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Z001.UUICAL LITERATURE. 
Reversion and Restoration of the Silkworm (/. c. pp. 176-189 & 216-227 ) , 
and a paper by Lady Mary Thompson (/. c. pp. 232-236), giving an account of 
her e?peripients in rearing Anther (^a cy^hia in Yorkshire. 
New genera and species ; — 
{Bombycides.) 
Callosamta, Packard, Proc. Ent. Soc. Phil. vol. iii. p. 379. Allied to Sarnia ; 
front of head narrower and less hairy ; antennae broadly pectinated ; trunk 
very short ; fore wings more than twice length of body, falcate ; hind wings 
much produced at anal angle. Sp. C.promethea (^Drury) ; C. angulifera ( W alk.) . 
Euchronia, Packard, Proc. Ent. Soc. Phil. vol. iii. p. 382. Allied to Sa- 
turnia j antennae with short joints, each with two pairs of pectinations, of 
which the second is small ; palpi forming two small tubercles ; thorax short 
and round ; fore wings about length of body, costa straight. Sp. E. maia 
(Drury). 
Evdeliay Philippi, Stett. ent. Zeit. 1864, p. 91. Allied to Satumia j palpi 
projecting, very strongly hairy ; wings triangular, acute, outer margin con- 
cave; hind wings tailed at hinder angle, tail curved outwards; fore tibiae 
double, having an inferior branch springing from their base of equaj length 
Tvith the main tibiae. Philippi is doubtful whether this is an accidental mon- 
strosity, or a regular occurrence in the cf or ip both sexes. Sp. Eudelia 
rufescens, Ph., sp. n., from Valparaiso. 
Anthercea eucalypti, Scott, Australian Lepid. p. 1, pi. 1. 
Oastropacha ferruginea, Packard, Proc. Ent. Soc. Phil. vol. iii. p. 380, 
from Michigan. 
Clisiocampa calif arnica, Packard, 1. c. p. 387, from California. 
{Nyctemeridce, Walk.). 
The following species of Nyctemera, from the Malayan region, are described 
by Walker (List Lepid. xxxi. pp. 198-208) : Nyctemera simulatrix, celsa,suh- 
velata, velans, guttulosa, punctifera, clara, instt'ucta, crescens, separata, intercisa, 
mutahilis, simplex, quadriplaga, and contracta. 
The same author describes (lac. dt.') : Nyctemera maetdosa (p. 198), from 
Hindostan; Nyctemera ? vagata (p. 208), from N. Australia; Girpa {g.n.) 
circumdata (p. 209), from Congo ; Melanch'oia suhaspei'sa' (p. 210), from 
MoretonBay; M. sexplagiata (}\Adi..),junctura, and luteivena (p. 211), from 
Bogota. 
(Limacodides,) 
Callochlora, Packard, Proc. Ent. Soc. Phil. vol. iii. p. 339. Allied to 
Euclea ; antennae shorter ; palpi shorter and thinner ; costa of fore wings more 
excavated in the middle ; thorax and a band on the wing gTass-green ; scales 
finer than in Euclea. Sp. C. vernata. Pack., sp. n., from New York. 
Cyrtosia, Packard, 1. c. p. 342. Allied to Limacodes ; forehead narrow ; 
palpi long, slender, slightly ascending ; antennae simple, slender ; costa of fore 
wings very convex. 
Cyrtosia elegans, Packard, 1. e. p. 342, from Boston ; C. fusca, Packard, 
1. c. p. 343, from New York ; C. geminata. Pack, ibid., from Philadelphia ; 
C. alhipunctata, l*ack. 1. c. p. 344, from New York. 
