176 [Jmuary, '^ 



little is yet known of them, the separation of the species being very * 

 difficult ; and, indeed, it is almost imperative that for this purpose 

 some of each should be placed in spirits or glycerine. They are no . 

 doubt most numerous in northern latitudes ; but the streams of tro- i 

 pica] mountains are certain to produce them in numbers. Pew are 

 known from the Southern Hemisphere, yet there are some curious g 

 forms in Australia and New Zealand. 



With this family I conclude what is termed the Pseudo-Neurop- 

 terous division, viz., those which undergo an imperfect metamorphosis. / 



{To be continued). . 



EEMAEKS ON ME. BAEEETT'S "NOTES ON BEITISH TOSTEICES" 

 (Ent. Mo. Mag., Vol. ix, pp. 124—130). 



BY C. S. GEEGSOIS-. 



Amphysa Gerningana, S. V. — This species is abundant at the end 

 of June and in July, at Risley Moss, but local there on dry corners 

 where the turf has been taken away ; it is also plentiful at Bidston 

 Hill, but again local : in both places, Potentilla tor7nentilla grows 

 freely (where we take it) amongst the heather. I have bred it from < 

 flower-heads of sea-pink {Sfafice armeria) collected on the rocks at 

 Isle of Man, away from heather, and append description of its larva — 



Length half an inch, slender, slightly wi-iokled ; head and neck reddish orange- 

 yellow, with a few darkish markings thereon ; the next five or six segments are dull 

 darkish pea-green, the last four or five segments dull ochreous-olive, anal segment 

 having a distinct black oval ring upon it, out of which spring three or four long 

 white spines, the segmental spots small and indistinct. 



Larvae collected at the end of May and early in June on the 

 coast at the Isle of Man, feeding in the flower-heads of the sea-pink 

 (^Statics armeria^, drawing two heads together. In confinement making 

 up therein, and appearing in the perfect state early in July. I have 

 also bred it (July 9th) from larvae collected in June on Potentilla 

 tormentilla. 



Amphysa prodromana, Hiib. — Doubleday gives Walkeri (Curtis) 

 as his synonym for this species, not WaJlcerana. The species is 

 plentiful on the edges of moors and in lanes leading to mosses and 

 heaths, in Lancashire and Westmoreland, but I never knew it to 

 extend far from the edges thereof. It certainly does not feed upon 

 either sallow or willow ; it is a low-growing plant feeder, and appear "^ 

 in April. I have only taken it where Potentilla tormentilla grows.* 



* SuUx fui^ca is a. low-growing plant, — Eds. \ 



