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INSECTA, LEriDOPTERA. 
On a new moth-trap, cf. Peyerimhoff, Pet. Nouv. 1872, pp. 247, 248. 
Micro- Lepidojitera. On various species : id. I. c. pp. 239 & 240. 
On denuding wings, cf. V. T. Chambers, Canad. Ent. iv. pp. 41-42. 
On collecting and preparing, cf. E. L. Eagonot, Pet. Nouv. 1872, 
pp. 256, 257, 265, 266. 
On collecting only, cf. Lord Walsingham & Chambers, Amer. Nat. vi. 
pp. 275-280, 432, 433. 
Sphingid^. 
For a list of 40 Sphingidae occurring in the State of New York, cf J. A, 
Lintner, Eep. N. Y. S. Cab. xxiii. pp. 172-175. 
A list of the Spkingidce in the Museum of the Eoyal Dublin Society is 
published by W. F. Kirby, J. R. Dubl. Soc. vi. pp. 60-62. 
Macroglossa fiiciformis (scahiosce). On its synonymy, cf. Zeller, S. E. Z. 
1872, pp. 49-51, who points out that SpJmix homhylifonniSf L., was probably 
a very much worn Deilephila porcellus. 
Sphinx camertus, Cva,m..,=Mi]/o luguhris, Dru. : Wallengren, (Efv. Vet. Ak. 
1871, p. 913. 
DeilejjJiila cJiamcrnei'i, Harr., = i). yalii, W. V.: Strecker, Canad. Ent. iv. 
p. 206. 
Choerocampa elpenor. An extraordinary var. with hyaline wings {cf. Zool. 
Rec. viii. p. 367) is figured and described by Newman, Ent. vi. p. 81. 
C. transfigui'ttta, Wgr.,= *S^Amx clio, Fab., = *S. idrieus, Dru., = ?AS'. medea, 
Fab. : Wallengren, I. c. 1872, p. 50. 
Pachylia lyncea, Clem., and allies : id. I. c. 1871, p. 913. 
Sphinx pitiastri. British specimens recorded by A. J. Spiller and J. 
Purdue, Ent. vi. pp. 114, 115, 127. 
S. ligustri. On its agamogenesis, cf. S. Clegg, Ent. vi. pp. 221-233. (Re- 
marks by Knaggs, Ent. Ann. 1873, p. 39.) Larva figured, with detail : Vol- 
lenhoven, Sepp's Nederl. Ins. (2) ii. p. 221, pi. xlvii. figs. 2 & 3. 
Mlema harrisi, Clem. J. A. Lintner notices and figures it in all stages : 
I.e. pp. 170 & 171, pi. 8. f. 8-11. Lapara homhycoides^ Walk., appears to be 
distinct both from this species and from the new E. pineum, Lintn. 
Acherontia atropos. For a summary of published observations, with addi- 
tional remarks on dissections, and a fig. of section of head, cf H. N. Moseley, 
Nature, vi. pp. 151-153. The seat of the sound is certainly in the head. 
Larva figured : VoUenhoven, Sepp's Nederl. Ins. (2) ii. p. 220, pi. xlvii. 
fig. 1. 
Smerinthm occllatus. The larva will eat Primus padus : Speyer, S. E. Z. 
1872, p. 149. 
8. populi. An hermaphrodite described by 0. Nickerl, Verb. z,-b. Wien, 
xxii. p. 728. A var. of the larva recorded by G. R. Dawson, Ent. vi. 
p. 184. 
Langia, g. n., Moore, P. Z. S. 1872, p. 567. Types L. zeuzeroidcs, Kotghur, 
N.W. Himalayas, and L. khasiana, Khasia Hills: Moore, /. c. pp. 567 & 
568, spp. nn. 
New species : — 
Chcerocampa .schcncid, INIiischlor, S. E. Z. 1872, p. 339, Natal, CaflVaria. 
