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a single thread (a un seul brin), like that of Mylitta. Though 
less rich, the cocoon of Atlas would yield almost as much silk as 
this last. The worm is the Fagara of China, where it has been 
long cultivated... . Mylitta, Atlas, and Mimosa commend them- 
selves by the great quantity of silk which they furnish.” 
I hasten also to correct an error, in the earlier part of this 
Memoir (p. 29), by information just received from Mr. Watkins. 
He says:—“ In January, 1876, I received about twenty cocoons 
each of Attacus Atlas and Actias Selene. Two of these were 
purchased by Leonard Marshall, Esq., who obtained, in March, 
1876, a female Atlas moth, which is now in his possession. 
During the same spring I bred the remainder; but only one pair 
was evolved at one time, which yielded eggs that were never 
hatched.” 
EXPLANATION OF THE PLATE. 
Fig. a.—Eggs of Attacus Atlas. Fig. di— Larva in sixth age. 
Fig. b.—Larva in first age. Fig. e. —Pupa. 
Fig. c.—Larva in fourth age. Fig. f. —Cocoon. 
(All of natural size.) 
A LEPIDOPTERIST’S GUIDE TO LYNDHURST. 
By B. Lockyer. 
I ventuRE to give a few hints which, read by the light of the 
Ordnance Survey Maps (sold in sheets at six inches to the mile, 
2s. 6d. per sheet, by Mr. Stanford, of Charing Cross) will, I trust, 
be found a tolerably useful guide to the macro-lepidopterist 
studying the fauna of this district in the New Forest. The sheets 
which contain the localities named in the following notes are :— 
No. lxiv. (district between the Southampton Road and Minstead), 
No. lxxi. (district between the Ringwood and Christchurch Roads), 
and No. lxxii (district extending from Lyndhurst to Brockenhurst 
Bridge and including Park Hill inclosure, &c.). Wilverley and 
the other large inclosures south of it are contained in sheet 
No. Ixxix. 
We will start from the eastern corner of the Northern or 
Minstead Road, and, taking the Southampton Road first and 
walking past the Beaulieu Road (the second turning on the right), 
