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URRENT NOTES. 



Mr. W. H. B. Fletcher found cases of Fuiiwa hctulina in the New 

 Forest, from which imagines of both sexes have been bred. According 

 to Mr. C. G. Barrett {E.^[.^[., Dec), the fore-wings of the male are 

 neatly, though very obscurely, reticulated all over with faintly blacker 

 cross lines, and a large slightly blacker spot shows itself at the end 

 of the discal cell. The cases Avere blackish, moderately erect, slightly 

 constricted at each end, and with minute bits of dead leaf or bark 

 scattered over the surface. 



Mr. B. A. Bower difterentiates Scoparia ba.sistrii/ali.s from S. 

 ainbii/Halis. We assume this to have become necessary now that Mr. 

 Meyrick has telescoped both S. uluwlla and S. basistrii/alis into .S'. 

 ainhii/uali.s, a proceeding with which we entirely disagree. 



Mr. C. Oldham records {Xatiirali.'^t, Dec)., the capture of two 

 specimens of ('(Muia paU'in-ea on Risley Moss, near Warrington, in 

 August, 1894. 



Mr. R. H. Meade states (Xattiralist, Dec.) that he found a single 



male of the rare Dipteron, Ci/nujiii/ia alj)i)ia, a,t Silverdale, in August last. 



Mr. C. G. Barrett reports {J'J.M.M., Dec), that he has had larvae 



of Tcras contaminana sent to him from Southampton, which were 



feeding on the fruit of the apricot. 



Mr. A. B. Farn announces [K.M.M., Dec), the breeding by Messrs. 

 J. and W. Davis, of Dartford, of hybrids from a pairing of Kut/unia 

 autHmnaria {^) and K. qucirmaria ( ? ). The shape and manner of 

 depositing of the eggs suggest that there is a much closer relationship 

 between these two species than between either of them and the other 

 British representatives of the genus. 



From larvte of Xemeohiit.s luciiia, obtained on June 3rd, Mr. Walter 

 A. Pearce records {Kntom., Dec), that he bred an imago on November 

 7th, and a friend two others on October 20th and November 3rd. All 

 were females. The pupte had been kept out of doors. 



Considerably over £300 was produced by the sale of Mr. W. H. 

 Tugwell's collection, including the Butterflies, SpmNGiDES, Bombycides, 

 NoCTuiDEs and the larger Incomplet.e. The Geometrides, Pyralides, 

 &c, have not yet been disposed of. The most important lots were as 

 follows: — Anosia airhijipus, 35/-; Aiyi/unis latlumia, 34/- for four 

 specimens ; variety of Ari/i/nnis cuUppe, 20/- ; variety of A. udeiw, 50/- ; 

 Kuraneasa antiitpa, 18/- and 16/- each ; CJin/sojilKoius dispar ietched for 

 successive specimens, 45/-, 55/-, 63/-, 100/-, 147/-, 70/-, 45/-, 120/- ; 

 25/- for a var. of ('. phloeas with one white wing ; whilst Li/caena acts 

 fetched 35/- and .30/- per pair respectively. L. ariou averaged 8/- per 

 pair, Ikili'phila cderio 36/-, whilst again the Sesiids fetched higher 

 prices : Sesia scnliaefonnis and .S'. sphefilfdiniU averaged about 2/6 

 apiece, but some Irish specimens of the former went at as much as 7/-. 

 The Zygaenids, which were especially fine and variable, produced 35/-, 

 55/-, 42/-, 50/-, 84/-, 65/- per lot respectively, whilst a belated Si/ntmitis 

 pJii'i/ea, said to have been taken by a Mr. Batchelor, produced £3. The 

 Nolas, too, fetched high prices, whilst Jh'inpcia pulcJwlla went at 11/- 

 and 30/- each respectively. One var. of Arctia caia produced 95/-. 

 A special lot of 7 of the very dark Moray Spilosoma vwntlut.'^tii, and 8 

 extreme vars. of S. luhncipeda, with black vars. of lAjiaris iiuniarlia, 

 went at about 35/- per lot of 30. One >'. iiifntlia.strl var. rail lata 

 produced £S, whilst Ladia caenom went for 12/-, 12/-, 18/- per pair, 

 and 16/- for one fine female. Lcmoccnnpa ilicifuUa fetched 32/6, 37/6, 



