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ZOOLOGICAL LITERATURE. 
G. Weymer publishes (Stett. ent. Zeit. 1865, pp. 106-110) an account of 
tlie transformations of Packnohia leucographa, correcting some errors in 
Treitschke’s description of the larva. 
Agrotk ripce, Snellen describes the larva of this species. Tijdschr. voor 
Entom. 1866, pp. 70-72, pi. 2. fig. 6. 
The larvae of the following species are described by Buckler in Ent. M. Mag. 
vol. ii.: — Agrotk ravida^ pp. 115-116; A. aquilina^ p. 133; A. nigricans, p. 102; 
Lmcania putrescens, p. 94 ; Iladena rectilinea, p. 20 ; and Toxocampa cracccc, 
p. 67. — The last mentioned is noticed by Ilellins (/. c. p. 68), who also describes 
the larva of Phytometra cenea, 1. c. p. 163. 
Hellins describes a variety of the larva of Tceniocampa gracilis. Ent. M. 
Mag. i. p. 283. 
Caterpillars of N. ( Orrhodia') rnhiginea have been obtained from nests of 
Lasitis fidigmosus by Von Hagens. Berk ent. Zeits. 1865, p. 112. 
Weymer (Stett. ent. Zeit. 1865, p. 113) also states that larvae of Orrhodia 
ruhiginea have been found in nests of Formica fidiginosa. He also states that 
Xylocampa lithoriza is not double-brooded, and mentions Lonicera pericly- 
menum and Senecio nemorensk as food-plants of Plusia iota (ibid.). 
Grote states that the larva of Heliothis armigera (Iliibn.) = umhrosus (Grote) 
is destructive to the cotton-plant. Proc. Ent. Soc. Phil. vol. iv. p. 328, note. 
The larva of Agrotk scgctam, as being injurious to the cofiee-plantations 
in Ceylon, is noticed by Nietner, and referred to by Guerin, Bev. et Mag. de 
Zool. 1864, pp. 58-60. 
The occurrence of Gulleriomorpha lichenoides on the coffee-trees is also 
noticed, 1. c. p. 60. 
The habits of the larvae of Toxocampa o'accce are recorded by Bond. 
Proc. Ent. Soc. 1865, p. 101. 
Caradrina cuhiculark. The larvae of this species have been found in great 
abundance feeding on peas in the field. W. Buckler, Ent. M. Mag. i. p. 213. 
On the hybernation of the larva of Iladena rectilinea, see Edmunds, Ent. 
M. Mag. ii. p. 19. . 
The habits of DasypoUa tcmpli are noticed by Dimning, on the authority 
of liev. J. Collins, Proc. Ent. Soc. 1865, p. 61. 
On the occurrence of Noctuidce in sugar, see Barrett in Ent. M. Mag. i. 
p. 214 ; and on their association Avith species of other families, 1. c. p. 264. 
Taschenberg (Naturg. wirbell. Thiere) describes the characters and habits 
of the following species of this family injurious to agricultural produce, and 
especially indicates the means of determining the larvae : — Agrotk segetum, 
I. c. pp. 100-103, pi. 1. figs. 8-10 ; A. exclamationk, 1. c. pp. 103, 104, pi. 1. figs. 
11 & 12 ; A. tritici, 1. c. pp. 104-105, pi. 1. figs. 13 & 14 ; A. fumosa, 1. c. 
pp. 106-106 ; A. corticea, 1. c. pp. 106-107 ; Iladena poly odon, 1. c. pp. 107-108, 
pi. 5. figs. 9-11 ; II. laterilia, 1. c. pp. 10^109, pi. 5. fig. 12 (tail of pupa) ; 
II. hasilinea, 1. c. pp. 109-111, ‘^pl. 4. figs. 7-9 ; II. infesta, 1. c. pp. 111-113 ; 
Neuronia popularis, 1. c. pp. 113-115, pi. 5. figs. 7 & S', Charceasgraminis, 1. c. 
pp. 116-116, pi. 5. figs. 4-6; Mamestra hrassicce, 1. c. pp. 116-119, pi. 3. 
figs. 6-8 ; 31. persicarice, 1. c. pp. 119-121, pi. 6. fig. 15 (larva) ; 31. qrisi, 1. c. 
pp. 121-122, pi. 6. figs. 16 & 17; M. oleracea and suasa, 1. c. p. 263; and Plusia 
gamvia, 1. p. pp. 122-124; pk 1* figs- 5-7 
