BULLETIN OF THE BROOKLYN ENT. sue. 



A 9 I mated with a Hybrid^: also two with Ce< fopia ■". and one 

 with Ceanothi $. The pairs in each case remained in coitu all day. 

 The 9 mated with Hybrid male, laid one egg only. The two mated 

 with Cecropia laid 14 egg - s only. The one mated with Ceanothi laid two 

 eggs only. I made an examination of the bodies of the females after- 

 wards and found an average only 4 eggs left unlaid. From all the 

 onlv one larva emerged, and that from one of those laid by die female 

 mated with Cecropia. None of the others showed any signs of life. The 

 larva was very nearly dead when I found it and must have been very much 

 lacking in vitality. 



The result shows that the Hybrid was very nearly sterile. Five fe- 

 males examined had an average of only 8 eggs each developed. And 

 tliose laid were seemingly almost infertile. 



A VARIETY OF ARCTIA VIRCO. 



My friend, Mr. F. G. Schaupp, took, in Sullivan Co.. X. V. . several 

 specimens of Arctia virgo, Abb. & Sm. , differing- from the normal form- 

 by having the abdomen and secondaries of bright yellow orange instead 

 of the usual red. 



Although Mr. Schaupp took single specimens (all, I believe 9 9) m 

 several seasons, this form is very rare. 



Were I not against describing varieties I should certainly name this. 

 if only for the purpose of calling the attention of collectors to its existence. 

 No doubt it is occasionally to be met with where A. virgo is common. 



Edw. L. Graef. 



Naming Varieties at Wholesale. 



To what an extent the recent tendency of naming more or less dis- 

 tinct varieties leads, is shown by an article in Dr. Katter's Entomol. Nach- 

 richten Vol. VIII, p. 17: "38 new varieties of Coccinellidse" by Adolf 

 Walter. 



This gentleman enumerates twenty-five varieties of Halyzia conglobata, 

 Lin., fifteen of which are new, based on the number or position of the 

 elytral spots; also nine new varieties of Adonid variegata, Goetze!! etc. 



I have about a dozen of such varieties of our Cryptocephalus venustus, 

 Suffrian, which I am tempted to baptize giving them the names of the gen- 

 tlemen who indulge in such a sport. F. G. Schaupp. 



