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about the size of a quill ; otherwise the insects were perfect. 

 I also reared, on the 25th of August, a fine male Deilephila 

 Euphorbiae, from a pupa the larva of which I obtained in 

 Germany. — A. von Glehn ; Sydenham, November 26, 18G5. 



The Locust of the Netvspaper Press. — I have been very 

 anxious to verify the reports in London and provincial 

 papers of the appearance of the locust in Britain, with a 

 view to a paper on the migrations of this insect. In four 

 instances I have positively made out the newspaper locust to 

 be Acherontia Atropos, three of them larvae and one imago : 

 in two instances they have proved to be Macroglossa Stella- 

 tarum, and in all other instances I have gained no result 

 whatever, the writers being so confident of their entomolo- 

 gical omniscience as to resent the idea of verification being 

 needful, — Eduard Newman. 



Weevil in Granaries. — My granary has for several years 

 been more or less infested with weevil, and during the late 

 fine autumn it has increased to an injurious extent, commit- 

 ting great havoc in the barley. Can you suggest a remedy ? 

 — Joseph Simpson ; Ipswich, November 4, J 865. 



[The weevil that infests barley I suppose to be Calandra 

 granaria ; but correspondents should send specimens, and 

 describe more exactly the nature of the havoc committed. 

 I recommend Mr. Simpson to malt his barley as soon as 

 weevils make their appearance, and then thoroughly sweep 

 the floors and walls with a hair broom, burning the dust. By 

 all means avoid the powders advertised for destroying insects, 

 which are often poisonous, always useless. — E. Newman^ 



Local Insects at Taunton. — On April 22nd I captured a 

 specimen of Scotosia certata at a gas-lamp. Amongst the 

 other insects I have taken have been the following: — Tri- 

 chiura Crataegi : three specimens at light. Angerona pru- 

 naria is exceedingly abundant in the woods on the south 

 side of the town, Selenia illustraria and Ennoraos angularia : 

 at lamps. Anticlea siuuata : in June, 1864, I took a speci- 

 men at Orchard Wood, about four miles from Taunton. Pe- 

 tasia cassinea comes in swarms to the gas-lamps : I might 

 have taken hundreds ; but although so plentiful it is not to 

 be obtained until the second week in November, and seldom 

 flies till 10 p.m. Agrotis praBCox : in August, 1864, I bred 

 four specimens. Cirroedia xerampelina : on September 9th 



