132 ' THE ENTOMOLOGIST. 



The second interesting specimen in the Farn Series is an 

 example very close to the very rare (in Britain at any rate) type 

 form. Scopoli describes this — " Superior wings greenish grey 

 with fuscous longitudinal lines." The Farn specimen was clear 

 grey with a slight brown tinge, superiors with blackish longi- 

 tudinal lines, a black discal spot, and slight indications of dark 

 transverse waved lines. There is no trace in this specimen of 

 the reddish-brown ground-colour of the superiors of ab. ramosana, 

 Hub., and it certainly is nearer to the type than any example I 

 have seen. It is labelled 4i New Forest, A.B.F." 



The third noticeable specimen is an example of ab. degenerana, 

 Hub. At the date I wrote my paper I had only seen one 

 example of this the most beautiful of all the revayana forms, 

 purporting to be of British origin, which was said to have been 

 taken by a professional collector, E. Morris, in the New 

 Forest. Since then I discovered there was an example in the 

 Webb Collection, acquired by him from the Briggs Collection 

 in 1896, and originally in the Howard Vaughan Collection. 

 This example is the one alluded to by Barrett in ' Lep. Brit. Isles,' 

 vol. vi, p. 235, and is described in the last few lines at the 

 bottom of the page. I am not aware that the place of origin of 

 this specimen is known. At the Webb sale the name of the 

 purchaser was not disclosed, and therefore I do. not know its 

 present location. 



The Farn ab. degenerana is labelled " Chattenden," without 

 any indication of the name of the captor, or of the source from 

 which Farn obtained it. The example is set in the English 

 fashion, with wing slope rounded ; it was mounted on a gilt pin 

 of the usual British make, and apparently was set between the 

 dates 1850 and 1890. It is of the average size of S. revayana, 

 expanding about 21 mm. ; whereas Continental examples of this 

 form are usually considerably larger than other forms. There 

 does not seem any reason to suppose that this is anything but a 

 genuine British example. The Farn series of S. revayana was 

 badly nffected by verdigris, and I have for this reason removed the 

 old pins, and substituted for them verdigris-proof pins. 



April 12th, 1922. 



A SYNOPSIS OF BBITISH PEOCTOTKYPIDJE 

 (OXYURA). 



By Claude Morley, F.E.S., F.Z.S., etc. 



(Continued from p. 110.) 



9. Proctotrypes buccatus, Thorns. 



Proctotrupes buccatus, Thorns., I.e., p. 421, 2 . Serphus 

 buccatus, Andre, I.e., p. 302, ? . 



