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Dr. Giraiid. It is found cither on the Fig- 15. 



branches that are covered with earth or 



moss, or on the lowest part of" the trunk of 



Quercus scssiliflora or of Q. pubescens. 



Like the two preceding galls it consists of 



an egg-shaped inner gall, which, with a 



covering as thin as paper, surrounds the 



large larva-cell, and is half a centimetre in 



length. The exterior surface, when dry, is 



covered with a thin, shining yellowish brown 



layer of bark. Out of this layer emanate „ 



a great number of radiating outstretched 



threads, half a centimetre in length, and 



covered with scattered hairs, about one 



millcmetre in length. Dr. Giraud found 



this gall late in the autuum ; and the 



perfect insect emerged in the September 



of the following year. — G. L. Mayr. 



A. SEROTINA. 



a. Two of the threads 



maguified. 



Entomological Notes, Captures, Sfc. 



Argynnis Niohe in Kent. — I beg to submit to your inspec- 

 tion a male specimen of a fritillary, caught in company with 

 Aglaia on a very hilly inaccessible spot near here. Would 

 you kindly let me know yom- opinion of it? I have sent a 

 male and female, also, to Mr, Doubleday. They seem to me 

 to be out before Aglaia, as Aglaia, specimens of which 1 have 

 a hundred or more caught to-day, are bright and fresh. Are 

 these varieties, or another species .'' Shall be happy to 

 furnish the locality. — W. Wigan ; 8, Wincheap, Canterbury. 



[Mr. Doubleday allows me to publish the following 

 information: — "I yesterday received from a Mr. Wigan a 

 pair of Argynnis Niobe, which he says he caught on some 

 hills near Wye, in Kent, flying with Aglaia, of which he took 

 more than a hundred specimens. He states that he took 

 three male Niobe on Monday, two of them being much 

 wasted, and a female on Tuesday ; this he sent to me, 

 together with the best male ; this was dead, but not stiff, and 

 the female was still alive : they are not much more than half 

 the siise of my continental specimens, being very little larger 



