108 THE entomologist's record. 



to the ravages of ichneumons, a few cocoons picked up last year all 

 produced ichneumons. During September I noted the larvse of N. 

 menthastyi swarming over the roads near Loch Erne, Perthshire, 

 suggesting that the moth in those parts must have been abundant. 

 Rhopalocera : — (idncptcrux r/iatnni, from -January 26th; A;ilais iirficai' : 

 P)/ranieis canhii : ]^a?ii'.'^sa in, a few; Knijiinia pDlijcIddyoK, in fair 

 numbers; Cyrt/z/r/.s- rt*y//n//(.s, plentiful ; Eaclilor ranhniiiin's irom May 

 1st to June 16th ; ('hrijsophanuN jihlaeas, Polj/n/nmatus icanix, 

 swarming; Si/ric/ithi(s malrai' and XisoniadeH iflr/cs', locally common ; 

 also Paiiijihila si/lranHs and Tlii/iudirns thaionas : Brcnt/ii.s riip/nvsi/ne, 

 common in woods ; Dri/as paphia, locally abundant ; An/i/nni^ adippc, 

 scarce ; Paianje iiu'tiacra, scarce; V. <'<icria, non-existent so far as my 

 observations go (two seasons) ; SatjjntH semete, extremely common, as 

 also Kj>inrj>hd(' ianira ; E. titlionnf^ and K)iodia /n/pera)it/ius, locally 

 common; Cocnomjinpha pamp/iiliis, common among heather ; Linienitis 

 sibylla, picked up dead in conservatory. Zephi/yii>i ijin'irm, common 

 round the tops of oaks. At Llanstephan, south Wales, I took a single 

 specimen of Xi'p/n/n(s hetulac, September 8rd, and during October noted 

 Colias ediisa, securing a dozen examples, 8 <? s, 4 ? s, all more or less 

 " chipped." From one of the females (October 11th) I extracted an egg 

 of a deep orange colour, there was also a mass of undeveloped ova. 

 Is it possible that some of these ? s hybernate''' ? The last date of 

 capture was on October 18th, when I took five. These butterflies 

 frequented ordinary grass meadows, clover in this district is not 

 particularly in evidence. Pliisia (jainwa swarmed up to October 20th, 

 Pi/raiiu'if< atalanta was in great profusion, /'. carditi and Aijlais idticai' 

 were also noted. Kphu'iduie ianira, seen October 15th; the "whites" 

 have appeared in their usual proportions, though Pieris byaasicae, in south 

 Wales, has again been in excess, the larvte completely destroying the 

 cabbage crops. Of larvte captured I notice: Kntri<dia tpicrcifttlia, n 

 full-fed larva was taken at Much Hadham, Herts, -Tune 24th, pupated 

 June 80th, emerged July 20th ; Wishanger, Hants, Zcphi/nif; (iiiercas, 

 a larva was taken off a nesting-box for " tits," nailed against a shed, 

 this had evidently been carried by the old birds (ParxH caerulem) to 

 their young and had either escaped or been rejected by them, it was 

 uninjured and fed up on oak, pupated in a few days, and emerged 

 July 16th. ('j/aniris arjiidliia, plentiful on holly, but a large proportion 

 ichneumoned. (Toncptcri/.c r/ianuii, on buckthorn, full-fed June 25tb. 

 hUuionia jKib/c/doros, a web containing many cast off skins discovered 

 on sallow, June 26th, no trace of pup;e to be found on or in the 

 vicinity of tree. Antlirocera trifolii, noted June Hth ; Sexia 

 tipnliformia, pupated May 9th ; 1 HUtba cacndron-phala, on pear, May 

 1st ; Picranura rinula, many taken ; Malacosnuia neitxtiia, common. 

 iMchncis lauctitris, a web found on whitethorn hedge, June 27th, 

 began to spin up from July 25th. Cocoons appear small for size of 

 larva, there are too small round apertures on opposite sides of the case 

 which, though piercing the outer shell, appear to be gummed over on 

 the inner side, possibly this surface is porous and admits the air '? I 

 should be glad to learn if anything is known with respect to this very 

 remarkable and unusual arrangement '? ( 'initllia n-rhasi-i and ( '. 



* Is there any reliable evidence that the ? s do or can hybernate '? All the 

 evidence surely is against it, see Ent. Record, vii., p. 250 ; ix., p. 280. — Ed. 



