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them answer the descriptiou of S. pumilio, Er. I liave also commu- 

 nicated with Mr. Hogan on the point, but that gentleman is unable to 

 find any of his specimens of "pumilio," and believes he must have 

 inserted the species in the Dublin List on the authority of Mr. A. H. 

 Haliday. I therefore append a short notice of the insect in question, 

 which can be accepted or rejected as British according to fancy. 



^ lin. Allied to circularis and nanus, St., but much smaller 

 than, and not so flat as, either of them. It may be known from 

 circularis by its darker legs, antennae and palpi, and from nanus by 

 the shallow excavation and slightly convex interstice of its head, and 

 also by its want of ashy pubescence. 



{To he continued.) 



NOTES ON COLLECTING, MANAGEMENT, &c. (LEPIDOPTEFA), 

 BY H. GUARD KNAGGS, M.D. 



The following " Notes," which do not pretend to be perfect, or altogether free 

 from mistakes, are put forth as an endeavour to lead the young Entomologist, whether 

 his tendencies lean towards mere collecting or to instructive observation, to reason 

 for himself as occasion may suggest or require. 



No originality is claimed for them, the facts and suggestions contained being 

 already generally known and looked upon as a kind of public property, on which 

 account references have been avoided as giving useless trouble and unnecessarily 

 occupying space. 



The writer cannot terminate these few prefatory words without expressing his 

 deep indebtedness to Messrs. C. G. Barrett, Frederick Bond, Henry Doubleday, 

 the Eeverend J. Hellins, and other friends, for theii- kind assistance during the 

 progress of these papers. 



THE EGG STATE. 



" Ev'ry insect of each different kind, 

 In its own egg cheer'd liy tlie solar rays. 

 Organs involv'd, and latent life displays." 



COLLECTING. 



There are two chief ways in which the eggs of Lepidojptera may be procured : 

 the first, which has been termed egg hunting, is by finding them after they have 

 been deposited naturally ; the second is by allowing or inducing females to lay in 

 captivity. 



Sgg hunting is a pursuit which from difficulties due to the small size of the 

 objects, and the consummate skill with which they are frequently concealed, has 

 hitherto scarcely met with that amount of attention which the subject deserves ; 

 while confessing on the one hand that the eggs of insects certainly are comparatively 



