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and November 4th. Whether this species is the same as T. arietvnus, 

 Thor., or not, it is undoubtedly a regular myrmecophile ; as is also the 

 latter. I have taken it with this ant in various months (January, 

 April, August, September, November, and December), at Oxshott, 

 Wellington College, Weybridge and Woking ; $ 5 occurring deep in 

 the nest itself. The ?' evidently lays her eggs on the carton of the 

 nest and I have found egg-cases similarly situated at Weybridge and 

 Oxshott. 



It is also probable that the records of Cryphoeca recisa, Camb., with 

 ants, really apply to T. diversus, as Mr. Hull tells me the true C. recisa, 

 Camb., is a synonym of Tetrilus impudicus, Simeon, which is non- 

 myrmecophilus. 



Acarina. 



Laelaps (Laelaspis) humeratus, Berl., and Trachyuropoda (Leonardi- 

 ella) canestriniana, Berl. — These two mites, which are recorded here 

 for the first time in Britain, were taken by me in a nest of Tetramorium 

 caespitum at St. George's Well, N. Cornwall, on July 11th. It is 

 recorded from Italy in ants' nests, and probably with the same host 

 species, as a var. taken in Russia and another in Corsica, were both 

 taken with 'Tetramorium caespitum. 



Laelaps (Laelaspis) equitans, Mich. — I have already recorded this 

 species from Porthcothan Bay, and commented on its habits [see Ent. 

 Rec. 32 183 (1920)] . 



Trachyuropoda (Janetiella) troguloides, Can. and Fanz. ( — laminosa, 

 Berl.), and Laelaps (Hypoaspis) myrmecophilus, Berl. — These were taken 

 in ants' nests at Porthcothan Bay on July 8th. The former with A. 

 (D.) niger, and the latter with F. fusca var. glebaria. 



Lepidoptera in Peninsular Italy during the year 1920. 



By O. QUERCI. 

 (Conti7iued from page 15.) 



While my family collected Lepidoptera in Calabria I was collecting 

 in the mountains of the Garfagnana. I lived in a small peasant's 

 house isolated on the slopes of Monte Sumbra at about an hour's walk 

 from the village of Careggine. The locality seemed very favourable, 

 having large waste lands close to the beech zone (8000-5000ft.). 

 However, I noticed at once that the trees had not produced nuts and 

 that the grass had suffered enough on account of the drought and 

 from the hail storms which had visited the region during spring. 



From June 13th to the 26th, notwithstanding the unfavourable 

 season and frequent showers, I collected the following species : — 



Zygaena purpuralis, Briinn., race fiorii, Costantini. Z. achilleae, 

 Esp., race triptolemus, Hb. Z. stoechadis, Bkh., race xt.oecha.dis, Bkh. 

 Z. lonicerae, Schev., race vivax, Vrty. Z. transalpina, Esp., race of 

 transition from sorrentina, Stgr., to altitudiiiaria, Trti. Z. oxytropis, 

 B. (only two specimens). Z. carniolica, Scop, (only two specimens). 

 Procris statices, L., race not , identified. P. tenuicornu, Z., race 

 not identified. Heodes virgaureae, L., race apennina, Calb. Rumicia 

 phlaeas, L., race nigrioreleiis, Vrty. Loveia alciphmn, Rott., race 

 romanorum, Fruhst. Lycaena arion, L., race not identified. Agriades 

 thetis, Rott., race apenninigena, Vrty. A. hylas, Esp., race correpta, 



