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with regard to aberrations of this species, particularly English or 

 Scottish specimens. He offers cash or excellent exchange in rare 

 insects from Bosnia and Hercegovina. 



Major Donovan finds Lnperina lateago var. barvettii widely dis- 

 tributed along the coast of county Cork, the specimens differing much 

 from those taken at Howth, the Cork specimens being large, of a dark 

 slate colour, with very distinct light whitish-grey markings and no 

 yellow shading. They ought to be carefully compared with vars. lowei 

 and ficklini. 



The "county lists " belonging to the "Victoria County Histories " 

 are supposed to be compiled by entomologists for entomologists, and 

 edited by an entomologist. The latest, that from Cornwall, has just 

 been published, and contains, among other entries, ^'^ Oxyptilus hieracii, 

 by Marshall, at Botus Fleming," etc. " The local Stenoptilia zopho- 

 dactyla is described by Baily as frequent in the Land's End district, 

 and its variety, plagiodactylus, has been found by the same entomolo- 

 gist at St. Levan." These are interestmg, but one wonders what 

 insects are meant, and of what possible use a list made up of such 

 records as these can be ! ! 



The sale of Mr. G. F. Mathew's collection does not mean that he 

 is giving up entomology, but that be cannot spare the time to look 

 after a large collection. Some magnificent series of rare insects will 

 be sold, e.g., Chrysophanus dispar, Laelia caenosa, Deiopeia pulchella, 

 Agrotis sribrosea, Hyboma strigosa, etc. The collection also contains 

 some highly interesting aberrations, e.g., Leucania favicolor (prac- 

 tically the only extensive variable series in existence), Arctia 

 villica, etc. 



We have received an article by Mr. N. J. Kusnezov, which we have 

 looked at with great interest, and wondered what it might mean. It 

 looks like a restatement of Jordan and Eothschild's grouping of the 

 Sphingids, with certain new terms which will fall as synonyms. There 

 appear to be no new biological details, nor any recognition of early 

 stage structure or characters. There is no German, French, or English 

 summary of the results, and the native Russian, with our own name 

 cited on almost every page, looks cheering, and leaves us with a vague 

 wonder of what we have done. 



OCIETIE S. 



Lancashire and Cheshire Entomological Socieiy. ^October 15th, 

 1906. — Abraxas grossulariata. — Mr, F. N. Pierce, aberrations of 

 Abraxas grossulariata from Wallasey. Lepidoptera from Lancashire, 

 Devon, etc. — Dr. Edwards, Limenitis sibylla, Calligenia miniata, Efione 

 apiciaria, Geometra papilionaria, and Cidaria silaceata. Mr. B. H. 

 Crabtree, bred Odontopera bidentata ab. nigra from Manchester ; 

 Ueliothis peltigera from Sidmouth ; Boarmia repandata, Agrotis ash- 

 xvorthii and Epunda lichenea from north Wales. Lepidoptera from 

 NORTH Wales. — Mr. R. Tait, Jr., Agrotis agathina, A. var. askworthii, 

 Boarmia repandata and Cleora lichenaria from north Wales ; Bithys 

 querciis, Putralis betulae and Angerona lyrunaria from Hampshire ; 

 Aplecta 7iebitlosa ab. robsoni, and a beautiful melanic specimen of 

 Jocheaera alni from Delamere, the last taken as a pupa from an alder. 



