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claspers; the anal flap terminates in one, and the ]3lh seg* 

 ment in two, nipple-shaped points directed backwards ; and 

 there are a number of bristles on the head and on various 

 parts of the body. I am indebted to Mr. MoncreafF for a 

 supply of this larva, — Edtcard Newman. 



Description of the Larva of Xanthia gilvago. — Head very 

 decidedly narrower than the 2nd segment, porrected in crawl- 

 ing, not notched on the crown ; 2nd segment smaller and nar- 

 rower than the following ; the body smooth, almost uniformly 

 cylindrical, but very gradually increasing to the 12th seg- 

 ment, which is the largest, velvety, the segmental divisions 

 very clearly marked ; anal claspers small, closely approxi- 

 mate, not spreading ; head umber-brown, clouded, paler 

 brown on the cheeks, very glabrous ; dorsal area of the body 

 dingy brown, the 2nd segment having a semicircular patch 

 of darker brown, the convex margin of which is directed 

 backwards, and the disk of which is interrupted by three 

 pale longitudinal lines, with an intervening pale spot on the 

 convex margin ; between each two there is a dorsal series of 

 subtriangular markings, all darker than the ground-colour, 

 the apex of each pointing backward ; the ventral area is 

 paler than the dorsal, and slightly tinged wilh olive-green, 

 the division between the dorsal and ventral areas being 

 abruptly marked, and at the region of the spiracles, which 

 are intensely black, the dorsal area and triangle are varied 

 with linear markings, which disappear towards the period of 

 pupation. I am indebted to Mr. Baker, of Derby, for a 

 supply of this larva. — Id. 



Entomological Notes and Captures. 



A Proctrotrupes Parasitic on a Myriapod. — About a fort- 

 right ago the Rev. J. L. L. Fulford most kindly sent me a 

 specimen of Lithobius forficalus, one of the Scolopendra 

 family, not uncommonly found under stones, in greenhouses, 

 cucumber-frames, and many similar situations. The pecu- 

 liarity in this specimen, to which Mr. Fulford particularly 

 invited my attention, was this, — there were attached to the 

 ventral surface of the body, issuing from between the seg- 

 ments, certain pupa; of an ichneumonideous parasite. On 



