220 THE entomologist's record. 



not contradict the original name or description," I would maintain that 

 Scudder's choice of Kccren for an/indcs is well-founded, that minima 

 becomes the type of Cupido, and that arion is undoubtedly the 

 " residuary type " of Lijcacna. 



The following will give the more advanced British lepidopterists 

 the information as to the genera included in the British Lyct^nin.e, 

 with the various species belonging to each ; so far as the material at 

 hand will allow. 



I. Tribe : Theclidi. — (1) T/wcla — pritni and tr-aUnim. 



(2) Zi'jihi/nts—hctidai' and qucrcns. 

 (8) L'allopliri/s— riihi. 

 Thecla is apparently unquestioned. — Zcplujrun, Hb., is antedated by Riirnlis, 

 Barbut, but Mr. Kirby considers Latin adjectives inadmissible. — Lyciin, Hb., is 

 older than Ciill<q)}injs, Billberg, but is preoccupied in Coleoptera. 



II. Tribe : Lyc.enidi. — - 



(1) Lampidi's^bni'tica. (2) Ci/aniris — aniitdus. 



(3) Vohjommatiis — con/don, bt'llan/iis, icarus, astrarcJic. 

 (4) Xoiiiiadcs — semiar;ius. 



(5) Kceres — an/iadcs. (6) Ciqndo — minima. 



(7) Pleheiits — aei/on. (8) Li/caeno — arion. 



The first four of these are, I believe, unquestioned. — In Cupido, Schrank gives 

 short descriptions of several Blues, with along oneof arriuules and )«!'»/;;«(, which he 

 considered the sexes of one species [Cupido 2>iier). Hiibner constructed the genus 

 Everes for rtrr/t((rk'.s, and by this restriction appears to have left mUdmu as the type 

 of Cupido ; Moore recently devised Zi;:er<i, for the luiniina group. Kirby lets Everes 

 fall, and retains Cupido for argiades and Zizera for miinuia. — Pleheiux, Linn., 

 and Rustieiis, Hb., have both been selected for the aer/on group. Kirby chooses the 

 older and Scudder the newer name. — Lij('ae)ia, Fab., was a mixed genus for 

 Coppers and Blues. All the Coppers and Blues except arion have since been placed 

 in special genera ; ario)i becomes, therefore, what Mr. Kirby would term the 

 " residuary type " of the genus. 



III. Tribe: Chrysophanidi. — (1) Chri/suphanus — dispar, jddofas. 

 Certain typical Coppers were included in Lijcaena with certain Blues. The 



former were taken out and placed in Chriimplunma, leaving the Blues in Lijcucun. 

 These have all been transferred to various genera, except (irion, which is therefore 

 the " residuary type" of Lycaena, as before shown. I am unable to agree yet 

 that p/(Zoe«.>* is generically distinct from the other Coppers. Scudder treats it as 

 being so under the title of Heodea. 



There can bo no excuse now for any .scientific British lepidopterist 

 not using the correct generic name for the British Hairstreaks, Blues 

 and Coppers in his communications, either to the Societies or to the 

 Magazines. 



On the variation of certain Noctuides occurring near Montrose. 



By MONTAGU GUNNING, M.D. 



Taeniocamjta (jothira.— This insect in its typically marked forms 

 varies in colour from greyish-white to pale reddish-grey, whilst in our 

 obsoletely marked aberrations only two occur, obsoleta-ntfcNcens, Tutt, and 

 (ihsoh'ta-raric(jata, Tutt. I had always been under the impression that 

 these were i/ut/iicina, but I understand now that this is a very 

 unusual form in Scotland, the true nh. i/otJiirina being of a red ground- 

 colour, the gothic mark being also reddish, but of a paler hue than 

 the ground-colour. Mr, Tutt informs me that the Scotch dealers 

 used erroneously to refer all obsoletely marked aberrations to ab. 

 i/othicina for sale purposes, and afterwards the collectors made the 

 same error in their exchanges. 



