'22i The KMo.MoLociisT'y record. 



15th was wot, iind one cor.ld only take walks aloni>' the sea-front : 

 there was no entomology possible. The 16th was nearly as bad, 

 but after dejeuner the sun broke out, and we took a little walk 

 to the Cross. A few specimens of (ionc/itrri/j- ch'ojiatni crossed 

 our path, and L'aninje tncijacra was frequent, whilst one or two very 

 fine J'ieris daplidive were netted, but most attention was paid to 

 getting a fine series of $ P. baton, which were not at all uncommon 

 about the thyme blossom, and Hying with which were occasional 

 specimens of Ximiiades ct/llanis. No other butterflies except a fine 

 9 (';/aitiiis aniiulits were netted, although several Micros were taken, 

 the latter including .1//t/-M//^'/7/.r aiirmtella and M. (oiiiiiaxitiila. The next 

 day was cold and wet, with snow on all the mountains abo\e 1.500ft., 

 so we agreed to go on ; 1 moved on to (ienoa and Milan, the Doctor 

 and Mr. Bourgeois going straight on to Locarno where 1 was to again 

 meet them. 



Lepidoptera of Locarno. 



By ,r. \V. TUTT, F.E.S. 



I reached Locarno on April 19th, and although a brilliant sun was 

 shining in the afternoon, the wind was too powerful for the insects, 

 and I was not surprised to hear that Dr. Chapman and Mr. Bourgeois 

 had had largely an unsuccessful day. The 20th, however, was sunny 

 and warm, and we walked out to Contra, and then up the Yal 

 Verzasca towards Mergoscia. What Locarno can produce at this 

 time of the year Dr. Chapman has already, in earlier volumes of this 

 magazine, told us, but it was really delightful to walk up the lane-like 

 zigzags that run up among the vineyards and gardens, with here and 

 there a rushing stream edged with bushes for a few yards, and get 

 amongst the insects once more. For a brief two hours — 10 a.m. 

 until noon — the net was exceedingly busy, and I was astounded at the 

 results. The commonest species was, perhaps, Chnisojihanm^ dorilis, 

 a fine form with a fairly large male, the disc of the forewings tinged 

 with yellowish, the marginal series of orange-red spots on both fore- 

 and hindwings not very strongly developed, the underside strongly 

 ochieons, the forewings tinged with copper and well spotted. The $ 

 approaches the magnificent Digne specimens, being large and of a 

 rich coppery-red colour, with strong black markings, the hindwing 

 marginal series of red arches being particularly bright. I really think 

 this race ought to be called var. lurarnoisiti, and I suspect it to be 

 pretty general in all the warm corners among the Italian lakes. Only 

 two examples out of 18 captured, however, are $ s. Next to this in 

 abundance was llroitln's sclnif, but I do not seem to have a single ? 

 among the dozen captured, although many 3 s were liberated on 

 inspection as being below standard. Seven beautiful McUtaea plioebf 

 of good size and rather dark in colour fell chiefly to the doctor's net, 

 and astonished me at being on the wing so early in the year ; but the 

 species must have been out some days, for one S was in very poor 

 condition. One of the two 2 s taken had largely lost the second 

 outside transverse line of the forewings, and was somewhat weakly 

 marked. ]\lore astonishing still was the capture of a single fine 

 newly-emerged fiery-red M. tlidi/nia. JinntJiiK dia was apparently 

 going over, and two examples of Lssoria lat/tonia, of the usual small 



