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THE ENTOMOLOGIST. 



Marazion on the Cornish coast ; even, indeed, as far west as the cliffs 

 between Penzance and the Land's End, where in 1881 it was plentiful; 

 but the var. helice I have never heard of being taken further west than 

 Sidmouth, — B. Stafford Chope, 



BisTON HiRTAEiA AND Cleora \aDUARiA IN SCOTLAND. — In reference to 

 Mr. Hodgkinson's note {ante, p. 65), I should like to remark that this 

 is the first time I ever heard of C. viduaria being found in Scotland. 

 Biston hirtaria is widely distributed in the Rannoch district, but 

 appears to be scarce. I have seen it on the birch-trees near Annet, 

 Carrie, and Carnghouran, It does not appear to differ much from the 

 London form. — Wm. Eeid; Pitcaple, N.B. 



Reissue of Hubner's Exotic Lepidoptera. — Hiibner's works on 

 Lepidoptera have long been very scarce and costly, and we are pleased 

 to learn that an enterprising Belgian, M. P. Wytsman, is bringing out 

 a new edition of the ' Sammlung Exotischer Schmetterlinge,' and 

 likewise of the ' Zutrage.' We have long been surprised that so little 

 has been done in bringing out new editions of some of the rarer 

 illustrated entomological books ; for some of great value are prac- 

 tically unobtainable, and would, we believe, easily find a sale sufficient 

 at least to repay the cost of production. 



Note on Spilosoma radiata, Haw. — This grand variety was described 

 by Haworth in the ' Transactions ' of the Entomological Society of 

 London, published in 1812, p. 366. It appears to have been con- 

 founded by Newman (Entom. vii. 169) with an insect which Curtis 

 figured and described under the name of ivalkeri. They are both 

 figured in Humphrey and Westwood's work. I have three specimens 

 of radiata, given to my father by the Eev. J. Mossop, who had them 

 in June, 1837, from larvae he found feediug on elder, at Saltfleet, in 

 August, 1836. I have also specimens of the York form, which is some- 

 what intermediate between radiata and the type. The specimens of 

 zativia in Mr. Richardson's cabinet do not appear exactly to accord 

 with my old specimens of radiata. — C. W. Dale ; March 1st, 1894. 



Rare British Diptera in 1893. — Amongst some duplicates given to 

 me by my friend Mr. Beaumont, and which were taken by himself in 

 Ireland in August last year, was a solitary male specimen of Sciomyza 

 rujiventris, Mg. This, Dr. Meade informs me, is new to Britain ; but 

 on referring to Mr. Verrall's list, under the family Helomyzids, I find 

 a single genus and species, i. e., Tephrochlami/s rujiventris, Mg. I 

 think this may perhaps refer to the same dipteron, but have not had 

 an opportunity of submitting the fly to Mr. Verrall ; possibly Dr. 

 Meade had overlooked this genus when determining my specimen. 

 Meigenia majuscxda, Rond., is also new to Britain ; a single specimen 

 of this handsome Tachinid was taken by my daughter, in my garden 

 at Dulwich, in June last. This species will be described by Dr. 

 Meade in his forthcoming Supplement to the Tachinidae. Deyeeria 

 pulchella, Mgn. : this species is also very rare, having only been 

 described by Dr. Meade from a specimen or two in Mr. Dale's collection, 

 which were captured at Glanvilles Wootton. I am indebted for two 

 female specimens to my friend Mr. Adkin, who bred them from larvse 



