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The larvae of Gelechia malvella, which can be collected by hundreds 

 in holly-hock seeds, require to be kept out of doors ; they soon enter 

 the earth and there form round habitations in which they pass the 

 winter unchanged ; in the spring I saw them crawling about the cage 

 by scores, looking none the worse for a winter's residence underground, 

 and not needing any further nourishment ; they soon spun their pro- 

 per cocoons, chiefly among leaves on the surface of the ground, and 

 the perfect insects came out very freely. "Whether the larva of 

 Epischnia Farrella also crawls about in the spring is not mentioned, 

 but I should think it extremely probable. Perhaps on this point we 

 may soon obtain further information, and I should also like to hear 

 precisely how it treats the plants of Anthyllis vulneraria on which it 

 feeds ; if by rolling the leaves, by spinning web, &c. 



Mount sfield, Lewisham : 



February 2nd, 1882. 



Anerastia Farrella. — I note that Mi*. Edward A. Atmore records the rediscovery 

 of Anerastia Farrella. This should scarcely be called a rediscovery, because it has 

 been taken many times since 1844 (the date mentioned as that when Mr. Farr left 

 Norfolk) by Mr. Thomas Brown, of Cambridge. I received several specimens from 

 him about the year 1870, which he found on the sand-hills near Yarmouth, while 

 searching for Crambus fascelinellus and Nyctegretes achatinella. These specimens 

 are now distributed amongst the principal collections in this country. — E. Or. Meek, 

 56, Brompton Road, S.W. : February 6th, 1882. 



LIFE HISTORY OF CALLIDRYAS DRY A, BOISD. 



BY GERVASE F. MATHEW, R.N., F.L.S., F.Z.S., &c. 



This fine butterfly was local in the neighbourhood of Valparaiso, 

 but where its food plant occurred was tolerably plentiful. The males 

 flew rapidly during the heat of the noon-day sun, and, as at that time 

 of the day there was usually a strong breeze blowing, they were 

 extremely difficult to catch, for if struck at and missed, they went off 

 down wind at a headlong pace, and were soon lost to view. The 

 country they frequented was steep and bushy, with large boulders of 

 grey granite scattered on the surface, and in many places intersected 

 by deep fissures, which made it anything but pleasant for an excited 

 chase after such a swift-flying insect. The females were exceedingly 

 scarce in comparison with the males, being in the proportion of about 



