120 THE ENTOMOLOGIST. 
CERATAPHIS LATANI®, Boisduval, on LEAVES OF ORCHIDS AT 
CuHICHESTER.—On February 14th Mr. Gatehouse, of this town, 
sent me some plant-lice, which he found infesting the leaves of 
orchids in his Conservatory. These I forwarded to M. Richter, 
of Montpellier, for identification. He informs me that they are 
the Cerataphis latanie of Boisduval. He has furnished me with 
three miscroscopical preparations of those transmitted, viz., the 
mother larva, Pseudogyna fundatric; the agamous form, P. 
gemmans; and the larva of P. migrans; and has most generously 
presented me with the winged emigrant, Pseudogyna magrans. 
As Buckton does not mention this insect in his ‘ British Aphides,’ 
published by the Ray Society, this record of its discovery may 
prove acceptable to those interested in the subject. I shall, all 
being well, keep a strict watch for the winged emigrant in May, 
and for the still rarer pupiferous form in August. I may add 
that I have sent specimens to Mr. Enoch, so well known for his 
exquisite preparations of insects without pressure, to be preserved 
in this manner, in order that the beautiful pearly-white fringe of 
the adult may be seen to the best advantage in contrast with the 
brown colour of the body.—JosmpH ANDERSON, JuN.; Chichester. 
OBITUARY. 
Pumie CuristoLepH ZELLER.—Lepidopterists. will read with 
sorrow of the death of this well-known Entomologist, whose 
name during the last generation has been a household word 
among the readers of this magazine. He has long been the 
authority to whom many Englishmen have referred in matters of 
difficulty, especially in reference to Micro-lepidoptera. Professor 
Zeller was born on the 9th April, 1808, at Steinheim, and died at 
Griinhof, near Stettin, 27th March, 1888, unexpectedly, of heart 
disease. Among other literary work the subject of this memoir is 
best known to our readers as a joint editor with Mr. Stainton in 
the ‘Natural History of the Tineina,’ which unfortunately has 
ceased latterly to appear; and we fear through Prof. Zeller’s 
death the chances of the continuance of that really classical 
work are almost extinguished.—J. T. C. 
