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eggs of this species. The first one hatched on the following 16th 

 of February, and the last 7th of March. The larvse then fed up 

 well, and one moth emerged 29th June, which is an earl}' date for 

 this species- — Alfred Sigh ; Burlington Lane, Chisvvick. 



Larv^ of Crocallis elinguaria. —Referring to Mr. Butler's 

 note on Crocallis elinguaria (Entom. lo8), I have often bred the 

 moth, but without the larva hybernating ; and this agrees with the 

 time given in Stainton's Manual for the appearance of the larva, 

 viz., April and May. Whether the larva generall}'- hybernates in 

 the ovum I am unable to say. So far as I have had experience the 

 ova are laid about the end of August or early in September, and 

 do not hatch until the following March, sometimes so earlj-- in 

 the month that it is difficult to obtain hawthorn {Cratmgus 

 oxyacantlia) sufficiently advanced on which to feed the 3'oung 

 larvse. Last season I tried to rear elinguaria on that pretty and 

 familiar variety of thorn, the red May of our pleasure gardens, 

 but without success. I cannot account for my failure, and would 

 like to know whether others have tried this food-plant and 

 succeeded with it. With regard to the statement in Newman's 

 work on ' British Moths,' that " it lives throughout the winter in 

 the larva state about half-grown," I remember collecting a nearly 

 full-grown larva in early spring some five or six years since, 

 which I should say could not have arrived at that state of 

 maturity without hybernating. More evidence, however, is 

 desirable before hazarding a definite opinion on the subject. 

 Yet the rule would appear to be that the larva does not 

 hybernate ; and it is for consideration whether any exceptional 

 case might not be accounted for by hybernation taking place 

 under abnormal conditions, such as premature appearance of the 

 perfect insect favoured by an exceptionally warm and prolonged 

 autumn. — Geo. J. Grapes ; 2, Buckleigh Road, Streatham 

 Common, S.W. 



[Mr. E. Holton (Entom. ix. SH) states that in the early part 

 of August, 1875, he captured a female Crocallis elinguaria, which 

 deposited a batch of ova. Two larvse hatched, March 4th, 1876, 

 and the other eggs showed signs of "approaching fertility." On 

 page 141 of the same volume, Mr. G. T. Porritt says that he 

 "never knew an instance of this species hybernating in any 

 other than the egg-state " ; and Mr. T. H. Hedworth confirms 

 Mr. Holton's experience, and adds, " I have bred the species for 



