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to remove the pupfB of this species from their cocoons, or even to open 

 the cocoons ; in all cases in which this was done, the wings of the 

 perfect insects failed to expand at all. In this matter it is more 

 sensitive than its relative B. qiwrcus, which appears to be but little 

 affected by its treatment in the pupal stage. — D. P. Turner ; 

 14, Havelock Eoad, Toubridge. 



Food of Bojibyx trifolii Larva. — In May last I received about a 

 dozen larvffi of the above from a correspondent, and, being the first I 

 ever had, I was very anxious to rear them. I tried them with every 

 kind of clover I could find, but they did not seem to thrive, and I was 

 very much afraid I should lose them. I looked through all my books 

 to try and find out any other food that they would eat. The Rev. J. 

 Seymour St. John's book (' Larvre Collecting and Breeding') gives 

 broom, but they would not eat that. As a last resource I went into 

 my garden and picked a few leaves off several trees and shrubs, 

 amongst which was sallow. On looking into the cage the next 

 morning, every bit of the sallow was eaten up ; after that I gave them 

 nothing but sallow. They fed up well, and I have seven fine specimens. 

 The first emerged on August 1st ; the last, on August 22ud. I thought, 

 perhaps, this hint might be of use to some would-be breeders of the 

 above species. — W. E. Butler ; Hayling House, Reading, Oct. 15th. 



Char^as graminis in Southern Scotland. — With reference to 

 Mr. Service's article {ante, p. 278), I was collecting a few days at the 

 end of July at Moffat, in Dumfriesshire, and found C. graminis very 

 abundant on the heads of thistles ; but what struck me as being very 

 singular was, that out of ten specimens netted in the evening nine were 

 females. If the percentage of females in certain seasons is anything 

 like this, one can hardly be surprised that larvfe of this species become 

 almost a plague, as the quantity of ova deposited by C. fjraminis is 

 something enormous. — A. Adie Dalglish ; 21, Princes Street, Pollok- 

 shields, Glasgow, October 1st, 1891. 



Char^as graminis in Sweden. — In connection with Mr. Service's 

 interesting article on this insect {ante, pp. 278-282), it is worth while 

 to say that there was an "outbreak" of this species in Sweden in 1892, 

 and Mr. Sven Lampa, the economic entomologist of that country, has 

 published an important article upon it in ' Ent. Tidskr.' 1893, pp. 1-17, 

 plate 1. — D. Sharp. 



Larv^ on Monkshood. — Referring to Mr. W. M. Christy's remarks 

 {ante, p. 291) on larvae feeding on Aconitnin, I may remark that in August 

 last, I found several larvfe feeding on the above-mentionnd plant in my 

 garden ; they have now emerged, and are Phlofjophora meticulosa. — W. 

 E. Butler; Hayling House, Reading, October 6th, 1894. 



Mimicry of Phlogophora meticulosa. — While walking through 

 Sutton Park this morning, I came across two specimens of F/do(/ophora 

 meticulosa in situations which showed off" to the best advantage the large 

 amount of protective colouring this species possesses. One of these 

 moths was a male, the other a female ; and although not in any near 



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