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coveriag a considerable portion of the back, and divided down the middle by a very 

 fine line ; this plate is roughly oblong in shape. The metathorax has two black 

 points on it. All these three segments have a good-sized circular black plate on the 

 sides. I should have stated above that the plate on the mesothorax was about half 

 the width of that on the prothorax. One larva examined had a ground colour of 

 very intense brown, with legs darker on the outside. Another larva (in a smaller 

 ease) was not nearly so intense in colour. 



I trust the next time I have the larva of this species, that more success 

 will attend me. At any rate, I now know both what the foodplant is 

 like and where to get it. One curious fact I had almost omitted. A 

 larva was found wandering about without its habitation on May 15th, 

 and was, by means of a pair of fine forceps put in a case, and strange 

 to say, that although the case was much too large for it, it made 

 itself quite at home, and continued to inhabit it for, at any rate, the 

 few days that I kept it under close observation. 



The season 1905 in Germany. Lepidoptera. 



By E. M. DADD, F.E.S. 

 (Continued from vol. xvii., p. 328.) 



On June 25th I left Berlin for Oberstdorf, in the Allgau, the most 

 southerly town in Germany, and geographically belonging to the Alps. 

 This little place, practically unknown, I believe, to English tourists, 

 deserves to be better known, as its surroundings are beautiful and prices 

 moderate compared with those in Switzerland and the Tyrol. It is 

 about half-an-hour by train from Immenstadt, which latter lies on the 

 direct route between Miinchen and Lindau. 



It was about midday when I reached Oberstdorf and found my wife, 

 who had preceded me with her mother and sister, awaiting me on the 

 station, and after dinner Ave took a walk up the Palkenbach Fall to 

 the Seealp. Very little entomologically was seen, P. avf/as (aei/on) and P. 

 argyrof/noinon were plentiful, and odd specimens of Cabera exanthemaria, 

 C. pusaria, Lomaspilu marginata, and Acidalia incanaria picked up. A 

 little further up, among the rocks about the fall, various Geometrids 

 were obtained by flicking the undersides of the rocks with the net. 

 By this means Larentia topJiaceata, L. incultraria, and L. aptata were 

 obtained. The Seealp itself, a large, gradually rising slope leading to 

 the Nabelhorn, was disappointing ; no doubt it was too early for this 

 altitude. An odd specimen of Pieris var. hryoniae and a few EucMue 

 cardamines were the only butterflies seen. On the way back, through 

 the woods, a few interesting captures were made, notably a fine female 

 of Zonosom.a trilinearia and several male Epichnopteryx imlla. A large 

 number of smaller lepidoptera, principally Pyralids, were obtained 

 during this trip, but as I know little of these small things I cannot say 

 whether rarities were found or not. 



The next day was unfavourable for collecting, and, with the excep- 

 tion of a spell of two hours' sunshine during the morning, it rained all 

 day. I took a short walk along the river-bank and beat a few 

 Geometrids from the rocks, among others a specimen of Macaria 

 alternata, rather a peculiar habitat for this species. At a spot where 

 the river had formed an extensive sandbank, overgrown with willow 

 and other bushes, butterflies were fairly common. Lycaena avion, 

 Nomiades semiargus, Polyominatus bellargus, P. icarus, Cupido minima^ 



