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apical edge of the elytra;* the tibiae are armed with large 

 spurs. 



Rhynchitid^. 



The peculiar form of the mandibles requires the separation 

 of these genera as a distinct family. The teeth on the inner 

 side are well developed, as usual, but, in addition, the apex is 

 prolonged outwards into an acute process, behind which is 

 another large tooth ;t the front coxie are usually contiguous, 

 large and conical, — in one genus (Pterocolus) widely sepa- 

 rated; the pygidium is either exposed (Rhynchites, Pterocolus) 

 or covered by the elytra (Eugnaraptus, Auletes) ; the epipleura; 

 are narrow, but distinct; and on the inner face of the elytra, 

 remote from the margin, may be seen a short, straight fold, 

 the homologue of the well-defined fold, which limits the 

 lateral groove for the reception of the side margin of the 

 ventral segments, observed in all the following families. 

 (To be continued.) 



Mode of Oviposition in certain Lepidoptera. By the 

 Rev. P. PI. Jennings. 



I HAVE much pleasure in sending you a few notices of the 

 manner in which some moths deposit their eggs, together 

 with other items concerning them. If they are acceptable to 

 you, and you think will tend to general edification, 1 shall be 

 hai)py to send you more as occasion may oflTer. At the same 

 time, I should be very glad if others, interested in our favourite 

 ])ursuit, would give us the benefit of their experience. While 

 we all admire the beauty of the perfect insect, and desire to 

 store our cabinets with sj)ecimens in the finest condition 

 possible, yet how much more do we learn of the wonderful in 

 Nature from an acquaintance with the habits given to the 

 insect by its Almighty Creator, and exhibited both in the 

 larval and perfect stale. 



Crocallis elinfjuaria. — A wasted female, taken in August, 

 deposited forty-six eggs, ol which some were laid on a sprig 



* Compare in tins relation tlie curious notch in the front part of the 

 pygidium of Authribidse, for the retcj^tion of the sutural angles of the eljtra. 



+ This character was tirst observed by Thomson, who observes (Sk. Col. 

 vii. 28), concerning his tribe llhynchitiua, "Mandibular depressai, extus 

 excisaj, intus dentatse." 



