284 THE entomologist's record. 



good number. This is its first record for the Midlands. My present 

 view is that these beetles seek the nests of Formica rufa for hyber- 

 nation, and leave in the spring or early summer. 



DendropliiluH pyijmaeus, L., and Monotonia conicicollis, Aub. — Speci- 

 mens were found by Professor Beare and myself in F. rufa nests at 

 Nethy Bridge, in September. 



PezomachidtE. — Pezoiiiachiis antliracintts, Forst. — On June 21st I 

 found a number of specimens running about in company with Lasius 

 jiifier, on the Deal sand-hills, and looking very ant-like m appearance. 



Fezo)naclii(s aqiiisi/ranensifi var. 7ieesi.—^I took a specimen in a nest 

 of Mi/Diiica laerinodis, at Sandown, I. of W., on August 26th. Morley 

 records the type with MyiDiica nuiinodis and scabrinodifi in the Bentley 

 Woods, Suffolk. 



Braconidte. — C/iorc'biis sp. ? — I bred a <? (March 17th, 1908) and 

 a 5 (March 27th, 1908) out of my observation-nest of F. rufa. 



Ajianteles falratits, Nees. — I bred a small 5 in my F. rufa observ- 

 ation-nest in July. I understand the genus Apanteles is parasitic on 

 lepidopterous larvae, and I have, of course, introduced such larvfe 

 into my nest as food for the ants from time to time. 



AcoeUus viator, Forst. — On September 18th I took a specimen of 

 this rare species in a nest of Funnica rufa at Nethy Bridge, Inverness- 

 shire. I understand from Mr. Morley that only one other specimen 

 is known, the type, which was taken at Aix-la-Chapelle. 



Chalcidid.e. — Spalanijia eri/thriiiiwra, Fiirst. — The little black 

 Spalaiu/ia which I have recorded before from L. fulir/ijioftus nests at 

 Wellington College, and bred in numbers from my observation-nest of 

 that species, have been named for me by Professor Howard, as above, 

 and comfirmed by Father Wasmann, who has taken it with the same 

 ant. 



(To be continued.) 



The Sale of the Collection of Lepidoptera formed by the late 

 Mr. W. H. E. Thornthwaite. 



The death of Mr. Thornthwaite found his collection in a very upset 

 condition. He had recently bought two large Gurney cabinets, whilst 

 another was being built, the collection had been turned into boxes for 

 rearrangement, and everything was upside down. It took a consider- 

 able time merely to place the specimens in the cabinets ready for the 

 sale, which took place in " Stevens' sale rooms " on October 27th, and 

 this want of arrangement and the fact that some of the insects were 

 not too well-labelled, all told in producing a comparatively poor financial 

 total. Yet most things that were really good sold well. A pair of 

 Cyaniris semianjus from the "Fry coll." went for 26s.; a poor ^ 

 CJiri/sopJianus dispar, 32s. 6d., and a fair 2 , 45s. A Encanesm antiopa, 

 with a "Hackney" label, brought lis., whilst a lot, with a good 

 aberration of Argynnis adippe, produced 20s. ; and a magnificent 

 specimen of Enodia hyperanthua ab. lanceolata, with three aberrations 

 of Fpinephele ianira, produced 50s. These were the best prices for the 

 butterflies. A really beautiful series of Ayrius convolruli and two 

 Hyloiciis pinastri produced 80s.; five Celerio yallii (Dr. Gill), a Hyles 

 euphorbiae, labelled " Bouchard," and a Hippotion rderio, from " Lyn- 

 mouth," produced lis. only, whilst three I'/iry.cus livoruica, one from 



