288 THE ENTOMOLOGIST. 



is required before anyone can become familiar with all the 

 forms of this Protean species. I do not myself feel quite 

 certain that I am not confounding two species in the syno- 

 nymy I have given. It is the opinion of a practical and 

 accomplished Entomologist, Mv. Walcott, of Bristol, that B. 

 Harrisellus is distinct, a species always black ; but, notwith- 

 standing, I am quite satisfied that B. subterraneus varies 

 from a bright banded form to one quite black ; and I have a 

 specimen of B. Harrisellus that was taken in coitu with a 

 banded male ; and that species sometimes intermingle I am 

 certain, having taken a male of B. lapidarius thus circum- 

 stanced with a female of B. terrestris : this is the solitary 

 instance I have observed. B. subterraneus is very abundant 

 in many localities, as is also B. Harrisellus ; yet no one has 

 yet found a nest of the latter insect, or variety, in which all 

 the sexes were black. Future observation may probably 

 prove the necessity of their separation. 



Frederick Smith. 

 (To be continued). 



Enlomological Notes and Captures. 



Varieties of Lepidoptera. — Enclosed I send figures of 

 varieties of Lycaena Corydon (female) and Satyrus Hyperan- 

 Ihus, both captured in this neighbourhood. I should be 

 obliged if you could give me the names. If you would like 

 to figure them, or either of them, for your work on Lepi- 

 doptera, 1 shall have much pleasure in forwarding the ori- 

 ginals. There are several varieties of S. Hyperanthus in the 

 British Museum collection, but I think they all differ from 

 mine. The fore wings are quite immaculate on the upper 

 side, and the hind wings very nearly so, the spots being very 

 indistinct. Of the variety of Lycaena Corydon I have nev^r 

 seen another specimen. — A. G. Hudd ; 1, Gloucester Row, 

 Clifton, May 11, 1867. 



[I am much obliged for these interesting drawings, but 

 cannot name them ; indeed I see little advantage in naming 

 accidental deviations from the ordinary colouring. — E. N.'] 



Deilephila lineata at Ventnor. — 1 captured a fine speci- 

 men of D. lineata : it came in the Institution a few minutes 

 to ten o'clock at night. No doubt the gas-light brought it 



