214 THE ENTOMOLOGIST. 



Mr. Eeid are two communications which I sent to the ' Entomolo- 

 gist's Eecord.' The first one, vol. xiii, pp. 136-137, was written in 

 1901. In this I considered my capture as " either Z. exiikms or 

 something new to Britain." In the other communication, vol. xx, 

 p. 185, I say : " Mr. Tutt is quite correct in stating that the first 

 specimen of A. acliillec& taken in Britain was the one captured by 

 myself and referred to in ' Natural History of British Lepidoptera,' 

 vol. i, p. 442. I have seen the specimens obtained by Mr. Cockayne 

 from Mr. Renton, and they are identical with the Anthrocera 

 captured by me in Argyleshire on July 8th, 1898." I take it that it 

 is this note Mr. Reid had in mind when he wrote that 1 " thougJit 

 might prove to be of this species," and if I am correct, ol)viously he 

 could not have had my statement before him when he made it. I 

 only need say further that I have nothing to add to or omit from 

 my note in ' Ent. Record,' vol. xx, p. 185. I entirely agree with 

 Mr. Reid in the view he puts forward that A. achillece will prove to 

 be a widely distributed species in Western Scotland. I suppose 

 there is no district in the British Islands that has been so little 

 worked as the West Coast of Scotland north of the Clyde, and the 

 adjoining islands. Largely owing to want of accommodation and 

 difficulty of access I do not suppose 5 per cent, of the terrain has 

 been even casually investigated. A very distinguished lepidopterist, 

 who knows Western Scotland as well as anyone and who also knows 

 Norway, is, or was a few years ago, confident that Ercbia ligea is to 

 be found there, and in view of the similarity of terrain and climate 

 obtaining in the counties of Argyleshire and Inverness and the 

 adjacent islands and in Western Norway, where E. ligea is a widely 

 distributed species, I am inclined to think that it is very possible he 

 may be right. At any rate, I am quite certain many surprises await 

 the lepidopterist who will work these little-trodden regions. — W. G. 

 Sheldon. 



The Larva of Ino globulaele.- — Owing to misconception con- 

 tained in the text-books as to the description and habits of this larva 

 in Great Britain, and having been informed that it had not been 

 previously taken here, I resolved this spring to trace the larva out 

 myself. Knowing this insect's habitat, and I may add it is exceed- 

 ingly local, on May 3rd last, assisted by a fellow entomologist, Mr. C. 

 Andrews, I visited a spot of the size of about two acres only, on the 

 South Downs near Lewes. Getting down on our hands and knees, 

 we commenced to search carefully amongst the tufts of grass where 

 there was some stunted growth of black kna.'p\veed{Ceuta urea nigra). 

 In about ten minutes a small drab-looking larva of the wood-louse 

 shape was found, and shortly after I found two more, much larger. 

 These had completely mined a leaf, and I knew then that success had 

 rewarded our efforts. After this it was no trouble to obtain several 

 dozen. I venture to give a short description of their habits, etc., for 

 the benefit of fellow entomologists. The ovum is pale yellow, tapering 

 at both ends and badly shaped. Last year a female I took deposited 

 ova on June 10th, which hatched on July 6th. These mine the 

 leaves of the black-knapweed and hibernate during the winter months, 

 but I was not successful in rearing them. As soon as the leaves of 



