244 THE entomologist's record. 



Eggs of Hadena porphyrea (satura). — The eggs are laid upon 

 one another, but, in every instance, so that the micropyle is free and 

 unexposed. One specimen is of an uniform orange tint : the others 

 are all white, with a purple ring just above the equator, a purple 

 blotch about the micropyle, and other small irregular patches between 

 these, the lower part in each instance being free from them. One egg, 

 however, with the purple patches, has a tendency to orange coloration, 

 The outline is a little less than f of a sphere, flattened at the bottom. 

 The longitudinal ribs average 25 in number, are very prominent, sharp- 

 edged with a wavy outline, due to the transverse ribs crossing them ; 

 these are alternately long and short, twelve appearing in every case to 

 be the number that goes over into the micropylar depression, the 

 others terminating on the shoulder of the egg. The cross ribs, of 

 which eighteen may be counted between the edge of the micropylar 

 depression and the base, are very fine but conspicuous, and between 

 the longitudinal ribs are ladder-like. The micropylar depression 

 occupies a moderately large area at the apex of the egg, across which 

 the twelve longitudinal ribs pass, forming, in the centre, a prominent 

 conical button, at the apex of which is a very fine stellate-like depres- 

 sion (the micropyle proper). [Eggs described December 21st, 1897, 

 under f ' lens ; received from A. Heyne, Leipzig.] — J. W. Tutt. 



:ig^OTES ON COLLECTING, Etc. 



Parasites attacking sleeved larva. — I have lately been rearing 

 some larvfB of Xylina petrijicata from the QQg. These eggs were 

 placed in a sleeve on a growing sallow-bush, and the larv* have never 

 been moved therefrom, but, to my surprise, I find that a number of 

 them have been stung by ichneumons. It seems hard to conceive how 

 an ichneumon can have reached them through the fine muslin of the 

 sleeve, and shows how persistent these enemies are in their attack. 

 — Percy C. Reid, Feering Bury, Kelvedon. July 20th, 1903. 



Henops marginatus at Brockenhurst. — The scarce insect, figured 

 in Curtis as Henops marginatus, has occurred this year in the New 

 Forest. He writes of it: — "My specimen I purchased from Mr. 

 Joseph Standish, who beat them out of old Avhitethorn bushes in the 

 New Forest." Meigeu describes the insect under the same name. It 

 is now supposed to be the female of Oncoih's yibbusus. — B. Piffard, 

 Ivy Cottage, Brockenhurst. Auyust iHtli, 1905. 



Apatura iris and Argynnis adippe at Tintern. — I should like to 

 report the occurrence here of two butterflies not before observed by me 

 in this district. These are (1) Apatura iris, of which a fine male was 

 observed by my brother this July, in his garden at Tintern, settled 

 for a considerable time on some damp brickwork, during a dull but 

 hot day. He sent a message up to our house which, unfortunately, 

 did not reach us at once, so I arrived on the spot a quarter of an hour 

 too late. (2) Aryijnnis adippe, a very worn specimen, caught to-day 

 in Llandogo, at blossom of Valeriana officinalis, a very attractive plant 

 here, especially for butterflies. — J. T. Bird, The Nurtons, Tintern, 

 Mon. July 'dlst, 1905. 



