190(5.] 



The larva, whicli hatches out about the end of November, feeds at 

 first on the parenchyma of a tender leaf, resting beneath it during 

 the day, and after the second or third moult it, devours all the edible 

 parts of the leaves, spinning them together and living between them. 

 It grows slowly during the winter, becoming full-fed in February or 

 March, when it pupates, either amongst moss, or between the united 

 leaves of its food-plant. It is polyphagous, and has been found 

 on AristolocUa (spp. var.), Arbutus unedo, Asphodelus racemosus^ Bos- 

 marinus officinalis. Euphorbia (spp. var.), Thymus vulgaris Bobinia 

 pseudacacia, Bhus coriaria, Pistacia lentiscus, Passerina thymel^a, 

 and in great abundance on Smilax aspera : these plants represent no 

 less than seven distinct Natural Orders, viz., AristolochiacecB, Ericace^, 

 LiliacecB, LabiatcB.EuphorbiacecB, LeguminoscB, Anacardtacece, and Ihy- 

 meleacece ! Milliere says that 75 °/, of his larv^ yielded the Dipterous 

 parasite, Morinia bigoti, Mill. 



PUPA. 

 Elongated, entirely black, slightly lustrous, with the abdominal segments 

 showing a roughened surface, and the anal extremity blunt, rather raised, and armed 

 with minute hooks (Milliere). 



The moth emerges, in Southern Europe, from the middle of Feb- 

 ruary to the end of April. One can only suppose that Mr. Fletcher s 

 capture is a representative of a second generation, although Milliere 

 doubted whether the insect had more than one brood, even m the 

 South of France. He mentions that T. pronubana is exclusively 

 southern, and, in the well-known " Catalog " by Staudinger and Kebel 

 (1901) where it follows viridana, it is given as an inhabitant ot 

 Southern Europe, North- West Africa, and Asia Minor. The occur- 

 rence of this species in England is, therefore, all the more remarkable, 

 and leads one to suppose that it must have been more or less 

 recently imported from the " sunny south " with plants, and to hope 

 that it will succeed in permanently establishing itself with us. 



Norden, Corfe Castle : 



November Qth, 1905. 



SUPPLEMENTARY NOTE. 



When writing the above, I had forgotten some interesting notes on this species 

 by the Rev. F. E. Lowe, published in Ent. Rec., xii, 316-7 (1900). In Guernsey 

 ^ Mr Lowe finds the moth abundant in September amongst Euonymus {japomcus?, 

 Nat. Ord. Celastrine., E. R. B.), on which it is clear that the larva there feeds. 

 The males fly from 8-10 a.m. in bright sunshine, but the females are very lethargic. 

 The egcs are vivid green, and laid on the leaves in patches. In Ent. Rec, xvn, 340, 

 where The capture of a specimen at Eastbourne, by Mr. H. Cooper, last autumn is 

 mentioned, Mr. Tutt states that T. pronubana is double-brooded in the south o 

 France, and this is doubtless the case elsewhere. It may have reached England 

 with plants from the Channel Islands.-E. R. B. : December ISth, 1905. 



