824 THE entomot^ogist's record. 



Coenonympha iphn was very abundant. Having occasion to go the next 

 day to Lausanne, I prolonged my journey to Gimel, where I again found 

 CoenonyDipha tiphon and Hrenthis ino, but saw nothing else; on return- 

 ing, towards Aubonne, I took a number of Epinephele jurtina, chiefly 

 (? s, most of which had the spots on the underside of the hindwings 

 somewhat strikingly developed into eyes; one of them, though rather 

 small, was quite of the JiiKpidlo form. On the 29th we moved to 

 Lausanne, and on June 2nd spent the day at Vallorbe ; Pai-jiamiis apollo 

 was abundant, but this yeai the var. pseiulnnoDiion was by no means the 

 prevalent form ; this is perhaps accounted for by the fact that those 

 I found this year were mostly <y s, whereas the majority of the 

 specimens which I took the previous August were $ s, the latter, as in 

 P. rldiiis, running much more frequently to extra red spots. Erebiafttyyne 

 was just emerging, as was also Hipparchia semele ; Melitaea parthenie 

 and Coenonympha iphis. were very abundant, and PolyommatHH hylaa, as 

 at St. Georges last year, was invariably of the var. niyropimctata. 

 The following day I repeated last year's search for ('hrysojihanna 

 anijthidaiiiaa, on the west slopes of the Moleson, and succeeded in find- 

 ing three specimens, all $ s, and two of them a good deal worn ; this 

 was generally the case also with those which Mr. Fison took at Caux, 

 mostly (J s, on the 18th and 24th, though he had taken two at Villars- 

 sur-Gryon rather earlier, one of which may well compare with Col. 

 Agassiz's Tramelan specimens ; two specimens, which Mr. Fison took 

 near Tramelan on the 30th, were, however, quite old and battered. 



[To be concluded.) 



A new Phalacropterygid species and genus from Spain — 

 Pyropsyclie moncaunella [trith plate). 



By T. A. CHAPMAN, M.D., F.Z.S., F.E.S. 



At various dates between July 14th and 24th this year, Mr. 

 Champion and I saw a good many specimens of a handsome Psychid 

 on the wing on Moncayo, at an elevation of oOOOft. to 7000ft. We 

 took six specimens and picked up four cases, two of which were ^ s, 

 and one of these produced a moth, after reaching England, in August. 

 The other two are females, and differ sulhciently from the male cases 

 to make it possible, but not perhaps likely, that they belong to some 

 other species. We called the insect apii'orwn in the field, but felt 

 very doubtful whether it could possibly be that species. On examina- 

 tion, it proves not to belong even to the same division of the Psychids, 

 being an Oreopsyche, and not a Psyche (seiia. restr.), as Arctiiftapifornn's 

 is. From its habitat, I propose to call it moncaunella. The definition 

 would be : — 



A Phalacropterygid, with neuration almost identical with that of iiiufscella, Hb., 

 but with very long, pointed forewings, more like an Acanthopsychid, or even an 

 Oiketicid, than a true Psychine. Body brilliant orange, becoming darker and 

 redder posteriorly, and contrasting with dark (black) long hairs on the last abdominal 

 segment. Expanse, 17mm. to '22mm. Habitat Moncayo. [I propose to place the 

 type in the British Museum.] 



If one adopts Staudinger's genera in Catalog, 1901, then this species 

 is an Oreopsyche. Tutt {British Lepidoptera, vol. ii) divides the species 

 under Staudinger's Oreopsyche into three genera, and moncaunella, near 

 to muscella, might almost fall into Phalacropteri.c. [It is very unfor- 



