130 THE ENTOMOLOGIST. 
No. 5 (male).—The 1st segment of abdomen with projecting 
spiracles, but not quite so wide in the middle as No. 3; the 
second segment a little longer than broad; the apex of the 
Ist segment wider than No 4; this (No. 5) and No. 3 more 
coarsely punctured, especially on the lst segment. I cannot 
help thinking that No. 3 and No. 5 are male and female of one 
species (the male agrees with Gravenhorst’s description) ; 
No. 1 and No. 2 may be only varieties of the original 
species; the colouring of all is very much alike, and so is the 
puncturing; the depressions between the lobes of the mesothorax 
are somewhat consute; the metathorax is coarsely rugose and has 
five areas, which are rather indistinct by reason of the roughness ; 
the metathoracic spiracles are small and round.—Joun B. 
Bripeman; Norwich. 
_CaTopTRIA #MULANA.— Apropos of Mr. Machin’s remarks 
about Catoptria emulana, which appeared in the ‘ Entomologist’ 
of last month (p. 109), while this day looking over a typical 
collection of European Tortrices made by the late Mr. Henry 
Doubleday, I noticed five specimens of the supposed variety 
of C. emulana, which Mr. Machin and I have bred from blossoms 
of the golden rod (Solidago virgaurea). They were labelled, in 
Mr. Doubleday’s own handwriting, Catoptria decolorana. These 
specimens were identical with our golden-rod friend. — E. G. 
Merx; 56, Brompton Road, 8.W., April, 1879. 
[On referring to Dr. Wocke’s list of the Micro-Lepidoptera of 
Europe, we find C. decolorana occurs in Germany and in Russia. 
We hope that during the coming season specimens of both forms 
may be reared and the larve described.—EbD.] 
Brinuiancy oF FrLower-HAUNTING INnsEects.—Mr. Grant 
Allen, in his interesting work ‘'the Colour Sense,’ propounds 
the theory that there is a marked connection between the colour 
of animals —especially insects—and those of their food, brilliant 
Species being in a majority of cases such as haunt flowers or feed 
upon fruits. Many of the instances he brings forward certainly 
- support his position, but the exceptions seem too many and too 
formidable to be overlooked. Thus the Chrysidide, probably the 
most beautiful family among the Hymenoptera, are rarely found 
amongst flowers. Our common Chrysis ignita, as Professor 
Westwood correctly remarks, haunts “ walls, palings, and sand 
