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opaline reflections of colour, the peculiar shape and relative 
proportion of the fore to the hind pair,, the form of the an- 
tennae^ and even the colours of the body, and their arrange- 
ment in bands^ are so exactly imitated^ that every species 
of u^geria seems to have its hymenopterous counterpart. 
I have observed in some^, v^hich possess the deep blue wings 
common to many of the Sphexes and Ichneumons^ even the 
habits of those flies ; the restlessness, the short flights, the 
frequent turns and starts, and even the flirting of the wings, 
which no one can have failed to observe in the larger Ichneu- 
mons, Again, see how close in the small hind-wings, and 
the ramification of the nervures, of the genus Psocus of 
Latreille, is the order Neuroptera brought to Hymenoptera, 
And when the hind-wings of this latter order are united to 
the fore ones by their minute hooks, it is not easy to per- 
ceive the difference between them, and the single wings of 
many in the order Diptera. Thus does Nature laugh at 
our systems !" 
C. — The Tiger Swallow-tails ( Papilio Turnus ) have 
become abundant : they have a very noble appearance in 
flight when compared with the meaner fry : they are seen a 
great way off, as they come dancing through the green lanes, 
and I do not now find them difficult of capture. Since this 
month began, I have obtained as many as twenty-five 
species of moths, which I had not seen before, of which 
seventeen are Geometrce, The Streaked Hooktip, ( Flatypteryx 
Erosa ? ) Lemon Beauty, ( Angerona Sospeta P J Pea Green, 
( Chlorissa Putataria ? J and Grandee ( Geometra Clema- 
taria J, are very elegant species, and the last-named is the 
largest Geometra I have seen here. The others of this 
division are not remarkable. A curious little PyraliSy the 
Rhinoceros Moth, ( Herminia ? J occurs now in clover 
fields : the palpi, which are very long, are recurved over 
the head like a horn. Three are Bombyces, the first I have 
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