338 THE ENTOMOLOGIST’S RECORD. 
Melitaea of the district was undoubtedly athalia; this abounded in its 
brightest garb, with strongly defined black rays. MM. parthenie was 
probably present, but I have brought none home. Drenthis euphrosyne 
was common, as also Aryynnis lathonia. Of the larger fritillaries, A. 
aglaia was the first to show up on June 11th in the Strona valley, followed 
on the 14th by Dryas paphia, Argynnis adippe and var. cleodoxa. Of the 
Satyrids, Melanargia galatea were nearly all very dark, of the var. 
procida form. Piedmont is given as a locality for MW. syllius, but any 
xpectations I had formed were doomed to disappointment. The 
Erebiids had not begun to arrive before we left on June 17th, with the 
exception of two Hrebia evias, taken June 6th at Crevola, I do not think 
I saw other of this genus. Saéyrus semele was out in mid-June and 
also 5. actaea var. cordula. Pararge maera and P. megaera were present 
together and of fine colour, P. eyeria was of our ordinary English form, 
egerides. E'pinephele tantra abounded, and at Orta I took a very 
niee male with dark cream-coloured underwings. Enodia hyperanthus 
was not uncommon round Orta. Of the Ccenonymphids, Coenonympha 
arcania and C. pamplhilus were very numerous, especially on the Sacro 
Monte. The first was of a very richform, many lacking the apicalspot on 
the underside of the forewings, ab. obsoleta, Tutt, in which case, too, the 
metalic line was generally absent. Thedark outer borderof U. pamphilus 
varied much, a few specimens approaching very nearly to ab. lyilus, 
Esp., with the eye-spots, underside of hindwings, pupilled white, but 
not well defined, but one specimen I am inclined to regard as the 
greatest prize of the whole holiday—it is rather large, of a soft cream 
colour all over, with a slight opalescent glaze, well- defined but not 
very dark borders to all wings, the apical spot large, but faint above, 
clear and beautifully pupilled on the reverse. This I captured, as 
mentioned above, in the Val Anzasca—it is in excellent condition. 
Tmust not burden this long account with any further lists of moths 
observed, though I think an expedition devoted to Geometrids and 
Crambids, in this. locality, would richly reward the diligent man. 
Saturnia pyri and Sphinw pinastri were common both at. Orta and 
Varallo, and the little Heliaca tenebrata at Orta. 
© RTHOPTERA. 
A rew ORTrHoPprerRaA FRoM Starncverc.—At Starnberg, a village on 
the lake of that name, a short distance south of Munich, I took a few 
Orthoptera on July 17th-18th. The season was early and I had no 
time to collect carefully, but yet found Chrysochraon brachypterus, 
Ocsk., in numbers; although dirty brown when dried, when alive it is 
very beautiful, of a brilliant golden-green which shows up very 
distinctly in the grass and heather in which it is found. 1 took also 
Stenobothrus parallelus, Zett., S. lineatus, Panz., S. viridulus, lu., S: 
bicolor, Charp., Locusta viridissima, Li, larva, Tettiv bipunctatus, L., 
Decticus verructvorus, L., very common, and Platycleis roeselit, Hagenb., 
Was numerous in grassy ficlds——M. Burr, F.Z.S., F.E.8., Dormans 
Park, Kast Grinstead. 
_ MercoNEMA BREVIPENNE, YERS., IN A RAILWAY CARRIAGE.—While 
travelling from Iiume to Vienna on the night of August 15th-16th, 
I was surprised to find a Meconema brevipenne, Yers., 2? , crawling on the 
