238 THE entomologist's record. 



take Af/rtades coridnn ab. setnii^i/niirapha in South Cambridgeshire, and 

 saw one ahnost at once, but failed to catch it owing to high wind. 

 Later I caught three perfect and one battered specimen. Many males 

 and. several females of A. coridon were found just emerged, and 

 amongst them a number of crippled specimens were noticed, and a 

 crippled female of E. jiirtina. Freshly emerged P. cardni and P. 

 atalanta were also seen, and in addition some larvje of the latter. I 

 determined to try again the next week, and left on Saturday evening, 

 joining Mr. Jackson, who had come down earlier in the day, but, 

 owing to dull weather, had only caught three of the variety. 



Sunday started with torrents of rain, but about 11.30 the sky 

 cleared and we had a fairly sunny day. A. coridon flew well, and we 

 both got a good many fine ab. se»iisi/)u/rap/ia, though there were a good 

 many more or less damaged. 



I stayed on till Monday evening, and altogether caught more than 

 thirty, from which I shall be able to pick out a fine series. One 

 example has a border of pale spots to the forewings, and pale 

 radiations running out from the base and nearly reaching them and 

 with blue markings replaced by green ; two others have the blue area 

 on the fore- wings extending considerably beyond the the central spot. 

 Vanessa io, in fine condition, was common, but not many P. cardni 

 were seen, and E. titlionns was becoming scarcer. A few Polyommatus 

 icarus, with blue females, Aricia medon ( astrarche), and several Urbicula 

 comma were seen. Two Chattendenia iv.-album were caught on umbel- 

 liferous plants. The following Noctnac were noticed Hying in the 

 sunshine or feeding on knapweed between 12 a.m. and 3 p.m. 

 Charaeas f/rauiinis, Hi/droccia nictitans, Leucania comgera, L. pallens, 

 Caradrina blanda and Dianthoecia cncnhali. 



Already the year has been remarkable for the abundance of the 

 Vanessids, of Celastrina ari/iolas and Vrcpana binaria (liamnla) in the 

 Spring. Of the second broods of these insects, I have seen a good 

 many V. io, a few P. cardni and A. nrticae, but only a solitary C. anjio- 

 Ins. Larvfe of P. atalanta are common even in the Hampstead garden 

 suburb, and if the weather improves there is still hope of an unusual 

 number of these lovely butterflies in our gardens. The brilliant 

 weather of the spring caused the early appearance of many insects 

 and greatly favoured them, but I fear the continous wet weather of the 

 last few weeks will have a disastrous effect on many species. 



Notes on the Distribution of the Blattidas. 



By the late R. HHELFOUD, M.A., F.Z.«., F.E.S. 

 Edited by MALCOLM BUllK, D.Sc, F.L.S., F.E.S. 



Genera peculiar to the Palaearctic Region : — 



Sub-fam. Blattin^e, Sluifordella. 



Snbfam. Corydiin.e, Anisofjamia, Ni/)iij)hijtria. 



Total = 3. 

 Genera peculiar to the Oriental Region : — 



Sub-fam. I'jctobmn.t:, J'scndectobia (s. str.). 



Sub-fam. PsEUJ)0!\ioi>iNyi', I'scntlotln/rsoccra, I'achncjitcri/x, Diiri/o- 

 dana, Dcsniosia. 



Sub-fam. Ei'ilampkin,?;, Thora.v, I'hlcbonotits, Apsiilopis, Coinpso- 

 lainpra, Mor/)/i)ia, Opisthoplatia, L'scndophoraspis. 



