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certain Indian Satyridse differ very markedly in the wet and dry seasons' 

 broods, and are fully developed in such cases in the dry season only. It 

 therefore becomes of especial interest to learn (Entom. 973) that Mr. J. E. 

 Winkworth has taken during the past wet season in England, five examples 

 of Epinephele hyperanthes in which the ocelli are almost suppressed, all 

 of them in the same county — Berkshire. E. hyperanthes var. arete, 

 and forms approaching thereto, are not of exceeding rarity in most years, 

 but it will be of very great interest if we find, as Mr. Winkworth 's note 

 seems to indicate, that they have been especially abundant during the past 

 season. It is therefore to be hoped that those who have knowledge of this 

 matter will publish the same.— T. D. A. Cockerell ; West Cliff, Colorado, 

 November 27, 1888. 



Abnormal Development. — One of the most remarkable cases of ab- 

 normal development I have ever met with, recently came under my notice. 

 On November 16th I met witli a larva of Pieris rapa; which had spun up 

 previous to pupating. Wishing to renew my specimen of this species, I 

 took it with the intention of preserving it, and placed it in a small tin box, 

 which I always carry in my vest pocket. A few hours later I noticed it had 

 pupated ; replacing it in my pocket, I forgot it until Nov. 28th, then, upon 

 opening the box and noticing that the pupa appeared to be dried up, I 

 broke it in halves, and to my surprise found the perfectly developed imago 

 inside. That this species sliould be developed in twelve days is not, I think, 

 a very exceptional occurrence, but in this case the pupa was loose in a 

 box in a pocket, carried not less than eight miles each day, and subjected 

 to every motion of the body. It shows, I tliink, that a very slight eleva- 

 tion or depression of the temperature serves to advance or retard the 

 development of insects. — W. T. Pearce ; 111, High Street, Gosport, 

 December 11, 1888. 



Hybernating LabvyE. — Can any one tell me the best way of rearing 

 hybernating larvae? I have Uropteryx sambucaria feeding on ivy, which I 

 am anxious to successfully rear. — Henry A. Hill; 20, Fellows Road, 

 Hampstead, N.W., November 7, 1888. 



Ketarded Emergence. — I had a curious instance of this the other 

 day. A solitary pupa of Dicrauura vinula, which remained over from 

 larvae taken in 1887, suddenly emerged on the 10th of November, and 

 developed itself to its own satisfaction and my considerable surprise. — 

 G. M. A. Hewett; The College, Winchester. 



Celery-fly. — My plants of celery have often been much injured by 

 the larva of some insect burrowing in and destroying the leaves, in which 

 it makes patches or blotches rather than galleries. The pest has been 

 unusually abundant this year in my own and neighbouring gardens, the 

 worst of its ravages being committed in September and October; so that 

 in the latter montb many rows of celery about here presented a withered 

 and sickly appearance, with hardly a green leaf to be seen, the growth of the 

 plant being altogether checked. I should be glad to know the order and 

 name of the insect, and also whether any plan can be recommended for 

 getting rid of it. I have picked up a number of the pupae, specimens of 

 which I should be happy to forward to anyone who is interested in its 

 natural history. — (Rev.) G. A. Smallwood ; Willington, Burton-on-Trent, 

 November 10, 1888. [The history and a figure of the Celery-fly [Tephritls 



