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largely composed of that tree. Mr. Bai'rett informs me that, according to Zeller, the 

 larva is sometimes found on dewberry, as well as on mountain ash, while Heine- 

 mann gives oak as a food-plant. 



In June, 1881, -while fishing in Sutherlandshire, I took a few Tortrices. including 

 Penthina prfBlcmgana, Grevillana, and marginana, Clepsis r!w^ic«»a (abundantly). 

 Coccyx ttp.daiia, Phoxopteryx uncana, biarcuana, and inornatana {suharcuana, of 

 Stainton), Argyrolepia Baumanniana and subhaumanniana. The Hypermecia an- 

 gtistana seemed very distinct from our southern forms of H. cruciana, with very 

 evident, well-defined, dark markings. Phoxopteryx inornatana scarcely answers to its 

 name in that locality, being of a rich fawn-colour, with the median streak well- 

 defined and very distinct ; in fact, the insect looks at first sight almost like biarcuana. 

 PcBdisca semifuscana, bred from sallow, varied but little. On the other hand, P. Solan- 

 driana, bred from birch, varied considerably, most of them being of a brilliant orange- 

 red ground-colour, none, however, shewing either a dark or a white blotch along the 

 inner margin. I obtained a single specimen only of Tortrix ministrana, which, 

 however, is a very dark richly marked example. Eupcecilia ciliella varied from the 

 fine, richly-marked, Scotch form {subroseana, of Stainton) to small obscure speci- 

 mens like our cowslip-bred form. The variety of O. iilicetana, with the white or 

 whitish ground-colour, was not uncommon, feeding apparently on various trefoils as 

 well as gorse. Among the Tinece, JS'emophora pilella, yerj bright Tinea rtisticella, 

 (Ecophora subaqiiilea, Ornix scoticella and Loganella, appeared to be fairly com- 

 mon. Of P. Orevillana I took but one example, and am unable to give any exact 

 particulars with regard to it, as, on catching it, I did not distinguish it from P. 

 prcBlongana. I do not think it can be at all common, as I took every Penthina that I 

 saw. — A. F. Griffith, Sandridge, St. Albans : March, 1884. 



The late Mr. Buckler^s draivings of the larvm of British 3Iacro-Lepidoptera. — 

 We are glad to be able to announce that the Ray Society has acquired these drawings, 

 and the voluminous MSS. in connection therewith, for publication, and the Rev. 

 J. Hellins has kindly lent those of Mr. Buckler's drawings in his possession to the 

 Society. They will probably form the subject for three or four volumes of the 

 Society's publications, but at present the scheme has not been sufiiciently developed. 

 In the meantime, those entomologists (not already members of the Ray Society) who 

 wish to obtain these volumes, would do well by sending in their names and addresses 

 to the Secretary — the Rev. T. Wiltshire, 25, Granville Park, Lewisham, London 

 S.E. By so doing, they would materially aid the Council of the Society. — Eds. 



The late Mr. Harper's collection of British Lepidoptera. — The sale of this 

 collection at Stevens' rooms on the 20th and 21st March, attracted about the largest 

 assemblage of British Lepidopterists we ever remember to have seen in these rooms. 

 The collection was a remarkable one, perhaps the most remarkable ever dispersed, 

 and the prices realized were in proportion. The late Mr. Harper did not appear 

 to have considered it necessary to label his insects in any way whatever, even 

 by names : it seemed to him to sufiice if he possessed the specimens. The col- 

 lection was extraordinarily rich in bizarre varieties, in the rarer British species, 

 and ill those strange forms from the Hebrides, Shetlands, and other outlying Scotch 



