80 THE entomologist's record. 



ahvays worn. Of spring emergences, Pararge iDcr/acra S is already 

 common, and P. cr/cria has been several times seen, even quite in 

 Cannes. Pieris rapac $ is common when the day is warm, but is not 

 yet in full force. /'. brassicae <? was also taken. On the 20th and 

 21st several Colian edusa were taken, the males very fresh, small, and 

 rather well marked ; one ? appeared to be intent on oviposition and was 

 not in such good condition as the <? s. There is no sign of (Tonrptmj.r 

 dropatra in any of its usual haunts, though CiianiriR ari/inlua is already 

 out, nor is Anthncarix Jwlia yet on the wing. Chara.r('ft jasins larva is 

 nearly full grown in its penultimate stage. — T. A. Chapman, M.D., 

 F.E.S., Cannes. February 24th, 1899. 



CrURRENT NOTES. 



In the January number of the Efit. Mo. Mat/., Mr. Champion 

 raises the question of Phytonux balticus, Kraatz, and P. myrh-entris, 

 Chave, being distinct species. Canon Fowler dropped the latter, as he 

 considered them both forms of one species. Mr. Champion points out 

 how they differ, and that P. ni'irirentrix should be reinstated in the 

 British list. 



Mr. W. E. Sharp records {E.M.M., February) Chactornema saldbertii 

 in the tidal drift on the banks of the Conway. Mr. B. Tomlin also 

 records three specimens of Philonthus puUinf taken by himself in July 

 last at Bridgend running on the sand. Mr. G. Elliman has taken 

 Prachyaomim setulnsufi, Boh., at Chesham in some numbers ; whilst 

 Mr. E. C. Bedwell records Crj/ptoccphalKn c.n'iiuiis, Schneid., from 

 Oulton Broad, where he took it l)y sweeping in June last. 



Webster records {Can. Pint., xxxi., p. 4) tha^ Aspidiotus perniriosux 

 gives off an odour that can be distinguished at a considerable distance, 

 a badly-infested tree being readily detected a yard away. It is sup- 

 posed that in its native home the odour might attract other insects 

 and thus afford a means of diffusion not at present available in 

 America. 



Professer Aurivillius (7V«f. Pidskr., xix., pp. Gl-64) disputes Kirby's 

 conclusions regarding the identification of Colias [Piiryiinis) /n/alc, L., 

 {Handb. Pep., ii., 214), on these grounds: 1st, that "flava" and 

 " lutea," with Linne, apply well to the colour of our paler species, &c.; 

 2nd, that the words, " nigredine fascia quasi lutea in duas partes dis- 

 secta," manifestly do not apply to any form of edusa, Kirby's reading 

 of them being inadmissible; 3rd, that when (in 1758) Linne wrote 

 " Hab. in . . . Africa," he had not yet received any consignment 

 from S. Africa, and cannot, therefore, allude to dectra, but must refer 

 to N. Africa, where In/ale, Auct., really occurs. He therefore gives the 

 corrected synonymy as follows : — 



CoUa>i hyalc, Linn., " Sys.Nat.," xth ed., p. 4G9 (1758) ; "Fauna Snec.,"p. 272 

 (1761) ; God., "Enc. Meth.," ix., p. 99 (1819); Bdv., " Sp. Gen. Lep.," :., p. (550 

 (183f3). Falaeno, Esp., " Die Schniett.," i., p. G8, pi. 4, fig. 2 (1777) ; Hb., " Eur. 

 Hchmett.," figs. 438-9 (1798—1805). KirhyU Lewis, "Disc. Law of Priority" 

 (1872) ; Kirby, " Handb. Lep.," ii., p. 215, pf. 61, figs. 1-2 (1896). 



Colian decto, Linn., " Cent. Ins.," p. 21 (1763) ; " Amoen. Acad.," vi., p. 405 

 (1763). FAccira, Linn., " Sys. Nat.," ed. xii., p. 764 (1767). Var. Croccus, Four- 

 croy, " Ent. Paris," ii., p. 250 (1785). Hi/alt', Esp., " Die Schmett.," i., p. 71, 

 pi. 4, fig. 3 (1777); Hb., " Eur. Schmett.," figs. 329-331 (1798—1803). K<hisa, 

 Fab., " Mant. Ins.," ii., p. 23 (1787) ; God., " Enc. Meth.," ix., p. 101 (1819) ; Bdv., 

 " Sp. Gen. Lep.," i., p. 638 (1836), &c. 



