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buted thus: — on the 2nd segment none; on the 3rd segment 

 four, two on each side ; on the 4th segment also four ; on 

 the 5th, 6lh, and 7th segments six, three on each side of each 

 segment; on the 8lh, 9th, 10th, 11th, and 12th, seven each, 

 one being medio-dorsal; this is more erect, slenderer, and 

 shorter than the rest, and stands rather in advance of the 

 others ; of the three lateral spines, on eacli side of each 

 segment, the first, that nearest the middle of the back, is the 

 longest and strongest; the 13th segment has four spines, 

 arranged in a quadrangle and directed backwards. The 

 colour of both the head and body is black, the latter having 

 a gray tinge, owing to the presence of gray hairs ; each 

 segment, after the 3rd, has a conspicuous double spot of 

 bright rust-colour ; the ventral claspers are also bright rust- 

 colour, and each is accompanied or surrounded by a blotch 

 of the same colour at the base; the anal claspers are black, 

 the tip alone being rust-coloured ; the legs are black, 

 corneous, and shining. I am indebted to my friend Mr. 

 Doubleday for the opportunity of describing this larva from 

 a continental specimen. — Edward Newman. 



Aryynriis LatJionia at Rainham. — During the second week 

 in October my son took a very perfect specimen of Argynnis 

 Lilhonia, at Rainham, in Essex. 1 did not know the insect, 

 and showed it to Mr, Newman, who has supplied the name. 

 — F. Venahles. 



Epinephele Hyper anihus^ with ocellated spots on the 

 upper side. — Witli respect to Mr. Hudd's remark in your 

 last number regarding this insect, I beg to say that on 

 inspecting the three specimens in my cabinet, 1 find two 

 answer your description ; and in one the ocellated spots are 

 equally matched on both sides of the wing. I hope next 

 summer, as the insect is plentiful in this neighbourhood, to 

 make more extended observations on this point. — H, W. 

 Livett ; Wells, Somerset, November 9, 1870. 



Small specimens ofJartira. — It may interest the readers of 

 the * Entomologist' to know that 1 have this season captured 

 a remarkably small E. Janira, measuring only thirteen lines 

 in expanse. It was taken in August, flying in a damp 

 ^wood, where there would be little chance of the dryness ot 

 the season influencing its development. It is a male, in fair 

 condition. Last year I met with a Plusia Gamma only 



