292 THE ENTOMOLOGIST. 



clypeus are pale, and a pale stripe extends from the latter to 

 the epicranium : colour of the body intense velvety black, 

 with three longitudinal dorsal series of small snow-white 

 spots, visible only on the incisions of the segments, and 

 either when the larva is crawling, or more obviously when 

 rolled in a ring : hair on the medio-dorsal region fulvous- 

 orange, that on the sides fulvous-gray ; the ord and 4th seg- 

 ments have each a lateral crescentic bright orange marking : 

 anal flap orange, freckled with black : spiracles pale, each 

 having above it an oblique line of a dingy brown colour in 

 the middle, and almost white at both extremities ; below 

 each spiracle is a jet-black verruciform dot : belly smoky 

 black, irregularly variegated with orange ; legs orange-red, 

 with black claws ; claspers pitchy red, inclining to smoke- 

 colour. It spins a very compact, hard, buff-coloured cocoon, 

 under the surface of the sand which usually abounds where 

 this almost maritime species occurs ; and this cocoon, which 

 is remarkably small in comparison with the size of the larva, 

 is frequently slightly attached to the roots of the grasses on 

 which the larva feeds: in this cocoon it changes to a light 

 brown pupa : the moth appears on the wing in August. I am 

 indebted to Mr. Wright and Mr. Moncreaff for liberal sup- 

 plies of this larva. — Edward Newman. 



Entomological Notes and Captures. 



196. Colias Edusa and other Insects in the Isle of Wight. 

 — On July 27th I saw a fine specimen of C. Edusa flying 

 over the cliffs at Gurnard Bay, in the Isle of Wight, but was 

 unable to capture it. Vanessa Cardui was common, as also 

 many others not usually classed as such in this part. The 

 number of Macroglossa Stellatarum was something extra- 

 ordinary ; they were to be met with everywhere. Lycaena 

 Corydon swarmed in many places, giving the downs quite 

 a lively appearance. — William Gibson ; 9, Lupus Street^ 

 St. George's Square, August 10, 1865. 



197, Colias Edusa near Devonport. — This species has 

 been rather plentiful in this locality, having myself captured 

 several, the first a very fine female, on the 2nd inst. — 

 W. Hayward ; 32, William Street, Morice Town, Devon- 

 port, August 23, 1865. 



