278 [May, 



Deformity in an Ichietimon. — I possess a ? of Ambit/teles Cerinthius, Gr., in 

 ■which the right eye is congenitally obliterated, except a small globule placed close to 

 the ocellus on the same side, without the usual space between them. In the situation 

 properly belonging to the eye there is nothing but a blank, of the same appearance 

 as the rest of the head. The small aborted eye thus thrown back out of its place 

 seems to be about one-twelfth of its proper size ; it has distinct facets like the other 

 eye, and presents a granular surface different from that of the ocellus with which it 

 is in juxtaposition. The ocellus is distorted from a spherical into an oblong shape, 

 and enlarged (as if by way of compensation) to about twice its natural size, forming, 

 with the eye, a bilobed visual organ overhanging tlie occiput. The head projects 

 somewhat backwards in this place, but is otherwise free from malformation. The 

 usual yellow streak, which should occupy the inner orbit, is absent on the imperfect 

 side and visible on the other. I have further to remark upon this species that it be- 

 longs to the genus Amhlyteles, to which I was not able to refer it in the Catalogue, 

 as I had then no specimens, and the insect is not mentioned by Wesmael. Both 

 sexes were bred together by Mr. Scott from A. Atropos. The male is not described ; 

 it differs sliglitly from the $ in having the antenn£e black, with Ihe two basal joints 

 yellow beneath, and in wanting the dark suffused stain at the base of segment 3. 

 Long., (J , 7 lin. ; ? , 5^ lin. Stephens mentions the species as found near London ; 

 Gravenhorst describes the ? from Italy. — T. A. Maeshall, St. Mary's Kectory, 

 Antigua : Sth March, 1878. 



Tracliyphloeus laticollis near Dumfries. — Last autumn I found one specimen of 

 this rare species in flood-refuse here, along with a fine variety of Cassida chloris. — 

 W. Lennon, Crichton Institution, Dumfries : 27t7i March, 1878. 



Zuniinotis Lepidopterous larvce.—Aa regards the question of luminous cater- 

 pillars, I have, on reading the last No. of the E. M. M., recalled to my recollection a 

 special case of a green smooth caterpillar, banded (or striped) with yellow, and spotted 

 with red, to which I was attracted one evening in December, 1872, by the beauty of 

 its luminosity as it moved along upon the ground in one of the forest paths in South 

 Brazil. I recollect keeping this caterpillar alive through the night, and in the 

 morning killing it by immersion in spirit, and afterwards cleaning and roughly 

 stuiEng it. It was about 1-^ inch long, and perhaps f inch diameter in thickest part. 



Unless there are other larvae so like the larvae of Lepidoptera, as to be easily 

 mistaken for these latter by a non-scientiilc observer like myself, there can be no 

 doubt that this also vvas a case of a luminous Lepidoptei-ous larva. — TnoiiAS P. 

 BiGG-WiTUEE, Furze Hill, Eedhill : Zrd April, 1878. 



Tlie date of Cramer's works. — Cramer's " Papillons Exotiques " originally appeared 

 in 34 parts, and the exact dates of publication have remained uncertain, as the first 

 two vols, are dated 1779, and the others 1782 ; although the preface at the beginning 

 of vol. I is dated December 2nd, 1774. I am indebted to the kindness of Mr. II. W- 

 Marsden for a collation of a copy of the work in his possession, in the original covers, 

 according to which the actual dates of publication appear to be as follows : — 

 Vol. I, pis. 1 — 84 was published in 1775. 

 85—96 „ „ „ 1776. 



„ II, „ 97-192 „ „ . „ 1777. 



