72 THE ENTOMOLOGIST. 
eregarious. Thirdly, the nature of the food-plant, which, 
though common, is generally scattered over a wide area, and 
not easily swept or searched for the larva. 
I live in hopes that entomologists will sacrifice a little time, 
now devoted to general entomology, during the months of May 
and October, to diligent working for the imagines of this 
beautiful species, and that a record of further captures will be 
forthcoming this autumn. May everything be done that is 
possible, in the future, to banish the last vestige of suspicion 
that Deiopeia pulchella is not a well-established British species ! 
1, Bouverie Place, Folkestone, June, 1866. 
A CONTRIBUTION TO THE LIFE HISTORY. OF 
CHRYSOPHANUS SALUSTIUS. 
By G. V. Hupson. 
Tus is the commonest and most generally distributed of our 
butterflies, occurring everywhere throughout the islands, from 
November till April. It is consequently somewhat surprising 
that its transformations have not yet been observed, but this is, 
no doubt, owing to the great difficulty experienced in procuring 
ova. For upwards of three years I have been in the habit of 
enclosing specimens in a large caterpillar cage, and feeding 
them, in hopes that they would deposit eggs, but have invariably 
failed until last summer, when I obtained some quite unex- 
pectedly. While collecting on the coast near here on February 
7th I captured a worn female of this insect, which I intended 
keeping for eggs; on the way home the box got accidentally 
misplaced, and was not opened till several days later, when 
I was delighted to find that the butterfly had laid nineteen ova 
before dying. 
These were semiglobose in shape, and very small, their 
createst diameter being less than one-eighth of a line. 
When first deposited they are of a light green colour, orna- 
mented with a number of pale yellow reticulations, the surface 
thus resembling honeycomb when sufficiently magnified. In 
ten or twelve days’ time the eggs hatched, having previously 
assumed a uniform dull yellow tint, the head of the embryo 
