THE YOUNG NATURALIST. 



a dark central shade, and the margins 

 and sheath of proboscis yellowish. A 

 few hours before the perfect insect ap- 

 pears the black wing spots can be 

 distinctly seen through the sheath 



A few of the perfect insect emerged 

 the end of November, and from the re- 

 maining chrysalids some appeared at 

 Malta, in March and April, and the 

 rest in England in May and June, 

 1879. The larvse were very subject to 

 the attacks of a depteron. Those 

 attacked changed to healthy looking 

 chrysalids, and remained so throughout 

 the winter, but at the beginning of 

 March the affected chrysalids turned a 

 deep brick. red colour, and in a few 

 days disclosed a fly, My friend, Mr. 

 G. C. Bignell, of Plymouth, writes me 

 that he bred an ichneumon ( Anomalon 

 xanthopus ) from some of the chrysalids 

 I sent him. 



Turkish specimens of Daplidice vary 

 a good deal both in size and markings ; 

 the spring and autumn broods are 

 almost alike, but examples taken from 

 the middle of June to the end of July 

 are much larger, and more strongly 

 marked. I saw a pair of the summer 

 and a pair of the autumn broods, by 

 which it will be seen that they vary 

 nearly half an inch in expanse of 

 wings, and the markings are so 

 different one could almost fancy they 

 they were distinct species. 



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We tender our thanks to G. C. Bignell for 

 larva of T. qncniis and P. lithodactylus ; 

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NOTES, CAPTURES, &c. 



S. certata near Derby. — If you think it 

 worth inserting in the Young Naturalist I took 

 at rest on the gth inst. a specimen of 5. 



