220 [September, 



along costa throughout, sometimes suffused with dark fuscous towards base ; 

 an oblique dark fuscous streak from dtfrsum near base, reaching nearly to costa ; 

 first discal stigma moderate, blackish, plical very small, dark fuscous, slightly 

 beyond it ; a somewhat inwards-curved dark fuscous streak from beneath f of 

 costa to a of dorsum ; a submarginal series of partially confluent blackish dots 

 round posterior fourth of costa and termen, followed by a suffused white line, 

 and preceded in apical angle by a spot of dark fuscous suffusion ; cilia whitish 

 ochreous, on costa fuscoiis becoming fulvous-ochreous towards base. Hind- 

 wings light grey ; cilia whitish-ochreous tinged with grey. 



Mr. Fletcher writes as follows : " You will probably remember 

 the interesting case of BatracJiedra stegodyphobius, Wals., which was 

 bred in the Zoological Gardens from nests of a Stegodyplms (a social 

 spider) from South Africa (Ent. Mo. Mag., 1903, p. 166). Several 

 species of Stegodijplms are common in India, spinning large common 

 nests on bushes and trees, and I have examined these several times in 

 the hope of finding a similar symbiotic moth. When at G-uindy 

 (7 miles south of Madras City), in March, I was again examining 

 these nests and was lucky enough to find these moths in all stages. 

 The larva, which is dark red in colour, lives in the nest and doubtless 

 feeds on the fragments of the numerous insects caught in the webs ; 

 the pupa is also found in the nest, as is the moth itself. The latter 

 may be seen resting on the outside of the web-nest or running freely 

 into the galleries leading to its interior. The whole association is most 

 interesting, and it is satisfactory to have found it in India after having 

 looked especially for it for so long." 



Thomhanger, Marlborough : 

 July 27th, 1914. 



ON THE OVA AND YOUNG LARYM OF BERYTUS SIGNORETI, Fieb. 

 BY E. A. BUTLER, B.A., B.Sc, F.E.S. 



On Whit-Monday, June 1st, I found at the roots of Ononis 

 arvensis several gravid $ $ of this Hemipteron on the road- side bank 

 at Royston, where I obtained B. clavipes two years ago. The latter 

 species was again present and in considerable numbers, and I obtained 

 from them a great many ova, which hatched after about a fortnight, 

 but unfortunately almost all the young larvae died in their first instar. 

 The 2 2 of B. signoreti laid about a dozen eggs at considerable 

 intervals of time, on a small Trifolium, which was growing with the 

 Ononis. The ovum is very similar to that of B. clavipes (see Ent. Mo. 



