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(a) The authority is his own description of the insect in question. 



(b) Nothing is, as a rule, more futile than to puzzle as to the "why 

 and wherefore" of nomenclature; it is frequently meaningless, and 

 when it has a meaning is sometimes quite misleading ; in this case, 

 however, Bienert obviously called it persica because he took it in Persia, 

 a fact which would certainly not preclude its occurrence elsewhere, 

 which it would be almost certain to do even if it were (which it is not) 

 the dominant form in Persia. 



(c) Because fugitiva is the first name which was ever applied to the 

 Persian race ; its appropriateness or otherwise cannot be taken into 

 consideration. 



(d) Obsoleta refers to the spots, not to the insect. 



(e) Of course aberrations of the English race, corresponding with 

 an aberration of the fugitive) race, which happened to be the first 

 example named. — G. Wheeler. 



Jg^OTES ON COLLECTING, Etc. 



Gynandromorph of Pyrameis atalanta. — Mr. C. Greenwood of 

 Bristol has been good enough to send me for inspection, an example of 

 this butterfly bred by himself last season that has every appearance of 

 being a gynandromorph. The wings on the left side are much 

 smaller than those on the right, the difference in size being most 

 marked ; there is no sign of deformity, all the wings being perfectly 

 formed. The markings on the underside do not quite agree, and the 

 body appears to be of female form. I am of opinion that this is a 

 true hermaphrodite, but owing to the similarity of marking in both 

 sexes only an examination by such an expert as Dr. Cockayne could 

 definitely decide the point. 



In the list of gynandromorphic butterflies published by Mr. H. J. 

 Turner in the Ent. Record, vol. xxvii., p. 58, one example of Pyrameis 

 atalanta, apparently of continental origin, is included, and this is the 

 only record I know of. No doubt, gynandros of the Vanessidae would 

 escape observation owing to the similarity of both sexes ; this I assume 

 accounts for the paucity of records. — S. G. Castle-Russell, Andover, 

 Hants. 



A new record for Eriosoma langerum. — On November 5th of 

 last year I found a shrub (Cotoneaster sp. ?) in my garden at Putney 

 was infested with a large number of the " woolly apple aphis " 

 (Eriosoma langerum). Mr. Laing, who kindly identified this aphis for 

 me, tells me that the species has not previously been recorded as being- 

 found on this shrub. — H. Donisthorpe, Putney, March, 1921. 



CURRENT NOTES AND SHORT NOTICES. 



Our colleague, the Rev. Geo. Wheeler, M.A., has unfortunately 

 met with an accident in the street which, although not apparently 

 serious at first, seems to have considerably upset his nervous system, 

 so that he feels himself with much regret compelled to give up the 

 now very onerous duties of Honorary Secretary of the Entomological 

 Society, London. Mr. H. Rowland-Brown, M.A., has succeeded him 



