76 THE extomologist's record. 



the latter." Mr. Barrett further supposes this small size maybe due to 

 the probability that " at the extreme south of these Islands the species 

 has reached the extreme limit of its range, and maintains itself with 

 difficulty." AVhy, even a reference to Staudinger's Catalog would have 

 informed Mr. Barrett that the species sent by the Continental collectors 

 as ImmiUata (the true osseata, Hb. as it is called l)y ]\Ir. Barrett) occurs 

 in the " whole of Europe (except that part X. of the 60° parallel of 

 latitude, Sicily, Sardinia, Corsica and Greece)," so that the South of 

 England is some G30 miles within tliis limit ; and its small size, if it 

 i-eally be tlie same species, must be referred to another cause. I will 

 not say that Mr. Hodges' specimens are not linmUiata, because ni}^ igno- 

 rance of this is perfect at present. I do maintain most strongly that 

 they are not onseata, Hiibn. 



The two species we have (or soon hope to have) in our cal)inets, 

 should at present be labelled as follows : — 



1. — liiuiiiJidta, Hufn., Stdgr. 



2. — osseata, Hb. 102 (form Avith reddish costa). 



var. interjectaria, Bdv. (form without reddish costa). 

 It may l»e considered that this is rather a violent tirade on a small 

 matter, l)ut it is almost time that those who teach us should do so on a 

 scientific basis, and not with unsatisfactory German types, about whicli 

 our teachers know little, and a})})ear to take no troul)le to learn more. 

 —J. W. TuTT, February 2Sth, 1893. 



fiuRRENT NOTES. 



A most interesting paper on hybridising Burnet Moths {Zi/ga'nw.) by 

 Mr. W. H. B. Fletcher, is to be found in the current No. of the Ent. 

 Mo. Mag. AYe hope to refer to this later on. 



A new Coccid taken by Mr. E. R. Bankes, on July 12th, last, at Corfe 

 Castle, on the undersides of twigs of Thesimn hiuiilfnsum, is described and 

 named Pollinia thesri, hj Mr. J. W. Douglas. 



The Kev. Theodore Wood records the capture of a single specimen 

 of Aporia cratiegi in East Kent, on the 28th of June last. So many 

 pupa> have l)een put down of late years to try to re-introduce the species, 

 that it is not advisable to lay too much stress on the occurrence of oc- 

 casional specimens. We still look forward to its rea})})earance however, 

 in its old abundance, without aiiificial aid. 



We notice in the Proceedings of the FoUiestoue Natural History Society, 

 1892, a report of the principal lepidoptei'a captured in the district during 

 1892. Ojjhiodes lunaris by Mr. Austin ; Cloaniha perspiciUaris by 

 Lieut. Brown ; three Deiopeia pidcliella in May, and one in August ; 

 Phisia vwneta, Leticania albijjimeta, Sphinx convolndi and Ennomos antnm- 

 naria were also captured. Most interesting is the note that Mr. Austin 

 has turned up Ncla rentonalis at Folkestone. We do not ol)ject to 

 l)hilanthroi)y, l)ut when philanthropists foxand out tlie Deal sand-hills, 

 and planted tents for about a hundred boys every summer, on one of 

 the best collecting grounds in the kingdom, converted it into a play- 

 groimd, and generally destroyed the district entomologically, our 

 sympathies were certainly not with the philantliro})ist. As NoJa cento- 

 nalis has through these reasons become unobtainaljle at Deal, its occur- 

 rence at Folkestone is particularly satisfactory, especially as it has fallen 

 nto the hands of a collector who knows well how to work it. 



