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simply put ihem in quarter or half pound empty mustard 

 tins, with two or three punctures, one-eighth ot" an inch in 

 diameter, in the lid and bottom of box; when wrapping with 

 a piece of brown paper let the ends of the paper extend an 

 inch over the ends of the box, but have the paper ends open, 

 as in book postage ; tie on an addressed label, with the 

 string sealed to the paper to keep it fast. This has been 

 Ibund a very simple and successful method, especially when 

 ])lenty of food is put in with the larvae. — Ed.'\ 



H. Wiglesivorth. — Work on Hyinenoptera. — Could you 

 inform me of a good work on British Hymenoptera for a 

 beginner? One with plates preferred. 



[Mr. Smith's ' Bees of Great Britain' and ' British Fossorial 

 Hymenoptera' complete the Aculeata. The volumes are price 

 six shillings each, and are published by the Trustees of the 

 British Museum. There is no monograph of the British 

 Ichneumonida? ; but there is one of the Tenthredinidae in 

 hand. — Ed.] 



Extracts from the Proceedings of the Entonwlogical Society 



of London. 



May 3, 1876. 



Sir Sidney Smith Saunders, C.M.G., Vice-President, in 

 the chair. 



Varieties of, and Rare British Lepidoptera. — The Rev. J. 

 Hellins sent for exhibition various British Lepidoptera, 

 recently submitted to M. Guenee for his opinion and 

 determination. The collection included a dark variety of 

 Acronycta myricae from Mr. Birchall; certain Acidaliae, sent 

 by Mr. Hellins and Mr. G. F. Mathew, apparently to be 

 referred to A. mancuniata; several extraordinary aberrations 

 referred to Melanippe rivata, Oporabia, sp. ?, Coremia ferru- 

 gata, &c., from Mr. Dale and Mr. Mathew; an example of 

 Polia Chi, var. olivacea, from Major Hutchinson ; several 

 Eupithecioe, from Dr. Buchanan White, including the vnr. 

 Oxydata of E. subfulvata ; and an insect which Dr. White 

 proposed to name Septentrionata, not known to M. Guenee. 

 The most important of all was a Noctua, bearing some 

 resemblance to Xanthia circellaris (Ferruginea), not known 

 to M. Guenee, taken at Queenslown, flying over bramble- 

 blossoms, in July or August, 187*2, by Mr. Mathew. 



