112 THE ENTOMOLOGIST. 



Lepidopterist appends to his description the remark that few 

 species have given rise to more confusion than this, which has 

 from different authors received the names of Tritici, Segetum, 

 Testacea, Ravida, and Crassa. He gives the following 

 synonymy and characters of three varieties, forms, or races, 

 which he calls respectively A, B, and C. 



"Hb. 152 female, 560 male; Tr. i. 166; God. ii. 236, 

 pi. 67 ; Gn. Ind. 241 ; Boisd. 857 = Tritici, W. V. N. 10 

 (non Lin.) = Segetum, Esp. pi. 60, f. 5 = Testacea (la Tes- 

 tacee), Engr. 448 b, c (non a) = Ravida (la Rousse), Engr. 446 h. 



A. 



Hb. 151 = Ravida (la Rousse), Engr. M6 a. 



Male smaller, and notably paler; the sagittiform markings 

 wholly, or almost entirely, wanting. Abdomen lighter. Hind 

 wings pure white. 



B. 



The female has the fore wings altogether of an intense 

 uniform brown-black, which conceals nearly all the markings, 

 except the median lines; hind wings uniform grayish black. 

 Abdomen entirely without bands. 



C. 



The female has the fore wings very much powdered with 

 grayish white, especially in the median area ; the orbicular 

 and reniform are united at the base ; the claviform is very 

 short and indistinct; the disk of the hind wings is pure 

 white." (Giienee, ' Noctuelites,' i. 260.) — Edward Newmati.] 



Blue Buiterjiij ill April. — Thinking it an unusual occurrence, 

 I beg to say that yesterday (April 20th) 1 saw a blue butterfly, 

 but of what species I cannot say for certain, as I was unable 

 to capture it ; but I believe it was Icarus. — C Lemesle 

 Adams ; Walford Manor, Shrewsbury, April 21, 1875. 



[It is the usual time for Lycaena Argiolus, and was probably 

 that species. — Edward Newman.] 



Scarce Hymenoptera at Norwich in 1874. — It is with 

 great pleasure I record the capture of a fine specimen of 

 a male Macropis labiata. This makes the fourth recorded 

 British specimen. It was taken in the beginning of July last. 

 This scarce bee has not been taken since 1842. Also Didi- 

 neis lunicornis, July 2nd; and Crabro signatus, June 17th; 

 one male only of each. — J. B. Bridgman. 



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