b THE ENTOMOLOGIST. 



marking than the choraci figured Entom. xxvii. 205, and much 

 less of the radiata markings of Entom. xxvi. 257. If then eboraci 

 be a sufficiently defined variety to be worthy of a special name, and 

 not, as I am inclined to think, merely intermediate between type 

 and radiata (I know it only from fig. 1), I f-hould refer my speci- 

 men to it, and say that ehoravi occurs on the Lincolnshire coast. 

 Next as to var. fasciata, I have none among my uncle's moths 

 so boldly marked as that figured in Entom. xxvii. 205, but I 

 have two specimens of Mr. Mossop's which are clearly tending to 

 hecovae fasciata ; all the spots forming the * Y' are present, but 

 shorter, so that I think Lincolnshire may claim to possess var./as- 

 ciata also. I have never collected liibricipeda in Lincolnshire ; my 

 knowledge of it there is confined to the possession of seven speci- 

 mens which came to me with the Eev. J. Mossop's cabinet, con- 

 taining the remains of his collection and the information which 

 his widow, my aunt, gave me, to the effect that these moths and 

 others were reared by them from larvae picked up on sandhills at 

 Middlethorpe, which is close to Saltfleet, from where Mr. Mossop 

 sent Mr. Dale three S|;ecimens (Entom. xxvii. p. 130)." 



Kespecting the reported occurrence of radiata on the east 

 coast of England, Mr. John Cordeaux, of Great Cotes, Ulceby, 

 Lincolnshire, referring to this form, says: — "Almost exclusively 

 peculiar to Heligoland ; met with but very rarely in Holland and 

 on the east coast of England" ; whilst Mr. T. D. A. Cockerell 

 (Entom, xxii. p. 148) repeats this statement. Wishing to have 

 this reported occurrence of radiata on the east coast of England 

 cleared up, I wrote to Mr. Cordeaux, asking him to be good 

 enough to furnish me with particulars of its occurrence ; when, 

 where, and by whom taken ; and where the specimens might be 

 at present located ; in order that, if possible, i could have 

 inspected them. Mr. Cordeaux, in reply, staged " that the 

 notice published in the ' Naturalist,' 1888, was a verbatim trans- 

 lation from the original paper by Mons. le Baron de Selys Long- 

 champs, Liege, Belgium. The exact words used are (p. 32) : — 

 ' On la rencontre mais plus rarement en Hollande et sur la cote 

 orientale d'Augleterre.' " Mr. Cordeaux also adds " that he is 

 unable to speak from his own personal observation on the 

 matter," but adds, " Probably the author of the ' Excursion a file 

 d'Heligoland ' refers to some English authority for his statement, 

 but he gives no reference to this in the original. . . . The 

 variety is undoubtedly an immigrant to Heligoland, so there is 

 every probability of its occasional occurrence on the east coast." 

 The following is a translation of the Baron's reply to my 

 enquiries for definite information of the occurrence of the var. 

 radiata on the east coast of England : — 



" Liege, 7th October, 1894. — My dear Sir, — I write you from the 

 country, although I always give my address at Liege, but I shall be in 

 town in eight or ten days, and will then look over my collection and 



