1888.] 267 



This species is somewhat nearly allied to soJeneUa, but may be 

 readily recognised by its larger size, decidedly darker brown, and by 

 the white colour being less silvery. The case is also very different, 

 that of sohnella being of a uniform reddish-brown hue, almost straight, 

 and half as long again as in my species. 



16, Clarendon Road, Edgbaston : 

 January 26th, 1888. 



P.S.— Since writing the above, I have, through the kindness of 

 Dr. Staudinger, been enabled to compare my Coleophora diibiella with 

 the type of his squatnosella, to which it is closely allied, the shape of 

 the cases being somewhat similar. The shape of the lateral covers of 

 squamosella is, however, straighter (not nautilus-shaped), much less 

 roughly shagreened, and whiter in colour. The interior case is also 

 straighter. The imago is easily recognisable, my species being larger, 

 decidedly darker and browner, and the white colour is very much less 

 silvery. 



Dr. Staudinger informs me that my insect feeds on a species of 

 Artemisia. — March IGth. 



THE Eaa AND YOUNG LARVA OF ANTHOCHARIS CAS.BAMINES. 

 BY T. A. CHAPMAN, M.D. 



In 1886 White Butterflies were very scarce, and it so happened 

 that any white butterfly that I saw in May and June proved to be a ? 

 cnrdamines. P. rapce was so scarce that I could not obtain any eggs 

 for comparison with those of cardaotiines, and I had to wait till 1887 

 in order to do so. 



In June I observed the ? of cardamines settling on the flowers of 

 Alliaria officinalis (" Jack-in-the-hedge," or, garlic mustard), and saw 

 it occasionally deposit an egg as well as sip the honey. At the date 

 when this occurs there is usually about an inch of the stem occupied 

 by seed pods already formed, and the pedicel selected for the egg is 

 usually that of a flower nearly over, so that it might equally be called 

 a young pod, the guide used by the butterfly is obviously such a 

 portion of the stem or pedicel as she can conveniently reach, whilst 

 her proboscis also reaches the open flowers. Only one egg is laid on 

 one head, if a second be found, it is the result of the visit of another 

 butterfly. The Alliaria grows in patches or colonies, and each such 

 colony usually presented one head of blossom containiiig an egg. 



