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  BKITISH 
  LEPIDOPTERA. 
  

  

  examples 
  ; 
  whilst 
  ferrugata 
  x 
  unidentaria 
  produced 
  roughly 
  half 
  and 
  half, 
  

   or 
  black 
  slightly 
  in 
  the 
  ascendant. 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  The 
  potency 
  of 
  the 
  $ 
  and 
  

   of 
  the 
  2 
  parent 
  seems 
  roughly 
  equal, 
  nor 
  does 
  it, 
  so 
  far 
  as 
  the 
  statistics 
  

   here 
  show, 
  exert 
  its 
  influence 
  more 
  strongly 
  on 
  one 
  sex 
  than 
  on 
  the 
  

   other 
  in 
  the 
  progeny. 
  

  

  6. 
  ClDARIA 
  ? 
  TRUNCATA 
  $ 
  X 
  COMMA-NOTATA 
  2 
  • 
  (a) 
  41 
  Specimens 
  

  

  reared, 
  17 
  followed 
  the 
  2 
  parent, 
  24 
  were 
  of 
  other 
  forms, 
  13 
  pale 
  and 
  11 
  

   dark 
  (South, 
  Proc. 
  Sth. 
  Land. 
  Ent. 
  Soc, 
  1894, 
  p. 
  74). 
  (/3) 
  In 
  June, 
  1904, 
  

   small 
  batch 
  of 
  ova 
  laid 
  by 
  2 
  comma-notata 
  (J 
  possibly 
  typical, 
  but 
  

   uncertain), 
  12 
  imagines 
  resulted, 
  5 
  $ 
  and 
  1 
  2 
  truncata, 
  4 
  $ 
  and 
  

  

  2 
  2 
  comma-notata 
  (Raynor, 
  in 
  litt.). 
  

  

  7. 
  Cidaria 
  comma-notata 
  $ 
  x 
  comma-notata 
  2 
  .—In 
  May, 
  1905, 
  bred 
  

  

  3 
  s 
  and 
  2 
  s 
  of 
  this 
  form 
  were 
  paired, 
  3 
  2 
  s 
  giving 
  fertile 
  ova. 
  They 
  

   produced 
  very 
  few 
  moths, 
  probably 
  due 
  to 
  inbreeding. 
  The 
  results 
  

   were 
  as 
  follows: 
  — 
  (a) 
  4 
  moths, 
  viz., 
  1 
  russata, 
  3 
  comma-notata. 
  (/3) 
  23 
  

   moths, 
  viz., 
  6 
  truncata, 
  and 
  17 
  comma-notata. 
  (y) 
  12 
  moths, 
  viz., 
  6 
  

   truncata, 
  and 
  6 
  comma-notata. 
  Of 
  the 
  39 
  specimens 
  bred, 
  therefore, 
  

   13 
  were 
  truncata 
  and 
  26 
  comma-notata 
  (Raynor). 
  

  

  8. 
  Angerona 
  prunaria 
  $ 
  x 
  sordiata 
  2 
  . 
  — 
  Zeller 
  reared 
  this 
  and 
  

   the 
  reciprocal 
  cross 
  in 
  1885-1886. 
  (a) 
  A 
  brood 
  of 
  this 
  cross, 
  emerging 
  in 
  

   1886, 
  resulted 
  in 
  6 
  $ 
  and 
  11 
  2 
  prunaria 
  (speckled), 
  and 
  5 
  $ 
  and 
  9 
  2 
  

   sordiata 
  (banded). 
  In 
  these 
  there 
  were 
  no 
  intermediates 
  (Standfuss, 
  

   Handbuch, 
  pp. 
  313-314). 
  [Intermediates 
  are 
  also 
  practically 
  unknown 
  

   in 
  nature.] 
  Standfuss 
  figures 
  two 
  of 
  these 
  (op. 
  cit., 
  etc., 
  pi. 
  viii., 
  figs. 
  

   8-9). 
  (Z 
  3 
  ) 
  Pickett 
  notes 
  (Ent. 
  Bee, 
  xv., 
  pp. 
  146-147) 
  obtaining 
  three 
  

   broods 
  of 
  this 
  cross. 
  He 
  reared 
  them 
  altogether 
  and 
  obtained 
  39 
  $ 
  and 
  

   21 
  2 
  prunaria, 
  and 
  47 
  $ 
  and 
  25 
  2 
  sordiata. 
  

  

  9. 
  Angerona 
  sordiata 
  J 
  x 
  prunaria 
  2 
  • 
  — 
  (a) 
  Of 
  this 
  cross, 
  Zeller, 
  in 
  

   18S6, 
  reared 
  a 
  brood 
  resulting 
  in 
  51 
  $ 
  and 
  33 
  2 
  prunaria, 
  and 
  38 
  $ 
  

   and 
  30 
  2 
  sordiata. 
  Standfuss 
  notes 
  that 
  there 
  were 
  no 
  intermediates. 
  

  

  [We 
  should 
  add 
  that 
  one 
  would 
  expect 
  none] 
  (Handbuch, 
  etc., 
  p. 
  314). 
  

   ()8) 
  Pickett 
  notes 
  (Ent. 
  Bee, 
  xv., 
  pp. 
  146-147) 
  two 
  broods 
  of 
  this 
  form, 
  

   which 
  together 
  resulted 
  in 
  45 
  g 
  and 
  23 
  2 
  prunaria 
  and 
  38 
  S 
  and 
  

   17 
  2 
  sordiata. 
  

  

  10. 
  Angerona 
  sordiata 
  $ 
  x 
  2 
  • 
  — 
  Zeller 
  reared 
  among 
  a 
  large 
  brood 
  

   from 
  a 
  pair 
  of 
  normal 
  prunaria, 
  3 
  J 
  and 
  2 
  2 
  sordiata-'-. 
  (a) 
  Pairing 
  a 
  $ 
  

   and 
  2 
  of 
  these, 
  Standfuss 
  obtained 
  3 
  $ 
  and 
  10 
  2 
  prunaria, 
  and 
  24 
  $ 
  

   and 
  18 
  2 
  sordiata 
  (Handbuch, 
  etc., 
  p. 
  315). 
  (/3) 
  Pickett 
  also 
  inbred 
  this 
  

   form, 
  viz., 
  3 
  broods 
  (light-banded 
  $ 
  x 
  light-banded 
  2 
  ), 
  and 
  (y) 
  1 
  brood 
  

   (dark-banded 
  $ 
  x 
  very 
  light-banded 
  2 
  )• 
  The 
  first 
  (3 
  broods) 
  resulting 
  

   in 
  78 
  banded 
  $ 
  s 
  and 
  37 
  banded 
  2 
  s, 
  and 
  the 
  second 
  (1 
  brood) 
  pro- 
  

   ducing 
  64 
  dark-banded 
  $ 
  s 
  and 
  36 
  dark-banded 
  2 
  s 
  (Ent. 
  Bee, 
  xv., 
  

   pp, 
  147-148). 
  

  

  11. 
  Abraxas 
  grossulariata 
  $ 
  x 
  flavofasciata 
  2 
  • 
  — 
  The 
  ab. 
  flaco- 
  

   fasciata, 
  Huene 
  ( 
  = 
  lacticolor, 
  Raynor) 
  is 
  a 
  rare 
  form 
  of 
  the 
  species 
  occur- 
  

   ring 
  sporadically 
  with 
  the 
  type. 
  Raynor 
  gives 
  an 
  account 
  of 
  breeding 
  

   the 
  same 
  in 
  the 
  Ent. 
  Record, 
  1902, 
  pp. 
  32 
  et 
  seg. 
  When 
  a 
  2 
  

   flavofasciata 
  was 
  paired 
  with 
  a 
  $ 
  grossulariata, 
  no 
  flavofasciata 
  appeared. 
  

   When, 
  however, 
  these 
  (in 
  appearance) 
  grossulariata 
  inbreds 
  were 
  paired 
  

  

  * 
  It 
  may 
  be 
  well 
  to 
  observe 
  bere 
  tbat 
  Pickett 
  reared 
  tbree 
  broods 
  of 
  prunaria 
  

   3 
  x 
  prunaria 
  ? 
  , 
  and 
  from 
  them 
  obtained 
  89 
  S 
  s 
  and 
  45 
  2 
  s 
  without 
  a 
  sordiata 
  

   among 
  them 
  (Ent. 
  Rec, 
  xv., 
  p. 
  147). 
  

  

  