276 THE ENTOMOLOGIST. 
Libythea celtis, and two Neptis lucilla I saw there absolutely 
nothing I cared to net. 
One of the chief entomological lions of Herculesbad is of course 
Pararge roxelana, which is hardly known to occur elsewhere in 
Europe outside the Balkans. This fine species is found in most 
of the woods, possibly in all of them, up to six or seven hundred 
feet above the river, but the best locality is said to be the wood 
in which is the path leading up to the Weisses Kreuze. At 
Herculesbad it is essentially a wood frequenter, seldom being 
seen in the open. ‘The ground is exceptionally difficult to work, 
for it slopes up at an angle of from 50° to 60°, and following a 
lively butterfly, which P. roxelana is, under those conditions is 
absurd; one’s only possible plan therefore is to. try to find 
a level spot in his haunts, and to endeavour to net him as he 
passes it. Such an opportunity is offered by the path leading 
up to the Weisses Kreuze. The orthodox manner of catching 
P. roxelana, I was told, is to watch until he settles on a 
tree-trunk, and then to cautiously put your net over him, 
holding the end of the bag in the left hand to enable him to fly 
into it, when of course the rest is easy to perform. ‘This is 
admirable in theory, and possibly under certain conditions, 
such as large trees and small nets, it might act; but I tried 
it on half a dozen occasions, and missed as many butterflies. 
The large trees in the Kreuze wood are mixed with a great 
number of small ones, and P. roxelana would invariably insist 
upon resting upon these latter, with the result that when I had 
succeeded in covering the front door with the net the intended 
victim just quietly slipped out by the back. There are, however, 
certain conditions under which P. roxelana is as tame and stupid 
as a barndoor fowl, though he is usually as lively and wild as a 
March hare. On a certain day I was descending from the 
Domogled towards noon, and whilst in the higher part of the 
Kreuze wood was overtaken by a terrific hailstorm, during which 
IT obtained what shelter I could from a bush and a bicycle cape. 
Whilst the storm was at its height to my amazement a magnifi- 
cent P. roxelana fluttered down from somewhere, and settled on 
the ground within a yard of me. I made no mistake with him! 
(To be continued.) 
ON THE HYMENOPTEROUS PARASITES OF COCCIDA. 
By Cuaupe Mortey, F.Z.S., F.E.S. 
(Continued from p. 257.) 
23. Chionaspis pinifolia, Fitch.* 
In America, Howard (Revis. p. 21) says Perissopterus pul- 
chellus, How., and Aphelinus mytilaspidis, Baron (l.c. p. 25), 
