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150. Papilio Machao7i. Three specimens of Papilio Machaon 

 were taken during the past summer (1841) by different collectors. — Id. 



151. Capture of species of Peronea. I have this year taken at Ken- 

 sington Gardens, on the 9th of October, Peronea bistriana and a va- 

 riety : at Coombe Wood, on the 10th, P. albicostana, P. similana and 

 a variety : near Mickleham, between the 1 6th and 20th, P. striana, 

 P. vittana, P. umbrana, P. subcristana, P. subvittana, P. cristana, 

 P. fulvo-cristana ; and at the same locahty on the 6th November, P. di- 

 visana,P. autumnana, P. Byringerana, P. reticulana and P. latifasciana. 

 — Alfred Lamhert ; 6, Trinity St., Southtvark, Deceinber SI, 1841. 



152. Larva of Orgy ia gonostigma. On the 6th of November I met 

 with this larva alive, but in a semitorpid state. — Id. January 11, 1842. 



153. Captures in Dunham Park, near Manchester. The follow- 

 ing insects have been captured this month in the above locality. — 

 Phigalia pilosaria, Nyssia hispidaria, Cheimatobia vulgaris, Anisop- 

 teryx leucophearia, and one beautiful specimen of the rare variety — 

 nigricans ; the wings and abdomen are of a glossy brownish black, 

 head and thorax of the usual colour. — R. S. Edleston; IS, Derby St., 

 Cheetham, Manchester, February 14, 1842. 



154. Note on Porcellio. One species of Porcellio is very fond of 

 nectarines, apricots and peaches. It runs very quickly, and vibrates 

 its antennsB rapidly ; its dorsal segments are pustulated, and are co- 

 vered with a bluish-grey bloom ; the tips of the caudal segments are 

 orange, its antennae are grey banded with white, it is pale beneath, its 

 legs are white, and the hinder pairs are slightly tinged with grey. — 

 Francis Walker ; Grove Cottage, Southgate. 



155. Metamorphosis of Insects. Among the metamorphoses of in- 

 sects, that of the Isomorpha, which comprise the Orthoptera, Hemip- 

 tera and part of the Neuroptera, has most resemblance to the like 

 change in Myriapoda. The Isomorj^ha having a more imperfect 

 metamorphose than other insects, are inferior to them in the scale of 

 creation, for the perfection of a creature consists in the number and 

 importance of the changes it undergoes. The first change that takes 

 place is the metamorphose or development of the head; next another 

 radiating centre determines the structure of the thorax and of its ap- 

 pendages ; and lastly, a new form is given to the abdomen and its 

 organs : and in like order is the relative importance of each portion 

 and of its functions, and of its manifestation of the character of the 

 creature. — Id. 



156. Note on Acarus horridus. In the report of the Entomologi- 

 cal Society contained in your last No. (Entomol. 264) it is stated that 



