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Myrmecophilous Notes for 1922. By H. DONISTHORPH, F.Z.S., F.E.S. FormicipaE.—Myrmicinak. Myrmecina graminicola, Latr.—The very interesting colony of this species, which I have now had under observation for over twelve years, continues in a flourishing condition. The following is a short extract from the yearly journal kept for this colony during the past twelve months. During the winter the ants kept very quiet and very few deaths occurred. Very little food of any kind was given to them. April 28rd, some bits of raw beef were given, these were cut up by the ants and fed to the larvae: the latter having pellets of the meat placed on their bodies for them to chew at. April 27th, many large larvae present. May 2nd, first packet of eggs observed. May 28th, several packets of eggs, and g, ?,and 8 pupae. Several ? ‘“ Daddy-long- legs” given to the ants; their bodies were cut up and devoured, and numerous eggs, taken from them, fed to the larvae. June 11th, fresh packet of eggs, and four winged 2 @ present. June 22nd, very many winged 2? 9 andafew gf gf hatched; many eggs present. July 2nd, still more winged ? ? hatched. July 9th, the body of a ‘ Magpie- moth” placed in the nest, the ants would have nothing to do with it ! This shows how very distasteful the moth must be, as Myrmecina is so fond of an insectivorous diet, devouring greedily flies, earwigs, clothes- moths, and other ants, etc. July 24th, some of the winged ? @ had shed their wings, and this continued until October 29th. when only one @ remained with one wing left. The colony is now in a very flourish- ing condition—a large number of 8 8, still more dealated ? 2, and many medium and small larvae being present. The outstanding features are that many more winged females, and far fewer g 3, have been reared than in any single year previously, and the colony was given less food last winter than usual. It is very difficult to draw any safe conclusions from the above as to the reasons for the production of females (i.2., 2 9, not ¥ 8) at any timeinacolony. Professor Hmery has expressed the views that 2 ? are only produced from larvae which have been fed with liquid food disgorged into their mouths by the ants, and not by bits of insect and other animal food given to them. Also, that perhaps the most important reason why they are produced is when there is no 2 in a nest. If I had not read his papers I should have come to the conclusion that this year 2 @ were produced in my colony 2 THE ENTOMOLOGIST’S RECORD. by an abundance of animal food (raw beef, etc.) fed to the larvae, after a winter of scarcity. Also in this colony there can never have been the impulse to bring up ? 2 through their absence, as the original 9 , the queen mother of the colony, was present in 1915 when winged 9? ? were first produced, and ever since then the colony has consisted of nearly as many @ Q@ as 3 8. Forel considers that the sex of an ant is already determined in the ege—as is the case with Termites. Space, however, will not allow me to deal with this subject at any further length here; but I hope to return to it in the future. Formicovenus nitidulus, Nyl.—Mr. H. J. Jeffery, of Newport, Isle of Wight, tells me he has found a colony of this little inquiline ant in a nest of Hormica rufa in Parkhurst Forest. ‘This is an interesting addition to the ant fauna of the Isle of Wight. Solenopsis fugax, Latr.—Mr. J. H. Keys, of Plymouth, sent me g o and 8 8 of the above species from the Lizard, in Cornwall, to confirm. It is a new county record, | Stenamma westwoodi, West.— When working fungi for Coleoptera at ~“ Beechen Corner,” in the New Forest, in October, I captured several % % of this ant at the roots of a funeus. The only other record I have of this species from the New lorest is from specimens in the Cambridge Museum Collection, taken by the late Dr. Sharp. Mr. Hallett has also ‘taken this ant in agarics,at Cwrt-yr-ala,in Septemberand October, 1921. *Mr. W. EH. H. Hodson tells me he has found a number of colonies at Winchmore Hill this year. It will be remembered that the only other actual nests of this species found in the British Isles are those discovered by Mr. R. A. Phillips, in Ireland [Trish Nat., 80, 125-27 (1921)]. The colony given to me by him in September, 1921, has progressed favour- ably, and not a single ant of the original colony died in the first twelve months I had it under observation. The following is a brief extract from my note book on this colony for 1922. April 25th, the queen laid her first eggs for the year and continued laying throughout the sum. ‘mer. May 28th, a number of semipupae, some pupae and one coloured pupa present. June 5th, a few more coloured pupae present. June 22nd, many light coloured 8 ¥ (callows) and one g hatched; 8 8 continued to hatch during the summer, and a few callows died. October 10th, I introduced a Stenamma % , from the New Forest, into this nest; not much notice was taken of it by the % 8 in the nest. When it approached any of them they backed away from it; it walked over the larvae, and endeavoured to make itself at home. ~I never saw it attacked and it lived in the nest for two days, but a dead ¥ was present in the hght chamber on October 18th, which was probably the New Forest specimen. October 15th, several long Dipterous larvae given to the ants, the 8 % arranged shai own eae on them in rows, like so many little pigs feeding side by side at a trough. The colony consists to- day (December 8th) of some 75 % %, about 100 larvae, and the queen mother. Leptothoraw acervorum, F.—On July 14th ants from a colony of this species were observed coming out of and going in to some beetle ‘burrows high up in an old apple tree in an orchard at Darenth Wood. The burrows were probably old ones of Scolytus pruni, which was in evidence in several of the ajpblle trees near at hand. MYRMECOPHILOUS NOTES FOR 1922. 3 DonicHopERINAL. Tridomyrmex humilis, Mayr.—In March Mr. Keys sent me speci- mens of an ant to name, which had been taken in houses in Plymouth. These proved to be % 8 of the Argentine ant, and from a new British locality. This pest continues the rapid extension of its range. TWorel [Le Monde Social des Fourmis (4, 1921)j stated it had already been recorded from the centre of France. In my book [British Ants, 342, (1915)| [ mentioned that it had occurred at Belfast (in great numbers), and in Edinburgh, I have since recorded it from Eastbourne (in great profusion), Enfield, and Guernsey. TorMICINAE. Acanthomyops (Dendrolasius) fuliginosus, Latr.—On May 10th I observed a number of % 8 of this species marching in files on and near a large hollow beech at Rhinefields, near the Rhododendron Walk in the New Forest. As I have previously pointed out [Mnt. Lec. 31, 4 (1919)|, this ant is very scarce in this locality, and this is the second time only that I have seen it in the Forest in all the years I have visited there. On May 5th the species occurred rather plentifully in a hedgerow along a bridle-path to Wimbledon Common. ‘This 1s the first time I have found this ant so near home; the actual nest was not found, but Owypoda vittata was running with the ants. On July 81st I picked up a winged female on a road at Barkham ; no nest nor 8 ¥ could be found anywhere near by. She got rid of her wings when placed in a box, and died in two days after she had been taken home and placed in a small plaster nest. During the seven years I have visited the fuliginosus colony estab- lished in a birch tree, of which it took possession at Woking on August 27th, 1915, after a fierce battle with a colony of A. (C.) umbratus ‘(the original owners), I have taken 35 Gunnteneias species of myrmecophiles in ib. I eave a description of this Dente in 1916 [Hnt. Rec., 28, 2 (1916)]; and on February 2nd, 1921, I exhibited at the meeting of the Kntomo- logical Society of London [Proc. Int. Soc. Lond., 1924, vii.-ix.] a number of % 8 of A. (D.) fulivinosus, all of which had 8 8 of A. (C.) umbratus fastened by their mandibles to their legs, etc., from this battle, and 80 species of the myrmecophiles. I stated that it had seemed a good opportunity to note how soon a new nest became in- fested with myrmecophiles, and consequently I have visited this tree from time to time ever since August, 1915. The following is a list of the species taken in the order in which they were found, but ouly the dates of visits are mentioned when an additional species was found :— Woking, August 27th, 1915. Battle between d. (D.) fuliyinosus and A. (O.) wnbratus. . Myrmedonia lugens ) Running about among the ants. These cast three species must have followed the = Piylneyean lasiae fuliyinosus. _ May 10th, 1916. . Myrmedonia laticollis. . Tropidopria fuliginosa and no. 8 also present. co bo ot dl. 32. 33. 4. THE ENTOMOLOGISI’S RECORD. August 17th, 1917. . Scatopse transversalis var. . Amphotis marginata and no. 2 also present. March 19th, 1920. . Myrmedonia funesta. . Quedius brevis. . Microglossa gentilis. . Harpactes homberqt. . Aphiochacta aequalis. ciliata and no. 2 also present. April 4th, 1920. 99 . Myrmedonia limbata and nos. 2, 8, and 9 also present. May 30th, 1920. . Oxypoda vittata. . Ptenidinum formicetorum. . Beckia albina. . Limosina curtiventris. . Loxotropa fuliyinost. Laelaps (Laelapsis) cuneifer and nos. 8, 8, 9, 10, and larvae of 9 also present. June 20th, 1920. . Ptenidium laevigatum and nos. 8, 9, 10, 12, 18, 14, 15, 16, and pupae of 9 also present. . Chalcid bred from Quedius brevis pupa. August 14th, 1920. . Ceraphron fuliginost and nos. 2, 8, 4, 6, 8, 9, and 18 also present. September 27th, 1920. » Othins myrmecophilus. . Spalangia erythromera. . Lagynodes niger var. aterior. . Aspilota nervosa. . Tetrilus diversus. Very young spiders and egg-sacks on carton of nest. . Quedius mesomelinus. . Larvae of Dipteron; small but fat and broad. Nos. 2, 8, 4, 8, 9, and 11 also present. October 7th, 1921. Oxypoda haemorrhoa and nos. 2, 8, 4, 6, 7, 8, 10, 20, 25, 28, 29, and 80 also present. June 8th, 1922. Notothecta confusa. Dendrophilus pygmaeus and nos. 2, 8, 4, 6, 9, 10, 15, 20, and 30 also present. September 22nd, 1922. Schizoneura corni, alate ¢ and nos. 2, 8, 4, 6, 7, 9, 10, 20, 21, 30, and 383 also present. MYRMECOPHILOUS NOTES FOR 1922, 5 October 18th, 1922. 35. Proctrupid sp. ?, and no. 15 also present. Tn connection with a few species in the above list :— Nos. 2 & 4 (Myrmedonia cognata, Mark, and M. laticollis, Mark, are about equally common, and are _two of the insects most frequently found present in this nest. This is not generally the case with the the former beetle in fuliyinosus nests, either as regards to distribution: or numbers. No. 9 (Quedius brevis, Hr.). On June 8th I brought home some, larvae of this beetle and placed them in a cell with some refuse from the nest. One pupated on June 12th and hatched on July 5th, seventeen days being spent in the pupal state. No. 10 (Microglossa gentilis, Miirk) was not observed in this nae until March, 1920; since then it has been quite abundant at times. In 1909 I discussed the problem of this (and other) species inhabiting both birds’ nests and ants’ nests (Z’rans. Ent. Soc. Lond.) 1909 398-402). ur No. 21 [Ptenidium (Matthewsiwm) laevigatum, Er.| has been found twice. I have little doubt that this is a myrmecophilous species. It has occurred with both Formica rufa and A. (D.) fuliginosus elsewhere.. One of the four specimens in the Matthews’ Collection was originally in his series of P. formicetorwn, and marked by him as being a typical specimen of the latter species, he having no doubt taken it with ants. Many of the British records of P. laeviyatum are probably erroneous. No. 25 (Spalanyia erythromera, Forst.) IL have bred this year from pupae from No. 80; this is a new host for the Chalcid. It will be. remembered that when I first discovered a host for this insect, I bred it from pupae of Phyllomyza lasiae. [For notes on the life-history, etc., of S. erythromera see nt. Rec. 84 4 (1922)]. No. 30. I have not so far been successful in breeding the imagos from these larvae, though I have frequently brought examples home and placed them in cells with bits of carton and refuse from the nest and damp earth. They always pupate, some fastening themselves on bits of the carton, but no flies have ever hatched out. These larvae are chiefly to be found in the earth, often very damp, immediately. beneath the carton of the ants’ nest. I have found Dipterous eggs, from which the larvae had emerged, attached to the carton of the nest, which I have thought might be those of this species. No 33. Dendrophilus pygmaeus, Li. This is the first time, as far as | am aware, that this Formica rufa guest has ever been taken in a nest of d. (D.) fuliginosus. As a second specimen occurred on September 22nd, it is not the case of a single chance specimen. The carton of the nest is of a hght brown colour. I keep the hole in the tree packed with grass, etc., in the usual manner, and of course. various species of non-myrmecophilous Coleoptera, etc., are often found, such as Aleochara succicola, Th., Atheta nigricornis, Th., Xan- tholinus linearis, Ol., Clambus punctulum, Beck., Hister merdarius, Hoft., Huplectus karstent, Reich., Coninomus constrictus, Gyll., Corticaria denticulata, Gyll., and C. eppelsheimi, Reitt., etc. I think that the reason that the fuliginosus have not deserted their nest, which ants will frequently do when continually disturbed, is tiat I generally give 6 “THE ENTOMOLOGIST’S RECORD. them some sugar when I repack the nest. Mr. Champion also occasionally visits this nest, and he kindly informs me what species of Coleoptera be finds present. I am indebted to him for the first record of No. 14 (Myrmedonia limbata, Pk.) ; healso found No. 82 (Notothecta confusa, Mk.) there this year, and Quedius ventralis, Ahr. Acanthomyops (Donisthorpea) niyer, L.—On August 20th marriage flights of this ant took place both at Putney (noted by Miss I’. Kirk), and at Horsford in Norfolk, where I was at the time. In the latter locality the sexes of A. (C.) flavus, and species of Myrmica were also on the wing. Another flight occurred at Putney, on September 21st, all over the district, at about 5.80 p.m. Sparrows were catching the winged ants both on the ground and in the air, and a large green dragon-fly was “ hawking” them; flying up and down the Hazlewell Road. Acanthomyops (Chthonolasius) umbratus, Nyl.—When evening sweeping at Barton Mills on September 5th, numerous ¢ g and winged ? ¢ of this species were swept up off long grass, and were very active in the net. On September 22nd when evening sweeping at Woking, a single winged @ was netted. On being placed in a glass- topped-box she immediately got rid of her wings. Formica rufa, L.—On May 9th a single winged 9 was seen running in a sand-pit near Lyndhurst, New Forest, a marriage flight having no doubt taken place that morning, the day being hot and sunny. On June 6th at Woking a deilated 9 was picked up as she was crossing a foot path. This I took home and endeavoured to get accepted by some I’. picea ¥ ¥ from the New Forest. The experiment was not successful however; as she died (or was killed) in-a few days. Formica picea, Nyl.—On May 7th % 8 of this ant were running about all over the “‘ picea”” area in Matley Bog. Several nests were located ; the colony from one of these, which contained no less than 15 deilated @ 2, was taken home and fitted up in a plaster nest. The ants were evidently not at home in the plaster nest; and the colony did not thrive, though eggs were laid and larvae brought up. Amonest other food given to this nest was a number of . rufa ¥ cocoons, some of which were cut open and the rufa pupae devoured ; others were allowed to hatch and the rufa % ¥% lived for some time in the picea colony. Latterly they were sometimes pulled about by the picea % 8, and all eventually died. I have presented the individuals which remained of the colony to Miss Cheesman of the Zoological Gardens, as she had prepared a formicarium in the Insect House, con- sisting of a bog with growing sphagnum, rushes, etec., for their reception. She tells me that they all went down into the sphagnum. at once on arrival; but have not appeared since. It remains to be seen if the ? @ will lay eggs, and the 3 8 build up a typical picea nest next year. Camponotus (Camponotus) herculeanus, L., subsp. pennsylvanicus, Retz.—Mr. J. W. Saunt sent me to namea number of ants comprising gS, winged 9 9, 242, and ¥ ¥, which proved to belong to the above subspecies. He told me that about July 7th he noticed a large deiilated @ ant on the floor of a saw-mill at Coventry, which he realised was not a British species. On hunting about he found a plank of American oak which had been bored by Coleopterous, or Lepidop- terous, larvae, and on cutting offa piece a hole was exposed which was MYRMECOPHILOUS NOTES FOR 1922. 7 tigbtly packed with dead ants. After shaking out and removing with tweezers a large number of these, the entrances to a central chamber were exposed, and inside he discovered five live winged @ 9. Of course these ants had been introduced in timber from North America ; but how, and why, they came to be packed into the small space in which they occurred (Mr. Saunt kindly sent me the piece of oak and I should say the borings were Coleopterous) Iam quite unable to explain. In British Ants (p. 848) I give other records of this American species occurring in Britain. Winged ? 9 were also sent to the Museum (a year or two back), from Alfreton, Derbyshire, which had been imported from America in ash poles. COLEOPTERA. Atemeles emarginatus, F.—A specimen of this insect was found running at large in a sand-pit at Matley Passage, New Ilorest, on May 15th. A few Myrmicas were about in the sand-pit; the beetle had probably just left a Myrmica nest, preparatory to entering one of Formica fusca. _ Clythra 4-punctata, L.—A number of specimens were observed seated on brambles over a rufa nest in Ramnor Inclosure, New Forest, on May 11th. One pair, in cop., was quite close to the nest on a twig, and ants were continually running over them, apparently with- out disturbing them in any way. BRAcoNIDAE. Aspilota concolor, Nees.—Mr. Morley has kindly named for mea of this species which I took in a nest of Formica fusca at Box Hill on May 1st, 1910. I have several times taken Aspilota nervosa, Hal., in the nest of A. (D.) fuliginosus. Mr. Morley tells me that this genus is parasitic on Diptera; it is therefore certain that when found with ants, they are parasitic on the flies which have bred in the ants’ nests. Diptera. Microdon rhenanus, Andries, and JM. latifrons, Lw. ?—On May 6th I found one larva and a few empty pupa cases of a Microdon in a nest of A. (l).) niger situated in a stump of Scots pine in the New Forest. The larva was unfortunately injured when breaking up the stump with a digger, and as it died next day, it was placed in spirit. On May 11th I again visited the ride where the stump had occurred, to endeavour to obtain more specimens. A number of old, empty Microdon pupa cases were found in various pine stumps containing niger colonies (proving that the flies had been abundant last year), but neither larvae, nor live pupae, were seen. As the pupa cases were different from any I had previously seen lsent some to Father Wasmann, who informed me they were Microdon rhenanus, Andries, a rare species and new to Britain. He also kindly supplied me with the reference to the original description [Zeits. f. Wissen. Zool. cil, Heft 2 (1912)]. I subsequently gave a pupa case to Mr. Edwards for the Museum, with the reference, and he informs me that it does not agree with the description of M. rhenanus, and moreover he is of the opinion that it is that of M. latifrons. As I found Microdon puparia in several different stumps, they may not all belong to the same species, and it 8 THE ENTOMOLOGISL’S RECORD. is most probable that those sent to Wasmann are M. rhenanus.* Of the others however I can only say that they do not appear to me to agree with one of JI. latifrons, taken by Mr. Champion at Woking, which I have before me. The latter is distinctly larger, the ground surface is smoother, and the raised reticulated pattern is neither so prominent, nor so pronounced ; moreover the shape is different, being more parallelsided, and not as narrowed towards the base. ; Microdon latifrons, Lw., was taken in Britain in 1875, at Oxshott, and in 1900 at Nethy Bridge, by Colonel Yerbury; and by the late Rev. H. 8. Gorham, in the New Iorest, in 1902: but these I believe were only specimens of the imago netted at large. Quite recently Mr. Champion found live pupae at Woking in ants nests under pine bark, and Mr. Main at Ascot, from which the flies were reared. It is un- fortunate that I was not put on to these localities in time to ascertain the host ant of the fly, which host, as far as I know, is unknown on the Continent. As is well known, the larvae of all species of Micr al occur in many parts of the world, but always in ants’ nests, where they pupate ; and have been known for many years. The food, however, on which they lived was unknown, and it had never been discovered until 1912. Unfortunately Forel, in his last volume [Le Monde Social des Fournis du Globe, 2, 118 (1922)|, states that it is still unknown. In 1912 [Mut. Itec., 24, 35-6 (1912)| I demonstrated by experiment of what the food of these larvae consisted. It may be as well to recapitulate briefly what I then wrote concerning one from a number of the larvae of Microdon mutabilis taken in nests of Formica fusca, at Porlock, and introduced into a plaster nest containing a colony of that ant—‘‘ The smallest larva I had is now full grown and still alive to-day, December 23rd, it having lved in my nest for over seven months.” [It subsequently pupated and hatched.|] ‘It is always in the chamber occupied by the ants. When they move it very slowly follows them. The ants often sit on it and walk over it, but they never feed it. In my former experiments [Hnt. Rec., 19, 255 (1907): 24, 18-19 (1909)|, I kept the ants and larvae in a bow! with earth, and as the ants and the Microdon larvae were always beneath the earth, I could never see them without disturbing the nest. NowI have been able constantly to observe them, it is quite clear that the food of the larva consists of the droppings, and pellets (Janet’s Boulettes de nettoyage), of the ants. It has never had any other food in the bare chamber in which it lives, it has never gone to the honey which is in the last (the light) chamber, the ants have never fed it, and it has grown to a full size larva from a very tiny young one.” HeEtTEROPTERA. Nahis lativentris, Boh.ixamples of the larva of this bug were observed in company with 8 8 of Formica fusca, and F’. fusca var. glebaria, on the cliffs at Ventnor, I. of W., on September 9th. Mr. G. C. Leman and his son also found young stages of N. lativentris running about with % 3 of I. fusca at Southwold in August. On both of the above occasions the bugs were about the same size as the * Since this was written I have heard again from Father Wasmann and he tells me the specimens sent to him are M. rhenanus. LEPIDOPTEROLOGY. 9 ants. Other records of the occurrence of the larva of this Nabis with ants may be found in the H'nt. Mo. May. cor June, 1921 [H.M.M. 57 187 (1921)]. APHIDIDAE. Trama troglodytes, Heyden.—Specimens were found at large in a nest of A. (D.) niger under a stone at Freckenham, on September 5th. As usual when the nest was exposed the ants carried nae Aphids into safety. Aphis heraclei, Koch.—Many specimens occurred in a nest of Myrmica ruginodis at the roots of Heracleum sphondylium at Stowting, on June 30th. Forda formicaria was found in company with the Coccid Ripersia subterranea in a nest of A. (D.) niger under a large stone on the beach at Ventnor, I. of W., on September 11th. Lepidopterology. In the recently issued Trimestres of the Annales de la Société Entomologique de France the illustrious Abbé J. de Joannis has written a critical revision of the species of Lepidoptera whose larval stage produce or inhabit galls on plants in the European area. He has taken as the basis of his paper the great work of Houard, Catalogue des Zoocécidies des Plantes @Kurope et du Bassin de la Mediterranée, treating of each species in detail and finally showing that out of the 62 species of Lepidoptera recorded by Houard 12 should be deleted as included upon incomplete or erroneous original and unconfirmed observations, while at the same time M. de Joannis adds 12 Huropean species, which are not included in the original work of Houard. These 62 species are divided among the families Sestidae 8, Pyralidae 1, Pterophoridae 2, Orneodidae 4, Tortricidae 24, Hypono- meutidae 1, Crelechtidae 15, Hlachistidae 9, Neptieulidae 2, Tineidae 1. The Abbé’s remarks and criticisms are written in a most kindly manner with ample apologies to the author for having to point out such a series of errors both of commission and omission. He quotes with much apparent pleasure, and as an incentive for future observers the words of the late Lord Walsingham in vol. xl. of the Ent. Mo. Mag.: ‘ One finds here | Biskra, Algeria] among the Micros an unusual proportion of gall-makers. This habit is adopted by at least seven distinct genera :—Phalonia, Oecocecis, Coleophora, and four new ones (Anoecisis, Cecidophaga, Hypocecits and Proactica). Iam able to record nine gall-making species in these genera without taking account of Amblypalpis olivierella, Ret., the galls of which I believe I also found on Tamarix, and two others, not yet bred, one on Gynimocarpon fruticosum, possibly an inquiline, and one on Haloxylon articulatum.” The following are the species given as “‘ cécidogenes ”’ by the Abbé Joannis with the host plant, those marked with an asterisk being found in Britain :— *Sciapteron tabaniformis, Rott., on poplars (Populus nigra, alba, etc.) ; var. rhingiaeformis, Hb., on P. nigra; and subsp. synayriformis, Ramb., on P. alba, ete. Sesia flaviventris, Stdgr., on willows (Salia caprea, etc.). S. triannuliformis, Frr., on Sorrel (umex acetosella). *Odontia dentalis, Schiff., on Mchium vulgare and Anchusa sp. 10 THE ENTOMOLOGIST’ S RECORD. Platyptilia nemoralis, Z., on groundsels (Senecio nemoralis, silvaticus, etc.) ; var. sarvacenica, Wk., on S. fluviatilis. *Pterophorus mnicrodactylus, on Hemp Agrimony (Mupatoriwmn cannahinum). Orneodes desmodactyla, Z., on Stachys sp. QO. dodecadactyla, Hb., on Honeysuckles (Lonicera aylosteum, caerulea). O. yrammodactyla, Z., on Seabious species (Scabiosa columbaria, maritime, etc.). QO, palodactyla, Z., var. perittodactyla, Stdgr., on Scabiosa ureeolata. *Tortrix paleana, Hb., on Plantaao lanceolata. *Oonchylis atricapitana, Steph., on Senecio jacobaea. C’. pontana, Stdgr., on the wormwoods (Artemisia campestris, ete.). C. corsicana, Wlsm., on Santolina chamaecyparissus. (. austrinana, Chrét., on S. rosmarinifolia ; var. jflorana, Chrét., on S. chamaecyparissus. (. hylarana, H.-S., on Artemisia campestris. ©. clavana, Cst., on Artemisia gallica. CU. santolinana, Stgr., on Santolina rosmarintfolia. CU. evtensana, Ster., on Artemisia barreliert. Conchylis leucanthana, Cst., on Cephalaria leucantha. *“Hvetiia buoliana, Schiff., on pine trees (Pinus sylvestris). “FE. resinella, L., on pine trees (Pinus sylvestris, montana, ete.). *“(rypsonoma aceriana, Dup., on poplars (Populns alba, niyra, etc.). “Cr, incarnana, Haw., race dealbana, Frr. Pelatea festivana, Hb., on oak (Quercus pubescens). Semasia metzneriana, Tr., on Artemisia absinthium. S. ineana, Z., on Artemisia campestris. Kpiblema lacteana, Tr., on Artemisia campestris. “HF. tetraquetrana, Haw., on alders and birches (Alnus glutinosa, etc., and Betula pubescens, etc.). *h). luctuosana, Dup., on Centaury (Centaurea nemoralis). Grapholitha zebeana, Rtzbg., on larch (Larta europaea). *(7. servillana, Dup., on willows (Salix caprea, viminalis, cinerea, repens, etG.). G. conicolana, Heyl., on pines (Pinus sylvestris, laricio, etc.). *Argyresthia goedartella, Li., on alder (Alnus glutinosa). Parapodia sinaica, Frauenf., on Tamarisk (T’amaria gallica, etc.). *“(relechia mulinella, Z., on Dartsia aspersa. Phloeocecis cherreyella, Chrét., on Fagonia sinaica and I’. glutinosa. Lita yallincolella Mn., on Tamarisk sp. L. gypsella, Cst., on Aster acris. L. cauliyenella, Schmid., on campions (Silene inflata, nutans, italica, ete.). L. gypsophilae, Stt., on Gypsophila sps. I. coussonella, Chrét., on Silene sawifraya. Leleia brucinella, Mn., on Tamarisk. *Stenolechia gemmella, L., on oak (Quercus sessiliflora). Proactica halimilignella, Wism., on Atriplea halinus. P. echiochilonella, Chrét., on H'chiochilon fruticosum. Sclerocecis pulverosella, Chrét., on Limontastrum guyonianum, etc. Amblypalpis olivierella, Rag., on Tamarisk sps. (Vamaria jordania, articulata, ete.). “NOTES ON COCCINELLIDAE. 4 * Blastodacna vinolentella, H.-S., on crab-apple (Pyrus malus). *Mompha decorella, Steph., on willow-herbs (Hpilobium hirsutum, montanum, parviflorin, angustifolium, ete.). M. nodicolella, Fuchs., on Hpilobtiun montanum and angustifolium. Staymatophora serratella, Tr., on snapdragon (Antirrhinum majus). S. teucriit, Wism., on Teuerfum fruticans. *Augasma aeratella, Z., on the bistorts (Polyyonum aviculare, arenarium, etc.). *Heliozela stanneella, ¥.R., on oaks (Quercus pedunculata, cerris, lusitanica, etc.). : Coleophora stefanti, Joann., on goosefoot species (Atriplea parvi- florus, etc.). Phyllobrostis eremitella, Joann., on spurge laurel (Daphne gnidium). Nepticula turbidella, Z., on white poplar (Populus alba.). *N. argyropeza, Z., on aspen (Populus tremula). *“Incurvaria tenwicornis, Stt., on birch (Betula alba).—H.J.T. Notes on Coccinellidae. By G. B. C. LEMAN, F.E.S. 1. Hippodamia variegata, Goeze, ab. suparcuata, mihi. While collecting aberrations of this species in the summer of 1922 at South- wold, Suffolk, I found one with a formula not yet recorded. This aberration is distinguished from ab. arcuata, Leman, in having the confluence inverted and its formula is 1, 2, 8, 5+4+6, 4. Type in my collection. 2. I found this species in fair numbers on nettles and the coarse tall grass typical on the beach in this district. The type form with 9 spots largely predominated, followed by ab. constellata, Laich., ab. angulosa, Ws., and ab. similis, Schrank (138 spots). The following were found in much lesser ratio, viz.: ab. neglecta, Ws., ab. confluens, Sajo, ab. veloa, Ws., ab. 11-punctata, Schrank, and ab. abbreviata, Ws. Of each of the following I only took one specimen: ab. donisthorpet, Leman, ab. judii, Leman, ab. italica, Walt., ab. alacris, Ws., and ab. observepunctata, Schrank. 3. Of the above forms I do not think abs. confluens, veloz, L1-punctata, abbreviata, julti, ttalica and alacris have been recorded for Great Britain, though probably they may be found in many collections. 4. I took three specimens approaching ab. donisthorpet, Leman, to the extent that in two cases the left and right elytra respectively only have the typical confluence, while in the third case the left elytron has the typical confluence and the right elytron conforms to the formula of the type form (9 spots). 5. One specimen of ab. anyulosa, Ws., is remarkable for the bold- ness and breadth of the spots forming the confluence. 6. Out of some 200 specimens taken, only three (the typical form, ab. constellata, Laich., and ab, similis, Schrank) have the coronate form of marks on the thorax. 7. Halysta 22-punetata, L.—At the same time I took this species in large numbers, not on nettles as | had expected, but on young oak shoots springing up from stumps of fallen trees, all in the length of one hedgerow. Incidentally these shoots were all attacked by the whitish mildew so often seen on young oaks. I took the species in all 12 THE ENTOMOLOGIST’S RECORD. its stages and had not taken the larva or pupa before. These latter are readily distinguished from those of other Coccinellids by their distinct yellowish appearance. I brought back several of the larvae, which in due course pupated and emerged satisfactorily. Some Notes on Swiss Butterflies. {Supplementary to the Butterflies of See One, by Rev. Geo. Wheeler, M.A., F.E.S.] By the late MR. A. J. FISON. (Arranged and communicated by Miss L. M. Fison.) “The works of the Lord are great, sought out of allthem that have pleasure therein.’’—Psalm, exi. 2. (Concluded from vol. xxxiv., page 217.) Epinephele lycaon, Rott.—Fionnay, vii.; Nessel, 30.vii.90; Der- borence, 25.vili.90. Aphantopus hyperantus, 4.—Rhone Bridge of St. Triphon, 21.viii.03 (lots) ; Charpigny, 3. ile 88; Gryonne, 22.vii.22; Champéry, 31.vii.22 ; Mt. Carré, vi. and vill. - Dent: du Midi. A. hyperantus ab. arete, Milliére.—Above Plan Cerisier ; Martigny Combe. , A. hyperantus ab. caeca, Fuchs.—Corbeyrier; Kclépens. Coenonympha iphis, Schiff—Bex; Montet, 15.vi.20; Gryonne Meadows, 1.vii.22; Charpigny, 3.vii.22; St. Triphon Marsh, 3.vil.22 ; Dent du Midi, 4.vii.22 ; Mont Carré, 21.vi. C. arcania, L., var. insubrica, Ratzer.—Le Prese, 13.vil.01; Faido, 13.vil.03 (1). C. arcania var. darwiniana, Stdgr.—Bel Alp, 14.v1.90; Caux, vi. C. satyrion, Ksp.—Dent du Midi; Barmaz; Bonaveau, 8.vii.22 (L.M.F.), very small spots, some none. C. satyrion, Ksp., var. wricolor, Wh.—Morteratsch Glacier, 19.v1.01; Hmosson; Col de Forclaz, 7. viii. 09; Teméley, 2.vili.10. No black spots on band. C. satyrion ab. caeca, Wh.—(1) Rigi Staffelhohe, 21.vi.04. C'. pamphilus var. iyo, Ksp.—Mt. Bré; Cassarate; Mendrisio, 15.viii.02. C. tiphon, Rott.—Altmatt, 17.v1i.08; Arth-Goldau, 20.vi.04 ; Winsiedeln, 6.vii.04; Aigle beyond golf links by Canal, 16.vi.05, 5.E. corner, the best part. The forms found there are very interesting, some being dark and some pale. Leeuk, 19.v1i.07. ; Oeneis aello, Hb.—Saasegrund, 29.vi.94; under mountains from Vernayaz to Martigny, no doubt blown down. Laquinthal, 18.vii.08 ; under Dent de Morcles, 25.vi.90; Faulborn, 1.vi.14 (L.M.F.). Evrebia epiphron, Knoch., var. cassiope, Fabr.—Under Bel Alp, 14.vii.90. E. epiphron ab. -nelamus, Bdv.—Furka; Triibsee; Zermatt ; Simplon ; St. Bernard ; Glacier du Trient. FE. epiphron var. valesiana, Mey.D.—Pierre-a- Voir ; Magenwald. EH. melampus, Fssl., ab. sudetica, Stgr.—Randa; (1) Pratigau. i. flavofasciata, Heyne.—Schafberg, §S. of Ist Restaurant, 1-15.vii.04; Tscherva glacier, 30 mins. below and behind Restaurant, 1 g, 10.vii.01; none there in ee first found about 1850. Now on S. side of Albrun Pass. NOTES ON COLLECTING. 13 E. eriphyle, Frr.—St. Lucia, 30.vii.97. E.. pharte, Hb., ab. phartina, Stgr.—Anthémoz, 29.vi.02. E.. mnestra, Hb.—Boden Glacier, 18.vii.95. E. alecto, Hb., var. glacialis, Esp.—Fully ; Portailles; Vernayaz, 18.vii.91; Mattmark See, 29.vi.94; Faulhorn, 1.viii.l4 (L.M.F.) ; Anzeindaz, 14.vii.91. E. manto, Ksp.—Dischmathal (near eriphyle locality), 11.vii.04 ; Fénistral Bridge, 4.viii.10; Chamossaire; Corbeyrier; Rochers de Naye ; varies greatly in size. E. manto, Esp., ab. caecilia, Hb.—Trient glacier. FE. ceto, Hb.—Belalp, 14.vii.90 ; Teméley, 8.viii.1900. FE’. medusa, Fabr.—With extra eye at apex of forewing (on one side only) likeab. eviades, Wh. Found 1in50soat Charpigny; andonthe West side of Gryonne between road and railway in May, 1906, I got about 15 so. @s seem to have this eye at times. (16) Kclepens (marsh), 20.v.90; Belalp, 14.vii.90; Monte Bré, 28.v.03; Caux, 18.vi.03 ; Faido, 11.vi.04 ; (8) Charpigny, 8.vi.07. FE. oeme, Hb.—Maderanerthal, 24.vi.96 ; Faulhorn, 1.vii.14; Dent du Midi, 29.vi.14, with var. valesiaca, Elwes; Lutschine Valley, 8.vill.14 ; Champéry, 81.vii.22; Barmaz, 4.vili.22 (L.M.F.). E. evias, Godt.—Losone (1), 28.v.03; Asegna, 4.v.96; above Inden, 4.vi.94; Dent de Morcles (2/3 up), 15.v.94. FE. nerine, Frr., var. stelviana, Curé.— Under Piz Languard (near 1st and 2nd snow), vii.04; Taschthal, 9.vii.965. fi. euryale, Esp.—Hmaney, 18.vili.09. E, ligea, lu.—Dent du Midi, 29.vi.14—21.vii.22; Gorge de Chau- deron; E. of Nioue, vii.; Fren'éres, 3.vii.18; Grindelwald, vii.14 ; Champéry, 80.vii.22 (L.M.F.). Fi, aethiops, Ksp.—-Charpigny, viii. E.. aethiops ab. leucotaenia, Ster.—Alpe de Bodine. Evebia pronoé, Esp., var. pitho, Hb.—Salanfe Road above Salvan, 8.1x.10. FE. goante, Ksp.—Kmosson (Finhaut), 12.viii.09; sous Kippel, 10.viii.90 ; Faulhorn, 1.vii.14 (L.M.F.). FE. gorge, Ksp.—Rothhorn nr. Brienz, 16.vii.92; Mattmark See, 29.vi.94 ; Anzeindaz, 14.vii.91; Gornergrat, 5.vi.97. FE. tyndarus, Esp.—Faulhborn, 1.vili.14; Barmaz, 4.viii.22 (L.M.F.). FE. tyndarus var. dromus, H.S.—Nr. Anthémoz, 4.viii.03; Barmaz, 1.vili.03. E\. Jappona, Esp.—Arpilles, nr. Martigny (2082 m.) (4), 9.vi.90; Faulhorn, 1.viii.14 (L.M.F.). Melanargia galathea, L1.—Charpigny, vi. ; Les Posses; nr. Gryonne at Bex. Some with blue spots at edge of W. Sierre, 8.vii.02; Bueé, 3.vil.01 ; Bex, 8.vi.03. M. galathea var. galazaera, Esp.—Lavorgo, 9.vii.03; Mt. Bré, 28.v.03 and 18.viii.02; (24) Lugano, 2.v1.96. TOTES ON COLLECTING, etc. WarwicksHirE Records or IcHNEUMONIDAE (lcHNEUMONINAE).—Con- sidering the meagre reports of Ichneumonidae from the Midlands, perhaps the following captures in the Coventry district will be of 14 THE ENTOMOLOGIST S RECORD. interest to readers. ‘These were all taken previous to 1922 and have all been determined by Claude Morley, F.Z.S., F.E.8. :—Prot- ichneumon laminatorius, F.—Bubbenhall, 80.vi.18, H. Cooke. Stenich- newmon trilineatus, Gm.—HKarlsdon, 1921, A. J. Aiers. S. ochropis, Gm.—Stockton, 12.vii.19. Cratichneumnon rufifrons, Gr.—Stoke, v1.16; Coleshill Bog, 28.vi.1917; Stoke, 29. v. 21. C. fabricator, Fab.— Common and generally distributed. C. annulator, Fab.—Common and generally distributed. C. fuyitivus, Gr. SS vestall, 31.vili.19; Stoke, 28.v.21. C. gravenhorsti, Fnsc.—Coombe, 14.ix.16; Bubbenhall, LLy. 19; 25.iv.20; Kenilworth, 8.viii.20. C. lanius, Gr. - Goleshill, 23.vi.17. Me: Tecniaimaroinen: leucomelas, Gm.—Stoke, Wall Teonublven nell 18.vi.18. M. saturatorius, L.— 9? Stoke, 1916. Barichneumon gemellus, Gr.— Church Lawford, 27.vii.l9. B. ridibundus, Gr.—Coombe, 15.viii.20 ; Stoke, S.vili.21. B. albicinctus, Gr.—Bubbenhall, 17.vi.19. ~ B. bilunulatus, Gr.—Ryton, 6.vi.20; Brinklow, 12.1x.20. b. vestiyator, Wesm.—Kenilworth, 8.vili.20. Jchnewmon deliratorius, L.—Generally distributed. J. sarcitorius, .—Bubbenhall, 17.ix.17; Cubbington, 7.vill.18; Canley, 14.v.19; H. Cooke. Bubbenhall, 3.vi.21; F. Bon- ham. J. latrator, Fab.—Coombe, 15.vili.20. J. molitorius, Gr.—Stoke, 9.vii.20. J. ewtensorius, Li. Common and generally distributed. J. gracilentus, Wesm.—Bubbenhall, 17.vu.17; Hunningham, 6.vii.19 ; Canley, 29.v.20. TL. confusorius, Gr—Common and generally distri- buted. J. albiyer, Wesm.—Bubbenhall, 20.viii.17 ; 18.11.21; Baldwin. I. gracilicornis, Gr.—Brinklow, 2.vili.20.. Haephanes hilgris, Gr.— Coombe, 15.viii.20. Rare. Chasmias motatorius, Fab.—Brinklow, 12.ix.20; Brandon, 7.1x.21. Ctenichnewmon castigator, Fab.—Coventry, 90.vi.21. C. funerenus, Fre.—Coombe, 7.vili.21. Rare. C. divisorius, Gr.—Ryton, 10.vi.17. Spilichnewmon occisorius, Fab.—Stoke, 21.viii.20. Amblyteles subsericans, Gr.—Bubbenhall, 8.vi.18; Coo, & § , 15.vili.20; Ryton, 81.vii.21; Brandon, 7.1x.21. A. armatorius, ¥st.—Generally distributed. Probolus alticola, Gr.—Stoke, v.16 9. Murylabus lar- “vatus, Chr.—Bubbenhall, 25.vii.17. Rare. Platylabus pedatorius, Fab.—Binley, 2.x.21. P. phaleratus, Hal.—Stoke, 11.vii.20, H. Cooke. Very rare. Herpestomus brunneicornis, Gy.—Bubbenhall, 1.1x.18, H. G. Wagstaff. Phaeogenes stipator, Wesm.—Binley, 2.x.21. Rare. P. planifrons, Wesm.—Stoke, 24.v.20; Coombe, 15.vili.20. P. impiger, Wesm.—Princethorpe, 26.v1.19. P. maculicornis, Ste.-—Cubbington, 7.vili.18; Coventry, 15.v.19; Church Lawford, 27.viii.19; Stoke, 8.vill.21.° P. stimulator, Gr.—Brandon, 1.vi.19; Coombe, 7.vi.19; Bubbenhall, 25.iv.20; Brandon, 11.vii.20. P. callopus, Wesm.— Ryton, 6.vii.20. P. fulvitarsis, Wesm.—Brinklow, 27.vi.19. Diadro- mus troglodytes, Gr.—Stoke, 9.vit.20. Hemichnenmon elongatus, Rtz.— Stoke, 19; Smockington, 7.viil.20. Rare.