314 tHE ENTOSirOLOGlST's RfcCORD. 



14/- (for 3), 18/- (for 3), 21/- (for 3), 12/- (for 2) ; Plati/ptcn/x 

 Iiarjia(/ula, 26/- (for 2), 28/- (for 2 with larva) ; two specimens of 

 Pcrouvacristana ab. rurtisajia produced 42/- ; Kupoccilia ii'drlroinaua pro- 

 duced 10/-, 12/-, 9/- per pair; Ceniral)icu></iis,ior setsoi '6 ench, 7 l-,H/-, 

 10/-, 16/- ; Lfucania vitdlina, 13/-, 14/-, 20/-, 14/- per specimen ; 1 each 

 oi L. vitcllina and L, alhijiunrta, 8/-; L. alhipunrta, 12/- (for 2), 4/- 

 (for 1) ; r,(ip/n/i/iiia c.rif/ua — 21/- and 10/- each ; Xijliniiiijcx ronspiril- 

 laris, 12/- and 18/- per pair ; A(/rntis suhrosea (1) and Xi/lina con- 

 fnniiis (1) produced 14/- ; Cn/iiKnirs e.rulis, 22/-, 18/-, 18/-, 26/-, 24/- 

 perpair; JJi/drilla palustri!^, captured by Mr. A. Houghton, 9/- (li, 

 10/- (2), 10/- (2), 22/- (pair); Caradrina awbufua (taken by Mr. Vine] 

 produced 16/-, 16/- and 21/- each ; Pachnohia Jn/perborea var. alpina, 

 28/- (for 6); Dianthoecla lutccKin var. harrcttii, 12/- (for 4), 21/- 

 (for 4), 26/- (for 2), 20/- (for' 2), 35/- (for 2), 32/6 (for 2), 30/- 

 (for 2) ; a fine var. of Pnlia .vantluiwista {iiii/rorincta), 44/- ; Cnrullia 

 iiudjihalii produced 10/-, 8/-, 8/-, 20/-, 21/- per specimen ; Plmia ni 

 (taken in New Forest by Mr. Grey, 1879), 21/-; Catocala fra.vini, 30/-, 

 21/- per specimen ; ('atinala eJcrta 'tlie first British specimen, taken 

 by Mr. A. Vine at Shoreham, 1875), 65/- ; A(/n>ti!< subrosca, 12/-, 

 10/-, 16/-, 28/-, 126/- (bred), per pair ; XuncK/ria spanianii, per pair 

 (from Mr. S. Webb), 22/-, 22/-, 26/-, 32/6. 



Our friend Mr. H. Tunaley, F.E.S., of 30, Fairmount Road 

 Brixton Hill, S.W., who is at work on the Lycaenids, asks us to insert 

 the following: — "Wanted. — Specimens of any of the Lyc^enin.e, 

 especially P. ronjdon, for examination. Full data as to locality, etc., 

 should accompany the specimens. If correspondents will kindly 

 forward them by parcel post, I will refund all expense, and replace any 

 damage in transit. Any old specimens may be sent so long as the 

 wing structure is perfect." We trust many of our subscribers will be 

 able to oblige him ; we need not add that every care will be taken of 

 the specimens sent. 



^^ ARI ATION. 



On the number of British species of Oporabia. — It would 

 appear that the present race of entomologists are not at all satisfied 

 with the condition of our knowledge concerning our Oporabias, and 

 that it would be a good thing if Mr. Prout (who is so specially 

 interested on the Lakentiid.'e) would bring forward all the informa- 

 tion as to the distinctness or otherwise of Ojiorabia ililutata and (K fili- 

 iiraiiiiiiaria. The historical facts bearing upon the making of O.autuin- 

 naria a species and its subsequent reduction to varietal rank, coupled 

 with the present information, for or against either view, would be of 

 the greatest use. On the other hand, there are many well known 

 Rannoch workers — both amateur and professional — who could give 

 information with regard to 1. — Undoubted (K fHiiiraiinuaria from 

 the moors. 2. — Undoubted (K (Jihitafa from the woods. 3. — 

 The silky insect which is usually considered as O./dhirammaria, 

 has largely the facies of (K dilutata, is not confined to the moors, 

 feeds in the larval stage on sallow, and may be specifically 

 separate from either of the now recognised British species. It appears 

 to be this form that is figured in I\)it. Vwcord, vii., pi. 3. — J. W. Tutt, 

 Westcombe Hill, S.E. March, 1896. 



