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the anal claspers are long and spreading; the spiracles are 

 oval, the first, and especially the ninth, being decidedly longer 

 than the rest. The colour of the head is pale dull yellow- 

 green, with a small white space, containing the black ocelli, 

 on each cheek near the mouth : the body is pale sickly 

 yellow-green, without gloss, and has an extremely narrow 

 and scarcely perceptible white medio-dorsal stripe, and also 

 a white side-stripe equally indistinct and almost equally in- 

 conspicuous in the region of the spiracles ; this is most 

 observable on the 2nd, 3rd and 4th segments, where it is 

 slightly bordered with black ; the legs and claspers are of the 

 same colour as the body, and very transparent. I am in- 

 debted to Mrs. Hutchinson, of Grantsfield, Leominster, for 

 the opportunity of describing this hitherto unknown larva. — 

 Edward Newman » 



Entomological Notes, Captures, 8fc, 



Singular Variety of Vanessa lo and Pyrameis Atalanta. — 

 I possess a specimen of Vanessa lo with eyes on the upper 

 wings only, but the ground colour is of the usual tint. 

 A specimen of Pyrameis Atalanta in my collection is still 

 more curious : on the upper side the usual large white mark 

 on the costa is entirely obliterated, and one of the two 

 largest of the five spots near the hind margin is very much 

 enlarged and diffused ; the red band does not turn round 

 towards the hind margin, but is almost straight, and much 

 suffused with whitish yellow : on the under side the white 

 marks are very much enlarged ; the red band is double the 

 usual size, and of a lovely pinkish colour. I shall be glad 

 to send these varieties to you for figuring and description, if 

 you think them of sufficient interest. — Frederick Enock ; 

 75 Ryland Road, Edgbastofi, Birmingham June 22, 1870. 



[1 am exceedingly obliged for this kind offer, but cannot 

 accept it, as my work is now past both the species mentioned. 

 — E. Newman.^ 



Rhodophea formosella. — This insect, for which so few 

 localities are given, seems to be common in one hedge in 

 this neighbourhood. I captured a few good specimens last 

 month, and afterwards a great many worn ones. — J. P. 

 Barrett ; 33, Radnor Street, Peckhamj London, S.E. 



