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Front and vertex aciculated, the rest of the head smooth and 
shining. Mesonotum irregularly longitudinally rugosely punctured. 
Scutellar depression wide, the middle more finely rugosely punc- 
tured than the mesonotum itself, the sides with stout, clearly sepa- 
rated strie. Scutellum large, broadly rounded, rugosely punctured, 
the basal slope irregularly longitudinally striated. Metanotum closely, 
irregularly reticulated. Propleurz, except at the base, irregularly 
longitudinally striated. Middle of mesopleure reticulated, the upper 
basal part closely longitudinally striated, this striated part being 
raised and light blue. Hind cox blue, and finely, closely striated. 
Abdominal petiole about one-quarter longer than the rest of the 
abdomen. 
NOTES AND OBSERVATIONS. 
ABRAXAS GROSSULARIATA ab, LACTICOLOR IN WARWICKSHIRE.—AS 
the distribution of varieties in this county seems very little worked, 
it might be well to record that on July 23rd a specimen of A. grossw- 
lariata ab. lacticolor emerged in my breeding-cage. The specimen, 
which was unfortunately a cripple in one wing, differed from the 
example figured in ‘ South” in having the black markings on the 
costa and ‘fringe slightly less obsolete. The insect was bred from a 
larva found at Rugby, fed on hawthorn.—P. W. Wurritey; Brant- 
wood, Halifax. 
KUPITHECIA TOGATA GOING OVER TWO SEASONS IN Pupan STaGE.— 
I had a similar experience to that of Professor Meldola (antea, p. 182) 
with pup of HL. togata, obtained, I expect, from the same source. Out 
of twelve pupz, five emerged last year, and six in the early part of 
June, 1909. They were exceptionally fine specimens. I had con- 
cluded that the pupz were dried up, as they were exposed to strong 
sunlight, whenever this somewhat rare phenomenon took place.— 
G. Berrram Kersuays; West Wickham, Kent, July 27th, 1909. 
SPANISH CHESTNUT AS A F'ooD-PLANT OF THECLA QUERCUS.—On 
May 31st (Whit Monday) of the present year I found a larva of 
T. quercus on a stub of Spanish chestnut. The larva was about 
three-parts grown and fed up well, in due course turning into a 
pupa, whence emerged a fine female butterfly on July 21st. I have 
never heard of this tree as a food-plant of 7’. quwercws ; in fact, in my 
experience, very few larve seem to take a fancy to it.—GEOFFREY 
Meape-Watpo; 17, Douglas Mansions, Cromwell Road, 8. W. 
REARING CHRYSOPHANUS RUTILUS IN ENGLAND.—With reference 
to the note on Chrysophanus dispar in the ‘ Entomologist’ for July, 
the following experiment, conducted by Mr. Newnham (since dead, I 
believe) at Church Stretton, may be of interest. Mr. Newnham 
procured a large frame, and in this he grew the food-plant of 
C. dispar. He then placed within the frame some larve of C. rutilus ; 
the imagines resulting were allowed to breed in a moist atmosphere. 
At the end of two or three years, a form much nearer dispar than 
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