284 THE entomologist's becord. 



the nieso- and metathoracic segments. The line black dorsal line 

 on these segments runs through the centre of these transverse bands 

 of warts, slightly dividing them in the middle, and showing three 

 warts on each side of the line on each segment. The bottom wart is 

 continued horizontally along the larva on each segment, forming a sub- 

 dorsal line of orange-coloured warts to the 8th abdominal segment. 

 On abdominal segments 5, 6 and 7 above this wart, is another 

 orange wart, placed between it and the turret-like protuberance. 

 At the skinfolds, between the thoracic segments, there is a trans- 

 verse series of tine, elongated, yellow, dorsal markings, making two 

 light bars across the larva there. The lateral surface is ornamented 

 with reptile-like markings of lemon-yellow, with jet black network of 

 dividing lines. On each segment, below the subdorsal warts, are 

 placed two others, of a dull horn colour, forming two lines horizontally 

 along the larva, a lateral and a spiracular one. All these warts, on 

 every part of the segments, carry stift' black hairs, rather longer than 

 the tufts before mentioned. The spiracles are concealed in the 

 multiplicity of the black and yellow markings. The head, like the 

 body, is very hairy, and has the growth of hair set well forward, 

 projecting from the face. 



Two of these three larv^ spun their cocoons on August 20th, the 

 third one died. The cocoon is of a greyish- black colour, formed to a 

 great extent from the hairs of the larva, is oval in shape, and 

 semitransparent. In the present instance the spinning was accom- 

 plished in the corners of the box in which the larvffi were kept. 



On (September 15th, a healthy female insect emerged from one of 

 the pup*, and was found to be a stout shuttle-shaped bag-like 

 creature about |in. long. It was covered with closely-grown, thick, 

 woolly hair, rather short in length, and of a tow-like colour. The 

 segmental divisions were cut deeply into the woolly coating, and the 

 insect presented the same appearance all round, the ventral surface 

 only being determined by locating the legs on the closely contracted 

 thoracic segments. The head, anal termination, and legs, Avere dark 

 brown and very shiny. On the 19th, the other cocoon was opened to 

 find another female insect, but, in this case, full emergence from the 

 fragile pupa-case did not take place. The head and ovipositor were 

 ^ simply thrust through the thin confining skin, and the insect soon 

 commenced, as the first one had done, to lay infertile ova. 



The egg is very large for the size of the insect, fully Yt^n. 

 in diameter, is laid without attachment to any object, and rolls 

 loosely about, the egg-laying habit of this species being quite unlike 

 that of the two British species we have in this genus. It is a beautifully 

 smooth egg, white in colour, but showing the glow of the yellow 

 contents through the shell, strongly resembling the appearance of 

 many freshly-laid white eggs of birds. The effect of it is like white 

 porcelain. It is slightly oval in shape with a rather flattened crown, 

 in the centre of which is a small depression. 



<g>RTHOPTERA. 



Orthoptera at Caux. — Caux is a village, or rather, two large hotels, 

 on the hills at the back of Glion, above Montreux. It is a most 

 beautiful spot, commanding a splendid view of the Lake of Geneva, of 



