Scientific notes And observations. 201 



1. Arqtircsthia illumhuitcllii , ZelL — Taken at Forres (Salvage) ; bred from Scotch 

 fir (Tutt).' 



2. Argijresthia atmorcUu, n. sp. — Taken among larch at King's Lynn 

 (Atmore). Fore-wings with a slightly more elongate and acuminate apex than 

 illiiminatella (Walsingham). 



If we provisionally call the King's Lynn species An/i/rcstliia 

 atwnnila, we shall know where we are. — J. W. Tutt. 



URRENT NOTES. 



At the invitation of Mr. Verrall, the members of the Entomologi- 

 cal Club held a meeting on January 14th, at the Holborn 

 Restaurant. Many entomological friends were also invited. After 

 a couple of hours spent in pleasant conversation, the whole assembly 

 was most hospitably entertained by Mr, Verrall, whose genial 

 affability ensured a most thoroughly enjoyable social evening. 

 Professor Meldola, Professor Poulton and Mr. Jacoby were among 

 those present, the latter charming the company with a couple of his 

 delightful masterpieces on the violin. 



The compilers of Tlw InUntational XaturalisU' Dircctonj [Swann 

 & Co., Bouverie Street, E.C.,] should attempt something much more 

 ambitious. Their present JJin'ctori/ is a handy little pamphlet for 

 British entomologists and ornithologists. We would suggest that 

 that published by INIessrs. Friedljinder & Sohn would form a good model. 



Mr. G. C. Champion adds {E. 21. 21., January) another 

 Coleopteron to the British List. This is Ejmraca nana, Bitter, nearly 

 allied to, but much smaller than E. mclina ; it is also more oval, less 

 elongate, the upper surface is more shining and more finely punctured, 

 the antenna? having the last two joints of the club abruptly black, 

 the apical joint being broader than in /•.'. uuiiita ; the thorax is more 

 narrowed behind and the elytra are more rounded at the apex. 



^^ ARI ATIO N. 



The varieties of Leucophasia sinapis which occur in Britain. — 

 Writing of the varieties of L. sinapis, Mr. Tutt says [ante, p. 81) : 

 " I presume that a very large proportion of our British male specimens, 

 captured in May and June, are of this variety {Inthyri, Hb.)." For 

 several years I have taken both broods in Devonshire, but I have 

 never seen one with the underside of the hind-wings at all greenish 

 (some sixty or more must have passed through my hands). These 

 are invariably more or less clouded with gray, from an admixture 

 of black scales with the white ones, mostly below the discoidal cell and 

 the lowest discoidal nervure. One of my <? specimens of the first 

 brood has the apical spot black and round. The small second brood 

 is to be found early in August, and has the underside of the hind- 

 wings similar to that of the first brood. I have never come across 

 one pure white (var. diniemix). All the ? 's I have taken have traces 

 of the apical spot, the black scales having a linear arrangement 

 along the nervures, which they cloud more or less, but never so much 

 as to render the insect diflicult to distinguish from the g- . There 

 seems another simple way of separating the two sexes at a glance 

 (independently of the genitalia), which I do not remember to have 

 seen noticed, viz., by the antenna'. In my series of 33, all the J 's 



