258 THE ENTOMOLOGIST. 
NOTES AND OBSERVATIONS. 
THe Hasrrar or Araynnis Laopice.—The Hon. N. Charles 
Rothschild informs me that he has recently found another locality 
for Argynnis laodice, in the Réz Mountains near Cséhtelek, in the 
Bihar Comitat, Hungary. He found this species at a lower elevation 
than before, frequenting a damp situation at the edge of a wood 
where Hupatorium cannabinum (hemp agrimony) grows, the flowers 
of which were attractive to the butterflies, this making the third 
locality, but the species appears rare in the district. In the ‘ Societas 
Entomologiea,’ xxiv., nos. 4-5, is a very favourable review by M. von 
Gillmer of the life-history of A. laodice, which I published in the 
March number of the ‘Entomologist.’ This gentleman refers to 
the distribution of this species; from which we now learn that the 
most westerly limit for laodice is Massow, near Stettin, Pomerania, 
which is 124° east of Greenwich. In my paper I mentioned that 
Cséhtelek in Hungary was probably the most westerly point where 
laodice occurred. Respecting the hatching of the egg of this butter- 
fly Von Gillmer mentions that a few eggs out of several which had 
been subjected to warmth hatched in the autumn. This of course 
applies to most, if not all, eggs and cannot be considered as a proof 
that the eggs would hatch at all in the autumn under natural con- 
ditions. All the eggs I had under observation were kept in a cool place, 
and all hatched during the latter part of February.—F. W. FronAwKE. 
A Species or THE Nocruipa NEw To ScrencE.—On July 24th 
last, Mr. Esson, of Aberdeen, sent for identification a noctuid moth 
that he had taken, at sugar, on a fir tree, twelve days earlier in the 
month. As the specimen could not be referred to any species with 
which I was acquainted, it was submitted to Sir George F'. Hampson 
at the Natural History Museum. At first Sir George was inclined 
to consider the novelty referable to the N. American genus Morrisonia, 
Grote, but after further examination he decided that a new genus 
would have to be founded for its reception. This matter, as well as 
naming and describing the specimen, has been left in his hands. In 
general appearance, it may be noted, the moth suggests a pale reddish 
grey aberration of Lycophotia (Agrotis) rip@; but it has hairy eyes, 
« prominent thoracic crest, and well-defined tufts on the abdomen ; 
it cannot, therefore, be a member of the Agrotinz. Jam very pleased 
to add that the Hon. N. Charles Rothschild acquired this interesting 
specimen and has generously presented it to the National Collection.— 
RICHARD SOUTH. 
PLECOPTERA, NEUROPTERA AND TRICHOPTERA FROM THE PYRENEES 
OrtenTALES.—Dr. T. A. Chapman kindly passed on to me the insects 
belonging to these orders which he took at Amelie-les-Bains, April 
6th—21st, 1909, and at Vernet-les-Bains, April 24th to May 9th, 1909. 
They were :—* Teniopteryx seticornis, Klap., Vernet. Nemowra, 
apparently of the group marginata, two females, one from Amelie, the 
other from Vernet. Chrysopa aspersa, Vernet. Hemerobius subnebu- 
losus, Amelie. * Panorpa meridionales, Vernet. Hydropsyche pellu- 
cidula, Amelie [also from Bagnial-sur-Mer]. Philopotamus montanus, 
Amelie and Vernet. * Rhyacophila persimilis, Amelie. * LK. tristis, 
