164 V, THE ENTOMOLOGIST. 



NOTES FKOM FOKEIGN PERIODICALS. 



Hermaphrodites of Saturnia carpini. — In the spring of 1889, a 

 resident in Bonn found, in the neighbourhood of that city, a large 

 female of Saturnia carpini, which subsequently deposited a great 

 number of eggs. Over one hundred imagines emerged the following 

 spring, only distinguishable from captured specimens by their slightly 

 smaller size. A few pupte remained over until the next spring, when 

 imagines appeared from them about the usual date. Among these 

 latter were no less than six hermaphrodites, of which three are now in 

 the author's collection, and he has seen the fourth ; while enquiries 

 established beyond doubt the hermaphrodite character of the remaining 

 two. The author describes three of the six varieties as follows : — The 

 fourth specimen alluded to above is a perfect hermaphrodite, the body 

 being exactly divided from the head to the tail into two halves, 

 showing respectively male and female characters, which include even 

 the genitalia. The wings are very curiously divided in a diagonal 

 manner thus : — The right fore wiug and the left hind wing have male 

 coloration, and the left fore wing and the right hind wing are coloured 

 as in the female. The male and female wings, as well as beiiig 

 different in colour, have the usual sexual disparity in size, giving the 

 specimen, which is well developed and as big as a middle-sized female, 

 a very curious and beautiful appearance. The second specimen is a 

 faultless female, of middle size, having both antennae pectinated as in 

 the male ; the costal border of the right fore and hind wings are de- 

 cidedly male, with orange coloration. Tlie third is a very interesting 

 form ; on the upper surface of all four wings the coloration is male, 

 but the right wings are considerably larger than is usual in the male. 

 The right wings are greyish below as in the female, while the left 

 wings have male colours on the under surface. The abdomen and 

 I thorax are of the male form, though the former is swollen with eggs, 

 I which can clearly be seen through the spaces between the segments. 

 / The genitalia are completely divided into male and female, the male 

 'i ancillaries being very strong and larger than usual. Unfortunately 

 ! the left wings of this specimen are not fully developed ; still, if one 

 regards them as full-grown they would scarcely cover three-quarters 

 of the area of the right (female, under side). — (Carl Frings in Societus 

 Eiitomologica, No, 23, p. 182,) W. M. 



\ OBITUARY. 



} Mr. J. Mortimer Adye, we regret to learn, died at Bournemouth on 

 'March 30th, 1895. The deceased, who was only 35 years of age, was 

 'well known as a collector of Lepidoptera, especially of the species 

 '(Occurring in the New Forest district. He was elected a member of 

 ithe South London Entomological and Natural History Society in 1886, 

 and a Fellow of the Entomological Society of London in 1891. 



I Societies. — Want of space obliges us to defer the publication of 

 I the Reports of Societies until June. 



