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PS rCHE. 



[December 1897. 



The Faune entomologique des environs de 

 Paris appeared Sept. 26, 1835. 



Tlie Faune de I'Oceanie appeared May 9, 



1835- 



Of tlie Species general des Lfipidopteres, 

 the first two livraisons appeared April 10, 

 1836. 



Boisdiival and LeContfi's Histoire gC'nerale 

 et iconographie des Lepidoptferes et des chen- 

 illes de TAmferique septentrionale appeared in 

 26 livraisons and then terminated abruptly. 

 The first eight livraisons were published in 

 1829-1S30; there was then a break, and the 

 remainder were issued in 1833-1S34. The 

 livraisons were made up as follows, and I 

 have added the exact dates of four of them : 



1 (p. 1-16; pi. 1-3) May 2, 1829. 



2 (p. 17-24; pi. 4-6J June 13. 1S29. 



3 (P- -5-32; pl- 7-9)- 



4 (P- 33-40. pl- 10-12). 



5 (P- 41-4S; pl- 13-15)- 



6 (p. 49-56; pl. 16-18). 



7 (P- 57-64; Pl- 19-20- 



8 (P.65-S0; pl. 22-24). 



9 (p. 81-S8; pl. 25-27) July 27, 1S33.. 



10 (p. S9-100; pl. 2S-30) 



11 (p. loi-ioS; pl. 3'-33)- 



12 (p. 109-116; pl. 34-36). 



13 (P- 117-1-4; pl- 37-39)- 



14 (p- 125-13- ; pl- 40-42)- 



15 (P- 133-140; pl- 43-45)- 



16 (p. 141-14S; pl. 46-48). 



17 (p. 149-156; pl. 49-51)- 



18 (p. i57-'64; pl- 52-54)- 



19 (p. 165-172; pl. 55-57). 



20 (p. 173-1S0; pl. 5S-60). 



21 (p. 1S1-188; pl. 61-63). 



22 (p. 1S9-196; pl. 64-66). 



23 (P- 197-204; pl. 67-69). 



24 (p. 205-212; pl. 70-72). 



25 (p. 213-220; pl. 73-75)- 



26 (p. 221-22S; pl. 76-78). 



A CURIOUS CASE OF PROTECTIVE 

 COLORATION. 



At Mesilla, X. M., on Aug. 15, 1S97, 



sat down to rest while on a collecting excur- 

 sion, and my eye fell on a clump of the 

 whitish-green Baileya iiiiil/iradiata,vi\V\\ its 

 splendid orange composite flowers. In the 

 middle of the clump was a vanessid pupa, 

 while resting on one of the stems, about to 

 cast its skin, was a sphingid larva. These 

 objects caused me some surprise, as being 

 (so far as I had yet known) foreign to the 

 Baileya, and vet harmonizing perfectly with 

 its peculiar color. The pupa was silver-color 

 with a faint greenish tinge and a golden 

 lustre, with the dorsal prominences and part 

 of the antennal coverings ruddy golden. A 

 beautiful and conspicuous object in the hand, 

 it was hardly noticeable on the plant. So 

 also with the larva, which was 35 mm. long, 

 pale whitish-green, nearly the color of the 

 foliage; caudal horn very pale blue, with 

 dorsal black specks; seven oblique lateral 

 stripes, spiracular openings orange. Taking 

 the larva home, I found that it would by no 

 means eat Baileya, but it fed greedily on the 

 foliage of Sola»um elaeagnlfolium. It was, 

 in fact, an immature " tomato worm." The 

 pupa, on Aug. 21, gave forth an ordinary 

 example of Pyrameis cardui '^ the larva must 

 doubtless have wandered froin an adjacent 

 Sphaeralcea. 



Now are we to suppose that the vanessid 

 larva came to the Baileya to pupate, and the 

 sphingid to exuviate, because they realized 

 that they would be protected (A e. inconspic- 

 uous) there? 



T. D. A. Cocke rell. 

 Mesilla, N. M., Sept. 7, 1S97. 



NOTE ON CYDOSIINAE. 



In view of Mr. Cockerel I's note on the 

 larva of Cydosia (Psyche VIII., 130) we have 

 now at least a partial idea of the young 

 stages of both genera of the Cydosiinae of 

 Smith. Messrs. Hulst and Smith have both 

 remarked on stage I. of Cerathosia (Ent. 

 Amer. V. 4S-9), but between the two accounts 

 the essential features seem to have become 

 befogged. The specimens are now before 



