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the slightest trace of any red scales, which are present in the 

 yellow-banded forms that I have examined, therefore my speci- 

 men seems to be a well-defined white -banded variety. — F. W. 

 Frohawk; Balham, S.W., July, 1888. 



Zyg.ena lavandul.53, Es})., var. — Many of the species com- 

 prised in the genus Zygcena are liable to variation in the colour 

 of their spots, but I do not remember ever having heard of this 

 being the case with the South European species Z. lavandul<ey 

 Esp. This winter, however, at Cannes, I obtained about six or 

 eight larvae of this handsome species by sweeping, all from the 

 same locality. I fed them all together on Doryaiium suffructicosum, 

 the only plant, as far as I know, on which they feed. I have never 

 found them on Lavendula. In due time, at the beginning of April, 

 they all spun up, making the usual-shaped burnet cocoon. Later 

 on, from the 27th of April, the first specimens began to emerge, 

 as usual ; the wings metallic-greenish or violet-black, with red 

 spots, and the collar white. On the 2-3rd of May, nearly a month 

 after the first had emerged, I found in my pupa-cage a remarkable 

 aberration, which had just made its exit from one of the lavandulce 

 cocoons. This is its description : — It is slightly smaller than the 

 type, expanding 1^ in. instead of l^ in.; it has the wings nearly 

 tiie same colour, but more distinctly greenish, and the white 

 collar is as usual ; but the spots, instead of being dark crimson, 

 are a fine ochre-yellow, and the flush of red, which is present on 

 the under side of the wings in the normal variety, is transformed 

 in the same way. Several normal Z. lavandulce emerged later 

 still. I think this accidental variety is fully worth chronicling, 

 as a well-known entomologist, who has resided for many years at 

 Cannes, where the species is pretty common, has never met with 

 this striking aberration of Z. lavandulce. — J. C. Warburg; 

 8, Porchester Terrace, London, W., June 22, 1888. 



DicRAxuRA vixuLA ON Tamarisk. — Under the above heading 

 (Entom. 157) I recorded the occurrence of Dicranura vlmda. I 

 regret that I was in error in stating that there was no poplar in 

 the garden. Since the foliage has appeared I have discovered 

 the stump of an old poplar, on which in all probability these 

 larvfe were reared. My mistake was a natural one, as this old 

 tree was in the line of tamarisks, gnarled and old, which hang 

 over the old wall of the Castle, In appearance it was identical 



