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6. — L. Caryae-aJbella. N. sp. 



Head palpi, tuft, antennae and thorax silvery white : basal portion of 

 the wing (within the costal and dorsal streaks) silvery white, with a wide 

 pale golden basal streak along the eostal margin from the base to the first 

 costal streak. The basal white portion in some lights suffused with pale 

 golden. Apical two-thirds or more of the wings pale golden, with four 

 silvery costal and two dorsal silvery streaks, all dark ; margined internally. 

 The first dorsal large oblique, opposite the first costal, which is smaller ; 

 their dark margins uniting at an acute angle on the fold, the streaks them- 

 selves being scarcely confluent. Second dorsal opposite to and larger 

 than the second costal ; its dark margin wide. Third and fourth costal 

 streaks small. Apical spot small, black : hinder marginal line at the base 

 of the cilice, brown. Cilise pale, fulvous. Al. ex. ] 4 ' inch. Larva un- 

 known. Mines the under surface of the leaves of hickory trees ( Carva- 

 alba). Mine ovoid, tent-like. The parenchyma is eaten off of the 

 upper cuticle in a ring, leaving a green spot in the centre, which is then 

 eaten off. The pupa is contained in an oval cocoon made of frass. Imago 

 in July — rare. 



Very distinct from L. lucid/costelta, the main differences being indicated 

 by the italics above. 



BOOKS RECEIVED. 



It is now several months since we have had space to acknowledge the 

 various publications that have been kindly sent us by authors and pub- 

 lishers ; this omission has arisen, not from any want of appreciation of 

 the kindness of the donors, or the slightest intention ot being discourteous. 

 but from the fact that our journal has been published at longer intervals 

 than previously, and consequently the pressure upon its limited pages 

 has been greater than ordinary. Our observations now must necessarily 

 be brief, as we have fallen so deeply into arrears. 



Characters of i'n described Lepidoptera Heterocera, and A List of Hymen- 

 optera, collected by j. K. Lord, Esq., in Egypt, in the neighbourhood of 

 the Red Sea, and in Arabia. By Francis Walker, F.L.S. London : 

 Janson. 1869-71. 



The former of these works, by our diligent friend, Mr. Walker, contains 

 descriptions of 196 new species from various parts of the world, including 



