278 THE entomologist's record, 



except the Ectobia panzeri, referred to above, and the ubiquitous 0. 

 (irisenaptera. 



The field cricket and mole cricket have not occurred yet, but^there 

 is no reason why they should not do so. In the fiat districts there are 

 plenty of suitable situations, and the task before orthopterists.in East 

 Kent now is to find these two crickets and the colony of Plati/deis 

 roeselii at Heme Bay. 



The Lepidoptera of the Bogs above the Zuricher=See. 



By J. W. TUTT, F.E.S. 

 (Concluded from p. 248.) 



We still skirted the lower parts of the hollow and a few Cijaiiins 

 seiiriar(/i(s and Foli/ommatus icants were netted, quite at home on 

 the bog, large in size, and both the former rather worn, and then 

 a large " blue," with the appearance and flight of Lycaena avion, 

 caused a rapid move in its direction. The specimen proved to be 

 Lycaena alcon, a species quite new to us in nature, and another and 

 another were quickly taken, but none were really fine ; a 5 how- 

 ever, newly-emerged, was quite black, of a sooty-colour and of a 

 soft mealy texture that reminded one strongly of the $ L. arcax, and 

 made one believe that it was of that species, except for the grey and 

 not brown colour on the underside. This is probably the ab. nit/ra, 

 Wheeler. Several $ s were taken, all of this form, so that it is 

 quite racial here, and not an aberration, and entirely different from the 

 other ? s in our collection — from Fusio, Campiglio, etc. The S' s, 

 too, are of a brighter blue than any others that I have in my collection. 

 I do not find the slightest trace of red in the tint. Another Euvant'ssa 

 antiopa was netted, and then Fyrameis atalanta and Aglais urticae were 

 observed on the flowers on the outskirts of the bog, whilst PoUjijon ia c-alhnm 

 flew along by the side of the trees. Numbers of Loiveia dorilis of both 

 sexes, of exactly the same form as those in the meadows, were also on 

 the flowers at the edge of the bog, and at least a dozen species of 

 dragon-flies were observed in a few minutes, but we were unfortunately 

 too occupied with the lepidoptera to do more than notice them. The 

 Crambids were particularly abundant, and several species, Cramhus 

 adipellns, C. selaselliis, C. peddltis, C. iiian/aritelltis, etc., were noted. 



Having collected round the edge of the bog, serious work, a little 

 hampered by the fact that the men were already cutting the herbage 

 for litter and objected to its being trodden, commenced for Coenonyinplia 

 tipJton, and, by dmt of selection, a very nice series was obtained. As 

 already noted, they were of the "middle form," but showed consider- 

 able minor aberration, both on the upper- and undersides. On the 

 uppersides, the <? s varied from a deep tawny, with dark hindwings, 

 some exceptionally so, to a considerably lighter form, whilst the 

 undersides showed a range from entire grey, to brown, although mostly 

 the bases were brown, and the outer marginal area grey. The spotting on 

 the upperside also varied ; there were examples showing only one (or 

 no) spot near the anal angle of the hindwings, and none on the fore- 

 wings, Avhilst, at the other extreme, were three on the forewings, and 

 four on the hindwings, but very rarely so many. On the undersides, the 

 spotting varied from none on forewings, and none on hindwings, to five 

 on forewings, and seven on hindwings ; usually, the ocellation is well- 



