10 THE ENTOMOLOGIST. 



by sweeping amongst dwarf sallows, &c., in company with 

 Plagiognatbus Bohemaiini, but not abundant. The speci- 

 mens were sent to Dr. Fieber for determination, who re- 

 turned them with the above name." — P. 160. 



Mr. Stainton's " Observations on Tineina" may be termed 

 notes and queries on species ; they appear preparatory to 

 future publication in the ' Natural History of the Tineina.' 



Edward Newman. 



Description of the Larva of Angerona prunaria. — The 

 female is not very fastidious in the selection of a food-plant 

 for her offspring, but deposits her eg^ almost indifferently, in 

 June and July, on Prunus spinosus (blackthorn), Salix caprea 

 (sallow), and Crataegus oxyacantha (whitethorn); this last, 

 however, is the best and most acceptable food in confine- 

 ment : the egg is laid as early as June or July, and although 

 it is hatched in ten or twelve days, does not make much pro- 

 gress during the autumn, but hybernates very small : in the 

 spring it begins to feed voraciously as soon as the leaves 

 have expanded, and is generally full-fed by the end of May : 

 it then rests in a nearly straight posture, with the head and 

 legs porrected : when annoyed it oscillates its body in a very 

 persistent manner, not ceasing the motion for several minutes. 

 Head small, flattened, not notched on the crown ; antennal 

 papillae unusually long and porrected : body very long, very 

 gradually attenuated from the 10th to the 2nd segment ; 5th 

 segment with two small dorsal warts placed transversely, and 

 a transverse dorsal ridge behind them ; 9th with a transverse 

 dorsal protuberance terminating in ibur points, the outer of 

 which on each side is long and curved slightly backwards, 

 the inner is shorter and blunter ; they are united in two 

 pairs, each pair consisting of a long one and a short one ; 

 the 10th segment has two small dorsal warts placed trans- 

 versely ; the 11th has two still smaller dorsal warts, also 

 placed transversely ; and the 12th has two approximate dor- 

 sal warts, larger than those on the 10th, and much larger 

 than those on the 11th: there are several smaller warts in 

 addition to these I have described. The colour of the head 

 is brown of two shades : body brown, clouded with a variety 



