104 THK KNTO.MOLOOISTS KKCOKli. 



spicuons by its absence. Two or three specimens of Kupoecilin 

 ileirreyana are perhaps worth noting ; these occurred apparently 

 amongst Plantar/o lanceolata, lAnaria rtilijaris being absent from the 

 spot. My series of A', dciireiiana consists of some two dozen specimens 

 bred from larva? obtained in thii-j district two or three years ago from 

 flowering plants of lAnatia in August. Moths emerged the following 

 September — no doubt a second brood ! Knowing that Mr. Warren 

 once bred K. ileiiifi/aua from Planta<io lanceolata I visited the ground 

 again later in the year, when I took the two or three specimens 

 referred to in these notes, and brought home a good-sized bag of 

 flowers and seeding tops of Pla)ita<io. I could not detect larvfe in 

 them, nor have 1 seen any crawling about since. I am keeping these 

 in a flower-pot outside, and shall in due time watch for imagines, 

 although I fear negative results. It looks as if we have here two 

 species. At the end of .July 1 found Coremia qKadrifasciaria rather 

 commonly by beating the outside of woods, but two-thirds of the 

 specimens were worn, it bemg too late in the year for this insect. 

 Aiirotis aiiathlna, which usually occurs here, did not put in an appear- 

 ance at all, or at least I failed to lind it. One evening, on the coast, 

 in August, 1 got six ' 'ramhiis alpiiuiliis and two or three ( 'ramlxis fasci- 

 linelhis. It may be interesting to those who are collecting micros to 

 know that I have met with ( 'ataplectica farreni here — these I obtained 

 by sweeping. I have also to record the occurrence of ( 'oleophora 

 tricolor, Wlsm., in this district, and of iielechia celerella, on our coast. 

 But in spite of the capture of a few good insects, I regard the last 

 season as the worst I have ever experienced. — E. A. Atmoke, F.E.S., 

 48, High Street, King's Lynn, Norfolk. Janaanj 1th, 1904. 



In what stage does Amblyptilia acanthodactyla hybebnate ? — 

 Mr. Tutt asks [Knt. Record, xv) : In what stage does Amblyptilia 

 aeanthdiiactifla hybernate ? My experience of the species is hmited, 

 but I have never seen an imago during the first half of the year, and 

 I have frequently taken the insects at ivy in October-November. I 

 have not tried to breed the species ah nro. but once I did try to breed 

 its ally, A. pnnctidactyla, and the imagines died within a few weeks of 

 confinement, without laying. From the size of the larva>, taken early 

 in August, I should think the ova probably hatch during tlie first half 

 of July, or even earlier. In August I have always found the larva^ on 

 the flowers and upper parts of Stac/u/s sylratica, and they generally 

 pupate on the main stem. I have examined the leaves of Sta</iy>i late 

 in the year, when searching for possible ova which i have never found, 

 but have not noticed them mined. — W. S. Ridino, M.I)., Buckerell 

 Lodge, Honiton. January St/i, 1904. 



J3UTTERFLIES IN SWITZERLAND TOWARDS THE END Ol JuNE AND EARLY 



IN July, 1903.— The following are some brief notes of captures of 

 butterflies in Switzerland towards the end of June and early in July, 

 1908. The season was a late one and the weather not very favourable. 

 Hence the record does not include some species that we had specially 

 hoped to secure in the localities that we visited ; still it may be of 

 interest to others working over the same ground. We reached Gos- 

 chenen, on the St. Gothard Pass, on June 20th. On the two follow- 

 ing days it rained almost incessantly. On June 23rd and 24th it was 

 fine, but there was nothing like continuous sunshine. On l)Oth days 

 I worked the St. Gothard between Croschenen and Wassen, and on the 



