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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. — Henri/ Doubleday ; Efping^ May 13, 1858. 



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

 opinion, we have four British species of this genus. I cannot agree with him, and 

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

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

 have occurred in Britain. 0. 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, and which differs 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 dilutata 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 Jardiue, and I was 

 convinced that it was distinct from dilutata, 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 them 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, and, more recently, the larger specimens 

 near Rannoch.— /t/. 



Description of a British Eupithecia new to Science, — 



EuPiTHEciA viMiNATA, Doubleday . 



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

 obsoletissima 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 pale brown, with very faint undulated strigce. 



I sent this obscure species to 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 to frequent the osier. Having examined 

 several specimens kindly lent to me by Mr. Greening, Mr. Bund and the Kev. P. H. 

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



Capture of Cucullia ChamomillcB near London, — I took a fine male specimen of 

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

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

 the collection of the Entomological Club. — Thomas Huckett ; 2{5, Britannia Row ^ 

 Lower Road, Islington; May 17, 1858. 



Occurrence of Ephyra orbicularia at Lewes, — On 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 



