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dark stripe ; elytra of male prominent, as long as the pronotum, dark, 

 with pale veins; posterior femora chestnut, with a few black lines near 

 the base. Length of body, 14mm. -17mm. $ , 17mm. -21mm. 5 ; of 

 pronotum, 5-3mm.-7*8mm. $ , 6-8mm.-8mm. 5 ; of elytra, 3mm.- 

 4-5mm, $ , 5mm. $ ; of posterior femora, 15mm. -21mm. $ , 18mm.- 

 23mm. $ ', of ovipositor, 12mm. -13mm. $ . 



Found among shrubs in hilly places ; very rare in France, but 

 recorded from Hyeres, Lourdes, Cretz, Milan, Aveyron, Drome. Also 

 in Switzerland and the Tirol, Tessin, Gorz ; it is commoner towards 

 the east, and in Austria we get it at Kirchdorf, near Vienna, Huttel- 

 dorf, Purkersdorf, Mauer, St. Veit, Rodaun, Kaltanleutgeben, Sauer- 

 brunn, etc. In Italy, at Voltaggio, Pegli, San Quirico, fairly common 

 in the early autumn. 



5. Olynthoscelis femoratus, Fieber (=fallax, Yersin). 



Differs from (K fallax in its larger size, in the plain yellow band on 

 the side flaps of the pronotum, which is more rounded behind, so that 

 the elytra are somewhat more free and also a little darker ; the female 

 can scarcely be distinguished from that of 0. fallax, except by its 

 larger size. Length of body, 21mm. -23mm. $ , 24mm. -30mm. ? ; of 

 pronotum, 8-8mm.-9mm. $ ; 10mm.-10-8mm. ? ; of elytra, 3mm. $ , 

 Omm. ? ; of posterior femora, 24mm. $ , 27mm.-28-5mm. $ ; of 

 ovipositor, 18mm. -20mm. $ . 



In southern France, at Hyeres, Bagnols, Montauroux, Draguignan, 

 le Rayran, Sainte Maxime, Saint Tropez. At the latter locality, a 

 variety was found with the ovipositor only measuring 15mm. In 

 Italy, at Empoli, in Tuscany. 



VARIATION . 



Variation of Cosmotriche potatoria. — I took a number of larvae dur- 

 ing June, 1906, of this species, near Blackpool, and, among the specimens 

 which emerged from them, were two $> s having the male coloration, 

 viz., a warm reddish-brown, otherwise they were normal in size and 

 appearance. — W. G. Clutten, 132, Coal Clough Lane, Burnley. 

 January 30t/i, 1907. [Full details of this particular form of aberra- 

 tion, its localities, etc., will be found in Nat. Hist. Brit. Lep., vol. iii., 

 pp. 160-163, under the name of ab. diminuta. The form has not 

 before been recorded, we believe, from Burnley. — Ed.] 



Aberrations of Callimorpha hera.— Among some insects which 

 I bred from larvae, ova of which were laid by a female taken near 

 Starcross, were two very nice forms — (1) An example of the ab. 

 liitrsct'ns, but having the white streaks across the upper wing abbre- 

 viated into marginal spots, leaving the colour in the centre of the 

 wing solid. (2) Another specimen with red underwings, having 

 similar markings to the above in the upperwings, but having, in 

 addition to them, the black spots in the lower wings united by a black 

 streak. — Ibid. 



Lymantria monacha not in the Hull district. — Your suggestion 

 (antea) that L. monacha probably does not occur in the Hull 

 district is quite accurate, nor has it, to our knowledge, ever done so. 

 In 1892, I obtained a dozen eggs from Mr. Edmonds, of Windsor, 

 from which I bred some typical, some intermediate, and one black 



