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five or six handfuls of loose moss. I left them in the open air, but did 

 not expose them to rain. They spin up about the beginning of March, 

 but do not turn to pupse for a fortnight or three weeks. One of my 

 pupae produced a fine Hermaphrodite. 



N.B. — I took a larva this day, Nov. 10th., snugly ensconced under the bark 

 of a willow tree. (B.) 



I am sure that this insect sometimes passes the winter in the pupa as well 

 as the larva state, as I have taken it flying on a bright sunny day in March. 

 The larva is polyphagous on low plants. (C.) 



(To be continued.) 



HOW TO SET LEPIDOPTERA. 



BY THE REV. J. GREENE, M.A. 



It will readily be granted that an insect, however fine its condition 

 may be, loses much, both of its beauty and value, when badly set. To 

 set an insect well is not an easy matter, and requires a considerable 

 amount of patience and skill. There are three methods in general use, 

 which I may mention — the flat, the rounded, and the sloping. The first 

 of these prevails generally on the continent, but meets (in my opinion 

 deservedly) with little favour in England. The second may, I think, be 



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termed the metropolitan method, being, as far as my experience goes, 

 almost confined to the London entomologists. The third is the plan 

 adopted by a large number of the country collectors, and is the one I 

 employ myself. But there are, unfortunately, not a few who employ a 

 method of their own. The following is the recipe: — 



