264 THE entomologist's recorl». 



nwloiiist, 1896), at Eiugwood {Kntoniolofjht, 1899), and elsewhere in 

 North Wilts {Kntumolonut, 1902), but I can tind no other English 

 records of ab. seiftibnoniea having occurred regularly in this way as a 

 local race. 



It would be interesting to breed from some of the blue $ s, and I 

 hope some day to make the attempt, but it would probably not be an 

 easy experiment to carry out. 



In connexion with the distribution of species on the chalk, the 

 following facts may be mentioned. Vrhicola comma is abundant on 

 Newmarket and Koystou Heath, but I have never seen it on Fleam 

 Dyke. Satynis semele is plentiful both on Newmarket Heath and on 

 Fleam Dyke, but seems not to occur on Royston Heath. Krcmobia 

 vchrolenca has the same distribution as the latter, whereas Mesotype 

 rin/ata is common at Royston, but is not found elsewhere. 



:^10TES ON COLLECTING, Etc. 



Swiss Butterflies. — In looking through a back volume of the 

 Knt. Hecord I find I stated that Aricia {Foli/ommatns) donziiii was 

 taken at Eggishorn in 1904 {see vol. xvi., p. 382) ; this is clearly a 

 mistake, and refers to Aricia [Pobjonrmatm) eumedon, an error which I 

 hasten to correct with apologies. The year 1909 was almost a blank 

 as far as butterflies were concerned. We arrived at Fiesch on June 

 22nd, via Lucerne and the Furka, and walked up the Binnen Thai to 

 Binn without bagging anything of note. During the night there was 

 a heavy thunderstorm and hailstorm, with three or four inches of snow 

 to greet us in the morning ; this, however, soon melted, and in the 

 afternoon a few Lycaena arion, PohjommatUH escheri, one P. eros and 

 Parnasaius nmcninsyne were taken. The latter proved to be very 

 plentiful, both near the village and further up the valley, and w^ere in 

 very fresh condition. Pier is napi var. bryoniae were also common, and 

 flying with them were a few of the lowland form. Ercbia ceto was 

 fairly plentiful, and most of the specimens were so strongly marked as 

 to be readily picked out from a series, though a few of the var. obsciira 

 were among them. Though the insects were somewhat disappointing 

 the flowers w^ere very fine, and, among other good things, such as 

 Primula lonyifiora, the night-scented stock, etc., a pure white form of 

 Pri Hilda viscosa was noted. From Binn we went up to the Hotel 

 Jungf rau, Eggishorn, but the weather grew worse instead of better, and 

 two or three days of snow and wind did not provide better hunting. On 

 July 3rd, we moved on to Riederalp, and here Xlelitaea aurinia var. 

 merope was flying freely in the meadows, and showed a considerable 

 variation in the depth of the black sufl'usion, but other insects were 

 scarce, and on the 6th we walked down the steep path to Brigue, 

 netting a few Satyr us alcyune and S. semele on the way. We hoped to 

 take a few Pulyummatiis meleaycr at Martigny as a solace, but it poured 

 in torrents and we packed up and made for Paris in despair. May 

 1910 provide us with a better season — it cannot easily be worse.— 

 Douglas H. Pearson, Chilwell, Notts. 



CoLiAs VAR. HELicE AT BOURNEMOUTH. — Whilst Staying at Bourne- 

 month, a Colias helice was seen flying in Durley Chine on August 19th 

 last. Neither species of Colias has been noticed by my brother, or 



