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sugar at all. Our most numerous form is the red, some being very 
dark, and even the grey ones have a pink tinge. I have never here seen 
the grey form, common in the New Forest without a trace of pink in it, 
never theless here and, as far as I can learn, nowhere else, occurs the 
entirely distinct and most striking yellow form. The nearest yellow to 
it in an insect that I can find is that of a male Huthemonia russula. I 
should be much obliged if any lepidopterist would tell me if he knows of 
its occurrence anywhere else.—I". C. Wooprorpx, Market Drayton, Salop. 
September 8rd, 1900. [We know no form of this species that in any way 
agrees with Mr. Woodforde’s description. In British Noctuae and their 
Varieties, vol. i1., pp. 104-105, we describe, besides the type—castanea, 
Esp.—var. neglecta, Hb., var. laevis, Haw., and var. pallida, n. var. 
The latter has a distinct ochreous tint in it, it is described as ‘‘ whitish- 
ochreous’”’ but is rather ‘‘greyish-ochreous.”’ This and a form from 
Morpeth—grey in tint, with quite grey (not red or reddish) fringes we 
consider to be the rarest forms we know. Our ignorance of the 
distribution of the rarer forms and races of the Noctuids is so profound 
that they really may be not at all rare if more lepidopterists would 
carefully examine their series and report as to the distribution of the 
various forms.—Ep.| 
Ij0TES ON LIFE-HISTORIXS, LARVA, &c. 
Notre on GLYPHIPTERYX EQUITELLA.—On April 21st, 1900, I searched 
the patches of stonecrop (Sedum acre) growing on the top of a wall here, 
and found one larva of Glyphipteryx cquitella. Four days later I took 
several more in the same place. They were found generally head 
downwards in the interior of the shoots of the stonecrop, but one or 
two rested with the head in the top of the shoot. The attacked shoots 
appear grey instead of green on account of the larva eating out the 
interior and leaving only the cuticle of the leaves. These hollow 
leaves remain in position after the larva has left the shoot, being held 
together, I believe, by the silk spun by the larva. An entirely grey 
shoot is often tenantless, but a shoot with two or three grey leaves is 
almost sure to contain a larva. Ihave not yet found a larva on the 
outside of the plant, but from the ease with which they burrow into a 
fresh shoot, I imagine they sometimes change their abode. This is 
effected possibly at night. The larve appear to be of two types, the first, 
which I presume isthe female, is larger and of a brighter yellow than the 
other variety. In the latter (the male (?) larva) are two conspicuous purplish 
bodies, which I take to be the testes situated in the dorsal area about 
the 5th abdominal segment. In order to breed this species it is a good 
plan to keep the Sedum containing the larvee in an air-tight vessel. As 
soon, however, as the larve come out of the shoots to pupate they 
should be placed in a drier situation and furnished with pieces of cork 
or other material of which they can make use in forming their cocoons. 
As I did not adopt this plan till some pupz were attacked by mould, 
and as I sent several of the caterpillars away, I only bred two imagines. 
These both appeared on the morning of June 16th.—A.rrep Sicu, 
W.1.8., 65, Barrowgate Road, Chiswick, Middlesex. October 25th, 
1900. 
Hees or Leriporrera.—Cleogene lutearia.—Oval in outline, with 
one end rather broader than the other ; pale yellowish-grey in colour 
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