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nortlj in tho Atlantic, namely Les Passasos, near San Sebastian ; 

 Paul FisehtT, however, has not met with it on the closely adjoining 

 south-west coast of France. 



It maj' be added that Lamarck, in his original desrription of tho 

 species, speaks of its being confounded with A. glaciaJis, and points 

 out tho differences between tho species. A. M. Ndkman. 



lUirnmoor, 

 Nov. 3, l?j!K). 



Since writing the above, on turning to Dujardin and IIuik\ I find 

 that they, as I have done, refer Linck's and Pennant's form to 

 A. (/J acid I is. 



Aspidiotus bicarinatus a Lepidopterous Larva. 



To tlu Editors of the Annals and Magazine of Natural History. 



10 Observatory Gardens, 



Campdeu Hill, Kensington, W., 



November 15, 1800. 



Gentlemkn, — On looking through the collection of Coccidor; in 

 the Students' lusect-lloora at the Natural-History branch of tho 

 British Museum my attention was drawn to two insects labelled 

 As^indiotns bicarinatus. The tickets attached to these insects 

 showed them to be the veritable types described by Walker in the 

 supplement of the British Museum ' Catalogue of Ilomoptcra,' ]). 3i)G, 

 as Aspidiotus bicarinatus. But upon examination I found them to 

 be the dried larvse of a Limacodid moth closely resembling those 

 of the Indian species y((rosa conspersa. The caterpillar of this moth 

 has a coriaceous integument with two well-developed dorsal ridges. 

 As the specimens in question were received from North China, 

 they are probably the larvtc of some allied species. 



It is difficult to understand how the mistake could have origi- 

 nated. In its dried state the caterpillar has certainly some super- 

 ficial resemblance to a Coccid ; but its head and mouth-parts at once 

 proclaim its true character. E. E. Green. 



Note on Irrisor Jacksoni, s/). n. By 11. Bowdler Sharpe. 



In a letter just received from Mr. F. J. Jackson he has given 

 some very interesting notes on birds, some of which he believes to 

 be new to science. The Irrisor is certainly und escribed, and I 

 herewith name it after the explorer. 



Irrisor JacJcsoni, sp. n. 



Ad. Similis /. Bollei, sed minor rostro breviore, tectricibus alarum 



intimis chalybeis nee cuprescentibus distinguendus. 

 Long. tot. 13"<3, culmin. l'3o, alae 4-85, caudae 7"-4, tuioi 0'8. 



Hab. Kikuyu Country, Eastern Africa. 



