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Notes on British Tortricide.—On July 11th, 1868, I beat from an oak tree in 
wood on the borders of Hants, a female specimen of a Tortria with which I was 
unacquainted; but as, after a lengthened search, no more specimens could be found, 
I came to the conclusion that it must be an extraordinary variety of T. pyrastrana, 
and as such it remained in my collection till very lately. Having, however, 
undertaken an investigation of our native Tortricide, I sent this specimen to 
Mr. Stainton, who expressed the opinion that it was 7. piceana, Linn., and in 
this he is decidedly confirmed by Professor Zeller. 
The only previously recorded British specimen is, I believe, that in Mr. Edwin 
Shepherd’s collection, obtained from the New Forest by the late Mr. Stone, and 
noticed in a note to the genus in Wilkinson’s ‘ Tortrices,’ p.65. It is singular that 
both captures should be in the same county, and probably in very similar localities. 
Both, moreover, are females. 
I also find that I have two worn specimens of Orthotenia ericetana, mixed 
with an allied species, both of which were taken in one of the woods near Hasle- 
mere, thus adding another scarce species to the rich fauna of that locality. 
I am anxious to obtain, for examination, British specimens of Tortria costana 
and latiorana, Penthina similana, Wilkinson, Halonota ravulana, Miaodia rubigi- 
nosana (Bouvchardana), Stigmonota vernana, Knaggs, Retinia duplana, Catoptria 
modestana, Sericoris Daleana, Ewpecilia griseana and vectisana; and shall feel 
greatly obliged to any friend who will lend them to me. If any one cum favour me 
with a sight of native examples of Halonota costipunctana, Stigmonota Heegerana, 
S. pygmeanu or Argyrolepia Mussehliana, I shall esteem it a particular favour. 
I also want local series, for examination, of the unicolorous species of the 
genus Dicrorampha, especially ulicana, saturnana, senectana and tanaceti, or any 
reliable particulars of their life-histories; also any information respecting the 
preparatory states of our pea-feeding species of Endopisa (nebritana and pisana) 
tending to prove, or disprove, their distinctness.—ID. 
Results of experiments on variety breeding (Tephrosia crepuscularia).—The fol- 
lowing note may prove interesting to those who have bred varieties of Lepidoptera. 
A few years ago, I obtained three batches of ova from dusky smoke-coloured 
females of Tephrosia crepuscularia (laricaria of Stainton’s Manual) by males of the 
ordinary and typical clayey-grey colour. From these ova, I reared to maturity in 
the following year about 160 moths, in the exact proportions of half dark and half 
pale. I now had the opportunity of obtaining ova from crepuscularia, of which 
both parents were dark. They throve, and my series the next year emerged in 
about the proportion of two dark to one pale. 
Again, I obtained ova from dark parents out of this batch—darkly bred dark 
specimens: and this year my whole series (90) has emerged dark, not one casting 
back to the original and natural colour. 
Before I reared this species, I used to (and IJ still can) take the dark variety at 
large in the larch plantations here, but sparingly, and in a much lower proportion, 
—say one dark to thirty of the typical colouring. 
If others who have reared varieties of any species would publish their ex- 
perience, it might elicit some interesting facts. —Joan T. D. LLEwWreLyN, Ynisgerwn : 
March, 1872. 
[Such observations as these by Mr. Llewelyn are most valuable. We cordially 
endorse the opinion expressed in his concludiug paragraph.—Lpbs. | 
