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type, and all forms, through the varieties latnmciila and athiops, all of 

 which perfectly agreed in the distinguishing characters of this species. 



At the Meeting of the Lancashire and Cheshire Entomological 

 Society at which this paper was read, I projected the actual prepara- 

 tions on a screen, by the oxyhydrogen Micro Lantern, and all 

 present expressed themselves satisfied that the specimens shown did 

 not differ iuter se. Possibly some may suggest pressure altering the 

 form of structure, but when they consider the number of specimens 

 operated upon, and the constant characteristics present in every 

 specimen of each species, they will see that such an argument is 

 baseless. If anyone wishes to examine them themselves I am quite 

 willing to send my preparations for their consideration. Should any 

 of your readers wish to test the accuracy of this method of distin- 

 guishing species, let him send me the body of a male, carefully cut off, 

 that he knows to be an undoubted specimen of any of the four species 

 of Miana inhabiting Great Britain, and 1 will undertake to examine 

 and name it from the genital organs alone. 



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Notes. 



Heliothus Scutosa in Kincardineshire. — I have just had the 

 pleasure of seeing an example of the above species which was 

 captured by Mr. A. H. Duncan, in July, 1878, at Bay of Nigg, near 

 Aberdeen, it was flying in the bright sunshine over the rough ground 

 and stones. The specimen is now in his father's collection, and is 

 spoilt by grease and has lost its antennae, but is otherwise quite 

 perfect and distinctly marked —Wm. Reid, Pitcaple, N.B., Feb., 1891. 



: Notes on Lepidoptera in Doncaster and District. — The long 

 continued frost made collecting quite out of the question in January, 

 but with February came a change in the weather, and on the 5th I 

 made my first visit for this year to Wheatley wood. I found, as I had 

 previously found, after long and severe winters, that some of the 

 autumnal species were still to be seen. Aitrantiaria ^ Defoliaria $ 

 and Bnuiiata $ were in evidence. Along with these Pilosaria, a few 

 -Leucopliearia, and one newly emerged .■Esciihiria. Larvae of .V. aurellor 

 were abundant and a few cases of Pseudo-hombycella were also to be 



