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NOTES AND OBSERVATIONS. 



The Habitat of Argynnis Laodice. — The Hon. N. Charles 

 Eothschild informs me that he has recently found another locality 

 for Argynnis laodice, in the Rez Mountains near Cs6htelek, in the 

 Bihai Comitat, Hungary. He found this species at a lower elevation 

 than before, frequenting a damp situation at the edge of a wood 

 where Eupatorium cannahimim (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 

 Entomologica,' 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 12|-° east of Greenwich. In my paper I mentioned that 

 Csehtelek 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 wliich 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, 

 anJall hatched during the latter part of February. — F. W. Frohawk. 



A Species of the Noctuid^. new to Science. — On July 24th 

 last, Mr. Esson, of Al^erdeen, 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 Lycojihotia (Agwtis) ripcB ; but it has hairy eyes, 

 a prominent thoracic crest, and well-defined tufts on the abdomen ; 

 it cannot, therefore, be a member of the Agrotinge. I am 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. 



Plecopteea, Neuroptera and Trichoptera from the Pyrenees 

 Orientales. — 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 : — ■■■' Taniopteryx seticoniis, Klap., Vernet. Nemoura, 

 apparently of the group marginata, two females. One from Amelie, the 

 other from Vernet. Chr y sopa asj^ersa, Yevnet. Hemerobius suhnehu- 

 losus, Amelie. '■' Panorpa meridionalis, Vernet. Hydropsyche pellu- 

 cidula, Amelie [also from Bagnial-sur-Mer] . Philopotamus montanus, 

 Amelie and Vernet. ''■' Bkyacophila pcrsiriiilis, Amelie. * B. tristis. 



