THE ENTOMOLOGIST. 



Vol. XI.] AUGUST, 1878. [No. 183. 



VARIETIES OF LEPIDOPTERA AT THE x\ATIONAL 

 ENTOMOLOGICAL EXHIBITION. 



The Editors of the ' Entomologist,' wishing to coniniemoratc 

 the first National Entomological Exhibition, have with this 

 number presented the subscribers with a Plate of some of the 

 most interesting aberrations of Lepidoptera exhibited on that 

 occasion. The following are short descriptions of the speci- 

 mens figured : — 



No. 1. Clostera curtula. — The specimen figured is a 

 hermaphrodite; the right side having the ordinary coloration 

 of the female, and the left that of a rare variety of the 

 male. This singular insect was, and is now, in the cabinet 

 of A. B. Farn, Esq. Unfortunately, while this specimen was 

 being drawn for the accompanying plate, the antennae were 

 accidentally broken off; but they were here depicted before 

 this misfortune happened. 



No. 2. Leucania conigera. — This insect has the normal 

 coloration of the upper wings; but the left lower wing is 

 both in structure and colour partly like the upper wings, and 

 also has one white spot in the centre. The insect was 

 captured by Mr. W. P. Smith, while mothing, in July, 1877, 

 in Clatter House Lane (near the Welsh Harp), Middlesex. 



No. 3. C/iaerocampa porcellus. — A very pale aberration, in 

 which all the rosy crimson of the species is replaced by 

 yellow, and the coloration much subdued. The insect is 

 in the cabinet of Sir Thomas Moncrieffe, and was captured 

 at Moncrieffe by the owner. This specimen is in beautiful 

 condition, and was at the time of capture evidently fresh 

 from the pupa. 



No. 4. — This is probably a melanic variety of an 

 Eupithecia ; it has the ordinary appearance of the species 



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