194 Ins. 
LEPIDOPTERA. 
Epichnopteryx proximo,, Led. (new to Europe), recorded from Modena ; 
Cur6, Bull. Ent. Ital. xv. p. 296. E. Jlavescens, Heyl., var. Jculdchaensis , 
described ; Heylaerts, l. c. p. xlviii. 
Acanthopsyche tedaldii , Heylaerts, redescribed ; Nat. Sicil. ii. p. 99. 
Thyridopteryx ephemeriformis , Steph. Transformations, habits, ene- 
mies, &c., described ; Lintner, Hep. Ins. N. York, i. pp. 81-87, fig. 13. It 
oviposits within the puparium ; Clarkson, Canad. Ent. xv. pp. 98 & 99. 
Young larva described ; H. Edwards, Papilio, iii. p. 24. 
CEcinia scotti, Scott, noticed ; Macleay, P. Linn. Soc. N. S. W. viii. 
p. 197, and N. Z. J. Sci. i. p. 425. 
Perophora sanguinolenta , Feld., “ Hammock Moth,” xxxiii. [1879] 
pp. lxxvii. & lxxxi., plate (cases), and albistriga , Walk., xxxvi. pp. 53 & 54. 
Transformations described ; E. D. Jones, l. c. 
New g ever a and species : — 
Bambalina , Moore, Lep. Ceyl. ii. p. 103. Allied to Eumeta. Type, 
(Eceticus ( Cryptothelea ) consorta, Tempi., redescribed and figured, with 
case, ibid. pi. cxviii. figs. 3 & 3 a. 
Duppula , id. ibid. Type, CEceticus tertius , Tempi. (= GZ. templetoni, 
Westw.), rcdescribed and figured, l. c. p. 104, pi. cxviii. figs. G & Ga. 
Aprata , id. 1. c. p. 10G. Placed after Chalia. To include A. thwaitesi 
and maclciooodi (type), spp. nn., 1. c. p. 107, pi. cxviii. figs. 7, 7a, & 8, 
Ceylon. 
Bijug is alpherakii , Heylaerts, C.R. ent. Belg. xxvii., Kulja. 
Acanthopsyche oberthueri } id. 1. c. p. xciii., Algeria. 
Perophora externa , Moore, P. Liverp. Soc. xxxvi. p. 54, San Paulo, 
Brazil. 
Notodontid^:. 
Moore, Lep. Ceyl. ii., divides the Notodontida: into 3 subfamilies, dis- 
tinguished by the structure of the larva : 1, Dicranurince (larva with 
fourteen legs), p. 107 ; 2, Notodontince (larva with sixteen legs, attenuated 
anteriorly), p. 110 ; and 3, Careince (larva with sixteen legs, anterior seg- 
ments tumid ; to include Carea, Dabarita, and Brada , Walk.), p. 116. 
Moore, l. c. y figures and redescribes the following species of Walker : — 
Stauropus alternus, pi. cxix. figs. 1 & la, b, p. 109, Metria viridescens , 
pi. cxx. figs. 2 & 2a, p. 110, Ceira metaphcea , pi. cxix. fig. 3, Notodonta 
ejecta , p. 112, Sphelta apicalis ) pi. cxxi. figs. 2 & 2a, p. 114, Ichthyura res- 
tituta , pi. cxxii. figs. 1 & la, b, Beara dichromella ) figs. 2 & 2a, p. 115, 
Carea varipes (= Chora curvifera and Dabarita rliodophila ), figs. 1 & la, 
p. 116, Dabarita subtilis t figs. 3 & 3a, pi. cxxiii. p. 117, and Brada truncata 
(= Phanaca damnipennis), pi. cxxii. figs. 2 & 2a, b } p. 118. 
Cerura vinula. The so-called glandular sac of the larva can hardly be 
considered a true gland, from the large quantity of chitinous matter con- 
stituting the wall of the sac itself ; Hammond, P. L. S. 1880-82, p. 7. 
Excrements, and diseases of larvae ; Dymes & Finch, Sci. Goss. xix. pp. 93, 
119, 142, 143, & 190. 
Stauropus fayi. On breeding ; Jobson, Ent. xvi. pp. 211 & 212. 
