THE ENTOMOLOGIST I75 



think it worth notice in the 'Entomologist.'— TF. Thompson: 

 183, ^latiionbun/, Stoney Stratford, Bucks, July 13, 1874 



I^HCophasia Sinapis Oiipositing.~0n the 13lh of June I 

 u-as in the woods at Grange, North Lancashire, when I 

 observed several wood-whites flitting about and settling on 

 various plants close to me. It then occurred to me I had 

 seen an article in one of our magazines that wood-whites had 

 never been observed to settle, always being seen on the win"- 

 1 have seen scores in my time at rest. 1 stooped down \o 

 look whether they were males or females on the ox-eye 

 daisy-flowers: one I watched more carefullv than the others 

 as I could see it was very anxious to find a plant to lay eggs 

 upon; I stood still and watched it within three feet of me 

 and It was careful among the rough herbage to single out the 

 trefoil to deposit its eggs upon; I noted some of the spri'-s 

 so that I could gather them to look for the eggs, and there 

 was only one eg^ deposited on each sprig; the shape of the 

 e^^ IS very peculiar, just the shape of a conical shot. I also 

 found young larvae, about three-eighths of an inch lon<^ on 

 the saine plant. It seems as if Loti ought to be the name 

 instead of Sinapis.-J. B. Hodgkinson ; 15, Spring Bank] 

 Preston. "^ ' 



Is Acidalia rubrical a a Siugle-[brooded] Species ?—l have 

 twice endeavoured to rear this insect from the egg. The first 

 time the only caterpillar that survived the winter died at the 

 commencement of June. This year two caterpillars survived 

 tJie winter, and one moth has appeared this morning. Now 

 caterpillars of the August brood ought, by right, to have 

 produced the May brood. I have not vet succeeded in 

 obtaining eggs from the Mav brood.— [/I'/y.] A H Jtratis- 

 law; School Hall, Bury St. Edmunds, July 2, 1874 



Description of the Larva of Eupisteria heparata.— On the 

 ir ? TT ^' ^^' ^ received a few larvaj of this species from 

 Mr A. H. Jones, of Eliham, and on the 5th described them 

 as follows:- Slender, length about five-eighths of an inch: 

 head the same width as the 2nd segment, globular, and 

 slightly notched on the crown; body cvlindrical, and of 

 nearly uniform width throughout; each segment is plump in 

 tfie middle, which makes the divisions distinct; skin cloihed 

 with a few short scattered hairs. Ground colour briglit green ; 

 head glaucous-green, with a large black ocellus on the upper 



