298 THE entomologist's record. 



sugar at all. Oui' most numerous form is the red, some being very 

 dark, and even the grey ones have a pink tinge. I have never here seen 

 the grey form, common in the New Forest without a trace of pink in it, 

 never theless here and, as far as I can learn, nowhere else, occurs the 

 entirely distinct and most striking yellow form. The nearest yellow to 

 it in an insect that I can find is that of a male Juitlieinonia rKsmda. I 

 should be much obliged if any lepidopterist would tell me if he knows of 

 its occurrence anywhere else. — F. C. Woodfoede, Market Drayton, Salop. 

 Scjttcviher8rfJ, 1900- [We know no form of this species that in any way 

 agrees with Mr. Woodforde's description. In iJr/i/.s7( Xoctuac and their 

 Varieties, vol. ii., pp. 104-105, we describe, besides the type — caatanea, 

 Esp. — var. iwjlecta, Hb., var. laevis, Haw., and var. pallida, n. var. 

 The latter has a distinct ochreous tint in it, it is described as "whitish- 

 ochreous " but is rather " greyish-ochreous." This and a form from 

 Morpeth — grey in tint, with quite grey (not red or reddish) fringes we 

 consider to be the rarest forms we know. Our ignorance of the 

 distribution of the rarer forms and races of the Noctuids is so profound 

 that they really may be not at all rare if more lepidopterists, would 

 carefully examine their series and report as to the distribution of the 

 V-U'ious forms. — Ed.] 



:iaOTES ON LIFE-HISTORIES, LARYiE, &c. 



Note on Glyphipteryx ec^uitella. — On April 21st, 1900, I searched 

 the patches of stonecrop (Seduni tior) growing on the top of a wall here, 

 and found one larva of LTh/p/ripterijx ajnitella. Four days later I took 

 several more in the same place. They were found generally head 

 downwards in the interior of the shoots of the stonecrop, but one or 

 two rested with the head in the top of the shoot. The attacked shoots 

 appear grey instead of green on account of the larva eating out the 

 interior and leaving only the cuticle of the leaves. These hollow 

 leaves remain in position after the larva has left the shoot, being held 

 together, I believe, by the silk spun by the larva. An entirely grey 

 shoot is often tenantless, but a shoot Avith two or three grey leaves is 

 almost sure to contain a larva. I have not yet found a larva on the 

 outside of the plant, but from the ease with which they burrow into a 

 fresh shoot, I imagine they sometimes change their abode. This is 

 effected possibly at night. The larva? appear to be of two types, the first, 

 which I presume is the female, is larger and of a brighter yellow than the 

 other variety. In the latter (the male (?) larva) are two conspicuous purplish 

 bodies, which I take to be the testes situated in the dorsal area about 

 the 5th abdominal segment. In order to breed this species it is a good 

 plan to keep the Seditm containing the larvae in an air-tight vessel. As 

 soon, however, as the larvae come out of the shoots to pupate they 

 should be placed in a drier situation and furnished Avith pieces of cork 

 or other material of AA'hich they can make use in forming their cocoons. 

 As I did not adopt this plan till some pupte Avere attacked by mould, 

 and as I sent several of the caterpillars away, I only bred tAvo imagines. 

 These both appeared on the morning of June 16th. — Alfred Sigh, 

 F.E.B., 65, BarroAA'gate Eoad, ChisAvick, Middlesex. Octoher 25tJi, 

 1900. 



EctGS of Lepidoptera. — C'leai/oie Intcaria. — Oval in outhue, AVith 

 one end rather broader th^in the other ; pale yelloAvish-grey in colour 



