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morning- promised fair, although, before we reached the end of our 

 journey, our hopes were disappointed and we emerged from the station 

 in a fine driving rain and high wind. The first larva found was that 

 of yudaria iiitiinUaui, common on the stone-walls by the roadside. 

 Beating for larvaj was very difficult on account of the high wind, but 

 those of ('/leiiiiatobia bniiiiata were very common, whilst equally 

 common on the birch-trees which skirted a small stream, running over 

 the moorland, were those of C. boreaia : the larva? of this latter species 

 were knocked down in plenty. Larvae of the following species were also 

 taken chiefly from whitethorn and blackthorn — Hybeniia riipicaprario, 

 II. proyeiiniiaria and H. defoliaria, Phiijatia jjedaria {piloaaria), Crocallis 

 eliwinaria, Pucciloccniijia jxipiili, Diloba caenileocephala and Miselia 

 (Kvi/accnithae ; it may be noted with regard to the latter, that a grey or 

 lichen-coloured form of larva is very common here. Larvte of 

 I'dlia clii were taken off' sallow, and odd larvfe of Oporabia filifiraimitaria, 

 Larentia didipiiata, iScojielosoDui satellitia, Cleoceris viniivalis and A/piopis 

 aprilina. A few larvae of Asphalia fiaricornis Avere secured, while a 

 careful search on the heather for those of Trichiiira crataegi, only 

 yielded four larvie ; those of Lasiocampa quercus were also noted, but 

 they were small in &ize. The day was so cold and wet that one could 

 not hope to meet with any imagines. Odd specimens of the following 

 species were noticed, however, viz., Coremia ferrugata, Anarta myrtilli, 

 Eaplthecia nanata and CilLv spinula. — G. Nicholson, 26, Lancaster 

 Street, Newcastle. November 26f/(, 1907. 



W^ARI ATION . 



Remarkable cream-coloured aberration of Agriades corydon.— 

 The fore- and hindwings are of a very delicate cream-colour, shading 

 almost to white, with a faint bluish sheen, and having the fringes a 

 pale j-ellow-ochre inclining to brown. The thorax is pale blue ; 

 abdomen and head the same colour as the wings, the neck being pale 

 yellow-ochre ; the eyes are black ; the antennae white-tipped with 

 reddish- black on the underside. The underside of the butterfly is very 

 much the same as the upper, though duller; and also at the base of 

 the wing there is a slight tinge of yeliow-ochre and a tiny indistinct 

 sooty mark on each hindwing. This butterfly was taken at Freshwater, 

 Isle of Wight, about the second week in August, 1907. — W. S. Pearce, 

 St. Mogue's, Romsey, Hampshire. December MtJi, 1907. [Mr. Pearce 

 has sent us a coloured drawmg of this most remarkable aberration, and 

 has written the above description at our request. — Ed.] 



Aberration of Eupithkcia absinthiata. — Last September I beat a 

 good many " pug" larvae from ragwort, these have been emerging all the 

 summer, the first on May 14th, the last on September 11th. A few of 

 them were E. centaureata, and all the remainder E. absinthiata, one of 

 the latter being a dark unicolorous aberration, nearly black. — W. G. 

 Clutten, 132, Coal Clough Lane, Burnley. December 10th, 1907. 



(HURRENT NOTES. 



The Editor appears to be happih' placed in being so specially 

 remembered at Christmastide by our readers. Of the many specially 

 interesting tokens received from brother entomologists, one may 

 specially note the delightful poem, " Christmas, MDCCCCVII," by 

 Mr. Selwyn Image ; Mr. Malcolm Burr's beautiful little lepidopteron ! 



