190 THE entomologist's record. 



on June 8th, a colony of Coleupliord iliscordella, feeding on a plant of 

 Lotus corniculatus, growing on the cliff opposite the sea. Many larvae 

 of this genus prefer to feed on the lower leaves where they can remain 

 hidden, but these larvae by preference attacked the upper leaves of the 

 shoots, mining them out completely, so that the plant assumed a 

 variegated aspect. Most of the lai'vie fastened their case* on to the 

 stems of the Lotus for pupation, though some of them spun up on 

 neighbouring grass bents, but all those I found spun up had previously 

 crept down to the lower parts of the plant. — Alfrkd High (F.E.S.), 

 Ghiswick. July %ul, 1912. 



White ovum of Dicranuka vinula. — On June 26th, my brother, H. 

 Leonard Sich, found an almost pure white egg of this species, which 

 had been laid on a leaf of aspen, at East lioathly, in Sussex. He sent 

 It to me, and the larva hatched on June 80th. It is quite black with 

 red filaments, and appears therefore perfectly normal in coloration. 

 The egg, compared with white paper, has a slight creamy tint and is 

 brownish below the periphery. 1 have often found the eggs of this 

 species of a pale buff colour but have never before seen a white 

 specimen. — Id. 



Notes on Lyc^na sephyrus vak. uhryki, Kebel,. — Dr. H. Rebel 

 recently described a new local race of Lycaena aephyrus, Fnv., under 

 the name of uhryki.- At the time of the description only a few 

 specimens of this form were known, taken with one exception near 

 Flamunda in the Deliblat, a large sandy plain in Temes Comitat in 

 the extreme South of Hungary. The single other specimen was 

 secured last year near Buza in 'I'ransylvania.f The older Hungarian 

 collectors had already recorded true ^epliyrus trom Transylvania, but 

 the record was looked upon as doubtful. Shortly after Dr. Rebel's 

 publication a specimen was brought to him stated to have been caught 

 many years ago in the mountains round Ofen (Budapest). 



This year my sister-in-law, Miss Charlotte de Wertheimstein, took 

 me to Flamunda to see this interesting species in its native haunts, 

 and I had the pleasure of observing quite a number of specimens of 

 this tine insect. The butterflies only occur where the rare and 

 beautiful Eastern plant Aatrui/alus dasyanthus, Ev., occurs, and the 

 females fly round this plant and sit upon it. Unfortunately, owing 

 to the very short time at our disposal, and the bad weather, we did not 

 observe the actual act of depositing the ovum, but there is no doubt 

 that this plant is the food of the larva in the Deliblat, and as it also 

 occurs, though rarely, in Transylvania, the butterfly doubtless deposits 

 on this plant there, too. Astrai/alus exscaiuis, L., the food plant in 

 Switzerland, is also found in Hungary, and probably the food of the larva 

 of this insect in Western and Central Hungary, such as in the Ofen 

 Mountains, is this plant.— (Hon.) N. Charles Rothschild (F.Z.S., 

 F.E.S.), A^'undel House, Kensington Palace Gardens, \\ . July '2,nd. 



An easy method of getting full fed CoSSUS LIGNIPERDA LARViE 



from the trunks of infected trees. — In the Autumn full fed larvae 

 of the above species may often be seen near the entrance of their 

 burrows in an old tree preparatory to starting their wandering in search 

 of a suitable place to spin their cocoon in which to pass the Winter. 

 If a piece of tough grass is bent in two, and the bent part presented 



• Ent Zeit., xxv., p. 191 (1911). 



1^ Verb. n. Mitt. Sii'bevhurg Ver Naturwiss., vol. Ixii., p. 6 (191*2). 



