58 THE ENTOMOLOGIST S RECORD. 



ilbjpliiia and /','. )///. — Both common on rough lanrl. Bre/i/ios 

 parthfiiias. — On March 30th, a warm, sunny clay, I went in the after- 

 noon after this insect and found it plentiful, but flying high above the 

 birches and seldom descending within striking distance of my net, so 

 I only captured two males and one female. Next day was equally 

 sunny and I visited the same spot, but only saw one or two on the 

 wing. No doubt the piercingly cold east wind, which was blowing on 

 that day, was not to their liking. Hijpenodes costaestru/alis, Bniiwlnclia 

 fontis, Heniiiuia tanipenmtUs and //. (jrisealh. — Netted at dusk. 

 Anyerona prnnaria. — Netted at dusk. Macaria litnrata. — Netted at^ 

 dusk and also taken at rest, (hiophos obsciirata. — Disturbed from the 

 herbage on the rocky slopes of the valley. Doarwia repandafa. — I 

 took a fine melanic specimen at rest under the gutter of the house. 

 I think this specimen is best desciibed as a melanic example of ab. 

 conrersaria with greyish-white submarginal lines. Abra.ra^i si/lcota. — 

 Netted at dusk. (Teo)iietra papilionarin. — I took a $ , just out of the 

 chrysalis, on a wall under a birch tree on July 81st. Zonosoma 

 porata. — August llth-13th. Aciilalia bisetata. — I netted a lovely 

 specimen with very dark borders to the wings. Melanippe hastata. — 

 I have not found this species so common this side of the river 

 as in Monmouthshire. jl/. procellata, M. iinanipdata, Melanthia 

 ncellata, M. albicillata, Asthma bloiiwri, A. xylvata and A. luteata. — 

 All netted at dusk. Eiiuiielefiia affinitata. — Last year I noted 

 in the Knt. liecord (xxii., p. 41), the absence of this moth, and that ^7. 

 alchdiiiillata appeared to be less uncommon here than across the 

 river ; but last season the former species was fairly common here 

 while the latter was the absentee. K. albulata. — Beaten from bushes 

 and also netted flying in the evening. I have taken it on the Aving as 

 as early as 5.15 p.m., before the sun had set. On August 15th, I took 

 one of the second brood. K. blaniliata. — Netted late in the afternoon 

 and at dusk during July and August. Cidaria conjlata. — Exceptionally 

 plentiful last year. C. picata. — Taken at rest on tree trunks. C. 

 russata (both broods), (J. siifniiiata, C. silaceota (both broods), and C. 

 testata .—-AW netted at dusk. Kucoftuna iindidata and Phibalajiterycc 

 tersata. — Netted at dusk. Lobophora ho.rapterato. — One bred from a 

 larva oii' Populm trenuda, and another taken at rest on a plum tree. 

 Chesiasoblifjiiaria. — Larvae off broom. Eupithecia piihhellata. — Taken at 

 rest on tree trunks and stone-work, and also netted at dusk. 

 E. siibfidvato, E. lariciata, E. castigata, E.ab^ynihiata and E. coronata. 

 — Netted at dusk. E. piDnilata.- — Bred from a larva found feeding on 

 snapdragon in the garden. I'yranata nctoinaciilalis. — Both the West of 

 England form, with the extra spot on the forewing, and the type are to 

 be obtained here. Botys pandalu. — Netted at dusk. 



Myrmecophilous Notes for 1910. 



By H. St. J. K. DONISTHORPE, F.Z.S., F.E.S. 

 CoLEOPTERA.- — Ateuieles eiiiaryinatiis, Pk.— On May 1st I took speci- 

 mens of this beetle in a nest of Alyrviica scabrinodis, at Box Hill. I 

 brought them home and introduced them into a nest of Eormica fiisca 

 from Darenth Wood. The beetles remained in the last compartment 

 of the nest, by themselves for 24 hours, and then joined the ants, 

 when they were readily received. On May 9th I repeated the experi- 



