210 ENTOMOLOGIST'SRECORD,VOL. 112 25.ix.2000 American Painted Lady Vanessa virginiensis (Drury) (Lep.: Nymphalidae) on LaGomera, CanaryIslands We visited the Canary Island ofLa Gomera from 19 to 26 October 1999 mainly to look forHypolimnasmisippus L. Unhappily we saw no sign ofthatbutterfly, butwe did see sixteen other species. Most interestingly, on 20 October when visiting the town of Hermigua, we found larvae of Vanessa virginiensis. They were in nests woven in the leaves and flower heads of Jersey Cudweed Gnaphalium luteoalbum which wasgrowingongravelly,cultivatedgroundinthemiddleofthetown. We found the cudweed growing in a few otherplaces, nearEl Cedro, Valle Gran Rey andin San Sebastian, butfoundnomorelarvae. HoweverthisrecordfromHermiguadoesconfirmthatV. virginiensisisstillresident onGomera,fromwhereitdoesnotseemtohavebeenrecordedformanyyears. Theotherspecies seenwere: PierisrapaeL.-widelydistributedatlowtomediumaltitude. PontiadaplidiceL.-seenatlowandhighaltitudes.LarvaeseenonHirschfeldiaincana. Catopsiliaflorella Fab. - at low levels around Cassia didymobotrya planted in gardens. Ova, larvae and imagos present; larvae parasitisedby aTachinid fly whose white ova andpoints of larval entry were clearly visible. One parasitised larva produced a perfect butterfly, anotherproducedtwotachinidflypupae. ColiascroceusGeoffroy.OnlyonespecimenseeninmunicipalgardensatSanSebastian. GonepteryxeversiRehnelt.-commoninthelaurisilvaabove600m,mainlyonthenorthslopes ofGarajonay. LycaenaphlaeasL.-onlyafewseenatElCedro(900m)andTemocoda(1200m). LampidesboeticusL.-flyingaroundTrifoliumsp.inthehotelgardenatSantiago. CyclyriuswebbianusBrulle-atbothmediumandhighaltitudesfeeding on Viciabitumastica. The possibility ofthis species being used as a larva foodplant, when theirmore usual ones eg.Adenocarpussp.arenotinflower,couldbeinvestigated. Zizeria knysna Trimen. - Seen at low levels in the hotel garden at Santiago and near the harbour and in gardens at San Sebastian. Observed ovipositing on Amaranthus sp. at the lattersite.AlsoseenatElCedro(900m). DanausplexippusL. -afew adults seen in the municipal gardenat San Sebastian; no sign of ovaorlarvaeonthevine-likeAsclepiadaceaespeciesgrowingthere. VanessaatalantaL.-afewseeninthelaurisilva. VanessaindicavulcaniaGodart.-seeninthelaurisilvaovipositingonUrticamorifoliaPoir. VanessacarduiL.-notcommon,seenoccasionallyatalllevels. VanessavirginiensisDrury-seeabove. Pseudotergumia wyssii gomera Higgins. - one very worn female at Pastrana (100m) near Targa. ParargexiphioidesStand.-observedatPastranaandinthelaurisilvanearTemocoda(1200m) andRoquedelDiablo(800m). -D. Hall, 5 CurboroughRoad, Lichfield, StaffordshireWS13 7NGand P.J.C.Russell,Oakmeadow,WessexAvenue,EastWittering,WestSussexPO208NP.