204 Ins. 
LEPIDOPTERA. 
Gortyna nitela, Gudn. : life-history, depredations, &c. : Lintner, Rep. 
Ins. N. York, i. pp. 110-116, fig. 26: boring in young twigs, and also feed- 
ing externally on plantain ; Osborn, Am. Nat. xvii. p. 1172. G. appas- 
sionato,, Harv., imported from N. America, and destructive to Sarracenia; 
Westwood, Gard. Chron. (2) xx. p. 656, fig. 116. 
Nephelodes violans , Gu6n. Life-history ; Lintner, l. c. pp. 99-110, 
figs. 24 & 25. 
Prodenia littoralis , Boisd., and testaceoides, Gu6n., are sexes ; Piepers 
& Snellen, Tijdschr. Ent. xxvi. p. cxxxiv. 
Mamestra promulsa t Morr., is not an Anarta ; J. B. Smith, Bull. 
Brooklyn Soc. v. p. 68. 
Miana strigilis. Larva described ; Porritt, Ent. xvi. p. 91. 
Celcena haworthi. Larva described ; Campbell, l. c. p. 261. 
Caradrina albo-signata, Oberth., redescribed and figured; Milliere, Ann. 
Soc. L. Lyon, xxix. pp. 154 & 155, pi. i. fig. 2. C. taraxaci , Hubn., and 
alsines , Brahm., noticed ; Snellen, Tijdschr. Ent. xxvi. pp. cxxxv. & 
cxxxvi. 
. Agrotis . Generic characters and American species noticed ; Grote, 
Canad. Ent. xv. pp. 51-55. He also notices his A. texana, apposita , and 
atrifrons ; Papilio, iii. pp. 76 & 78, and Tr. Kansas Ac. viii. p. 47. 
Ravages of “cut-worms” in America; Treat, Psyche, iv. p. 80. A. 
tritici , aquilina, obelisca, and nigricans : Warren translates Rossler’s 
observations on their probable identity ; Ent. M. M. xix. pp. 278-280. 
A. ripcc, Hubn., var. desillii , Pierr. : larva described and figured; 
Milliere, l. c. pp. 158 & 159. A. rogneda, Staud., noticed from Taganrog ; 
Alpheraky, l. c. p. 18. A. hyperborea , var. carnica, Her. : habits noticed; 
Hofner, Wien. ent. Z. ii. p. 246. A. messoria, Harr., and scandens, 
Riley, discussed and figured ; Am. Nat. xvii. p. 422. A. inermis, Harr., 
injurious to Smilax in N. America ; Bull. Dep. Agric. Ent. ii. pp. 27 
& 28. 
Triphcena pronuba and fimbria sometimes lay as many as 1200 eggs ; 
Hellins, Ent. M. M. xix. p. 209. The former ovipositing on a string ; 
Biggs, Ent. xvi. p. 202. 
Panolis piniperda, Panz. Larva described and figured with imago ; 
Milliere, l. c. pp. 157 & 158, pi. i. figs. 7 & 8. 
Tceniocampa opima , Hubn. Larva described ; Heylaerts, Tijdschr. Ent. 
xxvi. p. cli. 
Cirrliocdia xerampelina. Variety noticed ; Meldrum, Ent. xvi. p. 236. 
Dicycla oo. Transformations described ; Buckler, Ent. M. M. xix. 
pp. 203-205. 
Dianthina carpophaga. Variety described ; Dixon, Young Nat. iv. 
p. 190. 
Polia dubia, Dup., var. typhonia. Larva described and figured, with 
imago ; Milliere, l. c. pp. 178 & 179, pi. iv. figs. 10 & 11. 
Hyppa rectilinea , Esp., recorded as new to Belgium ; Donckier, C.R. 
ent. Belg. xxvii. p. cxxix. 
Cloantha hyperici , Fabr., noticed as new to Sweden ; Lampa, Ent. 
Tidskr. iv. pp. 104 & 223. 
Calocampa vetusta. Mode of folding its wings ; Lucas, Bull. Soc. 
