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THE ENTOMOT.OGIST S RECORD. 



Kuuwrpha elpennr is recorded as ab. alhoradiata. — " Alis posticis 

 superne alboradiatis." — In the hindwings the spaces between the 

 nervures are rayed with white. This radiate marking is stated to be a 

 rare form of variation in the Sphinfiidae. A small example of 

 Gonepteryx rliaumi measuring about 43mm. in expanse is named ab. 

 ininor, and for the form without the orange discoidal spot, which 

 occurs occasionally, the name ohsoUta is suggested. 



The current parts of the Verhnml. k. k. zoo. -hot. Gesell. Wien contain 

 a comprehensive article on the Lepidopterous fauna of the Otztal, or 

 Oetzthal, a valley running south from Otz, a station about mid-way 

 between the Arlberg tunnel and Innsbruck, by Professor D. Moritz 

 Kitt. For four succes«;ive years he spent his holidays there, lasting 

 from the beginning of July to mid-September, and with the help of a 

 few friends, who occasionally stayed with him, he has obtained records 

 of no less than 118 species of butterflies besides a very large number of 

 species of Macro-Lepidoptera Heterocera. He refers to the previous 

 records of captures and observations in the same area, and adds 

 geological, geographical, and other notes useful for any future visitor 

 to this famous north Tyrol valley. A sketch map of his wanderings 

 with elevations is included. 



The Annual Address to the Entomological Society of London, by 

 Rev. F. D. Morice, M.A., the President, was devoted to a detailed 

 consideration of " Secondary Sexual Characters as exemplified in the 

 Aculeate Hymenoptera of the European and Mediterranean areas," 

 based upon his own personal examination generally of long series of 

 specimens and of most species in nature. It is a distinct addition to 

 our permanent entomological literature. 



The c? of (JoUas chiaa, with violet shimmer on the upperside of 

 the hindwings, has now been named ab. g niicans by Hans Kiefer, 

 Ent. PiioKhrhan (Insekteiiborse), March 22nd. It is an analogous 

 aberration to the ab. ^licciua of ( '. ini/rmidonc 



A series of articles is appearing in Fauna exotica on the systematic 

 use and advanta,ge of the electric light for entomological purposes. 



The genus Parnassiiis for some time past has occupied the attention 

 of many entomologists, and one rarely takes up the usual weekly 

 entomological magazines of the continent without finding at least one 

 article devoted to this genus. Unfortunately, the new names which 

 appear are multitudinous, and one can only fear that excessive 

 duplication must be taking place. 



Professor Dr. Rudow contributes an article on the Micro-lepidoptera 

 of Upper Austria to the Rut. Zeitachrift, of March 15th. He states 

 that there are no less that 1,282 species with 120 special races found 

 in this I'egion. Of these 171 are I'ljialidae: 30 are Pterophoridae : 4 are 

 Orneodidae : 330 are Tortriceiy: AQ are Y/ioitoniei(tidae : 12 are (ihiphip- 

 teri/i/idae; 18are Plntellidae : 212 are (Telerhiidae : 18Q are Elachistidae: 

 91 are (Tradlariidae : 23 are Li/nuctiidae : 60 are Nepticididae ; 5 are 

 Talaeporiidae ; 80 are Tineidae : 6 are Kriocraniidae, and 5 are 

 Micropteiyfiidae. 



In the I)it. Ent. Zeit., for March 15th, is given a plate with figures 

 of two very interesting hybrids from heilcphila lineata var. lironiica g 

 and D. eiipliorhiae ? , with figures of the parents for reference. Of this 

 brood there were 21 perfect pupre, seven males and fourteen females. 

 Three males emerged in the autumn of 1912 and two male pupre died; 



