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On July 3rcl I found them showing a ivtl streak down the middle of the 

 abdomen, and, on tho 6th, they had moved from among the egg-shells, and were got 

 together by themselves. About this time the wind was occasionally rough, and I 

 think was the cause of some of them disappearing, for I could not find that they 

 moved away of themselves, and so concluded that they had been blown or shaken off 

 their leaf. On the 9th I found them moulting, and saw some of them kicking away 

 their cast skins behind them ; their colours were bright at first, yellow with vermilion 

 Btripe, and they soon began to move about more freely, and on the 13th migrated — 

 now with sadly diminished numbers — to a neighbouring catkin. I now packed up 

 the mother with eight young ones, and despatched them to Mr. Douglas ; but, 

 unfortunately, he was from home, and returned only to find their dead and dried bodies. 



I fancy it might bo a good plan to beat birch-trees for the impregnated females 

 towards the end of May, and if any were taken, they might possibly be induced to 

 lay in confinement, by furnishing them with fresh birch twigs in a bottle of water, 

 enclosed in a glass cylinder. 



I do not think the female feeds whilst brooding over her eggs or young, so that 

 she need not be disturbed till the latter have been hatched for a day or two, when 

 perhaps a fresh twig might be placed close at hand for her to move to if so inclined. 

 — John IIkllins, Exeter: June 2ud, 187-4. 



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Fauna and Flora of Xoufolk : Part v, Lepidoi'tera, by Cuaklh.-5 Gt. 

 Barrett (Transactions of the Norfolk and Norwich Naturalists' Society, 1873-1, 

 Supplement) ; pp. 1 — 80. Fletcher & Son, Norwich, 187-4. 



It is not often that we have had the pleasure of analysing so complete and valua- 

 ble a local list as this. Too frequently such lists consist of mere catalogues of naine^, 

 and bear internal evidence of untrustworthiness ; or, if tolerably complete in the 

 Macro-Lepidoptera, the "Micros" are usually conspicuous by their absence. All who 

 know Mr. Barrett will bear willing testimony to his indefatigable industry and 

 powers of discrimination and observation; and English entomologists in general 

 (and those of Norfolk in particular) will I'cmcmber with satisfaction the fortunate 

 chance that caused him to be located in the city of our eastern counties for several 

 years. This is not a mere list of names ; the localities arc copious, and no oppor- 

 tunity is lost of giving lengtliencd notes on the habits of tho species, with indications 

 of extensive literary research into all that has been written concerning the Lcpidop- 

 tera of tho county. 1210 species are enumerated, a very large number, considering 

 that for the Micros tho compiler had to rely almost entirely on the results of his own 

 observations. Wo heai'tily commend this work to tho notice of British Lepidop- 

 terists. 



The " Transactions " of the Society (of which Mr. Barrett's list forms a separate 

 supplement) for 1873-4, contain some useful hints on breeding Lepidoptera, by Mr. 

 Wheeler (but we are soiTy to sec that the writer dispenses with generic names), 

 and notes on the nidification of Ffusupix, by Mr. Bridgman. 



