270 THE ENTOMOLOGIST. 
and the New Forest as localities, which I think decidedly wrong; 
T have a fair knowledge of each, but have never seen a specimen 
in either. It would be interesting to know whether it still exists 
in either of these localities. The former does not look at alla 
likely place, whilst the latter in many districts is similar to the 
present hunting-grounds. 
Hundreds of acres of heaths around St. Leonards, where 
most collectors found E. cribrum, have been entirely destroyed 
by fire. These great fires are very weird, but grand at night ; 
sometimes four and more are burning at once around here, the 
flames shooting up thirty and forty feet high. Undoubtedly they 
are caused by the commoners, as afterwards for a few years there 
is a good growth of bright green grass; but it will be many years 
before the heather is sufficiently grown again for H. cribrum 
to frequent. 
In future I advise collectors to work from the village of Ver- 
wood, to within two miles of Ringwood, upon the heaths each 
side of the road, especially all around some old barrows, which 
are very conspicuous. I believe there are some good spots in the 
direction of Christchurch. 
The species has been very scarce this season. I first collected 
upon the 8th of June, and netted thirteen, some worn, and a few 
days after eleven more; but by the end of the month it was 
almost over. Fortunately I obtained several females, one quite 
fresh and very fine, which kindly deposited ninety-seven ova, and 
all were fertile ; I was quite surprised at the number. 
The ova were laid on the 20th of June, upon a twig of Cal- 
luna vulgaris, in a pill-box, closely, in fact exactly, similar to the 
manner in which Bombyx rubi oviposits. They were most 
beautiful objects; in shape round, flattened at the base, and 
very large; colour brilliant pearly gold, changing to a rich purple 
after the fourth day, but retaining the pearly gloss until, and 
even after, the larve had hatched. Upon the 7th July the larve 
began to emerge, and continued to up to the 13th. The egg-shell 
formed the first meal, every scrap of which was devoured. After- 
wards I had no difficulty in inducing them to eat either lettuce- 
leaves or groundsel; the former was preferred. 
When first hatched the larva is pale brownish grey, hairy, 
slightly tufted; head jet-black. About the twelfth day the first 
skin is cast, when it becomes much darker, and after the second 
moult almost black; but as it grows the colours become visible, 
pale along the back between two rows of dark hairs, lateral stripes 
distinctly reddish, also between rows of hairs ; under side dirty 
grey. Looking at the larva lengthwise, the hairs are tipped with 
grey. ‘I'he larve have changed a third skin, but have not altered 
in appearance, and are now hybernating, thus proving that 
E. cribrum is not double-brooded, as many entomologists think. 
The imago, as far as I have observed, has only one distinct 
