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all are of the orobi race, i.e., with the median spots separated, 1 must 
have examined several hundred and I did not meet with one true 
trifolii, Ksp., with the median spots confluent, neither did I meet with 
one var. minoides, Selys., the nearest being the one speclmen that 
has the fifth spot confluent with the upper median only. The almost 
strict uniformity I might almost say rigidity to the var. orobi, Hb., is 
extraordinary, aS my experience in Hneland has led me to expect a 
considerable amount of variation whenever a really flourishing colony, 
such as this was, has been found. The Malvern race is not quite so 
large as the Devon one, but the bronze colour is brighter and clearer 
though this may possibly be owing to the fact that I discovered them 
at the very beginning of their emergence, but the almost rigid 
constancy of the form is perhaps the most interesting character of the 
colony.—G. T. Bernune-Baxer, January, 1920. 
Tue OccurRENCE oF Strymon pRuNI, L., 1n Surrey.—The larve 
of this species were beaten out from sloe in May, 1919, by Mr. A. A. 
Tullett, F.E.S., of the staff of this Museum. Six specimens were 
hatched and are in the “ Joicey’’ collection. We believe this to be 
the first record of S. prunit as occurring in Surrey. For obvious 
reasons the locality cannot be given, but is within 12 mules of 
Haslemere.—Grorce Tatsor, The Hill Museum, Witley, Surrey. 
January 26th. 
Q\URRENT NOTES AND SHORT NOTICES. 
Parts III. and LV. of the Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. have just been 
issued and contains (1) “ Notes on Exotic Proctotrupoidea,” by Alan 
P. Dodd; (2) “The Scent Scales of Pinacopteryx liliana,” by F. A. 
Dixey, M.A., F.R.S., with one plate; (3) “A new Hydroptila, H. 
simulus,’ by M. EH. Moseley, F.H.S., with one plate; (4) ‘‘ Scent- 
organs in the Hydroptila (Trich.),” by M. E. Moseley, F.E.S., with 
two plates; (5) ‘‘The male abdominal segments and edeagus of 
Habrocerus captllaricornis (Col.),” by F. Muir, with a plate; (6) “On 
the Mechanism of the Male Genital Tube in Coleoptera,’ by F. Muir, 
with one plate; (7) ‘‘A new family of Lepidoptera, the Anthelidae,” 
by A. J. Turner, M.D., F.E.8.; (8) ‘“ The Histology of the Scent-organs 
in the Genus Hydroptila,” by H. Eltringham, M.A., D.Sc., with one 
plate ; (9) ‘‘ New Moths collected by A. Avinoff in W. Turkistan and 
Kashmir,” by Sir Geo. Hampson and J. H. Durrant, F.E.S.; (10) 
“Cocoon softening in some Agrotids (Noctuae),” by Dy. T. A. 
Chapman, F.R.S.; (11) “ Notes on Lycaena alcon,” by Dr. T. A. 
Chapman, F'.R.S., with six plates, one coloured; (12) ‘ Contributions 
to the Life-history of Lycaena euphemus,” by Dr. T. A. Chapman, 
F.R.S., with eight plates, one coloured; and 48 pages of Proceedings 
at the ordinary meetings. This last contains some very important 
items, among which may be mentioned (1) The announcement 
of a saw-fly new to Britain, Lygaeonematus wesmaeli, by the Rev. 
F. D. Morice; (2) “The Association of Formica rufa (Hym.) with 
Coccinella distincta,” by H. Donisthorpe, F.Z.S.; (8) Many observa- 
tions communicated by Prof. Poulton, on Neotropical Insects; (4) 
Mendelian Heredity in Papilio dardanus, by C. F. Swynnerton ; (5) 
