250 THE entomologist's record. 



CoLiAs HYALE IN Cajmbridgeshire. — I saw CoUtts ki/ale on June 24:th, 

 and my wife saw one on June 16th, so I hope we may see some again 

 later on. — Ibid. 



CoLiAs HYALE IN Kent. — 111 the last week in May I met with three 

 specimens of ('alias lujalc near here. One, which I saw close, was a 

 female in perfectly fresh condition, suggesting recent emergence, and 

 not immigration or hybernation. The species Avas common here last 

 summer, together with ( '. ciliisa. A late brood of the latter appeared 

 in September, but no late specimens of C. hi/alc were seen by me, 

 although it was the commoner of the two in July.- — C. W. Watts, 

 Binbury, near Maidstone. 



On the lith inst. I took a perfectly fresh specimen of I 'alias 

 hi/alf in this neighbourhood. From its appearance I am satisfied that 

 it could not have hybernated as an imago, and it is extremely unlikely 

 for the same reason that it is an immigrant from the continent. I should 

 judge that it could only have emerged from the pupal state a few hours 

 previously to my capturing it. It is worthy of notice that I have now 

 taken < '. hi/alf in this neighbourhood three years in succession. I 

 took four specimens in 1899 (last year it was very common), and now 

 this specimen. I have never, however, taken it earlier than August 

 in previous seasons. — H. Hug(hns, Jnr., 18, Clarence Place, 

 Gravesend. June 25tli, 1901. 



Colias HYALE AT FOLKESTONE. — When at Folkestone, June 15th, 

 I was pleased to see Colias hi/ali: again. Of two specimens (males) 

 seen one was taken. Both were in good condition. — C. P. 

 Pickett, F.E.S., 99, Dawlish Road, Leyton, Essex. 



®^OLEOPTERA. 



Note on C'ryptocephalus 6-punctatus, L. — On June 1st last I 

 swept a solitary specimen of this rare species in a drive, cut through a 

 wood ill this district. Close by was a moderate-sized nest of Formica 

 nifa, and, for the moment, after bottling the insect, it struck me that 

 after all it might only be a i'li/tlira. This resemblance made me 

 consider whether the beetle might not in some way be connected with 

 the ants' nest, especially as a long search failed to reveal a second 

 specimen. I did not, however, get an opportunity of examining the 

 ants' nest which (judging at least from the habit of < 'I i/t/na) -would 

 probably have had to be turned over to its lowest depths for any good 

 to come of the examination. The pupa of L'rjiptnvrjihalus is said to be 

 enclosed in a case not unlike that of ('bithra. There is certainly 

 something very peculiar in the distribution and appearance of the 

 species of the genus, with the exception perhaps of lahiatiis, L., which 

 seems to be common and generally distributed in most localities in 

 which 1 have collected. — A. J. Chitty, M.A., F.E.S., Huntingfield, 

 Faversham. ■hil'/ 11th, 1901. [^Father Wasinann writes (3i//r. u. 

 Ter. Ant., p. 159) : " From some short notes by Weise, it is probable 

 that all the species of Cri/iitorcplialns change to pup* in ants' nests." 

 It is well known that the larvje of species of ('rtiptoccplialns make 

 cases, which, in the event of their living in the nests of the ants, would 

 protect them from the ants as is the case with Ch/thra. — H.J.D.] 



Ho^rALoTA uivisA VAR. BLATCHii, VAR. NOV. — I cauuot find that this 

 variety has. been described, although it figures in Sharp and Fowler's 



