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THE ENTOMOIiOGIST S KECORD. 



Portland. — Ent. Becord i., 129, 161 ; vii., 112 ; ix., 19 ; x., 51,- 

 89 ; xxi., 5Q : F.nt. xxii., 43, 57, 116 ; xxxi., 292. 



WiMBoRNE. — Ent. Record xxi., 126. 



Eeigate. — Ent. Record xi., 26 (September); xxiii., 290; xxiv.,, 

 213 ; Proc. S. Land. E. Society, 1894, 86; 1902, 43 ; 1905, 47; 1911, 

 • 40; Ent. xxxi., 173 (June) ; xxxviii., 64 (light). 



HoRLEY. — Ent. Record xxvi., 7, 45, 230. 



Parasites. — Lieut. L. Box, 80, Northampton Eoad, Croydon, is en- 

 deavouring to work out the classification and economy of the British 

 Chalcididae. As probably the only way to do this is by breeding specimens- 

 from their hosts, and it is quite impossible for one individual to deal 

 with all orders of hosts, he would be very grateful for any assistance that 

 breeders of Lepidoptera, Coleoptera, Hemiptera, and in fact of any 

 order, can give him by sending specimens accidentally bred to the- 

 above address, with a note as to host, time of emergence, as^well as 

 localities where hosts were found, if possible. The nomenclature of 

 this section of the Hymenoptera is in such a chaotic state that the iden- 

 tification of specimens is often a lengthy problem. 



Papilio machaon in Surrey. — It may be of interest to your readers 

 to know that I have obtained two healthy (wild) larvas of Papilio 

 machaon from Buckland Village (near Eeigate). Miss Lizzie Knight,, 

 a mistress of Buckland school, spoke to me of a beautiful caterpillar 

 found by one of the boys : I was told that this specimen had died, but 

 there was another, which at my request was kindly presented to me by 

 Miss Knight on the 1st inst., and proved to be a nearly full grown 

 larva of P. inachaou. It was in a somewhat starved condition but 

 uninjured, and soon recovered on being given its proper food. On the- 

 following day (2nd July) I went to the school and interviewed 

 Mrs. Coulson, the courteous Head Mistress, who very kindly allowed 

 the intelligent finders of the larvae, Masters Holman and Claydon, 

 to accompany me and point out where they found their prizes. One 

 was found on a small plot of carrots in Mr. Holman Senior's garden, 

 just behind the school : the other two came from Mr. Claydon Senior's 

 farm, where there is a large plantation of carrots. One specimen was- 

 the dead one previously alluded' to, the other is one I found on the 

 carrots after an hour's careful search ; it is a smaller one in its last 

 moult. I showed the larger specimen to Dr. Chapman, F.E.S., who 

 pronounced it to be P. machaon without a doubt. The farm, by the- 

 way, is only ^ mile distant from the garden. — Henry Speyer, 

 " Highbury," Eeigate, Surrey. 



[I have now identified the insects referred to before. The " black 

 Orthopteron " is Gryllus cawpestris (p. 112, 1. 36), the "Bumble-bee" 

 is Bowbus terrefitris {p. 113, 1. 8), the "good-sized bee" is B.agrortim 

 (p. 13 3, 1. 10), anu. the "grey-brown bee" is Anthojjhora dispar 

 (p. 113, 1.10.).— E.B. A.]. 



Notes on Entomology in France and Italy in 1918. — After 

 some days almost incessant rain I left Arquata on April 30thj.. 

 and spent the night at Milan, en route for Vicenza. In the morning of 

 May 1st I visited the public gardens in Milan, which are beautifully 



