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occurrence, food-plants, habitat, etc., and, used in conjunction with the extra- 

 ordinarily good coloured figures of larvas made by Dollman himself in 

 Rhodesia, contains a considerable amount of valuable information which it 

 is hoped will be published shortlj^, circumstances permitting. The number of 

 new species and forms amongst the Kliopalocera is not great, but a new sub- 

 species of the rare Papi/io mackinonni is of interest, the collection containing 

 a long series of bred specimens of this insect. The CJiaraxes are very fine, and 

 include the bred series of so-called C. etheocles manica and jyhoeus, proving them 

 to be two species (Proc. Eut. Soc. London, 1918, p. clxxvi). Of P. dardanus 

 there is a series all the $ 2 of which are of the form Jnppocoon Fabr. Amongst 

 the Piet-mae there is a fine bred serius of the rare (in collections) Belenois picta 

 Neave, and a long, also chiefly bi-ed, series of Colias electa L. The Satyridae 

 include an undescribed Myculesis, specimens of which had been previously taken 

 by Dr. Neave in the same district. In Ni/mphalinae the life-liistories of the 

 Charaxes have received a lot of attention, and the verv rare C. peculiaris, of 

 which the B.M. had only the type-specimen (in coll. Adams), is represented 

 by 2 S S and 1 $ . There are 3 J c5' and 1 5 also of C. (nneliae Doumet, 

 another rare species. Pseudacraea poijyei Dewitz is represented by a magnificent 

 series of bred specimens. There are eight species of Crenis, and of Crenido- 

 mimas concordia Ilopff., of which the life-history was previously unknown, a 

 fine bred series. The genus Precis is very well represented and contains some 

 interesting and rare forms. In the Acraeinae, that A. diogenes Suffert is the 5 

 oi A. guillemei is proved by a short series, of which one pair were taken in 

 copula. There are some interesting forms of A. welicitschii, a fine long series 

 of A. mima Neave, and a fine bred series of a large form of A. encedon L. The 

 entire absence of any species of Planejtia is worthy of mention. Of Lipteninae 

 only eight species are represented, but they include the very rare Alaena 

 aurantiaca, and a long series of P. nmltiplagiatd B.-Baker and M. rnarshalli 

 Trimen. There are some 75 species of Lycaeninue, including a number of new 

 or undetermined forms, and the same remark applies to the 70 odd species of 

 Hesperiidae. — Eds. 



Oxytehts insecatus Or, in ants' nests. — This rather scarce insect appears to 

 be associated with ants. I took one at Gravesend in the runs of Lasius niger, 

 under a stone on April 25th, 1909. At liickmansworth on April 17th, 1915, 

 in a large heap of stones which is occupied by both L. niger and L.jflavus, 

 I found two in the runs oijiavus and one with niger. On May 3rd of this year 

 none were found under these stones, although both species of ant were 

 abundant, but I shook five specimens out of a handful of moss close beside the 

 nests. This moss contained a large number of L. niger. It is possible that, 

 on this occasion the beetles were waiting for the ants to get used to them 

 before venturing into the nest. I have only come across O. insecatus on two 

 other occasions : two specimens in a chalkpit at Chippenham, Cambs, and 

 again on Burwell Fen, where I caught one on a reed by the side of the lode. 

 I may add that none of my captures are in any way damaged. — G, W. 

 Nicholson, Oxford and Cambridge Club, S.W. : May 6th, 1919. 



Note on the occit7Tence of Lamprinus saginatiis Gr. ivith ants. — One found 

 under a stone in the nest of a Myrmica at Carno, Montgomeryshire, at an eleva- 

 tion of over 1500 feet, on October 13th, 1914. One on Chamberlaynestowu 



