142 THE entomologist's record. 



Race micromeridionalu, Vrty. ; I. gen. nihjarh, Vrty ; II. gen. 

 inirrowcriilinjKilis, Vrty. ; III. gen. doubtful. I possess it from 

 Vallombrosa, m. 1,000 (prov. of Florence), from Piteglio, m. 700 

 (Pistoia), from Mt. Prato Fiorito, m. 900 (Lucca), and from Bolognola, 

 ra. 1,200, in the Sibillini Mts. (Piceno). 



Race ditbioaa, Rob. : Will probably be established as distinct from 

 Southern Spain. 



(To he continued,) 



r;») T E S ON COLLECTING, etc. 



Butterflies in Notts and a Gynandromorph. — My brother and I 

 have devoted some time this May and June to Enchlo'e cardamines, but 

 could not turn up any striking variety, though one male had white 

 streaks running into the orange patch. 



On June 10th we found a new locality, to us, in the county for 

 I^oli/oininatiis icanis, and among the females a large proportion showing 

 more or less of blue, a few being very fine. We also saw and captured 

 Colias crocens (ednsa) in good condition, which is surely a very early 

 date for this district ; it must be an immigrant. 



We visited the same ground on June 16th and 17th, but were un- 

 lucky in the weather, as there was a strong wind and practically no sun. 

 Still we managed to bag a nice series of the P. icanis. 



On the 18th — an afternoon which is apt to be more or less devoted 

 to " reflection " — my brother, who has passed his three score years and 

 ten, dragged me out for a ten miles tramp to have another look at the 

 same spot, but by the time we reached the ground the sun was over- 

 cast and nothing was flying. By diligently searching the grass heads 

 —a back-breaking job — we managed to take about forty, and among 

 them a magnificent gynandromorph, left wings 3- , right wings 5 , both 

 upper and underside, and in beautiful condition. The right wings are 

 dark, shot with blue, and with well marked orange spots on the fore- 

 wing and less strongly marked on the hindwing. 



We also took a female with right hindwing partly bleached, both 

 upper and underside. — Douglas H. Pearson (F.E.S.), Chilwell, Notts. 



C. ALCHYMisTA IN SHROPSHIRE. — I took here on June 20th a speci- 

 men of Catefdiia alc/npiiLsto at light, on a hedgerow in the corner of a 

 hayfield, at Cleobury Mortimer. — Commander G. C. Woodward. 



A Staphylinid Beetle attacki':d by an Ant. — Sitting in my garden 

 at Claygate, on June 17th, 1922, 1 noticed a large red ant moving across 

 the lawn, carrying in front of him what appeared to me, at first sight, 

 to be a small piece of stick, but on closer investigation the latter proved 

 to be a medium sized Staphylinid, which the ant had got hold of by the 

 lower abdominal segments in such a way that the " Staph " was held 

 inan upright position. Itwas evidently carrying thesametoits nest. The 

 beetle, which was about twice the size of the ant, was still alive, but 

 had evidently given up the struggle. I captured the ant and released 

 its prey, which promptly made tracks for safety. — S. C. Leman (F. K.S.) 



(CURRENT NOTES AND SHORT NOTICES. 



At a recent meeting of the South London Society a letter was read 

 from the representatives of the late Mr. Lachlan-Gibb, stating that a 



