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EuGONiA FuscANTARiA (VARIATION OF larva). — Having bred, this 

 season, a series of the above species, I was particularly interested re- 

 garding the great variation in the larval state, not only in colour, but in 

 form also. I am aware of the great difference in coloration of many 

 larvre, especially among the GEOMETRiE ; but I had not previously 

 noticed any variation in form. The larvse pupated very slowly, owing 

 to which reason I had some in pupa before many of the late ones were 

 an inch in length. The earlier larvse fed up well on ash, in a wooden 

 receptacle. They were green until the final moult, thus agreeing with 

 the description in Newman ; but, after the last change, decided humps 

 were developed and the larvse soon lost their green colouring, and 

 (when full-fed) much resembled those of E. erosaria, but with the 

 humps scarcely so pronounced. On the other hand, the remainder ot 

 the brood were fed up in a large tin, and only a small proportion of 

 these were humped, the majority being almost smooth and retaining 

 their bright green colour until pupation. There were some intermediate 

 forms, but not many. I do not find any marked variation in the 

 imagines. — Alfred T. Mitchell, 5, Clayton Terrace, Gunnersbury, W. 



DiANTH.tciA capsophila AND D. CARPOPHAGA. — I havc Collected 

 D. capsophila in very considerable numbers from time to time, and also 

 bred them from the N., S.E. and W. of Ireland, and have seen numbers 

 of the Isle of Man specimens ; and there is absolutely no approximation 

 to carpophaga that would puzzle any but a tyro. ID. carpophaga, how- 

 ever, is a variable species, and sometimes the darkest specimens look 

 to an inexperienced eye like worn carpophaga, but it never, so far as 

 I have seen it, acquires the true colour. — W. F, de V, Kane, Sloperton 

 Lodge, Kingstown. October 20th, 1891. 



I quite agree with Mr. Kane, in considering it best to treat D. capso- 

 phila and D. carpophaga as distinct species. — W. Reid. 



Banded var. of Agriopis apkilina.- — I have bred an usually fine 

 form of Agriopis aprilina from pupae collected the first week in Septem- 

 ber at the base of an oak. It is the finest and darkest of seven or eight 

 very large specimens from the same tree. It has the central area 

 between the elbowed and basal transverse lines filled in with black, 

 making a decided central band. — J. Mason. [I have an exactly 

 similar specimen in my cabinet, given to me by Dr. Chapman. — Ed.] 



Dark vars. of Cymatophora duplaris. — I have to-day seen the 

 Cyviatophora duplaris, bred by Mr. George Baker, and mentioned by 

 the Rev. C. F. Thornewill in the Ent. Rec, vol. ii., p. 220, and I may 

 say that I have met with specimens quite as dark in this neighbourhood, 

 in fact, the series I possess of this insect and captured here are, taking 

 the whole of them, darker than those in Mr. Baker's collection. — John 

 Hill, Little Eaton, near Derby. Nofember wth, 1891. 



Varieties of Lyctena bellargus. — Whilst collecting near t'olke- 

 stone on September 13th, I took a very fine variety of L. bellargus 

 {adonis). The specimen was a male, the upper side of a very dark 

 slate colour, almost black; and on September 15th I took another 

 specimen similar to the first. On September 20th I captured a female 

 of the same species, the colour of the male (of a very bright blue), with 

 a row of black spots inside the fringe on the upper side of the fore- 

 wings, and a row of bright red spots on the margin of the hind-wings. — 

 W. J. Austin, Radnor Street, Folkestone. 



