LATHROBIUM LONGIPENNE, FAIRM. 159 



anything. We had just been catching butterflies, so we shouldered 

 the net and intended having a look at the valley; we walked on 

 through the lonely gorge, between the precipitous porphyry rocks, 

 when, suddenly, the valley expanded and, a large black velvety 

 Hrebia came down from the clouds above right into the net, J Krebia 

 nerine, another and another, and yet others, all in the pink of condition. 

 What could we do with /','. nerine- The perpendicular rocks fell back 

 suddenly; a steep, rocky slope, with scabious and other flowers came 

 sharply down some 50 feet to the roadside; the sun shone on it hotly; 

 from every flower hung a lovely K. nerine, many 9 s ; the only species that 

 really disturbed them were hri/as paphia and Callii)iurji/ia hero. We 

 climbed the bank and having good nails feared not, we gently gathered 

 those K. nerine to the collecting- box, already over full. Presently 

 there were very few nerine left on the lower part of the bank. We 

 descended, and sat down to rest, looked longingly up the valley, 

 and turned back to Botzen. We slept the sleep of the tired that night, 

 but, alas, we had barely entered the Sarnthal. 



I apologised to myself, and promised that next morning I really 

 would go up the Sarnthal. I set out insects for two or three hours, had 

 an early breakfast and started. Oh, but it was hot. How we struggled 

 to get up the valley that day, we worked as those having a promised 

 land in front, and when, at about 3 p.m., we reached exactly the same 

 spot that we had discovered the previous afternoon, we set resolutely 

 forward. We must have got a good 100 yards further when we saw a 

 flower-choked gully on the right-hand side. We went up that gully, 

 we nearly broke an ankle. We found a tree covered with ripe wood- 

 nuts, and sat and bathed and nursed the ankle and then we went home, 

 hot, tired, and happy. We still have to organise a raid, when it is 

 less awfully hot, on the Sarnthal. On the second occasion we found 

 many nice things not seen the previous day ; one was a lovely deep 

 purple (instead of steel-blue) example of Antlirocera ephialtes (=ab. 

 inirpitrascens) ; a very flne 5 Antliroeera achilleae with the red spots 

 occupying the greater part of the wing (var. sarntlialia) ; an unexpected, 

 small, probably second-brood, example of Knclielia jacobaeae, specimens 

 of I'!ri/nnis aleeae, a J Loiveia durilis, Ciienonijniplia paitipliilitx, Melitaea 

 at/ialia, Brenthix ino (worn), Setina irrorella, typical (^ , Mirra ostrina, 

 Anarta niijrtilli, Naclia ancilla, i\Iadopa mliealis, Sijntoinin pheijea, 

 Tlialera /iinbrialis, and a specimen that, one thinks, must be a second- 

 brood example of Hesperia uialvae, all common things of course, but 

 most important when one is working up the fauna that occurs at the 

 entrance of a fine hot valley. 



Lathrobium longipenne, Fairm. ; an addition to the British list. 



By G. W. NICHOLSON, M.A.., M.D. 



On March Gth, 1910, I took a single specimen of a small Latltn^- 

 hiinn at Roydon, P^ssex, in a tuft of grass at the roots of a willow. On 

 comparing it with Dr. Sharp's collection at South Kens^ington, it 

 proved to be identical with his two specimens of [.. hnKjiiiefnu', Fairm., 

 both of which are lal)elled " Germany." 



The following is a free translation of the original description of 

 this species [Faune entomoloijiijue fronraise. Paris, 1854) — 



