Tor THE ENTOMOLOGIST. 
rutilus resulted. Unfortunately a severe winter ended the experi- 
ment. JI can vouch for the truth of this statement, having had it 
described by Mr. Newnham, who showed me the series of specimens 
about the year 1898.—RaupnH Rynanps; Highfields, Bidston Road, 
Birkenhead, July 5th, 1909. 
PERONEA VARIEGANA AND ABERRATIONS IN DurHAmM.—In 1908, 
whilst staying at Bishop Auckland, in Durham, during early July, I 
found a few larvee of Peronea variegana between leaves of a pear- 
tree growing up the end wall of a house. Among the seven or eight 
moths reared therefrom, only more or less greyish specimens and one 
example of ab. asperana occurred. About the middle of July last I 
was able to visit the same town again, and on this occasion secured 
a nice lot of larve of the species from the pear-tree. The majority 
of these attained the winged state, the bulk of the specimens were of 
the blackish marked grey form known as cirrana, and it is curious 
to note that the first moth to emerge (Aug. 5th), as well as the last 
(Aug. 27th), are of this form. The typical form, and also. ab. 
asperana, are well represented, together with modifications of each 
of those forms and of the czrrana form. In addition there were 
seven beautiful white specimens of ab. albana, Westw., four of 
which emerged on August 12th, two others on the 15th of that 
month, and one on the 22nd. The original description of albana 
runs as follows :—‘‘ Measures 7 lines in expanse; fore wings silky 
white, with a few white tufts of elevated scales on the disc, the costal 
margin slightly brunneous, as well as the apical fringe; hind wings 
pale brown. Closely allied to P. treweriana, but that species has the 
costa destitute of the slender brunneous margin, and the disc has a 
few black scales scattered about near the tip.” (Westw. & Humph. 
‘Brit. Moths,’ ii. 162 (1851).) 
I may mention that, although I refer my white specimens to 
albana, they differ from the type, which is in the National Collection, 
and from the above description, in having the costa of fore wings 
more distinctly marked with brownish; most of them are rather 
larger in expanse and the wings appear broader.—RicHARD SourH. 
THE PERPENDICULAR DISTRIBUTION OF THE PAPILIONIDH IN THE 
Hrmatayas.—I shall be obliged if any readers of the ‘ Entomo- 
logist’ will supply further information respecting the approximate 
range of altitude of all Papilionides occurring in the North-western 
Himalayas, in order to fill up some of the gaps in the table on 
pp. 205-6. The following errata require correcting :—Page 197, line 
2, for twenty-five read seventy-five. Page 199, line 12, also page 205, 
line 8, for P. didoneus read P. aidoneus. Page 205, line 4, for 
Papilionidze read Papilionine; line 21, for A. polyctor read Sarbaria 
polyctor.—W. Harcourt-Baru; August 16th, 1909. 
EnromoLocicaAL Crus.—A meeting was held on July 5th, 1909, 
at the ‘Hand and Spear’ Hotel, Weybridge, Mr. G. T. Porritt in the 
chair. Other members present were Messrs. R. Adkin, Donisthorpe, 
Rowland-Brown, and Verrall. The additional guests were twelve in 
number, including two honorary members—Messrs. A. H. Jones and 
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