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sixty specimens. As far as I have observed, they sit in the axils of tlie leaves, or at 

 the base outside, and with the head downwards. They adhere very firmly to the 

 ,, plant, and when they do move, it is not at a rapid rate. The larvae ai'e of a more deli- 

 cate green colour than in the following stage, and are unicolorous. The nymph is of 

 a darker green in some eases than in others. Head slightly convex in front, with a 

 faint notch in the middle, and about six to eight short white hairs round the margin. 

 AntenncB short, yellow, spigot- or peg-shaped, 1st and 2nd joints green, apex black. 

 Eyes, viewed from above, large, greenish-white, from the side-centre black. Thighs 

 gi'een, tihicB and tarsi pale yellow, apex blackish. Ulytra-Xohes yellowish or very 

 pale brownish-yellow, base pale, costal margin somewhat convex, flattened in the 

 middle, posterior margin slightly concave next the anterior angle, which is acute. 

 Abdomen green, convex, with a longitudinal depression or faint channel on each side 

 nearer to the centre than the margin ; segmental incisions somewhat strongly 

 defined ; margins rounded to the apex, which is acute, and with about ten long white 

 hairs on each side of the last two segments, extreme apex yellowish. Length, 1 line 

 (Paris). The eyes, as seen from above, present a somewhat curious appearance, the 

 creature looking as if it were blind or had a hood over them. — John Scott, Lee, 

 S.E. : May 12th, 1882. 



Note on Setodes argentipuncteUa, McLach. — This exceedingly delicate and 

 pretty little species was first described in this Magazine, vol. xiv, p. 105 (1877), from 

 examples taken by Mr. Hodgkinson at Windermere, and by the Eev. A. E. Eaton 

 at Killarney. Mr. King found it in great abundance at the former localily in 

 August, 1881 {cf. Vol. xviii, p. 163) . When Mr. A. R. Wallace was writing his " Island 

 Life" (published in 1880), he applied to me for a list of J'r^c7^o^<e?•a apparently 

 exclusively British, which appeared at p. 337 of his work, and naturally included S. 

 argentipuncteUa. As a proof of how hazardous it is to generalize upon apparent 

 facts of this nature, I will mention that when on a visit to Belgium in July, 1881, I 

 found the species in the greatest profusion along the banks of the curious little 

 river termed " La Semois," at the town of Bouillon (which it may be well to 

 mention is near the French frontier, and the battle-field of Sedan). It is included 

 in the list of captures made on that excursion {cf. Comptes Eendus, Soc. Ent. Belg. 

 XXV, p. cxxxi), which is a sufficient record so far as general distribution is concerned. 

 The subject is brought forward here, in its present form, as a warning against hasty 

 generalization. It is also an argument in favour of what have been termed "mere 

 collectors." If the insect had been (say) Lepidopterous there can be no doubt it 

 would not so long have remained unnoticed in this country, and probably long before 

 its discovery here, some continental Entomologist would have anticipated us in its 

 detection, reversing the conditions that caused it to be placed in a list of species 

 apparently peculiar to Britain. — R. MoLachlan, Lewisham : 4fA Aj^ril, 1882. 



Variety of Zygana filipendidcB. — Two very interesting specimens of Zygana 

 iilipendulce were exhibited at a meeting of our Local Field Club a week ago by the 

 Vice-President. In one of them the posterior (or sixth) red spot on the anterior 

 wings was entirely absent, and in the other only faintly traceable, so that both 

 might easily have been passed over as " S-spotted." They have, however, the very 

 narrow blue-black border to the hind-wings, and the form and general characters of 



