12 THE entomologist's RECORD. 



and inwards. Length of body, 9mm.-14mni. g^ and J ; of forceps, 

 4-7mm. <? , 3-5mm. $ . 



This is a mountain insect ; it is common enough in summer and 

 autumn at great elevations, even near glaciers. In France, it occurs 

 in the Basses-Alpes, Mt. Cenis, the Cauterets in the Pyrenees. In 

 Spain it has been taken at Panticosa in the Pyrenees. In Germany, it 

 is found in Silesia, Thuringia ; in Bohemia near Prag, and also at 

 Modling near Vienna, on the Lagerberg, near Krems, Baden, Gloggnitz. 



Genus 6 : Apterygida, Westwood. 



This is an extensive genus, in which the females cannot be 

 distinguished from those of Forjicnla : the males difi'er in having the 

 forceps slender, separated at the base, neither flattened nor dilated 

 there. 



There are two European species, one native, the other introduced. 



1. Body hairy ; forceps toothed in middle . . . . . . 1. media, Hagenb. 



1.1. Body glabrous ; forceps toothed near apex .. ..2. arachidis, Yers. 



1. Apterygida media, Hagenbach [^albipennh, Megerle). 



Small, testaceous, or reddish, forceps of $ slender, nearly straight, 

 with a small tooth in the middle. Length of body, 6mm. -10mm. 3 , 

 8mm. -9mm. J ; of forceps, 3-5mm. $ , 2-5mm. $ . 



Common in central and southern Europe. Extremely rare in 

 England (Ashford, Norwich). In France, it is common in the north 

 but rarer in the south — Paris, Fontainebleau, Vosges, banks of the 

 Seine near Valvin, Metz, Adentes, Lyon. In Belgium, Ronendorf 

 in Luxembourg, Vieil-Salm, Calmpthout, Knocke, Lanaeken, Halloy, 

 Rouge-Cloitre, Virton, Melreux, Fierforz, Ivoir, Montaigle, and in 

 Holland it may be swept from shrubs and climbing plants, near water. 

 Common in Upper and Lower Austria and in the Tyrol. 



2. Apterygida ARAcmois, Yersin ( = }ii/jn])L'nnis, Motsch. =trallacei, 



Dohrn =(jravidula, Gerst.). 

 Closely resembles the last, but darker, not pilose ; the forceps of ^ 

 toothed near the extremity. Length of body, 8mm., S and $ ; of 

 forceps, l-2mm., <? and ? . 



This is a cosmopolitan exotic form, occurring in Europe under 

 artificial conditions. In England, it is found in the chemical works 

 at Queenboro' ; in France, it was originally discovered among pea-nuts 

 at Marseilles. 



[To be continued.) 



Two more seasons among the Swiss Butterflies. 



By G. WHEELER, M.A. 

 [Concluded from. Yol. xv., p. 320.) 

 The following week I started for a visit to the Simplon, going as 

 far as Brig on July 7th. On the way I got out of the train at Sierre, 

 and made an expedition to Niouc in search of Melitaea iiiatiirna var. 

 ir(dfensh,'nieri, but again without success, the day being cloudy I took 

 nothing but a few J/, plunhe, M. didi/ma and Sati/rus /irniiitme, and even 

 a walk through the Pfynwald to Loeche station produced nothing more 

 exciting than a couple of Melitaea at/ialia. The following day I walked 

 over the Simplon Pass from Berisal to Simplon village, but the cold 

 was intense, and at the top of the pass it was almost im]DOssible to 

 hold anything in one's hands, even after a two hours' walk up hill. 



