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C. pinetellus and R. consociella. Common; at sugar. 



A. Aglaia, E. ochroleuca and T. obscurata are just coming 

 out. — George Parry ; Church Street, St. PauVs, Canterbury, 

 August 4, 1871. 



Agamogeuesls in Orgyia coenosa. — Three weeks ago I 

 found, in Wicken Fen, a full-grown larva of O. coenosa, and 

 I put it in a box by itself. During the night it spun its 

 cocoon, and five days afterwards it emerged, a fine female ; a 

 few days after it laid more than fifty eggs : they duly 

 hatched, and are now under the care of Mr. Hellins. I am 

 quite certain that this female was not impregnated before 

 laying its eggs, as it was completely isolated from coming 

 into contact with any male. A similar circumstance occurred 

 with me some few years ago ; the species then were Smeriu- 

 thus Tiliae and S. ocellatus. — Thomas Brown; 13, King^s 

 Parade, Caynbridge, August 18, 1871. 



Curious variety of Argynnis EupJirosyne. — Upper surface : 

 fore wings fulvous, almost entirely covered up with black ; 

 the fulvous markings are an indistinct patch at the base, 

 broad at the inner .margin, and sending a narrow streak along 

 the hind margin ; three small indistinct spots on the right, 

 and two on the left wing, near the centre, and six oblong 

 blotches from beyond the centre to the hind margin ; each of 

 these, except the one nearest the costa, contain about their 

 centre a large indistinct black spot. The hind margin 

 consists of black triangles running up to the centre on the 

 wing-rays; the hind wings are black, except a row of oblong 

 blotches on the hind margin, similar to those on the fore 

 wings, but containing no black spots; the under side of the 

 fore wings is yellow at the apex, and the remainder reddish 

 orange, with eight black spots of various sizes near the 

 centre; on the under side of the hind wings the silver spots 

 entirely cover the hinder half of the wings; each spot is, 

 however, kept distinct by the reddish wing-rays; the central 

 spot is produced, both wings meeting the silver spot on the 

 hind margin, and running up to the base of the wing; there 

 are two silver spots at the base^ and one on the costa; the 

 rest of the wing is bright ochre-yellow ; all the markings are 

 indistinct, the colours running one into the other, especially 

 so on the upper surface. I took this variety here, on the 24th 

 of May, in company with a number of commonly-marked 



