevey (July 14th) ; C. dorilis var. brunnea, Trient (July 2nd) ; ('. 

 plilaeas, Trient (July 2nd) ; Lycaena alcon, a freshly emerged specimen, 

 in the Laquinthal (July 12th); L. arion var. obscura, in the Laquinthal 

 (July 11th and 12th), particularly fine ; L. auiavda, between Martigny 

 and Vernayaz (June 28th), <? s very much worn, but 2 s in good 



