200 THE kntomologist's record. 



Cerir/n matiira. — The larvae eat Poa right through the winter, and 

 feed up pretty rapidly if kept in a warm place. 



Noctua rlutmboidca. — During fourteen years' collecting here, this 

 species has never been anything but rare until 1897, when it came 

 freely to sugar, and I obtained a number of eggs, feeding the larvfe 

 on lettuce. Towards winter, I put them in a greenhouse ; some fed up 

 twice as fast as others, but by the end of January, 1898, almost every 

 one had gone down or died. On February 22nd, I turned out one 

 pupa (not in any cocoon) and an unchanged larva, so did not inter- 

 fere with them further. 



raranie iin'i/cwra. — Ova in August. Larvfe fed well on Poa grass, 

 which was always procurable, owing to the mild Avinter. When about 

 three-quarters of an inch long they practically ceased feeding, and 

 continued to do so until the spring. 



I'acln'tialeucnphaea. — I was indebted to Mr. Hanbury for larva), 

 which fed on cocksfoot and Z'oa grass. They continued to feed slowly, 

 but died oft" one by one. The last, almost full-fed, died at Christmas. 

 Superficially the larva resembles those of the "wainscots," bomg 

 striped and of the colour of dead grass. 



Anthrocera trifolii. — The larvje feed on Lotm cornirulatiis, and 

 commence hybernating when about one-quarter of an inch long. 

 They are of a dirty yellow colour, very like the colour of dead grass, 

 during hybernation. They frequently die when they should commence 

 feeding. The larvae repeatedly hybernate a second year without any 

 apparent cause, commencing soon after Ihey have started to feed 

 again in the spring, and remain in a dormant condition until the 

 succeeding spring. 



Drijasjiaphia. — Eggs were laid by a ? Dri/as ab. ralesino in July, and 

 the larvae placed on a growing plant of violet. These hatched and 

 apparently started to hybernate at once without feeding at all. One, 

 however, fed up completely, pupated in October, when it was placed 

 in a greenhouse, and in due course emerged — a typical <? . — W. M. 

 Christy, M.A., F.E.S., Watergate, Emsworth, Hants. 



Eggs of LEpmoPTERA.— Cramfews tristellua. — Pale yellow in colour ; 

 cylindrical in shape, rounded at the ends, and slightly narrower at the 

 micropylar end than at its nadir. There are 19 wavy ribs, extending 

 the whole length of the egg from base to micropyle, and 26 transverse 

 ribs. Treated as an opaque object, each longitudinal rib appears to 

 be composed of bright points where the transverse ribs run over it. 

 The space between the longitudinal ribs appears to be broken up into 

 somewhat rectangular patches. In some cases the longitudinal ribs 

 are united before reaching the apex, about 9 ribs only going over the 

 shoulder, and terminating in a circular ring of points bounding the 

 micropylar area. Within these is another ring of still smaller points, 

 enclosing the central stella which forms the micropyle proper, the 

 central point of which is raised. 



Crambus inquinatellus. — The egg is very similar to that of C. 

 tristellufi, being pale yellow in colour, but is more rounded at the 

 micropylar end. It is also of precisely the same size, although the 

 female C trhtellus, is a larger moth than the female C. inquinatellus. 

 There appear to be 18 longitudinal ribs, which have the same wavy 

 appearance as have those of the last species, and about 24 transverse 

 ribs which cross the longitudinal ribs, and divide 4,he space between 



