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  cxii.) 
  Tbe 
  same 
  author 
  has 
  also 
  noticed 
  a 
  Pieris 
  Daplidice 
  only 
  three-fourths 
  of 
  the 
  

   ordinary 
  size, 
  with 
  the 
  dark 
  spots 
  of 
  the 
  wings 
  only 
  slightly 
  noarked, 
  (Id. 
  cxii.) 
  

  

  A 
  curious 
  notice 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Harding, 
  of 
  the 
  occurrence 
  of 
  a 
  number 
  of 
  specimens 
  of 
  

   IHarpalyce 
  achatiuaria, 
  both 
  reared 
  and 
  captured 
  at 
  large, 
  some 
  with 
  only 
  one, 
  and 
  

   I 
  others 
  without 
  either, 
  of 
  the 
  hind 
  wings, 
  is 
  given 
  in 
  the' 
  Zoologist,' 
  October, 
  1852. 
  

  

  Two 
  cases 
  of 
  mostrosity 
  occurring 
  in 
  the 
  male 
  and 
  queen 
  of 
  the 
  hive 
  bee, 
  have 
  been 
  

   rnoticed 
  by 
  myself, 
  (Proc. 
  Ent. 
  Soc. 
  August, 
  1852). 
  

  

  A 
  specimen 
  of 
  Polydrusus 
  corruscus, 
  having 
  the 
  appearance 
  of 
  an 
  ocellus 
  above 
  

   tthe 
  right 
  eye, 
  has 
  been 
  exhibited 
  by 
  M. 
  Javet 
  to 
  the 
  Ent. 
  Soc. 
  France, 
  (Annales, 
  1852, 
  

   ;xxx.) 
  M. 
  L. 
  Fairmaiie 
  also 
  exhibited 
  a 
  Tiichodes 
  alvearius, 
  with 
  the 
  elytra 
  stroni^ly 
  

   I 
  narrowed 
  before 
  the 
  extremity, 
  which 
  is 
  recurved 
  and 
  spoon-shaped, 
  (Id.) 
  

  

  A 
  gynandrom&rphous 
  individual 
  of 
  Anthocharis 
  Cardamines, 
  with 
  the 
  left 
  side 
  

   :inale 
  and 
  the 
  right 
  female, 
  has 
  been 
  described 
  and 
  figured 
  by 
  M. 
  Bellier 
  de 
  la 
  Cha- 
  

   vignerie, 
  (Ann. 
  Soc. 
  Ent. 
  Fr. 
  1852, 
  2 
  trim.) 
  

  

  Mr. 
  F. 
  Bond 
  exhibited 
  a 
  monstrous 
  specimen 
  of 
  the 
  pupa 
  of 
  Sphinx 
  Liguslri, 
  hav- 
  

   iing 
  the 
  sheath 
  of 
  the 
  spiral 
  tongue 
  distinctly 
  bifurcate, 
  (Proc. 
  Ent. 
  Soc. 
  March, 
  1852). 
  

   A 
  curious 
  instance 
  of 
  monstrosity 
  occurring 
  in 
  the 
  silk-worm 
  has 
  been 
  described 
  

   by 
  M. 
  Bassi, 
  in 
  which 
  the 
  7th 
  and 
  9th 
  segments 
  were 
  brought 
  into 
  contact 
  in 
  the 
  me- 
  

   ' 
  dian 
  dorsal 
  line, 
  the 
  8th 
  segment 
  appearing 
  only 
  at 
  the 
  sides 
  ; 
  the 
  3rd 
  membranous 
  

   leg 
  on 
  the 
  left 
  side 
  was 
  wanting, 
  (Ann. 
  Soc. 
  Ent. 
  France, 
  1852, 
  ix.) 
  

  

  ) 
  Geneeal 
  Descriptive 
  Entomology. 
  — 
  An 
  important 
  work 
  on 
  the 
  insects 
  of 
  Chili 
  

   < 
  collected 
  by 
  M. 
  Gay, 
  has 
  for 
  some 
  time 
  past 
  been 
  in 
  course 
  of 
  publication 
  in 
  Paris, 
  

   containing 
  a 
  vast 
  number 
  of 
  new 
  genera 
  and 
  species 
  of 
  the 
  various 
  classes 
  and 
  orders, 
  

   and 
  illustrated 
  with 
  an 
  atlas 
  of 
  plates. 
  Vol. 
  III. 
  comprises 
  the 
  Crustacea, 
  described 
  

   by 
  Nicolet 
  ; 
  Vol. 
  IV. 
  the 
  Myriapoda 
  and 
  Arachnida, 
  by 
  Gervais, 
  the 
  Thysanura 
  by 
  

   Nicolet, 
  and 
  the 
  Coleoptera 
  as 
  far 
  as 
  the 
  end 
  of 
  the 
  Heteromera, 
  by 
  Solier; 
  the 
  re- 
  

   mainder 
  of 
  the 
  Coleoptera 
  by 
  Blanchard, 
  in 
  Vol. 
  V. 
  Vol. 
  VI. 
  contains 
  the 
  Orthoptera 
  

   and 
  Neuroptera 
  by 
  Blanchard, 
  and 
  the 
  Hymenoptera 
  by 
  Spinola; 
  Vol. 
  VII. 
  the 
  Lepi- 
  

   doptera 
  by 
  Blanchard, 
  and 
  Hemiptera 
  (in 
  the 
  press) 
  by 
  Spinola 
  ; 
  and 
  Vol. 
  VIII. 
  the 
  

   Diptera 
  (in 
  the 
  press) 
  by 
  Blanchard. 
  The 
  price 
  is 
  50 
  francs 
  per 
  volume, 
  including 
  

   the 
  plates. 
  

  

  The 
  insects 
  collected 
  during 
  the 
  travels 
  of 
  M. 
  Th. 
  Lefebvre 
  and 
  other 
  naturalists 
  

   in 
  Abyssinia, 
  undertaken 
  as 
  a 
  government 
  commission, 
  have 
  been 
  described 
  by 
  M. 
  

   Gueiin 
  Meneville, 
  in 
  the 
  6th 
  volume 
  of 
  the 
  work 
  published 
  by 
  the 
  French 
  Govern- 
  

   ment 
  descriptive 
  of 
  the 
  voyage. 
  A 
  great 
  number 
  of 
  species, 
  including 
  many 
  new 
  ones 
  

   belonging 
  to 
  the 
  orders 
  Coleoptera, 
  Hemiptera, 
  Orthoptera, 
  Hymenoptera 
  and 
  Lepi- 
  

   doptera, 
  are 
  described 
  and 
  figured. 
  Amongst 
  these 
  are 
  especially 
  to 
  be 
  noticed 
  a 
  great 
  

   number 
  of 
  species 
  of 
  Lycus, 
  some 
  magnificent 
  Pompilidae, 
  an 
  Oryssus 
  with 
  pectinated 
  

   antennas, 
  and 
  a 
  very 
  fine 
  Saturnia. 
  Amongst 
  the 
  notes 
  appended 
  to 
  the 
  species, 
  it 
  is 
  

   recorded 
  that 
  the 
  larvae 
  of 
  Diplognatha 
  gagates 
  destroy 
  the 
  roofs 
  of 
  the 
  huts 
  of 
  the 
  ne- 
  

   groes 
  by 
  burrowing 
  into 
  the 
  thatch 
  formed 
  of 
  thick 
  reeds 
  whilst 
  fresh, 
  and 
  the 
  cocoons 
  

   of 
  Saturnia 
  MiraosiE 
  are 
  described 
  as 
  being 
  perforated 
  with 
  minute 
  holes. 
  They 
  are 
  

   used 
  as 
  tobacco-boxes 
  by 
  the 
  natives, 
  and 
  cannot 
  be 
  wound 
  off. 
  

  

  The 
  first 
  and 
  second 
  livraisons 
  of 
  the 
  ' 
  Boustopfen 
  voor 
  enne 
  fauna 
  van 
  Neder- 
  

   land,' 
  by 
  Herklols, 
  assisted 
  by 
  other 
  zoologists, 
  contains 
  the 
  following 
  memoirs 
  : 
  — 
  

  

  1. 
  List 
  of 
  the 
  Lepidoptera 
  of 
  Holland, 
  by 
  De 
  Graaf, 
  (864 
  species, 
  many 
  of 
  which 
  

   have 
  not 
  been 
  detected 
  in 
  Belgium). 
  

  

  