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  Mr. 
  S. 
  Stevens 
  exhibited 
  a 
  specimen 
  of 
  Notoilonta 
  Caimelita, 
  taken 
  by 
  liini 
  on 
  ibe 
  

   trunk 
  of 
  a 
  tree 
  at 
  Wickham 
  Wood, 
  on 
  the 
  3rd 
  of 
  May. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Waring 
  exhibited 
  two 
  specimens 
  of 
  Retinia 
  Turionella, 
  one 
  of 
  which 
  he 
  bad 
  

   reared 
  from 
  a 
  shoot 
  of 
  Scotch 
  fir 
  from 
  West 
  Wictliam 
  Wood 
  : 
  also 
  a 
  specimen 
  of 
  An- 
  

   lithesia 
  praslongaua, 
  from 
  the 
  same 
  locality. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Edwin 
  Shepherd 
  exhibited 
  two 
  specimens 
  of 
  Trocbilinm 
  Culiciforme, 
  reared 
  

   from 
  larvs 
  found 
  in 
  a 
  stump 
  of 
  birch 
  ; 
  also 
  the 
  Ichneumon 
  parasitic 
  on 
  the 
  larvae 
  of 
  

   this 
  species, 
  with 
  its 
  cocoon. 
  He 
  likewise 
  exhibited 
  Notodonta 
  trepida, 
  three 
  speci- 
  

   mens 
  of 
  the 
  rare 
  Xylina 
  conspicillaris, 
  Cerata 
  Servillana, 
  and 
  Ancbylopera 
  Upupana, 
  

   all 
  taken 
  at 
  Darenth 
  Wood 
  in 
  May. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Douglas 
  exhibited 
  specimens 
  of 
  Ncpticula 
  aurella, 
  reared 
  from 
  bramble-leaves, 
  

   and 
  the 
  cocoons 
  formed 
  by 
  the 
  larvee 
  after 
  they 
  left 
  the 
  leaves 
  in 
  which 
  they 
  had 
  fed 
  ; 
  

   from 
  these 
  cocoons, 
  which 
  were 
  green, 
  flat, 
  and 
  shaped 
  like 
  a 
  stock-seed, 
  the 
  pupa- 
  

   skin 
  was 
  seen 
  projecting. 
  

  

  The 
  President 
  read 
  a 
  letter 
  addressed 
  to 
  him 
  by 
  Robert 
  Smart, 
  Esq., 
  of 
  Sunder- 
  

   land, 
  describing 
  a 
  trap 
  for 
  cockroaches 
  commonly 
  sold 
  in 
  the 
  crockery-ware 
  shops 
  of 
  

   that 
  town. 
  " 
  It 
  resembles" 
  he 
  says 
  " 
  an 
  inverted 
  basin, 
  with 
  a 
  hole 
  about 
  an 
  inch 
  in 
  

   diameter 
  at 
  the 
  top, 
  the 
  sides 
  being 
  somewhat 
  rough 
  and 
  rather 
  indented. 
  But 
  the 
  

   grand 
  desideratum 
  " 
  he 
  continues 
  " 
  is 
  some 
  substance 
  that 
  the 
  insects 
  will 
  greedily 
  eat 
  

   and 
  which 
  will 
  poison 
  them 
  ; 
  in 
  my 
  humble 
  opinion 
  it 
  is 
  a 
  matter 
  not 
  undeserving 
  a 
  

   scientific 
  investigation, 
  and 
  not 
  unworthy 
  the 
  attention 
  of 
  the 
  Entomological 
  Society." 
  

  

  The 
  President 
  read 
  the 
  following 
  letter 
  from 
  William 
  Atkinson, 
  Esq. 
  : 
  — 
  

  

  "32, 
  Gordon 
  St., 
  Gordon 
  Square, 
  May 
  31, 
  1852. 
  

  

  " 
  Dear 
  Sir, 
  

  

  " 
  In 
  March, 
  1849, 
  I 
  had 
  some 
  correspondence 
  with 
  you 
  respecting 
  the 
  

   insect 
  that 
  eats 
  the 
  corks 
  in 
  bottles 
  of 
  wine 
  in 
  cellars 
  ; 
  and 
  observing 
  by 
  the 
  Reports 
  

   of 
  the 
  Entomological 
  Society 
  that 
  the 
  subject 
  has 
  been 
  brought 
  before 
  you 
  twice 
  re- 
  

   cently, 
  I 
  have 
  much 
  pleasure 
  in 
  presenting 
  herewith 
  to 
  the 
  Cabinet 
  of 
  the 
  Society, 
  a 
  

   specimen 
  I 
  have 
  succeeded 
  in 
  capturing, 
  which 
  I 
  presume 
  will 
  remove 
  any 
  doubt 
  as 
  

   to 
  its 
  being 
  the 
  larva 
  of 
  a 
  Lepidopterons 
  insect 
  that 
  commits 
  the 
  ravages 
  complained 
  

   of. 
  It 
  is 
  somewhat 
  extraordinary 
  tliat 
  althouj;h 
  in 
  every 
  visit 
  to 
  my 
  cellar 
  I 
  make 
  an 
  

   examination, 
  I 
  have 
  never 
  yet 
  seen 
  a 
  moth 
  or 
  found 
  a 
  chrysalis. 
  

  

  "The 
  question 
  has 
  been 
  debated 
  in 
  your 
  room 
  — 
  'How 
  to 
  get 
  rid 
  of 
  this 
  nuisance?' 
  

   In 
  my 
  opinion, 
  in 
  addition 
  to 
  cutting 
  close 
  and 
  sealing 
  the 
  coiks, 
  the 
  wine 
  should 
  be 
  

   re-binned 
  ■perfectly 
  free 
  from 
  saw-dust, 
  at 
  the 
  same 
  time 
  carefully 
  removing 
  the 
  sav/- 
  

   dust 
  from 
  the 
  cellar 
  ; 
  for 
  in 
  the 
  saw-dust 
  the 
  caterpillar 
  no 
  doubt 
  changes 
  into 
  the 
  

   chrysalis, 
  and 
  the 
  moth 
  lays 
  its 
  eggs. 
  It 
  is 
  through 
  this 
  medium, 
  I 
  feel 
  certain, 
  the 
  

   mischief 
  is 
  transmitted 
  from 
  ihe 
  wine-merchant's 
  cellars. 
  

  

  " 
  It 
  appears 
  to 
  me, 
  that 
  the 
  insect 
  cannot 
  possibly 
  be 
  imported 
  in 
  the 
  cork, 
  as 
  has 
  

   been 
  suggested, 
  after 
  it 
  has 
  undergone 
  the 
  process 
  of 
  firing, 
  and 
  sometimes, 
  I 
  believe, 
  

   of 
  boiling, 
  and 
  also 
  the 
  cutting 
  into 
  corks. 
  The 
  very 
  act 
  of 
  driving 
  a 
  cork 
  into 
  a 
  bot- 
  

   tle 
  would 
  certainly 
  crush 
  any 
  eggs, 
  in 
  which 
  state 
  only 
  could 
  the 
  insect 
  be 
  in 
  the 
  

   corks 
  ; 
  and 
  I 
  should 
  think 
  it 
  unlikely 
  that 
  the 
  moth 
  is 
  furnished 
  with 
  the 
  means 
  of 
  pe- 
  

   netrating 
  the 
  cork, 
  to 
  deposit 
  its 
  eggs 
  therein. 
  

  

  " 
  Begging 
  you 
  will 
  excuse 
  my 
  offering 
  these 
  opinions 
  on 
  the 
  subject, 
  

   " 
  I 
  remain, 
  yours 
  obediently, 
  

  

  " 
  J. 
  O. 
  Westwood, 
  Esq." 
  " 
  Wm. 
  Atkinson, 
  F.L.S., 
  &c." 
  

  

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