107-1 OS (May, 



CaUimorpha domhiula, L. — A magnificent, melanic aberration, in wliifh tlie 

 usual orange and cream-coloured spots of the fore- wings are slightly enlarged, and 

 entirely replaced by an intense shade of the deepest madder-brown, siiowing up 

 darker than the ground-colour, which is slightly more bluish in tone than usual. 

 Hind-wings and body deep glossy black; under-side iininaculate black, slightly 

 glossed with green towards edges of wings. This specimen, which is a (J , and is 

 figured in the " Entomologist," Vol. VI, p. 321, bears two labels, "St. Margaret's 

 Bay, Dover, bred 1872," and " S. Stevens sale, lOOi" (C.W.D.). 



C. hera, L — A good series, including some fine examples of intermediates 

 between the red and yellow forms of the species. 



Chelonia caja, L. — A series of 50 specimens, containing several good aberrations, 

 but none that are particularly striking. The best is a ,^ , with the white markings 

 of the fore-wings much reduced, and the liind-wings smoky-fuscous, clouded with 

 dull yellow at the base, the black spots smudged and suffu.'sed and without any 

 blue tint, " S. Stevens coll. 19'JU " (CVV.D.). A ? from " Wellman's coll., 1874" 

 (C.W.D.), has tiie pale ground-colour of fore-wings much extended towards the 

 hind-margins, and tinged with browni.*h, the basal and central brown markings 

 suffused into a large blotch divided longitudinally by a pale streak, hind-wings 

 light orange. Two with pale yellow hind-wings, and one with the spots on the 

 hind-wings much enlarged. 



Phragmatobia fuliginosa, L. — A remarkably pale ^ " Scotld. fi-om Weaver, 

 1845 " (J.C.D.). 



Arctia luhricipeda, L. — A fair series of the var. radiata, Haw., including 

 some old specimens from " Saltfleet, Lines." ; also a very old, badly pinned and set 

 specimen of the var. fasciata, with two labels in Flaworth's handwriting " 817, 

 3 var," and " Hull, Mr. Young." A curious small J, with smoky-grey fringes to 

 both wings " G. Woott." K. R. Dale (C.W.D.) 



A. metithnstri, L. — A very good c? specimen of var. loalkeri, Curtis, on an old 

 pin, with label " 2 j8 " ; another very old example much suffused with smoke-grey. 

 Sevei'al examples (var. ochracea. White) having the ground-colour of fore-wings clear 

 pale ochraceous-yellow, one labelled " Well man coll.,18!^4" (C.W.D.),and "Aberdeen, 

 Home, /93." A very fine <? of the extreme Scotch form, with the fore-wings of 

 quite a deep umber-brown, " Elgin, .Mc'l'avish, 23 Jly/9l," and another, somewhat 

 less dark, " Forres." 



A. urticx, Esp. — Two fine J aberrations of an uniform smooth smoky-grey 

 shade, on i-ather old gilt pins, labelled at side " Yorkshire."* 



fipitosuma mendica, L. — Several specimens from Cork, of var. ruslica. Haw., 

 and a remarkable $ aberration, with quite immaculate wings except for a small 

 dot at the lower end of the cell, but head, thorax, and abdomen entirely deep black. 



Ocneria dispar, Ji. — A fine series of the "old fen form," one ? labelled 

 " Whittlesea Mere, July 17th, 1824" (J.C.D.), measuring as set 2 inches, l(ij lines 

 (= 72 mm.) One or two c? 's are very dark and uniform in colour, and a large ? 

 is almost immaculate. There are also two ^ 's with the fore-wings very pale, almost 

 the colour of the ? , but with broad dark hind-margins. 



* There is no authentic record of the capture of Arctia uriicK in York.shire.--G. T. P. 



