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So far only those larvae (i. e. those which fed before hibernation) 

 have survived in England, all the rest dying during hibernation 

 or just after. In Hungary it is possible that the larv£e have 

 similar habits. The fact that the eggs are deposited on many 

 plants, some of which cannot possibly be food-plants of the larvae, 

 seems to indicate that the larvae hibernate without feeding, rest- 

 ing during the late summer and autumn on the plants where the 

 eggs were deposited, until they are ultimately beaten down by 

 the snow. It is, however, by no means certain that the young 

 larvae may not after a time leave the spot where the egg was 

 deposited, and commence feeding before hibernation. 



Finally, it may be possible that Nature has devised a plan to 

 avoid the dangers in the summer of a drought, and that some of 

 the larvae hibernate without feeding at all, and some commence 

 to feed before hibernation, if the grasses are not already too 

 much dried up. 



A BEIEF VISIT TO MALACCA. 



By J. C. MouLTON, B.Sc, F.R.G.S., Curator of the 

 Sarawak Museum. 



I SUPPOSE everyone who has pretensions to the title of 

 entomologist has read Wallace's 'Malay Archipelago,' and while 

 some may probably regard the chapter on Celebes as their 

 favourite, others will read with renewed interest and delight the 

 chapters on the Orang-utan of Borneo or on the Bn-ds of 

 Paradise of New Guinea ; a few others, more fortunate, may 

 have been to Malaya and seen some of the very places visited 

 by the famous naturalist now nearly sixty years ago. 



Having had occasion to pay a brief visit to Malacca lately, 

 I thought perhaps a few notes might be of interest to readers 

 of the ' Entomologist,' who would like to be reminded of 

 Wallace's collecting days there in 1854. 



From Singapore it takes about twelve hours by sea or rail to 

 reach Malacca ; the former route is perhaps preferable, though 

 one is apt to arrive off the town at 2 a.m., at which hour a 

 three miles row ashore does not appeal to the sleepy traveller 

 any more than does the next stage in the proceedings, which is 

 to bang on the doors of the rest-house until one of the sleeping 

 inmates is moved to admit the disturber. Owing to the shallow 

 water no steamers can approach the shore, although a long pier 

 juts out invitmgly, but closer inspection shows that this is now 

 no longer in use, and, in fact, is dangerous to walk upon. To 

 this lack of encouragement to passing ships to stop and enliven 

 the place, Malacca, no doubt, owes its long continued air of 

 peace and quiet, disturbed though it is on occasions by week- 

 end invasions of motor-cars from neighbouring rubber estates. 



