184 THE entomolo(tISt*s record. 



looked for. In a very interesting series of notes on " The British 

 Longicornes," published in the Knt. Beconl, 1898, Mr. Donisthorpe 

 writes of this species as follows : — " Hylotnipes hajidus, L., is a large 

 black, rather shiny, beetle, with a band of white pubescence on the 

 elytra. It is very rare, and has not been taken for some time. It 

 occurs in old posts and rails. Dr. Power took a specimen at Wey- 

 bridge, and Mr. E. A. Waterhouse one at Putney. The last capture 

 was made by Mr. Lewcock, at Cromer, about ten years ago." I do 

 not know whether there are any more recent records than Mr. Lew- 

 cock's, which appears to be about sixteen or seventeen years old. I 

 will keep a sharp look out for the insect during the present season. — 

 Chas. C. Pool, Enfield. 



:ig^OTES ON LIFE-HISTORIES, LARYiE, &c. 



Eggs of Lepidopteka. — Brentliis selene. — Pale green in colour ; of usual 

 Argynnid shape, somewhat pyramidal, or rather in form of truncated 

 cone; 20-22 raised, beaded, longitudinal ribs, running from base to 

 shoulder, some failing before shoulder by joining with others, so that only 

 eight or ten come over into the micropylar area at apex. The apical de- 

 pression contains a very distinct central stella marking the micropyle 

 proper. There is considerable variation in the size of the eggs, some 

 being somewhat short and stumpy compared with others ; in all, the 

 base is flattened and the basal area slightly contracted, po that the 

 greatest width is at about one-fourth of the perpendicular distance from 

 the base (August 7th, 1901). During thenextthree days, the eggs become 

 slightly yellowish in colour, and the shell more pearly (August 10th). 

 Five days later, the eggs are grey in colour, the apex almost blackish ; 

 the larvte hatched same day (August 15th). The newly-hatched larva, 

 except in one instance, devoured the whole of the eggshell except the 

 extreme base. The empty eggshell of this one is of a clear transparent 

 pearly- white. The larva does not appear to eat its way out of the 

 egg at the micropyle, but at the side of the egg. [Eggs laid by 2 

 caught at Torre Pellice, on August 9th, 1901, and described only with 

 a hand-lens.J — J. W. Tutt. 



Stenia pmtctalu. — Oval in outline, nearly as wide as long, much 

 flattened, and with very large depression on the upper surface ; very 

 pale straw colour ; surface somewhat shiny, slightly iridescent, ap- 

 parently smooth. No further structure to be made out with power at 

 disposal. [Described August IBth, 1901, from four eggs laid by a $ 

 captured at Bobbie, on August 12th. J 



Acidalia jiaveolaria. — Oval in outline, width almost equal to length, 

 height only about two-thirds width ; the micropylar end rather wider 

 than the nadir ; slightly depressed on greater part of upper surface 

 (belonging to that type of egg I have previously designated " slipper- 

 shaped "), surface covered with a very strongly- marked and beautiful 

 polygonal reticulation, which is regular and much less coarse than in 

 some of the allied species ; the upper surface with about nine longi- 

 tudinal cells and fourteen transverse ones ; colour pearly-grey when 

 first laid, becoming creamy-grey as the egg matures. [Laid loosely 

 in a box, on August 13th, 1901, by a 5 taken at Bobbie. By the 

 16th the egg itself is quite grey, the raised ribs forming the reticula- 

 tion having a blackish appearance.] 



