228 THE entomologist's record. 



compared with that of our own, yet there must be considerable similarity 

 in the organs, due to the fact that the external forces work through 

 the same media in both cases. 



(To be continued. ) 



Description of Plate II.— (The figures after Bodine).— Fig. 1.— Antenna of 

 Microptenjx semipnrpurclla, cephalic aspect. Fig. 2. — Antenna of $ Fapilio 

 jxjh/.vcnes, cephalic aspect. Fig. 3. — Part of transection of clavolaof ^ Callosdiiiiu 

 pyomothca, showing sense-hairs of first type. Fig. 4. — Part of longi.section of 

 clavolaof J" CVZto.vrt/;;;'*; ^jro»(of//M, .showing sense-hair of second type. Fig. 5. — 

 Part of transection of clavola of J CaUoaainia proniotJiea, showing sense-hair of 

 third type. Fig. 6. — Part of the transection of clavola of ^ Cdllusamia promothea, 

 showing pit and rod. Fig. 7. — Dorso-cephalic aspect of denuded head of Sphinx 

 [oc. =: occiput; cp. =z epicranium ; cly. = clypeus ; cl. su. = clypeal suture; 

 see. = scape; ^j. =: pedicel ; cZ. = clavola ; ZZ). = labrum; /ye. = gena; iiid. = 

 mandible ; pf. = pilifer ; )nx. = maxilla ; c.c. = compound eye ; _/;Z. = palpi.]. 

 Fig. 8. — Chitinous surface of J ryrauxta oxydalis (1. Pit and rod). Fig. 9. — 

 Chitinous surface of ^ Papilio polyxenes. 



Notes on Coenonympha tiphon and its allies. 



By H. .J. ELWES, F.Z.S., F.L.S., &c. 



Whilst staying in Westmoreland recently I had an opportunity of 

 taking, for the first time in Great Britain, Coenonyuiji/ia tipluDi 

 (following Staudinger, I use this name in preference to that of darns, 

 which, though older, is of doubtful application to the species), on a 

 large moss between Witherslack and the estuary of the Kent, near 

 Milnthorpe. The insect was in great abundance, and the females 

 quite fresh about the middle of June, and, though very variable, both 

 in ground colour of the wings and in the number and size of the 

 ocelli, were of the form called pJiilnxenus, ItLs^.n-otlUiebi, Stgr.), which 

 is typical of such low-lying mosses in England, and is found in similar 

 situations near Bremen and Hamburg, but not further east in Germany, 

 as far as I know. A few days later, on the Kedesdale Moors, in 

 Northumberland, at an elevation of about 1,000 feet, I found the same 

 insect abundant on grassy hills of the typical Cheviot character, that 

 is to say, where the grass is more luxuriant than the heather, and 

 the moors are consequently better for sheep than grouse. Though 

 I kept the insects separate, I did not label them before .sending 

 them to be set, and now I have got them back 1 cannot dis- 

 tinguish the specimens from the two localities, though at the time 

 I thought the Northumberland ones were lighter in colour. On 

 referring to Newman, I find that this form is confined to England, 

 whereas the form laidion, Bork, [davns of English collectors), is found 

 in Scotland and Ireland. I have in my collection a series of both 

 from Bang's and Harper's British collections, and some of danis from 

 the Hebrides. Though amongst these there are a few specimens 

 which have the pale colour of laid inn and the large ocelli otjdiilo.renns, 

 and others, which have the dark colour of jdnhu-enm and the underside 

 of laidion, yet I cannot say that the two forms run into each other. 

 On comparing the English with the Continental specimens in my 

 collection, I find that those from Stettin and Berlin, both of which are 

 taken in low-lying peat moors, are like the Scotch form on the under- 

 side, but of a darker colour above, and the ocelli below much more 

 conspicuous. In the Alps the insect is comparatively rare. I have 

 only taken it myself in the Vorarlberg, in the first week of August, 



