INSECTA. 483 
Wullsclilogol (Stoit. ont. Zoit. 1804, pp. 103 Sc 304) publiBlios liis obser- 
vations on tlie periods of occurrence and food-plants of numerous larvse belong- 
ing to different groups of Lepidoptera, and describes the larva of PoUa nigro- 
cincta, var. nivekce?is (Stand.). 
Captain Cox has communicated to the Entomological Society some 
Notes 6h collectihg Lepidopterdus larvre/’ with the Sketch of h tabular 
arrangdment for rdcording captures. Eni TranS. Srd'sei** vol. i. Proc.' 
pp. 18G-189. ' I i r ? . 
The variations presented by Lepidopterous insects, both in the larva and 
perfect states, are classified by Jordan (Ent. M. Mag. vol. il pp. 63-65), and 
the importance of their study indicated. r 
H. G. Knaggs has published some instructions on collecting and breeding 
Lepidoptera in Ent. M. Mag. vol. i. pp. 66-70, and, 97-100, on the collecting 
and management of the eggS; 
Barrett (Ent, M. Mag. vol. i. pp. 93, 94) describes his experience of col- 
lecting Lepidoptera from thatch.- , ' 
Grote (Proc. Ent. Soc. Phil. vol. iii. pp. 74, 76) gives a list of some species 
of Lepidoptera from Atdtic America, collected by Kennicott. The species 
mentioned are : Macroglossa thy she (Fab.) ; Clisiocampd atnencana (Harr.) J 
Litliosia hicolor (Grote) ; A.rctia parthenos (Harr.) = feorert/?-‘f (M6schl.) = fl!mc- 
ricana (Walk.) ; Pygccra inclusa (Hiibn.) ; Noctua augur (Fab.) ; Scoliopteryx 
lihatrix (Lin.) ; Anarta brephoides (Walk.) ; Botys octomaculaia (Lin.); Me- 
trocampa perlata (Guen.) ; Cidaria diversilineata (Hiibn.) ; C. ohducata ? 
(Moschl.) ; and C. hastata (Lin.). 
The same author {1. c. pp. 92-96) publishes a list of 106 species of Hetero- 
cerous Lepidoptera taken in the vicinity of Williamsburg, Massachusetts, 
including in a note (/. c, p. 93). a list of the N. American species of Anisota 
(Hiibn.) = Dnjocampa (Harr.). 
Gascoyne notes the gradual reappearance of certain species of Lepidoptera 
which had been rare in the valley of the Trent since the inclement year 
I860. Ent. M. Mag‘. vol. i. pp. 74, 76. 
C. G. Barrett gives a note of the more remarkable species of Lepidoptera 
met with by him at Rannoch, in Perthshire, in July 1861. Ent. M. Mag, 
vol. i. pp. 44-46. 
J. B. Hodgkinson publishes a list of Lepidoptera captured ky him in 
Westmoreland in 1863. Zoologist, 1864, pp. 8992-8997. 
Sauveur has published a series of notes on the occurrence of certain species 
of Lepidoptera in various parts of Belgium, with a list of additions and sup- 
pressions to be made in the catalogue of Belgian Lepidoptera. Ann. Soc. Ent, 
Beige, vii. pp. 87-93. 
Fologne likewise publishes a long list of addenda to the Lepidopterous 
fauna of Belgium, some of which are referred to by Sauveur in his paper. 
This list includes 31 species of Tineidae. Ann. Soc. Ent. Beige, vii. pp. 
87-93. 
Bar (Bull. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1864, p. xxiv) records the occurrence upon a slotl^ 
of numerous parasitic insects resembling bugs in appearance, but whicl^ 
proved on examination to belong to the Lepidoptera. He does not mention the 
group to which they belong. 
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