captures and field reports. 141 



Note on the Duration of the Larval Stage of Tapinostola 

 bondii, Knaggs (morrisii, Tutt, nee Morris, nee Dale). — With regard 

 to this species, Mr. Meyrick's ' Handbook ' says : " Larva on Festuca 

 arundinacea, 8; " meaning thereby that the larva in its final stage (see 

 Introduction, p. 16) may be found on that plant in the month of 

 August. My own impression is that this larva is an internal feeder ; 

 that the majority of the ova do not hatch till August ; and that the 

 final stage is not reached till ten months later on, namely, from the 

 end of the present month, May, to the end of June, or even later. 

 However that may be, it is now the season to put the matter to the 

 proof, and I have therefore thought the present a fitting occasion to 

 bring the subject before the entomological public. I believe that 

 the collectors will have little difficulty in finding the larvae, together 

 with those of M. furuncula, at the bases of the flower- stems of the grass. 

 In July, plenty of imagines may be taken, from which ova may be 

 secured, and in August the collector may watch the hatching of the ova 

 and the delicate little larvae with their long silken hairs, which they 

 soon lose, as they at once proceed to mine down the sheath of the 

 grass. — H. G. Knaggs ; Folkestone, May, 1898. 



Lepidoptera from the Mediterranean : Additions and Corrections. 

 The following errors occur in my " Notes," ante, pp. 108-116 : — P. 109, 

 line 14 from bottom, for "wrist" read " waist." P. 110, erase " larvae 

 on fennel" after " Papilio podalirius." P. Ill, erase "both" before 

 " common " after " Pieris daplidice." P. 112, line 10 from bottom, after 

 " Pararge" read li egeria var. egerides," instead of " egeria and egerides." 



Diloba caruleocephala. This species was accidentally omitted from 

 the Malta list. The larvae are extremely abundant during March and 

 April, and do an immense amount of injury to almond and peach- 

 trees, some of which I noticed were entirely stripped of their leaves. — 

 Gervase F. Mathew ; H.M.S. ' Hawke,' Malta, May 10th, 1898. 



Ceroplastes cistudiformis again. — I stated, ante, p. 119, that this 

 scale had only been found in Mexico by Dr. Dugis, at Guanajuato. 

 Since that was written, Dr. L. O. Howard has sent me three lots of it, 

 collected by Prof. C. H. T. Townsend at Tampico, Mexico, early in 

 1897. One lot is from Cordia boissieri, A. DC, one from Avocado 

 pear, and the third from a thorny tree not determined. — T. D. A. 

 Cockerell. 



CAPTURES AND FIELD REPORTS. 



Lepidoptera from Northern and Southern Europe. — In connec- 

 tion with the increasing attention given to continental insects, the following 

 items may probably be of interest to readers of the ' Entomologist.' A 

 friend of mine, visiting San Remo last year in the months of March and May, 

 very kindly caught for me the following butterflies : — Papilio podalirius, 

 three specimens, one taken March 19th, and two on May 8th. P. machaon, 

 three, March 12th, March 20th, and May 9th. Leiicophasia sinapis, one 

 on March 20th. Euchloe belia, five, March 19th and May 8th. Colias edusa, 

 three, March 16th and 20tb. Pararge egeria, one, March 19th. Lycana 



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