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from the 5th to the 11th inclusive, there is a minute wart in 

 advance of each principal wart; on the 12th segment are two 

 transversely placed and rather prominent dorsal warts, and 

 two minute warts behind them : every wart terminates in a 

 bristle. Head slightly hairy, opaque brown, with two paler, 

 transverse, waved markings across the face. Body sometimes 

 yellow-green, but generally brown, with the warts black, 

 and a few yellow markings, viz., on the 2nd segment a 

 transverse mark immediately behind the head; on the back 

 of the 3rd and 4th segments two approximate stripe-like 

 markings, and an amorphous mark in the region of each 

 lateral wart. It descends to the ground, and changes to a 

 smooth pupa just below the surface of the earth, during the 

 first week in June ; and the perfect insect appears in January 

 or February following. — (Zool. 8782.) 



Larvae of Xylophasia scolopacina. — I have to record the 

 capture by myself and two friends of over three hundred 

 larvae of Xylophasia scolopacina, in woods, at Hampstead 

 and Highgate, between the 1st and 3rd of June. I believe 

 this is the first recorded capture of the insect, so far south, 

 in any stage, though the fact of its occurring near London 

 must have been known to many entomologists for some years. 

 My friend Mr. V. B. Lewes took a number of the imagines 

 in July, 1870, at Bishop's Wood, Hampstead ; and in the 

 same year I took a iew at Highgate ; and I expect others 

 must also have captured the species in these localities. The 

 larvae are rather local, and are most abundant in little 

 sheltered nooks amongst the bushes just off the main rides, 

 near the outskirts of the woods. They are most easily found 

 at night, but can also be taken in the afternoon. They are 

 very fond of biting through a stem of grass about half-way 

 down, and then eating downwards from the point where they 

 cut the stem. Does the species also occur in the woods on 

 the south side of London .? I have never seen the imago at 

 sugar; but it is abundant at the flowers of the bramble 

 during July. The larvae are now full fed, and most of mine 

 have buried. — Bernard Lockyer ; 204, Euston Road, N.W. 



Knautia or Scabiosa (Entom. viii. 133) ? — It is not often 

 that I have occasion to differ from my friend Mr. Melvill on 

 botanical matters, but in the case of the habitat of Knautia 

 arvensis I think it very likely that Mr. Gregson may be right, 

 and I do not think anyone could confound Knautia and 



