152 THE ENTOMOLOGIST. 



Prolonged Pupal Duration in Eriogaster lanestris. — From 

 larvae taken on June 19th, 1909, I obtained in 1910 seven moths, six 

 males and one female emerging on February 27th, and one female 

 on March 8th : no moths appeared in 1911, but in 1912 five males 

 emerged, two on February 21st and three two days later. There 

 was no further emergence in 1913, but on the 2nd inst. a perfect 

 male emerged. I have still three pupae remaining, but whether 

 living or not I am unable to say, the cocoons being intact. The 

 date of the last emergence would seem to be unusually late. — Lloyd 

 Chadwick, 7, Northgate Street, Warwick, April 19th, 1914. 



Macroglossa stellatarum. — I saw a specimen of M. stellatarum 

 this morning flying over a rhododendron which is just bursting into 

 flower. This seems to be an unusually early appearance, in view of 

 the rainy and comparatively sunless March which we have experienced. 

 — H. V. Plum; Kelly College, Tavistock, April 3rd, 1914. 



Description op the Full-Fed Larva of Thecla spini. — Whilst 

 at Albarracin in June last summer I beat sundry Theclid larvae from 

 two species of Bhamnus, one of which was B. licyoides ; these 

 eventually produced specimens of T. spini, and as descriptions of the 

 larvae of all Continental European Ehopalocera hardly exist, I am 

 induced to publish the following details of the full-fed larva: — Length 

 15 mm. ; breadth 4 mm. Head jet black and shining ; second seg- 

 ment much narrower than those following, and narrower in front 

 than in the rear; third segment is the full width of the larva (4 mm.). 

 Colour of all segments except first (the head) light grass green. On 

 the front of third segment commence two sulodorsal stripes, greenish 

 white in colour, these stripes are interrupted at the front and rear of 

 each segment and they extend through ten segments. The spiracular 

 stripes are the same colour as those on the subdorsal area, and 

 extend from the third to the anal segment, both inclusive. Between 

 subdorsal and spiracular stripes is an inconspicuous series of 

 diagonal stripes. The ventral area is bluish green with claspers of 

 grass green. The spiracles are inconspicuous and of a somewhat 

 lighter green than the surroundings. — W. G. Sheldon ; Youlgreave, 

 South Croydon, April 26th, 1914. 



Butterfly Collecting in Sicily and Calabria in 1912 and 

 1913. — I was persuaded to stay at Messina for the first week in May, 

 and on the first I climbed Monte Cicci (2000 ft.) ; on the 3rd I walked 

 up to Gravitelli, and on the 6th I visited the low hills at the extreme 

 north-east point of Sicily overlooking the Faro, and though the 

 weather was fine and hot, the rain had evidently retarded the 

 appearance of the summer butterflies. I reached Forest Hill on 

 May 10th with a very small " bag," which to my disappointment 

 did not contain a single fresh species to add to my list. Then 

 followed the wet summer in England. 



In the spring of 1913 circumstances delayed my leaving England 

 for Sicily until May 14th. Again I started in brilliant sunshine, 

 again I left the finest weather in England. Crossing the Channel 

 clouds gathered, and at Dieppe there was a heavy thunderstorm, 

 and rain fell as I journeyed across France and entered Italy. In 



