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THE ENTOMOLOGIST S RECORD. 



5th, at dusk, I watched a female Acidalia bisetata ovipositing. It 

 settled on the underside of an apple leaf, on the midrib, towards the 

 base of the leaf, and laid one ovum, attaching it to the long down on 

 the rib. The egg hatched on August 12th. At the end of June 

 Acidalia subsericeata was captured at dusk ; a species new to us. 

 Melanippe hastata was bred and also netted in June. It is rather fond 

 of the flowers of Euphorbia amygdaloides and wild hyacinth. Later on 

 in the season a few of the larvte were obtained from birch. M. subtristata, 

 M. unangvlata, M. procellata, Melanthia albicillata, and M. rubiginata 

 were all scarce, though usually common. Antidea badiata and A. 

 nigrofasciaria were met with in the spring, and both were attracted by 

 light ; the former also visiting the sallow. Coremia propugnata, C. 

 unidentaria, and Larentia didymata swarmed as usual, and C. ferrugata 

 and L. pectinataria seen in fewer numbers. Asthcna sylvata, A. blomeri, 

 and Minna euphorbiata were all much scarcer than visual, and only one 

 or two specimens of A. luteata, Eupisteria heparata, and Emmelesia 

 decolorata noticed. Cidaria miata, C. corylata, C. picata, 0. russata, 

 C. immanata, C. suffumata, C. silaceata, C. prunata, C. fulvata, C. 

 populata, and C. testata were netted at dusk or beaten. Scotosia dubitata 

 was very common at dusk, which, I am glad to say, Camptogramma 

 bilineata was not, nor does it ever swarm here as it does in Sussex. 

 Hypsipetes sordidata, with plenty of the smoky varieties, occurred freely, 

 and one lovely aberration, similar to the one depicted on pi. 369, fig. 

 16, in Barrett's Lepidoptera of the British Islands, but even more striking, 

 was netted at dusk on August 20th, in perfect condition. Cheimatobia 

 boreata usually turns up at light in November and December, but not a 

 single specimen made its appearance last year. Lobophora hexapterata 

 was also absent, but Ij. lobulata was not uncommon on tree-trunks at 

 the end of March and in April, and was also bred from sallow. Several 

 Chesias spartiata were taken on the windows, attracted by light, and 

 one C. obliquaria bred from a larva found in 1904, and so had passed 

 two winters as a pupa. Anaitis plagiata turned up sparingly in August 

 and September, and Eubolia limitata at the end of July. Eupithecia 

 pulchellata was bred from larva? obtained in foxglove flowers, and E. 

 castigata from one feeding in the seed-vessels of sweet-william. E. 

 abbreviata was common in a wood on April 6th, and very variable. 

 Other "pugs" taken or noticed were E. sub fulvata, E. vulgata, E. 

 absynthiata, E. assimilata, and E. rectangulata ; but E. lariciata and 

 E. isogrannnata, though taken rather commonly in 1905, were not met 

 with at all. 



Notes on Egyptian and Syrian Butterflies. 



By PHILIP P. GBAVES. 



Papilio machaon. — Syria: May 17th, 1905, flying with lphiclides 

 podalirius near Aleih. July 9th, 1904, Dog Eiver, near Beyrout. A 

 few seen July 10th-15th, at Ain Zahalta. This species does not 

 appear to occur in Egypt. 



Pieris brassicjE. — Syria: Common at Beyrout, end of July, 1904, 

 and just appearing at that time on the Lebanon mountains. Jaffa, 

 May 9th, 1905. The second brood specimens have a very light 

 underside, while the apical markings in both sexes, and spots in the 

 ? , are well developed. Apparently not in Egypt. Occurs in Cyprus 

 (Marsden). 



