﻿Pupation 
  of 
  Chattendenia 
  w-album. 
  — 
  The 
  Rev. 
  G. 
  

   Wheeler 
  exhibited, 
  on 
  behalf 
  of 
  Mr. 
  Prideaux, 
  some 
  larvae 
  

   (full 
  grown, 
  and 
  after 
  the 
  colour-change) 
  and 
  pupae 
  of 
  this 
  

   species, 
  which 
  were 
  found 
  in 
  the 
  open 
  on 
  twigs 
  of 
  Wych-Elm, 
  

   near 
  Brasted, 
  on 
  June 
  1. 
  The 
  larvae 
  seem 
  fond 
  of 
  choosing 
  

   the 
  deserted 
  domicile 
  of 
  some 
  other 
  leaf-spinning 
  larva, 
  such 
  

   as 
  Cheimatobia 
  brmnaia 
  or 
  a 
  Tortrix. 
  

  

  Spider 
  and 
  Butterfly 
  Prey. 
  — 
  Mr. 
  Wheeler 
  also 
  ex- 
  

   hibited 
  for 
  Mr. 
  Prideaux 
  a 
  specimen 
  of 
  Hesperia 
  alveolus, 
  

   seen 
  on 
  May 
  28 
  near 
  Brasted, 
  on 
  a 
  spike 
  of 
  bugle, 
  with 
  wings 
  

   outspread, 
  and 
  which 
  refused 
  to 
  move 
  on 
  being 
  approached. 
  

   It 
  was 
  found 
  to 
  be 
  dead, 
  though 
  still 
  limp, 
  with 
  a 
  spider 
  (also 
  

   exhibited) 
  with 
  its 
  fangs 
  embedded 
  in 
  the 
  back 
  of 
  the 
  thorax. 
  

   The 
  spider 
  allowed 
  itself 
  to 
  be 
  boxed, 
  without 
  relinquishing 
  its 
  

   hold 
  on 
  its 
  victim, 
  and 
  retained 
  this 
  position 
  for 
  several 
  hours. 
  

   Subsequently 
  a 
  live 
  specimen 
  of 
  Cabera 
  pusaria 
  was 
  offered 
  to 
  

   the 
  spider, 
  which 
  it 
  treated 
  in 
  the 
  same 
  way 
  as 
  the 
  Skipper. 
  

   A 
  specimen 
  of 
  Hadena 
  dentina, 
  however, 
  was 
  differently 
  

   approached, 
  the 
  fangs 
  being 
  inserted 
  beneath 
  the 
  thorax, 
  

   between 
  the 
  2nd 
  and 
  3rd 
  pair 
  of 
  legs. 
  

  

  Ova 
  of 
  Coccinella 
  distincta.^ 
  — 
  Mr. 
  Donisthorpe 
  ex- 
  

   hibited 
  eggs 
  of 
  Coccinella 
  distincta, 
  found 
  at 
  Weybridge 
  on 
  May 
  

   30, 
  on 
  oak, 
  fir, 
  and 
  birch 
  over 
  rufa 
  nests 
  ; 
  the 
  empty 
  egg-cases 
  

   of 
  eggs 
  laid 
  on 
  21. 
  v. 
  19, 
  which 
  hatched 
  on 
  25th; 
  young 
  larva 
  

   hatched 
  on 
  25th, 
  1st 
  moult 
  on 
  May 
  30; 
  also 
  a 
  live 
  $ 
  C. 
  dis- 
  

   tincta, 
  which 
  was 
  observed 
  at 
  Weybridge 
  laying 
  eggs 
  on 
  an 
  

   oak-leaf, 
  together 
  with 
  the 
  eggs 
  in 
  question. 
  

  

  The 
  life-history 
  appears 
  to 
  be 
  briefly 
  as 
  follows 
  : 
  — 
  Copula- 
  

   tion 
  takes 
  place 
  in 
  May 
  (I 
  observed 
  it 
  on 
  May 
  14 
  and 
  21 
  this 
  

   year 
  ; 
  the 
  ^ 
  sits 
  far 
  back 
  on 
  the 
  ?, 
  and 
  his 
  front 
  tarsi 
  rest 
  on 
  

   the 
  large 
  black 
  central 
  spots 
  on 
  the 
  elytra 
  of 
  the 
  ?). 
  The 
  

   eggs 
  are 
  laid 
  in 
  May; 
  a 
  few 
  were 
  laid 
  in 
  captivity 
  on 
  May 
  17, 
  

   but 
  were 
  subsequently 
  eaten 
  by 
  the 
  Lady-Birds 
  themselves. 
  

   One 
  bunch 
  of 
  some 
  twenty 
  eggs 
  was 
  found 
  on 
  the 
  underside 
  of 
  

   a 
  pine-needle 
  on 
  May 
  21, 
  at 
  Weybridge, 
  but 
  as 
  no 
  more 
  could 
  

   be 
  foimd 
  it 
  was 
  probably 
  early. 
  On 
  May 
  30, 
  however, 
  bunches 
  

   of 
  eggs 
  were 
  found 
  on 
  pine-needles, 
  oak, 
  and 
  birch 
  over 
  n(fa 
  

   nests, 
  and 
  a 
  $ 
  was 
  observed 
  laying 
  eggs 
  on 
  the 
  underside 
  of 
  an 
  

   oak-leaf. 
  When 
  she 
  had 
  finished 
  she 
  walked 
  quickly 
  away. 
  

  

  