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Staudinger with monspeliensisy Staud. He also describes mernformis, 
similarly characterized by Boisduval (/. c.), which has been confounded by 
authors with various species, hut which ^cdrifrons, Zell., =affinisy p., Staud. 
Zelleu (Stettin, eutom. Zeitung, 1809, p. 388) remai’ks on the identity of 
Trochilia melanocephala, Ualm., with Sesia laphriaformisy Iliibner, and Sphinx 
crahroniformisy Schneider’s Mag. p. 428. Although Schneider’s name is the 
oldest, it has been applied to three other species, and therefore Dalman’s is 
preferable. Zeller also (1. c. p. 389) discusses the identity of De Geer’s “ Pa- 
pillon bourdon-cousin ” (^Sphinx culex, Retzius) witli Seda mutillceformisy 
Ochsenheimer. 
Millieue figures Sesia himmighoffeniy^ Staud., Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon, xvi. 
pi. 89. f. 1. 
Ledeher (Hor. Soc. Entom. Ross. vi. p. 86, pi. 6. fig. 5) describes and 
figures a variety of Sesia stiziformisy Herrich-Schaffer, from Astrabad. 
Frivaldsky (Proc. Hungar. Acad. 1865, p. 143, pi. 4. f. 2) describes and 
figures the imago and pupa of Sesia uroceriformisy Tr., and (pi. 4. f. 3) the 
imago of S. hibioniformis, Esp. 
E. G. Meek and W. Buckler record the discovery of the larva of Sesia 
ichneumoniformisy and describe it. Ent. M. Mag. vi. pp. 89, 90. 
j^geria exitiosay Say. Habits fully described, and both sexes figured by 
Riley, First Rep. on Insects of Missouri, pp. 47-50. 
R. W. Fereday records the occurrence of Sesia tipuliformis in New Zea- 
land. Ho supposes it to have been introduced with currant-bushes. Ent. 
M. Mag. vi. p. 146. 
Sesia. Boisduval (Ann. Soc. Entom. Beige, xii.) describes the three fol- 
lowing species as new, from California : — S. nomadceformiSy p. 63 j S. chrgsi- 
dipennisy p. 64 ; S. bibmiipennisy p. 04. 
Sesia mysiniformisy sp. n., Rambur, Cat. Syst. Ldp. d’Andalusie, ii. p. 151 
(ss a^ms, p., Stand., —dohrifurmisy p., Ilerrich-Schafier), Andalusia. 
IjRANIIDiE. 
Nyctalemon zodiacay sp. n., Butler { = N. orontes, Walker,'nec Linn., Clerck), 
North China; and N. zampay sp. n., Butler (= patrocluSy Drury, Walker, 
nec Linn.), Silhet. Ent. M. Mag. v. p. 273. 
Castniid^e. 
• Boisduval (Ann. Soc. Entom. Beige, xii.) describes Agarista {Alypia) 
oetomaculatay Godart [Fabricius], and redescribes as new the four following 
Californian species, published by Grote and Robinson in Trans. Amer. Ent. 
Soc. i. (comp. Zool. Rec. 1808, p. 326) under the same names : — A. dipsaci, 
p. 68 ; A. lorquiniy p. 69 ; A. sacramentiy p. 09 ; A. mariposay p. 70. 
Alypia oetomaculatay Fabr. Riley (First Rep. on Insects of Missouri, 
pp. 136, 137, pi. 1. f. 18, 19) describes the transformations of this insect, and 
figures the larva and imago. W. V. Andrews states (Amer. Naturalist, ii. 
pp. 660, 667) that the larva is very destructive to the vine on the east side 
of New Ifork. 
ScuuDER (Harris Correspondence) publishes Harris’s description of the 
larva of Alypia octomaeidata, Fabr. (p. 285), and Melsheimer’s remarks on 
the resemblance between the larva) of A. octomaeidata and Eudryas grata 
(p. 116). 
