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A CHAPTER ON ZYG^NA MINOS. 



(By THE Editor.) 



During the past twenty years various attempts have been 

 made to split Zygcena 3fvws into two species. One variety 

 has been described by Zeller under the name of Meringi; 

 another has been described by Herrich-S chaffer, and the 

 name of Nuhigena proposed for it by Mann. 



Imagining the subject would probably receive increased 

 attention during the ensuing summer, we have collected toge- 

 ther a mass of notes on the subject, which are here arranged 

 chronologically. 



We make no comments, leaving the whole subject to the 

 unbiassed consideration of our readers. 



ZYG^NA MINOS. 



[From Lepidopterological Contributions by P. C. Zeller, published 

 1840 in the " Isis," p. 137.] 



The markings on the anterior wings of a Zygcena consist 

 mainly of 6 spots, placed in three pairs. For a more easy 

 mode of explanation, we may call the upper spots 1, 3 and 5 ; 

 namely, that at the base 1 ; that in the middle of the wing 3, 

 and that towards the apex 5, and the corresponding lower 

 spots, 2, 4 and 6. Zygcena 3Imos is one of those species 

 in which spots, which are not the corresponding spots, are 

 conflueni. 



