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era! beetles in a cage containing grow-
ing peas in which the seeds were about
one half grown. Dec. 10, several eggs
were laid on the outside of one pod in
the same manner as upon the dry -seeds.
No eggs were laid upon any other pods
although there were several in the cage ; and as time passed and the eggs that
were laid did not hatch, I began to think that they must have been unfertilized.
But as they held their shape and color I left them, and how wonderful has been
the result! The pod ripened, turned
yellow, and the vine was nearly killed
by plant-lice and mealy-bugs. Finally,
in the latter part of January, 1893, I
picked the pod and placed it in a box
to wait events. After it had been in
the box for about a week, I examined
it and what was my surprise to find that the brown heads of the larvae were
plainly visible through the shells of
several eggs. The eggs were hatching !
The pod and its seeds were quite hard
and nearly ripened. Fifty days had
elapsed since these eggs were laid ; and we have seen that ordinarily on dry
seeds the eggs hatch in less than twenty days.
What unseen hand was it that held in
abeyance the development of the embryo
in the egg until the pea had reached
the ripening stage-the only stage
when it seems to be fit for the food of
the larva?
How interesting and won-
derful are Nature's ways as revealed in
the lives of some of the tiniest of her
creatures !
Fig. I .-Bruchus oSiecfus Say.
a, Beetle, enlarged ; antenna and leg still more enlarged. (Original.)
b, Egg, greatly enlarged. (Original.)
c, First larval stage, much enlarged;
with leg still more enlarged.
(Adapted from Riley.)
d. Mature larva, enlarged. (Adapted
from Marlatt.)
e, Front view of head of mature larva,
greatly enlarged. (Original.)
/, Pupa, enlarged. (Adapted from Mar-
latt.
g, Infested bean, natural size.(Original.) Fig. 2.-Bruchus quadrimaczilatus Fabr.
a, Beetle, enlarged ; antenna and leg still more enlarged. (Original.)
6, Egg, greatly enlarged. (Original.)
c, Basal aspect of egg, greatly enlarged. (Original.)
d. Leg of post-embryonic larva, greatly
enlarged. (Original.)
e, Front view of head of mature larva,
greatly enlarged. (Original.)
/'and g, Right wing covers of beetle,
showing the variation in size of
the adult. (Original.)
g to ft inclusive, Right wing covers en- larged, showing variation and
gradation in coloration. (Original.)
HYMENOPTERA OF MADAGASCAR.-A nota- which it forms vol. xx. The first part is ble contribution to entomological literature contributed by Dr. H. de Saussure and has just reached this country in the volume makes a quarto volume of more than 600 pp. treating of the Hymenoptera, forming a part and 27 exquisitely finished plates ; the second of Grandidier's immense work on the physi- by Dr. A. Forel on the ants alone, a volume cal and natural history of Madagascar, of of about 250 pp. and 7 plates.



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PSYCHE.
AN UNDESCRIBED SPECIES OF VESPA.
Assistant in the Entomological Department Oxford University Museum. Having lately been occupied in ar-
ranging the wasps contained in the
Hope Saunders and Smith's collection
I have come across a curious species
which has not been mentioned by either
Saussure or McFarland, so I venture to
describe it here as a new species in
honor of Professor Westwood through
whose kindness I am able to devote my
time to the study of entomology.
This is the only true Vespa which I
know whose colors are bright dark red
zoidal spot above clypeus, clypeus with the exception of a broad longitudinal mark,
widening at apex, the sinus of the eyes, a spot close to mandibles on the cheeks, and another longer one above, behind the eyes, red; an- tennae dull black, a line on the margin of the mesothorax at the sides of prothorax, tegulae, two spots, one on each side of scu- tellum, two on the post-scutellum and a spot under the anterior wings, red. Abdomen
black, first segment with a broad, red apical band, narrowing in centre; second with a broadish red band irregular, widening greatly at the sides, giving the idea of three spots -
and black, and although it somewhat
run together ; apical segment red with a black- resembles V. sylvestris in general fades, ish reflection, bands continued underneath; coxae and trochanters all black, femora black, it difers essentially from it both in color knees red, tibiae red with a black patch in the and the style of markings-
It should be
centre of the inner margin ; tarsi red with a placed in the second division of the
golden pubescence, wings with a slight yellow genus, viz., that in
the eyes ex-
tint, larger nervures with a decided reddish tend to the base of the mandibles.
tint. Eyes extending to base of mandible. Vesfa viistwooilii Shipp. Black. Head; Hab- N- Arner* Bar. Type ill 0x0 mandibles with the exception of teeth, a trape- Univ. Museum.
BRIEF NOTES ON TWO JAMAICA
PAPILIONIDAE.
BY T. D. A. COCKERELL.
SYNCHLOE JOPPA.-JU~~ 14, 1892, 1 saw a
female ovipositing on a sweet scented sticky Cleome, having a hairy stem, the leaf with five hairy or pubescent leaflets. The egg was laid on the under side of the leaf near the tip. Egg about I mm. high, long, cylindrical, shiny pale yellow, truncate above, with twelve strong vertical ribs and numerous small
weak transverse riblets. It was not attached other than by the secretion of the hairs of the plant; from the abundance of glutinous hairs on the leaf it would be hard to attach it in any other way.
PAPILIO ~~~~us.-Larva,e about to pupate
found on Prickly Yellow, July 13, 1892.
About 4 cm. long, stout, cylindrical, but first and last two body segments smaller. Head shiny brown with a whitish spot on each side of crown anteriorly. Body dark brown. A
pair of short subdorsal tubercles on each of the four first body segments those on the first ocherous; side of body with a broad dash of creamy white marbled with gray on 5-7th body segments and some of the same color on sides of 10th and nth segments. Abdominal legs pale gray, blotched exter- nally with darker. Thoracic legs brown.




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