468 Insects. 



communication to ' The Zoologist,' as having lately been taken in Cambridgeshire, 

 and deposited in the British Museum (Zool. 393). 



Note on the occurrence of Rare British Fishes. 1. The Smelt (Osmerus operlanus). 

 " Two specimens have been taken in the Tweed during the present summer, both of 

 which came into my possession. — G. Johnson" 2. " Syngnathus Ophidion, Yarrell, 

 Brit. Fishes, ii. 447. I obtained this species in Embleton-bay during the summer. — 

 R. EmbJeton. 3. " Syngnathus Anguineus, Yarrell, Brit. Fishes, ii. 445. Two speci- 

 mens were taken in Berwick-bay in October, 1842; and in the same year the species 

 occurred to Mr. R. Maclaurin, at Coldingham shore. — G. Johnston. — Proceedings of 

 the Berwickshire Naturalists' Club, p. 78. 



Notes on Lepidopterous Insects. By Edw. Doubleday, Esq. F.LS. 



(Continued from page 198). 



Genus. — Heterusia, Hope. 



Heterusia Risa. Above : anterior wings olive-green, with a broad 

 transparent yellow fascia before the middle, margined, especially ex- 

 ternally, with black, over which however numerous blue and green 

 scales are sprinkled. Posterior wings pure yellow, the base slightly 

 shaded with blue and black, the apex broadly deep black. Below : 

 the yellow band of the anterior wings is much wider than above, and 

 all the wings have a curved fascia along the outer margin, and the ex- 

 tremities of the nervures are glossed with blue. Head and thorax 

 above, green, the latter tinged with blue towards the base. Abdomen 

 above yellow, the base blue, the apex olivaceous, the sides with a row 

 of black dots; below olive, the segments margined with whitish. Ex- 

 panse of wings, 2 inches, 6 lines. 



Inhabits Nepal. In the British Museum. 



Het. Edocla. Above : anterior wings nigro-fuscous or deep choco- 

 colate-brown, with an olive hue in certain lights, traversed before the 

 middle by a broad, macular, whitish band, a spot at the base, one on 

 the disco-cellular nervure, and nine others which form a flexuous series 

 near the outer margin, also whitish. The nervures, where they tra- 

 verse the macular band, are of a brilliant blue, and there is a more or 

 less distinct shading of the same colour round all the markings. Pos- 

 terior wings black, glossed with brilliant blue towards the outer mar- 

 gin and along the extremities of the nervures. The anterior margin 



