THE ENTOMOLOGIST. 



Vol. XI.] MAY, 1878. [No. 180. 



VARIETY OF CIDAKIA SUFFUMATA. 

 l>v John T. Cakiungton. 



CiDAltlA sUFl'-l MATA (VAKU-.i v). 



The very beaulilul example, an extraordinary variety, of 

 Cidaria siiffui/iala, from which the acconipanying figure is 

 drawn, is kindly lent by Mr. Geo. T. Ponilt, ol' Huddersfield. 

 It was captured at Almondbury, near Huddersfield, where it 

 was disturbed ft'om amongst underwood, in May, 1871. The 

 carefully-drawn figure, given above, renders unnecessary any 

 description of the very marked variation from the type of 

 C. safftiniata in this specimen. It may be well to reuiind 

 our readers that, excepting in the well-known unicolorous 

 foru) {Ficenfa), this .species is not usually prone to variation. 



FlUST NATIONAL ENTOMOLOGICAL EXHIBITION. 



This Exhibition was held ;it the Royal Aquarium, West- 

 minster, from the 9th to ihe -iord of March, and attracted the 

 attention of numerous entomologists, besides being of con- 

 siderable interest to the general public. 



The following gentlemen accepted the invitation of the 

 Royal Aquarium Society to act on the Committee: — Sir 

 Sidney Sn)ith Saunders, C.^LG. (chairman); J. Jenncr 

 Weir, F.L.S. (vice-chairman); Sir Thoums .Moncreitfe, Bart. ; 

 G. W. liird; Edwin Birchall, F.L.S. ; Fredk. Bond, F.L.S. ; 



