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others ihe bridles were more of a yellowish tinge, those from 

 tubercles on segments 2, 3 and 4 being slightly rusty. In these speci- 

 mens the skin of the body was not so black, and did not have the velvety 

 appearance which the larva? with the black bristles from dorsal tubercles 

 had. In some larvae all the bristles, with the exception of a few 

 black ones from tubercles above spiracles, were a pale rust-red, those 

 from tubercles on segments 2, 3 and 4 being brighter. In most cases the 

 bristles from tubercles above spiracles of larva? bred in 1900 were black, 

 the only exception being that in some specimens all the dorsal tubercles 

 bore a very few bristles of a dark rusty colour; none, however, possessed 

 any pale grayish or yellowish bristles as above mentioned. 



On the 14th July, 1901, some of the specimens had changed to 

 pupae, and on the 23rd July the first moths emerged. Early in August 

 2 males and 2 females, which had just emerged, were placed in a cage out 

 of doors, and another batch of eggs were secured. These hatched in due 

 course, and about 32 of the larvae passed through all their stages by the 

 1st September, and by the 14th and 15th the first moths of this brood 

 appeared, the date of the last emergence being 14th October. The larva? 

 which did not pupate, having showed signs of hibernation, were placed in 

 a cool cellar on the 21st October, to be afterwards put outside for the 

 winter. 



In 1900 there was a remarkable lack of variation in the moths bred, 

 but this cannot be said of those reared the past year. While 

 the majority, however, did not show any material variation, yet in some 

 specimens the W mark on the primaries was indistinct, and in a few 

 moths (females), nearly obsolete. In fact, there was much variation as to 

 the width of all the bands on the primaries. In some specimens these 

 were quite wide, in others the bands were narrow. Then, again, the 

 colour of the secondaries in four of the females reared was quite yellow, 

 almost as yellow as the secondaries of the males. In the moths of the 

 two broods bred the past season, the black edging of the primaries in both 

 sexes was more in evidence than those reared in 1900. 



South Kensington Museum loses a distinguished lepidopterist in Dr. 

 A. G. Butler, the head of the entomological section, who retires under the 

 age limit after nearly forty years' connection with the zoological depart- 

 ment. Dr. Butler is a great authority on African butterflies, and he has 

 also won world-wide reputation as an enthusiastic ornithologist. It 

 is stated that his successor will be Sir George Hampson. — London, Eng., 

 Daily Telegraph. 



