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used were apparently those of some sort of elm, but owing 

 to the fragmentary nature of the pieces it was difficult to be 

 quite certain of their identity. A well-executed photographic 

 plate, taken from a specimen now in the British Museum, 

 shows well the appearance of one of these remarkable nests. 



In the same journal ^ appears the first instalment of a 

 useful paper by C. Rippon on " The Rearing of Larvae, with 

 Special Reference to the British Lepidoptera." After a short 

 introduction the author divides his subject into several 

 sections, three of which appear in the present portion of the 

 article under the following headings: (i) Pre-hatching 

 Influence on Strength of Larvae; (2) Fresh Air; and (3) 

 Fresh Food. Naturalists interested in the breeding of our 

 native butterflies and moths will read this paper with profit. 



We have pleasure in announcing that our next number will 

 be entirely devoted to the Report on Scottish OrnitJiology 

 for tJie year 19 14 by the Misses Rintoul and Baxter. This 

 will be issued free to subscribers, while extra copies may be 

 obtained from the publishers at the price of is. 6d., post free. 

 ' Eniomologisf, May 1915, pp. 112-116. 



