14 THE entomologist's RECORD. 



Apleda nebiilosa var. robsoni, Collins. Melanic var. (J. Collins, Efit. 

 Rec, ii., p. 264). 



Prodetiia littoralis, Bois. Bred by Mr. Boden from a larva found in 

 an imported tomato {Ent. Rec, ii., p. 260). 



Noctua confliia^ Tr., and N. /estiva, Hb. Differentiated (J. W. Tutt, 

 Ent. Rtc, ii., p. 266). 



Noctua mi}^ur. — Referred to genus GraphipJwra. N. femiica and N. 

 •iubrosea. — Referred to genus Agrotis. N. depuncta. — British form referred 

 to as var. )nendosa (J. W. Tutt, Etit. Rec, ii., p. 262). 



Luperina luteago var. barrettii. Reinstated in genus Dianthcecia (W. 

 F. de V. Kane and W. Reid, Ent. Rec, ii., pp. 275, 276). 



Hemiptera. 



Henestaris halophihis, Burn. = geocoriceps, Antess. Added to the 

 British fauna (E. Saunders, E.M.M., p. 298). 



Lecafiium assimilis {e), n. sp., on Aster, ac Colwyn Bay. L. minimum, 

 n. sp., on Areca, in Cheshire. Fulvi?iaria persiccc, n. sp., on pt-ach, in 

 Cheshire. Fseudococcus associalis, n. sp., on Ribes, in Yorkshire. 

 Ripersia tomlinii, n. sp., on grass roots, in ants' nests m Guernsey. R. 

 pulveraria, n. sp., under leaf-sheaths of Agrostis, Cheshire (R. Newstead, 

 Ent. Rec, ii., p. 306, E.M.M., p. 334). Aleurodes rubicola, n. sp., on 

 Rubus, at Blackheath (J. W. Douglas, E.M.M., p. 323).— J. W. T. 



^OTES ON COLLECTING, Etc. 



Notes of the Season of 1891. — Scarborough. — I think the only 

 really fine summer weather I have experienced this year was a fortnight 

 in Septembt-r spent at Scarboro' — it only rained on two half days during 

 the whole time. I was staying with friends, so did not pay so much 

 attention to entomology as I otherwise might have done ; however, by 

 working the hedges on " Oliver's Mount," I managed to secure some 

 very fine specimens of Peronea schai/eria?ia var. latifasciana. I wonder 

 this has not been raised to specific rank. In one hedi'e, quite half of 

 the P. variegana were var. cinana, I secured a fine lot, some of them 

 with the cilia as black as the wings (the usual colour of the cilia being 

 orange), these with some other nice forms of P' variegana, a few P. 

 comparana and Cidaria immanata were the chief imagines I took. I 

 found an odd larva of Cuspidia leporina at " Lady Edith's Drive," and on 

 the cliffs north of Scarboro' a few Heliothis marginata. Larentia didy- 

 mata swarmed everywhere, as also did Piutella cruciferanifn, and on 

 the cliffs where colts-foot occurred there also were Stopula lutealis 

 and Platyptilia gonodactyla. — \V. Farren, Cambridge. Nov. nth, 1891. 



The Isle of Purbeck. — In an autumn chiefly remarkable for the 

 extraordinarily bad weather, which more often than not made collecting 

 an absolute impossibility, it is a treat to be able to record the 

 capture of any rarities. My first great stroke of luck was on Oct. 12th, 

 when I took at sugar in our shrubbery a fine specimen of that great 

 prize Leucania unipuncta { = extranea, Guen.) : taking into consideration 

 its conduion and all the circumstances, it seems highly improbable that 

 it had flown from any distance, or could have been accidentally intro- 

 duced in any stage. The night was apparently a most unlikely one 

 for insects, rather chilly compared with the preceding ones, with a 



