thin covering immediately before them, under which 

 they remain comfortably housed until the warmth of 

 spring invites them to burst open tiieir coverings, and 

 come forth to enjoy the genial weather and make a 

 good meal after a four months' fast. 



It is an inhabitant of hedges, banks overrun with 

 weeds, woods, and other shady situations, apparently 

 partial to nettles. 



In this neighbourhood it is common near Highfield 

 House, Beeston, Thrumpton, Sawley, Stanton-on-the- 

 Wolds, and other places. 



Amongst the hundreds of localities that might be 



enumerated, the following are selected : — Penzance 



(R. T. Millett;, Bristol CMillerJ), Kent and Dorset 



CMontagu;, Worthing (The Author), Wiltshire fMon" 



tagu), Bath and Bathford (The Authorj, Essex CShep- 



pardj, Suffolk CPaget), Harlston, Norfolk CBloxamj, 



Gravesend CThe Author), Calke Abbey, Derbyshire 



CBloxamJ, Matlock fThe Author), Norwich (Bridg- 



man), Yorkshire ('Ley land), Exmouth CDamon), 



Grantham CThe Author), Hartwell, Buckinghamshire 



(J. B. Reade), Chaigeley (Winstanley), Lytham CThe 



Author), Keadal CGrough), Crosby (The Author), 



Scotland ("Laskey), Ireland (Brown), Islands of Arran 



large CThompson), Isle of Wight (A. H. Lowe), Isle 



of Man CForbes), St. Mary's Island, Scilly CMillett). 



On the Continent, in France (Draparnaud), Ger- 

 many (Pfeiffer), Switzerland (Grey), Sweden (Nilson), 

 Portugal CGrey), and Corsica (Payradeau). 



It is found fossil, with remains of mammalia, at 

 Greys, Erith, Copford, Sutton, and Ilford, on the banks 

 of the Thames, near London CMorris). 



M. Bouchard Chautereauxhas found that this species 

 lays from 50 t(» 80 eggs, from May to October, which 

 hatch in from 15 to 20 days. The young become fully 



