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different to anything I have seen described. The wings were 

 colourless, the body pale with just the faintest tint of lavender. 

 I left the butterflies at once, but before I reached the coveted 

 prize it was gone, and I saw it no more. 

 Chester, September 18th, 1894. 



FURTHEE OBSERVATIONS UPON EMYDIA CRIBRUM. 

 By J. H. Fowler. 



In the ' Entomologist ' for November, 1892 (xxv. 269), I gave 

 a brief account of Eiiii/dia crihrum, describing the larva, &c., 

 before hybernation ; and although I failed in bringing the larvae 

 through the winter, I have, as will be seen by the following 

 account, watched them through their metamorphoses. Crihrum 

 is a slow feeder, therefore a troublesome species to rear. 



Upon a certain heath near Bournemouth, during July and 

 August of 1893, this species was taken abundantly ; and about 

 March the 10th of this year I went to the said heath with 

 Mr. Taylor to obtain larvte, and found them in fair numbers. A 

 few visits secured me about 150 ; several collectors obtained 

 greater numbers before my arrival. The locality is situated 

 upon a level piece of ground bordering a pine wood, where Aira 

 caspitosa grows almost alone, with just here and there a clump 

 of heath ; it was upon the grass that we found the larva ; none 

 were to be seen upon anything else. 



1 always found the larva upon the sunny side of the Aim, 

 stretched out and evidently enjoying the rays of the sun, in fact 

 very similar to nearly all larva of the Arctiidae upon coming out 

 of winter quarters. Securing themselves to a blade of grass 

 firmly, they were easily detected, being almost black upon the 

 bright green grass ; the least touch caused them to roll into a 

 compact ring. I took many fresh from hybernation, the sand 

 still sticking to their skins ; they were then just j in. in length. 



March 20th. A few changed their skins. Dorsal stripe 

 broadly grey, subdorsal lines a shade darker ; laterals broad 

 dirty red, under portions grey, just tinged with red ; each 

 segment with four tufts of radiating hairs or bristles situated 

 upon very prominent polished black warts, the dorsal pair being 

 semidouble ; laterals less conspicuous and single. 



April 5th. Many skins cast. Length now | inch ; all 

 markmgs very distinct, a few have the dorsal stripe tinged with 

 green ; three larvte black upon dorsal portions, and in addition 

 to the laterals being reddish the whole under portion is now of 

 the same colour. 



May 10th. Last skin changed. Length | inch ; stout, and 

 slightly tapering at each extremity ; markings have changed 



