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Las black markings, the venation in tlie thorax being red on a 

 black ground. As may be seen by the drawing, there are 

 numerous irregular black spots and lines in avery segment of 

 the abdomen, each segment being clearly defined by the black 

 belt which runs around the sutures. 



On E^eb Gth, 1893. 1 discovered a small geometer, a most 

 remarkable instance of protective mimicry. I was on the point 

 of throwing away a branch of the almond tree or Terminalia 

 catappa, Avhen a slight movement, apparently of one of the fresh 

 young shoots, attracted my attention. Looking closer, I dis- 

 covered that this was really the larva of a geometridus moth, 

 and so closely does the insect resemble the shoot on which it 

 feeds, that it might easily be mistaken for part of the plant. I 

 immediately searched for them, and was rewarded by finding 

 two more. The head of the larva is small and retracted ; the 

 body brown, beautifully marked, when closely examined, with 

 fine, vein-like lines which run the same way as those in a leaf : 

 the body is broad in the centre, tapering anteriorly and 

 posteriori)^ in fact, producing the leaf-like shape of the young 

 shoots. It has ten legs — one pair ventral pro legs, one pair 

 anal, and, of course, three pair thoracic legs. It extends its 

 body when at rest, holding on by the anal legs. On Feb. 7th, 

 it formed a slight cocoon of bits of leaves and chips and pupated 

 on the 10th. The thorax of the pu.pa is greenish, gradually 

 turning off into light brown ; there are three dorsal rows of 

 dark brown spots. The perfect ins(-ct appeared on Feb. 24, '93, 

 having been fourteen days in the pupa stage ; it is a beautiful 

 little green moth, with a pale, whitish stripe running from 

 the apex of the fore Aving to the inner edge of the hind wing ; 

 the wings are edged with a delicate fringe of hair. A male 

 and female specimen appeared. 



P. L. GuPPY. 

 7th April. 



COCCID^, OR SCALE IN3ECTS. 



By r. D. A. CocKERELL, P.Z S., F.E.S , Curatoii cf Museum, 

 Institute cf Jam.vica. 



(From the Jamaica Botanical Department BuUitin.) 



Tlie Coccidce cons,tituti! n very well-deiined I'amily of the 

 order Hcntiplera. 'I'hey aie i elated ti) tiie Ajjindcs, the Cicada, 

 the rhylloxera ; and also, but more distuutly, to the plant 



