282 tHE entomologist's recok13. 



before the late Mr. J. W. Tutt had taken the imagines in abundance. 

 In a somewhat sheltered spot on the chalk slopes facing east, where 

 the Ih'lianthonHiii was very luxuriant and well in flower, I found the 

 larvse in abundance and practically full fed. In a very short time I 

 had annexed several dozens, but they were extremely local, being met with 

 ill an area of only a few square yards, and not one was to be found on 

 the food plant elsewhere. The cases were now very large and very 

 easy to see, as they hung from leaves, stems, flowers, flower- buds and 

 seed-vessels. The larva? seemed specially fond of the flower-buds. 



The results from the larvfe taken were quite satisfactory, most of 

 the larv* pupated at once, and a very nice series was bred. 



CoLEOPHORA VIMINETELLA. 



On the leaves and buds of Salix caprea, in Pollards Wood, Chalfont 

 Road, Buckinghamshire, I found about a dozen of the woolly cases of 

 this species on May 23rd, 1904. Among them was one very small, 

 very dark case, presumably the winter case of a larva which was late 

 in its spring awakening, or feeble from the attacks of a parasite. The 

 rest were of all sizes, and one was partly green with a lichen-covered 

 appearance. By June 20th several had fed up, and on June 30th the 

 first imago emerged. Thus the pupal stage in this species appears to 

 be about ten days. 



On May 27th, 1906, 1 again met with this species in some numbers 

 on some small willows (osiers?), around the smaller of the two ponds 

 at Wisley, in Surrey. The following is a short description of the larva 

 and its armatures : — » 



" There were three pair of abdominal claspers. The plates were 

 quite black and shining. The anal plate was a small one, as also were 

 tbe spiracular ones, in fact those on segments 2 and 3 were mere dots, 

 that on the 3rd being smallest of all. The dorsal plate on the 1st 

 segment was divided by a very fine suture, scarcely perceptible at the 

 anterior edge, but wide posteriorly. The plate on the 2nd segment 

 was divided by a broad suture, so that two nearly equilateral triangles 

 were formed, with their bases towards each other. They were of fairly 

 moderate area and well defined." 



Of the imagines bred from this set of larvte I was successful in 

 getting ova. The eggs were very like those of ('oleojiluna lai icella and 

 quite comparable to the general type of egg usual among the Xoctidda. 

 They were upright and deposited singly, but not far apart, both on the 

 upper and under surfaces of the leaves of Sali.r caprea, among the 

 woolly hairs. The following is a short description of the ovum taken 

 at the time. 



'• The surface of the ovum is strongly ribbed with deep furrows 

 between. There are from 15 to 18 of these ribs. The base of the egg 

 is flattened and the ribs are not continued on it. These ribs are not 

 very regularly placed, and half of them (alternate ones) disappear at 

 uneven distances from the others near the micropylar area. The 

 remaining ribs become less pronounced near the micropyle, but end 

 abruptly, forming an irregular, slight micropylar depression on the 

 vertex of the ovum. The colour of the egg is white with a tinge of 

 pale yellow, but in a few days it turns to a darker yellow." 



The photographs on Plate xii, very kindly taken by Mr. F. Noad 

 Clarke, show the eggs /;/ situ, with one placed on edge to show the 



