170 THE ENTOMOLOGIST. 



SO obscured that, although the figure is correctly executed, 

 it is quite iu)possil)le to recognise the species. The 

 specimen figured, which is in the cabinet of Mr. W. Prest, 

 of York, was bred by that gentleman from among a number 

 of larvae of Eupifhecics taken at Bishop's Wood, Selby, 

 Yorkshire. He states that he rears one or two of this 

 curious form each season, from amongst larvae of BL albi- 

 puficlata, all collected in a like manner in the same large 

 wood. Mr. Prest has named this variety or species, which- 

 ever it may tmn out to be, Eupilhecia atiyelicafa, from the 

 Angelica sylvestris, on the seeds of wl)ich plant the larvae are 

 found feeding. 



Nos. 5 and 6. Vanessa Atalanla. — The upper and under 

 sides of this aberration are both figured ; the scarlet markings 

 of the upper side of the anterior wings are partially suffused 

 with yellow, and the white spots towards the apex are very 

 large. It is difficult to describe the variation of the under 

 side, but the two conspicuous blue sjiots are very remarkable. 

 The specimen was bred, Septen)ber •21st, 1867, by William 

 Smith, of Birmingham, from a larva taken at Aston ; and he 

 stated at the time that the larva had gold spots on each 

 segment. The specimen is now in the possession of Mr. 

 F. Knock. 



No. 7. Liparis dispar. — Mr. Enock, who possesses the 

 specimen figured, bred in the year 1867 upwards of eight 

 hundred males and females of this species, and nearly all had 

 the under wings notched, as seen in the illustration. 



Nos. 8 and 9. Epione vesperiaria. — No. 8 is a very richly 

 coloured male, very much darker than usual, and wanting 

 the usual reticulated markings. It was captured by Mr. 

 Prest, of York, at Sandburn, near that city, July 13th, 1874. 

 This seems to be an hereditary form, (or several have 

 been taken in other seasons, in nearly the same place, of 

 the same shade of colour, but none deeper in tint than this 

 example. No. 9 is a male, with the coloration usually found 

 in the female only. It has also the left anterior wing some- 

 what reticulated, as in the male, but tlie right anterior wing 

 and posterior wings are like the other sex. I'his exaniple was 

 exhibited by its ca])lor, Mr. G. C. Dennis, who took it on the 

 well-known Vespertaria ground at Sandburn, on July 22nd 

 of last season. 



