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largest male being just seven inches. Form of wings as in male, 

 the black less pure, inclined to smoke-brown : above — fore wings 

 as in male, save that the triangular feather-like spots of metallic 

 green are on the submedian nervure, the three median nervules, 

 and on the posterior side of the second discoidal, but on the 

 anterior side of this last and on both sides of the subcostals the 

 feathers are white, reaching far up towards the cell, and becoming 

 impure towards the points ; on the hind wings the central green 

 patch scarcely extends beyond the subcostal, and is further con- 

 tracted by all the nervules being widely black-bordered ; within 

 the cell it gradually becomes of that lustrous blue whicli marks 

 the under side, and this then gives place to the oblique edge of a 

 triangular patch of deep velvet-black that reaches to the thorax ; 

 each of the nervures and nervules is bordered by a spot exactly 

 corresponding to those on the under surface of the male, only, 

 instead of being clear white, of a dingy light brown : beneath — 

 the fore wings differ little from those of male, save that the white 

 submarginal borderings of the nerves are much larger, especially 

 towards the tip, where they even exceed in size those on the upper 

 surface ; hind wings exactly as in male, save that the fine blue at 

 the base of the costal is much reduced. Head, thorax and 

 abdomen as in male, save that the crimson of the prothorax is 

 much suffused with black. — P. H. Gosse ; Sandhurst, Torquay, 

 May 6, 1881. 



Larva of Thecla W-album. — Is it not unusual to find a 

 larva of the genus Thecla cannibalistic ? My friend, Mr. Well- 

 man, some three weeks ago kindly gave me half a dozen full-fed 

 larvse of Thecla W-alhum ; and on my arriving home late that 

 evening I found that five out of the six had spun themselves up 

 previous to pupating, being then quite brown in colour. You can 

 imagine my surprise on going the next morning to give the sixth, 

 a green larva, some fresh elm, to find that it had half eaten, and 

 was still apparently enjoying, one of his companions. I should 

 be glad to hear whether any of your correspondents have met 

 with larvae of this genus being cannibals before. — A. Bliss ; 

 249, Brockley Eoad, S.E., June 21, 1881. 



Deiopeia pulchella in Ireland. — It will, I think, be of 

 interest to note the capture of a specimen of D. pulchella, which 

 I took on September 7th, 1880, in the vicinity of Ardmore, on the 



