THE ENTOMOLOGIST. 



At fig. 6 I have represented the tarsus of one of the posterior 

 legs enlarged, in order to sliow more clearly the singular little 

 soles which are found on llie under sides of the joints, and 

 consist of a flat disk with a thick projecting muscular border. 

 In the catalogue 1 named this species Cimbex lutea: this 

 is the Linnean name of the female. I adopted this name on 

 the authority of Zaddach. I see, however, that Linna3us first 

 described the male, which he called Femorata; and I there- 

 fore think it is more reasonable to adopt this latter name, 

 unless one were to drop both names as being collective 

 names of certain species which he regarded as one ; in which 

 case precedence would have to be given to the name adopted 

 by Brischke and Zaddach, namely Cimbex Saliceti. 



The female variety Fallens, which, according to the above- 

 mentioned authors was also reared from larvae feeding on 

 willows, differs in the following particulars : — The dorsum 

 of the thorax is of the same loamy yellow as the margins of 

 the prothorax, and has only a wedge-shaped brown spot on 

 the mesothorax ; the abdomen, in the two examples with 

 which I am acquainted, is entirely yellow, without any dark 

 purple band or spots ; lastly, the legs are entirely yellow, and 

 the outer margin of the anterior wings is clouded with brown. 

 There is no record of the place where these two examples 

 were taken, so that I cannot confidently assert that they are 

 indigenous. 



An Attempt to Arrange the British Eupithecidce by their 

 Larval Characteristics. By C. S. Gregson, Esq. 



At present, look where we will, we find this genus so 

 muddled and mixed in our various books and lists that it 

 seems evident our authors were, or are, little more than mere 

 compilers, not one of them having shown any knowledge of 

 the relationships of these most interesting groups of Lepi- 

 doptera. Thus we see in one list Togata, which is not an 

 Eupithecia at all, placed between Juniperata and Pumilata, 

 the larva) of which differ much from each other; whilst in 

 another work we have Assimilata, with its long, slender 

 larva, placed between Minutata and Tenuiata, two larvae 

 which I think almost as far removed from each other as it is 



