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ever becomes detached. On the contrary, it lias been noticed by more 
than one person (with respect to 0. urticce ) that the young ones are 
hatched within the marsupium , which is in reality part of the body of 
the mother, and that they remain there for some time afterwards. 
Rather, these “ egg-bundles ” seem to resemble the “ silky-white ” ones 
which, on the same page, Mr. Bold ambiguously attributes to Coccus 
vitis , Linn., although they were found on a gooseberry bush in the 
open air, and onl} r near a vinery. 
In his report on the Insecta of the Arctic Expedition of the 
“Alert” and “Discovery,” in the years 1875 — 76 (Linnean Society’s 
Journal — Zoology, xiv, 118), Air. McLachlan has this note: “From 
Disco Air. Hart brought several examples of the ? of Dorthesia chiton, 
Zett., already recorded from Greenland.” This refers to Zetterstedt’s 
statement respecting his D. chiton (Ins. Lap., p. 314) — “A 7 arietas 
antennis pedibusque fusco-testaceis, mihi e Groenlandia benevolentia 
D. AVestermanni quoque communicata.” 
In the “ Mittheilungen der schw. ent. Gesells.,” vi, 6 (1880), Dr. 
G. Haller has an article entitled, “ Ueber die Larve eines noch unbes- 
chriebenen Orthezia-ahnlichen Thieres.” The author says that at 
Leissigen (Lake of Thun) in the moss on old fruit trees, he again and 
again has found Orthezia larvae of two forms, one of which he identifies 
with O. urticce, as described and figured by Signoret, the other similar 
but differing in several respects. The more essential points of diver- 
gence are : — the antennae, which have apparently only four joints, yet 
the last and longest has indistinct indications of several flagellate 
articulations blended together (mehreren verschmolzenen Geisselglied- 
ern) : — the legs thickly set with many small tubercles (dicht von 
sehr zahlreichen Hockerchen besetzt) : — and the character and form 
of the particles of the calcareous secretion on the body. The young 
larva-state only is noticed, but the author deems its specific characters 
so marked that, anticipating the discovery of the perfect form will 
confirm his opinion that it will prove to be a distinct species, he pro- 
poses it should bear the name of Orthezia Signoreti, being evidently 
unaware that Dr. F. Buchanan AVhite had appropriated the name. 
It would be curious if, after all, the species in both cases proved to be 
the same ; but with the particulars of the young larva-state only before 
us, it is scarcely possible to say what the insect really is : yet it should 
not be difficult to obtain in loco some examples in the mature form, 
and so determine the matter. 
8, Beaufort Gardens, Lewisham : 
January 8th, 1881. 
