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the exception of two long, slender, curved bristles on each tibia near the apex ; the 

 outer surfaces are armed with spines of uneven lengths ; the hind metatarsi, in 

 addition to the usual cushions, hava beards of strong, long, black hairs on their under 

 surfaces, partially extending to the &ther joints of the tarsi : alulets nearly white : 

 wings in some specimens tinged at the base and along the fore border with brown, 

 in others clear ; the third longitudinal vein is armed with a few little spines arranged 

 in a row, as in M. hortorum : the ^ is not known to me. 



This well-marked little species is not uncommon in England, 

 though rather local ; I have received specimens from Mr. B. Cooke, 

 of Southport, and have found the males plentifully near Bicester in 

 Oxfordshire ; I have not yet met with the female. Macquart and E. 

 Desvoidy say that it is common in Prance ; Eondani has found it fre- 

 quently in Italy ; Zetterstedt says that it is very rare in Scandinavia ; 

 and its capture has not yet been recorded in Germany, to my 

 knowledge. 



Bradford, Yorks : 



May, 1880. 



NATURAL HISTORY OF BOTYS PANDALIS. 

 BY WILLIAM BUCKLEK. 



Hitherto the early stages of this species have remained in profound 

 obscurity, and now that I have become familiar with them I enn under- 

 stand why the larva, from its mode of life, had never been detected ; 

 therefore, my pleasure is all the greater in being able to render an 

 account of it, which I owe to the discernment and kindness of my friend 

 Mr. W. E. Jeffrey, of Ashford, who, on the 13th of June, 1879, captured 

 a female pandalis, and with hope of obtaining eggs confined her in a 

 jam-pot, together with leaves of several Composites and Labiates, yet 

 not an egg was deposited on any of them. 



However, two days later Mr. Jeffrey found several eggs had been 

 laid on the inside smooth surface of the pot and five more on its piece 

 of plate-glass cover, looking for all the world like splashes of moisture 

 that should be wiped off at once, but the next moment with keen 

 intuition he knew they were ova ; and though wishing to send some 

 directly to me, he afterwards very wisely resolved not to risk forward- 

 ing the piece of glass, but to pay attention to them and their produce 

 himself, till they were fit to travel, and to furnish me with his 

 observations, which here follow. 



" AVhen first laid on 14th and 15th June the eggs were flat, scale- 

 like, but more translucent than any I have observed, like minute drops 

 of fluid or oil ; under the microscope the shell is seen to be reticulated 



