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rately distant ; the anal claspers are close together and very 

 small. The colour of the head and of these plates is black ; 

 of the body pale yellowish white, indeed a colour commonly 

 recognised as proper to maggots, whether of wasps, nut- 

 weevils or others; every segment has a number of wart-like 

 spots, each of which emits a small hair or bristle ; these 

 warts are black, and form several longitudinal series the 

 whole length of the larva. It feeds on the stem and leaf- 

 stalks of the lowest and largest leaves of Echium vulgai'e 

 (viper's bugloss), thus causing the leaf to wither and curl up ; 

 when the leaf is in this state the larva joins the edges 

 together by silken threads, forming little retreats, in which it 

 changes to a pupa; from four to six of these are often found 

 on one plant, and always singly: the interior of these retreats 

 is covered with a silken web of the most delicate whiteness, 

 and on this the larva reposes for several weeks. The perfect 

 insect first makes its appearance in July, but there is a con- 

 tinued succession from that date to the end of October. I 

 am indebted to Mr. Porritt, of Huddersfield, for these larvae, 

 and for much valuable information respecting the life-history 

 of the species. — Edivard Newman. 



Entomological Notes, Captures, S^c. 



Pap/lio Podalirius on damp ground. — I fanc}' the habit 

 of settling on damp ground in hot weather is a usual one 

 with most kinds of butterflies. While staying on the Lake 

 of Como, on the muddy remains of a puddle near the Lake, 

 early every morning there might always be seen plenty of P. 

 Podalirius, with proboscis inserted in the nmd, so eagerly 

 engaged that I caught more than one by hand. P. Machaon 

 and some Lycasnas occasionally visited the uninviting spot. 

 Macroglossa Stellatarum was in great abundance, hundreds 

 flitting and darting wherever there were flowers. — VV. Douglas 

 Robinson ; Orc/tardton, Cdslle Douglas, N.B., October H. 



Papilio Machaon in Kent. — A young lady, a near neigh- 

 bour of mine, this summer took P. Machaon in a clover field. 

 I believe the larva of Machaon, or rather the pupa, was put 

 down in the Sturrey marshes in some numbers experimentally 

 a few years back. These marshes are some eight miles off. 



