184 THE ENTOMOLOGIST. 



Pi^ANiPENNiA.— SiaZis lutaria, Thames side above Godstow. 

 Raphidia notata, Wokingham, near Beading. Sisijra fmcata, 

 Thames side above Godstow (June 1st). Hemerohius stigma, 

 Wellington College Chrysopa vulgaris, Wellington College. 

 C. septempimctata, Ferry Hincksey. C. ventralis, Tubney Wood, 

 and Wokingham. C. perla, Thames side near Kennington. 

 Panorpa communis, Tubney Wood, and East Ilsley. P. germanica 

 Tubney Wood, Thames side above Godstow, and Boar's Hill, 

 near Oxford. 



Trichoptera. — Phrygania striata, Beading. Colpotaulius in- 

 cisus, Thames side above Godstow. Grammotaulius atomarius, 

 Beading. LimnopUlus rhombicus, Beading. Notidohia ciliaris, 

 Thames side above Godstow (June 1st). Goera pilosa, Thames 

 side above Godstow. Leptocerus annulicorais, Thames side above 

 Godstow (June 1st). Mystacides nigra, Thames side above 

 Godstow, and the Kennet, Beading. Neurodipsis himacidata, 

 Beading. Tinodes wcBiieri, Thames side above Godstow. Lype 

 phceopa, the Kennet, Beading. Glossoma boltoni, Thames side 

 above Godstow. 



CONTEIBUTION TO THE LIFE-HISTOKY OF LIPHYRA 

 BRASSOLIS, Westw. 



By F. p. Dodd. 



(Concluded from p. 156.) 



The perfect insect comes forth in twenty-one to twenty-five 

 days, and further astonishing developments in the life-history of 

 this strange insect occur. Before bursting the outer shell the 

 butterfly can be heard moving within, and shortly a sharp 

 cracking sound announces that the burst has been effected, then 

 either a portion of the shell, which opens in the centre in front 

 up to the first furrow, is broken right out, or it opens sufdciently 

 above after breaking away at the rim to admit of the imago's 

 emergence. But who would recognize L. brassolis now as he 

 crawls out ? Instead of the weak drooping wings of a butterfly, 

 he has little short appendages like a freshly-emerged moth, and 

 lying very flat ; the front wing is creamy white to extreme tip, 

 and the edge of the hind wing projects from under this ever so 

 little; the abdomen looks very large, a thick mass of furry- 

 looking substance showing on each side of it to the tip ; on the 

 thorax small tufts of loose brownish scales may be noted, which 

 easily roll off. It is soon seen that the white appearance of fore 

 wing is caused by a dense covering of fugitive scales ; there is 

 also a small patch on each side of thorax. As the wings slowly 

 lengthen, the density of the scales lessens sufficiently to admit 

 of a view of the black and rich yellow colouring underneath. 



