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for this larva, and for the interesting particulars of its eco- 

 n o m y . — EcJwn rcl Newni <in. 



Description of tJie Larva of Pteropliorus trigonodactylus, 

 — Yellowish white, vvilh a 'fehade of gremiish ; dorsal line 

 light brown ; sui)dorsal line broader, lighter brown ; head 

 and 2nd segment fulvous, shining; spiracles black. The 

 larva appears to attack the top of the scape of Tussilago 

 Farfara (coltsfoot), causing it to wither, and the head to 

 hang down so as to come into contact with the scape. From 

 thence it a]i])ears to make its way upwards through the 

 receptacle into the pappus, amongst the silken threads of 

 which it changes to the pupa state. The presence of a larva 

 or pupa in a head of this plant is indicated by the bent and 

 withered scape, and by the pappus being drawn together into 

 a bundle, in which the insect lies. — Joint Peers ; 04, Butter- 

 market Street, IVarrington, May 23, 1864. 



The first number of an ' Entomologist's Monthly Maga- 

 zine,' conducted by T. Blackburn and others, has duly made 

 its appearance, and contains the following papers : — 1. " New 

 Species of Ijutterflies from Guatemala and Panama, by H. W. 

 Bates, F'.Z.S.," in which ten American species are described. 

 2. " Descriptions of the British Species of Stenus, by E. C. 

 Rye," in whicii four British species are described, namely, 

 Stenus biguttatus of Liuneus, S. bipunclatus of Erichson, S. 

 guttula of Mliller, and S. bimaculatus of Gyllenhal. 3, "A 

 few Words on the Species of Pterophorus noticed by Linne, 

 by H. T. Stainton, F.L.S.," in which is coni])rised a life-his- 

 tory of Pterophorus didactylus of Linneus, translated from a 

 paper by Dr. Schleich, at p. 96 of the 'Stettin Entomologische 

 Zeitung' for the present year. 4. "On the Structure and 

 Affinities of the Latridii, by T. Vernon WoUaston, M.A., 

 F^.L.S.," a verv learned and abstruse question on a difficult 

 subject, and handled with Mr. WoUaston's customary ability. 

 The under-mentioned shorter records will have more at- 

 traction for the British Entomologist : — " Observations on 

 the Economy and Moulting of the Larva of Micropteryx, by 

 Charles Healy." " Oxytelus speculifrons, a new British 

 sj^ccics, by E. C. Rye." Mr. Rye has taken a single female 



