286 THK entomologist's record. 



MoNCAYo, mid-July (mostly at 4000ft. -5000ft.) : — Acidalia ochrata, 

 Scop., A. subsaturata, Gn., A. asellaria, H.-S., A. alyssumata, Mill. (?)^ 

 A. deversaria, H.-S., A. dilutaria, Hb. (holosericata, Dup.), A. fuscove- 

 nosa, GoezH (interjectaria, Gn.), A. hitwiliata, Hfn., Rliodostrophia vibi- 

 caria, CI., OrthoUtlia plmiibana, Fb., Lijthria sa)ifjui)iaria, Dup., Larentia 

 montanata, Schiti"., L. bilineata, Eitpithecia scopariata, Ramb., E. inno- 

 tata, Hfn., Metrocampa mari^aritata, L., Boannla repamlata, L., A)itIto- 

 iiietra planndaria, Bdv., Fidonia fatnula, Esp., Eurranthis (Athroulopha) 

 nenni(jeraria, Hb., Eiiiatur(/a atowaria, L. 



Agreda (west foot of Moncayo): — Acidalia ochrata, Scop., (htliolitha 

 chenojiodiata, L. {liiititata, Scop.). 



Barbadillo, June 27th : — Eitpithecia scopariata, Ramb., Fidonia 

 fainida, Esp. 



SoRiA : — Acidcdia oc/irata, Scop., llhodustropJiia vibicaria, CI. 



The Phorodesina pustidata is a fine large ? , bred out on July 20th, 

 from a larva taken at 4000ft. elevation. Psetidoterpna coronillariawaiS 

 met with both in the imago {S S'S taken) and in the larval state (1 $ 

 bred). The larva was found on Genista scorpiim, and Dr. Chapman 

 writes, "larva and pupa identical with P. pruinata; on comparing 

 Milliere and Staudinger's Catalog, I am satisfied that my idea that 

 these two are one is supported." P. coronillaria has been accepted as 

 a good species ever since it was made known by Hiibner, but this has 

 been solely on its striking colour difference — the other slight differences 

 mentioned by Guenee, namely, "les lunules terminales plus marquees, 

 et les lignes medianes peut-etre un peu plus ecartees et plus dentees," 

 etc., do not amount to much — and probably we cannot do better than 

 bow to the Doctor's judgment, and write " Psettduterpna pruinata, 

 Hfn., var. Goronillaria, Hb." It is interesting that Boisduval came 

 very near this result more than 60 years ago; he gives {Gen. et Ind. 

 Meth., p. 180) a " var. coronillaria, Dup., non Hb.," under cijthimria 

 {pruinata), and writes: "In Gallia centrali occurrent identidem 

 specimina cinerea, primo intuitu coronillariae fere similia, sed a 

 corsicaria et coronillaria genuina facile distincta, froute fusco .... 

 ut apud cythisariani." But Guenee points out : (1) that the fuscous 

 frons is common to both; (2) that Duponchel's figure clearly represents 

 the same thing as Hiibner's ; (3) that when he (Guenee) tried to 

 obtain Boisduval's reputed var. from central France, he only received 

 "la vraie coronillaria.'" The question remains whether in any parts- 

 of central France our insect becomes " ab. coronillaria," or whether it 

 is always a fixed local race, as it certainly seems to be in southern 

 Europe, Syria, etc.''' It will also be interesting to learn whether 

 axillaria, Gn., and corsicaria, Ramb., are likewise co-specific with our 

 2iruinata. 



The single specimen of Acidalia [Cleta) vittaria is a pale aberration 

 of exactly the colour of perpusillaria, Ev., which it much resembles, 

 except in the sinuous central line and, of course, the more heavily 

 pectinated antenna'. The A. luteolaria, also a single specimen, lacks 

 the dark margin so characteristic of my Piedrahita specimens {Ent. 

 Rec, XV., p. 97) ; this species seems a somewhat variable one, if I may 

 judge from the very slender material which has passed before my eyes, 



* I see Guenee in his appendix (Vr. et FluiL, ii., p. 541) admits a var. A. 

 of cuninilldrid of a " gris-verte-d'eau tres-pale," and adds that he has seen a slight 

 greenish tinge in several other specimens of the species. 



