1!)() Jìnllclin (le hi Sociric l'InloiuoUxiiiHii' d'iùjijplc. 



Miscellansous Notes on Egyptian Insects. 



bv V. C W'ii.i. COCKS. 



The aestivation of the Larvae of Ayrolis ypsilon. 



In llio lUilletin of llic Kiilonioloi^ical Sociely of 

 l\Hy{)t 1910, ."iid lascic, .hily-ScpU'iiiljt'r, Mr. Andres, 

 p. *.).'}, says thai I'roni observations be bad made on 

 A. iipsiloii and olber NoeUii(!s in I'^gypl 1k' believed 

 Ibat llie I'ornier niii^bl ])ass tlie (h-y sunimeis nionlbs 

 in a slate ol aestivation. 1 am now in a })Osilion to 

 eonlirm Ibis jjcliel" oi" Mr. Andres as llie lollowing 

 record will sbow. 



Some larvae oi' Agrolis iipsilou. Van Roti.,— (com- 

 monly known as llie cnt-v/orm or sometimes as tbe 

 lierseem worm) — collected in tbe laboratory garden 

 ((ibe/.ireb, Cairo) towards tbe end of .lannary and 

 early in Febrnary lUIl on reacbing maturity lornied 

 pnjial cells in tbe normal manners, but tbe larvae 

 did not pass into tbe i)upal stage : Instead tbey 

 remained in tbe larval condition Ibrougbout tbe 

 snmmer. In appeaiance tbey were rallier slirunken 

 and (piite (piiescent. 



Tli(> dale upon wbicli tbe cliange lo tbe true 

 piij)al stage look place is not known, bnt it bad not 

 taken place up to Seiitember IMlb, nor bad any 

 motb emerged by tbe dale I left i\gypt l'or T^iigland 

 Octobei- ,")lb lUlO. On my retinii in .lanuary I l'oiind tbat 

 live mollis bad emerged and died during my absence 

 on Iea\t'. 



