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rutilus resulted. Unfortunately a severe ^Yinter ended the experi- 

 ment. I can vouch for the truth of this statement, having had it 

 described by Mr. Newnham, who showed me the series of specimens 

 about the year 1898. — Ealph Rylands ; Highfields, Bidston Eoad, 

 Birkenhead, July 5th, 1909. 



Peronea vabiegana and Aberrations in Durham. — In 1908, 

 whilst staying at Bishop Auckland, in Durham, during early July, I 

 found a few larvae of Peronea variegana between leaves of a pear- 

 tree growing up the end w^all of a house. Among the seven or eight 

 moths reared therefrom, only more or less greyish specimens and one 

 example of ab. asperana occurred. About the middle of July last I 

 was able to visit the same town again, and on this occasion secured 

 a nice lot of larvae of the species from the pear-tree. The majority 

 of these attained the winged state, the bulk of the specimens were of 

 the blackish marked grey form known as cirrana, and it is curious 

 to note that the first moth to emerge (Aug. 5th), as well as the last 

 (Aug. 27th), are of this form. The typical form, and also. al). 

 asperana, are well represented, together with modifications of each 

 of those forms and of the cirrana form. In addition there were 

 seven beautiful white specimens of ab. alhana, Westw., four of 

 which emerged on August 12th, two others on the 15th of that 

 month, and one on the 22nd. The original description of alhana 

 runs as follows : — " Measures 7 lines in expanse ; fore wings silky 

 white, with a few white tufts of elevated scales on the disc, the costal 

 margin slightly brunneous, as well as the apical fringe ; hind wings 

 pale brown. Closely allied to P. treueriana, but that species has the 

 costa destitute of the slender brunneous margin, and the disc has a 

 few black scales scattered about near the tip." (Westw. & Humph. 

 'Brit. Moths,' ii. 162 (1851).) 



I may mention that, although I refer my white specimens to 

 alhana, they differ from the type, which is in the National Collection, 

 and from the above description, in having the costa of fore wings 

 more distinctly marked with brownish ; most of them are rather 

 larger in expanse and the wings appear broader. — Richard South. 



The Perpendicular Distribution of the PAPiLiONiDiE in the 

 Himalayas. — I shall be obliged if any readers of the ' Entomo- 

 logist ' will supply further information respecting the approximate 

 range of altitude of all Papilionides occurring in the North-western 

 Himalayas, in order to fill up some of the gaps in the table on 

 pp. 205-6. The following errata require correcting : — Page 197, line 

 2, for twenty-five read seventy-five. Page 199, line 12, also page 205, 

 line 8, for P. clidoneus read P. aidoneus. Page 205, line 4, for 

 Papilionidae read Papilioninse ; line 21, for A. p)olyctor read Sarbaria 

 polyctor. — W. Harcourt-Bath ; August 16th, 1909. 



Entomological Club. — A meeting was held on July 5th, 1909, 

 at the ' Hand and Spear ' Hotel, Weybridge, Mr. G. T. Porritt in the 

 chair. Other members present were Messrs. R. Adkin, Donisthorpe, 

 Rowland-Brown, and Verrall. The additional guests were twelve in 

 number, including two honorary members — Messrs. A. H. Jones and 

 Sich. 



