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  " 
  I 
  am 
  considering 
  the 
  best 
  and 
  easiest 
  method 
  of 
  preserving 
  wood 
  from 
  the 
  attacks 
  

   of 
  Termites. 
  I 
  should 
  imagine 
  that 
  Kyan's 
  or 
  Bethell's 
  process 
  would 
  succeed, 
  and 
  

   am 
  not 
  aware 
  that 
  either 
  has 
  been 
  used 
  fur 
  such 
  purpose. 
  Truly 
  grateful 
  should 
  I 
  be 
  

   to 
  any 
  Member 
  of 
  the 
  Society 
  who 
  would 
  give 
  me 
  an 
  opinion 
  on 
  this 
  subject. 
  

   " 
  I 
  am, 
  Sir, 
  yours 
  obediently, 
  

  

  " 
  Thomas 
  Jones 
  Stevens. 
  

  

  " 
  P.S. 
  — 
  T 
  forgot 
  to 
  say 
  that 
  the 
  specimen 
  comes 
  from 
  Muzo, 
  mean 
  temperature 
  in 
  

   the 
  shade 
  75"." 
  

  

  " 
  The 
  Secretary 
  of 
  the 
  Entomological 
  Society." 
  

  

  Mr. 
  S. 
  Stevens 
  read 
  the 
  following 
  extract 
  of 
  a 
  letter, 
  addressed 
  to 
  himself, 
  from 
  

   George 
  Bush, 
  Esq., 
  dated 
  " 
  Orillia, 
  Canada 
  West, 
  February 
  18, 
  1852:"— 
  

  

  " 
  I 
  know 
  that 
  you 
  take 
  great 
  interest 
  in 
  anything 
  relating 
  to 
  the 
  capture 
  of 
  moths, 
  

   and 
  I 
  have 
  found 
  out 
  some 
  new 
  methods 
  which 
  may 
  be 
  of 
  use 
  to 
  you. 
  In 
  summer 
  I 
  

   let 
  some 
  dirty 
  soap-suds 
  stand 
  for 
  a 
  few 
  hours, 
  and 
  exposed 
  to 
  our 
  powerful 
  sun 
  they 
  

   soon 
  become 
  offensive. 
  In 
  the 
  evening 
  I 
  take 
  any 
  old 
  pieces 
  of 
  rag, 
  dip 
  them 
  in 
  the 
  

   liquid, 
  and 
  then 
  hang 
  them 
  on 
  the 
  trees 
  ; 
  the 
  moths 
  soon 
  find 
  them 
  out, 
  and 
  no 
  mat- 
  

   ter 
  how 
  many 
  trees 
  and 
  flowers 
  are 
  in 
  bloom, 
  I 
  have 
  still 
  many 
  moths 
  come 
  to 
  my 
  

   cloths. 
  I 
  have 
  even 
  placed 
  them 
  near 
  a 
  large 
  bed 
  of 
  the 
  most 
  fragrant 
  flower 
  in 
  Ca- 
  

   nada 
  {Asclepias 
  Si/riaca), 
  and 
  still 
  had 
  my 
  share 
  of 
  moths. 
  The 
  Geometrine 
  moths 
  

   and 
  many 
  of 
  the 
  Nocturna 
  are 
  extremely 
  fond 
  of 
  the 
  fermented 
  soap. 
  This 
  plan 
  may 
  

   not 
  succeed 
  in 
  England; 
  perhaps 
  the 
  weather 
  is 
  not 
  sufficiently 
  hot, 
  and 
  the 
  English 
  

   Lepidoptera 
  may 
  be 
  more 
  refined 
  in 
  their 
  tastes. 
  I 
  have 
  frequently 
  seen 
  butterflies 
  

   here 
  on 
  dead 
  fish, 
  &c. 
  The 
  plan 
  I 
  have 
  just 
  mentioned 
  is 
  even 
  more 
  successful 
  here 
  

   than 
  sugar 
  in 
  England 
  ; 
  I 
  think 
  I 
  have 
  seen 
  as 
  many 
  as 
  seventy 
  moths 
  on 
  a 
  surface 
  

   of 
  18 
  inches 
  square, 
  on 
  a 
  favourable 
  night. 
  I 
  have 
  tried 
  sugar 
  at 
  different 
  times 
  with- 
  

   out 
  any 
  success. 
  The 
  moths 
  will 
  come 
  to 
  the 
  sap 
  of 
  the 
  sugar-maple 
  tree, 
  but 
  that 
  

   will 
  only 
  run 
  when 
  the 
  nights 
  are 
  frosty, 
  so 
  that 
  very 
  few 
  species 
  are 
  in 
  season 
  at 
  that 
  

   time 
  of 
  the 
  year. 
  I 
  think 
  in 
  England, 
  by 
  having 
  a 
  very 
  brilliant 
  light 
  in 
  the 
  woods, 
  

   you 
  might 
  capture 
  a 
  great 
  many 
  moths. 
  I 
  use 
  for 
  that 
  purpose 
  the 
  birch-bark, 
  which 
  

   gives 
  an 
  intense 
  light." 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Stevens 
  said 
  he 
  had 
  tried 
  the 
  soap-suds 
  once 
  without 
  success; 
  but 
  he 
  thought 
  

   they 
  were 
  not 
  sufficiently 
  putrid. 
  

  

  Part 
  1, 
  vol. 
  ii,, 
  n. 
  s., 
  of 
  the 
  Society's 
  ' 
  Transactions' 
  was 
  announced 
  as 
  just 
  ready. 
  

  

  July 
  5, 
  1852. 
  

  

  J. 
  O. 
  Westwood, 
  Esq., 
  President, 
  in 
  the 
  chair. 
  

  

  The 
  following 
  donations 
  were 
  announced, 
  and 
  thanks 
  ordered 
  to 
  be 
  given 
  to 
  the 
  

   donors: 
  — 
  'The 
  Zoologist' 
  for 
  July; 
  by 
  the 
  Editor. 
  'The 
  Literary 
  Gazette 
  ' 
  for 
  

   June 
  ; 
  by 
  the 
  Publishers. 
  ' 
  Transactions 
  of 
  the 
  Linnean 
  Society,' 
  vol. 
  xxi., 
  part 
  1 
  : 
  

  

  