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punctures in rows. The second cubital cellule is the smallest, and is 

 narrowed in front ; the first and second abscissae of the radius are 

 equal in length ; together they are equal in length to the third. Hind 

 ocelli separated from each other by a slightly greater distance than 

 they are from the eyes. Basal four joints of flagellum rufo-fulvous 

 below ; the first joint of flagellum is shorter than the following two 

 united. 



The form of coloration shown by this species is found in 

 various genera and species of neo-tropical Vespidae. I have a 

 Chartergus which resembles it very closely. 



NOTES AND OBSEKVATIONS. 



CoLiAs EDUSA REAEED FROM OvA IN 1904. — Last August I received 

 from a friend twenty ova of Colias edma, which were deposited by a 

 female taken by him at Sidmouth, South Devon, in the same month. 

 These hatched on the 30th, and feeding-up on clover all the larvae 

 pupated from Sept. 25th to Oct. 16th. I then moved the pup» into a 

 warm room and they began to change colour on Oct. 19th. Nineteen 

 fine imagos emerged from Oct. 23rd to Nov. 4th, eight males and 

 eleven females, one of the latter being without the yellow spots in the 

 black hind-marginal band on the fore wings. — J. B. Morris; 14, Eane- 

 lagh Avenue, Barnes, Dec. 12th, 1904. 



Teratological Specimen of Hybernia defoliaria. — It may be of 

 interest to note that on Nov. 20th I captured at West Wicliham a 

 recently emerged male specimen of Hybenna defoliaria in which both 

 wings on the right side are entirely absent. The antennae, legs, and 

 the wings on the left side are perfectly developed and quite normal ; 

 but there is no trace of even the rudiments of wings on the right 

 side. — A. B. Kidner ; 139, Rosendale Road, West Dulwich, S.E., 

 Dec. 12th, 1904. 



Monk's Wood and Thecla pruni. — It will, I fear, be a great dis- 

 appointment to entomologists in general to hear that Monk's Wood, 

 near Huntingdon, is now closed to the public. Lord Chesham, the 

 owner, is at present preserving game in this wood so closely that the 

 keepers have strict orders to forbid the entrance of entomologists. 

 The result of this will, no doubt, be an increased difficulty in obtaining 

 a good series of T. pruni, for, although the species does occur else- 

 where — notably at Barnwell Wold — still Monk's Wood may be regarded 

 as its headquarters in the British Isles. So much so that those desir- 

 ing to take T. pruni with their own hands have for the last hundred 

 years undertaken a pilgrimage to this celebrated Midland wood. At 

 various times I have had the pleasure of looking through many of the 

 best collections of British Lepidoptera, and I think I may safely say 

 that the two obtainable species that are least adequately represented 

 are T. pruni and Carterocephalus palccmon — but more especially the 

 former. Caught specimens are the rule, generally brown with age, or 

 torn, or bereft of many scales. In fact, T. jnioii, like T. ti'-albvvi, 



