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An/i/nnis lathnnia. — Rather small, the spring brood only just emerg- 

 ing. This species is regularly double-brooded in the lowlands, 

 occurring in April and May, and again in July and August, and this 

 prevails up to about 4,000 feet. The autumn brood, however, goes 

 up to 7,000 feet, Frey says up to 8,000 feet in Switzerland. Paran/e 

 c'lcria. — Possibly over. A few specimens of the bright fulvous 

 southern type were captured, flying about in the same slow 

 manner that characterises our British form. Frey says that "in Swit- 

 zerland P. ojeria passes, in hot summers and in very warm places, into 

 the bright yellow var. nwone, as in Unterwallis, the Tessin Riviera 

 and at Lugano." P. menaera. — The first brood well out. The speci- 

 mens brightly marked above, the undersides rather suffused, other- 

 wise not differing from our British examples, ('(wnoui/iupha paiiiii/iilus. 

 — Common in one meadow only, occasional specimens in other 

 localities. The doctor captured, on April 14th, the most striking 

 specimen of the dark-bordered ab. li/llus, Esp., that I have ever seen. 

 Our other captures were quite typical, and did not incline to this 

 form. PJrcbia episti/i/Hc. — This fine Erebia was found on all the lower 

 mountains, at about 500 feet above the town, and continued to their 

 summits, but most of the individuals were worn and useless for 

 cabinet purposes. There is a marked difference in the undersides of 

 the sexes, but I noticed no difference in their habits. They would get 

 up from the herbage, fly a considerable distance, and then settle again. 

 The native collectors told us that it had been very abundant during the 

 flrst week of April at Les Dourbes. Erebia erias. — The black glossy coat 

 of this grand fellow reminded me of PJ. )U'rinc. The insect Avas only 

 just emerging, and very difficult to get ; needless to say the few speci- 

 mens obtained were in grand condition. The only female captured 

 was paler than the males. Frey says this is a southern species, and 

 only belongs to the southern part of the Swiss faunal region — Wallis 

 and the Grisons. It " occurs in Wallis in May and beginning of 

 June, and higher up in July." 



Notes on a few Orthoptera captured in the neighbourhood of 

 Cannes, in March. 



By MALCOLM BURR, F.E.S. 



The few specimens of Orthoptera captured by Dr. Chapman in the 

 neighbourhood of Cannes during the month of March, work out as 

 follows : — ACRIDIODEA. — TRvxALm.E. — PJpacrowia strepens, Latr. — 

 One male and three females from Cannes examined. This species is 

 common in the south of Europe, being found in the south of France, 

 Spain, Dalmatia, Greece, and it also occurs in Algeria and Asia 

 Minor. It may be found in the adult stage at nearly every season of 

 the year, and seems to prefer dry hot sunny places : it flies often and 

 higher than most Orthoptera. There are several species of the genus 

 Epacromia, all very closely allied, the distinction being, according to 

 Brunner, " iiberaus subtil." [There are two other European species : 

 the rather rare E. triyt'stiita, Muhlf., and E. thalassina, Fabr. The 

 latter is common, and differs from E. stn'fh'us by its more slender form, 

 narrower elytra, hyaline wings (smoky at the apex in strepens), and 

 by its more slender posterior femora. There are other points of 



