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THE WEEKLY ENTOMOLOGIST. 
has given me, from Madvig, the 
following instances of the usage of a 
feminine participle with a masculine 
noun, — “ Eunuchtts acta est ” (the 
word “ fabula ” being, of course, un- 
derstood,) and, similarly “ Centauro 
invehitur magna (when the adjective 
in like manner agrees, in the opinion 
of some, with “navi” understood;) 
so also “ ubi est illwd! scelws qu* me 
perdidit.” The former instance is 
from Suetonius, and in the Prologues 
to the Eunuchus of Terence he says 
“ eas se non negat personas tran- 
stulisse in Eunuchww su am ex 
Grceca.” Besides which says Madvig 
letters of the Alphabet, though stric- 
tly speaking neuter, are, though this 
✓ 
is of course only exceptionally, 
“ sometimes used as feminine (with a 
reference to ‘ littera ’ understood ”) 
It is a case of what is called “ con- 
structio ad synesem.” There is, per- 
haps, something to be said per con- 
tra ,” but it is not for me to point out 
weapons against myself. 
Allow me to add that I did not 
criticise your Latin. The words 
“facilis princeps ” were first [inserted 
in an advertisement, not of you r 
waiting, on the last page of the “ En- 
tomologist ” for September 20th. 
1862. Bevd. F. 0. Morris, Nun- 
burnhohne Rectory , 1Toy ton, York. 
Larva of Mania Maura . My friend 
Mr. J. B. Blackburn, on page 181 of 
the “Weekly Entomologist” des- 
cribes with great minuteness the larva 
of M. Maura. As I took two larvaa 
oft' sallows at about the same time 
{April 17. 1862 according to my 
diary,) I may perhaps be allowed to 
offer a few remarks, intended as sup- 
plementary and not contradictory 
to those of my friend Mr. Blackburn. 
He says “ colour greenish grey.” I 
should rather say with the manual 
“colour purplish brown,” but no 
doubt the colour varies in different 
stages of growth. I think the follow- 
ing remark rather calculated to mis- 
lead, though in itself unqestionably 
correct. “ From the 5th. to the 13th. 
segments inclusive and also on the 
second segment is a distinct red spot. 
This spot is on the side of the larva 
A slender white stripe joins all these 
spots down the side.” These “ red 
spots” are in fact the spiracles and 
the white stripe the spiracular line. 
These same red spiracles are a remark- 
able character in the species and alone 
sufficiently distinguish it from the 
larva of its congener Typica, whose 
spiracles are dirty white. E. M. 
Geld art, Rose Hill, Bowdon, Jany. 
20. 1863. 
CAPTURES. 
CoLEOPTERA. 
Captures in 1862, continued. 
Gyroplucna complicans, Hampstead 
and Hammersmith. Besides this 
I have taken at least six other 
species of the genus, but find it 
beyond my power to determine 
(or even to separate) them satis- 
factorily. 
Biglossa mersa. One under sea weed, 
at Southend, with Tachyma . 
