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took Thyatira Batis (E. M. M. v. 284).—H. Jenner-Fust, 
jun.; Hill Court, Berkeley, May 7, 1871. 
Solution of Corrosive Sublimate as a Preservative.—About 
four years ago Mr. Doubleday told me that if the under side 
of moths were dressed with a solution of spirits of wine and 
corrosive sublimate he believed that they would be safe from 
the attacks of mites and mould, and perhaps grease. I 
dressed all my insects ¢teeice over with this solution, and did 
not look at the insects again (having relinquished entomolo- 
gical pursuits for a time) till last March. I then found that 
several were greasy, that many, especially the Sphingide and 
Bombyces, were much injured by mites, and that one moth 
(A. Atropos) was mouldy. [ think this shows that the - 
application is not an infallible remedy for these pests; 
though I do think that had I not painted my insects with 
this solution they would have been in a much worse state 
than they were. The small-bodied insects, such as the 
Rhopalocera and the Geometre, were quite uninjured, with 
the exception of a few antenne.—C. E. Holford; High Oak 
House, near Ware. 
Mites in Cabinets.—I mentioned that I had a cabinet of 
insects treated after Mr. Doubleday’s process (corrosive sub- 
limate and spirits of wine) that were left for six years, and 
they really were very slightly damaged, considering that they 
were not camphorised or, indeed, looked at, all that time; 
still mites did attack them. I may mention that during the 
said six years I had a lot of insects undressed and left 
in drying-cages: these were altogether consumed by mites 
and some description of Tinea.—J/d. 
Earliness of the Season.—As a further evidence of the 
earliness of the season, as illustrated by Mr. Raynor in the 
last number of the ‘ Entomologist, [| may mention that on the 
4th of April I captured in my garden two specimens (male 
and female) of L. Argiolus; one, fluttering over a yew tree; 
and the other, resting on its foliage: and in the neighbour- 
hood of Stonehouse | captured, on April the 25th, a specimen 
of D. unguicula; and, on May the 6th, a specimen of 
N. Lucina.—[Rev.] Wm. Farren White; The Vicarage, 
Stonehouse, Gloucestershire, May 17, 1871. 
Chelonia villica feeding on Blackthorn.—Most authors 
agree in giving the chickweed (Stel/aria media) or other low- 
