99. THE ENTOMOLOGIST’S RECORD. 
from a typical ? , taken in Yorkshire ($ parent unknown), and among 
them were two or three specimens of rotundaria, so that I consider it 
merely an aberration and not entitled to specific rank.—T. Manppison, 
F.E.S., South Bailey, Durham. 
As bearing on the question of Cabera pusaria ab. rotundaria, I may 
say that one of my sons took in the New Forest, in 1892, an aberration 
of C. evanthemaria, which runs somewhat parallel to the rotundaria 
form of C. pusaria. The wings are rounder and more ample in pro- 
portion to their length than in the type, and are divided into three 
almost equal spaces by the strongly marked transverse lines. ‘There is 
no trace of a third line. The aberration is a striking one, because the 
outer transverse line is deeply shaded and the inner one, which in the 
forewings is also shaded but not so deeply, has a dark blotch in it 
near the costa.—J. C. Moprruy, M.A., F.E.S., 9, Rockstone Place, 
Southampton. 
ABERRATION OF ZONOSOMA PORATA.—I captured this year, in Devon, 
an aberrant Zonosoma porata, in which the tzansverse lines on both 
fore- and hindwings form distinct broad fasciz, in which the white 
spots stand out in bold relief.—B. A. Bower, F'.E.S., Langley, Eltham 
Road, Lee, S.E. October 14th, 1899. 
WOTES ON COLLECTING, Etc. 
Lepmorrera FROM SuRREY AND Hppinc, 1899.—As I had never 
tried the Dorking district, and had heard a good deal about the beauty 
of the Surrey scenery, my father and I made several excursions there 
during the past season. The country undoubtedly is lovely, but we 
were disappointed in the insects, the best part we visited beine round 
Friday Street, which is, to my mind, the most picturesque piece of country 
as well, with its miniature lake and pine clad hills round, and a few 
old-fashioned cottages about, but as it is situated about four miles from 
any railway station it can scarcely be termed convenient. Our first 
expedition was April 19th, to Boxhill for a few hours, but a few Orrhodia 
vaccinit, at treacle, were the only insects seen. Four days later we 
worked from Gomshall to Dorking, via Deer Leap Wood and Evershed’s 
Rough, but only obtained a few larve of Rumialuteolata, Cidaria russata 
and Larentia didymata, the two last by sweeping the bilberry (Vaccinium 
myrtillus) which grows in the utmost profusion, and later on in the 
season at a considerable height, in Deer Leap Wood. May 14th we 
spent the whole day working from Dorking, via Friday Street and 
Abinger to Gomshall. The day was warm but dull, and rain came on 
about 4.0 p.m. By beating the junipers which abound near Friday 
Street a large number of Hupithecia sobrinata larvee was obtained ; 
they varied much, but the green variety was much more numerous than 
the brown. Larve of Nola cucullatella, Diloba caeruleocephala, Metro- 
campa margaritaria, Thera variata, Cheimatobia brumata, Hypsipetes 
elutata and Miselia oxyacanthae were beaten, whilst more Larentia 
didymata were swept from bilberry. A few Pieris rapae were seen on 
the wing, but Melanippe subtristata and one Scotosia dubitata were the 
only other imagines noticed. May 20th-22nd was also spent at Dork- 
ing. The additional larve were Porthesia auriflua, Boarmia repandata, 
Pseudoterpona cytisaria (Gomshall), and Chesias spartiata (Gomshall), 
the latter abundant, Oporabia dilutata, Hybernia defoliaria, Hypena 
