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body, imitate to tny satisfaction the natural symmetry and pose. But this, 

 of course, only proves my individual inability, and not, as Mr. Greene 

 generously suggests, that I am a skilful manipulator. The deviations from 

 Mr. Greene's method, handed to me by a friend, were, in my case, most 

 welcome. They may be of service to others who are not expert. — 

 J. Arkle ; Chester, May 3, 1893. 



CiDARiA TRUNCATA (russata) var. perfuscata. — The Caterpillar I 

 referred to in my notes dated April 2-2nd (p. 197) turned out to be 

 Cidaria trmicata var. perfiiscata. I found it at the bottom of a hedge just 

 outside Chester, upon Geiim urbanum (herb bennet or common avens), 

 March 12th. It was in the act of changing its last skin. The following 

 is a description : — About f in. long, and very thin. Colour, pale green, 

 with two whitish, dorsal lines. Segment divisions yellow. Two pale 

 green, anal, lateral and pointed projections faintly tipped with pink. The 

 caterpillar folded over a portion of a leaf of its food-plant, March 19th. 

 Although supplied with earth it spun a very slight silken covering inside 

 this fold, and changed into a smoky-looking, ochreous chrysalis. The 

 moth appeared April 24th. — J. Arkle; Chester, April 25, 1893. 



Note on the Larva of Anther^a oythkrea. — I see, ante p. 135, 

 a note from Johannesburg concerning a caterpillar stated to be "a large, 

 handsome Bombyx . . . which seems to be widely distributed in South 

 Africa." Perhaps this insect is the larva of Anthercsa cytherea, which is 

 very common in certain localities near here, and which is very fond of the 

 guava tree. I got a few of the larvae last season (October and November), 

 and under very adverse circumstances managed to get three to the pupa 

 stage, of which apparently one is a female. The perfect insect is due to 

 appear this month. My information concerning this insect was kindly 

 given me by Mr. Trimen, the Curator of the S. African Museum. — Philip 

 DE LA Garde; H.M.S. " Raleigh," Cape of Good Hope, April 20, 1893. 



Lepidoptera bred in May, 1893. — The following species of Lepi- 

 deptera were bred by myself during May of the present year, viz.: — 

 Papilio podalirius, L., a female, apparently slightly passing to the variety 

 nndecimlineata, Eimer, from a chrysalis found on a wall here, on April 

 17th last. V ndecimlineata, it may be well to state, has eleven black bands 

 on the front wings, instead of the usual number, which give the insect 

 a somewhat striking appearance. Anthocaris belia, Cr., one female, bred 

 from a larva found at La Roquette (Alpes-Maritimes) on March 24th last, 

 which pupated on April 20th following, and am expecting more from 

 chrysalids of this year's rearing. I may here be excused for noting, that 

 the spring pupae of belia are of a faint greenish hue, with dull crimson- 

 reddish dorsal line, and edged with stripes of the same colour; tip, reddish. 

 Hybernating chrysalids of the summer brood, on the other hand, are 

 greyish brown, and the points are black. This latter batch also seems 

 somewhat smaller than those of the spring brood, and they often remain 

 for two or even three years in the pupal state. A male example of A. car- 

 damines, L., came out in my puparium, reared, ab ovo, from an egg found, 

 among others, in Nice, last spring. I also got a crippled female of the 

 same species in one of my cages, also from last season, but am unable to 

 find the date of its emergence in my diary. Of Anthocaris euphenoides 

 (which seems rather scarce this year), a female was bred with a tendency to 

 deformity, on May 3rd last, from a larva, among others, fed on Sisymbrium 



