84 CURRENT NOTES. 
The Rev. Mens. Namur. for December and January contains 
descriptions of the following new aberrations from M. C. Cabeau.— 
(1) Melitaea aurinia ab. semifuscata in which the upperside of the fore- 
wings is covered by brownish to such an extent that all the yellowish 
spots have disappeared and the markings are for the most part 
obscured. (2) M. cinvia ab. leucophana in which the ground of the 
forewings is white lightly suffused with yellowish, that of the posterior 
wings a whitish fawn. (3) Pararge meyera ab. transfuscata, in which 
the two median bands of the forewings on the upperside are united by 
deep brown coloration into a wide and irregular band. This has 
already been named ab. mediolugens by Fuchs, and there seems no reason 
to rename what is already christened simply because it happens 
to occur in a new locality. That Seitz in his Mac. Lep. Erde has 
localised it on the Rhine seems but a weak argument to rename a form 
which is met with here and there throughout “the range of the species. 
It is occasionally met with in Britain. 
In the Canad. Ent. for January the Popular and Practical monthly 
article deals with ‘‘Cottonwood Leaf-mining Beetles in Southern 
Alberta,” chiefly referring to the attacks on the various species of 
poplar by Zeugophora scutellaris and Z. abnormis. The controls are 
(1) A Mymarid (Hym.) which stung a large percentage of the eggs of the 
beetle and (2) the spraying of infested trees with Lead Arsenate or 
Paris Green. It is suggested that the spraying should take place early 
and that the majority of the trees of the district should be treated, 
thus poisoning most of the beetles while they were feeding before 
oviposition. 
It is a pity that the writer of the Notes in that excellent magazine 
the Naturalist should amuse himself by making invidious remarks 
upon contemporary magazines, including .the Ent. Record. The 
February number contains some very ungenerous remarks upon us, 
which induced a few enquiries. But as we were seriously informed 
that the -writer “can’t help it,’ we leave it at that. “ He can’t 
help it.’ Poor man. 
SOCIETIES. 
Tue Sours Lonpon Enromonocican anp Natrurat History Society. 
February 12th, 1920.—New Memsers.—Mr. Withycombe, of 
Walthamstow, and Capt. Crocker, of Bexley, were elected members. 
EXHIBITION OF THE GENUS HIBERNIA AND ITS VARIATION.—The Rey. 
F. M. B. Carr introduced the discussion and exhibition. Messrs. 
A. W. Buckstone, R. Adkin, A. E. Tonge, H. E. Leeds, B. §. Williams, 
8. Edwards and Hy. J. Turner exhibited the various species and joined 
in the discussion. Mr. R. T. Bowman especially dealt with H. 
defoliaria as it occurs in Epping Forest. 
ABERRATIONS OF British Lepmnoprera.—Mr. Newman, a box of 
aberrations from the Sydney Webb collection, including remarkable 
specimens of Arctia caja, Hipocrita jacobaeae, etc. It was reported 
that Phigalia pedaria was out full near Huddersfield on Jan. 17th and 
one specimen as early as Dec. 4th, 1919. 
