NOTES ON COLLK('TlN(i. 157 



Barrett's work the figure of lu')ii(jianm, pi. 416, tig. 6«, is perhaps the 

 worst where nearly all are bad. Why, too, have the Amblyptiliid 

 imagines not got the tooth on the inner margin of the forewing ? The 

 figures 4 and 5 of pi. 414 have the wing outline of Platyptiliids, but 

 the markings of Amblyptiliids. Of course, no blame attaches to the 

 author of the letterpress, who knows the insects in nature, for these 

 remarkable drawings, except so far as he should guide his artist and 

 colour-printer with his knowledge. Mr. Barrett, of course, knows his 

 larvae, but so we might have thought did Buckler ; still, he leaves out 

 the warts, and gives most of them green or black hairs, placing them 

 often where no hairs of any kind are present in the actual larva. — 

 J. W. TuTT. April SOth, 1904. 



IS^OTES ON COLLECTING, Etc. 



SpRiN(i LEPiDOPTERA AT AioLE. — I have already opened the ball 

 here with a few ordinary species, I'ieris rapae, mostly of the ab. 

 iiiinuu'tdata, being not uncommon, and yesterdaj'^ I took a ? 

 Hue/due cardainines with orange in the apical cells of the forewings, 

 which are usually whitish. The Leptidia sinapis are very typical. 

 This afternoon I went up the Sepey Road and had three Papilio 

 pudalirius under my net at once, although two very cleverly got from 

 under it. There was nothing very special fiying, Papilio inachaon, P. 

 podali rills, PnUpionia i-albii)n, Aijlais urticae, Vanessa io, Kuvanessa 

 antiopa, Eiigonia pnlychloros, Pyrameis atalanta, Pararye metjaera, 

 Noiniades cyllaria^, Cyaniris aryioliis, (_'all(jplirys riibi, NciiicdbiKs lucina, 

 Brenthis dia, Issoria latlwnia, Pieris rapae, P. )uipi, Leptidia sinapis, 

 (jroneptery.r rhamni, in quantity, Nisoniades tayes and Syrieht/ms 

 nialvae, appear to be the species seen. Of G. rhamni I saw some 30 

 or 40 on one day, but this and the other hybernated species are only 

 fit for breeding-purposes. I saw a ? /-". c-albmn lay an egg on the 

 20th inst. on hopbine. There is already any quantity of larv* of 

 Aylais urticae in their first stadia, and, speaking generally, one sur- 

 mises there will be an abnormal number of Vanessids here this year. 

 Vegetation is exceedingly forward. We had the thermometer at from 

 .S0°-70'F. for some days, but during the heat it blew a hurricane, and 

 all the specimens that emerged were soon blown to ribands ; now, 

 however, for the last few days we have had copious rains, and if the 

 heat comes on again we shall be very busy. — Gr. 0. Hloper, F.E.8., 

 Hotel Beau Site, Aigie. April 21st, 1904. 



Early lepidopterological notes. — I was very surprised to find so 

 little moving during Easter week (April 2nd to 9th) in the Torquay 

 district. In the sheltered grounds at Cockington were huge bushes of 

 rhododendrons in full bloom, and there were others in some of the 

 gardens on the outskirts of Paignton, but nothing lepidopterological 

 seemed to be on the move during the daytime. The first Pieris rapae of 

 the year was seen between Paignton and Torquay on April 6th, a lovely 

 summery day, whilst at Dartmouth, on the 7th, one of the lanes just 

 outside the town provided a fair supply of larva? of Callimorpha 

 dominula, apparently in their penultimate skins, mostly basking on 

 leaves of comfrey, although many were to be obtained by turning the 

 plants back and carefully searching the ground afterwards, for they 

 drop very readily when disturbed. Compared with three that have 



