[32 THE ENTOMOLOGISY. 
this at once throws us back on to the old form. I think it shows, 
too, how little Hubner knew about this species when we con- 
sider that the nomenclature of C. contaminellus as given by Mr. 
South in his List is Crambus contaminellus, Hb. ; C. imquinatella, 
Hb.; C. immistella, Hb. If he knew so little of the insect as 
to give it three names himself, no wonder we are in a muddle. 
The second synonym also points to the probability of the 
suggestion that the form of C. inquinatellus with the dot in the 
centre of the wing and the broken line, was the subject of his 
figure. It seems very strange to me that such authorities as 
Herrich-Schiffer, Heinemann,’and Zeller, could have been so far 
out when they wrote their descriptions. ‘They all, undoubtedly, 
had Hubner’s figure, and yet the former writes distinctly, “ with 
a dark shade stretching to the first cross line.” Herrich-Schiiffer’s 
figure is excellent, and, as I have before pointed out, Zeller 
undoubtedly considered the Sussex form the type, and the Deal 
species vars. How could these entomologists all be so distinctly 
mistaken ? They knew both species, undoubtedly, and yet none 
described our Deal insect. I shall do my utmost to breed the 
insect next season. I think there will be no difficulty about 
getting ova. With such a series of the two forms as I have 
to compare with, I consider it absolutely impossible to suppose 
them two widely divergent forms of the same species, as we 
understand the latter term. That all four species of this type 
had a common origin I suppose most would be ready to admit, 
but that they are perfectly distinct now as species I feel certain. 
—J.W. Tutt; Rayleigh Villa, Westcombe Park, S.E. 
LEPIDOPTERA OF SouTHAMPTON.—At no period since 1880 
have insects been so plentiful in this part of the country as 
during the past season of 1885. We have noted in this 
neighbourhood 428 species of Lepidoptera in all, not including 
those taken in the New Forest, distributed as follows:— 
Rhopalocera, 23 species; Sphinges, 9; Bombyces, 438; 
Noctue, 54; Geometre, 104; Pyralides, 26; Pterophori, 9; 
Crambi, 17; Tortrices, 83; Tinee, 60. The following is a 
record of the less common species met with :— 
Colias cdusa, one specimen seen in a garden at Romsey. Vanessa 
cardui, was fairly plentiful; several larve found feeding on Gnaphalium 
germanicum. Lycena argiolus, met with in good condition as late as the 
first week in June; it is always double-brooded in this neighbourhood. 
