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Enpithecia larvae which we succeeded in finding in the immediate 

 neighbourhood, were K. castii/ata (on various foodphints, as usual, 

 ranging from ash to Crepis), K. linariata, K. jiiilrlnllala, K. jasiuneata 

 (much to our surprise, as we were a mile or two inland, and had under- 

 stood it to be strictly confined to the actual coast), K. nanata, K. 

 t'ra.vinata, K. laririata, and a single slender larva on ( 'rein's, which may 

 well be K. scabii)sata, a species with whose larva neither of us is 

 personally acquainted. Our object in searching Crepis was to get 

 larva' of Hccatcra screna, and in this we succeeded, although they were 

 far from abundant. In the common red campion we found Pcrizmna 

 a[fiiiitata, and, of course, the ubiquitous Diantlnwda bicniris (raiisincola), 

 while the bladder campion yielded one or two D. ronspersa. (jalenpais 

 tetrahit did not seem common in the neighbourhood, but when found 

 it yielded, as usual, the larvae of P. alcheniillata. From ash we 

 obtained larvas of Craninphora liiiKstn, and from alder those of 

 X(itod())ita (Irumcdariits, Acninicta l('pori)ia, Hi/drioiiiena autniniialiH 

 (iinj)liiriata), Kiichocca obliterata (lieparata) and Chloroeli/sta siterata 

 (psittacata), from beech, Colocasia cori/li, from sallow Notudonta ziczac, 

 from heather, Anarta nn/rtilU (both on Calluna and Erica), whilst 

 Odoiitopera bideiitata was in all kinds of trees, though decidedly 

 commonest on ash and larch ; some of the charming lichen-like 

 varieties of the last-named larva' were taken from the larch; the series 

 of moths which I bred in the spring of 1902 showed an interesting 

 range of variation. 



Add to the foregoing notes the fact that, within a very few miles of 

 us, the following (amongst other) species occurred, either as larvfe or 

 imagines, and I think my opening assertion will be admitted — " that 

 the district is a mine of wealth." The species referred to are — 

 ( 'ncidlia absinthii, Hypenodes costaentruialis, Tepliruaia bistortata, Aathena 

 bloineri, Spilote [Abraxas) sijlvata, Perizuina taeniata, Kupithecia 

 plitinbeolata, E. expallidata, E. trisif/naria, E. teniiiata, Kuplnjia jn'cata, 

 Ijijijris prnnata, Petrophora bipanctaria (a fine dark form which I have 

 seen from no other British locality), Scojiaria tnoicicoldla, Kiiiujcliia 

 cinr/ulata, Phlyctaenia terrealis, P. asinalis, Leiuptilus tephradactijliis 

 and L. osteodactylus. 



Notes on the eggs, larva, cocoon and female of Orgyia splendida. 



By .]. C. DOLLMAN, F.E.S. 

 Three full-fed larvfB of this species were received from Dr. Chapman 

 on August 25th of this year, two of which appeared ready to spin up, 

 while the third example had evidently sutiered on the journey. It is 

 a very handsome larva, about one inch in length, with the body beauti- 

 fully variegated by lemon-yellow and black reticulated markings, and 

 adorned with large reddish warts. The head is large and bold in 

 character, and intensely black and shining. There is a black dorsal 

 line on the body, fine on the thoracic segments, but expanding into 

 diamond-shaped blotches on abdominal segments 6, 6, 7. The 1st, 

 2nd, 8rd, 4th and 8th abdominal segments carry a stitt", vertical, black 

 tuft of hair with a white core, and segments 6 and 7 have, in the 

 centre of the dorsal surface, a tall turret-shaped yellow excrescence of a 

 fleshy consistency, which is repeated in an embryo form on segment o. 

 On the prothoracic segment is a transverse band of six dull yellow 

 warts, and a similar band of six, larger, orange-coloured warts across 



