THE ENTOMOLOGIST 



Vol. XXVIL] SEPTEMBER, 1894. 



[No. 376. 



EDITORIAL. 



We are sure that our readers will be pleased to learn that 

 Mr. W. F. Kirby, F.L.S., F.E.S., Assistant in Zool. Dept., 

 British Museum (Nat. Hist.), S. Kensington, has consented to 

 act on the Reference Committee of this Journal. 



ABNORMAL EXAMPLE OF ZYG.^NA TRIFOLIl. 



The extraordinary specimen of Z. trifolii figured above has 

 been kindly lent by Mr. W. M. Christy, who took it on June 18th 

 last in West Sussex. 



On the right side the hind wing is entirely absent, whilst on 

 the left side a wing similar in shape, colour and markings to the 

 normal fore wing occupies the position of the ordinary hind 

 wing. The right fore wing is not so well developed as that on 

 the left. 



In his letter accompanying this remarkable insect, Mr. Christy 



mentions that Z. trifolii did not occur this year in his district in 



anything like last year's numbers, and that eight or ten examples 



of an orange-red form were captured, but only four specimens of 



the yellow form were observed. 



Richard South. 



ENTOM. — SEPT. 1894, 



