14 THE ENTOMOLOGIST’S RECORD. 
fore its appearance in a back garden at Kensington is unusual. In the 
afternoon of September 9th last I found seven alate females on the 
flagstones in my garden, and later the same day I actually saw others 
coming out of a hole between the stones. The next two days about 
twenty more appeared, so that altogether I captured about thirty. 
Several climbed up some steps and attempted to fly. It is curious that 
no male or workers were seen. It is clear that the nest must be under 
the stones, as the ants kept coming out and going into the same hole. 
My first acquaintance with this species was in August, 1897, also under 
flagstones, but in a garden in Oxfordshire, where both workers and a 
déalated female were found. Two of the females taken last September 
were confined in an artificial nest, and removed their own wings, so I 
am in hopes they are fertilised and will succeed in founding a colony. 
—W. C. Crawtey, 29, Holland Park Road, W. 
GLOUCESTERSHIRE Leprmoprera.—In continuation of my notes on 
unrecorded Gloucestershire Lepidoptera, I find I can add the following 
species, all from the neighbourhood of Stroud.  Catoptria nimbana, 
June 6th, 1912, taken off a beech trunk; Ochsenheimeria vaculella, 
July 11th, 1919, by brushing with a sweeping-net the dead twigs of a 
large oak; Aristotelia unicolorella, July 8rd, 1916, and Coleophora 
paripennella. June 11th, 1910, netted early evening; Nepticula 
atricollis, June 8rd, 1918, and N. wlmivora, May 80th, 1918, bred from 
larve on Crab and Elm, respectively. 
The Tortrix had been forsome time among my puzzles, but getting 
another example this year I showed it to the Rev. J. W. Metcalfe, and 
he recognised it as nimbana, and subsequently compared a specimen 
with his own types. This interesting insect has previously, I think, 
‘only been captured in Bucks., but its presence here is not surprising 
as the food-plant, beech, may be considered the typical forest tree of 
the district—W. B. Davis, 8, Rosebank Villas, Churehfield Road, 
Stroud, Glos. September 15th, 1919. 
Cottectinc iN France anp Itaty in 1917-18 (concluded,)— 
September 17th.—The precious days of this busy month are flying 
fast. This afternoon the collecting weather conditions in the bed of 
the Scrivia were again perfect, and the presence of a fairly strong 
wind lessened the heat of the sun on one’s back, and also compelled 
insects to settle frequently. But a sun helmet is still an essential even 
at this date, as the glare of the sun on the stony white river bed 1s 
very strong. FPlusia ganma was in abundance on the hawkweed 
flowers, and Sesia steliatarwn was swarming. Two mere summer 
form of males of Mantis religiosa and one male of the brown autumn 
form were taken at widely different altitudes, and the sight of another 
in the wood near the ‘‘ Bluff”’ shows that the species is well established 
in this rich entomological district. Among the numbers of C. edusa 
and C. hyale seen to-day was a good yar, /elice, which | took, the first 
I have met with here. 
September 21st.—After some rather windy weather this afternoon 
was an entomological opportunity, and under a blazing sun I again 
collected among the flowers up and down the river bed. The females. 
of C. edusa were as numerous as ever and I secured two more var. 
helice. A fine female Issoria lathonia escaped me, but Polygonia 
