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  and 
  entomological 
  information, 
  and 
  had 
  directed 
  particular 
  attention 
  to 
  the 
  transfor- 
  

   mations 
  of 
  the 
  Lepidoptera. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  W. 
  W. 
  Saunders 
  communicated 
  the 
  following 
  note 
  from 
  Mr. 
  S. 
  S. 
  Saunders 
  

   in 
  Albania, 
  dated 
  " 
  Prevera, 
  March 
  2, 
  1852;" 
  and 
  exhibited 
  the 
  piece 
  of 
  bramble- 
  

   stem 
  referred 
  to 
  : 
  — 
  

  

  " 
  To 
  return 
  to 
  the 
  Hylaeus 
  [H. 
  Ruhicola). 
  I 
  should 
  observe 
  that 
  my 
  object 
  in 
  now 
  

   sending 
  the 
  briar 
  is 
  to 
  call 
  attention 
  to 
  the 
  middle 
  cell 
  of 
  the 
  three, 
  which 
  has 
  not 
  pro- 
  

   duced 
  any 
  larva, 
  consequently 
  the 
  store 
  remains 
  therein 
  as 
  at 
  the 
  first, 
  and 
  consists 
  of 
  

   the 
  liquid 
  acidulous 
  honey 
  which 
  forms 
  their 
  food 
  in 
  the 
  larva 
  state, 
  and 
  the 
  cells 
  are 
  

   invariably 
  (as 
  in 
  this 
  instance) 
  only 
  half 
  full 
  thereof, 
  the 
  larva 
  being 
  preserved 
  from 
  

   contamination 
  therewith 
  until 
  ready 
  to 
  feed 
  ; 
  and 
  you 
  will 
  further 
  observe 
  that 
  the 
  

   thin 
  cases 
  wherein 
  such 
  store 
  is 
  deposited, 
  are 
  prepared 
  by 
  the 
  parent 
  Hyla3us, 
  and 
  are 
  

   not 
  to 
  be 
  ascribed 
  to 
  the 
  progeny, 
  the 
  honey-bag 
  containing 
  the 
  store 
  being 
  here 
  pre- 
  

   served 
  intact 
  where 
  no 
  larva 
  has 
  been 
  produced, 
  and 
  closed 
  as 
  at 
  first. 
  The 
  gallery 
  is 
  

   exclusively 
  that 
  of 
  a 
  Hylaeus, 
  without 
  any 
  trace 
  of 
  other 
  inmates, 
  and 
  I 
  conceive 
  that 
  

   these 
  facts 
  will 
  be 
  deemed 
  to 
  offer 
  conclusive 
  testimony 
  to 
  the 
  non-parasitic 
  habits 
  of 
  

   Hylaeus 
  Rubicola.'' 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Douglas 
  read 
  the 
  following 
  translation 
  of 
  so 
  much 
  of 
  Zeller's 
  ' 
  Revision 
  of 
  the 
  

   Pterophoridae'* 
  as 
  pertains 
  to 
  the 
  early 
  state 
  of 
  such 
  species 
  whose 
  larva 
  are 
  known 
  : 
  — 
  

  

  Agdistis, 
  H. 
  

  

  4. 
  A. 
  adactyla, 
  H. 
  Larva 
  probably 
  feeds 
  on 
  Sedum 
  acre 
  or 
  S. 
  sexangulare, 
  the 
  

   imago 
  being 
  found 
  near 
  Glogau 
  in 
  July, 
  always 
  among 
  these 
  plants, 
  and 
  sometimes 
  

   also 
  where 
  Gnaphaliura 
  arenariura 
  grows. 
  

  

  PTERoriJORus, 
  Geoffr. 
  

  

  5. 
  P. 
  gonodactylus, 
  W.V.; 
  trigonodactylus, 
  -S^a. 
  Herr 
  Fehr, 
  according 
  to 
  Fischer 
  

   von 
  Roslerstamm, 
  found 
  that 
  the 
  larva; 
  from 
  the 
  beginning 
  to 
  the 
  middle 
  of 
  March 
  fed 
  

   inside 
  the 
  flower^stalks 
  of 
  a 
  large-leaved 
  species 
  of 
  coll's-foot 
  {Tussilagn), 
  near 
  the 
  

   base. 
  In 
  the 
  flower-head 
  of 
  the 
  same 
  plant 
  lives 
  the 
  larva 
  of 
  Padisca 
  Brunnicbiana. 
  

  

  (In 
  England 
  both 
  these 
  species 
  are 
  found 
  in 
  the 
  perfect 
  state 
  on 
  or 
  about 
  Tussila- 
  

   go 
  Farfara.— 
  /. 
  W. 
  D.) 
  

  

  6. 
  P. 
  Zetterstedtii, 
  Z.,- 
  Aluc. 
  tesseradactyla, 
  Zett. 
  The 
  larva 
  feeds 
  on 
  Senecio 
  

   nemorensis 
  : 
  the 
  perfect 
  insect 
  is 
  found 
  about 
  this 
  plant 
  in 
  July. 
  

  

  7. 
  P. 
  nemoralis, 
  Z. 
  Appears 
  in 
  July 
  and 
  August. 
  The 
  larva 
  feeds 
  in 
  the 
  stems 
  

   of 
  Senecio 
  nemorensis. 
  

  

  10. 
  P. 
  acanthodactylus, 
  Z. 
  ,• 
  Aluc. 
  acanthodactyla, 
  H. 
  ; 
  Aluc. 
  calodactyla, 
  Haiv.; 
  

   Pt. 
  calodactylns, 
  St. 
  The 
  larva 
  Zeller 
  once 
  found 
  in 
  July 
  on 
  a 
  flowering 
  Pelargoni- 
  

   um 
  m 
  a 
  garden, 
  and 
  having 
  several 
  times 
  taken 
  the 
  imago 
  in 
  places 
  where 
  Geranium 
  

   Robertianum 
  grows 
  abundantly, 
  he 
  supposes 
  the 
  proper 
  food 
  of 
  the 
  larva 
  to 
  be 
  Pelar- 
  

  

  ' 
  LinniBa 
  Entomologica,' 
  (5 
  Band. 
  Berlin, 
  1852. 
  

  

  