Short Notes and Queries. 



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P. clypeatus. Common. 

 P. scutatus. Mancliester. 

 P. cyaneus. Common. 



Pyropli£ena granditarsus. Manchester ; Bowdon ; Hazelgrove. 



Doros citrofasciatus. Greenfield. 



Melith^eptus pictus. Manchester. 



M. menthastri. Bowdon. 



Baccha elongata. Common. 



Spegina clunipes. Hazelgrove. 



Ascia podagrica. Common. 



A. floralis. Bowdon. 



P. peltatus. Bowdon. 



(To he continued.) 



Acronycta memjanthidis. — A specimen of this insect — supposed to have 

 been a hermaphrodite — is reported (Nat. V., 78) as being exhibited 

 before the Huddersfield Scientific Club. I, at the time of its being 

 exhibited, expressed doubt as to its hermaphroditism, and Mr. Porritt 

 kindly lent me the specimen, along with P. flavocinda reported, ,for 

 examination and figuring, and the following is my opinion on the 

 menyanthidis : — Menyanthidis seems to be clothed with 

 three kinds of scales, something like the engraving. 

 Figs. 1 and 2 form the ground color of the wing, 1 the 

 grey portion, and 2 the black markings, and Fig. 3 is 

 more prevalent near the base of the fore-wings, which 

 gives the insect the soft downy appearance. On the 

 left fore-wing many of Fig. 1 are wanting, and almost 

 1. 2 3, all Fig. 2. We therefore lose the black markings 

 and the white ground, and the tawny membrane of the wing shows 

 through the scattered (Fig. 3) scales, which gives the insect a rather 

 pecuHar appearance. I do not therefore consider that hermaphroditism 

 has anything to do with the variation. The P. flavocinda is a beauty, 

 and will be figured in my " Varieties of Brit. Lep." I had a somewhat 

 similar one from Mr. Carter two or three years ago. — S. L. Mosley, 

 Primrose Hill, Huddersfield. 



Note on Above. — I did not make a microscopic examination of the 

 specimen referred to above, and am, therefore, very glad that Mr. 

 Mosley has done so. I think, however, he has overlooked the most im- 

 portant item in his examination, viz. , a comparison of the scales of the 

 two sexes. The fact remains that the left side wings of this specimen are 

 of the exact shade and marking of the female of the species, whilst the 

 right side wings are precisely like those of the male. Mr. Mosley says, 

 " On the left fore wing many of Fig. 1. are wanting, and almost all Fig. 



