38 THE entomologist's record. 



etc., it agrees with Enndia Jn/perantJim in 2nd or 3rcl skin. It 

 still rolls in a ring if disturbed, and in this respect differs from 

 E. hijpcyantJni!^. 



September 22nd, 1896, 3/v/ .s/,/». — Length, -^^ of an inch. Rests 

 with the fore part of the body raised, the head turned downwards. 

 Head. — ^liright green, rounded, very rough and pitted, larger than 

 pro-thorax, numerous long thorny hairs. Body. — Tapers from meta- 

 thorax forward to head, and backwards to anus. Divisions of 

 segments distinct ; the thoracic segments have 4 sub-segments. On 

 the abdominal segments the sub-segments are not marked clearly 

 enough to count. A whitish lateral flange now present. The two 

 processes projecting beyond anus are longer than in E. hyper ant]ni.<i. 

 Hairs long, stiff, thorny and curved backwards ; bases, black. 

 Numerous smaller secondary hairs present, but no trace of spicules. 

 Spiracles still mounted on short stalks, but they are dull yellowish 

 instead of black, and do not show up so clearly as in earlier stages. 

 The larva still rolls in a ring if disturbed.. — A. Bacot, Bow House, 

 St. James' Terrace, Clapton, N.E. 



Egg of a large Gnophid moth, Gnophos furvata. — Barrel 

 shaped, but yet Geometer-like, laid on its long side, and fastened to 

 object on Avhich it is laid. About 12 well-developed ribs running 

 longitudinally from micropyle to opposite end. Length to breadth to 

 height : : 4 : 3 : 3. The depressions between the ribs marked trans- 

 versely, with ladder-like ridges dividing the area iip into roughly 

 hexagonal cells, which become very regularly hexagonal on the narrow 

 end opposite the micropyle. The micropyle itself consists of a tiny 

 rosette of very minute cells, surrounded by larger regular hexagonal 

 cells. The Qgg bears the most extraordinary similarity in general facies 

 to a Satyrid Qgg laid on its side. At first the colour is pale yellowish , then 

 reddish, then darker. The empty shell is perfectly transparent, and 

 the young larva emerges by eating out a very regular hole at the 

 micropylar end. The moth was taken at Gr^sy-sur-Aix on July 26th ; 

 the eggs hatched in between three and four weeks. I did not keep 

 the exact date. — J. W. Tutt. 



Feeding larvae of Arctia caia on lettuce. — I can endorse 

 what was said at the August 18th meeting of the City of London 

 Entomological Society, about the results of feeding A. caia on 

 lettuce. I have had them go on from ova to pup® in the space of 

 two months when so fed. I once had them turn to imagines in 

 November [uot by forcing, but under very nearly natural conditions, in 

 a breeding cage kept in the open air). In this case they were not fed 

 on lettuce, but on dock and other green stuff. — Albert H. Waters, B. A., 

 Cambridge. 



^^ ARI AT 10 N. 



Aberrations of Polygonia c-albuji. — The aberrations of Polyyonia 

 c-alhum were divided by Petiver into the following: — "The silver 

 comma (fmca)," " The pale comma (pallidior)," " The jagged-winged 

 comma (/«rr/-«^/.s) " and "The small comma [minor).''' The "pale 

 comma " is described as " below, of anoker marble, and paler than the 

 last." This is, of course, Robson's ab. Itutchini^oni (not hutchinsotiii), 

 Bath's lufcsrens, and the pallidiar, Pet., of Tutt's " British Butterflies." 

 The ab. pallida, Tutt, is an upperside, not an underside aberration, so 



