NOTES OX NEW AND RARE BRITISH LEPIDOPTERA. 77 



are they now ? — Scoparia Zelkri has been taken somewhat 

 freely in North Devon, and a few specimens of S. basU 

 strigalis have turned up at York; Melissoplaptes cephalonica 

 has been detected in the metropoh's ; Horticeosoma nehulella 

 lias occun-ed at or near Norwich, and Chilo mucronellus at 

 Horning. 



The most noticeable Tortrices are Penthina ustulana (car- 

 bonana) in N. Devon; Carpocapsa fimebraiia, Grapho- 

 h'ta yEmulana (modestana) and Eupcecilia curvistrigana 

 in the same locality, and Catoptrla expallidana and P. 

 oppresmna in the neighbourhood of Norwich. 



Of Plume moths Oxyptilus Icetus has again been captured 

 by the Hon. T. de Grey, and Platyjjtilus isodactylus and 

 Pteropkorus Lieniganus have been detected by Mr. Barrett 

 near Norwich. 



A few varieties have been noticed during the past season : 

 black Argynnis JjJuphrosyne J with a few red blotches; white 

 Polyomviatus Phlceas; Arctia caja having the forewings 

 chocolate with very little white marking, and the hind 

 blackish with a red margin, &c. But by far the most in- 

 terestino; and instructive varieties which have been brouj^ht 

 before us are three extraordinary examples of Dia?ithwcia 

 conspe7'sa captured some years since in N. Devon, two 

 of them being bred specimens. These were innocently 

 announced in the February No. of Newman's Ento- 

 moloo;ist as D. Barrettii ! ! though the o-entleman who 

 communicated the note concerning them had evidently been 

 persuaded as to their being of the last-named species against 

 his own better judgment. These specimens approach D. 

 Barrettii in colour as nearly as it is possible to conceive 

 conspevsa approaching it at all, and show us very clearly 

 how utterly any mere alteration of colour has failed to give 

 to them even the faintest resemblance to Barrettii : indeed 



