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Notes on the la/rvaof Pterophorusplagiodactylus.—'i havo translated and abridged 
the following from Milliore's Iconographio. etc., part 4, p. 209 : — 
" Larv£e, almost cylindrical, becoming slowly narrower from the head to the 
last segment. The first segment is plainly less raised than the second and third. 
It is of a dull green on the back and sides, passing into a glaucous green beneath. 
The dorsal vessel, broad and continuous, is of a claret colour ; the spiracular lino 
is green, very little paler than the ground-colour, and is narrow, undulated. The 
whitish-grey hairs, which are abundant and rather long, so cover the larva that 
the stigmata cannot be seen even by the help of a good glass. The belly is without 
mai-ks. The head is small, globular, retractile, of a testaceous yellow, and sprinkled 
on the top with a number of small black dots invisible to the naked eye. The 
three pairs of anterior legs are black, the others of the same colour as the body. 
This little larvro, which is very slow in its movements, feeds on the flowers of 
Globula/ria ah/pit/m, using no concealment." Milliere has found it abundantly in 
December in the neighbourhood of Hyeres. It changes to a pupa in January, and 
the perfect insect appears four or five weeks after. " The pupa is conico-cylindrical, 
slightly elongated, brown and hairy." Then follows the description of the perfect 
insect, which need not here be translated, saving the part which refers to the variety 
MilUeridaclAjla, a variety which was the cause of much confusion to myself, with 
regard to the diagnosis of the insect, and may perhaps be the same also to others. 
" This variety," says Milliere, " is only distinguished from the type of which 
it has exactly the general appearance, by a brown spot placed at the extremity of 
the upper division of the fore-wing. This very characteristic spot is large, oblong, 
rounded on the external side, surrounded on the right and left by a greyish-white 
border, and rests on the costa at the internal border of the upper division of the 
wing." 
Milliere suggests that it may feed on other species of Glohularia besides 0. 
alypum, which is an essentially southern plant. As it is found in England, and 
apparently not very rare in the Lake district, (since owing to the kindness of Mr. 
Hodgkinson I have a numerous series from there), it must feed on other flowers 
besides Glohularia. Probably the larvis would scarcely occur in our island in the 
month of December. Might it not be found on the primrose in March or April ? — 
R. C. R. Jordan, M.D., 35, Harbome Road, Edgbaston, Birmingham. 
Note on Ellopia fasciaria. — This insect occurs under two distinct forms, the 
one om- common fasciara, the other of a bi-ight green colour, but otherwise exactly 
similar. To this variety the name jprasinaria is given. 
Milliere has proved their identity by rearing an intermediate variety, which 
he figures. He seems to attribute the variation to food ; alleging that fasciaria 
feeds on Pmus sylvestris, prasinaria on Pinus dbies. Here, then, is a case on 
which experiments may be made. — Id. 
Bianthoscia capsincola at home in a town garden. — Having a small garden, I 
planted in it, amongst other wild flowers, a few plants of Lychnis vespertina. 
Although in the preciucts of a smoky town like Birmingham, the very next year 
after their arrival they were tenanted by Dianthamia capsincola, and it has often 
