36 MARCH. 



transferred to pill-boxes without the least resistance ; 

 but this does not happen at sugar, unless the insect has 

 imbibed a considerable quantity of it, as I have seen 

 them fly off it repeatedly before I could capture them, 

 or as soon as they " smelt" danger drop headlong 

 to the ground in the semblance of death. 



Now cannot we rival the establishment of Messrs. 

 Pomona & Co., and present the various members of 

 the Phalcena world with an article that will suit their 

 taste as well as that supplied by the before-mentioned 

 establishment : I think so, and would recommend the 

 following " sugar" — 



Ale Half-a-pint (nearly). 



Common Honey . \ lb. 



Foots ^ lb. 



Rum Half a wine-glassful. 



Essential oil of Bitter ) ^ •. 

 Almonds . . . J * 



To mix this " sugar" make the ale quite hot, nearly 

 boiling, then dissolve in it the honey and sugar ; add 

 the essential oil of bitter almonds to the rum, and mix 

 with the honey, sugar and ale, when quite cold : this 

 must be applied in broad streaks, with a brush, length- 

 ways upon the trunks of trees, upon their shady side, 

 or upon stones, posts, felled timber, &c, a short time 

 before dusk ; and when the swifts or " ghost" moths 

 (" Heirialidce") begin to fly, you may be sure that 

 those insects that will visit your sugar are preparing to 

 start from their hiding-places — the tyro must then "visit 

 with a lantern his trees, or the other places he has 

 sugared, in succession, and he will find the moths 

 sitting on the sugar busily engaged in appropriating it 



