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numerous errors into which the writer had fallen; such, e. g., as the statement that the 
queen selects her husband and passes her honeymoon amid the flowers, that a swarm 
of bees is as large as a bunch of grapes, that bees are affectionate and fond of 
children, &c. It was to be regretted that a fictitious value had been given to so 
worthless a compilation by insertion in the columns of an influential journal; many 
of the statements of the writer had been answered and exposed by Mr. Woodbury in 
the same journal, but as a further communication from that gentleman had been 
refused insertion in that newspaper, Mr. Tegetmeier thought it right to give the 
Members of the Society an opportunity of placing on record their opinions on the 
matters in question, lest entomologists abroad should imagine that the letters of “ The 
Times Bee-master” represented the amount of practical and scientific knowledge 
current in this country on the subject under discussion. 
Prof. Westwood and the Rev. Hamlet Clark also remarked upon the inaccurate 
and improper manner in which the question had been treated by the anonymous 
correspondent of ‘The Times.’ 
Prof. Westwood mentioned that he had recently been informed by a correspondent 
of a disgusting practice which was alleged to prevail in the public parks of London; 
the charge was nothing less than this, that lice were placed upon the public seats in 
the parks, with a view to compel the frequenters of those places of resort to hire the 
chairs which, for their private advantage, certain persons were allowed to let out ata 
small charge. 
Lieut. R. C. Beavan, Bengal Revenue Survey, communicated the following 
“ Remarks on the Tusseh Silkworm of Bengal.” 
“Syn.—AntuEerxa Paputa, Linn. Bombyx Paphia, Sykes, Trans. As. Soc. Lond. 
iii. 541 (plate); Saturnia Paphia, Helfer, Journ. As. Soc. Bengal, vi. 42 (1837) ; 
Tusseh Silkworm Moth, Hind. Helfer; Bughy Silkworm Moth of the Beer- 
bhoom Hills, Roxburgh; Kolisurra Silkworm Moth of the Mahrattas, Sykes ; 
Munga Silkworm Moth of the Méchis, B. H. Hodgson ; Koukuri Mooga of the 
Assamese, Hugon, Journ. As. Soc. Beng. vi. 32 (1837). 
“ Further mention by writers.—H orsfield’s ‘ Catalogue of the Lepidopterous Insects 
in the East India House Museum,’ ii. 385, No. 916 (1858-9); Col. Gastrell’s 
‘Report on Survey Operations in the District of Bancoorah;’ Capt. Walter 
Sherwill’s ‘Report on Survey Operations in the Beerbhoom District ;’ Lieut. 
Kittloe’s ‘Journey through the Forests of Orissa,’ Journ. As. Soc. Beng. viii. 
680; Mr. F. Moore’s paper ‘ On the Silk-producing Bombycide of Asia,’ Proc. 
Zool. Soc. 1859; Dr. Walker, ‘On the Natural Products of the Country about 
the Pundeelah River in the Nizam’s Territory,’ Journ. As. Soc. Beng. part 2, 
vol. x. (1841); aud various notices in Journal of Agri-Horticultural Society. 
“ List of trees on which the Tusseh larva feeds.—Sal, or Sakwa, or Sakooa (Shorea 
robusta, Roxb.); Badaam, or country almond (Terminalia catappa, Linn.) ; 
Pullas or Dhak (Butea frondosa, Roxb.) ; Arsun (Terminalia alata or T. glabra, 
Wight); Teak or Sagwan (Tectona grandis, Linn.); Bair or Byre (Zizyphus 
jujuba, Lam.); Toot or Toout, “ Indian Mulberry ” (A/orinda citrifolia, Linn. ?) ; 
Semul or cotton tree (Bombax heplaphyllum); Koossum or bastard safflower 
(Carthamus tinctorius, Linn.) 
“The tusseh silkworm is reared in considerable quantities in Maunbhoom, Ban- 
coorah and Beerbhoom, and its silk, both in the raw and made-up states, forms one 
