li THE entomologist's RECORD. 



Professor Gannan writes of the oviposition of the Bot-fly {(ra-'^tni- 

 li/iilns fijui) : — " This Hy huzzes ahout horses (Uu'ing the hot summer 

 days, occasionally alighting on their hodies, and, when an opportunity 

 offers, placing its eggs among the hairs on the inside of the knee, on the 

 shoulders, and sometimes even on the mane. Its mouthparts are in 

 a rudimentary condition, and it cannot, even if it were so disposed, 

 do any injury to horses. It is probable that the grubs recently 

 hatched from the eggs of this fly are taken into the mouths of horses 

 on the lips or tongue. I am told by a gentleman who has had much 

 experience with horses, that he has, on many occasions, taken the 

 eggs between the moistened palms of his hands, and in a few 

 moments felt the young grubs wriggling about. It appears that 

 moisture accelerates the hatching of the eggs, and it is just possible 

 that many eggs Avould never hatch at all if the eggshell was not 

 moistened in some way. Whether this must be from the horse's 

 tongue or lips, in all cases, is a question which may be considered 

 not yet settled. Professor H. Osborn is disposed to believe that the 

 young do not hatch unless moistened by the horse's tongue, and that 

 the young grubs generally die in the eggs if left for 85 to 40 days." 



Herr J. Rober, of Dresden (J-'lnt. XacJir., xxii., No. 6), describes the 

 following new varieties of British Lepidoptera from the Cilician 

 Taurus. — Picris hrassirae var. ratalcma. Larger than the type, the 

 black apex much less sprinkled with white atoms, in the ? s the black 

 projections inward therefrom longer and sharper, and the black spot 

 on the inner margin of the fore-wing only indicated by dark scales ; 

 the black spot on the costa of hind- wing large and sharp. — An/i/nnis 

 latlionia var. saturata. The red-brown markings of the underside of 

 hind-wing darkened, the silver spots particularly well expressed ; 

 ground colour of upperside lighter than the type. — Aniipuiis at/laia 

 var. (ittomana. Larger than the type, the upperside strong red-brown, 

 the black spots larger and more confluent, the silver spots on the 

 underside of the hind-wings less developed, of the fore-wings entirely 

 wanting, etc., etc. — Dri/as (Ann/iuiis) paplda var. deUla. The 3 s 

 somewhat redder than German specimens, the 2 s with upperside 

 greenish, almost as in 5 s of IK pamJora ; underside lacking, in both 

 sexes, the violet colouring on the silver bands of the hind-wings. 



The collection of the Rev. C. A. Sladen was sold by Messrs. 

 Stevens on April 13th. The chief prices were as follows : — Pieru 

 (htjilidirr, 11 j- ; J'hiraiicssa antiopa (2), 18/- ; Ari/i/nnis lat/ninia, 22/- ; 

 Chn/sop/ianHs (Uspar, 26/-, 80/-, 40/-, 75/-, 47/6, 42/-, 24/- per speci- 

 men ; Poli/<)iiiniatu.s corj/dun vars., 25/- ; Drilrp/iila lironiira, 20/- ; 

 ('/locrocaiiipa velcrio, 11/- ; hybrid SiiierintJius ordlatus-populi, 22/- ; 

 Deiopi'ia pulchdla, 12/- ; Laelia cnoiosa, 10/-, 8/-, 14/-, 14/-, 8/-, per 

 pair ; Drepana harpanula, 24/-, per pair ; Lasiovavipa ilicifulia, 82/6, 

 per pair ; IhijopJnla iinpar, 18/- (for 4) ; Ai/mtin siibrasca, £4 (for 4) ; 

 I'ar/inohia In/jirrbarca var. alpina, 40/- (for 6) ; Cn/tnolcx c.rulix, 85/- 

 (for 4), 82/6 (for 4) ; C r.nilis var. assimilis, 35/- (for 5), 40/- (for 5) ; 

 (Jlcora ruluan'a, 'lO/-, 21/-, 12^- (per pair); Stirnia dathrata (nearly 

 black var.), 80/- ; P/iibalajitin/.r pnli/^/raDniiata, 6/- (for three), 10/- (for 

 'S),GI- {tori); Kustnniui rrtiriilata/ii/- (for 8), 10/- (for 2); Calli- 

 nif>rj)lia (Inmlnida ab. Intrsccus, 28/-. 



The French work on Coleoptera reviewed in our last number can be 

 obtained from Bailliere, Tindal and Cox, 20, King William Street, 

 Strand. 



