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was killed on September 3rd. A second specimen, also a female, 

 was taken at sugar on August 31st, and was kept in the same 

 way, with the result that on September 11th three small batches 

 of ova were deposited. The moth died on September 14th, 

 without laying any more eggs. The ova were laid in irregular 



batches, in the sheathing leaf of a dead reed-stem ; they were 

 lj mm. in diameter, yellowish in colour, round, with a smooth 

 surface, devoid of markings. Each ovum was surrounded with 

 a thick glutinous substance. A slight shrinking of the ova was 

 observed on September 16th, and they ultimately proved to be 

 infertile. I am indebted to Mr. Tonge for the photograph. 

 The Limes, Hadley Green, Barnet. 



LIFE-HISTORY OF EREBIA EPIPHRON. 

 By F. W. Frohawk, M.B.O.U., F.E.S. 



As there is apparently no published description of the larva 

 of E. epiphron in its last stage, I append the following complete 

 life-history, having recently succeeded in rearing this species 

 through all its various stages from eggs obtained from captive 

 females last summer. 



The egg is rather less than 1 mm. high, standing erect, of an 

 oblong shape, rather fullest below the middle, a flattened crown 



