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CHAPTER III. 
At a later period Mr. Allen Hill met 
with this insect near Bristol, and duly 
skewered it. This specimen he kindly 
presented to Mr. Stainton, in whose col- 
lection it may yet he seen. 
CHAPTER IV. 
In September, 1852, Mr. Stainton 
went into Sussex to visit his relations 
there: on his return he exhibited to his 
admiring entomological friends a singu- 
lar little caterpillar mining the leaves of 
the Enchanter’s Nightshade ( Circcea 
lutetiana). These mines always com- 
menced spirally ; but after a time the 
larva? left off that style of mine and went 
here and there at random, moving from 
leaf to leaf. . . These larvae all died. 
chapter v. 
In September, 1853, Mr. Stainton 
again obtained more of these Circcea 
miners ; but the fates were unpropitious, 
and it is not on record that any went 
into cocoon. 
CHAPTER VI. 
On the 10th of July, 1855, Mr. 
Stainton received from Mr. Boyd (then 
at Lynmouth, N. Devon), larvae mining 
the leaves of the Circcea. But as none 
of these had spiral beginnings there was 
considerable doubt whether these were 
identical with those previously found in 
September, in Sussex. Mr. Boyd’s larvae 
duly made cocoons and produced Anyhia 
Lanyiella. 
CHAPTER VII. 
On the 30th of August, 1855, Mr. 
Stainton collected at West Wickham 
Wood a number of mining larvae in the 
Circcea leaves; of these the juvenile 
mines were all spiral ; hence manifestly 
the same as those originally found in 
Sussex. 
CHAPTER VIII. 
On the 15th of June, 1856, one of 
these spiral miners of the Circcea made 
its escape from the pupa : it was a lovely 
insect; but what need of language to 
describe its charms? It ivas Termi- 
nella. The specimen was carefully 
turned on to a window, and then se- 
cluded in a pill-box : in doing so it was 
squashed ! The squashed specimen may 
be seen in Mr. Stainton’s cabinet. 
P OLYOM MATHS AltTAXERXES AND 
P. Saemacis. 
[From a paper by Dr. Lowe, read before tlie 
Royal Physical Society of Edinburgh.] 
So lately as 1851 Mr. Logan, in an 
article in the ‘ Naturalist’ for March of 
that year, after describing the P. Ar- 
taxerxes , remarks: — “Strange to tell, no 
one knows anything of their history, 
where they lay their eggs, or what the 
larva feeds on, and where the iuaetive 
chrysalis passes the long, cold months of 
winter, are all in mystery.” Struck with 
these remarks, I determined to go to 
Arthur’s Seat, for the express object of 
finding this long-looked-for chrysalis. I 
spent several hours diligently examining 
the stems of different plants, particularly 
the Ulex Europeans and the Helianthemum 
vulgare. I did this in the belief that all 
the Polyommati attached their chrysalids 
to the stems of plants, and was ignorant 
that any of them burrowed in the ground. 
My time and patience being nearly ex- 
hausted I now began to dig in the loose 
earth which lies beneath the bushes of 
furze : here I was also unsuccessful ; but 
seeing some tufts of Helianthemum over- 
hanging some barren patches of earth, I 
continued my examinations there, and 
almost immediately found several chrysa- 
lids, the appearance of which left me no 
doubt that they were those of P. Ar- 
taxerxes. Since then the larva has been 
detected by Mr. Logan feeding on Helian- 
themum vulgare. 
