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Vigo, N. Spain; and a sin<i;ulur aberration, from Corfu, of Mclitaea 

 didrjina, Ochs., with central band of black spots very strongly marked 

 on both Avings, the other spots being obsolete and the ground colour 

 pale fulvous. 



At the same meeting l\Ir. E. IL Green exhibited larvsc and pupa? 

 of insects in air-tight glass tubes in which a little cotton wool, 

 sprinkled with formalin, had been placed. The specimens, which had 

 been thus preserved for nearly two years, had lost little of their 

 original colour or brilliancy. 



Mr Gahan also exhibited pupa-cases of a Longicorn beetle, 

 I'locederna obcsm, Gah., which were remarkable in being composed 

 almost wholly of carbonate of lime. It was not known how the pupa- 

 cases were fabricated, but presumably the larvte must possess special 

 lime- secreting glands. 



The advisability of reprinting a paper immediately after its publica- 

 tion, in the sama language in which it is written, must always be an 

 open question, we venture, however, to suggest that not one of the 

 many r3as:»ns f)r so doing will approach that given by our contem- 

 porary, The Entninoloiiisf, for reprinting the paper on " Nomencla- 

 ture " that has so recently appviared in the Proceediyvjs of the Fourth 

 International Congress of Zoolo'jij. There we read: "There is no 

 d jubt that these enquiries . . . with the replies thereto will have 

 a world-wide circulation through the medium in which they appear. 

 It has occurred to us, however, that the area of publication might 

 be extended by reprinting in this Journal the opinions of some of the 

 entomologists consulted." As these have already "a world-wide 

 circulation," one would be interested to learn the districts outside the 

 world to which the Entomologist is forwarded. 



Invol. viii.,pp.51-54,wesunmiarised an excellent paper on the Mallo- 

 phaga by Professor V. L. Kellogg. We have now to notice the publi- 

 cation of another volume of 224 pages, excellently illustrated, by the 

 same author, entitled " New Mallophaga." To this is added an appen- 

 dix, entitled, " The Anatomy of the New Mallophaga," by B. E. 

 Snodgrass. It is a work that all students of the Order should make a 

 point of seeing. 



We have to congratulate Mr. Luff on the addition of another to his 

 previous lists of the insects of (luernsey. This is entitled " A list of 

 the Micro-Lepidoptera of Guernsey," and brings up the total number 

 of insects (of all orders) recorded for Guernsey to 1,752 species. The 

 work that Mr. Luff has been able to do in the island is little short of 

 marvellous, and it is probable that the insect fauna of no English 

 county is so well-known as that of Guernsey. It is needless to say 

 that the list is quite up to the level of its predecessors. 



:^OTES ON LIFE-HISTORIES, LARY^, &c. 



Eggs ok Lepidoptera. — The following eggs were described when 

 holiday-making, using a tAvo-thirds, as a hand, lens, and must be 

 taken for what they are worth : 



Melitaea didyina. — Of a green colour with a slight yellowish tinge, 

 especially at base. Shell smooth and shining, with about 1(5 faint 

 longitudinal ribs passing from base to apex, where they meet to form 



