60 THE ENTOMOLOGIST. 



the larva, but as soon as they touched it they slowly closed their 

 jaws, and waved their antennae over and upon it. 



The gland is of peculiar construction, being formed of flexible 

 tissue, and surrounded by numerous glassy white pyriform pro- 

 cesses varying in size ; some are extremely minute ; those bor- 

 dering the edges of the gland are furnished with excessively 

 small white bristles, each process bearing four or five ; these are 

 in the form of a fan with diverging points, and all are directed 

 towards the central aperture, the whole forming a fringe sur- 

 rounding the gland, and are obviously for the purpose of holding 

 the bead of liquid in place, and probably also serve as a pro- 

 tection to this apparently sensitive organ. 



The larvae appear to be perfectly at home with the ants, as 

 neither molest each other. In this stage (after third moult), I 

 have been unable to perceive any attempt at cannibalism among 

 the larvae, although, as I have pointed out, this habit exists in 

 the earlier stages. 



As I have alluded in these notes to the larva feeding during 

 the fourth stage, I may mention that I discovered, after trying 

 over three dozen different plants, a certain food upon which I 

 induced them to feed for many weeks, during which time they 

 slowly grew from | to ^ in. in length. 



February, 1903. 



SPECIES OF THE GENERA EMMELESIA AND ETJPI- 

 THECIA TAKEN IN ROXBUEGHSHIRE. 



By W. Renton. 



Emmelesia ajflnitata. — Not very common. I have taken it near 

 Hawick, Minto Woods, Wells Woods, Kelso, and St, Boswell's; and 

 have found larvae feeding on the seeds of red campion near Jedburgh, 

 August. 



E. alchemillata. — Generally abundant throughout the county ; the 

 larvsB feeding on the seeds of the stinging nettle (Urtica urens), August 

 and September. 



E. albulata. — Common where it occurs. I have found it by beating 

 hedgerows ; also on grass-banks, woods, and moors. In the locality 

 of Hawick, Jedburgh, Kelso, &c. Taken the larvae feeding on seeds of 

 yellow rattle, July and August. 



E. decolorata. — More or less common over the county in July. 

 Collected larva from red campion in August. 



E. itnifiisciata. — Much less common than the two last preceding 

 species. I have taken the imago resting on wire fences on Kirton 

 Moor, Bellion Moor, in July. The larva is unknown to me. 



E. minorata (ericetata). — Very common on moors and pasture 

 ground all over the county. This larva is also unknown to me. It ia 

 said to feed on heath ; I have, however, found the imago on grass- 

 ground two to four miles from heath. 



