14 THE ENTOMOLOGIST. 



Butlerjlies in the Club Collection. — In rearranging this 

 collection in accordance with the larval system adopted in 

 my ' British Butterflies' and ' Label List,' many very old 

 specimens, which have done duty since my youth, are 

 unavoidably rejected, and gaps consequently made. Mr. 

 Birchall, with his customary generosity, has supplied some 

 of these gaps, but others still remain, many of them in the 

 commonest species, as the following list will bear witness: — 

 Polycliloros, Atalanta, Hyale, Edusa, Napi, Rapae, Quercus, 

 Icarus, Medon, Malvae, Tages, and Linea. The following 

 rarer species are also desired : — Iris, Sibylla, Epiphron, 

 Pruni, W-Album, and Act^eon. All my readers are invited to 

 inspect the collection, at 6 p.m. on Fridays. — Edward 

 Newman ; 7, York Grove, Peckham, January 1, 1872. 



Eff(/s and Young Larvce of Ellopiafasciaria. — I now send 

 you nine small larva; of E. fasciaria, some of which 1 beat 

 from Scotch firs on Saturday last ; the remainder I obtained 

 from a friend, together with the following account of them: — 

 " On the lllh of August last I captured a female, which, on 

 the evening and night of the same day, deposited thirty-two 

 eggs. When first laid they were yellowish, but in a few 

 days all turned to dull purple, exeept those that proved 

 unfertile. One larva emerged on the 24th of August; the 

 majority on the 25th; and a few at intervals up to the 

 beginning of September. Till the first moult the larvae were 

 bright red, almost scarlet ; after the first moult there were 

 patches of yellowish colour on the red ground-colour; after 

 the second moult the silvery white of the adult larvae began 

 to appear. Up to the present date, October 24tb, they have 

 changed three skins." I trust this account and the larvae 

 will be of service to you. — Thonias Groves; 5, IVest 

 Terrace, Richmond, Yorkshire, October 25, 1871. 



I am much obliged for, and delighted with, these beautiful 

 little larvae, which have remained perfectly stationary, on 

 the needles of the firs, for three months. 



Name of a Larva. — I should be much obliged if you could 

 give me the name of the enclosed larva, which 1 found on the 

 5th ult, on the snow, while walking over a grass-field. I 

 have no idea from what plant it could have come. — F. 

 Cooper ; Markree Castle, Collooney, Ireland. 



1 believe the larva to be that of Hadena Chenopodii ; but 



