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chocolate-brown at the segmental divisions ; the warts paler and glistening, hairs 

 black ; the anterior legs black, shining, and hairy, as are the ventral and anal legs 

 above, but pinkish and smooth below, with a fringe of black hooks on the feet. The 

 chrysalis, about an inch long, when seen sideways, is deepest across near the end of 

 the wing-covers, and the largest projecting points ; seen in front, it is broadest across 

 the bases of the well-defined wing-covers, which project laterally in curved ridges 

 from the thorax — itself rather sharply keeled in the centre, — from this is a deep 

 depression, and thence again the abdomen swells out in a backward tapering curve 

 to the point by which it is suspended ; in the subdorsal region, on each side of the 

 back, is a row of obtuse, tapering, prominent points, smaller in the depression, and 

 much smaller still on the thorax ; a larger pair at the head are suggestive of ears ; 

 the pupa skin is of a dull fawn-colour, varied with paler, and with fine brown reticu- 

 lation ; there is a line of brown along the spiracles, and a stripe of darker brown on 

 each side beneath the abdomen, a fine, rather wavy line of dark brown near the 

 margin of the wing-covers, and in the depression of the back are large glittering 

 golden basal spots to the points there, and the tips of the other abdominal points 

 have a simQar golden lustre. — William Bucklee, Emsworth : March Wth, 1878. 



Abnormal antenncz in Hemiptera. — Having noticed that Dr. Buchanan White (p. 

 93 ante) mentioned some abnormal peculiarities in the antennae of Hemiptera, possibly 

 the following may be of interest. In a specimen of Phytocoris populi in my pos- 

 session the first joint of the right antenna has a proportionate length of 27 to 42 in 

 the left antenna. The antenniferous process is almost obliterated ; and the elongated 

 basal portion is absent, the joint being of uniform width as far as the middle. The 

 other pai'ts of the insect are normal. — A. Buchan-Hepbuen, Junior Carlton Club : 

 February 26th, 1878. 



Re-occurrence of Dianthnecia capsophila and Lithosia caniola in South Wales. — 

 I have already recorded the occurrence, in 1876, of a specimen of Dianthoecia cap- 

 sophila on this coast: last summer I found a second specimen sitting on a rock in the 

 day time. About the same time I met with another old Dublin acquaintance — a 

 hairy larva found crawling on the rocks near Tenby, on June 27th, which spun up 

 immediately, and produced Lithosia caiiiola on July 30th ; and a few days later, another 

 specimen was swept up under the cliffs, when working for Tortrices. This species 

 also has therefore established itself along the coast of South Wales. — C. G. Baeeett, 

 Pembroke : 11th March, 1878. 



Apatura Iris in the New Forest. — I am interested in Mr. Neale's note (p. 233 

 ante) of the capture of Iris in the New Forest, as the extreme rarity, according to 

 my experience, of that species in the largest oak forest in England, or, I may say, in 

 Europe, is remarkable. 



During the last seventeen years I have spent many months in the New Forest, 

 frequently staying there for five or six weeks together, from the end of June until 

 the beginning or middle of August — sometimes for three or four seasons in succession 

 — but I never caught, or even saw, Iris there, except on one occeasion, that was ori 

 August 1st, IHT-i, when a large ? descended from an oak tree and settled in 

 a sallow bush just out of reach of my net. After spending about a quarter of an 



