EdWAi*<la fth liferiiiapllfodite sp6clmeh bf ISdUi fita promathms. 
Pi'bc. Phi Soc. Phil. tol. iv. p. 890. 
Porthe^M 'chr^^dt’^yhced. Shellen describes a variatioh in ttib vehatibti of the 
hind wing in a 5 bf this speciea. Tijdscht. voot Entonl. 1865, Ji* 98 
mum figp.. 
Baturnia Mrpivil. Edmunds l-ecotda a cbcobn of this species With thteb 
valvular apelrtutes. Ent, M. Mag. i. p. 2l5. 
Clostera cUriula. SnelleU van Vollenhoven describes and figures a pecu- 
liar larva of this species. Tijdschr. voor-Entom. 1865, p. 69, pi. 2. figs. 3 & 4. 
Anhitap i'eCords an instance of three males of an Oiketicut (supposed to 
be 0. Idrhgi) having simultanebltsly thrust theit abdomens into the case of a 
female. Proc. Ent. Soc. 1865, p. 103. 
MoncreafF (Entomologist, iii p. 177) describes the presence in the female 
of Bomhgx nemtHa of glandulat olrgans. Secreting an exceedingly tenacious 
fluid serving to cement the eggs to the surface ort which they ate deposited> 
Lipaj'is mtr\flna. MoncreafF describes the irritant efiects of the broken 
hairs of the larvee of this species* Ibid. p. 191. 
(iuefin^s ^ Uevue de Sericiculture Ootnpatee^ for 1865 cofl^ 
tains n groat mass of notices of different value upon nil subjects 
connected with sericiculture, such as tbe progress made in the 
cultivation of new species of silkworms, including vnluable notes 
on Antherma cynthia and yama-md'i, tbe condition of sericicul- 
ture in Prance and other parts of Europe, and especially tbe rn* 
vages of tbe epidemic wbicb bas for so many years ravaged tbe 
Ereneb and Italian silk-growing establishments. 
Attdm% p’ohjphcmiis. This moth has been successfully experimented oh US 
a Sblircb of silk by Trouvelot* See Silliman’s American Journal, Mamh 
1865 ) note reprinted in Ann* & Mag* Nat. Hisi 3rd ser. Voh xv* p. 499. 
Westwood remarks on the habits of the larva of Antheraa tynthidi Erbc. 
Ent. Soc. 1805, p. 109. 
du^rm-M^neVille exhibited to the Ereneb EntomblogiCal Society dyed 
specimens of silk from the silkworms of the Aildntlim and Picinuh and from 
a hybrid between the two Species. Bull. Soc. Ent. Er. 1805, p. iv. 
Gru^rin-Meneville describes the variations and the constant characters pre- 
sented by individuals of Pomhyx yama-mdi. Pev. et Mag. de Zbol. 1864, 
pp. 182-185. 
Chavannes reports on the cultivation of the Yama-mat silkworm in the 
open air near Nyon. He fed the larvse on the quince and the Pyrusaria, Bull. 
Soc. Vaudoise des Sci. Nat. tome viii. pp. 11 &: 14. Further notes on this 
and other species by the same author occur 1. c. pp. 167, 170, 808. 
B. Biirer (Atti Soc. Ital. Sci. Nat. viii. pp. 168-173) records the results of 
a first experiment in rearing JBomhyx ya-ma-mai on the shores of the Lake of 
Como. He mentions that advantageous use was made of the tender leaves of 
the evergreen Quereiis viren$ in bringing up the young larvse, and gives' a 
brief history of the introduction of the species and details of the dates of 
hatching, moulting, and emergence of the insects and of the weights of the 
cocoons and eggs as compared with those of other species. 
