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large-mouthed pickle-bottle. I obtained eggs on the 17th 

 of that month, laid on the sides of the bottle in little green 

 patches. On the 24th I noticed little black specks in the 

 eggs; the next day they hatched. Having placed some elm 

 in the bottle and covered the mouth up with fine muslin, I 

 turned it bottom upwards, and left it for a week. Upon 

 examination 1 found the larvse had curled the edge of the leaf 

 over and fed on the surface. Having been supplied with 

 fresh food they drew two leaves together, and fed on the 

 surface as before. On August 20th they attained the size of 

 half an inch, and came out of their web occasionally and fed 

 on the edge of the leaf. On the 28tli they drew two leaves 

 together for the last time, for they were all in pupa by the 3rd 

 of September. On the 29th the first imago appeared. It was, 

 as I expected, a true L. scabrana. I have bred seventeen in 

 all. The larvae are pale green, with a ievf hairs scattered on 

 each segment ; head, plate on second segment, and feet, black. 

 I think this is enough to prove that the difference in colour 

 is merely a protection. L. Boscana is on the wing during the 

 first and second week in July ; while L. scabrana needs 

 protection for seven months. I have found it at rest during 

 the winter with its wings lapped round the twigs of the elm, 

 which makes it very difficult to see. 1 have tried twice before 

 to breed this insect. In 1875 1 kept L. scabrana alive from 

 October until March of the following year. They died 

 without depositing eggs. In July, 1876, I had eggs of 

 L. Boscana deposited in a chip box : they hatched, but I 

 failed to rear them. It has been said that I must have made 

 a mistake. I will ask one question : Does any entomologist 

 know of a locality for the one that does not produce the 

 other? — W. West; 6, Green Lane, Greenwich, November 

 10, 1877. 



Aromia moschata in Scotland. — A beautiful specimen 

 alighted on the neck of a gentleman while fishing near 

 Moniaive, sixteen miles from Dumfries, on September 3rd. 

 He secured the insect, and presented it to me on his return; 

 and Dr. Sharp now tells me it is the first one he has heard of 

 in Scotland. — Robt. Service ; Maxwelltown, Dumfries, N.B., 

 November 8, 1877. 



T. r. NEWMAN, PIUNTER, 32, BOTOLPH LANE, EASTCHEAP, LONDON, E.C. 



