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Bwarmed. They continued to become alate until the 8Uth. I 

 transferred many of these alatse to peas ( Pisum) and bramble 

 (Rubiis), and they seemed to settle on both, but none of the 

 larvae produced on both plants lived. It was thought then that 

 this species might be the same as the M. pisi of Kaltenbach. It 

 has since proved to be quite distinct. On June 30th I found it 

 at Wye on red and white cultivated valerians {Centranthns), 

 when all were apterse, many being immature. These were 

 watched, and alatte appeared on July 16th. This species is 

 quite distinct from any of the other allied Macrosipha, now 

 placed in a separate genus by Mordwilko called Aajrhosiphon 

 (Faune de la Russie Mus. Zool. Acad. Imp. Sci. de Petrograd 

 Ins. Hemig. vol. i. p. 75. 1914. Petrograd). There is no 

 doubt that 2nsi, ulmarice, gei, and others with this species should 

 be placed in a distinct genus and separated from Macrodphum, 

 for they present many marked divergent characters from 

 Macrosipkum rosce. 



The valerian species is markedly mealy in the larval and 

 nymphal stages, and so are many of the apterous viviparous 

 females. 



The young are yellow or pale green. The nymphae are 

 yellow-green and mealy, with a dark central line ; antennre 

 pale brown, dark on the apical half, and are carried over the 

 body ; legs pale brown, except the base of the femora ; apex of 

 the tibiae and tarsi dark ; cornicles long, thin, cylindrical, and 

 dusky ; eyes black. 



(To be continued.) 



NOTES AND OBSERVATIONS. 



Injury to the Wings of Lyc^na arion. — I note Mr. Frohawk's 

 explanation with regard to the damage to the wings of this butterfly 

 commented on in my notes published in the September ' Entomo- 

 logist ' (antea, p. 215), but I am convinced that his explanation does 

 not apply in this particular case. For one thing, I am practically 

 certain that the locahty referred to is known as an habitat of 

 L. arion to extremely few people; and, further, as I spent a consider- 

 able amount of time on the spot, I am able to state positively that 

 no dealer had anything to do with the injury to the wings referred 

 to. I find I omitted to mention one very interesting fact in connec- 

 tion with this, which throws rather more hght upon the matter. 

 Early one morning I noted a fine female resting on a stem of grass, 

 and, without using my net, merely tapped the grass, causing the 

 butterfly to drop into the killing-bottle without being handled at all. 

 When examining it, however, about half a minute afterwards, I 

 noticed a triangular piece was missing from the edge of the fore 

 wings, and therefore replaced it on the grass, hoping that it would 

 revive. I then made the discovery that the specimen in question 

 had only very recently emerged from the pupa, the wings, although 



