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very striking, but peculiar. — William Farren, 9, Union Road, Cam- 
bridge. June 6 i/i, 1891. 
Thyatira batis (type). — Last summer I took a nice var. of T, batis^ 
which I greatly prize as T. batis is so little given to variation. As far 
as I can judge, it seems quite perfect, evidently fresh from pupa, but 
instead of possessing the usual pink-tinted blotches, they are all of 
delicate brown, without (or to speak more correctly, having the faintest 
tinge of) pink. I look upon it as a genuine var. and not a fraud. — 
Hope Alderson, Hilda Vale, Farnborough. May, 1891. [Mr. Alder- 
son has since sent me a perfectly fresh specimen, which also is without 
the normal pink colour. In The B?itish Noctuce and their Varieties, 
p. 2, I write : — “ It seems very strange that the Linnsean description 
makes no note of the rosy colour of the spots which are so characteristic 
of this species, but I have an Irish specimen without a trace of this 
colour.” — El).] 
Dark var. of Strenia clathrata. — I took one dark var. of Strenia 
clathrata. Does anyone else take it ? I cannot get more than one a 
year. — G. M. A. Hewett, The College, Winchester. 
Pale Variety of Hepialus lupulinus.— I took a very light 
specimen of Hepialus lupulmus at rest on an oak fence in Putney Park 
Lane on June 14th. All four wings are of a dirty white with no 
markings whatever. — Charles Maxted, 7, Church Terrace, Castel- 
nau, Barnes. July ^th, 1891. 
C^nonympha davus VARS. — One remarkable feature regarding 
Cce 7 iony 7 nplia davus is that it gets lighter in colour the further north one 
goes, until it is sometimes found almost white in Sutherland. In 
Aberdeenshire, C. davus is abundant on all moors, frequenting both 
the low swampy ground and the bare, rough, and breezy hill-sides, 
where their capture is a matter of some difficulty. In habits they 
closely resemble C. pa 7 nphilus, and from the nature of the ground they 
frequent, are difficult to get in good condition. — W. Reid, Pitcaple. 
March, 1891. 
The Cceno 7 iy 77 ipha davus {typhG 7 i) of Ireland is an intermediate form 
with fairly strongly marked ocelli, usually rather dark brown in colour, 
but occasionally approaching the paler Scotch form. I have never 
taken a typical davus, Hb., in Ireland. In Norway, the pale form is 
taken with obsolete markings, and also a small form with decidedly 
dark margins, rather dark ground colour and with markings not very 
distinct. — W. F. de V. Kane, Sloperton Lodge, Kingstown. 
^,0TES ON COLLECTING, Etc. 
The genus Zyg^na. — Do all the “Burnets” spin up on grasses, 
etc. ? I believe there are two or more species found in Kent under 
the name of Z. trijolii. I was in the habit of taking a very large 
species at Sandwich, upwards of 30 years ago, in the old locality for 
Melitcea artemis which was always called Z. trifolii. They were 
excessively abundant in the small marsh just below the mill, and I 
frequently gathered a large number of cocoons when searching for 
M. arte 77 iis the first week in June, the moth generally commencing to 
appear at the end of that month. The cocoons were always spun 
