PRACTICAL HINTS. 



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English, as I can Unci no difference between eitlier the moths or the 

 caterpillars." 



Mr. Eustace Bankes, with his eagle eye, has determined that Litho- 

 coUetis trigiitti'lla is only a variety of L. fai/ineUa. 'J^he original 

 description was based on a siiKjle specimen taken by Mr. J. W. Douglas 

 at Sandei'stead. No one regretted more than did Mr. Stainton in his 

 later years these early descriptions made from single specimens, and 

 vet, even now, we find collectors, who are field-naturalists and not 

 students, occasionally naming species from two or three specimens, 

 without reference even to the Continental figures and descriptions of 

 tlie allied non-Britisli species in the same genus. 



The cheap three-penny edition of " The Accentuated List " to 

 which Capt. Thompson alludes in his paper, can still be obtained of 

 Messrs^. Gurney and Jackson, 1, Paternoster Kow. Will not our 

 present-day University entomologists prepare a new edition, in which 

 the mail}' additional names, both generic and trivial, which have ob- 

 tained currency since 1859, should l)e included, and from which we 

 might obtain guidance, as to the correct accentuation of the sub-family 

 (inn) and tribe {idi) names ? 



One of the most amusing incidents that has occurred at our London 

 Ent. Societies lately, took place at the City of London meeting on 

 Fel). 6th. It was practically a vote on Mr. Erohawk's power of eye- 

 sight, as to whctlier certain male varieties of Argyunis jxiphki, belonging 

 to Mr. J. A. Clark, had, or had not, a green tint round the pale spots 

 present on the hind wings. Nineteen members were present, and voted 

 with perfect unanimity against Mr. Erohawk, everyone being able to 

 .see the colour. We condole most sincerely with Mr. Erohawk on this 

 adverse judgment. 



Practical hints. 



Hoartnia repaaddta is a very interesting species to breed; the lai'vse 

 may be found, on mild evenings in early spring, feeding on all sorts of 

 low-growing plants; ivy, honeysuckle and bramble seem to be the 

 favourite food-plants hereabouts. — J. Mason, Clevedon. January 12th, 

 1894. 



The best time to capture Mehmthid rnhiijinata {hicolurata) is about 

 an hour before sunset, when I find it on the wing in this neighbourhood 

 among alders. — J. Einlay, Meldon Park, Morpeth. January 2d(h, 1894. 



In Epping Eorest 31. bicolorafa does not fiy until sunset, l)ut may 

 be beaten out of blackthorn in crowds during the afternoon. — E. J. 

 BucKELL, Canonbury. 



ARIATION. 



BoAKMiA ifEPANDATA var. coNVEKSAKTA. — Thc Specimens of this 

 variety taken at liglit on June 10th, 1893, by Mr. Vivian at (41anafon, 

 Port Talbot in Soutli Wales, are remarkable in that their grouiul colour 

 is of a much purer white than is the case with specimens from any other 

 district which 1 have seen. Mr. Moberly writing of these specimens 



