298 THE entomologist's kecord. 



is in perfect condition but somewhat undersized. — S. Walker, F.E.S., 

 York. July 21th, 1901. 



Hybrid Lasiocampa QUERcts ^ x Pachygastria trifolii ? . — This 

 hybrid was bred by Wagner (see Standfuss, Handbnch, &c., p. 57). We 

 have, in vol. iii of British Lepidoptera named this hybrid waijneri, and 

 make this announcement to prevent any duplication of names. — J. W. 



TuTT. 



Argynnis adippe (? PAIRED WITH A. PAPHiA $ . — Yesterday afternoon, 

 July 20th, 1901, while collecting in the Helmerth wood, I came upon 

 a $ Ari,)/nnis adippe, in cop. with a ? A. paphia ; when disturbed, they 

 settled on the lower branches of an oak only a few yards from the ground, 

 where I had ample leisure to see both specimens over and over again. 

 On being again disturbed by two or three <? A. paphia they left the 

 oak-tree, and sought a fresh perch on a nut-tree close at hand. In 

 these journeys, strange to say the ^ did all the flying, and succeeded 

 in carrying the ? A. paphia, though the latter was by far the larger 

 insect. This is quite contrary to my experience, having invariably 

 observed the ? carrying the ^ when flying. Later in the afternoon, 

 I disturbed two ^.^jfl/'/wrt, m coj^., and wheM on the wing, the $ did 

 all the flying. It will be very interesting, next season, to see whether 

 there will be any hybrids as the result. — F. B. Newnham, M.A., 

 Church Stretton. July 21st, 1901. 



Habits of certain butterflies when disturbed during copulation. 

 — Whilst on the Mendelstrasse in August, 1895, I repeatedly observed 

 the ^ of Dryas [Anjynnis) paphia carry the ? when paired, and never 

 the opposite. During my visit to the Vaudois, July 25th-August 24th, 

 this year, I again many times saw Dryas paphia flying whilst in cnpidd. 

 The male invariably, in my experience, carried the female, and I must 

 have made the observation during the last month, at least a score of 

 times, a half of these, perhaps, being a typical 3' paphia paired with a 

 $ var. valesina. It is remarkable that, however worn and battered, 

 and apparently incapable the ^ may be physically to accomplish such 

 a flight, the ? never attempts, in my experience, to fly, either hanging 

 motionless or slightly separating its wings as if to make itself ride 

 more lightly. The ^ Aryynnis ninhe also carries the $ , and I have 

 seen a ^ of this species, so worn and broken as to be incapable of flying 

 more than a yard or two at a time, paired with a large, heavy, newly- 

 emerged ? , make strenuous efforts to escape capture, rising and settling 

 repeatedly, but the ? making no attempt to use its wings. Similarly 

 the g oi A. aylaia always carries the ? and so does the male of A. 

 lathonia. Observations on A. niobe in this direction have been almost 

 unlimited, and at least two instances of the flight of A. aylaia and A. 

 lathonia when paired, have occurred to me during the last three 

 weeks. Mr. Newnham's observation (supra) of a 2 paphia carrying the 

 ^ when paired, comes as a surprise to me, I thought the habit so 

 positively fixed. In some of the "blues" the,? again carries the ? , but 

 I believe I have somewhere recorded that, among some of the Melitaeas, 

 e.y., M. didyma, the 5 always carries the <? . On the other hand, I 

 believe the <? Mdanargia galathea always carries the ? , even when the 

 former is worn to rags. — J. W. Tutt. August 21th, 1901. 



Probable second pairing of Melanargia galathea. — We have 

 begun to get accustomed to the fact that many lepidoptera pair more 

 than once. I captured about 1.30 p.m. on August 4th last, near Torre 



