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5. — Dasychira pwUhunda larv;ij can be brought up well on birch, 

 and will readily spin up in crumpled newspaper, which should be 

 fastened round the side of the cage containing them. 



6. — -In tapping bedstraw on heaths for the larvie of Lamitia 

 pfrthdtaria, be watchful for the very young examples. They are 

 4exceedingly small, and coil themselves up tightly on being dislodged. 

 As they are of a bright-red colour, almost scarlet, they lool< like any- 

 thing rather than larva\ 



7.— The imagines of (lui^ias spartiaUt can lie l)t'aten from broom in 

 the day-time, when they flit (juickly to the next bush and can be marked 

 cHown. 



10. — Examine every example of belii,ted LriiraiiiaUt/ianijirid that you 

 see at sugar. It is very easy to mistake /.. idhipitnrta for the tii-st- named 

 insect by the light of the lamp. /-. aJbii>iinrt.a is rather the smaller, has 

 squarei'-shaped forewings, which are redder, and the under ones lighter 

 than those of L. lit/iarfii/ria. The principal distinction is not, however, 

 seen to advantage, when the insect is quivering on the sugar. This 

 is the sharp and bright definition of the white spot on the forewings, 

 which has no upward blur towards the costal edge as is found in 

 LfKrania lit/iar/ii/ria. It is safest to take every one on suspicion. 



9. — It is sometimes tempting to take Catocala mijda or Mania 

 manra when they are found at sugar, though the killing-bottle in use 

 -at the time is too small to capture them comfortably. On such 

 an occasion it will be found that, if the mouth of the bottle is placed 

 quickly over the insect only allowing the top edge of its neck rim to 

 touch the tree, the moth will dive into the bottle without getting its 

 wings damaged. 



10. — There is a striking similarity between the larv;e of Mrhtniiipi- 

 ihictiiatit and Oorewia (hsitinaia, and as they are both to be taken on 

 rape and cabbage, it is best not to mistake the latter for the former. 

 The larva of ( '. doiifinata may be known from the other by the tint of 

 the dorsal surface Avhich is not so olive-green in colour as in 3/. 

 Jitictuata, but browner; the head, prothoracic and first thi'ee abdominal 

 segments being very dark on the upper part. Also, examined closely, 

 there will be found four to six obscurely-marked, diamond-shaped 

 blotches, with dark centres, on the summit of the dorsal region. 



11. — The larva of Mawinca (Achcmiitia) ittmptis should never b(> fed 

 airtight ;is, unless it has plenty of air and space, it is very liable to 

 sweat, and, being a very delicate creature, this condition is fatal to its 

 being successfullv I'cared. 



Ji^EYIEWS AND NOTICES OF BOOKS. 



A List ok the Beetles ov Ikelanu, by Rev. W. F. .loluison, 

 M.A., F.E.S., and J. N. Halbert. 1902.— We have received the above 

 list which has just been published, and which is the first general list 

 of the beetles of Ireland yet produced. It is a paper reprinted from 

 the Proceed iiif/s <,f the Hoiial Iris/i Anideiin/, before Avhich Society it 

 was read on June 21th, 1901. 1 1 is n, most interesting list, and moreover 

 it is apleasureto studyit, as it iswell printed and arranged, with notes on 

 all the species, their habits, lociilities, general distribution and refer- 

 ences to their previous records, in fact, it is just what such a catalogue 

 should be. In the Introduction om- authors call attention to such 



