340 THE p:ntomolo(tIst's record. 



like a ninepin set upside down (on its point), i.e., the micropylar end 

 is much larger, broader, and flatter than its nadir, which serves as the 

 base of attachment. The egg is yellow in colour, and, as far as can 

 be made out with the power at disposal, has some 18 longitudinal 

 ribs medially, some of which, however, anastomose, so that only about 

 12 appear to run over into the micropylar depression. The longitudinal 

 ribs are crossed by a large number of fine, closely-set, transverse ribs, 

 giving the egg a honeycombed appearance. The basal area appears to 

 be pitted rather than ribbed (so far as an examination of several 

 unattached specimens can be trusted), but the apical area has, except 

 for the micropyle itself, much the same sculpture as the long sides. 

 [Eggs laid by a $ taken at Chamonix, August 18th, 1903, and 

 described the next day.] By August 25th the eggs were beautifully 

 speckled with crimson. They commenced to hatch on August 31st, 

 1903. 



Larentia didymata. — A number of eggs laid loosely in a box (whilst 

 the ? was under the influence of ammonia in the lethal box). The 

 eggs are almost perfectly oval in outline, the length to breadth is 

 about 5 : 4, some eggs (the next morning) distinctly yellow, others 

 quite pea-green ; surface shiny and apparently quite smooth, at any 

 rate, under the power at disposal, no sculpture can be made out, nor 

 does there appear to be any difference between the shape of the micro- 

 pylar end and its nadir ; there are no irregularities, no depressions, and 

 the eggs roll quite freely on a smooth surface. [Eggs laid during the 

 night of August 18th, 1903, by a $ taken at Chamonix, described on 

 the morning of the next day.] 



Larentia parallelolineata, Retz. {vespertaria, Schiff.). — The eggs 

 .are laid loosely in a box, of a bright yellow colour, roughly oval in 

 outline, but somewhat flattened at what appears to be the micropylar 

 end, which, although fuller, is somewhat narrower than the nadir. 

 The surface is shiny, apparently smooth, with a marked irregular 

 depression, varying in size, occupying the greater part of the upper 

 surface of the egg. [The eggs, described on August 25th, 1903, 

 were laid by a $ caught at Chamonix on August 19th, and had been 

 laid during the two or three preceding days. The $ , although full 

 of eggs, was very chary of laying thera in confinement, and only 

 deposited fourteen, dying on the 25th.] 



Larentia siibtrii^tata. — The egg is flat in outline, becoming con- 

 siderably depressed on the upper surface at the end more remote from 

 the micropyle ; the micropylar end much fuller than its nadir, 

 giving even a flatly-laid egg the appearance of being raised. The 

 surface appears to be somewhat dull, and there is no trace of sculp- 

 ture to be seen under the power at disposal. Some of the eggs are 

 laid singly, others in small batches of four or five, when laid closely 

 thus they are sometimes really slightly raised, i.e., the micropylar end is 

 somewhat lifted from the plane on which the egg is deposited. [The 

 eggs, described August 25th. 1903, were laid by a 5 that flew into a 

 railway carriage on the night of August 21st, at Pontarlier.j — .7. W. T. 



:ig^^OTES ON COLLECTING, Etc. 



ChARAXES JASIVS, EpINEPHELE NURAG, PaPILIO HOSPITON, ETC., AS 



CoRSiCAN INSECTS. — 1 should like to confirm what Mr. Rowland-Brown 



