112 THE ENTOMOLOGIST. 



Lepidoptera Observed in Macedonia. — Mr. P. J. Barraud has 

 been home on short leave. I have had the pleasure of inspecting 

 his 1917 collections, and am able therefrom to add the following 

 species not included in his notes {antea, pp. 61-63, 86-88) : 



Hesperia armor icanus, Obthr. — Saracli, 30 : vi : 1917 ; worn. The 

 form is identical with that of examples in my collection sent me by 

 Capt. P. P. Graves, taken in May and September near Constanti- 

 nople in 1911 and 1912. 



Chrysophanus tkersamon. — Saracli, 26 : vi : 1917. Appears to be 

 distributed generally throughout tlie region. 



Agriades thersites. — Saracli. 30 : vi : 1917. A specially fine form 

 •of the female, with brilliant under side, deep ground colour, and 

 large bright orange spots. 



Gonepteryx rhamni, va.r. farinosa. — Saracli, 24 : vi : 1917. 



The Melitaeas include, I think, Melitcea phcebe, ab. cetheria, Evers- 

 mann, but the specimens have suffered in the process of relaxing, 

 and were worn when taken. — H. Rowland-Brown. 



Aricia medon, ab. artaxerxes, in Suffolk. — With reference to 

 Capt. Douglas Smart's note {antea, p. 92) on the occurrence of this 

 form in Suffolk, artaxerxes is occasionally reported from other than 

 its northern localities, e. g. quite recently in the forest of Fontaine- 

 bleau, Seine-et-Marne, by MM. Guiry and Guignan (' Feuille des 

 Jeunes Naturalistes,' an. 39, s6r. iv, p. 24) ; but, I think, M. Ober- 

 thiir once told me that the identification may be incorrect. — 

 H. Rowland-Brown. 



The Bee Nomia incerta. — ^In ' Entomologist,' August, 1915, 

 p. 178, I reported Nomia incerta, Gribodo, from the Philippine 

 Islands, having identified it from Gribodo's account of his insect 

 from Java. I now have before me a female of the true N. incerta, 

 from Mt. Salak, Java, 2500 ft., July 7th, 1909 (Bryant and Palmer), 

 and find that the Philippine species is quite distinct. In N. incerta 

 the mesothorax has punctures of two sizes, and the terminal divi- 

 sions of the postscutellar prominence are obtuse. In the Philippine 

 bee, which I will call N. notha, n. sp., the mesothorax is strongly 

 punctured, the punctures not of two sizes, and the ends of the post- 

 scutellar process are very acute. Thus N. notha is nearer to 

 N. ellioti, Sm., than is N. incerta. The iy^eoi N. notha was obtained 

 by Baker at Los Banos, Luzon. In addition to the localities 

 mentioned in the place cited. Baker sent N. notha from Mt. Banahao 

 and Mt. Maquiling, Luzon, and Dapitan, Mindanao. — T. D. A. 

 Cockerell. 



Hibernation of Pyrameis atalanta. — I am much interested in 

 Mr. Rowland-Brown's note on the survival of this species through 

 the winter in this country. I think certain numbers do undoubtedly. 

 At Sidmouth, during December, January, and February last, 

 P. atalanta put in an appearance on various fine days. The winter 

 here has been quite Riviera-like. I am sorry I have no temperature 

 records of the cold spell in December and January, which, however, 

 was of short duration. Peak Hill, leading to Muttersmoor, is the 

 locality, and in a sunny, sheltered nook near a thatched cottage the 



