150 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. [October, 



and the butterfly was photographed in the Hall of the Academy 

 by Mr. J. F. Sachse, the talented editor of th^ " American Jour- 

 nal of Photography," to whom we are indebted for it. — Ed. 



Some wonderful aberrations and varieties 

 of well-known insects. 



By B. Neumoegen, New York. 



There is a German fairytale about " Hans im Gliick," of which 

 I am forcibly reminded. I have been of late such a ' ' lucky 

 Hans," acquiring a number of remarkable varietal and aberratic 

 insects which deserve names, and the knowledge of which I here- 

 with beg to impart to my entomological friends. I never sat 

 down with more pleasure to describe new insects than I did in 

 naming the following forms : 



Eacles imperialis ab. punctatissima.— Head, thorax and abdomen bright 

 yellow, with purple patagiai, purple thoracical maculations and overcast 

 with purple on upper part of abdomen. Primaries above: the yellow only 

 shows somewhat at apex, apical part of costa, at intersection of nervures 

 and exterior margin, and at fringes. The entire wings covered with in- 

 numerable blackish brown dots, which, near base and along interior mar- 

 gin, are confluent, giving the wings a uniform appearance of blackish 

 brown. A basal purple tinge at interior margin. The purple maculations 

 along exterior margin bounded by the transverse arched line from apex 

 to centre of interior margin, as well as the discal spot, surrounded by a 

 purple ring penetratmg the granulated shade. Secondaries: upper part 

 from base along costa to apex bright yellow; the space enclosed by the 

 purple mesial line, and even beyond it, enclosing discal area up to base, 

 covered with countless dots, giving the lower /lalf of wings nearly a uni- 

 form appearance of blackish brown. Discal spot prominent, with purple 

 ring and a purple basal tinge; fringe yellow. 



Below: basal half of primaries and secondaries, as well as abdomen, 

 bright yellow; the remaining space of both wings, as well as the discal 

 spots, blackish brown produced by the many dots, partly confluent, of 

 this color. Basal half of costa of primaries, and costa of secondaries, 

 blackish brown; fringes yellow. 



Type % coll. B. Neumoegen. 



This extraordinary insect was taken by Mr. H. Saenger at 

 Highbridge, in the upper part of New York City. 



Eacles imperialis var. nobilis. — Males above: thorax and abdomen dark 

 purple. Antennai, head, as well as a central thoracical line and a cross- 

 band at first segment of abdomen, of brownish yellow. Primaries and 



