296 The entoMolouist^s recoKd. 



'W'^ R I A T I N. 



AiiKAX.\S CiROSSULARIATA AB. CLIFTOMANA, N. Aii. GrOUlld ColoUl' of 



an uniform satiny-white, with a very pale tinge of brown, which is 

 barely discernible ; costa more distinctly of the latter colour ; thorax 

 pale yellow, with central part dull brown ; abdomen of a rich yellow, 

 entirely without markings. The two yellow fasciae (basal and median) 

 usual in this species are entirely absent. In fact, the only markings 

 on any of the wings consist of small round intensely black spots, 

 differing, however, in size, the whole insect thuspresentingamostremark- 

 able and, probably, uni(}ue appearance. The stictication is asymmetri- 

 cal, both on the forewing and on the hindwing. The right primary 

 has fifteen spots, the left twenty-one, the right secondary five, the left 

 four. The spots are distributed as folloAvs : — The right primary has 

 four along the costa, consisting of two large ones near the apex, and 

 two small ones close to the base. Directly beneath the outer of 

 these is a tiny spot almost touching the inner margin. In the middle 

 of the wing are three pairs of smallish spots, the top pair being just 

 above the costa, and running E. and W., the central pair (below the 

 previous pair) running N. and S., as does also the bottom pair, situ- 

 ated directly below the central pair, and placed near the middle of the 

 inner margin. There are also four spots edging the lower half of the 

 hindmargin. The twenty-one spots on the left primary are situated 

 thus : — Four large ones along the costa, of which two are near the 

 base, the outer one having a non-costal one just below it, and two 

 towards the apex. In the subapical area is a further set of three, two 

 large, with a small one between. There is the usual series of seven 

 spots edging the hind margin, and there is another group of six in 

 the median area of the wing, situated towards the inner margin. The 

 right secondary has four large spots on the lower half of the hind- 

 margin and one in the centre of the Aving. The left secondary has 

 three spots on the lower half of the hind margin and one near the apex 

 of the same. This aberration is a male, of normal dimensions, and 

 was bred in May, 1892, by the Rev. Joseph Greene, who found the 

 larva feeding on Kitonyttius jajniuicKs at Clifton, near Bristol, and is 

 now in his collection. — (Rev.) G. H. Raynor, M.A., Hazeleigh Rectory, 

 Maldon. March Qth, 1903. 



:iaOTES ON LIFE-HISTORIES, LARYiE, &c. 



Pupa of Epinephele ida. — [Received June 14th, 1903, from Mr. H. 

 Powell, Hyeres.] Very close to the pupa of K. pasiiJiae in general 

 outline and in general coloration, but different in details, though 

 some of these may be individual variations, which so many of these 

 pupje present (I have only one specimen of each pupa), that of E. 

 IjasipJiac died, and has already lost all its proper colour, so that com- 

 parison is not possible as to colour. E. ida looks hiinh smaller, it is 

 really 10mm. long instead of 12mm. It is also more slender, espe- 

 cially in the thoracic region, and looks smaller, therefore, but more 

 swollen ventrally, opposite 2nd to -Ith abdominal segments. The 

 relative measurements are : — 



^Vidtli at Pasiphae. Ida. 



Top of mesothorax .. .. 4mm. .. 3mm. 

 3rd abdominal segment . . ,. 5mm. .. 4-3mm. 



