178 THE entomologist's RECORD. 



interrupted sub-dorsal streak, and a broad lateral band of the same hue 

 as the dorsal band." 



" Head and plates. — Head of a bright pale glistening brown. 

 Prothoracic plate of the same colour and surface as the head, but 

 boldly edged with black. Anal plate convex, of the same colour 

 as the prothoracic, but with a rough granulated surface, the black 

 edging being broken into a series of dots on the posterior margin of 

 the plate," 



" Tubercles. — The tubercles at the base of the body hairs are 

 enlarged into flat chifcinized skin plates coloured black, which stand out 

 in strong contrast to the pale skin. I. and TI. are set in the usual 

 trapezoid position on the first to seventh abdominal segments, in a 

 single transverse line on meso- and meta-thoracic segments and at the 

 corners of an oblong on the eighth abdominal segment. Laterally III. 



IV. and V. are set in close proximity to the black-rimmed spiracles, 



V. having a much enlarged basal plate. The setae are pale brown, 

 slender, and tapering." 



A. LEUCOSTIGMA. 



" Markings. — The dark bands of H. crinmiensis are so exaggerated 

 in this species that they practically form the body colour of the larva, 

 the pale areas being reduced to a narrow median streak and sub-dorsal 

 line. No lateral ' markmgs are clearly distinguishable on these 

 preserved larvse." 



" Head and plates. — The head is dark chocolate-brown, both the 

 prothoracic and anal plates being equally dark. The black edging 

 which was a feature of these plates in the former larva being hardly 

 noticeable in this species. The anal plates of the three specimens 

 appear heavier than those of crinanensis, and are concave, instead of 

 convex, suggesting a more purely internal habit of feeding." 



" Tubercles. — Both tubercles and setae seem to be identical with 

 those of crinanensis, except that the plates at their bases appear to be 

 more heavily chitinized." 



With Mr. Sabine's consent I purpose depositing specimens of 

 these larvfe at the British Museum. 



Seasonal Polymorphism and Races of some European Grypocera 

 and Rhopalocera. 



By ROGER VERITY, M.D. 

 (Continued Jrom page 129.) 

 Apatiira ilia, Schiff., form luteissima, mihi. A male specimen 

 from Diisseldorf (Prussia), in my collection is so remarkable that I 

 deem it necessary to name it ; it is very similar to the female which 

 Oberthiir figures in Et. Lep. Camp., III., fig. 127, under the name of 

 lama, Lepell. ; this is only a slight increase of the characters of 

 female eos, Eossi (this name was given Ernest and Engramelle's figure 

 in Pap. (T Europe, which Eossi observed corresponded very well with the 

 Tuscan specimen), due to the outspread of the fulvous colouring, but in 

 the male sex such an appearance is quite unusual, and no author, to 

 my knowledge, has as yet mentioned it : the entire surface of the 

 wings is fulvous and the black pattern consists only of the cellular 

 spots on the forewings and of a row of round spots on the hindwing ; 



