10 THE ENTOMOLOOISt's RECORD. 



I found the alpina nest, it is obvious the former had executed a slave 

 raid on the latter. I did not find any larvae or pupa-cases of Microdon 

 in the nest. 



My observation nest of F. san(/uinea, which I obtained at Woking 

 on April 19th, 1910, is in splendid condition now. Their own 5 died 

 on May 1st, 1911. On May 5th I introduced a dejilated $ F.mnrniinea 

 taken at Woking that day. In digging her up I had unfortunately 

 cut off two of her legs and one antenna. She was at once accepted 

 by my F. mwiuinca ^ s and their F. fusca slaves, and by May 13th had 

 laid several bunches of eggs. In spite of her crippled condition she is 

 alive and well to-day (November 26th). The first callow hatched from 

 her eggs on June 29th. On May 27th I introduced from Woking an 

 F. sanf/ninea ^ , a slave F. fusca ^ , and another F. san<iuinea $ . 

 The 5 and slave were killed and the J at first was attacked, but by May 

 28th she was also accepted, and laid eggs. By September 25th all 

 the cocoons, from eggs laid by the two ? s, had hatched, and to-day 

 all are alive and well. One ^ had the antenna deformed in the same 

 way as the one described above in the ilijuieciua nest and exhibited 

 similar habits. It died on November 17th. 



Fortiiica twsecta, Nyl.— This species was also discovered at Eannoch, 

 a new locality for it. On June 10th a small nest of the usual type 

 was found by the side of a path in the Black Wood; on June 11th a 

 large nest was observed near the Loch, and on June 12th two more 

 large nests w^ere found by another path in the Black Wood. 



{To be continued.) 



A Season's Collecting at Constantinople in 1911. 



By P. P. GRA.VES, F.E.S. 

 {Concluded from vol. x:tiii., page 318.) 



Of the Chrysophauids I found Loueia dorilis fairly frequent in its 

 later broods. One or two ab. purpitreo-punctata were taken. Most of 

 my Rninicia pJdaeas are of this form, and from June to the end of 

 September all are more or less suffused, though I cannot say I came 

 across any true g. a. elens. I found Chrysnphanus thersanioji darker 

 and on the whole larger than my Beirut specimens. The purple gloss 

 on the submargiual area of the hindwings and apical area of the 

 forewings (upperside) of the S" is often well marked. I found one or 

 two 2 s with traces of bluish scales as in II. j)hlaeas ab. purpureo- 

 punctata, and one 5 which has the inner edges of 5 of the submarginal 

 black spots on the upperside of the forewings covered with iridescent 

 purplish scales. I have never seen any trace of these scales on the 

 anterior wings of 2 s of (■. thersainon. L. alciphro7i was uncommon 

 and large, 47mm. to 49mm. Of my 2 ? s one seems to be var. nuiiboensy 

 having the ground colour of the central area of the upperside of the 

 anterior wings dull orange-red with no trace of purple reflections. 



I need say nothing of the Theclids save that Nordniannia ilici.'i, and 

 Bit/iya querciis were very large. Of the Lycfenids, sens, stricto, 

 Cyaniris soinaryun, and Aricia anteros were the most interesting. The 

 former seemed to belong to the var. intermedia (Tutt), being broadly 

 dark margined, though I took no $ s with more than the very faintest 

 suggestion of blue scaling on the upperside. They varied in size, and 

 I took among them a few large specimens that seemed very near 

 var. balcanica, Tutt, save that the 2 s had the faintest trace of orange 



