302 THE entomologist's eecord. 



common at dusk, but Melanippe riaUata singularly scarce, and I alsa 

 secured a few M. unmuiulata. At the end of June, Anticlea sinnaia 

 and Eiipithecia campamdata were emerging freely, and early in July 

 Eupithecia subnotata began to appear, as well as three jEgeria 

 chri/sidiformis, which had been feeding as larvae since the early spring 

 of last year. This larva seems very hardy, for the sorrel roots which 

 I brought from Folkestone, in May, 1905, had been lying unplanted 

 in the breeding-cage, and were, of course, dead and dry, but neverthe- 

 less, the larvfe (which throughout the period I frequently inspected, in 

 order to make sure that the larval stage continued for two years) seemed 

 just as contented, and the imagines were just as full-sized, as if they 

 had been feeding on growing plants. On July 7th, 1 tried for larvte 

 of Fidonia conspicnata, but unsuccessfully, and I fear this insect is now 

 extinct in its Suffolk quarters. A few days later I found Acidalia 

 riisticata fairly common near Greenhithe, and Eupithecia tcnuiata 

 emerged very freely from sallow catkins collected at Wicken. On 

 July 14th, I bagged one CymatopJtora ocularis and two A(jrotis ravida 

 in the garden here, and later on secured a few more A. ravida, which 

 reappeared after several years' absence. Some larvaj of Aventia 

 fiextda and Lithosia helvola, from the New Forest, did extremely well, 

 and, out of two dozen of the latter, I bred 23 insects — and this after 

 repeated failures under apparently the same conditions ! On July 

 28th, I ran down into Sussex to try a new locality for Cucidlia 

 f/naphcdii, and three days' hard beating resulted in four larvae. There 

 were hundreds of insects at sugar, of the common sorts, including- 

 three Cosstis lir/tiiperda, one Aventia flexida (!), and several Callitjenia 

 miniata. A few larvfe of Cyrnatnphora or, Acronycta megacepliala, and 

 Eupithecia pluuibeolata, completed the bag. During August, Bryophila 

 perla was unusually common, and I also secured a nice lot of larvae of 

 Cerura bifida, C. farcida, Triaena tridens, and Eupithecia albipunctata. 

 On August 9th, three Ereiiwbia ochroleuca came to light, and, on the 

 10th, one more. This is the first time I have ever seen this insect at 

 Feering Bury. In the middle of the month, a trip to Kent for C. ynaphalii 

 was a complete failure, but I bagged a few Acidalia ornata, Gnophos 

 obscurata, and Larentia olivata. In September, Citria cerago emerged 

 freely from sallow catkins, including three ab. fiavescens, and I found 

 larvfe of Ewmelesia unifasciata very common on Bartda by the road- 

 sides. Early in October, I was in Scotland for ten days, and tried 

 sugar on a few nights. Calocampa vetusta was common, with a few 

 C. exoleta, as well as some half-a-dozen each of Epunda niyra and 

 Oporabia Jiliy ram nutria. This, with the exception of six pupte of 

 Manduca atropos, found while digging potatoes round Feering Bury, 

 comprises all I can find worth recording. 



Melanargia lachesis. — Notes on the Ovum and young Larva 



{u-it]i plate). 

 By H. POWELL, F.E.S. 



I received ova of this species on August 28th, 1905, from Miss 

 Fountaine, who kindly sent them to me from Albarracin. They were 

 not glued to anything, but were loose, evidently just as the female had 

 laid them. In general appearance, they resembled those of M. var. 

 jjrocida. Some of the eggs had hatched en route, and the remainder 

 did so in the course of a couple of days. The young larvse did not 



