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Thyatyra bafts var. Jimcta, v. nov. ; Cymatophora ocularis vars. odo- 

 gesima, Hb., and rosea, v. nov. ; Asphalia flavicortiis vars. galbanus and 

 rosea, vars. nov. ; A. ridens vars. xanthoceros, Hb. and erythrocephala, 

 Esp, ; Moina orion var. wj'^a, v. nov. ; Cnspidia aceris vars. htfuscata. 

 Haw , and i?ifermedia, v. nov. ; C megacephala var. ochrea, v. nov. ; C 

 a/ni vaxs. sufficsa and obsoleta, vars. nov. ; C. tridens vars. r^i-^a, bidens, 

 quinquedentata sxidjitncia, vars. nov. ; C. psi vars. virga, jittida, bidens, 

 Chpm., and r(?.ft'i3, vars. nov. ; Leuca?iia conigera vars. intermedia and 

 flavipiinctum, vars. nov. ; Z. albipjincta vars. rz{/rt;, suffusa and grisea, 

 vars. nov. ; Z. lithargyria vars. pallida, fulvescens and margi?iata, vars. 

 nov. ; Z. //^r^« var. lividiis, v. nov. ; Z. comma vars. ociiracea and nigro- 

 puncta, vars. nov. ; Z. obsoleta vars. nigrostriata and grisea, vars. nov. ; 

 Tapinostola fulva vars. ochracea, punicea (and sub-vars. ochracea-suffusa 

 and punicea-suffiisa) vars. nov.; Nonagria geminipiincta vars. pallida, 

 riifa, fiisca (and sub-vars. unipuncta, pallida-unipuficta, pallida-obsoleta, 

 riifa-imipimcta, riifa-obsoleta,fusca-iinipimcta) vars. nov. ; Calamia lutosa 

 var. rufescens (and sub-var. ruj'escens-suffusci) v. nov. ; Hydrcecia nictitans 

 var. alhicosta, v. nov. ; Z^. paludis var. brunnea, v. nov. ; Xylomiges con- 

 spicillaris vars. vjelaleuca, View., intermedia and medio-linea, vars. nov. ; 

 Xylophasia rurea var. combusta, Hb. ; Apafnea didyma vars. grisea, 

 reticulata, virgata, rufa, tiigra, albistigma, vars. nov. ; Miana strigilis 

 vars. virgata, ftigro-rufa, rufa, unicolor, fasciata, vars. nov. ; M.fasciun- 

 iula vars. pallida and suffusa, vars. nov., rubencula, Frr. ; .M bicoloria 

 vars. pallida, albicans, reticulata, brunnea-reticulata, rufa-reticulata, vars. 

 nov., and insulicola, Stdgr., pulmonarice, Dup. ; Cry modes exulis vars. 

 gelata, Y,e.f., groinlandica, Dup., jnarmorata, U.S., gelida, Gn,, poll, Gn., 

 borea, H.-S. ; Luperina testacea var. incerta, v. nov. ; Grammesia tri- 

 grammica vars. obscura, pallida-linea, vars. nov., evidens, Borg. ; ^^r^i-- 

 ;«<?/■/«: caligitiosa var. aqtiatilis, Bdv. ; Caradrina morpheus vars. obscura, 

 mi?ior, vars. nov. ; C. alsines var. stffusa, v. nov. ; C ajnbigua var. 

 plantaginis, Dup, These varieties are all newly described British 

 forms, or are Continental vars. found to occur in Britain (J. W. Tutt, 

 77^^ British Nociuce and their Varieties). — J. "W. Tutt. 



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Will our subscribers kindly inform their friends as to the best way to 

 obtain Z//^ Eniomologisfs Record, etc., as under our present conditions 

 of publication booksellers may be unwilling to procure copies? 



Mr. Dobre'e suggests the possibility of Cucullia scrophularice, being 

 specifically identical with C lychnitis. 



Dr. Mason records {E.M.M., 163) as existing in the collection of 

 the late Mr. Edwin Brown, received from Carter, of Manchester, a 

 specimen of Plusia biiiiaculata of Stephens ; this has proved identical 

 with P. verticillata, Guen. The only other record of the capture in 

 England besides this specimen and the Stephensian type (the where- 

 abouts of which appears to be unknown) is by Mr. H. P. Robinson of 

 Tunbridge Wells, in May, 1870 {E.M.M., vii., p. 138). 



Mr. Bird records cases of Coleophora vibicigerella from the Essex 

 saltmarshes, and I understand that Mr. Elisha has discovered cases of 

 the rare C. chalcogrammella from Scarborough. 



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