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colour. Mr. Tutt's specimen from the Isle of Lewis, named 

 jmllida, corresponds to a male and female I have from Kenmare 

 and Enniscoe, Co. Mayo, with very whitish outer marginal area ; 

 the female having the rest of the wing very blrtck. 



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NOTES AND OBSEEVATIONS. 



Sericoris ingratana, sp. nov. — I have a very fine specimen of a 

 Tortrix which I bred from balsam about five years ago. It has been 

 examined by Messrs, Barrett, Webb, and others, but remained un- 

 determined until I sent it to Lord Walsingham, who returned it with 

 the remark that it was a Sericoris allied to S. palustrana. I now 

 therefore propose to name it S. inrjratana. It is a dull-looking insect, 

 like the dark form of S. latifasciana. There is a broadish regular 

 band across the centre of the fore wing, and a narrower band between 

 it and the outer margin ; beyond the second band is a small white 

 spot. Cilia grey, with a faint dull spot near the inner margin. From 

 S. palustrana this species differs in colour of ground and cilia, and in 

 the absence of silvery marking. — J. B. Hodgkinson ; Rosebery House, 

 Ashton-on-Ribble. 



Colour-changes in Plusia chrysitis. — With regard to Mr. W. D. 

 Thornhill's remark as to P. chrijsitis [ante, p. 159), and the two shades 

 of bronze, viz., the golden and the green-bronze, the suggestion that it 

 is due to age of the specimen is, in my opinion also, the correct one. 

 In 1892 I noticed the point of difierence, and made a few experiments 

 to see if the theory was correct, and so far as I went it Avas. The few 

 specimens that I bred were of the golden tinge, whilst aged specimens 

 taken with the net always showed the green hue. In the forthcoming 

 summer it would be interesting to rear some specimens, note the 

 shade, and then keep them alive as long as possible to see if any appre- 

 ciable change in tint occurs. — W. J. Kaye ; Worcester Court, Worcester 

 Park, Surrey, May 2nd, 1895. 



Hybernia defoliaria in March. — Mr. South (ante, p. 89) points 

 out that this species has been met with as late as March 4th. It may 

 therefore be of interest to state that I took a female example at Ad- 

 dington on March 13th last. — T. B. Fletcher ; April 19th, 1895. 



Nyssia pomonaria. — This species is figured in Eleazar Albin's 

 ' Natural History of English Insects,' published in 1749. Description 

 of Plate 97 : — The caterpillar (a) was a kind of looper ; it was hairy 

 (which is not very common amongst them), and beautifully marked 

 with several colours. It was found on the hazel the first of June, and 

 on the 14th of the same month it went into the ground and changed 

 into a chrysalis {h) ; and at the beginning of April came the moth (c, d). 

 — C. W. Dale. 



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