188 THE entomologist's recobd. 



Forest and in Scotland. It closely resembles P. spencei but is larger, 

 and in shape is like P. calodoyiicum, but is darker in colour. 



In the Bull. Soc. Ent. Fr. for May, Conte Emilio Turati describes 

 a new race of the species we know as Anthocharis cranieri, Btlr. {helia, 

 Gv.), [see Report of Brit. Nat. Com. on Ent. Nomen., Trans. Ent. Soc, 

 1915] but which the author calls EucJdo'e ausonia, Hb. {belia, Cr.). 

 The specimens were one of- the results of the opportunities offered 

 through the conquest of Libya. Conte Turati remarks that he 

 considers from the various material which has passed through his 

 hands that the Lepidopterous fauna of the country is related to two 

 distinct faunas, viz., the Tunisian and Algerian on the one hand and 

 the Syrian on the other. The race, of which examples were obtained 

 in February and are therefore of the spring generation, he names libyea, 

 and remarks that it is perhaps the smallest form known. It has a 

 closer resemblance to the forms triangida of Verity from Syria, and 

 ae<iyptica of Verity from Egypt, than to the Algerian form alf/irica'{gen. 

 ver.) of Oberthiir. 



In no. 10 of the same Bulletin, M. L. Demaison contributes his 

 " Observations on the Lepidoptera of some of the Islands of Western 

 Europe." He has visited Staffa and reports Turtrix longana as common 

 (Sciaphila ictericana of our collections). On the He de Noirmoutier 

 the southern type of Pararge aegeria with yellow markings occurs, 

 while those on Belle- He seem to form a transition between that form 

 and the northern form egerides of Staudinger. In Belle-He Aryynnis 

 pandora occurs and it is quite common on the western coast of Noir- 

 moutier.* (JrtJiolit/ia jieribolata, a species which was sent to us many 

 jrears ago by Mr. A. J. Hodges, the first proprietor of this magazine, 

 from Guernsey, was met with commonly on the Isle de Chausey, where 

 also Zygaena trifolii was taken by the author. This last form was a 

 confluent one and much resembled, at first sight, Z. lonicerae, but accord- 

 ing to M. Oberthiir the species found on the island is Z. trifolii. 



The Rev. F. W. Johnson announces in the Iriah Nat. the capture 

 of a pair of an Ichneumon species new to Britain, viz., Lisaonota basalis. 

 It was taken in August, 1915, and considered then as L. siiliJiurifera to 

 which the new species is allied. On the Continent it occurs in N. 

 Germany and Sweden, and has been bred from the larvie of Tapi^iostola 

 dy)ni and Hadeiia suffurancnla = Miana literosa (Staud. List.) It was 

 taken at Poyntzpass, Co. Armagh. 



Our earnest sympathies go out to Mr. Champion, the hon. librarian 

 of the Entomological Society of London, in the loss of his youngest 

 son, who was recently killed at the front. 



The Local Government Board has issued the following memoran- 

 dum to the various Entomological Societies of the country : — 



Memorandum as to Information^ desired regarding the 



Prevalence of Anophelines. 



In connection with possible risks of malaria being acquired in this 



country, the Local Government Board are anxious to collect as much 



information as possible at the present time regarding the prevalence 



and distribution of Anopheline mosquitos in various parts of the 



* It is far from uncommon on the mainland near Belle Isle, where it appears 

 about the 2nd week in June. — G.W. 



