328 THE entomologist's eecord. 



Melitaea of the district was undoubtedly atludia ; this abounded in its 

 brightest garb, with strongly defined black rays. M. pai-thenie was 

 probably present, but I have brought none home. Brenthis eiiphrosyne 

 was common, as also Aryi/nnis latlwnia. Of the larger fritillaries, A. 

 aglaia was the first to show up on June 11th in the Strona valley, followed 

 on the 14th by Drt/as paphia, An/i/nnis adippe and var. deodoxa. Of the 

 Satyrids, Melanargia galatea were nearly all very dark, of the var. 

 procida form. Piedmont is given as a locality for M. si/Uius, but any 

 expectations I had formed were doomed to disappointment. The 

 Erebiids had not begun to arrive before we left on June 17th, with the 

 exception of two Erebia evias, taken June 6th at Crevola, I do not think 

 I saw other of this genus. Sati/rus senide was out in mid-June and 

 also 8. actaca var. cordula. Paranie vraera and P. megaera were present 

 together and of fine colour, P. cgcria was of our ordinary English form, 

 egerides. Eidnephele ianira abounded, and at Orta I took a very 

 nice male with dark cream-coloured underwings. Enodia hyperanthus 

 was not uncommon round Orta. Of the Coenonymphids, Coenonympha 

 arcania and (J. pampldliis were very numerous, especially on the Sacro 

 Monte. The first was of a very rich form, many lacking the apical spot on 

 the underside of the forewings, ab. ohsolcta, Tutt, in which case, too, the 

 metallic line was generally absent. The dark outer border of C. pamj^ldlus 

 varied much, a few specimens approaching very nearly to ab. lyllus, 

 Esp., with the eye-spots, underside of hindwings, pupilled white, but 

 not well defined, but one specimen I am inclined to regard as the 

 greatest prize of the whole holiday — it is rather large, of a soft cream 

 colour all over, with a slight opalescent glaze, well-defined but not 

 very dark borders to all wings, the apical spot large, but faint above, 

 clear and beautifully pupilled on the reverse. This I captured, as 

 mentioned above, in the Val Anzasca — it is in excellent condition. 



I must not burden this long account Avith any further lists of moths 

 observed, though I think an expedition devoted to Geometrids and 

 Crambids, in this locality, would richly reward the diligent man. 

 Sataniia p)yri and Sphinx pinastri were common both at Orta and 

 Varallo, and the little Hdiaca tenehrata at Orta. 



@)RTHOPTERA. 



A FEW Oethoptera feom Starneerg. — At Sfcarnberg, a village on 

 the lake of that name, a short distance south of Munich, I took a few 

 Orthoptera on July 17th-18th. The season was early and I had no 

 time to collect carefully, but yet found Chrysochraon hrachypterus, 

 Ocsk., in numbers ; although dirty brown when dried, when alive it is 

 very beautiful, of a brilliant golden-green Avhich shows up very 

 distinctly in the grass and heather in Vv'hich it is found. I took also 

 Stcnohotlirtis parcdldus, Zett., S. Uncatus, Panz., «S'. virididiis, L., S. 

 hiculor, Charp., Locusta riyidissima, L., larva, Tettix bipwnctatns, L., 

 IJecticus verrucivoriis, L., very common, and Platydeis roeselii, Hagenb., 

 was numerous in grassy fields. — M. Burr, F.Z.S., F.E.S., Dormans 

 Park, East Grinstead. 



MeCONEJIA EEEVIPENNE, YeRS., IX A RAILWAY CARRIAGE. While 



travelling from Fiume to Vienna on the night of August 15th-16th, 

 I was surprised to find a Mcconcina hrecipcnne, Yers., ? , crawling on the 



