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which he thinks may be the iif. varia (Mey.-Diir). Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 4« sdr. 
tome V. p. 103. 
Guen^e has some remarks on the habits of Melittsa parthenoides (Kef.). 
Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 4e s^r. tome v. p. 88. 
Lederer (Wien. ent. Mon. Bd. viii. p. 166, taf. 3. figs. 3 & 4) describes and 
figures a variety of Melitcea didyma from Kutais, and states that he has a 
variety of M. trivia from Grusia. 
Melanagria caucasica (Nordm.) =cZo^7m, according to Lederer (/. c. p. 167). 
Ageronia. Bates (Joum. of Ent. ii. p. 311) describes the habits of the 
larvae of this genus, and states that the pupae are simply suspended without 
any girdle. 
Didonis. Bates (Z. c, p. 316) remarks upon the character of this genus, 
the true place of which he thinks to be in the immediate vicinity of Aget'o- 
nia. The same observation is applied to Olina (1. c. p. 316), Cystineura, and 
Pyrrhogyra (1. c. p. 317). 
The Entomologist (vol. ii.) contains notes on the habits of the following 
species : — Cynthia cardui, by J. Pristo, pp. 149, 305 ; Argynnis aglia, by 
Tuel}^, p, 294; A. aglaia, adqpe, paphia, by Bignell, ibid. 
Newman publishes life-histories of the following species : — Meliteea athalia^ 
Entom. ii. pp. 243-244 ; M. artemisj Zool. 1866, pp. 9814-9816 ; and Vanessa 
cardui, 1. c. pp. 9825-9826. 
F. Smith records the occurrence of great numbers of Cynthia cardui in 
company with Vanessa atalanta on ivy-blossom in Devonshire, in October 
1865. A specimen of V. antiopa was also seen. Ent. M. Mag. ii. pp. 160- 
161. 
New species : — 
Ageronia alicia, Bates, Journ. of Ent. ii. p. 312, pi. 13*. fig. 1, A. helladonnd, 
Bates, 1. c. p. 313, pi. 13*. fig. 3, A. velutina, Bates, 1. c. p. 816, from the 
Amazons. 
Argynnis jamadeva, Moore, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1865, p. 495, pi. 30. fig. 1, 
Himalayas. — Argynnis ella, Bremer, 1. c. p. 94, pi. 8. fig. 1, East Siberia. 
Meliteea intermedia, Bremer, 1. c. p. 12= AT. maturna, var. intermedia (M4- 
netr.), from the Amur. — Meliteea sindura, Moore, 1. c, p. 496, pi. 30. fig. 2, 
from the North-west Himalayas. — Meliteea picta, Edwards, Proc. Ent. Soc. 
Phil. vol. iv. p. 201, from Nebraska. (This species is said to be figured in 
]>1. 1. fig. 1 ; but this figure represents an Hesperia, named H. nemoris at foot 
of plate 1.) 
Euhagis. Of this genus Bates (/. c.) describes the following new species 
from the valley of the Amazons : — E, leucothea, p. 320; E. chryseis, p. 322, 
pi. 14. fig. 2 ; E. vicaria, p. 323 ; E. sara, p. 324, pi. 14. fig. 1 ; E. glance, 
p. 324 ; E. paulina, p. 326, pi. 14. fig. 3 ; E. peipetua, p. 326, pi. 14. fig. 4 
(6 in text) ; and E. zenohia, p. 326, pi. 14. fig. 6. 
Pyrrhogyra cuparina. Bates, 1. c. p. 318, and P. amphiro. Bates, 1. c. p. 819, 
from the Amazons, 
Cyrestis achates, Butler, Proc. Zool, Soc. 1866, p. 481, from Mysol ; and 
C. sericeus, Butl. 1. c. p. 482, from Borneo. 
Victorina aphrodite, Butler, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1866, p. 483, from Mexico. 
Timetes heraldicm, Bates, 1. c. p. 328, and T. egina^ Bates, I, c. p. 329, 
pi. 10. fig. 1, from the Amazons. • 
