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pylar area ; these are fine, somewhat sharply edged, and crossed by 22 

 very snuilar horizontal ones that divide the surface of the egg into 

 roughly rectangular spaces. The vertical ribs decrease as they near 

 the apex, some disappearing at about a third from the base, others at 

 the shoulder of the egg, two adjacent depressions being continued as 

 one by the sudden suppression of a rib. The micropylar area forms a 

 rather large depression, with reticulated sides and a raised central 

 Stella, formed of six adjacent arcs, with the convexity turned outwards. 

 [Described July 15th, 189H. The measurements evidently want check- 

 ing. Moth captured at Westcombe Park, on July 13th.] — J. W. Tutt. 



Taeniormtipa iirarilis ab. n(fa. — Pale yellow in colour, the surface 

 covered with what appears to be a very coarse and rough reticulation, 

 the latter being formed by about 50 irregular longitudinal ridges, run- 

 ning from the base towards the apex, and crossed transversely. Above 

 ihe shoulder the ridges are lost, and the upper surface is reticulated 

 by irregular polygonal areas. The micropyle itself is conspicuous 

 with ten very distinct oval cells, pointing towards centre surrounding 

 it. The colour then changes to a rather dull orange with some small 

 and rather faint (at first) irregular red patches. The egg forms a 

 little more than one-half of a sphere, somewhat flattened ventrally, 

 and less so towards the apex. [Described May 12th, 1899, under a 

 f lens, from eggs sent by Mr. Christy, laid May 8th, the parents bred 

 from larva) obtained in the New Forest, in 1898, feeding on bog myrtle, 

 and fed up in captivity on sallow and dock.] — J. W. Tutt. 



PanoUs jiinipcrda. — Of a greenish-yellow when received, rapidly 

 changing to a distinct purple. Each egg forms little more than a half 

 of a sphere, with a flattened base, the top occupied by a very con- 

 spicuous depression, in the centre of which the micropyle is distinctly 

 raised, the ribbings of a distinctly Noctuid type, the longitudinal ribs 

 passing from the base to the apex, about 50 in number, are round- 

 edged at summit, wavy in outline, the space between divided up by 

 transverse concentric rings into many oblong areas. The longitudinal 

 ribs unite in twos or threes on a point above the shoulder, about 1() 

 reaching the micropylar area, around which they form a sort of raised 

 rim. The micropyle proper consists of a small depression at the apex 

 of a small truncated cone, situated centrally in the depressed micro- 

 pylar area. The ribs (longitudinal and transverse.) very shiny. [De- 

 scribed May 5th, 1898.]— J. W. Tutt. 



Sjiilondwa incnthastri. — Size as nearly as possible -6251^11. in 

 diameter, almost circular in outline, forming rather more than two- 

 thirds of a sphere, being flattened at bottom. To the naked eye they 

 appear of a very pale yellow colour, but under a lens they are pearly, 

 the yellow having to a large extent disappeared. The surface is 

 covered with a delicate polygonal reticulation, somewhat irregular, the 

 number of sides of the polygons varying frcmi 1 to 6, the majority are 

 however 5-sided. At the apex of the egg there is a small circular 

 depression, on the sides of which the ordinary reticulation of the rest 

 of the egg-shell is continued, but the cells formed are hen; consider- 

 ably narrower and lengthened as they approach to bottom. At the 

 lowest point of the depression six long oval cells meet at the central 

 point, the micropyle proper. Laid in batches on the inside of a luatch- 

 box, Juno 27lh, 1898. [Described same date under a ^ lens, magni- 

 fying 188 diameters.] — J. W. Tutt. 



Acidalia remutata. — -iSmm. high, -ymm. wide. Pale yellow when 



