16 THE ENTOMOLOGIST. 
with a yellow vitta. There are in Webb’s series about half a 
score examples which answer to this description ; most of them 
were included by him amongst thosehe had labelled nigropunctana, 
Clark. They are all old specimens, without data, with the 
exception of one, which has Webb’s label attached to the pin, 
** ganthovittana, Clark.” ! , 
The latitude which Isuggest should be given to the ground 
profanana would, I think, rule out ab. sepiana, Sheldon, which 
name should be discontinued. 
Ab. sequana, Curtis. This form requires eliminating from the 
lists. In 1834 Duponchel figured in ‘ Hist. Nat.,’ pl. 244, fig. 2, 
a Peronea, which in vol. ix, p. 157, he describes as P. combus- 
tana, and gives as its synonyms J’. combustana, Hub., T. byrin- 
gerana, Hub., T. sparsana, W. V., T’. hastiana, Frol., Peronea 
combustana, Stphs., and P. byringerana Stephs. ; but these are all 
a form of P. hastiana, L.! Combustana, Hub. (Fig. 234), has 
a very striking superficial resemblance to Duponchel’s figure, which 
is, however, obviously a form of cristana, with a well-developed 
button. Asa matter of fact it is identical with the form Curtis 
(after 1884) named sequana, which therefore must fall before it. 
There cannot be any doubt about the identity of these forms. 
The figure, like most of Duponchel’s, is an extremely good one, it 
portrays an average ab. sequana in every respect, except that the 
button is slightly paler in tint, but I have examples with the 
button exactly of the colour of Duponchel’s figure; he was, no 
doubt, led into the error of mistaking one species for another by 
the superficial similarity of his specimen to Hubner’s figure. 
(To be continued. ) 
NOTES AND OBSERVATIONS. 
AGRIADES CORYDON AB. SEMI-SYNGRAPHA IN SussEx.—Seeing Mr. 
Oliver’s note on -A. corydon (‘ Entom.,’ vol. li, p. 283) reminds me 
that during the past season A. corydon has disappeared from a spot 
on the South Downs, near Ditchling, Sussex, which in 1919 was such 
a prolific colony that it was really difficult to net single specimens 
without taking others at the same time. I do not think that I 
missed the season for this insect, for I visited the spot almost 
weekly from late June to late August, being rewarded by one very 
poor female on August 14th. Last year ab. semi-syngrapha was 
taken here by my friend, F. Wood, and we both noticed other speci- 
mens, though the full var. syngrapha was apparently not in evidence. 
—Sranutey N. A. Jacops; 5, Exbury Road, Catford Hill, London, 
8.H.-6. 
CHRYSOPHANUS DiIsPAR, Haw.—Mr. N. D. Riley (‘ Entom.,’ vol. liti, 
p. 10, 1920), in his note on the ‘ so-called Dutch” C. dispar, differen- 
tiates this form from our extinct fenland type form. It is, therefore, of 
considerable interest to British collectors to observe that M. Charles 
