152 THE entomologist's record. 



feeding both on the upper and the undersides of the leaves, aad were 

 in their last skin. They were of a bright yellow orange colour with 

 very black shields and plates. On the back of the first thoracic segment 

 the plate was practically continuous all over except for a partial suture 

 in the middle line towards the rear. The second segment had two 

 small round spot plates, or two well-developed oblong median sized 

 plates situated towards the back edge. The third segment had no 

 plates. On the sides of these segments were: 1st segment, a spot plate; 

 2nd segment, a dot plate ; 3rd segment no trace of a plate. On the 

 back of the anal segment was a very small plate, which appeared to be 

 situated near the tip of the end of the body because of the unusually 

 small size of the segment compared with those adjoining it.* 



These larvae were extremely restless and when spun up remained 

 but a few days in pupa. The imagines began to emerge on June 22nd 

 and continued to come out until July 11th. 



The following year, on May 18th, the Eev. G. H. Kaynor sent me a 

 number of cases from Hazeleigh, the larvae feeding on oak. Several of 

 the cases looked very strange. The larvae had recently abandoned their 

 old dwellings and were enclosed in brand new cases. One side of each 

 case was from the upper epidermis of the leaf and was darkisl^ brown 

 in colour, while the other side of the case was from the lower epidermis 

 and was of a whitish or at any rate of a much lighter colour. Age and 

 weathering soon assimilates the two sides and we get an almost uni- 

 formly tinted case. One larva made an error and bit out pieces too 

 wide to form a uniformly tubular case, with the result that the 

 dwelling was awkwardly shaped, not unlike the " belly " portion of a 

 fiddle. 



Erebia zapateri, Obth. Notes on early stages, etc. {With two platen.) 



By T. A. CHAPMAN, M.D.,' F.Z.S., F.E.S. 



[The following was written some five j^ears ago (and has been in 

 type since), as an appendix to a paper by Mr. H. E. Page, on E. 

 zapateri in the field and in the cabinet, and in comparison with K. 

 neoridas. Mr. Page has, so far not completed the paper.] 



Towards the end of August, 1912, I received from Mr. H. E. Page 

 three eggs of Erebia zapateri, which had been laid at Bronchales about 

 August 14th-16th. 



The rough sketches annexed will give some general idea of the Bgg. 

 It is of a Vi'&ViQX Erehia pattern, width 0-9mm., height l-lmm., with 14 

 ribs, which are rounded, with rather deep hollows between. The 

 secondary (horizontal) ribs are faint in most lights, and most easily 

 seen on the slopes of the primary ones. They are about 24 in num- 

 ber, they fail at the top where the primary ribs break up into nodules 

 and network, and below, where the primaries fade into the slightly 

 rounded base. They exist, therefore, along about 0-9mm. of the height 

 of the egg. The actual flat base of the egg is about 0-7mm. across. 

 The egg is widest about 0*35mm. from the base, and it narrows 

 thence upwards to about 0-65mm. at the top of the primary ribs. 



* I think the plates, together with the general colour of the larvsB, might form 

 a basis for the specific distinction of the larvse. I have a few rough sketches of 

 these, and so far have found various points of distinction. — Alfred Sigh. 



