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Several local and uncommon species were included among 

 these, such as Homalota puherula, Sharp, Anisotoma cinnamo- 

 mea, Panz. (both sexes), A. punctulaia, Gyll., Hydnohius 

 pimctatissimtts, Steph., Cryptophagibs ^piibescens, Sturm, 

 PhloeopMlus edwardsi, Steph., Mantura matihewsi, Curt., Sal- 

 pingtis castanetis, Panz., Ajjion Jilirostre, Kirby, etc., etc. 



The Unidentified Luperina. — The Eev. C. E. N. Bur- 

 rows sent for exhibition examples of several species of Luperina 

 [Ajximea), and communicated the following remarks upon 

 them : — 



" The capture in the past season, on the Lancashire coast, 

 of further specimens of an insect which, twenty years ago, 

 created some interest, has induced some of us to look into the 

 matter again with a view to ascertaining, if possible, its exact 

 position. Mr. South discussed the insect in the 'Entomolo- 

 gist,' vol. xxii, p. 271, where he expresses the opinion that it 

 may be a form of Luperina testacea, intermediate between L. 

 gueneei and L. nickerlii. The specimen was exhibited at the 

 Meeting of the Entomological Society on October 2nd, 1889, 

 under the name of L. nickei'lii, and under the same name to 

 the South London Entomological Society, on October 10th of 

 the same year. This position was not universally accepted, for 

 when the specimen was again produced at the City of London 

 Entomological Society's Meeting, March 19th, 1891, in connec- 

 tion with an exhibition of pale forms of L. testacea taken by 

 Mr. Hodges in the Isle of Wight, Mr. Tvitt inclined to the 

 opinion that it might be an aberration of L. testacea, but could 

 not possibly be = L. nickerlii. This view Mr. Tutt maintains 

 in his 'Varieties of British Noctuae,' vol. i, p. 140, where he 

 names the insect Luperina testacea, var. incertd. The recent 

 captures have provided material for further investigation, and 

 material has been collected also, for comparison and examina- 

 tion. The preparation of the genitalia is not yet complete, 

 but Mr. Pierce finds five points of difference between those of 

 L. testacea and the Lancashire insect. 



" The boxes exhibited contain three specimens of what are 

 taken to be authentic L. nickerlii. The first two obtained 

 through Messrs. Watkins and Doncaster, from a Vienna collec- 

 tion, are said to be Nickerl's own collecting, and over fifty 



