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INSECTA HYMENOPTERA^ LEPIDOPTERA. 
Perineura alpina, p. 267. 
Tenthredo arctica, p. 273. 
Dolerus anmdtpes, p. 280, arcticus, p. 284, cericeps, p. 285, puncticoUiSj Ko- 
gaster, p. 286, brevicorms, p. 288, elongatus, p. 293. 
Lyda scutellaris, p. 303, alhipicta, p. 312. 
Xyela piliserra, p. 317. 
Cephus hrachycercus, p. 322, pilosulus, p. 323. 
LEPIDOPTERA 
By W. F. KiRBY, M.E.S. &c. 
General Notes. 
H. Steecker has published " Lepidoptera, Rhopaloceres, and Hetero- 
ceres [sic], indigenous and exotic, with descriptions and coloured illustra- 
tions." No. I. Reading, Pa. : 1872, 4to, pp. 8, pi. 1. 
A. GuENEE (" Notice sur divers Lepidopteres du Musee de Geneve," Mem. 
Soc. Phys. Geneve, xxi. pp. 369-424, 1 plate ; also separate, pp. 56) describes 
several species of Papilio as new, monographs the Catagrammides, and de- 
scribes and figures an hermaphrodite Bomhyx querciis. 
On the colour and edibility of larvae, ef. H. Doubleday & P. Meldola, Ent. 
M. M.ix.pp.45,68,69. 
On variation in the colour of Lepidopterous larvse and pupae, cf. Fallou & 
Mabille, Bull. Soc. Ent. Fr. (5) ii. pp. Iv & Ivi. 
On destructive swarms of larvae in Belgium, cf. E. Birchall, Ent. vi. pp. 
1.3, 81, 82. 
On larvae found living on the surface of snow, cf. Du Plessis, Bull. Soc. 
Vaud. (2) xi. p. 176. 
On destroying caterpillars, cf Pet. Nouv. 1872, pp. 195 & 196. 
On the development of Lepidojjto'a after leaving the pupa, cf A. Kuwert, 
S.E. Z. 1872, pp. 412-414. 
Hagen remarks on the various Lepidoptera which have retained a larval 
head in the perfect state. This monstrosity has been noticed in Noctua 
heteroclita, Bombyx mori (twice), Nymphalis populi, Vamssa antiopa, Zygcena 
exulans, vdT. vanadis, Vanessa atalanta, Gastropacha quercifolia, Botys fuscalisj 
Sphinx sp., Zerene adustata, and Morpho eurylochus. S. E. Z. 1872, pp. 
388-402. 
The ribs of the battledore scales of Polyommatm alcxis and other Ly- 
ccenidtB are furnished with rows of beads," consisting of a base, a column, 
and a rounded head, and these vary in size in different species : J. Anthony, 
M. Micr. J. vii. pp. 1-3, 250-252, pis, 1 & 2. The beaded appearance on the 
scales of many other butterflies and moths is also confirmed by H. de Cer- 
becq and II. J. Slack, op. cit. pp. 24-26, 48 & 40. 
0. R. liRKE argues against the views of Darwin and his followers as re- 
gards Hexual selection, mimicry, &c. in Ltpidoptcra. ' Exposition of Falla- 
cies in the Hypothesis of Mr. Darwin,' pp. 207-214. 
