NOTES ON COLLECTING. 



Ill 



locality for this insect had beaten the bushes most unmercifully, for 

 not only were the terminal and lateral shoots of the stems broken oil', 

 but the bark and part of the stout stems themselves were cut off with 

 the stroke. Such having been the effect upon the wood, what must 

 have been the result to any larva or pupa that was in the line of the 

 stroke ? I say emphatically, that, of so local an insect as T. inuni, 

 not one ought to be wasted, and yet, for all this individual knows, 

 and probably cares, he killed several, if not many, of the very insects 

 he wished to obtain. Some one may say : But you cannot obtain 

 T. pruni without beating. Persons cannot, of course, if they are 

 blind, and if they are, they ought not to be entomologists. To refute 

 such a remark, 1 may at once say that I found both larv.c and pupa9, 

 and did not beat a stroke. I found as many as I wanted. I used my 

 eyes, I learned where the larva rested, and where it pupated. I did 

 not kill an insect, nor damage a single bush, and I found all my 

 treasures near the spot where the " thresher " had been at work. If 

 I owned woods, I would expel, if not prosecute, every person who so 

 damaged my property. If such an entomologist (?) as he who visited 

 the spot in question, must thrash something, let him use his strength 

 on his wife's carpets. When on his hunting expeditions, let him use 

 his eyes as I did, and by so doing may ho be rewarded with success. — 

 Geouge B. Dixon, S. Peter's Road, Leicester. Janudii/ 24^/;, 1898. 



Callimoupha iiera in Devon. — Last season Call'unorplta Jwra was 

 much more abundant than I have ever known it, and it has spread 

 much, being found in several new localities. On one occasion I had 

 three alive in my net at once, and saw another, which I subseijucntly 

 obtained, flying. I took seventeen on that day in about an hour and a 

 half. Several batches of ova were obtained, and three duly hatched, 

 but most of the larviB died off young. — E. F. Studd, F.E.S., Oxton, 

 Exeter. 



:i^OTES ON LIFE-HISTORIES, LARY^, &c. 



Eggs of Lepidoptera. — ni/j)8ipetes furcatti (elutnta). — The 

 newly-laid egg is pearly white, quickly becoming pale yellow in colour, 

 tinged with bright rosy over the micropylar area, the micropyle 

 proper being quite red. The egg is laid on its long side, oval in 

 outline, and much flattened; length : breadth : height : : 8 : 2 : 1. 

 It is less rounded at the micropylar end than at its nadir. There is a 

 distinct but shallow depression on the upper surface. The shell is 

 finely covered with a very delicate polygonal reticulation, which 

 becomes much rougher and more distinct at the micropylar end. The 

 micropyle itself, owing to its red colour, is very conspicuous. [De- 

 scribed August 6th, from an Q£t,q, obtained at Lanslebourg.] 



Larcntia cacsiata. — The eggs are yellow in colour, laid singly on 

 long side. The egg forms a somewhat distinct ellipsoid, with flattened 

 base. The ends are rounded, and the top flattened, but without 

 noticeable depression. Length : breadth : : 5:8. The surface of 

 the shell is shiny, and is covered with a very fine reticulation. The 

 micropylar end is very finely pitted, the pits arranged concentrically 

 around the micropyle, which appears to be slightly depressed. 

 [Described August 8th, from eggs laid by a 5? captured at St. Michel 

 de Maurienne.J By August 10th, the colour of the eggs had changed 

 to bright orange, almost red. 



