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ZOOLOGICAL LITERATURE. 
'Triphcena orhona with fore wings mottled and hind wings very pale. Dor- 
ville, Proc. Ent. Soc. 1866, p. ii. 
Zeller has translated Snellen’s remarks on Senta maritima,m which Schmidt’s 
account of the carnivorous habits of the larva is confirmed. It feeds both 
upon animal and vegetable matters. Stett. ent. Zeit. 1866, pp. 333-356. 
The following species of this family are described and figured, with their 
transformations, by Milliere (Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon, xiii.) : — Crymodes exidis 
(Lefebv.), p. 29, pi. 65. figs. 9-11 ; Cleophana arctata (Guen.) = set'rata 
(Hiibn.), p. 32, pi, 66. figs, 3, 4 ; Ilydrilla ohliterata (Dalm.), p, 34, pi. 67. figs. 
7-10^ Agrotis agathina (Dup.), var. scoparice (Mill.), p. 50, pi. 67. figs. 7-10 j 
Gortyna xanthenes (Germ.), p. 71, pi. 69. figs. 10, 11 ; Plusia accentifera 
(Lefebv.), p. 76, pi. 70. figs. 2-4 j and P. dauhei (Boisd.), p. 79, pi. 70. 
figs. 5-7. 
Milliere (Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon, xiii.) describes and figures a variety of 
Pseiidophia ilhmaris (Illibn.), p. 61, pi. 68. fig. 9, and Plusia hecheii (Staud.), 
p. 74, pi. 70. fig. 1. 
Luperina literosa (Haw.). The larva of this species is described by Snellen, 
Tijdschr. voor Entom. 1866, pp. 64-66. 
Catocala pacta. Notes on the metamorphosis of this species by Teich, 
Stett. ent. Zeit. 1866, p. 134. 
Lederer describes the larva of Acronycta oricntalis (Mann), Ann. Soc. Ent. 
Belg. ix. p. 63, and notices the habits of several other larva) of this family ob- 
served by him in Anatolia. 
Newman (Entomologist, iii.) describes the larvoo of Aplccta ctdvcna (p. 18), 
Rusina tenehrosa (p. 19), lldiothis marginata (pp. 20-21), Cucullia umhratica 
(pp. 49-50), Leitcania comma (pp. 99-100), Mamestra albicolor (pp. 100-101), 
Amphipyra tragopogonis (pp. 101-102), Catocala sponsa (pp. 102-103), Dian- 
thcecia ccesia (pp. 114-115), Hecatera dysodea (pp. 182-183) and II. serena 
(pp. 183-184). He also gives the life-histories of Cucullia chamomillce {1. c. pp. 
19-20), Cymatophora ridens (pp. 146-148), and Noctua conjlua (pp. 181-182). 
Hellins describes the larvae of Luperina ccespitis (Ent. M. Mag. ii. pp. 211- 
212) and Grammesia trilmea {1. c. pp. 278-279), and Buckler those of Leu- 
cania pallem (Ent. M. Mag. iii. pp. 68-69), L. conigera {1. c. p.l37), and Iladena 
suasa (/. c. p. 136). 
The larva of Iladena suasa is also described by Newman, Zoologist, 1866, 
p, 351. 
Kiinckel publishes a note on the devastation caused in the beet-crop of the 
north of France by the larva of Agrotis segetum. This has been the subject 
of an investigation by Blanchard ; and early sowing is recommended as the 
best remedy. Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 4^ s6r. tome vi. pp. 129-131. 
A notice of the ravages of the army -worm ” (the larva of lldiothis armi- 
gera) is given by Dunning. Proc. Ent. Soc. 1866, p. xxvi. 
New genera : — 
Tephriasy g.n., Wallengren, Svenska Akad. Handl. v. 4. p. 57. Allied to 
Noctua) palpi subascendent, middle j oint very large, securiform, last joint 
very minute ; posterior tibiae incrassate, with a large tuft of hairs, Sp. T. 
plumipes (Wallengi'.). 
Colpocheilopteryx., g. n., Wallengren, /. c. p. 60. Allied to JEurhipia) an- 
tennae thick and raoniliform in ^ J head with a short thick tuft round the 
