202 APHOMIA COLONELLA. 



When full-fed they spun some strong silken cocoons 

 amongst the debris, and the moths came forth on the 

 22nd of June, the 5th, 6th, and 9th of July, 1872. 

 (William Buckler, 9th July, 1872; Note Book I, 

 117.) 



A female Melia sociella (Aphomia colonella), taken at 

 Wicken, deposited eggs, oblong-oval, at first pale 

 straw-colour, afterwards changing to red. They 

 hatched on the 7th of August, 1878, the newly-emerged 

 larvae being pale yellowish-white, with brown heads. 

 (George T. Porritt, Note Book, 7th August, 1878.) 



Melissoblaptes cephalonica. 



On the 12th of October, 1874, 1 received a batch of 

 eggs from Mr. Barrett, then in London, laid by a 

 captured female — laid singly and in small clusters. 



The egg is rather a longish-oval in shape, its surface 

 apparently minutely pitted over, slightly glistening 

 and of a very pale whitish cream-colour. By the 22nd 

 of October they had begun to assume a slight tint of 

 brownish-yellowish, still pale when on the 25th they 

 began to hatch, and continued until the [blank in 

 MS.]. 



The newly-hatched larva is of a pale creamy whitish- 

 opaque colour, having a pale shining yellowish-brown 

 head and plate behind it. (William Buckler, October, 

 1874; Note Book II, 157.) 



ACHROIA GRISELLA. 



Plate CLVI, fig. 3. 



I have, ou different occasions, been indebted to Mr. 

 S. L. Mosley, of Huddersfield, for supplies of larvas of 

 Melliphora alvearia \_Achroia grisella]. He finds them, 

 full-grown, in an old beehive, generally at the begin- 

 ning of May. 



