184 YORKSHIRE NATURALISTS UNION. 



the variety suffusa in Edlington Wood, near Doncaster, 

 'lodging at the woodman's house and working specially for 

 it, and sometimes obtaining several during a visit ' (in litt). 

 Mr. Porritt further thinks the reason that it has not been 

 taken there since is because it has not been specially looked 

 for. During the past twenty years 1 have frequently visited 

 Edlington Wood at the time A. uhnata was out, some seasons 

 going three, four, and five times, and like Mr. Prest I 

 devoted much of my time to searching for varieties, but only 

 succeeded in getting one var. suffusa. My friend, Mr. W. 

 Mansbridge, of London, when in Yorkshire, also occasion- 

 ally visited the wood whilst A. uhnata was out, but did not 

 see any var. suffusa. The Barnsley, Rotherham, and Don- 

 caster collectors also regularly visit the wood, but none 

 of them have captured var, suffusa. 



I therefore have no hesitation in repeating my assertion 

 that during the past twenty years this variety has been 

 extremely rare at Edlington and elsewhere in Yorkshire. 



The following varietal nomenclature is suggested by Mr. 

 Tutt for the aberrations of A. sylvata {ulmata) {Entofno- 

 logists^ Record, p. 307) : — 



I, — With the whole of the wings and body suffused with 



paler or darker slaty-grey — siffusa n.ab. 

 2. — With the wings or some part of the wings irregu- 

 larly or unequally suffused with slaty-grey patches 

 — intermedia n.ab. 

 3. — With the wings or part of the wings suffused with 



dirty-ochreous or cream colour — obscura n. ab. 

 4. — With the discoidal and central slaty-gray shades 

 forming a central transverse band across the fore- 

 wings — transversa n. ab. 

 Lomaspilis marginata. Middlesbrough {T.A.L.) ; Strensall 



( W.B.). 

 Hybernia leucophearia. Beverley {J.L.); Shipley Glen 

 {W.H., J.T., KB., and/^.); Strensall {W.H.). Var. 



Trans. Y.N.U.j 1900 (pub. Dec. 1900). Series D, Vol. 5. 



