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intermediate* in shade between the var. and the normal.— C. W. 

 Bbacken, B.A., F.E.S. ; Corporation Grammar School, Plymouth. 



Herse convolvuli at Bedford. — Two specimens of this species 

 were taken in September in the County Hospital but were badly 

 damaged by the captors.— W. Gifford Nash; Clavenng House, 

 De Parys Avenue, Bedford. 



Daphnis nerii off Scotland. — A good specimen of D. nerii has 

 iust come into my possession. It was taken on a trawl-boat off 

 Buchan Ness, Aberdeenshire, in September, 1917. There was a large 

 pin through it, but I have managed to extract this and reset the 

 specimen. — L. G. Esson ; 6, Esslemont Avenue, Aberdeen. 



Acherontia atropos at Sea. — Mr. W. T. Gilboy, of 99, Cold- 

 harbour Lane, Camberwell, writes that — " Whilst outward bound to 

 Montreal, about 1000 miles from land, I captured a fine specimen of 

 the Death's Head Hawk Moth."— N. D. B. 



An Unusual Variety of Ch^rocampa elpenor. — I recently had 

 the opportunity of examining a somewhat unusual variety of Ch. 

 elpenor bred by Mr. C. H. Hards from a larva of the green form, 

 taken in August, 1910, at E. Farleigh, Kent. It is remarkable in 

 that the areas usually green are chocolate-coloured, the normal pink 

 areas are pale dirty brown, and the basal and hind marginal areas of 

 the hind wing are a darker dirty brown. Unfortunately, owing to 

 neglect during the war, the specimen is in rather poor condition. 

 Two apparently similar specimens are recorded by Tutt in his 

 British Lepidoptera. — N. D. B. 



Aberrations of Agrotis corticea. — An extraordinary aberration 

 of A. corticea was obtained in my moth trap on June 23rd last. It is 

 & male in perfect condition. The antennae and hind wings are 

 normal. The centre of the fore wings is black without any markings, 

 and on either side of this area the colouring is grey peppered with 

 darker lines and marks. In a very strong light and at a certain 

 angle it is just possible to make out the normal markings. I also 

 obtained two other specimens leading up to this particular form. 

 The first, a male, is a typical male except that the general colouring 

 is darker. In the second, a female, the colouring is darker still, and 

 although the markings can easily be distinguished, they have become 

 somewhat blurred instead of standing out as they do in typical 

 specimens owing to the lighter background. — Frederick Gillett 

 (Major) ; Cheriton House, Sevenoaks, Kent. 



Melanic Eupithecia trisignaria. — I bred this year a single 

 specimen of this species which is as pure black as E. albipunctata 

 var. angelicata, and without markings except for the discoidal spot, 

 which, as in angelicata, is of a more intense black. I am not aware 

 that a pure melanic specimen of this species has hitherto been 

 reported. One or two other specimens bred at the same time were 

 darker than usual, but these are merely dark ordinary specimens and 



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