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field. The females of the early and midsummer broods differ from 
those of late summer and autumn in the very pale yellow, almost 
white, colour of the underside of all the wings. In August, this pale 
yellow deepens, and in early September, reddish streaks appear along 
the veins of the hind wings beneath, while in October, the entire 
under surface of the secondaries and the tips of the primaries are 
heavily streaked or solidly red. The broad outer border of black in 
some females contains a few, more or less distinct, yellow spots, as we 
see in the female eurythe 7 ne or philodice^ but a majority of the in- 
dividuals entirely want these spots, although the border is much less 
intense than in the males. The colour of the underside of the wings 
of the male is much deeper in autumn than in early summer, being 
a light orange, and on the upper side of the primaries the fresh males 
of October have the black outside border well covered with a beautiful 
dusting of red scales. In males examples, of the August brood only a 
few scattered (red) scales are to be observed, while a careful examina- 
tion of many specimens taken in early summer failed to show to the 
writer a trace of this autumn feature. However, hand-bred specimens 
might show it, but as I have reared only late summer larvae, I 
cannot settle the question. Near the base of the front margin of the 
hind wing in the male is a large, oblong, orange-coloured spot of 
a mealy appearance. I have noticed the same on the male of 
Colias eurydice. One female, taken in August several years ago, 
has the ground colour of the upper side of the front wings white, an 
approach to the albino, while on the upper side of the hind wings 
of many of the October specimens the dark streaks and shades from 
the black border reach almost to the base of the wings. — R. R. 
Rowley, Curryville, Mo. (From the Entomological News ^ Philadelphia. 
September, 1891.) 
Variety of the Larva of Cuspidia leporina. — Among the 
larvae of Acronycta {^Cuspidia) leporina, which I took off birch on 
Wimbledon Common in September last, there was one which had no 
erect fascicles of short black hairs on the back. — J. F. Bird, Rosedale, 
162, Balling Road, Hammersmith, W. October i^th, 1891. 
Variation OF Nonagria cann^e. — The range of variation of Mr. 
Bird’s and my owm series of N. ca?ince is similar to that of Mr. Bowdes 
{a?iie, p. 226). It includes the normal red buff males, the normal light 
buff females, two fine smoky-brown males nearly as dark as black N 
typhce, but more “ mousy ” in colour, and one smoky female. — A. 
Robinson, i. Mitre Court Buildings, Temple, E.C. October ^th, 1891. 
Variety of the L.arva of Biston hirtaria. — I see a note in 
the Entomologisf s Record, vol. ii., p. 156, regarding a pale variety of 
Biston hirtaria. On looking at my notes of this year, I find that, 
when those I had in captivity were full-fed, they w^ere pale, while those 
I then found on the trunks of the apple trees, about to pupate, were 
dark. I may mention that those in captivity were, during the early 
part of their lives, kept in glass bottles wdth wide mouths covered 
with muslin, so that they did not suffer from want of light. As it was 
a w'et season, those at liberty w^ould have been more exposed to w^et, 
and this may have had something to do with the difference in colour. I 
kept some of the dark forms, but did not separate the pupae. — C. A. 
Bird, Rosedale, 162, Balling Road, Hammersmith, W. Oct. igth, 1891. 
