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the sphagnum being occupied by them. Nearly all those examined 

 contained two or more queens, sex pupfe in cocoons, larvfe and naked 

 ^ pupjB, but in only one was a 3' seen. Every nest was inhabited 

 by the Coccid Pseiidococcus sphat/ni Green, discovered by me, new to 

 science, jn 1914. They occurred loose in the galleries, and on roots of 

 grass running through the nests, and the picea ^ ^ at once endea- 

 voured to carry them into safety, when the nests were disturbed. The 

 Coccid Newsteadia floccosa also occurred in several nests, but pups 

 ( $ and 2 ) of the fly Flatyphora liibhocki were found in nearly every 

 one. These pupae were loose in the galleries and among the bits of 

 cut grass and sphagnum of which the nests were mostly built. 



A striking new species of Catagramma from French Guiana. 



By W. J. KAYE, F.E.S. 

 Catagramma p)olypygas, n.&^. - 



$ . Forewing with the narrow base and broad apical area dark 

 brownish black. Outer margin narrowly black at vein 2, and becoming 

 slightly wider at tornus. A very broad flame-red discal patch extend- 

 to costal margin and to inner margin but scarcely reaching tornus. 

 Along median vein there is a slight extension inwards towards base. 

 Outer margin slightly excised in middle. Hindwing deep violet blue, 

 shading off into the velvety black ground colour at apex. Outer 

 margin strongly toothed at the extremities of the veins. Underside 

 of forewing as above except for a short yellowish costal stripe from 

 base; an ochre yellow curved stripe before apex followed by a short 

 blue curved line at a short distance beyond. Cilia white at tip, 

 black to vein 4 and alternately black and white to tornus. Underside 

 of hindwing with markings as in hi/daspes. Ground colour ochreous, 

 a broad curved black stripe just inside inner margin. A large elliptical 

 black central area containing four blue spots with white centres. From 

 the upper edge of the black elliptical patch there runs a black curved 

 line, edged externally with blue, merging with outer margin at tornus. 



5 . With more rounded wings and outer margin of forewing 

 rounded and slightly scalloped. • Red area very large. Hindwing 

 black, with a fragment of a blue subterminal line on outer margin 

 just before tornus. 



Exp. g- 46 mm., J 48 mm. 



Habitat, French Guiana, Lower Maroni River. '2, ^ S' and 1 

 2 . Types in coll. Joicey. 



Seasonal Polymorphism and Races of some European Grypocera 

 and Rhopalocera. 



By EOGER VERITY, M.D. 

 The following is an extract of a more extensive paper, in which I 

 have compared the seasonal and geographical variation of the species 

 occurring in Tuscany, with those of other Italian and European regions. 

 The present difficulties as regards printing will probably make it im- 

 possible to publish it for some time; moreover, most of its contents 

 will chiefly interest Italian readers ; I have consequently drawn out 



