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THK KNTOMOLOGIST S RECORD. 



Jg^OTES ON COLLECTING, Etc. 



First appearances of Butterflies noticed in 1909. — On April 

 24th, I saw the first Cdastriuo anjiolnH of the year, a ^ hovering over 

 an elder-bush at the bottom of the garden here, in Lewisham. The 

 earliest Pierix mpae were observed on April 9th, at Marychurch, A(flais 

 urticae and Vanessa iu the same day near Marychurch, the first PierU 

 rapae at Lewisham on April 19th, and the first P. brassicae the next 

 day. Since then, many examples of both species have been seen. — 

 A. M. Cochrane, Lewisham. April 26th, 1909. 



Eggs of Bombyx mori wanted for school purposes. — An appeal 

 TO the generous. — May I ask if any of your contributors who may 

 have eggs of the silkworm moth {Bombyx mori) to spare, will kindly 

 forward a few for use in the Natural History lessons in this school ?— 

 E. G. Pease, Portman Place Higher Grade School, Bethnal Green, 

 N.E. April 22/a/, 1909. i^May we support Mr. Pease's appeal ; and 

 further, ask for a supply of larvae of Aijlais urticae, or those of an) 

 other common butterfly or moth, or any common water beetles (living) 

 during the season for school purposes, addressed either to Mr. Pease 

 or Mr. Tutt, at the above school address ? — Ed.] 



Birds and Insects. — It may be well to place on record the fact 

 that, on April 3rd, whilst in Epping Forest, I noticed a pair of Great 

 Tits catching Brephos /larthenias. They were particularly quick at 

 catching them on the wing. — H. M. Edelsten, F.E.S., Forty Hill. 

 Enfield. Mat/ 5th, 1909. 



PiERis manni in Valais. — It may be of interest to record that 1 

 captured Pieris inanni at Sierre, where I spent some days recently. I 

 felt certain that the insect would be found in Valais, since I have 

 already taken ro.s.s// at Martigny and at Branson, and Sierre seems a 

 very suitable place for P. manni, being very warm, and its environs 

 arid and rocky. — (Professor) J. L. Reverdin, M.D.. 48 Rue du Rhone, 

 Geneva. May 1st, 1909. 



Spring Lepidoptera in the Jura. — It was too early for many 

 butterflies to be on the wing when we paid a short visit to the Jura in 

 April. The weather had broken, after the delightful spell of bright 

 sunshine we enjoyed at Easter, when we reached Lons-le-Saimier. the 

 chief town of the department, on April 17th. On the following 

 morning, during a walk in the park between the showers, I noticed 

 Tephrosia ronaonaria on a tree-trunk, and a Pierid was flying which I 

 was unable to get near enough to say whether it was napi or rapae. but 

 on the 20th, at Morez, 737 metres altitude, 1 captured the former 

 species and saw the latter, and next day at the same place several 

 fjronepteryj: rhamni, all males, and Aylais urticae disported themselves 

 in the sunshine. On the sallows I noticed a hyberuated Euranessa 

 antiopa, white-edged and ragged. The 21st was a bright spring day, 

 and we drove to Les Russes, a fortified frontier post among the snow 

 patches, at an altitude of 1,100 metres, but at this height no butter- 

 flies were seen. On the 22nd, on the hills above Morez, the two 

 " whites" already mentioned, U . rhainni (again all males), /*-'. antiopa. 

 A. urticae, and a male (elastrina aryiohm, evidently just out, were cap- 

 tured. The only other species to be recorded is Kuchloe cardamines, of 

 which I saw and caught one male only at Les Planches-en-Montagne, 

 altitude 725 metres, on April 24th. After this date the weather again 



