206 VARIETILS. 



Sp. 103. Pter. nigro-aeneus. Fern. P. lugubri similis at 

 obscurior, antennce crassiores. 



Nigro-aeneus, parum nitens : caput nigro-viride : oculi ocellique 

 rufi : antennae fusccE ; articulus 1"^ obscurior, basi fulvus : abdo- 

 men nitens; segmentum 1^™. viride, cupreo-varium ; discus 

 cupreo purpureus : pedes flavi ; coxae virides ; femora viridi- 

 fusca, apice flava ; tibiae fusco cingulatas ; tarsi apice fusci ; pro- 

 tarsi fulvi : proalae subfuscae ; squamulic virides ; nervi fulvi ; 

 stigma minutum ; metalse sublimpidse. (Corp. long. lin. f — 1 ; 

 alar. U— U-) 



Var. (j. — Abdomen nigro-viride ; segmentum P™. cupreo-seneum. 



Far. y, Var. /3, similis : abdominis discus cupreus. 

 September ; Isle of Wight. 



Art. XXI. — Varieties. 



5. Two Pupae of Saturnia in one Cocoon. — The follow- 

 ing singular fact perhaps might not be deemed unworthy of 

 insertion in your valuable magazine. A lady, whose name is 

 Eginton, residing near Worcester, had a very fine larva of 

 Saturnia Pavonia minor brought to her, which shortly after- 

 wards formed its cocoon, and from its extraordinary size, she 

 entertained great expectations of a very fine specimen to adorn 

 her cabinet the following spring ; but to her great astonish- 

 ment there emerged therefrom a male Viwd. female of the species 

 in great perfection. A few days afterwards I called upon the 

 lady, and witnessed this most singular fact, and made such 

 inquiry as to be fully satisfied that no other insect of the kind, 

 in either state, could have gained admission into the box where 

 the larvae had been deposited to undergo its transformation. 



With the lady's kind permission I have thought fit to men- 

 tion her name, who can, if needful, corroborate this very 

 singular and extraordinary vagary of nature, as I am quite 

 disposed to think that many Entomologists will imagine that 

 some mistake must have been made, or else perhaps doubt or 

 disbelieve the circumstance altogether; and really I must be 

 candid enough to remark, that had I not been an eye-witness 

 thereto, I should be much inclined to dispute the truth of it 



