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after its exit. In 1861 I again collected more cones. I will 

 now go back to the wet season of I860 : on the reeds I found 

 some reed-tops with eggs inserted in the top joints: about 

 the middle of July they were hatched, the fifth and seventh 

 days : the young larva began to burrow in the stem, and, 

 after a day or two, had got out of sight : from the hole thus 

 made a sort of juicy substance came, and settled on the stem, 

 running down in some cases three or four inches ; it dried of 

 a whitish colour, and felt rather sticky. The young stem 

 soon began to grow' into a small cone, closing round the 

 larva, which is white when young : the cones grow larger 

 till September, when the larvae are full-grown. — TV. Winter; 

 Aldehurgh. 



Entomological Notes and Captures. 



105. Death of Dr. Baikie. — We have not to deplore the 

 loss of any of our Members during the past year, but you 

 will all have heard with deep regret of the death of Ur. 

 Baikie. He was well known to us as a most assiduous En- 

 tomologist ; and it is understood that he has amassed exten- 

 sive collections of insects, some of which are now at Haslar. 

 After nine years of exploration in the interior of Africa, be 

 died a few weeks ago at Sierra Leone, just as he was return- 

 ing to this country. — Presidenfs Address to Entomological 

 Society of London, 1865. 



106. Pill-hox versus Laurel-box . — I don't think there is 

 any comparison between the pill-box and laurel-box for Le- 

 pidoptera, especially the Macros : the laurel-box must take 

 precedence. But it is far otherwise with minute Diptera and 

 Hymenoptera : the wings of these insects will become stiff 

 in less than an hour after death, even in the laurel-box ; and 

 I find it absolutely necessary to bring them home alive, and 

 then subject them to the influence of laurel-leaves. With 

 regard to the size of the laurel-box, the first I had made was 

 according to the measurements given by Mr. Greene, in his 

 very useful work the ' Insect Hunter's Companion ;' but I 

 found this box too long, and taking up too much room in the 

 pocket ; I therefore had others made, about two inches less in 

 depth, and these I found much more convenient, because it 



