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being about three-quarters of an inch in length, and tolerably 

 stout in proportion. Head globular and shining, about the 

 same width as the 2nd segment; body rounded above, but 

 nearly flat ventrally ; it is of tolerably uniform width, but a 

 little attenuated posteriorly; segmental divisions tolerably 

 well defined; the trapezoidal warts very large and well- 

 developed, giving the surface of the body a rather rough 

 appearance ; from each wart springs a tuft of hair. The 

 ground colour is rather a peculiar dark olive-green, thickly 

 freckled with both darker and paler spots, making the 

 creature altogether bear a striking resemblance to the lichens 

 on which it feeds. The shortest, and indeed almost the best, 

 description of it would be simply " lichen-coloured," the 

 grayish green, or commonest type of lichen-colouring being 

 understood. The dorsal stripe is formed by an interrupted 

 series of narrow black marks; there is also a series of similar, 

 but more conspicuous marks on the subdorsal region, these 

 marks, on the middle segments, being bordered above with 

 whitish; the tubercles are reddish brown; the hairs brown. 

 The head is intensely black, with a very conspicuous, white, 

 A-shaped mark. Ventral surface dull, pale olive-green, with 

 interrupted, smoky central stripe. — Geo. T. Porrilt ; Hud- 

 dersfield, January 4, 1876. 



Sphinx Convolvuli at Bury. — Yesterday I had a vvorn 

 specimen of Sphinx Convolvuli brought to me to identify. 

 It was captured about the second week in August, whilst on 

 the wing, in a dwelling-house, probably attracted by the 

 light, in the centre of the town. — R. Kay ; 2, Spring Street, 

 Bury, December 15, 1875. 



Heinerobius in Winter. — On Sunday morning (January 

 9th) I found a species of Hemerobius in my room. It was of 

 a brown colour. There had been no fire in the room ; and 

 the thermometer in the garden registered 18° of frost on the 

 previous night. Do these insects usually hybernate ?— i!/. N. 

 Ridley; Cobliam, Graiesend, January 12, 1876. 



[I was not previously aware of this habit in Hemerobius, 

 having never observed it. — Edward. Neivman.] 



Maweslra abjecta. — In my list of the insects sent to you I 

 omitted to send you the capture of a worn Mamestra abjecta, 

 taken in my garden in July or August last. — A. Thurnall ; 

 IVhittles/ord, December 29, 1875. 



