152 THE entomologist's record. 



haunts. A single fine J Poli/onnnattis Itylas was the only representative 

 hereof this beautiful species. Swarms of blubolia wensuraria moved from 

 place to place as one forced one's way through the long herbage, whilst 

 Dasydia obfuncata was in smaller numbers. Acidalia perochraria 

 occurred frequently on the bank and one or two Acidalia funiata were 

 disturbed; Scapula alpinalis Sbh. punctata (with white discal spot on the 

 wings) was stirred up, as were (Jrambns pratellus, ('. dinnetellus, and 

 C. faUellm, whilst Phycis (?) adornatella was also disturbed. Among 

 the plumes, Stenoptilia pterodactyla and Merrifieldia tridactyla {tetra- 

 dactyla) were very abundant, as were also one or two other species of 

 which we do not seem to have retained a sample. Heaps of other 

 interesting species were seen on this bank, but we had been already 

 here more than two hours and the clouds appeared to be gathering. 

 No sooner were we off the bank than the sun disappeared, but, 

 hoping that it would not rain, we started up the narrow valley. 

 We disturbed nothing fresh that we had not seen on the bank 

 till we had got a considerable distance up the valley, when, 

 in the corner of a field, we 'noticed at rest a fine example of 

 Cyclnpides palaemon, and soon afterwards netted two others, during 

 a gleam of siinshine, on the wing, and a fourth at rest, but, with the 

 exception of the first example, none were really good. We continued 

 our walk up the valley, examined the lovely mosses, whilst the sky 

 grew ever more and more threatening. Soon the rain began to 

 descend, and before long we were driven back. The climbers ran by 

 us at full pelt, and, knowing the appearance of the sky, showed their 

 wisdom in their haste; having made little or no preparation against 

 the weather we had to shelter and push on between the worst parts of 

 the storm, but arrived at St. Anton sufficiently wet to require a 

 thorough change. It continued to rain all that day and night, and all 

 next day, during which we moved on to Innsbruck. It rained all the 

 4th, and, on the morning of the 5th, so, as the Meteorological Chart in 

 the Maria-Theresien-Strasse had registered "Botzen, schon," for some 

 days, whilst all the rest of the world was wet, I set my nose in the 

 direction of Botzen, by way of the Brenner Pass. 



Summary of experiments with fertile ? s of several species of ants. 



By C. CRAWLEY, B.A., F.E.S. 



1. Camponotus lictNiperdus. — In June, 1905, I found an apterous 

 ? of this species on a road near Ouchy, Switzerland. On June 16th 



I put her in a box with three ^ s of the same species, who immediately 

 attacked her. I removed the ^ s, and next day put three more from 

 another nest with the ? . They were not so hostile as the first ones, 

 but seemed frightened of the ? , and avoided her. 



2. Formica rufa. — During August and September, 1904, I had a 

 nest of F. rufa containing one 2 . On August 7th I put a strange 

 fertile $ into my nest. The ants took very little notice of her, and 

 she seemed quite at home among them. I then procured another 5 

 from a different nest, and put her into my nest on August 16th, with 

 a similar result. Two days later I put in a third, from another nest, 

 with a similar result. 



3. F^MicA sANrtuiNEA. — On September 18th, 1908, I put several 

 ^ s from different nests of this species at Wellington College with a 



young fertile $ that I had picked up in the neighbourhood. They 



