276 THE entomologist's record. 



^OTICES AND REVIEWS. 



Forteclcninq ufvcr Macrolepidoptera fnuna i Finland efter dr 1869, by 



Enzio Renter. Published by J. Simelii Arfvingavs. Boktryckeri, 



Aktiebolae:, Helsinsfors. — This is a little book which should be 



carefully studied by those who work at the British Lepidoptera. To a 



great extent the Scandinavian fauna is like our own, and the author 



has worked out his subject so systematically that compilers of systematic 



lists will have carefully to look up the new local races and varieties which 



are herein described. We notice, however, that a great many of the names 



of local varieties overrun those already given in England, and must 



sink into synonyms. We find among the butterflies two of our north 



and west country forms of Pieris napi described ; ab. aulphnreotmcta as 



" Alis superne sordide flavescentibus, posticis inferne laetius sulphureis, 



$ ," considered distinct from Schoyen's ab. sulplmrea (our well-marked 



Irish variety approaching var. hryoniae). We are under the impression 



that snlphnreotincta has been named before. The bright Irish form of L. 



icarus appears under the name of var. coerulea, Schilde, whilst a 



new variety of Melito'a athalia, is added to the already long list, 



\inder the title ab. fennica described as: — "Alis superne magis 



conspicue nigro limbatis, fasciis nigris transversis anticarum 



angiistioribus ; al. posticis inferne a basi usque ad fasciam mediam 



unicoloribus fulvls, maculis basalibus subnullis ; $ ." As with us, 



Argynnis adippe var. cleodoxa is only of very occasional occurrence. 



The occasional appearance of Colias ednsa is noted, as is also 



that of Coenonympa fyphon var. laidion. Our rose-tinted specimens 



of Smerinthns popidi are described under the name of var. roseotincta. 



Mr. Clark's var. centripnacta (Ent. Rec, [., p. 329) of Smerinthns tilice 



is referred to under the name of macnlata, Miitzel, whilst the hitherto 



considered var. knreliai of No! a nJhnlalis is referred to another species, 



N. arctica. Thei'e are some very interesting notes on Eriogaster lanestris 



var. aavasaksae and Bomhyx rnhi var. pygmaeaia described as : — " Multo 



minor, corpore obsctiriore, strigis transversis alarum anticarum rectis, 



magis approximatis, obsoletis, extrorsum obscurius et magis distincte 



terminatis, J ; nolgit. al. expaus. 44 mm." Some varieties are 



mentioned which appear to be British, viz. : — Cernra fnrcnla var. 



horeaUi^, which we believe is one of the forms described under another 



name by our old British authors, Pheosia dictaeoidcs var. frigida, 



Zett, whilst a new var., N. dromedarius var. polaris, appears as if it 



will have to sink as a synonym of our var. perftisca. A variety of 



Cymatophora or (called by Clerck's name flavicorni») is noticed as 



unimnctd'ita, Meves, whilst Asphdia flavicornis is called by Goze's 



name cinerea. Among the Noctu.^e are some very interesting notes 



on the better known northern forms, including a few varieties that we 



have not before noticed. Agrotifi (Noctnn) bain var. pimctata,J. Mev. is 



one, whilst the sagitta of Hiibner, our northern streaked var. of A. 



cursoria (?) is treated as distinct, with a newly described variety hrimnea, 



stated to be " Obscurior, alis anticis rufobrunneis." Scandinavian 



examples of sagitta should be compared with British specimens to see 



whether identical forms are known by the same name in the two 



coimtries. The variegated var. of Uadena dissimilis is renamed laeta and 



described as " dilutior, alis anticis Isetius griseo-variegatis " ; laeta 



will of course sink. The author speaks of capsophila as a var. of 



