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they were kept within doors all the winter, their hyber- 

 nation was but partial, for I observed them once or 

 twice on the tops of the grass in January or February, 

 at that time about half an inch long, and much darker 

 than most of their congeners at that stage of growth. 

 When nearly an inch long they ate the grass through 

 generally, from the tops downwards, remaining on it 

 by day if their glass covering was shaded, but other- 

 wise hiding close to the roots. 



The most forward one was full-grown by the 14th 

 March, and the latest by the 30th May, 1866, the 

 perfect insects appearing from June 4th to July 9th. 



The larva3 were cylindrical, with the ground colour 

 ochreous, greyish, or greyish-ochreous, with a whitish 

 dorsal line outlined with dark grey running through 

 the middle of an oval shape of brownish-grey on each 

 segment. The subdorsal line was whitish, margined 

 above with a greyish stripe, and below by a thin 

 brownish line, and after an interval of the ground 

 colour, another fine line of brown, edged below with a 

 thin line of pale ochreous, followed by a broad stripe 

 of greyish, the black spiracles being along its lower 

 edge ; below was a broad stripe of pale ochreous ; 

 belly and forelegs oclireous-grey. The ordinary dots 

 along the back dark brown, and very small. The head 

 mottled with grey-brown. (W. B., 1866 ; E.M.M., III, 

 08, 1866.) 



Tapinostola Bondii. 



On the 8th of July, 1881, I received several eggs of 

 this species laid on the surface of a glass-topped box 

 from Mr. Sydney Webb, who had sacrificed fourteen 



L females to obtain them, but one female, taken in cop. 

 on June 29th, laid these eggs on the night of July 3rd, 

 or early in the morning of July 4th. The eggs were 

 in a group at the junction of the top and side of the 



