178 THE ENTOMOLOGIST S RECORD. 



Harrow-Weald, Middlesex. Additional Deiopeia pulchella are recorded 

 from East London, Christchurch and Grange {Entom. i6i). Zygana 

 filipendulcB var. chrysanthemi from near Hastings. Stauropus fagi has 

 been particularly abundant in the Reading district, Epping Forest and 

 elsewhere. Meliana flanunea was as abundant at Hickling and Ran- 

 worch as at Wicken in May, whilst Macroglossa stellatamm swarms in 

 various parts of Middlesex, Devonshire, Kent, etc. 



Our readers should not miss Mr. Holland's note {E.M.M., p. 206) 

 on the habits of Stauropus fagi. I saw a magnificent series of varieties 

 of this species, captured by Mr. Holland, exhibited at a recent meeting 

 of the South London Entomological Society. 



The thanks of all naturalists are due to those gentlemen who took 

 such active steps against the Government proposal to acquire sites in 

 the New Forest for rifle ranges. Our readers will hear with pleasure 

 that their efforts have been entirely successful, and that the Forest is 

 now more than ever secured to the public as an open space. Ento- 

 mologists are particularly indebted to Mr. Goss, the hardworking 

 Honorary Secretary of the Entomological Society of London. 



Mr. Dale adds Ripersia iomlinii to the British list, Mr. Newstead's 

 original examples having come from the Channel Islands. 



Records of Colias hyale especially from unusual districts should be 

 carefully noted, as in edusa years hyale is frequently recorded in error 

 for var. helice. 



Tapinostola concolor in moderate condition is recorded as captured 

 on July 13th by Mr. Woodforde in a marsh near Market Drayton in 

 Staffordshire. Has any competent lepidopterist examined the specimen ? 



Special attention is drawn to the fact that the City of London 

 Society has removed to The London Institution, Finsbury Circus, E.C 



VARIATION. 



Aplecta nebulosa var. robsoni. — I have bred three black vars. of 

 A. nebulosa this year; Mr. Tunstall has also brc-d three, and Mr. 

 Collins two. — T. Acton, Warrington. jFuly, 1892. [Mr. Acton has 

 kindly sent me a series of very dark (var. suffusa) specimens of this 

 species leading up to the extreme form. — Ed.] 



I have bred a black specimen (var. robsoni) of A. nebulosa from a 

 larva which was taken in Delamere Forest. — R. Tait, Jnr., Manchester. 



Golden variety of Tinea misella. — Among a considerable number 

 of specimens of this species taken in an old barn here, are a few which 

 have the forewings of an unicolorous golden tint and with scarcely any 

 of the dark mottling usual to this species. — J. W. Tutt, Wicken. 

 August ^th, 1892. 



Hemaphrodite of Bupalus piniaria. — On 3rd July I took a 

 specimen of the above species having the right side and a portion of 

 the left hind wing that of a male and the left upper wing that of a 

 female, one antenna is pectinated, and the other simple. — T. Willson, 

 7, Warrington Road, Richmond, Surrey. July i2>th, 1892. 



