﻿BUCKLERIA 
  PALUDUM. 
  497 
  

  

  lobe, 
  distinct 
  ; 
  1st 
  plumule 
  of 
  the 
  hindwings, 
  especially 
  towards 
  the 
  

   apex, 
  beset 
  with 
  broad 
  white 
  scaling. 
  Head 
  and 
  thorax 
  brown 
  -grey 
  ; 
  

   palpi 
  the 
  same, 
  on 
  the 
  lower 
  edge 
  of 
  the 
  second 
  joint 
  white 
  ; 
  the 
  third 
  

   joint 
  outwardly 
  brown, 
  inwardly 
  white 
  ; 
  antennae 
  brown 
  on 
  the 
  edges, 
  

   with 
  fine 
  white, 
  somewhat 
  erect, 
  scaling, 
  indistinctly 
  white-ringed 
  

   towards 
  the 
  apex. 
  Thorax 
  yellow-grey 
  ; 
  coxae 
  brown, 
  the 
  middle 
  ones 
  

   outwardly 
  bordered 
  with 
  white. 
  Femora 
  brown, 
  bordered 
  with 
  white 
  

   on 
  both 
  sides. 
  Fore 
  and 
  middle 
  tibiae 
  brown 
  above, 
  white 
  below, 
  only 
  

   slightly 
  thickened 
  at 
  the 
  extremities. 
  Hind 
  tibiae 
  white, 
  before 
  the 
  base 
  

   of 
  the 
  spurs, 
  to 
  a 
  greater 
  or 
  less 
  extent, 
  brown, 
  and 
  thickened 
  with 
  

   brown 
  scales. 
  Spurs 
  very 
  long, 
  brown 
  above, 
  white 
  below. 
  Tarsal 
  

   joints 
  white, 
  at 
  the 
  apices 
  of 
  the 
  joints 
  more 
  or 
  less 
  extensively 
  brown. 
  

   Thorax, 
  behind, 
  yellowish-white. 
  The 
  1st 
  abdominal 
  segment 
  on 
  both 
  

   sides 
  broadly 
  whitish. 
  Abdomen 
  brown, 
  with 
  interrupted 
  white 
  longi- 
  

   tudinal 
  lines 
  on 
  the 
  back 
  and 
  below, 
  on 
  the 
  2nd 
  and 
  3rd 
  segments 
  very 
  

   long. 
  The 
  long, 
  wedge-shaped, 
  brown, 
  anal 
  tuft 
  of 
  the 
  g 
  is 
  bordered 
  above 
  

   by 
  two 
  brown, 
  below 
  by 
  two 
  shorter 
  white, 
  scale-tufts." 
  In 
  the 
  Frey 
  

   collection 
  the 
  Bremgarten 
  specimens 
  are 
  of 
  a 
  pale, 
  grey-brown, 
  tint, 
  

   clearly 
  marked 
  with 
  white, 
  transverse, 
  lobal 
  lines, 
  and 
  white 
  fringe-streaks 
  

   towards 
  the 
  apex 
  of 
  the 
  upper, 
  and 
  the 
  inner 
  margin 
  of 
  the 
  lower, 
  lobe 
  

   of 
  the 
  forewings. 
  The 
  median 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  forewings 
  paler, 
  very 
  

   thickly 
  scaled 
  with 
  grey 
  ; 
  one 
  example 
  much 
  browner 
  than 
  the 
  rest. 
  

   From 
  the 
  Katzensee 
  are 
  two 
  quite 
  brown 
  specimens, 
  a 
  g 
  and 
  2 
  , 
  the 
  

   2 
  very 
  small. 
  From 
  Bunzen, 
  three 
  similar 
  specimens, 
  two 
  g 
  s 
  and 
  

   one 
  2 
  j 
  the 
  latter 
  also 
  small 
  ; 
  the 
  g 
  s 
  particularly 
  well-marked 
  with 
  

   clear, 
  white, 
  and 
  complete 
  lobal 
  lines, 
  the 
  apices 
  of 
  the 
  lobes 
  of 
  the 
  

   forewings, 
  and 
  those 
  of 
  the 
  plumules 
  of 
  the 
  hindwings, 
  being 
  

   exceptionally 
  well-tipped 
  with 
  white. 
  

  

  Comparison 
  of 
  Buckleria 
  paludum 
  with 
  its 
  allies. 
  — 
  Very 
  closely 
  

   resembling 
  Pterophorus 
  siceliota, 
  but 
  easily 
  recognised 
  by 
  the 
  antennae, 
  

   which 
  have 
  no 
  rings. 
  It 
  differs 
  much 
  from 
  baptodactylus 
  by 
  the 
  hind 
  

   lobe 
  of 
  the 
  forewing, 
  which 
  is 
  not 
  white-coloured, 
  the 
  white-banded 
  

   front 
  lobe, 
  etc. 
  (Zeller). 
  

  

  E&GLAiriNG. 
  — 
  The 
  egg 
  is 
  laid 
  (in 
  confinement) 
  on 
  the 
  petioles 
  of 
  

   the 
  glands 
  near 
  the 
  margin 
  of 
  the 
  leaves 
  of 
  Drosera 
  rotundifolia 
  ; 
  this 
  

   was 
  sufficiently 
  frequent 
  to 
  suggest 
  it 
  as 
  the 
  situation 
  preferred. 
  

   They 
  were 
  also 
  laid 
  on 
  the 
  undersides. 
  of 
  the 
  leaves, 
  on 
  the 
  petioles 
  

   and 
  on 
  the 
  dead 
  flower-stalks 
  of 
  the 
  previous 
  year, 
  and 
  even 
  on 
  the 
  peat 
  

   beside 
  the 
  plant 
  (Chapman). 
  A 
  $ 
  captured 
  near 
  Wareham, 
  Dorset, 
  on 
  

   August 
  23rd, 
  1904, 
  refused 
  to 
  oviposit 
  on 
  Narthecium 
  ossifragum, 
  at 
  first 
  

   supplied 
  to 
  her, 
  but, 
  when 
  given 
  a 
  green 
  seed-head 
  of 
  Drosera 
  rotundi- 
  

   folia, 
  she 
  laid 
  altogether 
  fourteen 
  eggs 
  on 
  its 
  calyces, 
  branchlets, 
  and 
  

   stem, 
  before 
  dying 
  on 
  August 
  30th. 
  [Although 
  Drosera 
  rotiindifolia 
  t 
  iTom 
  

   its 
  well-known 
  peculiarities 
  of 
  structure, 
  etc., 
  and 
  carnivorous 
  habits, 
  

   seemed 
  so 
  unlikely 
  to 
  be 
  the 
  foodplant 
  of 
  Buckleria 
  paludum, 
  I 
  had 
  

   suspected, 
  ever 
  since 
  1890, 
  that 
  it 
  might 
  be 
  so, 
  from 
  having 
  then 
  

   noted 
  it 
  as 
  apparently 
  the 
  only 
  possible 
  foodplant 
  which 
  was 
  common 
  

   to 
  the 
  spots 
  known 
  to 
  me 
  for 
  the 
  insect. 
  A 
  thorough 
  search, 
  however, 
  

   on 
  this 
  and 
  other 
  plants, 
  in 
  1891 
  and 
  subsequent 
  years, 
  produced 
  no 
  

   result, 
  doubtless 
  owing 
  to 
  the 
  great 
  abundance 
  of 
  Drosera 
  and 
  the 
  

   scarcity 
  of 
  the 
  larva.] 
  The 
  details 
  of 
  the 
  egglaying 
  wore 
  as 
  follows 
  : 
  — 
  

   Single 
  ovum 
  laid 
  August 
  23rd, 
  1901, 
  by 
  2 
  (no. 
  1) 
  caught 
  near 
  Wareha 
  m. 
  

   Dorset, 
  August 
  20th, 
  1901. 
  Singlo 
  ovum 
  laid 
  August 
  '2;>rd. 
  HUM. 
  

  

  