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mosquito of England and Ireland. It is abundant in both 

 countries. — Edward Newmati.] 



TV. Thomas; Sarhilon. — I am obliged for the notice, but 

 prefer not recording escapes ; moreover, the insect in question 

 would scarcly be recognisable on a gas-lamp. — E. Newninii. 



Geo. R. Daicson ; Driffield. — The hind wings of the 

 female are darkest. This is almost invariably the case in the 

 Noctuidae, when the sexes differ. — Id. 



E. F. C. — The food of larva of Bombyx Pernyi is unknown 

 to me. In confinement it will eat oak ; but the species 

 ought not to be in the larva state at this time of year. — 

 Edward Newman. 



Augustus Priest. — Many thanks; but I have repeatedly 

 declined mere lists of names. If accompanied by any parti- 

 culars that could possibly interest other subscribers, or any 

 information respecting the habils, food, &c., of the insects 

 named, such lists would be acceptable. — Edward Newman. 



Eijctract from the Proceedings of the Linnean Society of 



London. 

 February 17, 1876. 

 J. Gwyn Jeffreys, F.R.S., Vice-President, in the chair, 

 A)its. — " Additional Observations on Ants," by Sir John 

 Lubbock, Bart. In this paper Sir John communicated some 

 further experiments in continuation of those contained in his 

 last memoir. As regards the cases in which when an ant has 

 found a store of food, other ants make their way to it, he 

 commenced by referring to some of his recent observations. 

 To the edge of a board communicating with the nest he 

 fastened three parallel strips of paper about a foot long (g, h, 

 and i). One of these (g) led to a shallow glass tray contain- 

 ing a number of larvae. The object of this was to ascertain 

 how many ants would find the larvae for themselves under 

 such circumstances, and, as a matter of fact, none did so. 

 On the middle strip (h), near the centre, and at right angles 

 with it, he placed two strips of paper two inches long, one (k) 

 leading to another shallow tray (f) containing larvae, while 

 the other (l) rested on the third strip of paper (i). He then 

 took an ant (F. nigra), marked her, and put her on the 

 tray (f). She immediately took a larva, and went away to 

 the nest along the strip of paper (h). Now, it is obvious that 



