2i^2 THE knt()Mol()(;ist's record. 



netted a series of tu/elitis. It is evidently an intermediate form, and 

 as such I have named it Poran/c )neiiaera ab. intermedia. Ccenon- 

 YMPHA PAMPHiLus : This was fairly common near Palma. Foixr out of 

 twelve insects netted proved to be well-marked specimens of var. 

 iiiori/iHata, the remaining eight are evidently a local form and constitute 

 the most interesting part of my Easter catch. On the forewing under- 

 side between IVi and IV.j below the apical spot is a black unpupilled 

 eye surrounded by a narrow band of light tawny similar to that sur- 

 rounding the apical spot. This spot is constant in 3 and ? , and is 

 distinctly visible from the upperside. The markings of the hindwing 

 vary as in type between ab. imicolor, Tutt, and ab. ocellata, Tutt. To 

 this insect I propose to give the name of ( 'oenoni/iupha pamphilioi var. 

 halearica. Cali.ophrys riibi ab. immaculata : Fairly abundant. Eur- 

 RANTHis plumistraria : Twelvc Specimens, uo twoof which are of the same 

 size and markings, varying from size of insects taken at Digne to about 

 one-half that size. The <? s were flying very wildly over rough ground 

 and I could not get near them till I was fortunate enough to locate a 

 2 drying her wings. Ten minutes or a quarter-of-an-hour passed by 

 her side, chip boxes in hand, and net throwai aside, gave me eight $ s. 

 One worn g that I discarded came back repeatedly, and had to be 

 boxed for awhile in order to keep it from spoiling the sport. I after- 

 wards netted one more ? (worn) and two more J s on my way down 

 the hill. EMATUR(iA atomaria : Very rich in colouring. Aspilatks 

 ochrearia ah. t^xicolorata : One specimen only. Tephroclysta, Sp. (?) : 

 One insect that I have not yet been al)le to determine. As for the few 

 micro-lepidoptera I have netted, lean only recognise I'aacaphora teniii- 

 uella and I'l/roKsta cesjiitolis var. i)iter)H('(lialis, and I do not intend to 

 work them through till those that I have taken as larvae are ready 

 for identification. 



As there was so little to be done with the butterflies, I naturally 

 turned my attention to other insects. I discovered that there is in the 

 island only one collector of beetles, and he but a half-hearted one and 

 a priest to boot. To him I wrote for permission to examine his col- 

 lection, and. after much waiting, came an impolite answer (the only one I 



have received in Majorca) : " Did I want to buy the lot ? If not ." 



Wherever I turned my steps I saw large families of Atnirhiis laticolUn 

 rolling along closely packed balls of dung, about twenty times their 

 own bulk — it struck me that they make bigger balls than their larger 

 l)rethren A. yaccr. A very common Cicimhia was ( '. iiiarorcana, Braclnf- 

 rcnis barbariis was fairly plentiful on the hillsides, but easily passed by as 

 it was always thickly coated with earth. I took Carabus Impaniis and 

 another large ('arahns (32mm.) dark bronze-green in colour, shaped like 

 esflteri and marked like fastKosus. In the scrub I took a dark-coloured 

 Aaida seri<ra, several other varieties of Asida and a few Telephorids. 

 I fished out about a dozen small Cybisters from a mountain torrent, 

 and swept up a certain number of tiny beetles to be worked through 

 next winter. The Myriapoda, the Hemiptera and the Hymenoptera 

 are particularly well represented on the island and combined to fill up 

 the spaces left in my boxes, thanks to the poverty of the butterfiy 

 world. 1 fear I am taking up too much space for so poor a catch. My 

 excuse is that I myself would have given a good deal for some such 

 general information before starting on my trip. Mr. Tutt kindly gave 

 me the address of a British entomologist who had hunted in Majorca, 



