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" A POSSIBLE EARLY RACE OF Anthrocera filipendul^. — This note 

 is written without access to any of ni}^ own note books. In 1911 I 

 took a male A. fjUpendulo' on June 12th, near Rugby ; and in that 

 particular spot the emergence was over by the end of June. The 

 species has never in my experience been abundant in that field. In 

 subsequent years this little colony has emerged early, if my recol- 

 lection is correct ; in fact the burnet moths are on the wing simul- 

 taneously with the foresters {Adscita statices). Less than a mile 

 away, in a sheltered railway cutting, is a very much larger colony 

 of burnets. The great majority of this colony is^. lonicera', which 

 is in most years extremely abundant. Around the edge of this great 

 colony scattered six-spots are found — A. filipenduhr. Now the 

 whole of this colony, whether five- or six-spotted, emerges, as is only 

 proper, at the end of July. It is most unfortunate that I am sepa- 

 rated from my notes, but at any rate a month intervenes between 

 the emergences of these colonies, which are situated within a mile 

 of each other. It would be most interesting to hear of other mem- 

 bers' experiences. If these early colonies occur are they generally 

 small and weak ? 



"Early emergences in the south of England are perhaps less 

 remarkable, but I took a single male A. filipendnla on June 19th, 

 1914, near Tonbridge, and the species was fairly common on Caldey 

 Island, Pembrokeshire, from June 26th onwards. I am perfectly 

 familiar with the differences between A. filipejididce and A. hippo- 

 crepidis. I should be extremely pleased to correspond with anyone 

 who would favour me with his experiences." 



Apropos of the discussion on the Anthroceridse, Mr. Hy. J. Turner 

 contributed the following data and notes :— 



I. The hippocrepidis of Stephens. 



Tutt in " British Lepidoptera," vol. i., p. 532 (1899), gave the 

 following synonymy : — Steph., " Illus.," i., p. 109 (1828) ; Wood, 

 " Ind. Ent.," iv., fig. 6 (ab. fJava) (1839) ; Kirby, " Cat. Lep. Het.," 

 p. 70 (1892) ; " Handbook," p. 94 (1897) ; Tutt, " Ent. Record," 

 ix., pp. 87-88, 103-104, 106, 169 (1897) ; South, " Entom.," xxx., 

 pp. 181-3 (1897); oehaenheimeri, Boden, "Entom.," xviii., p. 317 

 (1883); South, "Entom.," xxiv., p. 233 (1891); mipenduUJ 

 Newm., " Brit. Moths," p. 24 (? 1869) ; Briggs, " Trans. Ent. Soc. 

 Lond.," pp. 434-5 (1871) ; Tutt, " Ent. Record," ii., p. 110 (1891). 



It must here be noted that although Stephens in " Illus. British 

 Lep." particularly says his insect is the hippocrepidis of Ochsen- 



