214 THE ENTOMOLO(iIST's RECORD. 



I should add that, before applying the bark, I cleaned it carefully of all 

 eggs and cocoons. I havd found an old pair of dental forceps very useful, 

 both for stripping the trees of the bark and for hammering it on the 

 others. On one occasion, I took 56 cocoons of Cerura fnrcula from six 

 trees thus prepared, and long series of Karias chlorana and Hypdpeten 

 ruberata. I went to fetch the pupae about October or November. 

 Perhaps if I had waited till spring I might have also found larvae of 

 Apamea unaniinis. — T. Cassal, Brook Villa, Ballaugh, Isle of Man. 

 June 2Qth, 1905. 



Caloptekyx VIRGO, LiNN., IN LANCASHIRE. — On June 15th, while 

 walking from Lakeside, Windermere, to the Ferry Hotel, I saw two 

 males and one female of this beautiful insect flying about and settling 

 upon the ivy which clothed one side of a bridge carrying the road 

 across a broad stream. I send this record as this county is not among 

 the localities given for it in Mr. Lucas' book, British Dragonflies. — 

 Oscar Whittaker, 39, Clarendon Road, Whalley Range, Manchester. 

 June 21sf, 1905. 



Erratum. — Erroneous records of Erebia scipio. — Ten years ago, 

 when I was quite a beginner at European Rhopalocera, I early got a 

 confusion of names (not insects) in my mind between Erebia scipio and 

 E. st]i<jne, and it is remarkable that, well as I know the species at the 

 present time, I find myself even now frequently writing the one name 

 for the other. Two blundering records occur through this — one Ent. 

 Rer., ix., p. 203, the other Ent. liec, xi., p. 198, the species being E. 

 stygne and not E. scipio in both cases. These ought to have been 

 corrected long ago, and I owe my humble apologies to all those that 

 my stupidity has misled in the matter. The only locality where I have 

 taken Erebia scipio was at Larche, in 1900. — J. W. Tutt. 



Spring Lepidoptera. — It was between the seasons when I arrived at 

 Hyeres. The earliest spring butterflies — Thestor ballus, Callophrys rnbi, 

 etc., were quite over, and their followers — Melitaea aurinia, SyricJdhus 

 sidae, Melanargia syllius, had not appeared — yet, considering all things, 

 and, beyond all, the unsatisfactory weather in England during Easter 

 week, there was much to be thankful for, and when, on April 24th, I 

 first unfurled the net, on the little road leading along to the quarries 

 at Costebelle, where the roses hung in garlands along the hedges, and 

 festooned every tree, in cream and white, I felt that I had escaped 

 something, and that there was much to be said in favour of the sun- 

 worshippers. Entomologically there was not much doing, i.e., iriuch 

 for Hyeres, although one would have considered it very nice, and 

 nearly first-class, even in June for Britain. Fontia daplidice and A nthocaris 

 belia still flew, some in fine condition, although some larvae of the latter 

 were already nearly full-fed on the Biscutella ; Pieris rapae and P. 

 brasaicae were very abundant, and Leptosia sinapis fluttered along the 

 wood-riding further on. Thestor ballus was in shreds, but Poly- 

 ouiiuatus baton, P. astrarche, P. icarus, Nomiades cyllarus, and N. 

 melanops were pretty frequent, and several good ones were taken ; 

 Chrysoplianus phlaeas was none too good, whilst Callophrys rubi was 

 very abundant, but quite /Jrt.s.se. The appearance of Euchloe euphenoides 

 was a great pleasure, although only two $ s were taken, as against 

 quite a score of ^ s, of which most were of good size, only two being 

 small and below the average. The orange-coloured eggs were exceed- 

 ingly plentiful on the flowers of Biscutella, making one surprised that 



