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volume, he would appear to have overlooked my notes on Coccinellidae 

 (vol. xxxi., p. 213), where I have already recorded two specimens of 

 ab. taniaricis, Ws., taken in August, 1919, in this district. I have since 

 taken another specimen at Ashtead Manor (March, 1920) and my 

 brother, Mr. S. C. Leman, also took one at Southsea (April, 1920). 

 I have also in my collection a hybrid specimen taken here in 1919 

 showing typical spots on right elytron and those of ab. tamaricis, Ws., 

 on left elytron and which for purposes of distinction in my collection I 

 call by the MS. name of sinistro-tauiaricis. 



Hybrids in this Coccinellid seem not uncommon as I have other 

 specimens in my collection, which on the analogy of the above MS. 

 name I distinguish as : deMro-confluens, ainistro-confluens, Haw., dextro- 

 cakiles, nnistro-cakiles, Ws., dextro-tripunctata, L., trinisesqiii-dextro- 

 piunctata, mini., sinistro-salsolo'e, Ws., and sinistro-9 -punctata, L. 



I have not taken however ab. mlsolo'e, Ws., yet. — G. B. C. Leman, 

 152, West Hill, Putney, S.W. 15. 



Addendum and a Correction. — In my note on " A New Locality 

 for Dryophiius anobioides, Chevr., and some other Coleoptera from 

 Freckenham and Barton Mills, P/nt. Bee, 32 152 (1920) when giving 

 the British localities for the Dryophiius I omitted to mention its 

 capture in June, 1914, by Messrs. Morley and Elliott at Palmer's 

 Heath near Brandon. In the same paper when recording the species 

 taken on broom I wrote " Bruchiis loti, Pk.," when I intended to have 

 written Bruchus ater, Marsh. ; and " Avion rufirostre, F.," instead of 

 writing Apion fuscirostre, F.— Horace Donisthorpe. 



SCIENTIFIC NOTES AND OBSERVATIONS. 



Broods and Differentiation of Gonepteryx cleopatra and G. 

 rhamni. — Being now in Zurich I am naturally reading up Swiss 

 entomology, noting chiefly what Frey says about those species of 

 Lepidoptera which one may hope to meet w.ith in early spring. I find 

 he was of the opinion that Gonepteryx rhamni has two broods, one in 

 June-July and a second from August onwards which hibernates. 

 Frey also doubted if G. cleopatra was really a separate species. (Frey, 

 Lepidopteren der Selweiz, p. 9, 1880.) 



This latter point causes me to pen these few lines. On one of 

 those delightful and instructive Sunday evenings that we used to 

 spend at the late Mr. Tutt's house, the question arose as to what 

 difference there might be between the ? of G. cleopatra, and that of 

 rhamni. Tutt got out his series of both and on looking at the under- 

 sides I noticed that the costa of the hindwing was convex in cleopatra 

 and nearly straight in rhamni. In order to test this feature Tutt 

 made me stand with my back to the cabinet drawers containing the 

 series so that I could not see the data and then brought me specimens 

 to name, this I was able to do correctly by observing the shape of the 

 hindwing only. As far as I remember no note was made of this at 

 the time. — Alfred Sich, Zurich, March 1th, 1921. 



Nomenclature. — Polyommatus icarus [see ante, p. 54] . — All the 

 above difficulties are easily explained : — 



The " presumption " is incorrect, Bienert definitely calls persica an 

 " aberration." 



