PR0CRIS GLOBULARI.E. 9 



head and thorax, which lay in fragments, so that the 

 cavity of the pupal body had been the puparium of the 

 parasite. 



The pupa of globularice is about 13 mm. in length 

 and of moderate substance throughout, with prominent 

 thorax, the wing-covers short, but towards their ends 

 projecting a little free from the body; the long antenna- 

 and leg-cases are all free from the body, and seem to 

 be suggestive of locomotion even before the disclosure 

 of the moth ; the deeply- divided abdominal rings have 

 each on the back near their beginning a transverse 

 ridge thickly set with hooks pointing backwards, the 

 tip of the abdomen rounded off in a blunt point ; the 

 colour of the head, thorax, and wing- covers is dark 

 olive-green and very glossy, the leg-cases and abdomen 

 are of lighter shining green and the hooks black. 

 (W. B., 12, 9, 83; E.M.M. XX, 97.) 



Anthrocera Minos, var. nubigena. 

 Plate XVIII, fig. 4. 



Through Mr. BirchalPs kindness in sending me the 

 eggs, I am enabled to give some account of the early 

 stages of this species, but the discrepancies that exist 

 between my account and those of other observers show 

 how desirable it is to make further investigation. 



A small batch of eggs (small because I could not 

 undertake many) were received July 4th, 1867; the 

 larvae hatched on the 10th of the same month. Find- 

 ing from the " Chapter on Minos " in the ' Entomo- 

 logist's Annual ' for 1862, that it was likely either 

 Thymus serpyllum or Pimpinella saxifraga would prove 

 to be the proper food, I procured both, but there was 

 no doubt as to which these larvae preferred, the thyme 

 was eaten at once, whilst I could not see that the 

 Pimpinella was even tasted. 



These larvae, about ten in number, grew very slowly 



