-74 THE entomologist's record. 



Ihitish Xoctiiae and tlicir Varieties, vol. i., p. 63, where the following 

 sentence occurs in a discussion of the species H. ludndis. " The palest 

 I have ever seen were captured by Mr. Percy Russ at Sligo, in Ireland, 

 but others captured by Mr. Ovenden and myself at Strood, Mr. 

 Coverdale at Hhoeburyness, and by myself at Deal, are but little 

 darker than the Irish specimens." These pale Sligo forms are 

 probably all referable to hi. Iikl'hs, Ft. That Tutt himself, the 

 acknowledged authority on this genus, should have had in his ©wn 

 cabinet II. lucoi.'i, Fr., and H. crinanensis, Burrows, mixed together for 

 many years under the name of H. Iticens, and H. htcenn and H. palndis 

 under that of tl. paliidis, shows how impossible it is to distinguish 

 between these three species by a superficial examination. — E. A. 

 Cockayne, F.E.S., 16, Cambridge Square, W. 



[I find that the " Ben Beulah " specimens of H. crinanensis were 

 captured by Tutt himself, on loir i/iuioul near Ben Bheulah, shown to 

 him bv Dr. Chapman. No doubt this species was the one captured in 

 previous years in this locality by Dr. Chapman.— E. A. C] 



J^OTES ON COLLECTING, Etc. 



Phigalia pedaria in December.^ — I have an earlier record for 

 I'hit/alia pedaria than that recorded by Mr. Tonge (p. 25), as I took a 

 freshly emerged male on a fence bordering Highgate Woods on 

 December 17th last. It was slightly crippled. L'/ieimatohia hruniata 

 was still abundant and many quite freshly emerged in the woods in 

 the same afternoon. — Russell E. James, " Brockenhurst," Bloom- 

 field Road, Highgate. Febrnanj dtli, 1912. 



Correction. — In the Eiit. Record for January, 1912, p. 12, line 13, 

 read $ for J . I may add that lines 36 and 37 on p. 11 are not 

 sufficiently clearly expressed. The Belgrade Forest $ s of M. didi/nia, 

 are much suffused as a rule in the first generation. Those of the 

 second brood are of a more orange-brown ground colour. As regards C. 

 erate, it may be said in criticism of my suggestion as to the possible 

 causes of its presence on the Bosphorus, that butterflies do not move 

 when North and North-East winds blow. Very true, but what about 

 sudden changes of wind which are one of the features of the Euxine? 

 I have seen C. eiluKa flying over the Bosphorous in war)n weather more 

 than once. Given a sudden change of wind, especially of a violent 

 nature, and an insect may be carried a long distance by a wind in 

 which it would not ordinarily fly. — Phjlip P. Graves, F.E.d., Club de 

 Constantinople, Constantinople. Febniari/ 24f//, 1912. 



CURRENT NOTES AND SHORT NOTICES. 



The Rev. G. M. Smith and Mr. C. Granville Clutterbuck, F.E.S., 

 as Members of the Museum Committee, are engaged in arranging a 

 collection of the Gloucestershire Lepidoptera for the Gloucester 

 Museum. Collectors willing to supply specimens are invited to 

 communicate with the latter gentleman at " Heathside," Heathville 

 Road, Gloucester. 



The National Trust for Places of Historic Interest or Naiui'al 

 Beauty, are at the present time making an appeal to preserve to the 

 nation some sixty acres of the North Downs, i/;., CoUey Hill near 



