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THE ENTOMOLOGIST’S WEEKLY INTELLIGENCER. 
Eupithecia coronata . — A few days ago I 
was much interested in reading Mr. Bur- 
ney’s account of the unseasonable freaks 
of his Eupithecia coronata. Having 
taken a few larvae myself this autumn, 
and reared a small brood from eggs on 
flowers of Clematis vitalba, I thought it 
just possible that the pupae at Drayton- 
Beauchamp might, like their brethren at 
Wavendon, be moved to put in a Christ- 
mas appearance. I therefore took a peep 
into the box, and was, as they say in 
Suffolk, “wholly stammed” to see three 
recently defunct moths. They were as 
large in size and as fresh and bright in 
colour as any bred specimeus I have ever 
seen. My pupae are kept in a very cold 
and rather damp room without a fire. 
— Rev. H. Harpur Crewe, Draylon- 
Beauehatnp, near Triny ; Jan. 17. 
CHIMARRA VERSUS ACENTROPUS. 
In the ‘Intelligencer’ for this week 
Mr. Scott asks, “ Is Acentropus niveus a 
moth ? or does it belong to the Phryga- 
nidae — genus Chimarra?” I did not 
intend at present to have broached this 
subject ; but having heard another friend, 
whose opinion I always value highly, 
express the same suspicions, it behoves 
me to dispel so erroueous an idea. Ex- 
cept perhaps a prima facie resemblance 
in form, there are no affinities whatever 
between them : I will endeavour to make 
This apparent, and to this end will give 
the characters of the two genera from 
personal observation, compared with 
■the writings of Messrs. Westwood and 
Curtis. 
Chimarra. — Maxillary palpi in both 
sexes with five joints; first joint short 
and concealed; second and third long; 
fourth one-third the length of the second 
and third ; terminal joint bent under 
and inwards, three times as long as the 
fourth, thinner and somewhat tapering. 
Labial palpi tliree-jointed. Legs: ante- 
rior tibiae with two short spurs (none in 
the female, according to Dr. Hagen); 
middle and posterior tibise each with 
four long spurs. Wings rounded at the 
apex; veins strong, all springing from 
near the base, with several forks in the 
middle. Clothing hairy. 
Acentropus. Male. — Before pro- 
ceeding with this description I will men- 
tion that there is some doubt as to 
whether the conspicuous palpi are max- 
illary or labial, Mr. Westwood holding 
the latter opinion, and Mr. Curtis and 
others the former : I am not in a position 
to say which is correct, but, for the sake 
of convenience, will consider Mr. Curtis’s 
opinion as being so. Maxillary palpi 
drooping, three-jointed ; the basal joint 
very short ; the two others of nearly equal 
length, densely clothed with scales ; ter- 
minal joint blunt. Labial palpi almost 
obsolete, consisting only of slight tu- 
bercles. Thorax with a tuft of scales on 
each side, in the form of tippets. Wings 
acute ; venation consisting of an elongated 
cell, extending from the base to beyond 
the middle, from which numerous veins 
extend to the margins, all directed to- 
wards the apex of the wing. Clothing 
scale-like. All the legs entirely without 
spurs. 
Female . — All the palpi rudimentary, 
appearing only as little projections on 
the under side of the head. Legs with- 
out spurs. Wings usually (?) larger and 
broader than in the male, venation more 
delicate, but of the same nature ; and this 
brings me to the only character which is 
apparently common to both Chimarra and 
Acentropus , viz. that in both genera there 
is a semi-apterous form of the female, in 
which the wings are quite rudimentary. 
