201 
,s„„jlus punctipennis. Walk., Tr. Ent. Soc. Lond., u. s., vol. v p_ m 
Jem. Caput testace,m, super antenna. Jianm. Antenn. 
Pedes na„o.lmnnei,JU,vc-ciUati; iarsis otseurwrihus. Al^ 
,-lyalin., .enusti ,nicantes : antiece fanetis nonnal. ante apu^ 
■ UcoM et radio Mi^, reliiuis venaum ve»ularu,n,ue flams, 
varus; statu, tteroMgv,atiealiflamdo,oUoletefusco-notato 
corpse"; e^ aUr. 21-28-. Hah. : Indu. septent,onol,. 
In Mus. Brit, et auctoris. 
ale brown. Head testaceous; crown n.uch inflated, but with an abrupt 
Z above tbe antennee wbic. is occupied by a yellow -nsverse sp^c. n 
are situated the ocelli, which are very small, and placed closely together m 
Jle tie posterior portion of the head, partly below the eyes, shows two 
oCal tubercles, one on each side. Antenna, and palpi P-^;'^;^:^^;^^^^^^^^ 
Syes son^ewhat plumbaceous. Thorax above with sparse, but long, testaceou 
' Abdon^en fuscous (colours probably altered), clothed with tesUceous ha.s . 
.St segment entirely testaceous and provided with two large obhque appn^x. 
I val^s (^?). Legs yellowish, with yellow hairs; the tars, somewhat 
^r • the claws shining brown, 
mugs long and broad, acute at the apex ; hyaline with a testaceous tmge, and 
brutiful\lue, purple, and golden reflections; the P-^^^^^-^^^^^^^^ 
wish with indications of fuscous dots; sub-costa and radxus yellow ; mostof 
rerveins whitish, but many of the transverse veinlets fuscous; the n.argm 
veins longly ciliated with yellowish hairs : in the antenor wmgs are several 
Is dots on the outer series of gradate veinlets, and a smoky comeous dot m 
f the discal cellules near the n^iddle ; the cellules in the costal area .regular ; 
iiscal cellules very numerous, but leaving a very broad margmal space. 
Of this large insect I have seen but two examples-Walker's type 
the one given to me by Captain Lang, by whom it was captured at 
nawnr. 
Limes Grove North, Lewisham, S.E., 
December, 1869. 
HINTS ON PRESERVING LARV^. 
BY H. PETEE. 
Son,e two years ago, seeing some preserved larv=e in ^ov^^^ 
Mr Bond, I became desirous to know tl,e method bj wluch they 
■^ pre, ared •, and, after a good many experiments, I attamed sncces. 
,:™g that ihere are many others who wonld like to be mformed of 
e „.*«oj,.,«*, I have pleasure in giving them the result of my 
'TZ^^ a larva, immerse it in a solution of alu.n or pyro- 
