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larvffi from Mr. Porritt, and one Agrophila trdbealis {sulphuralis) 

 from Mr. Fani ; also two of Mr. South's North Devon larvae of 

 Toxocampa cracccB. Although the larvae of the Geometrid£e are 

 less striking, they are none the less interesting, and many species 

 are fully represented in several varieties ; there are six larvae of 

 the local Eplone imralellaria {vespertaria), and six of the as local 

 Nyssia zonaria ; four imagos and four larvae (beautiful specimens) 

 of Phorodesma smaragdarla, taken in Essex, llth June, 1884; 

 the curious mottled larva of Asthena hlomeri. The Eupitheciai 

 are very full, containing four larvae of E. debUitata ; there are 

 two larvae of the rare Cidaria reticulata, and many others of like 

 interest which it is difficult to particularise. 



A NEW Method of Sugaring. — Judging of others by my 

 own experiences, probably field naturalists have been at times 

 exercised how to lay their bait when desirous of sugaring large 

 open spaces, such as the sea-shore, sand-hills, the edge of cliffs, 

 open fields, and other similar places where no friendly trees or 

 palings are within reasonable distance. I, therefore, extract the 

 following from the ' Societas Entomologica ' for May. Dr. R. 

 Benteli, of Bern, writes : — " I have adopted the following plan 

 for several seasons: — Take an old umbrella, open it, join the 

 extremities of the ribs by string so as to keep them in position, 

 and then cut away the silk entirely ; attach to the extremity of 

 each rib a small ring, and on this hang, by means of a piece of 

 bent wire forming a hook, a short piece of string, to the other 

 end of which a piece of sponge, about the size of a fist, is 

 attached, which has been lightly dipped in any bait that may be 

 preferred. Cut away the handle of the umbrella, so as to fix it at 

 at will into another stick of two or three ,feet long, provided at 

 one end with a socket in which to fit it, and at the other end with 

 an iron point by which to fix it firmly into the ground. I have 

 five of such skeleton umbrellas. When closed they pack into a 

 light box of about three feet long and a few inches square, which 

 can be carried over the shoulder b}' a leather strap, and the 

 whole weighs less than five pounds. The bait is carried in a tin 

 box. I am thus ready to go into, or out of, action in a few 

 minutes, and can try many places otherwise very tedious to 

 work." The writer seems ignorant of our English plan of 

 sugaring trees, for he joins them by a stout string provided at 

 intervals wilh small rings, and to this hangs his bait, in a 



