1884.] 75 



Possibly this species is not the only representative of the genus, 

 nd perhaps amongst the species placed by von Heinemann in his genus 

 ')o7yphora are some that might be located along with Kinherella.'" 



Mountsfield, Lewisham, S.E. : 

 May Ibth, 1884. 



Occurrence of the larv(B of Dactylota Kinkerella in Holland. — Since ■writing 

 le above, I have heard from my friend Heer P. C. T. Snellen, that the indications I 

 ad sent him last autumn had enabled the Dutch Entomologists to find the larvsa 

 D. KinJcerella, " in the leaves of Fsamma on the dunes ; they were very plentiful 

 Zealand, though much scarcer near the Hague, but dreadfully infected with various 

 ^hneumonidce. Moreover, as the larvae pass the winter unchanged, many die from 

 boo much moisture, or from being too dry," so that the prospect of rearing the per- 

 |Ct insects was not too bright when my friend wrote to me. — H. T. Stainton : 

 illy 12th, 1884. 



LIFE HISTORY OF AGLOSSA CUFREALIS. 



From Notes by the late W. BUCKLER, Edited by Rev. J. HELLINS, M.A. 



This is one of the species, the larvae of which my late friend, 

 [r. Buckler, had in hand at the time of his death, and the following 

 jcount of it is compiled from the very full and precise notes left by 

 im, with some little additions which were necessary to complete the 

 Fe history. 



The eggs were obtained by Mr. W. H. B. Fletcher, who has also 

 pry kindly given his assistance in working out some points in the 

 fonomy of the larva. 



The eggs were laid by a captured moth during the last week of 

 ^ily, 1882, being deposited, for the most part singly, on the sides of 

 chip box ; on August 7th they changed colour, and on the 14th the 

 krk heads of the larvae were visible through the shell ; most of the 

 rvse hatched on the 15th, several more on the 17th, and one or two 

 jain on the 20th and 21st. 



The larvae on hatching immediately hid themselves under a little 

 ose bit of the chip box, as if instinctively seeking their natural 

 fibitat, which is among and under rubbish accumulated on the barn 

 3or : they were at once placed on a little of such rubbish, -made up 

 IS described in the history of A. pingui7icdis, Ent. Mo. Mag , vol. xx, 

 193) of husks of wheat and oats, bits of straw and dried grass, and 

 irious dried stems and seeds — and on this they were reared. Mr. 

 letcher considers that very probably they would prefer the wheat- 



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