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add that the ])uprc that did not cmcrj^e last July, commenced cmerg. 

 inoon Ajn-il KHh (1), the Kith (2), 17th (1), 21st (4), etc., the last 

 on the 21>th. The Auti^iist ])rof)d did not commence to emer<>-e until 

 ]\ray 24th, and have been cmcrj;-in<;- ever since, one out last nii^ht, and 

 I lioi)e to breed a few more yet. — AV. E. Butler, Ilayliut;- House, 

 Oxford lioad, Rcadin"-. June VSfh, 1898. 



nUKKI)IN(} CaR.VDHINA QUADRI PUNCTATA (CUBICULARIS) . — From 



the small piece of web containing- larvt\) of Carddrina qnadri- 

 2)nnrfatu, sent to me by IMr. If. Shortridfie Clarke (as mentioned 

 ante, p. ]57), and which only measured some 3 inches x 2 inches 

 X 1 inch, I have bred 88 perfect imagines and two cri])])led specimens 

 durino; the last three weeks. About 4(> larvjc failed to ])upate jn-o- 

 ])erly, presumal)ly from the want of ventilation on their journey to me. 

 Altogether, I calculate about 80 larviB must have been contained in 

 this comparatively small piece of web. The last emergence took i)lace 

 last night (June 21st), so that ju-obably there are a few more yet to 

 emerge. Still, such a large number, in so small a space, is somewhat 

 extraordinary.— J. W. Tutt. Jtine 2Uf, 1898. 



Breeding Ai'noML\ sociella. — ^Ir. Tuck was good enough to 

 send me, last autumn, part (if the wasps' and l)ees' nests mentioned {nnfe, 

 vol. ix., pp. 288-289). They were all small, not more than two or 

 three inches long, two inches or less in width, and about three-quarters 

 of an inch in depth. From these, no less than 80 specimens have 

 emerged since June 2nd (eight this evening, June 21st;, and there arc 

 ])robal)ly many more to come. The specimens vary fi-om 12 mm. to 

 29 mm., botli sexes varying to the same extent. Of the first 30 

 emergences only tlu-ee were females, the proportion of the females to 

 males has been, in the last 20, al)Out 17 to 3. — Ibid. 



CaRTEROCEPIIALUS PALiEMON AND APODA AVELLANA (tESTUDO). 



— I have been fortunate in capturing Carterocr'ph(dns pcdaemon this 

 year, and was also lucky enough to turn u]) Apod a avelhinn 

 (festi(do) on June 3rd. TJtcrla prxui a])pcars to be very scarce this 

 season. — 0. B. Dixon, F.E.S., York House, St. Peter's Road, Leicester. 

 Jn)h' 20fh, 1898. 



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



Eggs of Lepidoptera. — Erebia tyndai-iift. — One egg laid on, and 

 attached to, the inside of a box in which a female was con- 

 fined. The egg is not quite upright, and is very peculiar in shape. 

 It consists of a somewhat oval outline, narrowing towards apex, 

 and rounded both at apex and base. (This part of the egg bears 

 a rough resemblance to a green gooseberry, but is more rounded at 

 apex.) The base is drawn out centrally, i.e., at the point by which 

 it is afBxed, until it has the appearance of a somewhat stumpy 

 peduncle. It is of a delicate (becoming later of a much brighter) 

 green colour, with 19 (or 20) distinct shiny, but not very prominent, 

 white ribs, reaching from the base to the shoulder of the ogg. At 

 the shoulder some of the ribs unite, chiefly in pairs, the united 

 ribs being carried over the shoulder, and finally endinc: on tho 

 edge of tho central micropylar area, which consists of a small shallow 

 depression at the apex of tho ogg. The micropyle proper consists of 

 a bright green button placed at tho bottom of the depression. Tho 



