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INSECT A HYMENOPTERA, LEPIDOPTERA. 
Perineura alpina^ p. 267. 
Tenthredo arcticay p. 273. 
Dolerus annulipeSy p. 280, arcticus, p. 284, cBi'iceps, p. 286, puncticollis, Ho- 
ff aster, p. 286, hrevicorms, p. 288, elonffattis, p. 293. 
Lyda acutellaris, p. 303, albipiata, p. 312. 
Xyela piliserra, p. 317. 
Cephus hrachycercus, p. 322, pilosulus, p. 323. 
LEPIDOPTERA 
By W. E. Kirby, M.E.S. &c. 
General Notes. 
H. Streckeb has published Lepidoptera, Rhopaloceres, and Hetero- 
ceres [s«c], indigenous and exotic, with descriptions and coloured illustra- 
tions.” No. I. Reading, Pa. : 1872, 4to, pp. 8, pi. 1. 
A. Guenee (“ Notice sur divers L^pidopteres du Mus^e de Geneve,” Mem. 
Soc. Phys. Geneve, xxi. pp. 369-424, 1 plate; also separate, pp. 66) describes 
several species of Papilio as now, monographs the Catayrammidei, and de- 
scribes and figures an hermaphrodite Bomhyx quercua. 
On the colour and edibility of larvae, of. H. Doubleday & P. Meldola, Ent. 
M. M. ix. pp. 46, 68, 69. 
On variation in the colour of Lepidopterous larvae and pupae, cf. Fallou & 
Mabille, Bull. Soc. Ent. Fr. (6) ii. pp. Iv & Ivi. 
On destructive swarms of larvae in Belgium, cf, E. Birchall, Ent. vi. pp. 
13,81,82. 
On larvae found living on the surface of snow, c/l Du Plessis, Bull. Soc. 
Vaud. (2) xi. p. 176. 
On destroying caterpillars, cf. Pet. Nouv. 1872, pp. 195 & 196. 
On the development of Lepidoptei'a after leaving the pupa, cf A. Kuwert, 
S.E. Z. 1872, pp. 412-414. 
Hagen remarks on the various Lepidoptera which have retained a larval 
head in the perfect state. This monstrosity has been noticed in Noctua 
heteroclita, Bomhyx mori (twice), Nymphalia populi, Faneasa antiopa, Zyycena 
exulana, var. vanadia, Vaneasa atalanta, Gaatropacha quercifolia, Botya fuacalia, 
Sphinx sp., Zerene aduatata, and Morpho eurylochua. S. E. Z. 1872, pp. 
388-402. 
The ribs of the battledore scales of Polyommatua alexia and other Ly- 
ccenidce are furnished with rows of beads,” consisting of a base, a column, 
and a rounded head, and these vary in size in different species ; J. Anthony, 
M. Micr. J. vii. pp. 1-3, 260-252, pis. 1 & 2. The beaded appearance on the 
scales of many other butterflies and moths is also confirmed by H. de Cer- 
becq and II. J. Slack, op. cit. pp. 24-26, 48 & 49. 
0. R. BiiEE argues against the views of Darwin and his followers as re- 
gards sexual selection, mimicry, &c. in Lepidoptera. * Exposition of Falla- 
cies in the Hypothesis of Mr. Darwin,’ pp. 207-214. 
