203 Ins, 
LEPIDOPTERA. 
The SaturniidcB appear to employ both mechanical and chemical means 
in extricating themselves from their cocoons ; 0. E. Worthington, Canad. 
Ent. X. pp. 158 & 159. See also A. S. Packard and others, op. cit. pp. 98, 
99, & 220. 
Notes on the larvaa of American Attaci ; R. Thaxter, Psyche, i. pp. 194 
& 195. 
A. G. Butler (111. Lep. Het. ii.) redescribes and figures Caligula 
japonica, Moore, pi. xxvi. fig. 2, and his own C. japonica^ pi. xxv. fig. 2, 
p. 16, Rhodia fugax and Brahmcea japonica^ pi. xxvi. figs. 1 & 3, and 
Tropoea gnoma, pi. xxv. fig. 1, p. 17. 
Sarnia gloveri^ aberr., and Buncea eblis^ Streck., noticed and figured 
by H. Strecker, Lepidoptera, p. 128, pi. xiv. figs. 8 & 9. 
On rearing Attacus yamamai, pernyi, and polyphemus ; A. Wailly, Ent. 
xi. pp. 264 & 265. 
Sarnia Columbia^ Smith. Larva described and figured, F. B. Caulfield 
& C. H. Fernald, Canad. Ent. x. pp. 41-48 ; the moth emits the same 
peculiar smell as S. cecropia^ A. R. Grote, op. cit. p. 60. S. gloveri^ Streck., 
larva described, and compared with those of allied species ; H. Strecker, 
P. Davenp. Soc. ii. pp. 276-278. 
Callosamia promethea : breeding habits, C. R, Webster, Psyche, ii* 
pp. 185-188; the males are apparently attracted by a volatile exhalation 
which is perceived by the antennae. 
Saturnia isabellcCy Graells : M. Bastelberger suggests that this may be 
an African species accidentally introduced into Spain ; S. E. Z. xxxix. 
pp. 193 & 194. S. pernyi, on rearing, Zimmermann, Verb. Ver. Hamb. iii. 
pp. 23 & 24, and Prager, S. E. Z. xxxix. pp. 245 & 246. S. pyri and 8piniy 
on rearing hybrids, A. Stelfek, Term, fiizetek, ii. pp. 115-117, 179 & 180, 
Ent. Nachr. iv. pp. 130 & 131, W. Umgelter, tom. cit. p. 175, and Verb. Ver. 
Briinn, xv. p. 37 ; the former crossed also with polyphemus, id. op. cit. xyi. 
• p. 31. 
AntJiercea yama-mai. General remarks on this and other silk-worms, 
with figures of the larva and imago of Sarnia cecropia ; L. Provancher, 
Nat. Canad. x. pp. 87-94. 
lo gayi, Boisd., = griseo-flava, Phil., I. lucasi^ Boisd., = erythrops, 
Blanch., I. amcena, Boisd., = illustris, Walk., I. bra.siliensis^ Boisd. & 
Walk., are identical, /. scapularis, Boisd , = ? irene, Cram., var., I. corce- 
SMS, Boisd., = ? liberia, Cram., var. ; C. Berg, Bull. Ent. Belg. xxi. p. xiv. 
Hyperchiria varia, Walk, [io, Fabr.]. An aberration and an herma- 
phrodite described and figured by H. Strecker, Lepidoptera, pp. 138 & 
139, pi. XV. figs. 15 & 16. 
Gloveria arizonensis^ Packard, $ described and figured ; id. 1. c. p. 136, 
pi. XV. fig. 6. 
Coloradia pandora^ Blake, $ described and figured ; id. 1. c. p. 137, 
pi. XV. fig. 7. 
Pseudohazis hera, Harr. H. Strecker discusses and figures the different 
varieties of this species, including eglanterina, Boisd., and nuttalli and 
arizonensis, Streck. ; 1. c. pp. 137 & 138, pi. xv. figs. 8-14. . 
Melanothrix pulchricolor, Feld., = Onophos 'i nymphaliaria, Walk., 
A. G. Butler, Ann. N. H. (5) i. p. 463. 
