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say portrait of the chancellor) is exhibited on the upper side 

 of the primary wings of the female of CcMia^ Edus«. In some 

 specimens, which, I need hardly observe, vary very much, the 

 face is so conspicuous, as at once to catch the eye of the 

 beholder on the first inspection of the insect. The black spot 

 towards the centre of the wing forms the eye of the profile ; 

 the profile itself being yellow upon a black ground, and 

 fronting the tip of the wing. — W. T. Bree. Allesley Hectory^ 

 Bee, 4. 1833. 



Vanessa urtlc^e, a singular Variety of, captured near Lei- 

 cester, in June, 1833. — The ground colour of the upper 

 wings is, as usual, red ; in each wing two of the abbreviate 

 bands of black, and the intermediate one of pale orange, 

 coalesce into a dark blotch ; and two of the smaller spots are 

 wanting. The band on the posterior margin is less distinct 

 than in ordinary specimens ; the blue, and yellow edging 

 entirely wanting. The inferior wings are brown, with a 

 lighter tinge towards the base, and very indistinct markings 

 at the edgings. The individual was captured by my brother, 

 Mr. J. G. Glossop, and myself, in one of our entomological 

 rambles. — F. H. N, Glossop. Eiiderby, near Leicester, Nov. 

 21. 1833. 



A specimen of a variety of V. urticae, very similar to that 

 captured by Mr. Glossop, was exhibited at the November 

 meeting (1833) of the Entomological Society. — E. N. D. 

 [to whom we have shown Mr. Glossop's drawing.] 



Notes on Pterophori, with a Description of P. similiddctylus 

 Curt. — I may announce the discovery of a new Pterophorus, 

 under the name of P. similidactylus Curt. Guide, gen. 104-0. 1 7. 

 " Cinereous-ochre or grey ; base of head and collar dark brown, 

 superior wdngs partially dotted with black, deeply cleft at the 

 apex, and falcated, the costa and inferior margin a little darker, 

 terminating suddenly, forming at the cleft an oblique and 

 darker line partially edged with white, cilia fuscous; inferior 

 wings trilobed, but simple ; legs white, anterior tibiae with the 

 inside and apex fuscous, intermediate with a bunch of fuscous 

 scales at the middle and another at the apex, the posterior 

 fuscous outside ; the tips of the joints of the tarsi fuscous. It 

 resembles, in size and appearance, the P. megadactylus of 

 Hlib. ; but the falcated apex to the lower lobe of the superior 

 wings will at once distinguish it : and the legs are spotted and 

 very similar to those of P. trigonodactylus Ha*w. ,- but it does 

 not belong to the same section." (Ctirt. MSS.) It was first 

 taken by Mr. Curtis at Niton, Isle of Wight, and afterwards 

 by Mr. Cocks and myself at Braunton Burrows in Devon, 

 where we found a fine variety of a dark lead colour, which we 



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