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description of a Queiik hunt and some Notes on the Mapipire 

 (Lachesis inula) and its venom. Mr. Devenish gave some anec- 

 dotes of his hunting experience and made some remarks on some 

 snake poison antidotes.* A Martinique Fer-de-Lance exhibited 

 on behalf of Mr. Cumberland and some fangs of Bothrops atrox 

 obtained from a Trinidad snake by Mr. A. B. Carr added to the 

 interest of the paper. After a vote of thanks to Mr. Devenish 

 for having placed his house at the disposal of the Club, the meet- 

 ing adjourned to Friday, the 8th instant, when the new amended 

 Rules of the Club were discussed. 



CLUB PAPERS. 



NOTES ON FOUR SPECIES OF SILK PRODUCING 

 LEPIDOPTERA. 



Anthercea Pernyi or Chinese Oak Silk Worm. 

 Telea Polyphemus or North American Silk Worm 



Ccdlosamia Promethea. 

 Attacus Cynthia or Allan thus Silk Worm, 



About two hundred cocoons were sent me from London by 

 a friend on Feb. 15 th last. I received them l)_y parcels post, and 

 I may add my friend most likely unaware tha^t any duty would be 

 charged on this parcel of unofiending live-stock, placed a value of 

 £5 on the Customs Declaration ; this cost me 6/-, though I ap- 

 plied to have the value reduced, but I failed to produce sufficient 

 evidence to prove that they were not of this value. 



The first to emerge were two pairs of Anthercea Pernyi or 

 Chinese Oak Silk Worm ; they appeared Feb. 26th eleven days 

 after receiving them, between the 26th and 28th Feby. all had 

 emerged ; these were five pairs. Immediately after emerging, 

 the moths paired, which they will do in any situation ; this is a 

 very good point, the difficulty in some other species of silk pro- 

 ducers being that they do not pair easily in captivity. On INIon- 

 day, the 27th Feb. viz : the day after emerging, one pair had 

 separated, I suppose during the night, as there were a lot of eggs 

 laid when I looked in the cage soon after 6 a.m. The eggs ai*e 

 light brown, circular and flattened at the top which is dark 

 brown. By March 1st. there were eggs laid by all the females, 



