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midal-shaped elevations of bright silvery-white colour, from the apex 

 of each of which six (or seven) curved silvery lines run down, until 

 they meet the similar curved lines coming from the adjacent elevations, 

 so that, under a moderately high power, each of these lateral cells has 

 separately the appearance of a central support with six concave radiat- 

 ing cables curving from the summit. There are three rings of these 

 cells on the sides. The appearance of these raised points and their 

 attachments is very remarkable and beautiful, and looks like the 

 whitest spun glass or filigree silver. [The egg described was laid by a 

 2 captured August 20th, at Aix-les-Bains, on the upper edge of her own 

 left hind-wing, whilst in collecting-box. The description was made 

 on August 22nd.] I believe this to be the first description ever made of 

 the egg of this species. I could find none when writing my recent 

 work, British Butterflies. 



Limenitis sibj/lla. — Egg laid on the edge of the underside of a 

 honeysuckle leaf. It is almost spherical in shape, pale yellowish 

 towards the base and apex, and greenish towards the centre. The 

 surface of the egg is very remarkable, being covered with deeply set 

 hexagonal basins, with sharp prominent spiny points around their 

 edges, and fine gossamer-like hairs extending therefrom. These 

 basins and their appendages are transparent, sparkling like, and 

 closely resembling in appearance, spun glass. The micropyle is 

 situated qiiite at the apex, and consists of a minute black point 

 situated at the bottom of a round, basin-like depression, the upper 

 edge of which is composed of the sides of the hexagonal cells which 

 surround it. The egg is a most beautiful object under the microscope. 

 [Eggs received from the Eev. G. M. A. Hewett, July 10th, description 

 made under a two-thirds lens, July 12th.] It is worth while to compare 

 this description with the so-called descriptions of Newman and Eiihl, 

 which I fell back on in my British Butterflies. Entomologists might 

 correct their copies accordingly. 



Enodia dryas. — The egg is small for the size of the butterfly, being 

 much less than the egg of Erebia nenridas or E. aethiops. The one 

 described was pressed from the ovipositor of a specimen captured at 

 Aix-les-Bains on August 20th. It is somewhat dome-shaped, rather 

 more than three parts of a sphere, the base depressed and hollowed 

 out (as in the egg of E. hyperantlius), and inclined to be a little pointed 

 towards apex. The egg is of a very pale yellow colour, with the apical 

 point tending to be transparent. The shell is very shiny and smooth, 

 with scarcely a trace of either pitting or ribbing. [The description 

 was made on August 24th under a two-thirds lens.] 



Galliyenia miniata. — Laid on sides of box, several close together, 

 but not touching each other. Oval in outline. Height : width as about 

 5 : 3. Laid on end, and thus each one bears a somewhat superficial 

 resemblance to a ninepin. The egg is yellow in colour, with an orange 

 tint. The shell covered with roughly polygonal reticulation, the 

 polygonal depressions being somewhat iridescent. The micropyle is 

 placed at the apex of the egg, forming a central stellate structure, with 

 twelve radiating points placed at the bottom of a very slight apical 

 depression. Some of the eggs show considerable irregular depression 

 towards the apex at one side, but this seems to be due to some external 

 pressure. There is some variation in shape, some eggs being 

 stumpier than others, some also are placed less uprightly than others. 



