300 THE entomologist's record. 



race, which appears to be apparently a little larger than mer'uUonalis as 

 we know it. It may be that here again the species is double- brooded, 

 although, as it is well-known in Britain and Central Europe to extend 

 its appearance from the end of June to October in different seasons 

 as a single-brood, it wants breeding to prove the fact. 



We also want to find out as far as possible, the distribution — 

 aberrationally and racially — of the very broad luarginata-ionw of A. 

 coridon in which the dark margin of the forewing in the <? is not only 

 very wide, but carried along the costa almost, or quite, to the usually 

 fairly well-developed discoidal lunule. In the British Museum coll., 

 the " Mutzell " examples of this form are labelled " Germany," but so 

 is everything from the "Mutzell coll.," although it is quite clear in 

 some cases, that the specimens are not even European. Our best 

 examples are labelled " Igman (Burr)," and it certainly occurs aber- 

 rationally in England, the Pyrenees, etc., but it is supposed to be in 

 its most extreme form a German race, and one would like to know 

 more about it. We also want information concerning the occurrence 

 of the addenda, bafiijiincta, and costajiinvta forms in England or abroad. 



We should further like to get in touch with anyone who has collected 

 in the Pyrenees, and can give us any clue to what Keferstein's un- 

 described nirifera may be. Are the Pyrenean examples, upper- or 

 underside, anywhere sufficiently peculiar locally to lead Keferstein to 

 suggest this name ? The Spanish examples have been treated so 

 hopelessly, that one hardly knows how to ask for help ; the collectors 

 there appear to have accepted at various times, any name for any 

 form. .The large pale race of the south, white above, with faint 

 marginal border, and white below with small spots ( = (7Zi/ca».s, Bdv.), the 

 smaller whitish race from Aragon, &c., wnth well-defined marginal band, 

 and well-spotted underside { = aira!/one)isis, Gerh.), the pale blue-grey 

 form from Albarracin, etc., with weak marginal borders, and fairly- 

 defined spots on the underside {^caeralesccns. u.n. = albicans, H.-Sch.), 

 and the beautiful blue hiapana, H.-Sch., to which the name corijdoniiis 

 has been for years erroneously applied, are all clearly-enough defined 

 and well-known as races, but have rarely been called by the names 

 that belong to them. 



The Rev. C. R. N. Burrows, The Vicarage, ^Mucking, Essex, who 

 is at work on the genitalia of the Geometrids, has now obtained all 

 his requirements except the 2 of Phibalapteryx lapidata, and both 

 sexes of P. polyiirammata and Cleora vidaaria. If anyone can oblige 

 with British or Continental material, he would be greatly indebted. 

 Other species wanted for examination are Boletobia fnlu/inan'a, 

 Zanclognatha emortualia, Madopa salicalis, Pi/yalifi lieni;/ialis, Butijs 

 nnbilalis, Scapula dccrepitalis J , Psamotis pidceralis $ , Margarodes 

 unionalis, Diaseiiia ranibiirialis, Antitjastra catalaiinalis, and Arentropns 

 niveus. 



j^OCIE TIE S. 



Entomological Society of London. — November 8n/, 1909. — 

 Parnassius APOLLO FROM THE Swiss JuRAs. — Mr. A. E. Gibbs brought 

 for exhibition a case containing a series of Parnassius apolln taken 

 by him this year in the Vallee de Joux, Swiss Juras, at 3300 feet, 

 and at Eclepens. He pointed out that the specimens found in the 

 Jura, have a tendency toward the form known as ab. psendonowion, and 

 that this is more strongly marked in examples from the lower level at 



