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There has been a most remarkable scarcity of all insects here this year ; and where I 

 used to find thousands last year, now hardly one is to be seen. — A.M. Norman; 

 Eglesfield House, Yatton, Somerset. 



Note on the Larva of Limenitis Sibylla and Camilla. — I have with much pleasure 

 read the description of the larva of Limenitis Sibylla by Mr. John Hunter, in the Au- 

 gust number, (Zool. 3185). Having frequently found this larva in Switzerland, as 

 well as the imago, and that of the closely-allied L. Camilla, I subjoin the description 

 of these two larvse, for the confirmation of Mr. Hunter's description of that of Sibylla, 

 and thinking he might like to compare the descriptions of the two larvae. L. Camilla 

 is, in Switzerland, by far the commonest insect of the two, and generally frequents 

 gardens ; whilst L. Sibylla confines itself to open places in woods and forests. The fol- 

 lowing description of L. Sibylla was made from larvae found in the forest of Sauvabelin, 

 Lausanne, on the 26th of May, 1844, feeding on Lonicera Periclymenum; it will also 

 eat the leaves of Lonicera Caprifolium. It crawls by jerks, and is rather lazy and slow 

 in its movements. Caterpillar bright green, covered with very small pale tuberculous 

 spots, and two dorsal rows of brownish pink branched spines of unequal lengths, two 

 on each segment, excepting the first and last, which have none : the largest are those 

 of the second, third and fifth segments ; the next in size those of the tenth and ele- 

 venth ; and the smallest are those from the sixth to the ninth segments : the fourth 

 segment has but two very small greenish spines. A pale yellowish white lateral line 

 extends over the nine last segments, on which is placed, on each segment, a very small, 

 pale, aud semi-transparent branched spine, and between these and the dorsal spines 

 are, on either side, a series of minute pale spines : there is also a small, pale, semi- 

 transparent spine on either side of the second segment ; also a brownish pink broad 

 line over the prolegs, immediately beneath the lateral line. Stigmata just above the 

 lateral line, and pale yellowish white, narrowly bordered by brownish pink. Head, 

 light pinkish lilach, with a deep brownish pink streak on either side, and covered with 

 short spines. Thoracic legs pale flesh-colour, with the base gray. Prolegs pale yel- 

 lowish and shining. Abdomen pale bluish green, with a pale ventral line. Limeni- 

 tis Camilla. — Description made from larvae found at Cour sous Lausanne, on the 14th 

 of June, 1845, feeding on Lonicera Xylosteum, but will also eat Lonicera Caprifolium 

 and Periclymenum : habits as in the last species. Caterpillar thick and gibbous, with 

 two rows of fleshy protuberances of a lilach colour, covered with small, stiff, yellowish 

 hairs down the back, and two lateral rows of minute, fleshy, branched spines, of a pale 

 yellowish colour : the two dorsal protuberances of the fifth segment are the largest. 

 Ground colour livid green, inclining to yellowish on the sides, with a broad and pale 

 yellow undefined lateral line on the eight posterior segments, and faint traces of pale 

 oblique streaks along the sides. The seventh and eighth segments are a little tinged 

 with lilach along the back. Abdomen pale lilach. Head bifid, of a light brown co- 

 lour, with two black lines, forming a triangle towards the mandibles. Thoracic legs 

 flesh-colour. Prolegs buff-colour. Stigmata pale brown, bordered by dark brown. — 

 H. L. de la Chaumette ; Church-street, Stoke Newington, July 31, 1851. 



Erratum. — Zool. page 3159, line 28, for Deilephila Elpenor, read D. Euphorbias. 



