S4 THE entomologist's record. 



the larvns on hawthorn are often abundant in places where neither 

 ragwort, golden-rod, nor angelica occur in any quantity. 



There seems to be scarcely any difference between the two brooffs^ 

 except for the greater size, already mentioned, of the golden-rod feeders. 

 I have one melanic specimen, and two or three of a delicate grey tint,, 

 but on the whole there is not much variation. 



E. indif/ata. — One specimen. 



A', nanata. — Common on bogs and mountains. 



E. vulyata. — Common. 



E. absinthiata.—LiSirxw common on Sourio jacohaea and Scohidna 

 Huccisa. The moths from these two food-plants seem to belong to the 

 same species, and I can see no reason for separating the scabious 

 feeders as minntata or knautiata. 



E. ahhreviata. — Not very common. 



E. dodoneata. — Abundant. I beat the larvae from hawthorn flowers 

 in June and July. The pupaB often lie over two winters. 



E. crii/uata. — Fairly common. 



E. toijata. — Two specimens in 1909. I have not worked for the 

 larva. 



E. piiniilata. — Only one specimen, but probably it only needs 

 searching for. 



E. coronata. — Abundant ; moths at dusk in May, though not 

 often seen ; larvae are beaten from hawthorn flowers in June, rather 

 earlier than those of E. virt/aiireata and E. dodoneata. The moths 

 appear again in June and July, and larvae on Angelica siilvetitris (and 

 probably other flowers) in September. The June larva3 emerge as the 

 second brood of the same year or the first of the next year. 



E. rectangalata. — A few in gardens, but apparently it is not 

 common. 



Myrmecophilous Notes for 1911. 



By H. St. J. K. DONISTHORPE, F.Z.S., F.E.S. 

 {Concluded from page 10.) 



CoLEOPTERA. — O.vijiwda haeiiiorvhoo, Sahl., was taken in nests of 

 Formica rufa at Wellington College 6. v., and Nethy Bridge 17. vi., and 

 with E. exsecta at Rannoch 12. vi. 



Micrni/lossa pidla, Gyll. — Dr. Joy sent me up specimens from birds' 

 nests at Bradfield. These I introduced into my Lasius ftdinhumtn 

 nest, on May 24th, but the beetles escaped under the glass cover over 

 the j)laster nest. They exhibited the usual defence of myrmecophilous 

 Staphs, when attacked by the ants. I must repeat the experiment. 



Dinaida dentata, Gr. — Specimens taken at Woking with E. 

 sanijuinia in May, were introduced into my E. sonf/uinea nest. Copulation 

 took place, and they lived in the nest for months. On July 22nd 

 several Dinaida larvie were observed, ])ut they eventually disappeared. 



Atentelen enianiinatua, Pk. — This species was very abundantat Porlock 

 in April. On 2'7th, Crawley and I found six specimens in a nest of 

 Mijrmira lacvinodis, and others in nests of E. fnsca, M. ni(/inodis and 

 M. scabiinodix. On 28tb, we found six in one F. fusca nest, and 

 numbers with M. ridjinodis. The beetles were evidently just leaving 

 the Mi/nuica nests. Specimens brought homo and introduced into our 

 F'. fusca nests lived there for some time. Copulation was observed on 



