B24 THE entomologist's record. 



Hautes Pyrenees, is just the opposite of ab. }iiatronalis, the melanic 

 form, the forewin,Q;s being of a shghtly yellowish-white above and 

 below, with a minimum of black markings on costa and apex, while 

 the lower wings are yellow with blackish marginal markings. 



(B) Count Emilio Turati, among numerous new forms, records 

 and describes anew Diant/ioccia, D. dubia, allied to our D. caesia, from 

 the neighbourhood of Monte Autore, Province of Rome ; Ort/iolitha 

 cervinata vav. fiimoxata, from Oran, Algeria; and Crambus falsellns vslv. 

 ■neutrellm, from Sicily, in which much of the normal dark pattern has 

 disappeared or has become considerably reduced, with a much lighter 

 ground. 



(4) M. Roger Verity names the Scotch, Galashiels form of Erebia 

 aethiops as var. Caledonia, and the race from the Alps of Piedmont as 

 var. taunnoritDi ; the race of E. etiri/ale from the Tuscan Apennines he 

 calls var. apenninicola ; the Scotch race of Sati/nis semele he denotes 

 as var. scota ; and the race of Parari/e rn.ei/aera from the same country 

 he names var. Caledonia. These and other variations are illustrated by 

 a plate. 



(5) Dr. Jacques Reverdin returns to the subject he so ably 

 attempted to elucidate in the Bidl. de la Soc. Lep. de Gen. in 1910, 

 viz., the specific distinguishing characters of the European species of 

 the Henperidae. In this article he separates, on genital and other 

 characters, Caicliarodns altheae and C boeticns, and remarks on the 

 very great value of the work of Rambur, who clearly saw the specific 

 differences of these two, but whose opinion was unfortunately disre- 

 garded by all subsequent writers. He gives several figures of the 

 genitalia of the two species. 



(6) In a short note on insects injurious to agriculture, M. Marchal 

 states that the larvfe of Sesia ichnenwoniformis have caused consider- 

 able damage by mining the roots of one of the most important 

 forage plants, Hedysarus coronariutn, in Tunis. 



In the August and September numbers of Fauna Exotica, published 

 fortnightly under the editorship of Prof. Dr. A. Spuler and Dr. Max 

 Nassauer, we find the following interesting articles : " An Entomo- 

 logical Collecting-tour to Kansas," " Habits and Habitats of the genus 

 Morpho in the Amazon Region," and " Observations on the Occurrence 

 and Habits of the genus Aipia of the Amazonian region." 



Mr. J. R. le B. Tomlin^ M.A., F.E.S., and Mr. W. Sharp, F.E.S., 

 have written a series of Critical Notes on the British species of the 

 Coleopterous genus Longitarsns in the October number of the Ent. 

 Mo. Ma<i. 



In recent numbers of the Entomoloi/ist, Mr. Sydney Webb has been 

 giving a series of Notes on the Tortricid genus Peronea. He is dealing 

 mainly with the variation shown in the very fine collection made by 

 the late J. A. Clarke, which passed into his (Mr. Webb's) hands at 

 Mr. Clarke's death. At the same time the opportunity is taken to 

 revise the intricate nomenclature of the named varieties. 



We have just heard that the Second International Congress of 

 Entomology will be held at Oxford from August 5th to 10th, 1912. 

 The President of the Congress will be Professor E. B. Poulton, B.Sc, 

 F.R.S., F.E.S. The Executive Committee proposes to find for 

 Members of the Congress lodgings in the town, or rooms in one or 

 more of the Colleges at a moderate charge ; the rooms in the Colleges 



