Pee eCOLE COLLECTION OF BRITISH LEPIDOPTERA. I75 
Lineola seems pretty well confined to the Essex coast and both 
sides of the Thames as far as Mucking on the Essex side, whereas 
Linea is found throughout the South of England; but I am 
afraid it must be numbered among the disappearing species of 
Epping Forest. 
Passing to the moths in the collection I was struck with 
the very fine and strongly marked series of Cherocampa porcellus 
from St. Osyth, taken in 1912. These appear to me to be 
unusually bright. 
Then we have Macroglossa bombyliformis and M. fuciformis, 
both taken at Highbeachin 1870 and 1871. These are interesting 
captures, and as far as I know they have not been taken in the 
Forest for some years past. 
In a nice series of Arctia villica there are three conspicuous 
examples from St. Osyth taken in 1895; they have some of 
the cream spots confluent at the base of the fore wings. I have 
seen somewhat similar specimens from the neighbourhood of 
Dovercourt, and it would seem that this form of variation is 
more frequent along the Essex coast than elsewhere. There are 
also some light and dark forms of Caja, but I should say that 
these have no bearing on local variation. 
There is an interesting specimen of Spilosoma lubricipeda 
approaching var. fasciata, taken at Clapton in 1868, and a 
specimen of Menthastri taken at Wanstead in 1877 with smoky 
tips to the wings, and a somewhat similar form from Stoke 
Newington taken in June 1874. 
There is also a nice series of Psilura monacha from Black 
Bushes, Epping Forest, taken in 1874. It would be too hazar- 
dous to say that this species has gone from the Forest, although 
I have never seen it there. 
Trichwura crategi is another insect, represented in the col- 
lection by specimens from Epping Forest, which has apparently 
left the district. 
There is a particularly fine dark Bombyx quercus 2 from East 
- Mersea, and another from Witham, but these varieties can hardly 
be considered as local variations, as usually the darker specimens 
come from the-North. 
Then there is a nice light variety of a male Odonestis potatoria 
from East Mersea. These occasional light forms of ¢ fotatoria 
I have usually found in more or less marshy districts and I have 
looked upon them as an example of protective colouration, as 
the light forms would be much better protected while resting on 
the reed stems than would the typical dark form. There are some 
very fine forms of Saturnia carpini from St. Osyth, the specimens 
being considerably larger than those of the same species from the 
North. This large Essex race is well known to entomologists. 
I recently saw some fine examples, bred some years ago from 
the Lea Valley. 
