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Lyccena e^gon. Zeller (Stelt. ent. Zeit. 1868, pp. 126-127) remarks on the 
characters and habits of this species as observed by him in Carinthia. 
Lyc(Ena medon {—agestis) and artaxerxes. Zeller (Stett. ent. Zeit. 1868, 
pp. 401-405) discusses the characters of these insects, especially those fur- 
nished by their larvfe, and inclines to the opinion that they are distinct 
species. 
The larva of Lyccena artaxerxes is described by Buckler, Ent. M. Mag. v. 
p. 176. 
Zeller (Verb, zool.-bot. Oes. in Wien, xviii. p. 671-672) notices the 
habits of Thecla spini and T. ruhi, especially as regards the food of tlie 
larvm. lie also describes a variety of Polyommatus dorilis taken near Raibl, 
and notices several other species of this subfamily. 
Chrysophanus americanus. According to C. S. Minot there are 3 broods 
of this species in the year — in May, July, and August (Proc. Bost. Soc. 
Nat. Hist. xii. p. 98). 
New species : — 
Delonura, g. n.. Trimen, Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. 1868, p. 81. Allied to 
Eumcnia ; antenna3 curved outwards at extremity ; palpi naked, ascendant, 
joint 2 niiicli swollen, last joint slender, acute; fore wing with 5 subcostal 
nervnles, discoidal nervules having a common origin ; closing nervule of 
discoidal cell in hind wing meeting first and second median nervules at their 
common origin. Sp. D. immacidata, sp. n.. Trimen, 1. c. p. 83, pi. 6. fig. 4, 
CafFraria. 
Zeritis sardonyx, Trimen, 1 . c. p. 83, pi. 6. fig. 6, and pi. 6. figs. 6, 7, Cape 
Colony; Z. chrysantas, Trimen, 1. c. p. 86, pi. 6. fig. 6, Cape Colony; Z. lyn- 
curiuin, Trimen, 1. c. p. 86, CafFraria. 
Aplmmis enffer, Trimen, 1. c. p. 88 (=natalensis, Ilew. nee Boubl.), Natal. 
Lycemesthes lyccenina, B. Felder, Verb, zool.-bot. Ges. in Wien, xviii. 
p. 281, Ceylon. 
Lyccena singalensis, R. Felder, 1. c. p. 282, and L. noreia, R. Felder, ibid., 
Ceylon. 
Lyccena harherce, Trimen, 1. c, p. 89, pi. 6. fig. 7, X. otacilia, Trimen, 1. c. 
p. 90, L. tsomo, Trimen, /. c. p. 91, and L. notoha, Trimen, 1. c. p. 91, from 
the Cape Colony. 
Theda, llewitson (Descriptions of New Species of lAjccenidce) describes 
76 new species of this genus. 
Thecla mornata, Grote and Robinson, Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc. i. p. 323 (= 
falacer, Boisd. and Lee. nec God.), Atlantic States. — Thecla Juanita, Scudder, 
Proc. Bost. Soc. N. JI. xi. p. 435, Florida. — Thecla souhegan, C. P. Whitney, 
Proc. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist. xii. p. 162, Milford, New Haven. — Thecla Ontario, 
Edwards, Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc. ii. p. 209, Ontario. 
Hesperiides. 
Hesperia (^Ismene) aria (Moore) is figured by llewitson (Exot. Butt. 67, 
1 July, 1868, Hesp. pi. 3. figs. 24, 26), and also II. {!.) druna (Moore), the 
form described by Moore as I. sasivama (1. c. fig. 26). 
Hesperia nemoris (EAsv .) = samoset (Scudd.) and H. rurea (Edw.) = »?e^rt- 
comet (Harr.), according to Edwards (Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc. i. p. 288). 
Edwards also states that his description and figures of II. logon are from the 
<d instead of the $ (ibid.). 
