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other variety the usual copper colouring is replaced by a dingy white, nearly 

 approaching var. schmidtii. — F. L. Blathwayt ; Bromyard, Worcester. 



Gynandrous and other Varieties of Chrysophanus Phl(eas. — 

 We have taken an hermaphrodite C. phloeas ; left wings male and rii^ht 

 female ; the antennae, however, are just the opposite, the longer one being 

 on the male side ; the wings are very distinctive. We also met with the 

 shining straw-coloured form, a female, but unfortunately the hind wings 

 have been partly bitten off by some bird or reptile ; otherwise it is fine, 

 the fore wings being very glistening. Another specimen we captured has 

 the normal colour, but the band on hind wings is only represented by slight 

 streaks.— E. Sabine ; The Villas, Erith, Sept. 10th, 1896. 



Variety of Catocala nupta. — On the 17th inst. I captured a 

 specimen C. nupta, the under wings of which are devoid of the slightest 

 shade of red or orange, and may be described as dusky black-brown. It is 

 a handsome specimen, and the type very distinctive. Probably it may be 

 a well-known one, but although I have had acquaintance with C. nvpta 

 for about a quarter of a century and taken varieties, I have never met 

 with anything like it before. — Sidney Cooper ; Hawkwood, Chingford, 

 Aug. 27th, 1896. 



[A somewhat similar aberration of this species is recorded, Entom. 

 XXV. 243.— Ed.] 



Deilephila livornica in Hants. — A specimen of D. livornica was 

 caught last month here. It was brought to me by a boy who found it 

 resting on some furze-bushes, a quantity of bedstraw growing near. 

 Unfortunately the specimen is much rubbed on thorax, otherwise perfect. — 

 (Rev.) A. D. Patterson; Belsito, Milford-on-Sea, Lyraington, Sept. 12th. 



Emergence of Smerinthus populi in August.— On June 28th my 

 friend D. Forbes-Winslow gave me a caterpillar of 8. populi; the followincr 

 day it went to earth, and became a pupa on the 30th ; and on Aug. 15th a 

 female moth of the dark form emerged. Is not this a record time ? The 

 moth was only fourteen days in pupa. — H. W. Bell-Marley ; Ravens- 

 court Park. 



Early and Late Emergences. — This has truly been an abnormal 

 season, and the dates concerning the time of appearance of the following 

 species are interesting ; — Hepialus humuli, flying freely, last week in May ; 

 Abraxas grossulariata, well out last week in June ; Smerinthus populi, a 

 pair in cop. first week in July, and again a pair in cop. Aug. 7th (probably 

 a second brood) ; Acronycta megacephala, a fresh example on July 28th ; 

 and A. psi, a specimen in good order, Aug. 16th. Are the two last species 

 sometimes double-brooded ? — A. T. Mitchell ; 5, Clayton Terrace, 

 Gunnersbury, W., Aug. 20th, 1896. 



Autumn Emergence of Phorodesma pustulata (bajularia) and 

 Pseudoterpna pruinata (cytisaria). — Both these species normally hyber- 

 uate as larvae while quite small ; I think, therefore, that it may be of interest 

 to record that out of a brood of Phorodesma bajularia, hatched in July, 

 1895, and sleeved in my garden, one larva fed up rapidly, pupated the 

 middle of September, and the imago emerged on Sept. 24th. The others 

 showed no tendency to feed up the same year, and hybernated quite small, 

 as usual. This year one larva in a small brood of Pseudoterpna pruinata 

 has behaved in the same way, pupating on Aug. 18th, and the imago 



