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Description of Phycis Daviselhis. — At p. 444 of the 

 November ' Entomologist,' Mr. Davis announces the dis- 

 covery of a new Phycis in the Isle of Wight, and, at the same 

 time, he placed it in my hands to name and describe. Not 

 having been able to find a previous description, I have 

 written the following by Mr. Davis's request : — The palpi are 

 acutely pointed, and the tips naked; the colour of the wings 

 is pale wainscot-brown ; there are two transverse bars of a 

 darker or sepia-brown ; the first of these is nearer the base 

 than the middle of the wing, and is interrupted at half its 

 length ; the second is parallel with the hind margin, and 

 slightly bent; between these bars is a white longitudinal line 

 occupying nearly the middle of the wing; this appears 

 to pass through the inner dark bar, and to extend towards 

 the base of the wing, but does not reach it; at the distal 

 extremity it is forked ; below this white line are two others 

 much shorter, and immediately adjoining the first brown bar; 

 these three wiiite markings are seated on wing-rays, by which 

 position they are raised and rendered conspicuous ; the 

 second or outer transverse bar is combined on its outer 

 border with a pale bar; both are narrow; a black spot 

 is attached to the first or inner bar on its inner border. This 

 insect is about the size of P. formosellus, but is* totally 

 different in every other respect. It is possible, and indeed 

 probable, that a previous description of this species may 

 have been published on the continent; if so, I trust implicitly 

 to the vigilant and unremitting kindness of publishing ento- 

 mologists to point out my error. 



Orgyia pudibunda, 8^c. — In reference to O. pudibunda 

 (Entom. V. 428) I have known a whole brood of eggs hatch 

 and feed up and emerge the same season. Also I have bred 

 imagos from Caja, Plantaginis, Russula, and Fuliginosa, all 

 from eggs laid the same season. I once had a third batch of 

 eggs from Fuliginosa, and had some imagos from them ; the 

 rest hybernated in the larva state : so there were mother, 

 daughter and grand-daughter, all the same season. By 

 keeping the larvae and ])uprE warm, you will bring the same 

 result 1 have stated. The entomologists down here call it 

 forcing them. —William Johnson ; 26, Brenion Street, Park 

 Road, Liverpool. 



