136 THE entomobogist's record. 



On abdominal segment 8, tubercles i and ii are in one longitudinal 

 line, i being no longer approximated to the median. On abdominal 

 segment 9, tubercles i have become further separated, and ii ap- 

 proximate more closely. The spiracles are outlined with black, that on 

 the prothorax is large and conspicuous (as is that on abdominal segment 

 8 and on the same level with it) and situated at the posterior part of the 

 prothorax a little below the chitinous plate. It has one tubercle 

 above and two in front. As usual, these are both on a slightly higher 

 level than the abdominal spiracles. I was unable to quite satisfy myself 

 as to the number of the booklets, but there appeared to be an inner row 

 of six on the two anterior pairs of abdominal prolegs, and eight on the 

 two posterior and the anal claspers. — W. S. Kiding, Buckerell. 

 December 28t/t, 1897. 



FooDPLANTS OF Gnophos obscurata. — I found larvfe of Gnophos 

 obscurata last year, feeding on flowers of thrift, at Douglas, Port 

 Soderie and Port Erin, in the Isle of Man. — C. D. Ash, B.A., Skip- 

 with Vicarage, Selby. 



I find the larva of G. obscurata on the wild thyme only in this 

 district. — J. Mason, Clevedon Court Lodge, Somerset. 



Eggs of Lepidopteea. — Melanippe tristata. — Laid singly, some on 

 flat side, others somewhat on end. The egg is oval in outline, with 

 a distinct deep oval depression occupying almost the whole of the 

 upper surface. It is pale yellow in colour, the shell apparently smooth, 

 and the micropylar end (?) appears to be somewhat transparent. [Des- 

 cribed August 6th, from eggs obtained at St. Michel de Maurienne.] 



Larentia verhcrata. — The eggs are laid loosely in a box. They 

 are of a bright green colour, somewhat oval in outline, and rather 

 narrower at one end than the other. The egg forms roughly a 

 flattened disc or ellipsoid, with an oval depression on the upper 

 surface occupying almost the whole of that surface. The shell 

 appears under a two-thirds lens (used as a hand lens), as being quite 

 smooth. The egg becomes yellowish as it advances in age. [De- 

 scribed on August 6th, from egg obtained from a $ captured on Mont 

 Cenis (Lanslebourg).] 



Nenioria riridata. — Eggs laid on flat sides singly ; each egg has 

 an oval outline, green in colour. The shell of the egg is very finely 

 reticulated, and there is a very large oval depression on the upper 

 surface of the egg. [Description made August 6th, from eggs laid by 

 a ? captured at St. Michel de Maurienne.] 



Lythria purimraria. — The eggs are laid singly on long side, the 

 length : breadth : : 5:3. The egg forms a narrow oval in outline, 

 with somewhat blunt ends. It is of a pale whitish-yellow colour when 

 first laid, becoming afterwards slightly greenish. A deep oval 

 depression occupies more than three-fourths of the upper surface, the 

 micropylar end being the fuller and rounder, and less afiected by the 

 depression. The surface of the egg is very finely though distinctly 

 covered with a polygonal reticulation, small raised points appearing at 

 the corners of the polygons. These points are arranged in rows, and 

 run along the egg lengthwise from the micropyle to its nadir. Viewed 

 laterally, the points appear to form curves running obliquely across the 

 surface of the egg. The attached part of the egg is flattened, but pitted 

 similarly to the upper part. [Description made August 1st, from eggs 

 laid by a ? obtained at St. Michel de Maurienne.] — J. W. Tutt, 



