I 10 KNTOMOLOGIOAL SOCIETY 



l>i . 1 loxxai J asked (lu- membeis of the Society ID makcobsei 



\.iiions iluring the coming summer on the resting position ot 

 mosquitoes of the genera Anopheles and Culex \\itli .1 vic\\ to 



attempting (> substantiate the obsei \ .it inn made by Koss in Siena 

 I. com- lii.it (.'nlrx u-sting DM .1 pel peudicular xxall holds its Ud\ 

 parallel ID the \\ .ill, xvhile Anopheles holds its hodx ncarlx :il rij'lil 

 angles. 



-Dr. l>\.n pifscnU-il tlu- l.)lK)\\iut; p.ipi-r: 



A REMARKABLE SPHINX LARVA (LOPHOSTETHUS DUMO- 



LINII LATR.) 



l'\ 1 1 AKIUSON ( i 1 >N \U. 



riu- suppDsi-,1 iu-.li irl.itiDusliipol'tlu- S.itniniiihraiul tlioSphin- 

 ;;ul.r li.is IUHMI iv^.iiiU-J .is stiDH^'ly iiulic.iti-il l>ytlu- . \tnr.in 



spinoil Sphinx (Lophostcthus d*moh*ii) as well as, to a less de 

 gree, by the AHUM u-.m horned Sphinx ( C*?r</ ////// c/wr///r>/-). I 



h.ivi- lu-iMi .1>U' to slum tli.it tlu- m.ttmv anuatuto ol" tlu- lionu-vl 

 Sphinx is secoiulaix. li.ivinj.- no ivlation to the primary tubercles, 

 .iiul hence valueless as an itulu-.ition ot" relationship* In this 

 Sphinx the hoi ns .iml roughly tootheil lines are .1 lupertrophy ot" 

 the secouil.iry granules, occnrrini; in the position ot tle oulin.ir\ 

 Sphinx in. likings, converting these inatUings into structural ele 



ments, all apparently in adaptation to the rough and tootheil 



lea\es ot' the elm. its looo! plant. 



In the African spiueol Sphinx, however, \\ i- have lon^ spines, 

 occurring, apparently, in the position of the primary tubercles. 



The published accounts tail to give the exact location of these 

 spines, sv) that, without seeing this larva, 1 felt nn sell' to be at a 

 Jis.ulx antage in the discussion of this general subject Yen re 

 centlx, however, 1 have been so fortunate as to secure a tine ma 

 ture larva of /.ophoKtctfiNS <///w<>//W*Y, received through the kind 

 ness of Mr. C. 1*. hounslniry, now of Cape Town, Tape t/olonv, 

 Collected b\ Mr. J. K. (^uec'kett, of Durban, Natal. 



1'he insi'ct has a icmaikably Ceratocainpiil-like appearance, 

 suggesting, except toi the ncarU ojual length of all the spines. 

 the AuuMican ( ////f % row/rt rcgaiis. l>nt let us consider the struc 

 tme moie in detail. 



. The annulets. 



The segments are dixulevl faintly into eight annulets, as in the 

 Sphi 



The secondary hairs* 



These an- degeuciatc and neailx obsolete, though, with a lens, 

 their numerous, minute tnbeicles max ic.ulilx be detected. 



