1908] 100 



E. abietina, Sahib., is very closely related to E. florea, and could easily be 

 mistaken for that insect. It is slightly broader, shorter, and more finely punctured, 

 the anterior margin of the thorax is rather more emarginate, and in the 3 the 

 middle tibiae are more emarginate. It also comes near E. immunda, but is distinctly 

 narrower and more parallel-sided, and the thorax is much less contracted in front. 



E. boreella, Zett., is a very dark species allied to E. pusilla, but has the sides 

 of the thorax strongly sinuate just before the posterior angles. 



E. pygmxa, Gyll., is another dark species near E. pusilla, but is distinguished 

 by having distinctly broader borders to the elytra, which are more evenly rounded 

 at the apex. 



Bradfield, Berks. : 



January 26th, 1908. 



FAUNA HAWAIIENSIS : MICROLEPIDOPTERA—A CORRECTION. 

 BY THE RT. HON. LORD WALSINGHAM, M.A., LL.D., F.R.S., &c. 



293. (157) Hyposmocoma nephelodes nn. 

 = § nebulifera Wlsm. no. 293 (nee nebulifera Wlsm. no. 147). 

 Hyposmocoma nebulifera Wis in. Fn. Hawaii. I. 628, 735, 750 no. 293. 

 PL 2326 (1907) CD. 



Rab. HAWAIIA 0)— Oahu CD-Maui CD. 



When combining tentative MS. genera, abandoned through 

 the occurrence of intermediate forms, the idionym nebulifera was 

 inadvertently included twice in the genus Hyposmocoma. The 

 dionym Hyposmocoma nebulifera must be employed to designate no. 

 147, while, for no. 293, which requires a new name, nephelodes nu. 

 is suggested. 



Merton Hall, Thetford : 



January 1st, 1908. 



Notes on Cumberland Coleoptera in 1907. — The season of 1907 will long be 

 remembered among Entomologists for its coldness, wetness, and the general back- 

 wardness of insects in appearing. Carefully planned expeditions were sadly inter- 

 fered with or abandoned altogether, so that one's captures by the end of the year 

 yielded less than the usual amount of interesting material for winter study. I must 

 say, however, that on the few rare occasions when the weather conditions were 

 favourable beetles were fairly abundant, and on the whole my collecting over a 

 number of years leads me to the belief that a damp season is more productive of 

 beetles than a hot, dry one. One may not capture so much in a wet season for the 

 reason that one has fewer outings ; but comparing the limited time spent in the 



