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the rocky walls of this beautiful pool. These seen through the clear water 

 in the bright sun -light looked like some fairy-land, and left an impression 

 on the mind which neither of us will soon forget. My friend was so en- 

 chanted by this splendid picture, that he was loth to leave it. 



Near the cliffs lay some great boulders, which at some time must have 

 fallen from the cliffs, as the waters have worn away the base, and these 

 are worn into queer shapes by the wear and tear of the restless waves. 

 On these it was curious to observe the species, how they kept together; 

 thus on one was nothing else but Purpurea lapillus, and on another nothing 

 else but the common JBalanus, and on another I observed what might be 

 termed the "happy family;" thus Balani, Trochus umbilicatus, a Nerite or 

 two, with a few specimens of Littorina patula; and before taking leave of 

 this interesting spot a thought struck me that I had not seen a Zoophyte. 

 Turning to a little shallow pool, I observed a small one, Laomedea gelati- 

 nosa, with its tiny creeping polypidoms, and bearing their miniature cups # 

 I went down on my knees to see if their little arms were protruding from 

 the tiny urns, but could not see them, so I took out my knife and cut 

 some off, and brought them home to examine the species. 



Being well satisfied with our shore visit, we ascended the cliffs, which 

 was rather a difficult operation, but at length we got up, and sat ourselves 

 down to have some luncheon, and view the beautiful scene beneath; and 

 in the distance, just opposite Dawlish, about a mile from the land, lay 

 one of old England's "wooden walls," 'The Blenheim.' After satisfying the 

 'inner man/ we proceeded along the cliffs, and soon came to a bramble 

 bush or two; here the net went to work again, and took Sphecodes ephippia and 

 a $ S. subquadrata, and a specimen of Halictus leucopus $ (?) The males 

 of H. leucczonius were swarming on the brambles and rag-wort flowers. I 

 saw four specimens only of Golias edusa, and these were as wild as possible, 

 and directly I attempted to take them, they flew over the face of the cliffs. 



Having pretty well tired ourselves, and as it was drawing towards evening, 

 we retraced our steps back to Exmouth, from thence over to Starcross 

 and by rail home, being well satisfied with our day's excursion, and the 

 collections we had made. 



Exmouth, August 19th., 1858. 



Tiger Moths. — Last summer I caught a pair of very beautiful moths, 

 some of the Tiger Moths I believe, and having killed them with sulphur 

 matches, found that the hind wings had lost their fine ruby red colour — 

 probably, as they were left in the smoke for some hours, from the sulphu- 

 rous acid generated. Can you tell me of any method of restoring the 

 colour? I feared the application of an alkali might destroy the bluish black 

 of the other parts of the insect. — Cymeo. 



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