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delicacy of design. T should doubt whether in the range of natural objects a more 

 beautiful line is to be found than that exquisite cool gray streak upon the rich creamy 

 ground of the fore wing. It was the liveliest moth I ever bred, flitting about the 

 moment I came into the room. All the specimens I took were in open places deep in 

 the woods, not on the skirts; when flying they look very small. — F. Beauchamp. 



Occurrence of Dosiihea eburnata at Bangor. — Mr. B. Kendritk sent for exhibition 

 a specimen of Dosithea eburnata, taken by himself on the hills overlooking the town 

 of Bangor, about 8 p.m. on the 5th of July last. Thus a new locality has been dis- 

 covered for Weaver's lost species. The specimen was line and well marked, perhaps a 

 little larger than the figure in the 'Annual.' Pterophorus tephradactylus was taken 

 at the same time and place. — Proceedings of the Northern Entomological Society, 

 October 4, 1862. 



Economy of Scotosia undulata. — I took a female in 1861 . She laid me some small 

 oval whitish eggs on the under side of a sallow leaf, generally in the hollow by the side 

 of the midrib or some other rib, often two or more on a leaf, but never adjoining each 

 other. I transferred them to a young tree growing in a pot. As soon as hatched the 

 larvae spun a web resembling that of the Yponomeutidee, and sometimes, like them, 

 several together. When a little older they bent and fastened leaves together, and ate 

 through the walls of their dwelling until they left only a skeleton, when they went on 

 to another place, to behave in a similar manner. They were very sluggish, not 

 taking the trouble to push their tails outside, so that when they had eaten the walls of 

 their tent the lower part formed a bag full of " coprolites." They usually lay curled 

 up in their tent, and all mine continued to dwell under cover until they went down. 

 I think I never saw them outside, except when they were "removing," and once when 

 they had eaten their plant down to the stumps; then they crawled about uneasily till 

 fresh food was introduced. When full grown they were scarcely an inch long, and 

 reminded me somewhat of the larvae <>f Eupithecia venosata in their general appearance. 

 I proceed to give a description of them. Short and stumpy, with a few very short 

 hairs. Head small, shining, brown, the two upper lobes round and conspicuous. 

 Dorsal line brown, bordered with a very slender much broken whitish line. Subdorsal 

 line brown, broad, bordered on the upper side by a slender broken whitish line 

 (perhaps this is the true subdorsal). Spiracular line broad, dirty white, puckered. 

 Ground colour above the spiracular line varies from pale flesh-colour to dark brown; 

 belly from pale gray to dark gray. In the dark specimens the dorsal line is scarcely 

 perceptible, but the subdorsal (?) is perceptibly darker. On the upper side of each of 

 the anal claspers there is a large blackish spot, in addition to which light specimens 

 have a blackish spot on the centre piece of the anal segment. The pupa is in a 

 rather slight earthy cocoon. I kept mine in a tireless attic. They began to emerge 

 early in May, and the last made its appearance about the end of that month. I look 

 great pains to continue the brood, but ineffectually, though I sacrificed a dozen speci- 

 mens for that purpose, keeping them till they died in a large leno bag over a growing 

 tree (which I stood out in the garden one night), and feeding them with syrup ; some 

 of them lived over a fortnight, but I had only a score of eggs laid, and they proved 

 infertile. I should add that the perfect insect was very lively, so as to make it no 

 easy matter to catch and box, without injury, three or four out of a small flower-pot. — 

 F. Beauchamp. 



Description of the Larva of Phibalapteryx tersala. — During the last week of August 

 and the first fortnight of September, 1861, 1 beat a number of these larvae, in company 



