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E. Newman figures L. alhipuncta. Ins. Hunter’s Year Book, 1868, p. 6. 
lie also (Entom. iv. p. 191) publishes the life-history of L. impura. 
Riley (First Report on Insects of Missouri, pp. 92, 93, figs. 35, 36) de- 
scribes the habits of the ‘^Stalk-borer” {Gortyna Gudn.), an insect 
injurious to the potato in North America, and figures the larva and imago. 
Lnperina testacca. A black variety recorded by W,. .Tagger, Entomologist, 
iv. p. 305. 
Mamestra. Von Nolcken (Stettin, entom. Zeit. pp. 268-272) discusses 
the characters of M. Icincri, Freyer, ccrvina^ Ev. (nec cervina, Cry- 
modes exidis, var.), and milleri, Von Nolck. He is uncertain whether to con- 
sider them local forms or good species. 
Ilydrilla palustris. On its occurrence in England see C. G. Barrett, Ent. 
M. Mag. vi. p. 113. 
Dasycampa ruhiginea. Larva described by J. Hellins. Ibid. v. p. 206. 
Cirrhcedia xerampelina is recorded by Birchall as new to Ireland. Ento- 
mologist, iv. p. 263. 
Dianthoccia echii^ Borkh. (irregularis^ Ilufn.). On its occurrence in England 
see A. H. Wratislaw (Entomologist, iv. p. 214), R. McLachlan (Ent. M. 
Mag. V. p. 220), and II. G. Knnggs (Ent. Ann. 1870, p. 138, front, fig. 2). 
Also figured by E. Newman, Ins. Hunter’s Year Book, 1868, p. 8. 
Dianthoecia compta. On its occurrence in Ireland, see E. G. Meek (Ent. 
M. Mag. vi. p. 66) and H. G. Knaggs (Ent. Ann. 1870, p. 139). 
Dianthoecia capsophila. Larva described by H. Harpur Crewe (Entomo- 
logist, iv. p. 295). Whether distinct from D. carpophaga^ see H. II. C. and 
E. Birchall (/. c. pp. 295, 312). Double-brooded, E. B. (/. c. p. 354). 
Tolia nigrocincta. On the transformations of this insect see C. S. Gregson 
(Ent. M. Mag. vi. pp. 64, 116) and II. Doubleday (E. M. M. p. 90). 
Rogenhofer records the observation of H. Berthold, that a sound is pro- 
duced by the male of Thecophora fovea^ Tr., during flight, which he attri- 
butes to the presence of a pale scaleless groove existing on the hind wings. 
Rogenhofer remarks on the similar sounds produced hy Ageronia feronia and 
Halesidota specidalis. Verb, zool.-bot. Ges. in Wien, 1869, pp. 918, 919. 
Iladena xylinoides. W. Saunders publishes a full account of the larva of 
this species at different ages. Canad. Entom. ii. pp. 33, 34. 
Iladena arnica. Erschoff describes and figures an aberration of this species 
from St. Petersburg. Hor. Soc. Entom. Ross. vi. p. 72, pi. 3. fig. 3. 
Chloantha hyperici. Snellen has published some notes on this insect, and 
has come to the conclusion that it has no characters to warrant its being 
placed in a new genus. Tijdschr. v. Ent. ser. ii. vol. iv. pp. 176-177, v. 
p. 75. 
Calocampa exoleta. F. Buchanan White has observed that the two first 
pairs of ventral prolegs are absent in the newly hatched larvae of tliis insect, 
and are gradually developed subsequently. Ent. M. Mag. v. p. 204. 
Calocampa vetusta. Huber describes and figures an aberration of this 
insect from St. Petersburg. Hor. Soc. Entom. Ross. vi. p. 133, pi. 3. fig. 5. 
Alaria jlorida. W. Saundors publishes some notes on this species. Canad. 
Entom. ii. p. 6. 
Heliothis armiger. J. Jenner Weir states that the larvae are very inju- 
rious to tomatoes in Spain and Portugal, feeding inside the fruit. Proc. Ent. 
Soc. Loud. 1809, p. 28. 
