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probability is that we have only one, varying, according to the locality, from a 

 very pale gray to a brownish black ; but the discovery of the larvae of all the varieties 

 will settle the question. — Henry Doubleday ; Epping, May 13, 1858. 



The Genus Oporobia. — In the ' Intelligencer' Mr. Gregson stales that, in his 

 opinion, we have four British species of this genus. I canuot agree with him, and 

 think that my friend M. Guenee is right in reducing them to two, dilulata and fili- 

 grammaria. The Oporobia autumnala of Boisduval and Guenee does not appear to 

 have occurred in Britain. O. dilutata is extremely variable in size and colour, and 

 the Perthshire specimens are nearly double the size of those taken in the South of 

 England. In this locality the late Mr. Weaver captured a species which has since 

 been known by the name of autumnaria, aud which difiers from the Manchester and 

 Arran specimens of filigrammaria in nothing but size, being much larger and exactly 

 agreeing in this respect with the specimens of dilulata found in the same locality. 

 I sent a long series of each sex of this insect to M. Guenee, and, after a careful 

 examination, he came to the conclusion that it was only a local variety of filigram- 

 maria. Mr. Edleston has since seen some of the specimens, and considers them the 

 same as the Manchester species, but much finer. The first specimen I ever saw of 

 this insect was given to me, many years since, by Sir William Jardine, and I was 

 convinced that it was distinct from dilulata, although my late friend J. F. Stephens 

 thought at that time it was only a variety. When in Paris, some time afterwards, I 

 saw specimens of autumnata in the collections, and thought ihem identical with the one 

 which I possessed. I had not the specimen with me to compare with the French 

 ones, and it seems that I was mistaken. Mr. Edleston afterwards took the species 

 near Manchester, and Mr. Weaver in Arran, aud, more recently, the larger specimens 

 near Rannoch. — Id. 



Description of a British Eupithecia neio to Science. — 



EupiTHECiA viMiNATA, Doubkday. 



E. Alis omnibus cinerascenlibus, anticis puncto minuto ordinario nigro ; striga 

 obsolelissima postica undulata alba. 



All the wings pale ashy brown, with the ordinary black spot in the centre of the 

 anterior wings, but very minute, and a very indistinct pale waved line at the posterior 

 margin. Posterior wings i)ale brown, with very faint undulated strigce. 



I sent this obscure species lo my friend M. Guenee : it does not appear to be a variety 

 of any named species, and M. Guenee considered the name viminataa very suitable one 

 if the insect was really distinct, as it appears lo frequent the osier. Having examined 

 several specimens kindly lent to me by Mr. Greening, Mr. Bond aud the Kev. P. H. 

 Newnham, I have little doubt of the validity of the species. — Id. 



Capture of Cucullia Chamomillce near London. — I look a fine male specimen of 

 this insect, in the neighbourhood of Hornsey, ou the 9th instant. I have not heard of 

 its being taken so near London before, or at such an early dale. The specimen is in 

 the collection of the Entomological Club. — Thomas Iluckett ; 26 j Britannia Row , 

 Lower Road, Islington; May 17, 1858. 



Occurrence of Ephyra orbicularia at Lewes. — Ou Saturday evening last my son 

 Walter had the good fortune to take a very perfect specimen of Ephyra orbicularia. — 

 Edward Jenner ; 2, West Street, Lewes, May 17, 1858. 



Larva of Tephrosia Laricaria. — In a few remarks (Zool. 6067) upon the larva of 



