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PlatysaMia^ Grote, type cccropia^ L. ; and Callisamia, Pack., type prometlim^ 
Dr. The two former genera are described (p. 228) [but the names, as used 
by Grote, cannot stand, because cecropia has been selected as the type of 
Sarnia by Walker and Packard. Duncan figures cecropia and promcthca under 
the generic name of Ilyalophora^ but his type appears to be Attacus atlas. 
Duncan, Ex. Moths, p. 124, pis. 11 & 12]. 
Attacus cecropia. On the nomenclature of this and other N.-American 
species of the group, see W. Couper, Canad. Ent. iii. pp. 61 & G2 ; and for a 
full history, and figures of all stages, W. Saunders, ibid. pp. 149-155. 
Sarnia Columbia^ Smith, described and figured by V. T. Chambers, ibid. 
pp. 201-204. 
Attacus luna. Larva attacked by Tachince., and }^et imago reared: ibid 
pp. 43 & 44. 
Tclea polyplienms^Qi.^=. Attacus paphia,\j. : AV. F. Kirby, Pr. E. Soc. 1871 
p. xliv. 
Jlyperchiria incisa, y^d\\i.,=Phalcena cypria, Gmel. j H. (^Attacus) io, Or., 
nec F., from Surinam, is renamed vala : id. 1. c. p. 43. 
Citheronia rcyalis, F., and sep)ulchralisy Gr. <fe Kob. On their larva3, see 
Grote Robinson, Proc. Ent. Soc. I’hil. iv. p. 490. 
Attacus amazonia, sp. n., Packard, Rep. Peab. Ac. 2 & 3, p. 85, Pebas, 
Ecuador. 
Platysamia calif ornicUy sp. n., Grote, Proc. Ent. Soc. Phil. v. p. 229, Cali- 
fornia. 
Dirpliia venata, Buenos Ayres, D. lancea (^— Ileliconisa imparj 5, Walk.), 
utler, P. Z. S. 1871, p. 83 : spp. nn. 
Bombycid^. 
Trichiura cratagi. On the forms of the larva, see Briggs, Pr. E. Soc. 1871, 
p. ix. 
Bombyx franconica. On the larva, see Fallou, Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. (6) i. 
PP.108&109. 
Clisiocampa syhatica and americana. Transformations described and 
figured by Riley, Rep. Ins. Miss. ii. pp. 37, 117-129. 
Eriogaster lanesb'is. Two larvae frequently spin up in one cocoon : A. 
C. Hervey, Ent. v. p. 459. 
Bombyx quercus. On its assembling,” see J. R. S. Clifibrd; its larva will 
eat ivy, according to M. A. J. Pitman, Ent. v. pp. 441,442, 457. 
B. callunce is not truly distinct from quercus. A female of the former will 
assemble ” males of the latter : W^onfor, M. Micr. J . vi. pp. 261 & 252. 
Lasiocampa trifolii and Clisiocampa castrensis. Varr. recorded by Bond, 
Pr. E. Soc. 1871, p. xxxix. 
Gastropacha pini. On its parthenogenesis, see Keferstein, S. E. Z. xXxii. 
p. 326. It is very destructive in German forests: Ratzeburg, SB. Nat. Fr. 
1870, pp. 72&73. 
G. arbuscidee, FreyCr* On this and its allies, see J. A. Curd, Bull. Ent. 
Ital. iii. pp. 349-351. 
SericAculture. 
Bombyx mart. On its parthenogenesis in Italy, see von Siebold, Bull. 
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