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occurred. G. pamphilus and one C. arcania. I also took two nice 

 Polygonia egea, Pararge maera and P. megera ; but one female- 

 Aphantopus hyper antus and Epinephele jurtina were taken. Two 

 specimens only of Beodes phlaeas were captured, both of which have 

 the appearance of being laggards of the first brood. 



Epinephele tithonus put in its first appearance up towards the Col 

 de St. Martin during the last week of July, whilst one of the most 

 interesting captures, Erebia neoridas, a beautifully dark large form, 

 was taken along the same route in the last days of the same month, 

 where also I took Thymelicus acteon. 



St. Martin is a beautiful centre to stay at and the Grand Hotel 

 Regina a most comfortable place, for Monsieur Piguat and his English 

 wife know what Englishmen like and are ever ready to help and give 

 a hearty welcome. 



The fireflies also gave an added charm to the place and I think 

 made my wife at once settle in our preliminary discussions to go there 

 as it was so long since we had seen these fairy lamps flitting about 

 and lighting up the ways. From here we were bound for Digne, as 

 that was our best way to Mount Ventoux where we were to spend the. 

 last days of our holiday. 



Early stages of Coleophora ornatipenneila, Hb. 



By ALFEED SICH, F.E.S. 



On the warm afternoon of May 27th last I was walking beside the 

 river Limmat, near Schlieren, about five miles west of Zurich. There 

 was a bank covered with tall grass, among which Scabiosa, Bhinanthus 

 and Salvia pratensis were plentiful and in blossom. Here Coleophora 

 ornatipenneila was on the wing in numbers, and I had the good luck 

 to observe two females sitting on calices of Salvia pratensis, from which 

 the beautiful purple flowers had fallen. Their bodies were thrust half 

 way into the calices. One of these moths I boxed, and I gathered the 

 two calices and several pieces of Salvia, and also took another J moth. 

 Subsequent search revealed an egg in each of the two calices that 

 I had seen used by the moths and many ova were found in the Salvia 

 I gathered. One of the captured females laid many eggs in the food 

 plant provided for her. 



If we look into a calyx of this Salvia soon after the flower has fallen 

 we see four nut-like seed vessels, and below these a pale ochreous 

 portion on which the seed vessels stand upright. This portion I will 

 call the receptacle — I have no English botanical book here. On the 

 lower portion of this receptacle the ovum is laid on its side with the 

 micropylar end uppermost. When first laid it stands out from the 

 receptacle, but later it lies in a depression. This I believe is caused by 

 the strong gum by which the egg adheres preventing the cells of the 

 receptacle which it touches from expanding, while those cells around 

 the ovum expand with the rest of the receptacle. The ovum is of the 

 flat type of 0. caeqrititielld, but larger and stronger in the shell, so that 

 it is not so readily pressed out of shape in the process of being laid. 

 In colour very pale ochreous, shining and iridescent. In shape ovoid 

 and slightly flattened, with the micropylar end broader than the other. 

 Rough measurement gives the length as 0-5mm. and the width about 

 0'3mm., or a little more. Almost smooth, but with irregular surface 



