16 THE entomologist's RECORD. 



by a ring from the lower portion, which is more opaque. The shell is 

 shiny, and the sides very freely striated longitudinally. The whole of 

 the apical portion of the egg is, however, finely, but very distinctly 

 reticulated. The micropylar area is flattened, slightly depressed 

 centrally, while the longitudinal ribs are seen to radiate from the edge 

 of the depression. [Described August 13th, from an egg laid by a J 

 captured at Susa.] 



Satyras cordida — An egg was pressed from the ovipositor of a 

 captured female. It was tall, conical in shape, but with rounded apex, the 

 base flattened and smooth. The colour of a dead white, with 13 very 

 distinct sharply-edged longitudinal ribs, extending from the rounded 

 edges of the base to the apex. At the apex these ribs unite, and en- 

 close a small circular micropylar area, which consists of rounded cells 

 surrounding a minute central depression. The shell is finely granular, 

 but there appears to be no trace of transverse ribbing. [Description 

 made August 11th, from egg obtained at Susa.] 



Ilippan-lda aretheusa. — The Qgg is small compared with the size 

 of the butterfly. It is roughly globular in shape, but with the apex 

 depressed, forming a very distinct micropylar basin. It is pale yellow 

 in colour and shiny, and the shell is almost smooth, although there 

 are faint traces of about 24 longitudinal striations, which can scarcely 

 be designated as ribs. The micropylar depression is minutely pitted 

 over its Avhole area, the pittings finer centrally. [The egg described 

 was gently pressed from the ovipositor of a specimen captured at Aix- 

 les- Bains on August 20th. The description was made on August 24th 

 under a two-thirds lens.] A female, captured on August 20th, was 

 kept alive in a large glass-topped box, and laid about a score of eggs 

 before September 6th, when she died. These were loose in the box, 

 but I had an impression that one or two were slightly attached, and 

 were loosened by the fluttering of the female. 



Argijnnis ino. — A single Qgg was deposited on the lid of a 

 box in which a female was confined. The egg is pale yellow in colour, 

 somewhat conical in shape, '■•' with slightly convex base, and 14 sharp- 

 edged longitudinal ribs, seven of which extend from the base almost to 

 the apex, the alternate ribs being lost just above the shoulder. The 

 seven ribs that reach almost to the apex, fall into a minute apical 

 micropylar depression, in the centre of the base of which is a minute 

 raised button. The egg is very finely striated transversely. Viewed 

 from above, the egg presents a circular outline bearing 14 well-defined 

 sharp teeth (longitudinal ribs). [Described August 1st, ? captured 

 at St. Michel de Maurienne.] 



The LARViE OF CERTAIN Geometrides. — The newly-hatched larvas 

 of the Ennomidae, Amphi(las;/iJae and Boarwlulae, fall into two distinct 

 groups. In the first, the freshly-emerged larvae are dark coloured, 

 spotted with white, the spots having a tendency to form into rings or 

 bands at or near the segments. In the second group the larvae are of 

 some shade of green or brownish-green, with light lateral or spiracular 

 bands, and possibly with pale longitudinal lines or bands on the dorsal 

 and sub-dorsal areas. I take it that the characters of newly-emerged 

 larvae are of equal value for classificatory purpose with the characters 

 of either oval or imaginal stages. Hence, such widely dift'erent cha- 



* The egg is widest at the base ; it contracts slowly to about three-fourths 

 towards the apex, then more rapidly to the apex. — J.W.T. 



