100 LEPIDOPTERA. 



the South of England ; a figure of the insect will be seen on 

 our frontispiece (fig. 4). 



BoLETOBiA FuLiGiNARiA ; the occuiTcnce of a specimen 

 of this insect in Worcestershire has been recorded (Int. viii. 

 p. 3) ; it was taken some years ago at Croome, near the seat 

 of the Earl of Coventry. 



Ephyra orbicularia ; a singular hybrid, between this 

 species and E. trilinearia, was exhibited by Mr. Henry 

 Cooke, of Brighton, at the Meeting of the Entomological 

 Society of London in May last. It had been obtained in 

 the following manner — " He had bred a considerable num- 

 ber of Ephyra tjilifiearia and E. orbicularia, and had 

 repeatedly endeavoured to pair the opposite sexes of these 

 species, but only succeeded in one instance in doing so, the 

 insects being a male E. orbicularia and female E. trilinearia. 

 The female deposited eight eggs, all of which hatched, and 

 the larvae in due course were full grown, at which time they 

 presented great dissimilarity in appearance, two or three 

 exactly resembling the larvas of E. tj-ilinearia, while others 

 were precisely like those of E. orbicularia, the remainder 

 differing mucli from those of either parent. Although all of 

 them seemed to enter the pupa state in the most satisfactory 

 manner, yet only the one moth exhibited, and that somewhat 

 crippled in the posterior wings, was produced." '* This insect 

 bore no resemblance whatever to Trilinearia; indeed it 

 seemed' far more Hke Porata and Punctana than either of 

 its parents :" " the colour and markings approaching nearer 

 to Porata, the central fascia common to all, the wings being 

 broad and well defined." *' Had it been taken at large it 

 w^ould have caused considerable discussion , amongst our 

 greatest 6'«u«/i.5." (Zoologist, 7070; Intelligencer, viii. p. 47). 



AciDALiA RuBRiCATA ; two specimens of the insect taken 



