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some of the genus from the others, some having blue, and 

 the remainder with red or fuscous markings. It was also 

 stated that the red species lacked certain sexual marks found 

 in the blue species, also that the latter, apparently alone 

 amongst the Lepidoptera, possessed pectinated antennae in 

 the female, and simple antennae in the male. This was 

 noticed by Westwood in C. erectkea and C. horeada, and is 

 now confirmed by the writer in G. hysudrus and 0. orithea. 



It was suggested that, in these species, the female carries 

 on the courtship (as in certain birds), and that the structural 

 differences found in the blae section entitled it to generic 

 rank. 



Geo. C. Griffiths. 



The Entomological Season of 1894. 



The season of 1894 opened with good promise, and 

 owing to the favourable weather of the early spring, many 

 of the first records compare well with the remarkable 

 season of 1893. The cold winds which set in during April, 

 however, and the subsequent low temperature and sunless 

 character of the summer, soon had their effect on insect 

 life, and the season, as a whole, has been the most barren 

 and disappointing one in my remembrance. 



Xot a single imago of our local hook-tip, JDrepana sicula, 

 was taken during the summer. Mr. C. Bartlett was 

 fortunate enough to find one larva, but that is the sole 

 record of this interesting insect for 1894. 



Geo. C. Griffiths. 



The Extomological Season of 1895. 



The unusually severe and prolonged frost which began 

 in January, 1895, and continued without a break until the 

 early part of March, had the effect of delaying the 



