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 

 I 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 HIMENOPTEROUS PARASITES OF COCCIDiE. 

 By Claude Morley, F.Z.S., F.E.S. 



(Continued from p. 257.) 



23. Chionaspis yinifolice, Fitch.* 

 In America, Howard (Revis. p. 21) says Perissopterus put- 

 chellw^, How., and Aphelinus mytilaspidu, Baron {I.e. p. 25), 



