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Oaptures of Heliothis armigera, Sphinw convoluuli, Acherontia Atropos, Sc., at 
Westward Ho !.—In September, my brother and I took seven specimens of S. 
convolvuli, in splendid condition, at Petunia, in our garden; also a specimen of 
H. armigera at geranium. Two larve of A. Atropos have been brought to us, and 
on Galium verum we found 16 larvee of Cherocampa porcellus.—C. H. Gossrt, The 
Priory, Westward Ho!, November, 1871. 
The nomenclature of Rhopalocera, as affected by the names given in Perry’s 
‘ Arcana.’—Several Butterflies are named and figured in this work, and some of 
these directly affect synonymy. I herewith append a List of those cases :— 
Papilio Demosthenes, Perry (published August, 1810) —Caligo Inachis. 
a A October, 1810) =Heliconius Phyllis. 
»  ceruleus, sy Cg Dec., 1811) =WMorpho Anazibia, var. 
(Brazilian type). 
pOutenanus, , ( 5, Mar. 1st, 1811) =Morpho Epistrophis. 
A Sept. 1st, 1811)=Callidryas Larra, ? . 
—A. G. Buttsrr, British Museum, 24th October, 1871. 
> Phalena, 
>»  volcanica, a 
Luminosity of Fulgora (extract from Perry’s ‘ Arcana’).—I have found the fol- 
lowing interesting remarks in Perry’s ‘ Arcana,’ an old and rare book, kindly lent 
to me by Mr. Janson, and I think they are worth reprinting, as additional evidence 
in favour of the luminesity of the Lantern flies. “The Fulgora candelaria. A 
“native of China, the trunk of a yellow colour, turned upwards at the end, and 
“rounded ; the upper wings green, streaked with beautiful veins of yellow; the 
“under wings of yellow, edged with black. There is an agreeable contrast in the 
‘shades and tints of this beautiful insect ; but it is impossible to conceive what 
“‘ the effect of its light must be, except in its native country, as it loses its phos- 
“‘phorie effect when dried. Travellers who have visited China may be supposed to 
“have exaggerated its effects, when they inform us that the Indians perform their 
‘“‘journies by night, carrying one of them fastened to the foot, and one in each hand, 
“by this means making all other light unnecessary. This insect undoubtedly has 
*licht sufficient for its own purposes, the acquirement of its proper food, or the 
“pursuit of its favourite mate; but of its uses to man we can find no such opinion, 
> who would 
“as Monsieur Lesser has figured forth in his ‘ Théologie des Insectes,’ 
“persuade us that the natives use no other light in their houses than this small 
“‘ phosphoric animal.” The species is figured by Perry.—Ib. 
[It appears to us that Perry’s notice affords no additional evidence whatever, 
it being merely a re-iteration of ‘ Travellers’ Tales.’ If Fulgora be luminous, then 
it must studiously turn off its ‘bull’s eye’ in the presence of all the modern 
travelling scientific naturalists who have made special search for its lamp; and, 
having arrived at this stage of development, we anticipate that, by a process of 
‘natural selection,’ it will eventually lose all luminous power and attributes, having 
found that there is no truth in the celebrated motto ‘ ew luce lucellum.’—Kps. | 
Review : 
THE Microcrapuic Dictionary, by J. W. Grirrita, M.D., and ArtHuR HENFREY, 
F.R.S., &e.; third edition edited by J. W. Grirritn, the Rey. J. M. Berxeney, and 
T. Rupert Jones. London, John Van Voorst. 
