140 THE ENTOMOLOGIST. 



CoLiAS Edusa in May. — On Saturday, May 18th, I was 

 walking up the Finchley Road, near Piatt's Lane, when a 

 fine Colias Edusa flew across the road within five yards of 

 me. Shortly afterwards two more (apparently females) 

 passed me; and later on in the day, between four and 

 five p.m., I saw two others in a field, near the Willesden 

 Lane. — R. T. Gibbons ; Chilton Villa, Loveridge Road, 

 Kilburn, N.W., May 23, 1878. 



Food-plants of Gonepteryx rhamni. — In the 'Entomo- 

 logist' for July, 1875 (Entom. viii. 160), there appeared a 

 communication from me, wherein I staled that Gonepteryx 

 rhamni had been reared from eggs deposited on " a scrubby 

 Alaternus'''' growing in my garden. The shrub in question, 

 having been invoiced to me under that name from a well- 

 known nursery, I did not doubt the correctness of it until 

 lately. On sending a piece, however to the garden depart- 

 ment of the ' Field,' it was identified as Maytenus Chilensis. 

 On looking it up I find that the genus Maytenus is closely 

 allied to Rhamnus, especially to R. alaternus (which last 

 species, by the way, I am told has been lately placed in a 

 separate genus). M. Chilensis bears, in April or May 

 (according to the season), a profusion of small greenish 

 flowers having a strong perfume, which, although not 

 particularly sweet, seems to have a strong attraction for 

 insects, and most probably first drew the attention of the 

 butterfly. Larvae have been found on it every year since, 

 and now there are several eggs waiting to be hatched. — 

 N. C. Tuely; Mortimer Lodge, Wimbledon Park, S.VV., 

 May 6, 1878. 



Lepidoptera in North Wales. — On the 2nd of May I 

 was working for Lepidoptera in the woods about Llanrwst, 

 and was astonished to see LyccBua Argiolus in abundance. 

 By throwing stones at the holly bushes (which grow here to 

 an immense height) 1 was enabled to induce the butterflies 

 to make a descent. Owing to the difficulties of the situation 

 1 could only manage to secure eight i'emales and one male, 

 but must have missed quite a score more. I took also 

 Tephrosia biundnlaria, at rest, on the larch ; but owing to 

 the north-east winds, which continued over a week, nothing 

 else worth mention turned up. — S. D. Bairstow ; Woodland 

 Mount, Huddersfield, May 12, 1878. 



Acherontia Atropos in North Ireland. — A friend of 

 mine has to-day brought me a remarkably fine specimen of 

 4cheroniia Atropos, which he caught yesterday near the se£^- 



