270 [December, 



Orsodacna cerasi, Linn., var. glahrata, Fabr. — This variety of O. cerasi 

 has been recorded from Matlock (Ent. Mo. Mag.,xxxiv, p. 176). 



Gorticeus (^HypopMceus) linearis, Fabr. — Found in numbers by Mr. 

 Heasler at Oxshott, Surrey, in pine trees, in the burrows of 

 Pityogenes hidens (Ent. B-ecord, x, p. 176). ;An unlooked-for 

 addition to our list. 



Mordellistena neuwaldeggiana, Panz. — This name has five years' priority 

 over that of M. hrunnea, Fabr. (Ent. Mo. Mag., xxxiv, p. 130). 



Anaspis latipalpis, Schilsky. — Recorded as British from specimens 

 found at Shirley, Caterham, and Darenth Wood (Ent. Mo. Mag., 

 xxxiv, p. 101). A. latipalpis is very like A. suhtestacea, Steph., 

 with which it is certainly confused in British collections. 



Anaspis Costce, Emery. — This is the insect known to us under the 

 name A. flava, Linn., var. tJioracica, Linn., neither of which is 

 found here (Ent. Mo. Mag., xxxiv, p. 102). 



Bagous lutosus, Gyll. — The insect doing duty for this species in British 

 collections is a large form of B. glahrirostris, Herbst {lutulentus, 

 Gyll.) (Ent. Mo. Mag., xxxiv, p. 52). 



It is also worth noting that two of last year's novelties have been 

 recorded from fresh localities during the present season, viz. : — 

 Homalota {Bilacra) pruinosa, Kr., from Guildford (Ent. Mo. Mag., 

 xxxiv, p. 160) ; and Platystethus alutaceus, Thorns., from Chobham 

 (op. cit., p. 232). 



Horsell, Woking : 



November, 1898. 



LEPIDOPTERA AT ELECTRIC LIGHT AT ZEEMATT. 

 BY A. HUGH JONES, F.E.S. 



Zermatt, like so many towns in Switzerland, is now lighted by 

 electric light, but the lamps are affixed to such high poles as to be 

 quite impracticable as a means for collecting Lepidoptera. 



In front of the Railway Station, however, I found a solitary lamp 

 which would almost appear to have been erected by some enterprising 

 entomologist, so well was it placed, commanding a wide extent of the 

 valley, and suspended at just a sufficient distance from the ground to 

 be workable with the net. The lamp was of high power, and threw 

 a brilliant light over the square opposite the new Gorner Grat 

 Railway Station. 



Taking one's stand under the lamp, it was interesting to watch 



