^3(5 THE fiNfORiOiiOGHST's RECORtJ. 



tions. Mr. Home replied : — " I am perfectly sure that ( \ (■iisiiwphorana 

 does feed in rcsimuia nodules ; I find the old pupa-case of the latter 

 in the nodules along with the fresh pupa of C. rosniophorana. I am 

 inclined to doubt the statement that the larva of the latter makes a 

 nodule similar to that made by rt'sinana, but smaller. I am about 

 the fir woods almost continually, and feel sure that if such were the 

 case they would be observed. I have captured ('. cosinojiJioraita at 

 Lhanbryde and Countess Wells, where rcdnuna does not occur." 

 This latter statement appears to be conclusive (in spite of the previous 

 corroboration of Mr. McArthur's views), that i '. rosiuojiliorcDia does exist 

 in some localities where it cannot dwell in rcsinana nodules, and 

 hence makes its reputed mode of life in those districts where 

 II. it'sinana does occur still more remarkable. Here, then, is something 

 for the Scotch collectors to clear up. — -J. W. Tutt, Westcombe 

 Hill, S.E. - 



@^URRENT NOTES. 



We have to inform our subscribers that at the expiration of 1896, 

 we shall revert to our old plan of publishing monthly. A small 

 section of our subscribers object to pay the proportionate cost 

 necessary to produce lb numbers instead of 12 numbers annually. 

 During 1895 we published no less than 460 pages of ordinary 

 letterpress and 28 pages of index = 488 pages altogether. We propose 

 doing the same during the current year, but even that is insufficient to 

 carry oft" all the material we get. We have no objection to the 

 preparation of all this material for press, but we do object, after we 

 have done it, to the implied suggestion of one of our subscribers that he 

 is being cheated. After Dec, 1896, therefore {i.e., when a new 

 volume begins at the commencement of a new year), we shall publish 

 but 12 annual numbers, as Avas formerly the case. These might be of 

 double the usual size {i.e., 48 pages instead of 24) if subscribers were 

 quite unanimous on the matter, but how far is iinanimity possible ? 



At the sale of the remainder of JMr. W. H. Tugwell's collection, 

 the following prices are perhaps worthy of notice : — i'lcora ridxaria 

 21/- (for two) and 37/6 (for three) ; Jiolrtahia fuliifinan'a 45/- (for two), 

 48/- (for three), 47/6 (for two) and 47/6 (for two) ; Ac'ulalia 

 straminata var. circdlata, 42/- ; 47/6 (for two lots of five with 

 specimens of other species) ; whilst four lots of Cidaria reticulata 

 (three specimens) produced 21/-, 32/6, 28/- and 32/6 respectively. The 

 J'jKjiitJieciae also fetched good prices. Aspecimenof Man/aroilesimionalin, 

 taken at Kingsdown in July, 1877, went for 55/-, another from the 

 same locality and captured the same year, for 30/-, whilst a specimen 

 of Mrri/na ii(ili/(i(nialiH, taken at Deal, July 10th, 1877, and 

 another taken at Kingsdown, July 14th, 1877, went for 95/- and 63/- 

 respectively. On the same day the collection of Coleoptcra made by 

 Mr. G. A. Lewcock was practically given away, a resi;lt evidently due 

 to the fact that it was not advertised, and that none of our Coleopterists 

 knew of the sale till it was over. 



The finest collection of Irish Lepidoptera that has yet been made — 

 that of Mr. Percy Russ — is to be sold at Stevens' sale-rooms on 

 February 17th; whilst some very fine ('lin/sdphann.s dispar, the 

 < 'atdcala electa, captured by Mr. Vine, and other rarities, Avill be 

 disposed of on March 9th and 10th. 



