160 THE entomologist's record. 



Dark brown, moderately shining. Antennae reddish-testaceous, as long as 

 head and thorax ; third joint slightly longer than 2nd ; the others almost monili- 

 form, gradually diminishing in length. Head slightly broader than thorax, almost 

 square behind eyes, with posterior angles rounded; punctuation fairly strong. 

 Thorax half as long again as broad, with all its angles rounded ; slightly contracted 

 at base ; punctuation strong, with a shining smooth line on middle of disc. 

 Scutellum smooth. Elytra broader and a little longer than thorax, moderately 

 depressed at sutures ; punctuation finer and closer than that of thorax. Hind- 

 body very finely and closely punctured, narrower at base than elytra, somewhat 

 widened towards apex ; fifth segment with a whitish apical border ; 6th fuscous at 

 tip. Feet, pale reddish-testaceous ; anterior femora broad, with a fairly strong 

 tooth on inferior surface. L. 4mm. 



This species resembles L. loihiuliaii, Gr., in size and general 

 appearance, but differs from it in having longer elytra, which, in Dr. 

 Sharp's, as well as my own, specimen, are brick-red, with a darker 

 base. 



Both the last edition of the European catalogue and Gangibauer, 

 consider L. lom/ipenne to be merely a variety of L. lon(/iilinii. It 

 appears, however, to be quite distinct enough from it to deserve to be 

 treated as a separate species. I may add that Gangibauer does not 

 mention the red elytra. 



Subsequent visits to Roydon have not, as yet, produced any more 

 specimens of L. loiKjipcnne, nor have I ever found L. lon;iiiluiii there. 



Lepidoptera of the Tirol— The Mendel Pass. 



By J. W. TUTT, F.E.S. 

 It was in 1895 when Ave last visited the Mendel Pass. It was the 

 first locality in which we had ever collected in the Tirol, and we found 

 it a place overflowing with milk and honey. No one can imagine the 

 delicious isolation of the beautiful Mendel Pass as it was fifteen years 

 ago, unless he had visited it then. However, we had read a report 

 that the Mendel Pass was no longer what it had been entomologically, 

 that the best ground was covered with hotels and overrun with crowds 

 of visitors, that a wretched mountain railway had penetrated the very 

 heart of our solitude, that, indeed, the slopes of the Penegal resounded 

 with ribald laughter and other concomitants of a place opened to the 

 public on a large scale, and we felt that it was necessary for us to judge 

 of this desecration for ourselves, so, on August 8th, 1909, another lovely 

 morning, we found ourselves in the decried railway mountain-car en route 

 for the summit of the Mendel Pass. Quite a crowd of people seemed to 

 be going with us, and when we were discharged at the station, it is 

 quite true that we did not know where we were. New roads, new 

 buildings, lots of people everywhere, and our heart sank, but, as we 

 stepped out beyond the circle of buildings along the new upper road, 

 on the side of the Penegal, and going towards Fondo, and had, 

 perhaps, advanced 500 or 600 yards, we felt no more fear, for already 

 we had left the little hustle at the top of the mountain railway far away 

 in this highland solitude, and we were almost as alone as in the days of 

 yore. Butterflies abounded everywhere on the slopes on either side of 

 the new road, we counted some 30 species as we stood still in one 

 position for about 10 minutes. Last season was, perhaps, a good one, 

 but the insects appeared to us quite as abundant as in 1895 — -Krebia 

 etiryale, E. aetldops, E. tyndaius, E,. (joante, Melanar<iia ffalathea, 

 Paicnije inec/aera, Coenonyinplta arcania, ( '. painp/iiliis, Aporia crataeiji, 



