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till this space was full, when the case burst in the usual place, 

 and the insect walked out ; there was no wriggling or con- 

 tortion during the operation. I had frequently observed this 

 fluid in the recent cases, but had no idea of the use the 

 insect had .made of it in expelling itself from its envelope by 

 its means. Readers acquainted with the pressure of fluids 

 will understand the comparatively immense power an insect 

 may have in this way. As I had several hundred pupae of 

 Bembeciformis and Typha3 I had frequent opportunity of 

 observing the process, and these moths emerge at a convenient 

 time, from eight to twelve o'clock a.m., for observation. I 

 also remarked that when the pupae of Typhae were removed 

 froQi the support of the stem of the food-plant the abdominal 

 segments of the case were forced off", the anterior remaining 

 on the insect, but when supported this did not happen. — 

 William Talbot ; Tarhert, Limerick. 



In the matter of Lathonia, Leucophcea, and Alhipuncta 

 (Entom, vi. 563). — I have sent you the dates and localities of 

 the three above-named insects, all taken within fourteen miles 

 of Canterbury, as I see by the December number of the 

 'Entomologist' many specimens of the above-named insects, 

 in fact the majority of those sold as British were nothing but 

 continental, and the three insects named I have no hesitation 

 in saying have their head-quarters in this locality. The first- 

 named I took the first year I collected, which is about seven- 

 teen or eighteen 3'ears ago, when my father, brother and myself 

 took nineteen, all of which Mr. Cooke, of New Oxford Street, 

 had alive, as he was collecting in this locality. I did not see 

 it again until 1868, when I took thirteen. Since then I have 

 taken it every year, and believe I shall continue to do so. As 

 to Pachetra leucophsea, the first 1 ever saw was taken by 

 myself on June 13lh, 1872, which was a female, and not 

 knowing the insect 1 forwarded it alive to Mr. Stevens, who 

 named it for me. I then worked hard to find more, and tried 

 the next night, when I only found one poor specimen, which 

 was flying at the top of the long grass. I then tried sugar, 

 and the first time 1 sugared, which was a Saturday night, 1 

 took twenty-three, out of which there were only four bad 

 specimens ; the others were as good as bred. I sent an old 

 one alive to Mr. Bond, also a second to Mr. Newman. I also 

 took two on the 19th and one on the 21st. All the above I 



