180 In-9. 
LEPIDOPTERA. 
Short notes on Geometridce^ chiefly with reference to Packard’s work, 
and not of sufficient importance to require further notice here ; A. R. 
Grote, Canad. Ent. viii. pp. 152-154. 
Notes on oviposition of A. scutulata, S. vetulata, S. rliamnata, and C. 
picata ; P. H. Jennings, Ent. ix. pp. 12 & 13. 
Ennomos angularia. No marked difference, except in size, produced 
by rearing the larvm on different food-plants ; W. Cole, P. E. Soc. 1870, 
p. XXX. A variety figured ; B. W. Neave & E. Newman, Ent. ix. pp. 49 
& 50. 
Eugonia dryadaria, Ramb., and quercaria, Hubn. P. Mabille considers 
these forms to be distinct, and notices a variety of the former; Bull. Soc. 
Ent. Fr. (5) vi. pp. cix. & cx. 
Angerona prunaria. Its larva a cannibal ; A. Thalenhorst, Verb. Vcr. 
Hamb. ii. pp. 147-149. 
Crocallis elinguaria. Its hybernation in the egg ; E. Holton & T. H. 
Hedworth, Ent. ix. pp. 88 & 141. 
Metrocampa margaritata. Buff-coloured var., perhaps only faded ; 
T. H. 0. Pearce, E. Newman, & G. T. Porritt, Ent. ix. pp. 161 & 211. 
Eurymene dolahraria. Larva described ; P. H. Jennings, L c. pp. 254 
& 255. 
Biston ursaria, Walk. Habits and transformations ; G. J. Bowles, 
Canad. Ent. viii. pp. 7-9. 
IlemeropJdla ahruptaria. Larva described ; P. H. Jennings, 1. c. p. 197. 
Epliyra pendularia, var. figured by F. Bond, Ent. ix. p. 217. 
Geometra papilionaria. Straw-coloured var. recorded by H. II. 
Corbett, Ent. ix. p. 205. 
Abraxas hemionata, Guen., noticed and figured by C. Oberthur, Etudes 
Ent. ii. p. 34, pi. ii. fig. 6. 
Hyria auroraria. Larva described ; G. T. Porritt, Ent. ix. pp. 197-199. 
Asthena testaceata, Don. (= sylvata, W. V.). Note on larva ; T. 
Goossens, Bull. Soc. Ent. Fr. (5) vi. pp. cxxxiii. & cxxxiv. 
Acidalia contiguaria, Hi'ibn. On rearing ; A. Fuchs, S. E. Z. xxxvii. 
pp. 98 & 99. A. emarginata : larva described ; G. T. Porritt, Ent. M. M. 
xiii. pp. 13 & 14. A. Icevigaria, Hubn., is single -brooded at Paris; De 
Lafitole, Pet. Nouv. 1876, pp. 74 & 75. A. mediaria, Hiibn. : var. or 
sp. n. from Algeria ; C. Oberthur, 1. c. i. p. 59, pi. iii. fig. 6. 
Timandra amata. Rapidity of its transformations ; A. Thalenhorst, 
I c. pp. 150-152. 
Argyris latonaria Osteodes turbulenta, Guen., noticed; H. D. J. 
Wallengren, QLfv. Ak. Forh. xxxii. 1, pp. 119 & 121. 
Strenia clathrata. Larva described ; G. T. Porritt, 1. c. pp. 178 & 179. 
Bupalus piniarius. The dark English form is named Jiavescens ; F. B. 
White, Scot. Nat. iii. p. 367. 
Aspilates duponchelaria, Luc., = Heteropsis testaria, Fabr. ; C. Ober- 
thur, 1. c. i. p. 64. 
Ilyhernia leucophearia. Its rarity on som,e geological formations, and 
its abundance on others ; S. Webb, Ent. ix. pp. 277 & 278. 
Palceocrita (g. n.) vernata and Anisopteryx pometaria figured and 
described, with directions for their destruction ; 0. V. Riley, Tr. Ac. 
