92 [April. 



(fairly common). Manfurn clin/'tanf/iejni M. rnafica var. stffurnlis, Aphthona 

 a-erufea [n(t)istriata) abundant, Pltyllotreta atra, P. ?ii</ripes, etc. The fol- 

 lowing li/ii/nc/iophorn were nearly all taken in the neighbourhood of Bere 

 Alston, in August: — Cuetio/ms wulfoni, Strophosomiis retusus, Coeliodes ruber, 

 C. ilri/ados (f/uerc}i!<), Ceuthorrhyyichns vuluatiis, C. sefosns, Orubitis ci/aneus, 

 Orc/iestcs nvcUanae, O. sti(/nia, liliatnphus piificarius, Gi/innefron (nitirrhini 

 (fairly common), Apiou rubens, frtnnentnn'nw, cruentatum^ punctigerumy 

 aethiops, etc., Attelabus niteiis, Ips {Tomicus) larkis. This lai^t species, 

 according to Fowler, is associated with larch, tir, and pine, but Mr. J. II. 

 Keys and I secured a good series under the bark of a felled tree, apparently 

 elm. One of my best ''finds" w^as a single example of JSi/pitlns querchinsf 

 ■which I swept from a hedge at Bickleigh, 'iCv.'!?. — A. V. Mitchkll, 

 90 Mount Gold Ed., Plymouth : Feb. 19M, 1918. 



Vanessa antiopa in Cheshire. — The Rev. H. V. Aspinwall has shown me a 

 " Camberwell Beauty" which was discovered in St. Peter's Church, Hale, 

 Cheshire, in August 1917, the butterfly having presumably entered the 

 building for the purpose of hibernation. This church appears to be a favourite 

 hibernaculum for Yanessids, several V. urticae and V. io having been found 

 there this year ; Mr. Aspinwall also found a specimen of Pieris rapae which had 

 emerged from the pupa some time prior to February 20th, probably owing to 

 the combination of the warm weather and artificial heating. — T. A. Coward, 

 Bowdon, Cheshire : March 1918. 



A combined instance of Protecttve Pesemblance and Mimicry in a Locust 

 Larva. — The following instance of what is now usually known as " camouflage " 

 in insects ha=» not apparently been noticed before and is worthy of record : it 

 was observed by my friend, Mr. H. M. AVallis, of IJeading, who is an excellent 

 all-round naturalist. "While travelling in North Africa he came across a species 

 of locust in the larval state, which was very abundant on the "Stone Des3rt " 

 between the Atlas Range and the true or '' Sand Desert '" ; he does not know 

 the species. The insect was of sub-angular form and of many shades of dull 

 '' khaki "'-colour, some redder, some more isabelline, but all of one type; it has 

 ver}^ short clavate antennae: the two anterior ])airs of legs are normally quite 

 hidden, and the large hind jumping-legs are tucked close against the body ; in 

 this position it exactly resembles the surrounding stones. If, however, its dis- 

 guise is detected, it instantly springs up on its four anterior legs and, tilting its 

 hinder part, throws up the large jumpinir-legs and curves them forward over 

 the body, forming a very passable imitation of the dreaded scorpion ; it even 

 vibrates the recurved tarsi of the hind legs: moreover, it then displays, as a 

 warning, its only spot of bright colour, which consists of broad bands of yellow 

 and black on the inside of the hind feuiora. It is somewhat hard to describe the 

 position, but an excellent sketch given me by Mr. Wallis shows how striking the 

 mimicry is. Mr. Wallis adds :— " You will wonder what enemies it has to fear. 

 I found that it is fed down by the Clot-Bey Lark {Rhamphocorys clot-bey 

 Bonap.), an aberrant form of Lark with enormous toothed mandibles peculiar 

 to this region, which was discovered by Clot Bey, a Frenchman in the Tunis 

 ^service.'' — W. W. Fowler, Earlev Yicarage, Reading : January 2^rd, 1918. 



