160. THE entomologist's record. 



Goldtliwait ; Asphalia ridens, bred, from the New Forest, and one dark 

 specimen from Ongar Park Wood, Essex ; also a fine specimen of Va- 

 nessa antiopa taken in Monk's Wood, Essex, on April 7th, by Mr. 

 Whittingham of Walthamstovv. Mr. Mera ; several hybernated larva3 

 of Orijyia ijonostlgma, part of a brood hatched last June, the majority of 

 the brood having fed up and emerged in the autumn. Mr. Clark ; a 

 black specimen of Phigah'a pedaria from Barnsley, and two specimens 

 of Crambus j)i)ietellus from Scotland. Capt. Thompson ; a larva of 

 Zeuzera jri/riiia found in his garden in Myddelton Sq., E.G. ; it was 

 comfortably ensconced in a piece of stick only slightly larger in diameter 

 than that of its own body. Mr. Tutt : (1) a typical Lycaena corydon, 

 ca23tured in July 1893 ; (2) a hybrid between L. corydon and L. hellanjus, 

 taken in copula with a typical ? L. beUargus, on May 20th, 1893, at 

 which time the latter species was very abundant, L. corydon not being 

 on the wing till some weeks later ; the specimen retained the external 

 features of L. corydon, but had assumed to a great extent the coloration 

 of L. hellargus ; (3) a typical ^ L. bellargus captured on the same day ; 



(4) a 5 X. bellargus, in which the pigment had failed in one hind wing ; 



(5) a pale var. of L. corydon, captured in July, 1886, which was 

 probably to be referred either to var. apennina, Zell., usually met with 

 in Italian mountain districts, or to var. albicans, H.-S., usually met with 

 in Andalusia; Staudinger says of the former " pallidior," of the latter 

 " albicans," (Cat. p. 12). Mr. Bacot then read the following note: — 



On Assembling Selenia tetralunaria. — On April 7th, 1894, 1 took 

 a freshly-emerged J to Epping Forest, to see if she would attract any 

 S s for me. The night seemed a favourable one, being warm, with a 

 light breeze from the E. I hung up the ? in a small cage about 

 6.30 p.m., and she commenced calling shortly after 7. The first <? 

 flew up about 7.30, and others continued to come until 8.15. They 

 generally came up singly, and at intervals of five or six minutes ; but 

 about 8, I found three on the cage together. I found I could box them 

 without difficulity if I did not use the lantern, but the light seemed to 

 frighten them. On reaching home about 10, I placed one of the <? s in 

 the cage with the $ ; he was lively for a few minutes, but then quieted 

 down till midnight, when he began to fly again ; the $ then commenced 

 to call, and they paired at 12.15, remaining together till 9.30 a.m. 

 Some of the J s were of a light ochreous tint ; I thought this was a 

 characteristic of the summer brood only. 



Dr. T. A. Chapman, of Hereford, read a very interesting jiaj^er 

 " On Butterfly pupce and the lines of evolution which they suggest."* 



NOTICE TO CORRESPONDENTS. 



Will correspondents please be careful to write generic and 

 trivial names as distinctly as possible? By so doing they will 

 greatly assist us in avoiding errors. — Ed. 



* This paper will be published, in this magazine later in the year. — Ed. 



