168 THE entomologist's record. 



EuPHAGus cyanocephalus (Brewer's Blackbird). — These birds are 

 very common in Los Angeles. Last weel\ I saw two of them chasing 

 a large flying insect which hid in a palm. I thought it was a butter- 

 fly and routed it out. It was a large green flying-locust. One of the 

 birds started after it again, but it landed safely in another tree. 

 Protectire coloration probably saved it. This bird is also a grain 

 eater. Several come to ray chicken yard regularly when the grain is 

 thrown out to the hens.— Id. 



:i^_OTES ON COLLECTING, Etc. 



Appeal to all Entomologists. — The movement in favour of the 

 protection of Nature, which is now extending over the whole world, was 

 applied a few years ago to Lepidopterology as it was noticed that an 

 ever increasing number of collectors, some of whom collect with view 

 to sale, is exterminating certain insects having a limited range. In 

 Switzerland there are butterflies and moths which are certainly exposed 

 to this danger. The Swiss Entomological Association has accordingly 

 decided to accord these insects their protection and save them, if 

 possible, from extermination. The following are especially in question : 

 Krehia christi, Ratz. Plebeitm seplnjnis var. bjcidas, Trapp. Ocnoi/i/na 

 jiarasita, Hb. Arctia cervini. Fallou. The Swiss Entomological 

 Association addresses an urgent prayer to entomologists of every 

 country to cease from the destruction of the above mentioned insects 

 and to preserve them for futurity by avoiding for a number of years 

 the restricted districts in which they are to be found. The Swiss 

 Entomological Association ventures to hope that this serious appeal to 

 brother naturalists will not have been made in vain. On behalf of 

 the Swiss Entomological Association. — Dr. J. Escher-Kundig, 

 President, Dr. August Gramann, Secretary, Prof. Dr. E. Bugnion, 

 Dr. a. V. Schulthess, Prof. Dr. M. Standfuss, Dr. R. Stierlin. 



[With regard at any rate to two of the species mentioned, Erehia 

 christi and Plebeiiis b/cidas, the signatories to this appeal are disturbing 

 themselves quite unnecessarily. I have been intimately acquainted 

 with them in their special haunts for many years including 1912, and 

 have no hesitation in stating that both, and especially E. christi, are 

 much commoner than they were twelve or more years ago. More- 

 over, P. hjcidas is not nearly so local as is usually supposed, and the 

 greater part of the haunts of E. christi are so inaccessible that there is 

 no possibility of its numbers ever being materially diminished by 

 collectors ; especially since very few of the females ever come within 

 range of the net. One notices also a remarkable absence of the names 

 of those lepidopterists who are best acquainted with the haunts of these 

 insects among the signatures. — G. Wheeler.] 



SOCIETIES. 



The Entomological Society of London. — P'ebniari/ 5th, 1913. — 

 The President announced that he had nominated as Vice-Presidents 

 for the ensuing session the Rev. F. D. Morice, M.A., and Messrs. J. E. 

 Collin and J. H. Durrant. Moths from British Honduras.- — Mr. A. 

 E. Gibbs exhibited a number of insects, principally Syntomid moths, 



