4 Mr. G. C. Champion and Dr. T. A. Chapman's 



process of laying the larvae, and describes the young and full- 

 grown larvae, which he fed on Anthriscus sylvestris, failing 

 Chxrophyllum nitidum or aromaticum, their proper food. 



He notes the larva of 0. alpestris to be near that described 

 of 0. superba by Perroud — both differing considerably from 

 that of 0. cacalise. 



In the Deutsch. Ent. Zeitschrift for 1886, p. 29, Herr 

 Oberstlieutenant A. Schultze gives a description of the 

 larva of 0. plagiata, which he found freely along with the 

 beetles in mid July on the Babia Gora in the Bistrathal. 

 They fed on Doronicum austriacum, Jacq. There are some 

 useful notes by Herr Schultze, and also by Herr J. Weise 

 on the precise food-plant and the range and habitat of 

 0. plagiata. 



In the Bulletin of the Italian Entomological Society for 

 1889 (Vol. XXI. p. 46), Dr. Silvio Calloni, of Pavia, relates 

 his observations on Orina speciosissima, an insect which he 

 associates with G-entiana purpurea and a species of Galeopsis. 

 The beetle occurred on the leaves of a robust Galeopsis to 

 which no desire for feeding attracted them, but because 

 the leaves afforded satisfactory pairing stations. He 

 remarks on the tenacity with which pairs of the beetles 

 failed to separate on various disturbances. They remained 

 paired during the jolting of descending the mountain, and 

 afterwards for three days and a balf during which they did 

 not eat; the male then ate a little, but the female not till 

 the fifth day. The female laid half a score little larvae, 

 which he says must have been incubated in the vagina. 

 After the considerable detail he gives of the pairing, one is 

 disappointed to have no indication of how long after it was 

 when the young larvae were laid. He refers to Bleuse's 

 notes in the " Feuilles des Jeunes Naturalistes," and says 

 his is the first observation on 0. speciosissima. 



In the Deutsch. Ent. Zeitschrift for 1894, p. 250, J. 

 Weise has furtber remarks on the genus Orina. 



He describes a larva on Centaurea as being that of 

 0. rugulosa, var. nigritula. As he did not see it laid, or rear 

 it, he mentions its identification with a shade of doubt. 

 The description is very close (only the young larva is 

 described) to that of our Centaurea feeder (0. tristis). The 

 rest of the paper is critical of the imagines. 



In the Deutsch. Ent. Zeitschrift for 1897, p. 394, 

 Herr Weise gives an account of Orina alpestris and 0. in- 

 tricata, saying how he found he was rather early for them 



