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Charaeas (iraminia. — -Laid loosely in a box ; perfectly circular in 

 outline, almost spherical ; base apparently quite smooth, very faint 

 trace of polygonal reticulation on rest of surface ; a faint micropylar 

 depression at apex of egg ; surface dull, colour uniform bright yellow. 

 [Eggs described August i4th, 1901, by a 5 taken on August 13th, at 

 Bobbie.] 



LitJw^ia luvideola.—Oi typical Arctiid appearance, circular in out- 

 line ; height rather more than half the diameter, making rather less 

 than two-thirds of a depressed sphere ; micropylar area somewhat 

 flattened, but most markedly depressed ; surface covered with a fine 

 and neat reticulation ; pale orange-grey in colour when first laid, 

 changing to deeper brown- grey by the next morning. The eggs are 

 laid in regular rows, side by side, as is usual with the Arctiids. In 

 one instance one Qgg is laid upon two others, these last being placed 

 in different regular rows of four each in a small batch. Two days 

 later the eggs were dark coffee-brown in colour all over, the reticula- 

 tion clearer. [Described August 14th and 16th, 1901, from eggs laid 

 by a 2 taken at Bobbie on August 13th.] 



Enhnlia macnlata. — -Laid loosely ; pearly-white in colour ; exceed- 

 ingly small for size of moth ; oval (almost spherical) in shape ; surface 

 shiny and apparently smooth (under power at disposal) ; one end 

 depressed (August 15th, 1901). Bright orange-yellow; a very clear, 

 shiny, circular space at one end of the egg, occupying, perhaps, one- 

 third of the particular hemisphere in which it is placed (August 

 20th, 1901). [Eggs obtained from a ? captured at Bobbie, August 

 14th, 1901.] 



Endotricha fianimealu. — Oval in outline ; the e^^ix, flattened ; deeply 

 depressed on upper surface ; rather pointed at both sides ; pale yellow 

 when first laid, becoming pearly amber ; surface wrinkled and smooth, 

 shiny, and slightly iridescent. [Described August 17th, 1901, from 

 eggs laid by a $ captured at Bobbie the preceding day.] — J. W. Tutt. 



Two DESCRIPTIONS OF THE EGG OF AsPILATES OCHREARIA. (1) •5mm. 



long, -Smm. wide, laid on long side, would be almost regularly oval 

 in outline, but the micropylar end is cut oft" sharply just before the 

 tip, making this end quite flattened. The egg is of a dull orange- 

 yellow colour, the shell is very faintly pitted, the latter showing under 

 a good power as the traces of an obsolete longitudinal series of poly- 

 gonal cells. There is also a tendency to iridescence in the shell. A 

 considerable depression occupies almost the whole of the upper surface. 

 Turned up on its true base the flat end of the ^gg is seen to contain a 

 deeply depressed basin, at the base of which a minute pit represents the 

 micropyle proper. The surface of the depression shows (but still more 

 faintly than the outer shell) the remnants of a polygonal reticulation. 

 [Described under a f lens, June 22nd, 1898. Eggs laid June 17th, 

 1898, by a ? captured at Shoebury, and sent by Mr. F. G. Whittle.] 

 (2) Pale straw-yellow, long oval in outline, with ends so squared as to 

 be almost brick-shaped, the micropylar end somewhat fuller than the 

 nadir, the upper surface with a long oval depression, reaching nearer 

 to the nadir than the micropylar end. The surface covered with fine 

 longitudinal and transverse lines, giving it the appearance of the 

 fibres of fine silken material, the longitudinal being slightly raised. 

 The micropylar end has a well-marked depression on micropylar area. 

 The length : breadth : height : : 5 : 3 : 2. The Qgg is normally laid on 

 its flat side, but is sometimes turned up partly on edge, at others is 



