176 Ins. 
LEPIDOPTERA. 
Arctiida<]. 
Lovett, E. On the development of the pupa of Arctia caja. Ent. xiv. 
pp. 176 & 177. 
The undeveloped pupa resembles the perfect insect; the pupa-skin 
appears to be afterwards formed by the exudation of a material some- 
what resembling lac. 
Butler (111. Lep. Het. v.) figures and redescribes the following known 
species ; — Glanycus inaolitus, Walk., pi. Ixxxiv. fig. 12, Hypercompa pla- 
giata, Walk., fig. 1, A7'eas mooi'ii, Butl., fig. 2, p. 28, Icambosida nigrU 
frons^ Walk., fig. 3, rhodopMla, Walk., fig. 4, p. 29, Aloa diminuta^ Walk. 
(= emittens, $ , and strigata, Walk.), fig. 5, pmnctisti'iga^ Walk., fig. 6, 
Alpenus spilosomoides, Walk., fig. 7, p. 30, Alphoia fiilvo-hirtay Walk., 
fig. 8, Spilai'ctia ahdominalis, Moore, fig. 9, p. 31, nydia^ Butl., fig. 12, 
p. 32, confusa, Butl., fig. 13, pi. Ixxxv., Nayaca imhuta, Walk., fig. 1, 
divisa^ Walk., fig. 2, p. S^fjdorescens, Moore, fig. 3, and Rajendra tripartita, 
Walk., fig. 4, pi. Ixxxvi. p. 35. 
Ctenucha rubro-scapus, Boisd. (nee M^n.), = multifaria, Walk.; Butler, 
Ann. N. H. (5) viii. p. 309. C. wahingliami, H. Edw., = rubro-scapus, 
M^n. ; id. Papilio, i. p. 130. 
Trichosoma bceticum and pieri'eti, Ramb., and BracTiysoma codeti, Aust., 
noticed, and the latter two figured ; Oberthiir, l^tudes d’Ent. vi. pp. 71 & 
72, pi. ii. figs. 8 & 9, and pi. xi. fig. 11. 
Arctia achaia, Boisd., var. from California and Oregon, described ; 
H. Edwards, Papilio, i. p. 39. A. caia: larva infested by Phirocei'a 
agilis, Desv. ; Van Segvelt, Feuill. Nat. xii. p. 10. Stridulation ; Lovett, 
Ent. xiv. p. 178. Occasionally double-brooded, Waters, Sci. Goss. xvii. 
p. 127. A. cervini : habits and transformations ; Wackerzapp, Ent. 
Nachr. vii. pp. 345-352. A. decorata, ftaund. : larva described ; French, 
Papilio, i. p. 81. A. figurata : larva and variation noticed, its variation 
suggests the possibility that A. saundersi, persephone and anna are only 
varieties of one species ; Graef, Bull. Brooklyn Soc. i. pp. 3 & 4. A. 
fuliginosa with black cilia to the hind wings ; Anderson, Ent. xiv. p. 136. 
A. glaphyra, Eversm. : varieties from Central Asia noticed ; Staudinger, 
S. E. Z. xlii. p. 402. A. phalerata, var. incompleta from Washington, 
described ; Butler, Ann. N. H. (5) viii. p. 311. A. quenseli, Payk., var. 
gelida, Moschl. ; discussed and larva described ; Sch^yen & Sandberg, 
Tromso Mus. Aarsh. iv. pp. 84-86. A, virgo : yellow variety noticed ; 
Graef, 1. c. iv. p. 58. A . virguncula, Riley : larva described ; Coquillett, 
Psyche, i. p. 7. 
Fleretes matronula : habits of larva noticed ; Hering, S. E. Z. xlii. 
p. 151. 
Diacrisia metalkana, Led. : belongs to Rhyparioides ; Butler, Tr. E. 
Soc. 1881, p. 6. 
Euprepia phceosoma, Butler, var. auripennis from Tokei, described by 
him ; 1. c. p. 7. 
Ghelonia virginalis, Boisd., is a Ilypeixompq , ; id. Ann. N. H. (5) viii. 
p. 310. 
