156 THE ENTOMOLOGIST. 



markings fainter and smaller ; the white band crossing the discal area 

 only faintly indicated. Expanse, 4*1 in. 



This species is closely allied to E. rezia, but differs from that 

 species in having the yellow apical band on the fore wing. It 

 may, therefore, be only a local form, as the genus varies tre- 

 mendously. 



These specimens were collected in the Ituri Forest, Congo 

 Free State, between Irumu-Mawambi-Beni, elevation between 

 2950-2100 ft., by Major Powell Cotton in the year 1905, and 

 during the months of June to October. 



NOTES ON COLLECTING DURING 1906. 

 By the Ebv. W. G. Whittingham. 



(Concluded from p. 130.) 



My visit to Cornwall, thanks in good measure to the kind 

 offices of Mr. J. Peed and Mr. George Oliver, was very enjoyable. 

 LyccBua avion was in large numbers, and in splendid condition. 

 A good series of Leucophasia sinapis was secured, together with 

 several Argynnis selene and aglaia, Melanargia galatea, and 

 Epinephele hyperanthus. Euchloe cardamines and Thccla ruhi 

 were flying in perfectly good condition on July 4th, and a day or 

 two after. This I was told was generally observed. Thecla ruhi 

 was in plenty. Was it a second brood, or only a continuance of 

 the one brood ? And what about Euchloe cardamines ? Corn- 

 wall would seem to be the last county in which one would expect 

 to find late emergences. Several Vanessa cardui were about 

 here. Sesia viusciformis was plentiful among the thrift, and 

 Arctia yj'/^ica was seen on the wing in the hot sunshine. Amongst 

 Noctuae, Miana arcuosa (both sexes), and Agrotis lunigera and A. 

 lucernea were taken at rushes and heath -flowers. Sugar pro- 

 duced nothing but such insects as Apamea gemina, Miana stri- 

 gilis, and Rusina tenehrosa. Acidalia suhsericeata was in some 

 numbers, and the following Geometers were also netted : —Bapta 

 temcrata, Emmelesia affmitata and alchemillata, Eujntheciajasio- 

 neata, constrictata, nanata, pumilata, ?in& Anticlea ruhidata. Sco- 

 paria duhitalis swarmed upon the sea-front, and Botys terrealis 

 (getting over), Steniap)unctalis, Nomophila noctuella, andCrambus 

 tUiginosellus were also taken. Only three "plumes " were observed 

 — MimcEseoptilus bipunctidactylus, OEdematophorus lithodactylus, 

 and Leiopt'dus tephradactylus. 



The Micro-Lepidoptera did not seem to be very numerous. 

 The Tortrices noticed only included such common insects as 

 Sericoris lacunana and urticana, Penthina pruniana, Orthotania 



