114 THE entomologist's RECORD. 



local, perhaps not resident ; S. Europe, S. Asia, Africa, Australia, N. 

 America." These distributions will give an idea of the unlikelihood of 

 either species being a resident native, in sufficient quantities to supply 

 the demand. Those who own the " Boyd" and " Digby " specimens 

 had better keep them intact ; of others in collections I should like to 

 hear further. 



" A Country Cousin " appears to know a great deal more of " sale- 

 room " nomenclature than I can lay claim to. There is nothing in the 

 catalogue of the sale to show that " Warren " = " Waring," and we who 

 are not behind the scenes could not be expected to guess it. At any rate, 

 that does not affect my question — Why did the McciiHa jiithiijanalis in 

 Tugwell's collection produce 95/- and 63/- each, and the "fine " M. 

 jKill/i/nualis from " Waring's " (Warren's) collection only 16/- (with 215 

 other specimens added) ? 



I am quite willing to own that I deserve my critic's censure /v 

 Haili'Ud pcri'tirina. I see, on reference to Mr. Tutt's llritisji Xortuac, 

 etc., vol. iii., p. 82, that Mr. Bond only took one (September, 1875), 

 and " that a second specimen (probably Mr. McLachlan's) was after- 

 wards captured in the same locality." 



I am not so satisfied as to his remarks about OiiJiiodcslunaris. I am 

 not like Mr. Harold Hodge, opposed to the professional collector y/c/'.sv, 

 but he should be above suspicion, and no professional collector who 

 sells (K luuan's, and equally rare species, without recording such, can 

 be above suspicion, and there is just a taint of sarcasm in the sugges- 

 tion that a certain collector has probably not recorded his rare 

 captures because " he can get as good a price for them," as, I suppose, 

 he could if he published records of them. 



I cordially re-echo your correspondent's regrets that our professional 

 collectors neglect to give us, if not " the benefits of their experience," 

 the scientific observations they have made. The professional ento- 

 mologists on the Continent are usually among the most scientific 

 entomologists of their respective countries. Herein lies the gulf 

 between them and our own professional collectors, whose sole aim, 

 judged by their publications, is not science but pence. — John Bull. 



Kentish Chrysophanus dispar. — With regard to the specimens of 

 this species, reported as taken in Kent, at a meeting of the South 

 London Entomological Society [ante, p. 62), I would point out that 

 there were two or three in Tugwell's collection, which were labelled 

 in cabinet, and catalogued as " taken by Mr. Freeman, Say and Seal 

 Park." I did not see the undersides, but they were very small for 

 C. dispar, and, judging from the upper sides only, I should have 

 pronounced them var. rutilm. They certainly were not larger than 

 types of that form (I am speaking from memory only), and the prices 

 realised, 45/-, 55/-, and 68/- only, are very low for good examples, 

 which they were, and seem to corroborate my supposition. I do not 

 know who bought them. — W. G. Sheldon, Croydon. Maij 29M, 1896. 



Drymonia chaonia and Procris statices in Co. Cork. — I have 

 taken, during this month, two specimens of IK rJiaouia near Mallow, 

 Co. Cork, Ireland, also Procris statices (common enough here), but the 

 date (May 25th) appears to be early. — C. Bingham Newland, 

 Killetra, Mallow, Co. Cork. Mai/ 21t/>, 1896. 



Erratic emkroences : Melanippe kluctuata and EucHLoi<: car- 

 damines. — To show how erratic the emergence of M. jhictnata may be 



