126 I Norember, 



comes rery near H. palustrts, of which Bpccies it has been considered a yariety, but 

 its larger form, and far leas parallel elytra, which are considerably -widened behind 

 the middle, must give it rank as a separate species. 



Iltbius ^nescens, Thorns. 



This species must be introduced into the British list, but whether it is to stand 

 as separate, or whether all our specimens of J. angustior, Gryll., are to be referred to 

 it, seems open to question. The two species arc very closely allied, but /. csnescens 

 is rather smaller, with less metallic reflections, and has its antennae uniformly ferru- 

 ginous instead of pitchy at the apex ; my representatives of the two species are 

 certainly identical, and answer the description of I. cenescens (Ent. Ann., 1873, 22 ; 

 Ent. Mo. Mag., ix, 36). 



Oyrinus caspius, Men. 



This seems to be a very doubtful species, and it would seem that there is very 

 little difference between Q. opacus, Sah!., and O. marinus, GylL, as species. 



(To be continued). 



NATUEAL HISTORY OF PIONEA STBAMENTALIS. 

 BY WILLIAM BUCKLEE. 



In the first part of a " Calendrier du Micro-Lepidopteriste," by 

 M. Camille Jourdheuille, published in the volume for 1869 of the 

 "Annales de la Societe Entomologique de France," at p. 540, under 

 the heading for March we read — ''Botys stramentalis, Hb. Dans lea 

 tiges de ble : quelquefois tres nuisible." This has been cited by Dr. 

 E. Hofmann in his " Xleinschmetterlingsraupen," and also more re- 

 cently by Mods. E. L. Eagonot, in Vol. xvi, p. 154 of this Magazine, 

 where he tells us, " It has been stated that the larva feeds in March, 

 in stems of wheat, and that it is sometimes injurious to crops." 



Now, in what follows, I think I shall be able to dispose effec- 

 tually of the foregoing misconception of stramentalis, by showing that 

 the larva is not at all an internal feeder, or to be found in March, and 

 is quite innocent of attacking any cereal crop. 



On the 27th of July, 1881, I had the pleasure to receive from 

 Mr. Wm. H. Jeffrey a numerous batch of eggs laid by some female 

 inoths of this species he and his son had captured, and imprisoned 

 with a variety of leaves of plants that grew where the insects were 

 flying. 



The eggs were first observed on the 24th of the month, to be laid 

 on leaves of Lotus major, Glechoma hederacea, Barharea vulgaris and 

 seed pod, Myosotis ccespitosa and Phalaris arundinacea, scattered in little 

 flat masses ; the largest number in any mass amounted to thirteen, 



