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THE ENTOMOLOGIST. 



Vol. XXVI.] MAY, 1893. [No. 360. 



A MONSTKOUS ABRAXAS GROSSULARIATA. 



ABRAXAS GEOSSULAEIATA. 



The above figure represents the left fore wing of a specimen 

 of Abraxas grossulariata, bred by the Eev. J. Seymour St. John, in 

 June, 1892, from a larva found in his garden at Stamford Hill. 



All the other wings of the specimen are quite normal, but 

 the one figured has an extraordinary lobe on the costa. This 

 lobe is really a small, reversed, reproduction of the wing upon 

 which it is placed, but the neuration appears to be incomplete ; 

 the fringes, however, are well formed. 



This most curious and exceedingly interesting monstrosity 

 deserves a more critical examination than I am permitted to 

 make. It is not possible to ascertain the true character of the 

 neuration with certainty, unless the wing be denuded. 



EiCHAKD South. 



FUETHEE EEMAEKS ON THE EAELIEE STAGES OF 

 GOLIAS HYALE. 



By F. W. Frohawk, F.E.S. 



(Continued from p. 7.) 



On January J 0th, 1893, one larva slightly shifted its position 

 to the outside of the leaflet forming its hybernaculum during 

 the thaw which set in after a fortnight of very severe weather. 

 As the larvae were kept indoors and carefully protected as much 



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