slightly narrower apical joint of the antennae, this and the preceding 

 joint being black. Prom E. florea, Er., and its allies, the short oval 

 shape and the colour o£ the club of the antennae sufficiently dis- 

 tinguish it. The specimen, a female, has the disc of each elytron 

 broadly and indeterminately infuscate in the middle, this being due 

 to discoloration after death, as is often the case in various species of 

 this genus. Reitter's original description [Eev. der europ. Epuraea- 

 Arten), p. 15, t. 1, fig. 15 (1872)] was made from a specimen of this 

 kind and he at first called the insect E. hinotata, changing the name 

 in the following year (Verh. Yer. Briinn, xii, p. 19) to E. nanaf. 

 This species inhabits Central and Northern Europe, the original speci- 

 men having been obtained in Switzerland ; it is recorded from Finland 

 by J. Sahlberg. 



Horsell, Woking : 



December 6th, 1895. 



TEN WEEKS COLLECTING LEPIDOPTERA IN UNST (SHETLAND). 



BT JAMES J. F. X. KING, F.E.S., PEKCT M. BRIGHT, F.E.S., 

 AND WILLIAM REID, F.E.S. 



Early in the year we decided to spend our holidays in the far 

 north, with the hope of finding most, if not all, the Shetland insects. 



About the middle of June we arrived at Balta Sound, where 

 apartments had been secured for us. After unpacking our traps we 

 turned our attention to the insects, and one of the first species that 

 was captured in any quantity was Sepialus humuli, var. hetlilandica ; it 

 occurred in fair numbers both near Haroldswick and at the Loch of 

 Cliif ; owing to its short flight (20 to 30 minutes) we had to be pretty 

 active, jumping fences, throwing down walls, and wading ankle deep 

 in water, &c. The i^ of this species, as is well known, varies, in Unst, 

 from unicolorous creamy-white wings with dark drab thorax, through 

 a darker creamy-white with a number of dark brown markings to a dark 

 yellow with dark brown or almost black markings ; the thorax of the 

 insects varying from a pale canary colour through various tints of drab 

 and brown ; a few specimens were obtained in which the dark markings 

 on wings and dark thorax were replaced by a brilliant vermilion-pink ; 

 these latter specimens were very handsome. The ? does not varv to 

 the same extent, although many of the specimens were of a much 

 richer colour than those taken in either Scotland or England, the 

 tendency being towards a grey-green colour. 



+ This name is also used in his '• Bestirannnigs-Tabelle der europ Col. Nitid ," 1 Theil 

 E/iurrea, p. 13 (18fi4). 



