﻿NOTES, CAPTURES, ETC 19 



Epione parallelaria var. — Whilst collecting Lepidoptera early in 

 July, 1889, a short distance from York, I had the good fortune to take the 

 very rare variety of the extremely local E. parallelaria (vespertaria), along 

 with several type specimens. The variety is of a dark uniform brick-red 

 colour, and has the usual dark border. — William Hewett ; 3, Wilton 

 Terrace, Fulford Road, York, October 20, 1889. [This variety is more 

 commonly bred thau captured ; some years not ^infrequently. — Ed.]. 



Metrocampa margaritaria var. — On July 29th, 1889, I hred a 

 beautiful variety of this elegant species, with all the cilia pale red, which 

 seems to be a continuation of the red streak at the apex of the fore wings. 

 The cilia thus coloured adds much to the beauty of the insect. — R. 

 Newstead ; Grosvenor Museum, Chester. 



Odontopera bidentata var. — I took a fine variety of 0. bidentata on 

 the 18th May last, which is perfectly black all over. — Harry M. See ; 

 4, St. Paul's Close, Walsall. 



Irregular emergence of Lepidoptera. — I obtained some ova of 

 Nemeophila russida in 1889, which hatched in due course. Two of the 

 larva? fed up rapidly, pupated, and became perfect insects on the 2nd 

 September. The remainder are now about half grown, and are behaving 

 as might be expected from them. Broods of Melanthia ocellata and 

 Euplexia lucipara have acted in a similar manner ; and of two pupae of 

 Notodonta ziczac, one has already emerged, but not the other. — C. 

 Nicholson ; 202, Evering Road, Upper Clapton, N.E. 



Colorado Entomology. — In Entom. xxi., pp. 298 — 305, I gave an 

 account of some entomological explorations in Eastern Custer Co., and 

 S.W. Pueblo Co., Colorado, enumerating the species taken, so far as then 

 identified. In Entom. xxii. I added three Hymenoptera to the list. Since 

 then I have obtained the names of various other species taken, which I 

 quote below, as a further contribution to the fauna of this interesting 

 region. For identifications I am indebted to Prof. A. S. Packard, Dr. G. H. 

 Horn, Dr. John Hamilton, Lord Walsingham, and Mr. W. H. Edwards. 

 (1.) E. Custer Co. : — Saprinas splmroides, Lee, Coccinella 9-uotata, Hbst, 

 Epuraa papagona, Listrus senilis, Lee, Desmaris constrictus, Smicronyx 

 fulvus, Papilio asterias, Fab., Pyrgus tesselata, Scudd., Pamphila nevada, 

 Scudd. (2.) S.W. Pueblo Co. : — Dendroclonus terebrans, Amara fallax, 

 Lee, Badister obtusus, Diplotaxis heydeni, Serica curvata, Lee, Diabrotica 

 atripennis, Ditylus obscurus, Tomicus pini, Say, Tachyporus jocosus, Say, 

 Crocota brevicornis, Walker, Tolype, n.sp., Pazdhca dorsisignatana, Clem., 

 Psecadia dicostriyella, Cham., Epyris monticola, Ashm., n. sp. — T. D. A. 

 Cockerell ; West Cliff, Custer Co., Colorado, October 19, 1889. 



Notes from New Zealand. — We have again been favoured with an 

 unusually fine winter in New Zealand, as the following notes on insects 

 observed during August and September will sufficiently show, seeing that 

 these two months are the equivalents of February and March in Europe. 

 On July 31st my brother saw the first bybernated specimen of Vanessa 

 goner ilia, and on Aug. 13th they were very abundant in the Botanical Gardens, 

 as well as Ichneumon mediator and several Diptera. On Aug. 21st I found 

 a large number of the full-grown larvae of Nyctemera annulata on the New 

 Zealand groundsel [Senecio bellidioides), but saw no perfect insects. T also 



