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minute tuberculous spots. Two longitudinal lines of pale yellowish white, extend- 

 ing over the three anterior segments. A lateral series of seven oblique stripes of pale 

 yellowish white, bordered on the side next the head by green, of which the last ter- 

 minates at the horn. Horn covered with minute, pale, tuberculous spots, of a light 

 blue above and greenish beneath, and sometimes tipped with dark olive-green. The 

 head triangular, speckled with pale yellowish spots, green or glaucous green, with two 

 oblique yellow lines, meeting at the top. Stigmata very pale flesh-colour, bordered 

 by deep purplish crimson. Thoracic legs pale flesh-colour, slightly tipped with red- 

 dish brown. Prolegs same colour as the body, tipped with brownish violet. Abdomen 

 green. On poplars, willows and fruit-trees. SmerinthusPopuli. — Caterpillar slightly 

 attenuated anteriorly. Head triangular. Horn small and but slightly curved. Bo- 

 dy covered with minute, pale, tuberculous spots. Ground colour bright yellowish 

 green, or green, speckled with pale yellowish ; seven oblique yellowish lines on either 

 side (rather narrow), of which the last terminates at the base of the horn ; also faint 

 traces of two pale yellow longitudinal lines on the three first segments; there are also 

 faint traces of sinuous pale yellowish and indistinct lines on either side, just above the 

 legs. Horn yellowish green, tinged with bluish above. Head green and shagreened, 

 with two oblique bright yellow lines, nearly meeting at the apex. Thoracic legs pale 

 flesh-colour, tinged with pink. Prolegs the same green as the rest of the body, with a 

 patch of bright yellow on each, marked with an orange-red dash, excepting the anal 

 pair, which are bordered by a yellow line, as well as the sides of the anus. Stigmata 

 orange-red or light scarlet, very oblong, and with a yellow streak in the centre. Ab- 

 domen pale green, with a rather indistinct whitish ventral line. This bears a great . 

 resemblance to the caterpillar of Smerinthus ocellata in some respects. Mandibles a 

 deep red brown. Feeds on poplars and willows. September 1st, 1844, at Cour sous 

 Lausanne. — H. L. de la Chaumette ; Church Street, Stoke Neivington, August 22, 1851. 



Notice respecting Gastropacha Ilicifolia. — " It never rains but it pours/' is a 

 common adage, sometimes as applicable to entomology as to meteorology. The ink 

 recording the discovery of the above-named insect was scarcely dry, ere it was an- 

 nounced to me, not that a specimen had been caught, but that two larva; had been 

 found, a few miles from Sheffield, by Mr. Wm. Green, one of which underwent its 

 change, and produced the imago on the 20th of April last. I have not seen either of 

 the specimens, having unfortunately been prevented by severe illness from attending 

 the meeting of the Entomological Society on the evening that Mr. Atkinson's speci- 

 men was exhibited, And Mr. Green, an intelligent member of the Sheffield Entomo- 

 logical Society, not having brought his to London ; but he called here on Wednesday 

 evening last, and requested me to show him my " lappet " moths — the small one in 

 particular. I told him I possessed but one indigenous species, but that I had conti- 

 nental specimens of some reputed ones, which I would show him, and instantly upon 

 seeing them he pronounced his to be Ilicifolia ; therefore I venture on his assertion, 

 and subsequent information respecting the larvae, to record its second capture in this 

 country. — /. F. Stephens ; Eltham Cottage, Foxley Road, Kennington, August 13, 1851 . 



Capture of Hypenodes humidalis. — This is indeed a very common insect here, and 

 it only surprises me how it has been so long overlooked. From the middle of July up 

 to this date, it might be seen any fine evening between the hours of 6 and 8, flying on 

 most of our swamps in great plenty. To give you an idea of its numbers, I may state 

 that I took forty specimens in less than one hour, and might have taken as many do- 

 zens, could I have boxed them fast enough. On one occasion I took nine specimens 



