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"VARIATION. 



Aberdeenshire form of Tric?iiura crataeoi. — Our northern form 

 of this insect, although it has not a varietal name known to me, is 

 perfectly distinct in colour from the southern type. Aherdeenshire 

 specimens vary little among themselves, hut all are much darker, with 

 little or no trace of the whitish ground colour visihlc. In all the southern 

 examples that have come my way, the difference between the two 

 forms is quite striking Avhen a series of each is compared. — Arthur 

 Horne, F.E.S., Aberdeen. Ajnil ^.ith, 1899. — [Is not this the var. 

 aria,; Hb. ?— Ed.] 



Variation of Diurnea fagella. — In this neighbourhood IHnniva 

 [(fjdla has been very abundant on tree-trunks, the colour varying from 

 pale-grev or whitish to brownish-black. — T. Maddison, F.E.8., South 

 Bailey, Durham. Ma>i Vlth, 1H99. 



Aberration of Euchloe cardamixes. — I bred a fine lemon-tipped 

 aberration of Kuvhlo? cavda)ni)U'H to-day. — W. H. Harwood, Station 

 Road, Colchester. Ma>i llth, 1899. 



SCIENTIFIC NOTES. 



New Genera in the Micro-Psychids. — In working out the Micro- 

 Psychids, I find that the so-called Solcnnhia romjiKiratdla and Talrjioria 

 lajiiihlla, belong to quite distinct genera from those in which they are 

 generally placed. As we ara indebted to Mr. Bankes for our knowledge 

 of the life-history of the former I propose to describe a new genus 

 llanh'sia, with ronsjiKrcatella as the type ; and as Mr. Luff has given 

 me the material that has enabled me to Avork out the latter, I propose 

 to describe a new genus Litftia, with la/iidclla as the type. The exi- 

 gences of priority necessitate this announcement, as I am not desirous 

 of finding, when my next volume is published, that I have been fore- 

 stalled, and that, the printing being done, it is too late to alter the 

 names adopted. — J. Y\'. Tutt. 



r^^OTES ON COLLECTING, Etc. 



Lepidoi'tera at Burnley. — The weather has been so wretched that 

 I have scarcely done any collecting this spring. I send, however, a 

 list of the best things appearing in iny breeding-cage, which might be 

 useful. The pupae have been kept indoors all the winter, which 

 accounts for the early dates of emergence. Spring Emergences. — 

 April 3rd-22nd, several Tarnin(a)iip(i i/ntliira from pupie found at roots 

 of willow, Bungay, Sufiblk, mostly of a bright type, with one or two 

 having a deeidar^'^f tint; also two from larviu found feeding on bil- 

 berry at Burnley, these w^ere much darker, and had a brownish tinge; 

 also one '/'. nihrimsa on the 3rd, larva taken at the same time and place 

 as the v. HDfliira, and also on bilberry. April 8rd-14th, seven T. 

 pninilcti bi'edfrom larvae taken at Doncaster on poplar. April 5th, one 

 CiindUa rnhasri bred, larvic taken at ]k>verley in 1H97. April 21th 

 and May 2nd, tw^o Cw^piiUa wciiarcpJiala, from Manchester, which had 

 also been two years in the pupal stage. April 28th, two Yiisiiictrs 

 iiniiliiriata larvae, taken on alder at Burnley. May Ist-llth, 12 l>ian- 

 tliiircia rai'^iiinila from Scarborough and Soutliport. May 2nd, Xctn- 

 (li'iita tlrnuir;larui.< (ab. iwr/nsat), the pupa taken at roots of alder at 



