108 THE ENTOMOLOGIST. 



c. Apex and before the base of hind tibiae dark. 



* Aculeus at least one-sixth of abdomen. 



t Sides of middle segments with obscure castaneous marks; aculeus 



about half of abdomen (males and females). 

 I Face quadrate or subquadrate, especially of the female. 



10. armillata, 2 — Si lines. 

 \\ Face transverse. - - - - 19. chrysosticta, 2 lines, 

 ft Sides of abdomen not red-marked ; hind femora more or less 



marked with brown (male and female). 

 § Aculeus of female rather less than half of abdomen ; flagellum of 

 male antennae as wide at the base as in the middle. 



32. fenestralis, about 2 lines. 

 §§ Aculeus of female about one-sixth of abdomen; flagellum much 

 more slender at the base than in the middle. 



37. gracilis, about 2 lines. 

 ** Aculeus very short (males and females). 



Abdomen, 4th to 6th segments of the belly red. 



erythropyga, 2 — 2^ lines. 



X Sides of abdomen sometimes red-marked; supero-medial area 



somewhat semicircular. - - clandestina, 2|- — 3 lines. 



X X Supero-medial area of metathorax elongate, liyalinata, 1\ — 2 lines. 



B. Hind femora black, middle of hind tibiae pale ; aculeus very short. 



* Head transverse (female). - - 41. inquinata, 2 — 2^ lines. 

 ** Head buccated (male and female). - 72. vexata. If — 2 lines. 



(To be continued.) 



COLLECTING THE GENUS EUPITHECIA. 



By John T. Carrington, F.L.S. 



In going over our friends' collections during the off-season, 

 one remarks, with few exceptions, upon the shortness of the 

 series, and in many instances the almost total absence of the 

 various species of the genus Eiipithecia. Beginners, as a rule, 

 rather shirk them, as " being confusing ; " but such is not really 

 the case ; and a little attention, especially to the earlier stages, 

 will soon familiarise anyone with the specific distinctions of the 

 various British species. Our fauna now counts no less than fifty 

 species, and a collector of but a year or two's experience may 

 get, and even breed, a score and a half different kinds in a couple 

 of seasons. I propose to jot down a few of my recollections 

 of collecting the genus, in the hope that they may induce some, 

 who have hitherto neglected the group, to study them more 

 carefully, and so make a better show of knowledge and examples 

 of " Pugs " when exhibiting their collections another year. 



