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If the specimens rise to the surface they should be kept under 

 by mechanical means. After remaining for several hours, or 

 a day (varying according to the size and the weather), in the 

 B 1 solution, they may be transferred to A 3, and then suc- 

 cessively to A 2 and A 1 ; and when thus fully preserved 

 they may be transferred to a fresh portion of the last solu- 

 tion, vvhicli has been filtered clean and bright, and put up in 

 a cabinet, when no further change will be necessary, if the 

 bottle or other vessel be properly secured to prevent the 

 escape of the fluid by crystallization around the opening. 

 To prevent this the stopper, whether of cork or glass, 

 together with the neck of the bottle, may be covered with a 

 solution of paraffine, or wax in turpentine, or benzole, which 

 should be applied only when the surl'aces are quite dry and 

 clean. The length of time that any specimen should remain 

 in each of the solutions is usually indicated by their sinking 

 to the bottom when saturated with it. In many cases but 

 two solutions below A 1 will be effectual. 



Captures of Lepidoptera. — The following is a list of a few 

 of the lepidopterous insects I have noticed, taken or bred 

 during the past season. 



Cynthia Cardui. Greelland Moors, in June. 



Macroglossa Stellatarum. A specimen brought to me from 

 Almondbury. 



Chelonia Plantaginis. Of this species I reared a second 

 brood in September. 



Arctia fuliginosa. Greetland Moors. 



Liparis Salicis. I noticed the young larvae of this species 

 in large numbers on willow, when at Southport, in May. 



Orgyia fascelina. Larvae in abundance on dwarf sallow on 

 the sand-hills at Southport, beginning of May. 



Borabyx Quercus. Larvse feeding on dwarf sallow at 

 Southport. 



B. Callunae. Larvae abundant on the Greetland Moors. 



Epione adveuaria. Bred : larvai received from Southsea. 



Eurymene dolobraria. A greenish larva, obtained by 

 beating in Sherwood Forest the previous autumn, produced 

 this s])ecies. 



Crocallis elinguavia. Bred a fair number from larvae 

 which emerged from the eggs in spring, and had spent the 

 winter in the egg state. 



