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very striking, but peculiar. — William Farren, 9, Union Road, Cam- 

 bridge. June Gill, 1891. 



Thyatira batis (type). — Last summer I took a nice var. of T. batis, 

 which I greatly prize as T. batis is so little given to variation. As far 

 as I can judge, it seems quite perfect, evidently fresh from pupa, but 

 instead of possessing the usual pink-tinted blotches, they are all of 

 delicate brown, without (or to speak more correctly, having the faintest 

 tinge of) pink. I look upon it as a genuine var. and not a fraud. — 

 Hope Alderson, Hilda Vale, Farnborough. May, 1891. [Mr. Alder- 

 son has since sent me a perfectly fresh specimen, which also is without 

 the normal pink colour. In The Biitish Noctuce and their Varieties, 

 p. 2, I write : — " It seems very strange that the Linnsean description 

 makes no note of the rosy colour of the spots which are so characteristic 

 of this species, but I have an Irish specimen without a trace of this 

 colour." — El).] 



Dark var. of Strenia clathrata. — I took one dark var. of Strenia 

 dathrata. Does anyone else take it ? I cannot get more than one a 

 year.— G. M. A. Hewett, The College, Winchester. 



Pale Variety of Hepialus lupulinus. — I took a very light 

 specimen of Hepialus liipuUniis at rest on an oak fence in Putney Park 

 Lane on June 14th. AH four wings are of a dirty white with no 

 markings whatever. — Charles Maxted, 7, Church Terrace, Castel- 

 nau, Barnes. July ^th, 1891. 



C^ENONYMPHA DAVUS VARS. — One remarkable feature regarding 

 Ccsnonympha davits is that it gets lighter in colour the further north one 

 goes, until it is sometimes found almost white in Sutherland. In 

 Aberdeenshire, C. davus is abundant on all moors, frequenting both 

 the low swampy ground and the bare, rough, and breezy hill-sides, 

 where their capture is a matter of some difficulty. In habits they 

 closely resemble C. paniphilus, and from the nature of the ground they 

 frequent, are difficult to get in good condition. — W. Reid, Pitcaple. 

 March, 1891. 



The Ccenonympha davus {typhofi) of Ireland is an intermediate form 

 with fairly strongly marked ocelli, usually rather dark brown in colour, 

 but occasionally approaching the paler Scotch form. I have never 

 taken a typical davus, Hb.. in Ireland. In Norway, the pale form is 

 taken with obsolete markings, and also a small form with decidedly 

 dark margins, rather dark ground colour and with markings not very 

 distinct. — W. F. de V. Kane, Sloperton Lodge, Kingstown. 



^OTES ON COLLECTING, Etc. 



The genus Zyg^na. — Do all the "Burnets" spin up on grasses, 

 etc. ? I believe there are two or more species found in Kent under 

 the name of Z. trifolii. I was in the habit of taking a very large 

 species at Sandwich, upwards of 30 years ago, in the old locality for 

 MelitcBa artetnis which was always called Z. trifolii. They were 

 excessively abundant in the small marsh just below the mill, and I 

 frequently gathered a large number of cocoons when searching for 

 M. artemis the first week in June, the moth generally commencing to 

 appear at the end of that month. The cocoons were always spun 





