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PERFECT INSECTS WITH THE LARVAL HEAD. it 
4. Pieris Rape. 
5. Morpho Eurylochus. 
6. Zygeena exulans. 
7. Sphinx spec. 
8. Bombyx Mori (several times). 
9. Liparis Monacha. 
10. Gastropacha quercifolia. 
11. Zerene adusta. 
12. Botys fuscalis. 
Coleoptera. — 15. Dytiscus marginalis. 
14. Hydaticus bimarginatus. 
15. Cybister limbatus. 
Diptera. — —_ 16. Syrphus spec. 
Only the fact of the presence of the larval head is known for the 
Nos. 7, 10, 183-16. More or less sufficient details are known for Nos. 
1, 3, 8, 12, but the publication by Professor Westwood will give doubt- 
less a full information about them. The Nos. 4, 11, were only in the 
chrysalis state, and do not strictly belong here. But just those cases 
are interesting, as all the others must have passed the chrysalis state in 
the same manner. 
The Nos. 1, 2,8, and probably 5, were bred by home raising ; Nos. 3, 
6, 7, 9, 12, 15, were caught living. . 
The interesting fact that the larval head is sometimes retained in the 
perfect insect is proved by the quoted observations. Probably all cases 
except Noctua heterochta belong to the same kind of deformity. The 
head of the imago is contained in the head of the larva, which the in- 
sect was not able to cast off in the transformation. It must be admit- 
ted that circumstantial details are known only for V. Popul, V. Antopa, 
M. Eurylochus, Z. exulans. The prothorax of the two last-mentioned 
species, and even one foreleg in M. ELurylochus, is still covered by the 
larval skin. The antenne are free in B..fuscahs ; the palpi are rejected 
in V. Antiopa, V. Populi, M. Eurylochus ; in Z. exulans they are free. All 
specimens were fully developed im size, shape, and colors, except B. 
Mori. 
Perhaps such deformities are not so rare as the small number of 
known cases would lead us to believe. Such deformed specimens are 
more easily caught and destroyed by their natural enemies, or they die 
sooner for lack of food. Nevertheless, the very large number of Lepi- 
doptera bred and raised during the past hundred years allows us to con- 
clude that at least in home raising such deformities occur very rarely. 
Mr. Trouvelot observed many times 7’. Polyphemus caterpillars casting off 
the larval head with more or less difficulty, and sometimes not at all. 
The last case proved to be fatal. As insects of course are developed 
more easily in liberty than in captivity, the rare occurrence of perfect 
