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Gul^RiN-Ml^NEviLLE publishes some notes on the cultivation of Bomhyx 
yamn-mai. Bull. Soc. Eiit. Fr. 1808, pp. c-ci. 
SafMvnia yama-mai. Ilopley, after losing the greater part of a brood of 
this insect, found that the survivors drank freely of water. He subsequently 
moistened their food occasionally, and the remaining larvae continued healthy 
and spun large cocoons. He suggests that much of the disappointment ex- 
perienced in rearing this silkworm is due to keeping it too carefully from 
contact with moisture. Ent. M. Mag. v. pp. 149-160. 
Girard notices the progress made with Attacus yama-mdi and A. cyn- 
tliia at the garden in the Bois de Boulogne. Bull. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1868, 
pp. xcvii-xcix. 
Bomhyx yama-maju. Kaspar reports on experiments in rearing this species 
at Kremsier (Sitzimgsber. zool.-bot. Ges. in Wien, 1868, pp. 86-87). 
Satvrnia cynthia. Kaspar reports on his experiments with this species at 
Kremsier (Sitzuugsber. zool.-bot. Ges. in Wien, 1868, pp. 87, 88). — W. V. 
Andrews treats of the rearing of Bomhyx cynthia^ chiefly with reference 
to its cultivation in the United States. Amer. Natural, ii. pp. 311-320. 
— M'Oarter publishes (Journ. N. China Branch, Boy. Asiat. Soc. n. s. iii. 
pp. 76-80) some remarks on Saturnia cyjithia, relating chiefly to the Chinese 
treatment of the silk. 
A. G. Latham calls attention to Pachypasa effusa as a supposed new 
silk -producing insect (Proc. Lit. k Phil. Soc. Manch. vii. pp. 24-26). 
Salimbeni (Ann. Soc. Nat. Modena, iii. pp. 41-66) indicates the charac- 
ters presented by silk-moths affected with corpuscular disease, and describes 
the precautions which the knowledge of these characters may enable culti- 
vators to take in order to avoid breeding from infected eggs. 
Neiv genera and species : — 
Basilona, g. n., Boisduval, Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 4*“ s6r. viii. p. 317. Allied 
to Ceratocampa ; anteniifB of ^ shortly pectinated for two-thirds of their 
length ; wings spread out in repose, yellow, each with a discoidal stigma. 
Known species B. imperialis (Fdo.)=imperatoria (Smith). Sp. n. B. cacicus, 
Boisd. 1. c. p. 318, Brazil ; B. ducalis, Boisd. 1. c. p. 319, Brazil. 
Ceratocampa hrissotiiy Boisduval, 1. c. p. 312, Brazil ; C. ixion, Boisduval, 
1. c. p. 316, Brazil ; and C. principalis, Boisduval, 1. c. p. 316, Brazil. 
Jlcmilenca grotei (Ilopffer), Grote and Robinson, Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc. 
ii. p. 192, pi. k fig. 60, Texas. 
Ilyperchiria zelleri, Grote and Robinson, I, c. p. 193, pi. 2. fig. 65, United 
States. 
Saturnia rhodoessa, sp. n., Prittwitz, Stett. ent. Zeit. 1868, p, 246, pi. 3. 
fig. Ij Peru. 
Attacus leheau, sp. n., Gudrin-M^neville, Rev. et Mag. Zool. 1868, p. 320, 
Caraccas. 
Monolcuca, g. n., Grote and Robinson, Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc. ii. p. 187. 
Allied to Euclea\ rather slender; wings broad and rounded; antennae f 
pectinate in J , simple in $ ] with short scales. Sp. Limac. semifascia 
(Walk.), Monol. semif. Grote and Rob. 1. c. p. 188, pi. 2. fig. 63. 
Heuretes, g. n., Grote and Robinson, 1. c. p. 190. Allied to Tortricidia 
(Pack.) ; antennae very short, setaceous, thickly scaled and flexuous at apex, 
Sp. II. picticornis, sp. n., Grote and Rob. 1. c. p. 190, St. Thomas, W. I. 
