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The pupa raodei'atcly stout ; the thorax round, and projecting on tlie back ; tlie 
head terminating in a sharp point ; the wing-cases long and well-developed, pro- 
jecting below the abdomen. The colour of the back and body a very pale yellow- 
green, and a pale yellowish stripe on each each side below the wing-cases on the 
abdomen : on the under-side, beneath them, were three minute black dots, followed 
by a stripe of dull dark red. The wing-cases were a rather deeper and yellower 
green, which a few hours before the insect emerged became suffused with red. 
In the centre of each wing was a minute black dot, and a row of five similar dots 
near their lower borders. The point at the top of the head dark olive-gi'een above, 
sharply contrasted on the under-side with pale primrose-yellow, and both gi'adually 
blending into the colours below. — Id. 
Note on Agrotis saucia. — On the 25th of May a large Nodua was brought me 
which had been attracted by light the previous night. The markings were much 
confused and rubbed, and it was only after much careful examination that, by the 
aid of the invaluable " Manual," it was decided to be Agrotis saucia. It proved to 
be a 9 , and deposited eggs the following day, which hatched in about a fortnight. 
The larvae fed well on Plantago lanceolata, passed into the pupal state during the 
first week in August, and appeared as perfect insects during the last ten days. 
This differs much from the history given of the species in the Manual. It is 
there stated that the moth appears in July, August, and September, and that the 
larva feeds in November. 
Imagining that the insect hybernates in the perfect state, I have not attempted 
to keep up the breed. — George J. Heakder, Powick, near Worcester, September 
9th, 1867. 
§t\xn\\l Inffinnaticii. 
The proposed Catalogue of British Insects. — It is pretty generally known that, 
for some months past, the Entomological Society of London have had under con- 
sideration the desirability of publishing a complete Catalogue of our insect-fauna. 
Since the appearance of Stephens' Catalogue (1829), no attempt of tliis kind has 
been made by scientific men, and the rapid strides in Entomology during the last 
thirty years have rendered that work virtually obsolete, notwithstandingthe immense 
amount of labour that its compilation must have cost the late J. F. Stephens ; — a 
labour which, for the unassisted efforts of one man, looks Herculean. On this 
matter being proposed to the Society, the Council appointed a Committee of 
gentlemen, who were known to be working at certain groups, to consider, and 
report upon, the best means of furthering the object in view, and the first step 
taken by this Committee was to ask the assistance of specialists ; its requests were 
promptly acceded to. Thus the Catalogue may now be considered in preparation, 
though we cannot even hazard a conjecture as to the probable time Ijy which it 
will be completed. We opine it must of necessity be published piecemeal, the 
separate parts being united when the whole shall have been finished. Certain 
orders (e. g. Lepidoptera and Coleoptera) could be done in a short time ; others (e. g. 
Hymenoptera and Neuroptera) are well worked up as far as some families are 
concerned; others, again (e. g. Biptera), yet remain in a chaotic condition. The 
