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Mr. Gregson. I do not know what my classical friends will think of the 

 name. 



Aplecta Nebulosa. — Mr. Gregson has some very dark examples of this 

 insect that he tells me were taken at Sheffield. I had not seen the form 

 before. 



A. Occulta.— A fine series of this species including the usual dark or 

 nearly black forms. One dark specimen taken by Mr. Carrington in Perth- 

 shire, is without the white lines on the wing on the right side. Noctuse 

 with odd wings must be very rare, this is the only instance I remember. 



Hadena Adtjsta. — Examples of this insect from Shetland are much paler 

 in ground colour, and have the markings more distinct, 



H. Suasa. — Mr. Gregson has a specimen of this species of a very warm 

 dark brown, differing considerably from the rest of his series and from others 

 I have seen. 



Cuculia Chamomile- — I do not know the varieties of this insect. Be- 

 sides the type, Mr. Gregson has a grey form which he calls Clirysanthemi, 

 Hb., and a dark form which he calls Fissina, Haw. Is not the grey vaiiety 

 the Calendula of Treitschke, and Chrysanthemi of Hubner, a synonym of the 

 Fissina of Haworth ? 



Anarta Melanopa. — A browner form with four dark bands, showing the 

 veins lighter, Mr. Gregson calls Brunnea. 



A. Cordigera.— Of this species Mr. Gregson has two with the whole of 

 the fore-wing (except the white stigmata) as dark as the central band. 



Such are the more noticeable of this group in this collection. I will next 

 refer to the butterflies, and will add a note or two on specimens I saw in 

 other collections than that of Mr. Gregson. 



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"The Westmoreland Note Book and Natural History Record." 



This new quarterly journal is in two distinct portions, as indeed the title 

 implies. But they are kept distinct in the magazine and each part is paged 

 separately. The Note Book is intended to contain " interesting notes and 

 jottings from all quarters," "to comprise everything that may add to our 

 information on local history, local dialect, local superstitions, and local relics 

 of antiquity," with the object of amassing material for the future historian of 

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