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that the one reliable distinction between this and C inninuiata \^ that 

 the latter is single-brooded, Avhilst ('. noimta has two broods in eacli 

 year. That this is so in England, or rather the south of England, i-^ 

 undoubted, but from some observations I made whilst in Scotland tlii^ 

 summer, it seems doubtful if either species has there more than on< 

 brood in a state of nature. My son, on July 10th, captured several un- 

 doubted specimens of (.'. rusaata in the neighbourhood of Oban, one of 

 which, being a female, I kept for ova. These hatched towards the end 

 of the month, fed very slowly until the middle of August, and then 

 commenced to hibernate whilst in the second instar ; they have now 

 not touched food for three months.— W. G. Sheldon. Nov. 17th, ISDM.- 



I)iANTHCECL\ coNSPERSA TWO YEARS IN PUPA. — Duriug early June, 

 1896, whilst staying in Cornwall, in the Li/raena arinn locality, I 

 obtained five l)icuahoeciae\&t\?e from Silene vwritima. These all pupated, 

 and the pupa? were kept separate. None emerged in 1897, but this 

 year they all produced TK vnn^ipcrm. The specimens are all darker 

 than the\isual southern form, and one has the portions usually white, 

 dark ochreous. — Ibid. 



Eggs of Lepidoptera. — Astcrdscdjiiis sjihin.r. — About 200 ova were 

 laid on November 14th -15th by a recently-emerged $ , which came tc 

 light on November 12th. They were deposited in patches or in chhiks 

 between opposing surfaces, some overlapping, or in rows in superficial 

 fissures ; a few only were solitary and scattered. In colour they are 

 pale grey, becoming in a week or ten days gradually dark purplish 

 grey,'' and afterwards leaden with a slight purplish tint, especially 

 around the micropyle. Their shape is that of a large sphere both 

 hemispheres of which have been considerably flattened. The trans- 

 verse diameter measures from 1-2 to 1-B2mm. The ratio of vertical 

 measurement to transverse is 3 : 5. The equator is very promin- 

 ent, and forms a distinct rim marked by 10 ribs (20 primary and 2C 

 secondary). These are moderately raised. The primary ones start 

 from the outside of the micropylar area, and some are a little sinuous 

 near their origin. The micropylar area is -SSmm. in diameter, the 

 surface finely roughened like coarse paper, flattened, slightly depressed 

 and somewhat darker in the centre. — Willloi S. Kidixg, B.A., M.D. 

 F.E.S., Buckerell. December 5th, 1898. 



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