44 THE entomologist's kkcord. 



je>CIENTIFIC NOTES AND OBSERVATIONS. 



Food PLANT of Hesperia sid^. — I notice that in the December 

 number of the Ilecord, vol. xxiii., p. 318, Mr. P. P. Graves asks if I 

 can tell him what is the food-plant of Hesperia sidae. I don't know 

 his address, so I cannot write directly to him, but perhaps you could 

 let him know by means of a note in the Record that the food-plant of 

 nidae at Hyeres is Potentilla hiria, L. In all its localities round 

 Hyeres this plant is to be found, but in captivity I have been able to 

 feed the larvie on other and commoner species of rotentilla. The 

 orange-yellow bands on the underside of the secondaries are very rich 

 when the specimens are fresh, but they pale rapidly, and it seems to 

 me probable that the specimens with pale ochre bands, which Mr. 

 Graves mentions, had been on the wing a few days, although they 

 might not show any other sign of age. I think that a paper i wrote 

 concerning the early stages of H. sidae will appear before long in the 

 Transactions of the Kntomohx/ical Society of London. — H. Powell 

 (F.E.S.), 7, Rue Mireille, Hyeres, Var. January Atk, 1912. 



Variation in Euchloe euphenoides. — I can confirm Lieut. -Col. 

 Mander's observation on E. euphenoides from South-Eastern France. 

 In Dr. Siepi's collection there is a remarkable male specimen with a 

 splendid orange-red border on the secondaries. It was taken in the 

 Vallon de Forbin at St. Marcel, near Marseilles, on May 10th, 1908. — 

 Ibid. 



I^OTES ON COLLECTING, Etc. 



From Algiers. — I returned from Aflou, in Algeria, about a month 

 ago, fairly well satisfied with the result of the expedition. It was a 

 very interesting locality, and I sent M. Oberthiir some good insects. 

 Butterflies were rather scarce, but there were numbers of interesting 

 moths. I (lid a good deal of larva breeding. The heat was quite 

 bearable, in fact it was as cool there as in Europe last summer, but 

 then Aflou is very high up, over 4,500 ft. — ^H. Powell, F.E.S., 7, 

 Rue Mireille, Hyeres, Yar. January ith, 3 912. 



IssoRiA LATHONiA. — Ou .July 29th last year, while gathering some 

 food- plant in the neighbourhood of this place (Ilfracombe), I saw a 

 $ Issoria lathonia. Having no net with me at the time I " went for " 

 her with my hat, and although I managed to hold her for a moment, 

 she eventually escaped. I have hesitated to record this heretofore, 

 knowing that little credence is attached to a statement of this kind 

 unless actual proof can be produced. My friend, Mr. C W. Colthrup, 

 of East Duhvich, however, thinks that it should be jTecordtd.— R. 

 Ashton Nichols, 30, High Street, Ilfracombe. .January-^nth, 1912. 



CURRENT NOTES AND SHORT NOTICES. 



For the past twenty years, as many of our readers know, Mr. G. H. 

 Verrall annually invited a number of his personal entomological 

 friends, together with those gentlemen serving on the Councils of the 

 more known Societies, to meet the Entomological Club at the 

 Holborn Restaurant in London ; but with his death it appeared that 

 this Meeting would also die ; a strong feeling, however, that it would 

 be contrary to the wish of the late Mr. Verrall for the gathering to 



