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THE ENTOMOLOGIST S RECORD. 



hindwing ocellus ; one nh. viesoides-viridiocellata ; three ?s approach 

 the parent ? in the foreioings. '26 specimens set. 



Brood II. — The ova answering to the same description as those of brood I. 

 were laid on the 26.5. by a female of V. io ab. mesoides-lucidocellata. This 

 female has well marked black marginal spots (full row), the outline of the second 

 costal blotch next the ocellus is rectangulated (this detail proved to be transmittable 

 by hereditism to a remarkable degree, otherwise in both V. io and V. urticae it is a 

 sign of the influence of cold) and in the large blue hindwing ocellus there are two 

 faint white spots. 



1. ( + ° ova and +° larvas). 



a and a^ ( + ° pupse and +° extr. pupse) the latter transferred immediately. 

 Oval stg. Larval stg. Pupated. Pupal stg. Emerged. 



— 26-28.6 = 31-3.3 days. 



8-11 (dys.) = var. teloides-lncidocellata 



26.5-2.6 — 17-18.6 



7 15-16 — 



and ab. teloides-splendejis, one teloides, one mesoidea-parvimaculata 

 (dark), two ab. helisuria, Obth., trans., d and $ , the very dark male 

 tending to lose the ocelli in the forewings, the lighter female, however, 

 in the hindwings. Both these aberrations are also magnimaeulata and 

 the male is hrunnea. 19 examples were set. 

 (Warm pupas). 

 Oval stg. j Lrvl. stg. Pupated. Pupal stg. Emerged. 



26.5-2.6 — 17-18.6 — 27-28.6 =32-33 days. 



7 I 15-16 : 9-11 (days) = var. teloides, one ab. 



teloides -lucidocellata ; three of the specimens with an indication of a 

 " nota ; " ground colour darker than normal. 6 specimens set. 



( — °pup£e transferred immediately.) 



Oval stg. Lrvl. stg. Pupated. ] Pupal stg. Emerged. 



26.5-2.6 



7 



15-16 



17-18.6 



11.7 =46 days. 

 23-24 (days) = var. teloides, one ab. 

 teloides-lucidocellata. The ground colour is normal. 5 specimens set. 



A few specimens in all three groups have the faint white spots of 

 the parent form in the ocelli of the hindwings. Nearly a hundred 

 pupas succumbed to extreme temperatures (50° C.) under a^^. The rise 

 in temperature above 45° C. was accidental; in the sensitive utaf/e soon 

 after pupation the pupa often bear such heat without mjury. 



2. -°ovaand — °larvse. 



a^. ( + ®extr. pupae transferred after one day.) 



Oval stg. I Lrvl. stg. I Pupated. Pupal stg. Emerged. 



26.5-11.6! — I 20.7 1 — 29.7 =64 days. 



16 39 I : I 9 (days) = l ab. (teloides-) brunnea- 



lucidocellata ? , 1 ab. teloides-hrunnea, j , both specimens tend towards 



magnimaeulata; 2 cripples of the form teloides hrunnea. 1 dead, 2 

 specimen wsere set. 



(-°pupa). 



Oval stg. Larval stg. Pupated. Pupal stg. [ Emerged. 



20.5-11.6 

 16 



35-39 



16.7-20.7 



— 115.-16.8 = 81-82 days. 

 26-31 (days) = var. mesoides, ground 

 colour normal, one ab. mesoides-bruiinea, one ab. mesoides-splendens, 

 ')' , two ab. inesoidcs-liicidoccllata, ? s, and some specimens near the 

 latter, showing the influence of the parental facies, the ocelli being 

 much bluer than is usual in var. mesoides. 29 examples were set. 



In 22 of 41 specimens the outline of the second costal blotcli of 

 the forewings is nearly rectangular on the side enclosing the ocellus ; 

 the first costal blotch is very much enlarged (in all the specimens), 

 and betrays its origin from two separate black spots. Both 

 details were already noticeable in the parent female, and have 

 reappeared in this group of the brood only. Several specimens 



