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uniform dull green. Spaces between 
subdorsal and spiracular lines darker 
green than the rest of the body. 
Belly bright green. Central ventral 
lines yellow. Anal tip of central 
dorsal line always dark green. Feeds 
on wild juniper from the end of Sept, 
to the middle of Nov. seldom full fed 
till towards the end of October. Will 
feed on cypress, if reared from the 
egg in confinement. Pupa enclosed 
in a slight earthen cocoon. Wing 
cases transparent yellowish green. 
Thorax and abdomen rather paler. 
Tip of latter dull red. Perfect insect 
appears, in confinement, in May. 
Larva of Eup. If elveticata Bdv. 
Rather short and stumpy, much 
more so than the preceding species. 
Some thickness from the head to the 
tail. Ground colour duller green 
than in arceuthata. Central dorsal 
line slender dark green, anal tip 
always dusky purplish brown or pur- 
ple. Subdorsal lines broader, dark 
green edged with pale straw colour 
anteriorly and sometimes posteriorly 
with purple. Spiracular line waved, 
pale yellow, or straw colour. Head 
slightly bifid, when at rest curved 
inwards, ahvays dusky purple some- 
times almost black. Segmental divi- 
sions yellowish. Belly duller green 
Central ventral line yellowish. Feeds 
on wild juniper. Will eat cypress, 
when reared from the egg. Full fed 
from the begining to the middle of 
September generally a month or six 
weeks earlier than preceding species. 
Pupa similar to that of E. arceuthata 
Rev. H. If a it pur Crewe, lireadsall 
Rectory, near Derby, Jan. 6th. 1862. 
Mutilated Lepidoptera. In the 
earlier numbers of the ‘ Entomologist ’ 
I notice some remarks on the vitality 
of mutilated Lepidoptera. 
Probably most of the readers of the 
paper have, at one time or another, 
accidentally decapitated insects in 
“ boxing” and have found them alive 
hours alter the accident. Those who 
have “ been amongst ” Z. JEsculi 
will know how, limbed and eviscera- 
ted by birds, the creature still ten- 
aciously clings to life. 
In my old field I recollect seeing a 
poor little blue ( Alexis ) which, though 
he could fly with apparent enjoyment 
could not manage to settle, and on ex- 
amination, I found that he had not a 
leg to stand on. 
But the most wondrous sight of this 
kind in my experience was that of a 
female N (? ) Bondii in copula with 
the living abdomen and hind-wings only 
of a male. A mouse had probably 
snapped off the other half, but suffici- 
ent vitality remained for the abdomen 
to writhe and the hind-wings to flap. 
If any one doubts this fact let them 
ask my friends Me Lachlan and 
Downing who also saw it. H. G. 
Knaggs. 3, Jeffreys Terr ace, Kentish 
Town. N. W. 
Hybrids. The above remarks re- 
mind me of another question, sug- 
gestive to the incredulous mind of 
“ fat gooseberries ” and penny a 
liners. I allude to copulation be- 
tween widely separated species. A 
hybrid between S. Populi and Oc- 
ellatus, or even between an Emperor 
and a Kentish Glory would lnve to 
