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cynthia and A. ricinij and maintains that these insects belong to distinct spe- 
cies.— Ernest OoTTY publishes some remarks on the naturalization of Bom- 
hyx cynthia in France. Mdm. Soc. Linn. Nord Fr. 1866, pp. 147-168. — 
ViON also notices the rearing of this species in the open nir at 
Amiens. Ibid. p. 206. — ^Notices of the occurrence of Bomhyx cynthia in 
Paris, living in freedom, are communicated by Lucas, Girard, KUnckel, and 
Gu(5rin-M^noville. Bull. Eut. Soc. Fr. 1867, pp. xlix-li, — Fallou on the 
same subject. Ibid. p. Ixiv, 
Wallace (Trans. Ent. Soc. 3rd ser. v. pp. 855-428) publishes an impor- 
tant memoir on the breeding of Bomhyx yamamai in England.— Wull- 
SCHLEGEL communicates the results of his experiments in breeding the 
Ja-ma-mai Silkworm. Mitth. schweiz. ent. Gesellsch. ii. pp. 161-153. — 
Baumann notices his experiments in breeding Bomhyx yama-mai at Bam- 
berg. Sitzungsb. zool.-bot. Ges. in Wien, 1867, p. 125. — Baron von 
Bretton gives an account of the successful introduction of Bomhyx yama-^ 
mai into Moravia. Bull. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1867, pp. xxi-xxii. — Guerin -Mene- 
viLLE (Oomptes Rendus, Ixv. pp. 946-947) gives a short account of his 
experiments in the cultivation of Bomhyx yama-mai and B. mylitta . — 
G. Gascoyne publishes (Entomologist, iii. pp. 333-335) some notes on 
rearing the larvae of Bomhyx yama-mai. 
Trouvelot publishes (Amer. Natural, i. pp. 30-38, 85-94, and 145-149) 
an account of the natural history of Tdea yolyphemuti and of his endeavours 
to rear it as a source of silk. He figures both sexes of the moth {1. c, pi. 6 $ , 
and 6 d ), and also the larva, cocoon, and chrysalis. 
Westwood notices a Chinese species of Saturnia from which gut ” used 
by anglers is said to be obtained, and explains the process of preparing the 
gut. Janson says that the gut is procured from the common Silkworm in the 
south of Europe. Proc. Ent. Soc. 1867, pp. civ-cv. 
Psephopaectes, g. n., Grote & Robinson, Trans. Amor. Ent. Soc. i. p. 5. 
Allied to Adclocephala j head depressed j eyes very largo, globose \ clypeus 
broad, triangulate j antennoo slender, bipoctinate in their basal third ( $ ) } 
mouth obsolete} thorax long, globose, and elevated} wings narrow and 
elongate. Sp. P, simulatilis, sp. n., Grote & Rob. 1. c. p. 6, pi. 1. fig. 1, 
Mexico. 
New species : — 
Citheronia mexicanaf Grote & Robinson, Ann. Lyc. New York, viii. p. 382, 
pi. 13. fig. 1, Mexico. 
Adelocephala grandis, Grote & Robinson, 1. c, p. 8, pi. 1. fig. 7, Mexico } A. 
qmdrilineata^ Grote & Rob. 1. c. p. 11, pi. 1. fig. 2, Mexico. 
Lasiocampa parinarii^ GuiSrin, Bull. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1867, p. xxxii, from 
Senegal. 
Aniaota walkerij Grote, Proc. Ent. Soc. Phil. vi. p. 300, note, Brazil (= 
Dryocampa ruhicunda^ Walk, nec Fab.). 
Limacodides. 
Grote & Robinson (Ann. Lyc. N. II. New York, viii. p. 373) propose the 
name of Packardia for Packard’s genus Cyrtosia, the latter name being pre- 
occupied in Diptera. 
Limacodes inornata, sp. n., Grote & Robinson, 1. c, p. 372, Pennsyl- 
vania, 
