140 THE entomologist's kecord. 



the Beau Vallon, a very sheltered valley lying to the N.E. of the 

 town, and much affected by market gardeners. A little spring 

 trickles through this veritable garden of Eden, and in the tall 

 bamboos by its side I caught the first specimen, while on a plot of 

 grass sloping to its starry periwinkle-studded banks, Melitaca cinxia 

 was to be found in profusion, together with an occasional Argijnnu 

 lathonia, small but in perfect condition. Revisiting this stream on 

 the 15th, a/nd following it up to its source in the hills, beside T. 

 poli/.irna, I saw, high among the young oak trees, Fyw/onia poh/chloros, 

 Euvmiessa antiopa (much worn), together with Vanessa iu, Fi/rameis 

 carihd, P. atalanta, Pulij(/onia c-alhiim, and, in a fayoured corner, 

 where the wild clematis, the white roses, and many sweet flowering 

 shrubs formed a scented maze of foliage, I made my first acquaintance 

 with Lhiit'iiitis Camilla ,\Yhile over the trefoil Surickthus alceae, and S. sao, 

 fresh from the chrysalis, were to be taken in some abundance. In 

 addition to the insects already noted, Avhich, it will be observed, are 

 entirely of the Rhopalocera, I took a pair of LampiJes hoetka on April 

 3rd ; one fine P. (hqilidice var. bellidicc, three days later, in the 

 Costabelle Woods ; and one Xomiades cijllanis on April 15th. Thus, 

 comparing my captures with those of Mr. Buckmaster, made practically 

 a month later than my earliest, I am able to add the two following 

 species to the list compiled by him, Tlwstor hallns and Thais jKili/.i-ena 

 var. Cassandra, while Mr. Raine said that Pohjomviatus oriun occurred 

 at Les Arcs, a few miles off, and that M. aurinia var. provincialis (the 

 Hyeres form) might be expected any moment at the time of my 

 departure, which took place on April 17th, after a cloudless fortnight, 

 save for the thunderstorm which broke over the district on the 6th. 



The British Liparid Moths. 



( Contimied from p. 125 y. 

 By A. BACOT. 



Cocoons. — Psilura monacha and Ocneria dispar -. The larva3 of these 

 species spin a few silk threads iu a crevice of the bark, or between two 

 or tlu'ce leaves. The anal armature of the pupa is entangled in the 

 threads, and the pupa is either suspended as though in a slight hammock, 

 or simply hangs free, possibly the latter method is more or less 

 accidental. Leucoma salicis : The larva of this species makes, perhaps, 

 more pretensions to a cocoon when spun up between leaves, but this is 

 due rather to the more skilful use of the threads in di'awing the leaves 

 together, than to the quantity of silk used. When the larva of L. 

 salicis spins up iu a crevice of the bark, which not infrequently happens, 

 the web or hammock is almost as light as that of P. monacha or 0. 

 dispar. 



Porthesia similis [aurifiiid) : The outer cocoon spun by this larva is 

 made of whitish silk of close texture, the long black larval hairs being 

 woven into the silk. The inner cocoon is slight, and loose in textm*e, 

 and the minute brown larval hairs lie in dense masses within. P. chry- 

 sorrhoea : The larva forms an outer cocoon composed of whitish flossy 

 silk, very loosely spun, but of considerable thiclmess, and can hardly be 

 called textile in character. The inner cocoon is very similar, but it 

 has a brownish hue, due to the immense number of minute brown hairs, 



