128 LEPIDOPTERA. 



Ahsynthiata and Minutata, the larva feeding upon flowers 

 of Yarrow and Golden Rod — Achillea millefolium and 

 Solidago viryaurea ; but I have not yet examined a sufficient 

 number of larva3, or bred the requisite number of moths, to 

 warrant a definite conclusion.* May I appeal to all the 

 readers of the Annual, Zoologist and Intelligencer, who take 

 an interest in this genus, to join with me during the ensuing 

 season in doing our best to find, breed and describe all the 

 remaining undescribed larvae ? There is nothing like " a long 

 pull, a strong pull, and a pull altogether;" and I see no 

 reason why, if we unite with a hearty goodwill, we should 

 not by this time next year have published descriptions of the 

 whole British genus, with the exception, perhaps, of Pej-no- 

 tata. 



The females when caught will almost always lay eggs 

 freely, if a sprig of the food plant, or indeed any plant, be 

 introduced into the box. The insects also when bred in con- 

 finement will generally pair, if placed in a largish box 

 covered with gauze. By this means, during the past summer, 

 I succeeded in getting impregnated eggs of Absi/nthiataj As- 

 similata, Expallidata, Minutata and Sohrinata. The young 

 larvae are in a fine season not hard to rear. This summer 

 almost all the broods died off" half or nearly full fed ; but as 

 the same fate befell the majority of my other larvae reared 

 from eggs, I attribute it mainly to the extraordinary damp, 

 wet season, and the almost entire absence of sunshine. 

 Floreat Eupithecia ! 



H. Harpur Crev^^e, 

 Drayton-Beauchamp Rectory, near Tring, 

 November 2ith, 1860. 



* E. Haworthiata of our British lists appears to be identical with 

 E. isogrammata of Treitschke and H.-Schaifer. 



