102 THE entomologist's record. 



The head and thorax dirty white, mixed with many grey-black hairs ; the 

 antennaa much blacker, the usual white powdering almost entirely absent ; the 

 abdomen darker grey ; the forewings covered with numberless dark fuscous scales. 

 The markings vary considerably, but beyond the more or less distinct serrated line 

 towards the outer margin, the powdering forms a darker band, extending to the 

 black and white fringe, which is likewise sulifused with deep fuscous atoms. 



Treitschke's short Latin diagnosis, " the forewings irrorated with 

 fuscous and with black ramose markings and spots," appears to be 

 ahiiost Mr. Mansbridge's own description, and when his further note 

 that " the thorax is dirty-whitish, mixed with abundant grey-black 

 hairs and the abdomen deep grey," is also considered, one is driven to 

 the conclusion that Treitschke's description of hradyporina tallies much 

 better with the representation of the neAv aberration (i:-'7ii.,xxxviii.,p. 290, 

 fig. 1) than with the gre}^ race, var. g risea {supra) — bradyporina, Stphs. 

 (teste Newman), represented o/>. cit., fig. 2. The fact that Mr. Mans- 

 bridge's specimen, having a "black thorax," is named '' melayiocephala" 

 may also be noted. 



I do not pretend to any deep knowledge of the subject, but that so 

 eminent an entomologist as Mr. Mansbridge should fail to focus the 

 Linnean type, and fail also to refer to the readily obtainable literature 

 on the subject, before describing a new aberration of a well-known 

 species puzzles me much. 



[Since the above was written, Mr, Mansbridge has corrected his 

 note to the following extent: " I should have pointed out that the form 

 of A. leporina met with in Lancashire and Cheshire is referable to var. 

 hradyporina, Tr. In calling it the ' local type,' I quite overlooked the 

 above fact. We do not get the typical leporina, in Avhich the ground 

 colour is pure white with scarcely any black dusting. The variety 

 melanocephala is quite distinct, and not to be confounded with brady- 

 porina, the most striking difference between them being the black 

 thorax, and darker coloration of the former" [Ent., xxxix., p. 19). It 

 will be seen that Mr. Mansbridge here, by implication, corrects the 

 statement that " the typical insect occurs everywhere in North Cheshire 

 and South Lancashire," etc., but it does not touch the point of my 

 suggestion, viz., that if the darker examples of the grey race are to be 

 separated, then they will have to be called bradyporina, Tr. { = melano- 

 «/'^aZa,Mansb.),and the race must be called var. ^rtsea,n. var. — A.M.C.] 



Some Forests in Anhalt. 



By M. GILLMER. 



Many British lepidopterists seek their specimens in Scandinavia, 

 Spain, Italy, the mountains of France, Switzerland, Austria, and even 

 farther afield. Few appear to come to this part of Germany, in spite 

 of the prolific nature of the hunting-grounds, the cheapness of living, 

 and the ease with which lodgings may be obtained. It is with the 

 view of attracting British lepidopterists that I send herewith an 

 account of the principal entomological hunting-grounds in Anhalt, 

 lepidoptera and coleoptera both being abundant. The localities which 

 have the best reputation are as follows : — 



(1) " Klein Zerbster Busch " — the forest near the village Klein - 

 Zerbst (district Cothen). (2) " Ober- und Unterbusch " — the Upper 

 and Lower Forest situated on both sides of the turnpike-road from 

 Aken to Dessau, near the river Elbe. (3) " Kuhnauer Forst "—the 



