28 THE entomologist's RECORD. 



Butterflies at Vernet-les-Bains early in April. — Last year my 

 wife and I spent the first ten days of April at Vernet-les-Bains, in the 

 Eastern Pyrenees. For the first three days a cold wind was blowing, 

 and very few insects were on the wing. After April 3rd it was fine and 

 warm and butterflies were more frequent, though never plentiful. The 

 best day was April 5th, and on that day I observed twenty-three 

 different species. The following is a complete list of the species 

 observed between April 1st and April 11th: — Kri/nnis (Cair/iarodits) 

 alccae, Hesperia vmlrae, Nii^onioiles tar/cs, Hiniiicia {(Jhri/sop/ianiis) 

 phlacaa, roli/ouiiiiatits icanis {ale.ris'j, Scolitaiitide>i baton (one ^ and one 

 2 taken), .S'. on'on (just emerging), Celastrina {Ci/miiris) an/iolntt, 

 Calloji/iii/H riibi, Papilio podalirius ab. feisthatnelii (fairly frequent, but 

 usually somewhat worn), P. niacJiaon (one only, very fresh), Thais 

 rtoiiina var. iiiedesicaste (not plentiful, but seven good specimens taken), 

 Picris rapae, P. napi, Pontia dajdidice (only one taken), KncJdce carda- 

 mmes {^ s only), E. eupheno'ides (one ,} taken and one other seen), 

 Leptoxia fiiiiajtin, ('alias Injale, C. ediisa, Gonopteri/x cleo})atra, lasoria 

 lathonia, JhentJiis dia (fairly frequent), Mditaea ci7Kvia (freshly 

 emerged), il/. deione (one taken and one or two others seen), Pi/rauieis 

 cardiii, P. atalanta, Kuvanefisa antinpa (looking fresh on the wing, but 

 the specimens taken were found to be much worn), Vanessa io (fre- 

 quent), A</la'is nrticae, Pubp/oiia c-albun), Parar(/e tiief/aera, P. ei/eria- 

 (type), ('oenomjnipka pampJiilus. — J. N. Keynes (D.Sc, F.E.S.), 

 Cambridge, Janiianj QtJt, 1913. 



Callophrys avis at Amelie-les-Bains. — After leaving Vernet last 

 April, we spent two or three days at Amelie. The weather was bad, 

 and not many butterflies were seen. Amongst those taken, however, 

 on April 12, was one undoubted specimen of Callophri/s acis, j . 

 Both at Vernet and at Amelie I took nearly every specimen belonging 

 to this genus that I saw, but with this single exception they were all 

 rnbi. — Id. 



(glURRENT NOTES AND SHORT NOTICES. 



In the Didl. Sac. Knt. dc France M. Ch. Oberthiir describes a new 

 species of Hesperid allied to Augiades comma, which has been obtained 

 b}' Mr. Harold Powell in Algeria. He names it as Aiijiiades benuncas, 

 as it is extremely like the American species uncas of Edwards. Figures 

 of the new species will appear in Etudes de Lepidopterohxpe, Vol. viii. 



In the September number of the t^nt. Mo. Ma;/., Dr. Sharp describes 

 a new species of Coleoptera, Ophomis rupicoloides, from Chatham, Isle 

 of Sheppey, Guildford, etc. It has hitherto been confused with 0. 

 rectaiKjulus, 0. ritpicola, etc., in English collections. He also describes 

 O. c/iaiiipi(i)ii as a new ppecies from specimens taken by Mr. Champion 

 and himself near Guildford. In the same number Mr. N. H. Joy 

 recognises (h-thochaetes insii/uis as a Coleopteron new to Britain, from 

 species obtained in Cornwall, and identified by Capt. Deville. It is 

 allied to (). setif/er, with which it has hitherto been confused. 



Prof. T. Hudson Beare in the Ent. JSlo. Ma;/, for November reports 

 a Coleopteron new to Britain, Tha)iasiimts nifipes, from five specimens 

 obtained at Nethy Bridge by beating fir-tops. It is closely allied to T. 

 foriiiicarius. In the same number Mr. N. H. Joy describes a beetle 



