CALLIMORPHA HERA IN SOUTH DEVON. 295 



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(1) 07 eoirs; laid Aug. 13, 14, and 15; hatched Aug. 3(5 and 

 27; in egg state 13 days. 



(•i) 12C) eggs; laidAug. 10, 11, and 1 '2 ; hatched Aug. 23 and 

 24 ; in egg state 13 days. 



(3) 74 eggs; laid Aug. 17, IM, and 19; hatched Aug. 31 and 

 Sept. 1 and 2; in egg state 14 days. 



(4) 197 eggs; laid Aug. 13, 14, and 15; hatched Aug. 31 and 

 Sept. 1, 2, and 3 ; in egg state 18 days. 



(5) 44 eggs; laid Aug. 30 and 31, and Sept. 1 ; hatched Sept. 

 12, 13, and 14 ; in egg state 13 days. 



Total red form, 538 eggs; average 107 eggs each. 



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(!) 4:4. eggs; laid Aug. 17, 18, and 19; hatched Aug. 31 and 

 Sept. 1 ; in egg state 14 daj^s. 



(2) 214 eggs; laid Aug. 12, 13, and 14 ; hatched Aug. 20 and 

 27 ; in egg state 14 days. 



(3) 198 eggs; laid Aug. 12, 13, and 14; hatched about Aug. 

 26, 27, and 28. 



(4) 155 eggs; laid Aug. 13, 14, and 15 ; hatched Aug. 28, 29, 

 and 30 ; in egg state 15 days, 



(5) 254 eggs; laid Aug. 14, 15, and 10; hatched Aug. 31 and 

 Sept. 1 and 2; in egg state 17 days. 



(6) 76 eggs; laid Aug. 19, 20, and 21; hatched Sept. 5, 6, 

 and 7. 



Total yellow form, 941 eggs; average 156 eggs each. 



Thus seventeen females averaged 133 eggs each, and fourteen 

 batches of eggs averaged 15 days" duration in egg state. 



Of the forty-eight specimens (20 males, 28 females) of C. hera, 

 obtained by me near Starcross in August last, seventeen (8 males, 

 9 females) were of the red form, eleven (4 males, 7 females) were 

 of the orange form, and twenty (8 males, 12 females) were of the 

 yellow form. 



Mr. C. Fenn, in a letter dated Sept. 9th, says : — "As pupation 

 approaches put them into some sort of cage that has plenty of 

 earth (at least six inches m depth), with a lot of mixed rubbish, 

 like rotten wood and moss, as they like to spin deep down among 

 such stuff; some of mine went down eight inches below the 

 surface. Keep them fairly moist, and they will emerge at the 

 end of June." 



This tine and handsome species, so far as I have been able to 

 ascertain, is very constant in its markings ; but in addition to the 

 orange, red, and yelloiv forms, referred to above, I have pleasure 

 in placing on record, for the first time, particulars of three 

 varieties, all of which occurred near Starcross ; two of these I 

 saw in the collection of Mr. Benthal. 



