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marginal line, the latter is connected with an oblique streak 

 from apex." 



Phibalapteryx vitalbata, Hb. 



Eitcymatoge vitalbata, Meyr. 

 Occurs of the typical form in Amurland, Japan, and Western 

 China. 



Phibalapteryx (Cidaria) polygrammata, Bork. 



rii/dnomena polygrammata, Meyr. 

 Piecorded from Amurland and Japan. 



Collix (Phibalapteryx) sparsata, Hb. 

 Eitcymatoge sparsata, Meyr. 



There was a typical example of this species in the late Mr. 

 Henry Pryer's collection, which is now incorporated in that of 

 Mr. Leech. The specimen was from Oiwake in Japan. 



Melanippe (Plemyria) hastata, Linn. 



Found in Amurland and Western China. 



Amurland specimens are referable to the typical form, but in 

 Western China the species is represented by a specialised form, 

 which Mr. Leech has named cliinensis and described as follows: — 

 " Basal half of all the wings black, traversed by three or four more 

 or less interrupted wavy lines ; outer margin broadly bordered with 

 black, intersected by a wavy interrupted white line ; intervening 

 space white, intersected by a transverse series of black dots. 

 Sometimes the secondaries are free from white markings on the 

 black portions of the wing, and there are very few such markings 

 on the primaries. Expanse 36-38 millim." 



(To be continued.) 



NOTES AND OBSERVATIONS. 



Exhibition. — The North London Natural History Society will hold 

 its Sixth Annual Exhibition, on Jan. 1st and 3rd, in the Lecture Hall 

 of the North-east London Institute, Dalston Lane. Charge of the 

 Entomological department will be undertaken by Mr, Louis B. Prout. 

 Further particulars may be obtained from the Hon. Secretary, Mr. L. 

 J. Tremayne, 4, Lanark Villas, Maida Vale, W. 



Porthesia (Eupeoctis) chrysoerhcea a Pest in America. — In a 

 special Bulletin of the Hatch Experiment Station, Massachusetts 

 Agricultural College, bearing the date July, 1897, and entitled " The 

 Brown-tail Moth," Messrs. Fernald and Kirkland give an account of 

 the occurrence of P. chrysorrhcea in the State of Massachusetts, and 

 refer to it as a new insect pest. It would appear that while entomolo- 

 gists in Britain are asked to deal gently with this species, the American 

 State just mentioned has obtained an Act " to require local authorities 

 to suppress the Brown-tail Moth." 



