202 Ins. 
LEPJDOPTERA. 
Heliothis armigera , Hiibn., discussed; Riley’s Rep. Ins. 1882, pp. 
145-152, pis. i. & xii. fig. 1, Hamilton, Rep. E. Soc. Ont. 1881, p. 30. H. 
ononis , Fabr., and armiger , Hiibn., varieties from Kulja noticed, Alph<$- 
raky, l. c. p. 90. II. nuchalis , Grote, = scutosa, W. Y. ; Grote, Canad. 
Ent. xiv. p. 186. 
Melicleptvia celeris , Grote, noticed by him, l. c. p. 171. 
Tripudia , Spragueia, Oxylos , Grote, and Gyros , H. Edwards, dis- 
cussed ; Grote, l. c. pp. 32, 33, 171, 195 & 196. 
Anasta mystelli : supposed parthenogenesis ; Watson, Ent. xv. pp. 261 
& 262. 
Heliodes arbuti : natural history ; Buckler, Ent. M. M. xix. pp. 36-40. 
Pyrrhia , Hiibn. : N. American species noticed ; Grote, Bull. U. S. Geol. 
Surv. vi. p. 564. 
Anthaicia injlata, Wallengr., probably belongs to Ileliochilus , Fold.; 
Butler, l. c. p. 32. 
Xanthodes graellsi, Feisth., recorded as French ; Yalentin, Le Nat. ii. 
p. 39. 
Acontia lucula , var. triangulum from Sardinia, described ; Costa, Atti 
Acc. Nap. ix. 6, p. 39. 
Eustrotia carncola , Gu6n. : life-history ; Coquillett, Papilio, ii. pp. 57 
& 58. E. propera, Grote : variation noticed ; Grote, l. c. p. 184. 
Tlialpoclmres gratiosa , Eversm., figured ; Alpheraky, l. c. pi. iii. fig. 62. 
Brephos nothum, var. (?) from Lepsa noticed ; Staudinger, S. E. Z. 
xliii. p. 57. 
Plusia. Triphcena signata , Phil., = Plusia virgula , Blanch. ; P. de- 
pauperata , Blanch., and P. detrusa and fumifera , Walk., = P. nu , Guen.; 
P. gammoideSy Blanch., and bilobay Walk. (?) noticed ; Butler, Tr. E. 
Soc. 1882, pp. 137 & 138. P. precotionis and simplex , Guen., and brassiccv y 
Riley : note on larva ; Coquillett, Canad. Ent. xiv. p. 60. P. beclceriy 
Stand. : var. from the Abruzzi described ; Staudinger, Ent. Nachr. viii. 
pp. 292-294. P. biloba, Stepli. : life-history ; French, Papilio, ii. 
pp. 113-115. P. bractea : life-history ; [Mrs.] Battersby, Ent. xv. pp. 20 
& 21. P. brassicce : effect of Pyrethrum on the circulation of the larva ; 
Howard, Am. Nat. xvi. p. 1015. P. dyaus , Grote, noticed by him as 
feeding on cabbage; Bull. U. S. Geol. Surv. vi. p. 591. 
Anomis erosa , Hiibn. Transformations described ; Riley, Rep. Ins. 
1882, pp. 167-170, pi. viii. fig. 1 ; cf. also Am. Nat. xvi. pp. 327-329. 
Aletia : note on food-plants ; id. 1. c. pp. 327-329. A. argillacea , Hiibn. : 
abundance in Northern States in 1881, and fondness for fruit ; Bruce, 
Papilio, ii. pp. 62 & 63 ; cf. also Bailey, iom. cit. p. 189. A. xylma } Say, 
discussed ; Riley, Rep. Ins. 1882, pp. 152-167: hibernation; id. Nature, 
xxvii. p. 214. 
Amphipyra tetra. Larva described ; Schmidt, Ent. Nachr. viii. p. 321. 
Alamis poliouleSy Guen. Larva described ; Edmonds, Tr. E. Soc. 1882, 
p. 139. 
Homoptera lunata , Dru. Transformations described ; the three sup- 
posed species, lunata, Dru., edusa , Dru., and saundersi , Beth., were 
reared from eggs laid by one $ ; French, Canad. Ent. xiv. pp. 130-134 
& 180. 
