1871.] Ie 
“The caterpillar, a, was a kind of looper, it was hairy (which is not very com- 
mon among them), and beautifully marked with several colours. It was found 
on the hazel the 1st of June, and the 14th of the same month it went into the 
ground, and changed into a chrysalis, b, and at the beginning of April came the 
moth, c, d.” 
Nyssia pomonaria occurs in Germany, central and eastern France, and in 
Sweden, &c.; is rather scarce ; and, according to Guenée, is not easily reared. 
Lefebyre, in the Annales de la Société Ent. de France, 1835 (not 1833, as 
printed by Guenée and Staudinger), p. 101, describes N. pomonaria under the new 
name of N. vertwmnaria; retaining the name pomonaria for a closely allied species 
under the assumption that it was the pomonaria of Linné (an error endorsed with 
perfect faith by Herrich-Schiffer, albeit Linné has no pomonaria): to this pomonaria 
of Lefebvre, Boisduval gave in 1840 the name lapponaria; and, notwithstanding 
the characters of the two insects, well pointed out by Lefebvre, it is still a question 
with some more recent writers whether lapponaria is specifically distinct from po- 
monaria, or whether it is only a northern and Alpine form of that species. 
Lapponaria should be distinguished from pomonaria by its smaller size, by the 
cilia of the anterior wings being uniform in colour and not checkered, by the abdomen 
bearing above a central orange streak, and by the legs being entirely black, with 
no white annulations.—EDs. 
Occurrence of Danais Archippus in Queensland.—The sudden appearance this 
season, and for the first time, of this fine insect in Queensland, has caused much 
speculation among our local entomologists. What seems most extraordinary, is the 
fact of its appearance in such large numbers, and its being so widely distributed. I 
cannot ascertain that a single specimen was observed last season, or ever before in the 
colony. As many as 30, at least, have been taken, to my knowledge, in Brisbane ; 
and I have lately seen a specimen sent from Rockingham Bay, about 1,500 miles 
north of Brisbane. The insect haunts localities infested by Asclepias cwrassavica 
(an introduced plant, but now growing wild in all parts of the bush), upon which 
the larva evidently feeds.—W. H. Miskrn, Brisbane, 21st February, 1871. 
[Danais Archippus is an American species, as is also Asclepias cwrassavica. We 
have made enquiries concerning the sudden appearance of this butterfly in Austra- 
lia. Mr. A. G. Butler informs us that he has seen examples from one of the South 
Sea Islands (vide Annals and Mag. Nat. Hist., May, 1870); and that Mr. Godman 
found it in the Azores. Mr. Bentham advises us that the Asclepias is completely 
naturalized in many parts of Asia and Africa as well asin Australia. The occurrence 
in Queensland tends to the belief that the insect may have gradually made its way 
across the Pacific from Western America ; but its sudden appearance in such num- 
bers has yet to be accounted for.—Ebs. | 
Teniocampa leucographa, §c., near York.—During the last week I have taken a- 
fine series each of T. leucographa and T. opima, at sallows, in this district; the 
former is very rarely taken with us. The night of March 25th was very mild; the 
glowworms were shining quite commonly. I took that evening upwards of 100 
specimens of Pachnobia piniperda amongst other species at sallows.—Joun ‘I. 
Carrinoton, 31, Holgate Road, York, April 17th, 1871. 
