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antiopa; Melitcea phoebe, M. cinxia (one), M. didyma, M. athalia, 

 M. parthenie ; Argynnis niohe var. eris, A. aglaia, A. adippe ; 

 Dry as paphia ; Brenthis hecate, B. dia, B. euphrosyne (one 

 worn). 



^KTYRiDM. — Pararge egeria var. intermedia, P. monra, P. 

 megcera ; Satyrus hermione, S. alcyone, S. circce ; Hipparchia 

 semele; Epinephele jurtina, E.pasiphce; Coenonympha pamyhilus 

 and vars. C. dorus, C. arcania ; Melanargia syllius, M. galathea 

 var. procida. 



LiBYTHEiD^. — Libythea celtis. 



LYCMmi>iE. — Chrysophanus alcipliron var. gordius; C. phlaas 

 and var. eleus-ccsrideopunctata ; Cupido minimus ; Nomiades 

 semiargus ; Polyommatus dolus and var. vittata, P. hylas, P. 

 escheri, P. icarus ; Agriades thetis and hyb. polonus, A. corydon 

 and ab. cinnus ; Aricia medon ; Plebeius argus ; Celastrina 

 argiolus ; Leosopis roboris ; Thecla spini, T. ilicis, T. esculi, 

 T. acacice ; Callophrys rubi ; Zephyrus quercus. 



HESPEEiD^.—Er i/nms alcaa (one); Hesperia carthami, H. 

 alveus var.?*; Pyrgus sao; Thymelicus actceon common, T. 

 lineola, T. flavus ; Pamphilus sylvanus. 



NOTE ON THE OVIPOSITION OF RHYSSA. 

 By L. N. G, Eamsay, M.A., B.Sc. 



The remarkable insects of the genus Rhyssa have for long 

 been known to prey on the wood-boring larvae of Siricidae, 

 introducing their eggs into the tunnels of the latter by means of 

 their enormously elongated ovipositor. The ovipositor is some- 

 times even found sticking in a *Sirea;-infested log (as, for example, 

 the specimens exhibited in the insect gallery at South Kensington), 

 but, I understand, the manner in which the insect contrives to 

 insert this unwieldy appliance into the tree-trunk has not 

 hitherto been fully described. I hope, therefore, that the 

 following account may be of interest to entomologists. 



The event described was witnessed in the summer of 1909, 

 while I was staying in the southern part of the Black Forest, to 

 the west of the Wehratal. On the afternoon of August 29th, 

 while skirting a wood — the very finest conifers of the Black 

 Forest flourish in this locality — I happened to pause beside a pile 

 of small pine-logs, and as I stood there one of these extraordinary 

 insects appeared and settled on one of the logs. I will quote 

 verbatim from my notes written the same day : — " It sat still for 

 some time, and then began to walk about, feeling every hole and 



'■' Probably H. hellieri var. foulquieri. — (H. R.-B.) 



