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  men 
  of 
  the 
  rare 
  Pachelra 
  leuoophcea, 
  taken 
  flying 
  on 
  Micklehara 
  Downs 
  two 
  days 
  pre- 
  

   viously. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  C. 
  S. 
  Gregson 
  exhibited 
  a 
  number 
  of 
  Lepidoptera 
  taken 
  in 
  the 
  north 
  of 
  Eng- 
  

   land 
  ; 
  among 
  them 
  were 
  Ceratopacha 
  fluctuosa, 
  Macaria 
  notata, 
  a 
  new 
  species 
  of 
  

   TineidsB, 
  and 
  some 
  beautiful 
  specimens 
  of 
  Crymodes 
  Templi, 
  found 
  among 
  heaps 
  of 
  

   iron-stone, 
  where 
  they 
  sheltered 
  during 
  winter, 
  and 
  where 
  they 
  were 
  found 
  on 
  remov- 
  

   ing 
  the 
  lumps, 
  between 
  the 
  months 
  of 
  October 
  and 
  February. 
  

  

  The 
  President, 
  on 
  the 
  part 
  of 
  Mr. 
  Spence, 
  read 
  the 
  following 
  extract 
  of 
  a 
  letter 
  

   from 
  G. 
  H. 
  K. 
  Thwaites, 
  Esq., 
  dated 
  " 
  Peradenia, 
  Ceylon, 
  May 
  7, 
  1852: 
  " 
  — 
  

  

  "Last 
  night, 
  while 
  I 
  was 
  sitting 
  with 
  all 
  my 
  windows 
  and 
  doors 
  open, 
  to 
  enjoy 
  the 
  

   coolness 
  during 
  a 
  shower 
  of 
  rain, 
  a 
  Paussus 
  flew 
  upon 
  my 
  white 
  coat, 
  and 
  to 
  my 
  sur- 
  

   prise, 
  when 
  I 
  laid 
  hold 
  of 
  him, 
  he 
  crepitated 
  slightly, 
  and 
  there 
  was 
  an 
  evident 
  sensa- 
  

   tion 
  of 
  heat 
  felt 
  by 
  me. 
  The 
  odour 
  given 
  ofi" 
  was 
  most 
  pungent 
  and 
  ammoniacal, 
  and 
  

   made 
  my 
  eyes 
  water 
  when 
  he 
  was 
  brought 
  close 
  to 
  them. 
  I 
  inclose 
  a 
  mutilated 
  spe- 
  

   cimen 
  of 
  the 
  same 
  species 
  of 
  Paussus, 
  which 
  I 
  found 
  on 
  the 
  floor 
  a 
  short 
  time 
  ago, 
  so 
  

   that 
  Mr. 
  Westwood 
  will 
  be 
  able 
  to 
  identify 
  the 
  species." 
  

  

  The 
  species 
  referred 
  to 
  is 
  Cerapterus 
  Westermannii. 
  

  

  The 
  Secretary 
  read 
  the 
  following 
  note 
  : 
  — 
  

  

  " 
  The 
  ' 
  Milan 
  Gazette 
  ' 
  of 
  the 
  18th 
  of 
  June 
  states 
  that 
  ' 
  a 
  woman 
  named 
  Theresa 
  

   Ramos 
  has 
  discovered 
  and 
  proved 
  by 
  actual 
  practice, 
  that 
  the 
  plant 
  centinode* 
  is 
  quite 
  

   as 
  good 
  nourishment 
  for 
  silkworms 
  as 
  the 
  mulberry-leaf, 
  and 
  that 
  by 
  its 
  means 
  she 
  had 
  

   reared 
  them 
  in 
  sixteen 
  days 
  only. 
  It 
  appears, 
  however, 
  that 
  silkworms 
  which 
  have 
  

   already 
  tasted 
  of 
  the 
  mulberry-leaf 
  will 
  not 
  take 
  to 
  the 
  centinode."^ 
  

  

  The 
  Secretary 
  read 
  the 
  following 
  letter 
  from 
  E. 
  L. 
  Layard, 
  Esq., 
  Corresponding 
  

   M.E.S. 
  

  

  " 
  Jaff'na, 
  North 
  Ceylon, 
  April 
  2H, 
  1852. 
  

  

  " 
  Dear 
  Sir, 
  

  

  " 
  In 
  looking 
  over 
  the 
  ' 
  Athenajum 
  ' 
  of 
  the 
  21st 
  of 
  February 
  last, 
  I 
  see 
  

   a 
  notice 
  of 
  a 
  Bostrichus 
  penetrating 
  the 
  bamboo, 
  and 
  Mr. 
  Curtis's 
  remark 
  that 
  that 
  

   wood 
  was 
  considered 
  not 
  to 
  be 
  liable 
  to 
  the 
  attacks 
  of 
  insects. 
  I 
  presume 
  Mr. 
  Curtis 
  

   meant 
  English 
  imects, 
  as 
  in 
  Ceylon 
  it 
  has 
  many 
  enemies, 
  some, 
  I 
  fancy, 
  peculiar 
  to 
  

   itself. 
  The 
  outside 
  of 
  this, 
  and 
  many 
  others 
  of 
  its 
  tribe, 
  is 
  however 
  when 
  old 
  so 
  hard 
  

   and 
  polished 
  that 
  it 
  is 
  seldom 
  touched, 
  except 
  when 
  perforated 
  for 
  the 
  purpose 
  of 
  af- 
  

   fording 
  escape 
  to 
  the 
  mature 
  fly, 
  whose 
  imago 
  has 
  fed 
  on 
  the 
  soft 
  parts 
  within. 
  I 
  have 
  

   often 
  been 
  deceived 
  by 
  the 
  appearance 
  of 
  a 
  fine 
  stout 
  bamboo 
  or 
  cane, 
  and 
  on 
  taking 
  

   it 
  into 
  my 
  hand 
  its 
  lightness, 
  and 
  a 
  little 
  pressure, 
  has 
  quickly 
  shown 
  me 
  amass 
  of 
  fine 
  

   dust 
  encased 
  in 
  a 
  thin 
  coating 
  of 
  the 
  outside. 
  

  

  " 
  I 
  am 
  no 
  Coleopterist, 
  but 
  I 
  know 
  enough 
  to 
  recognize 
  the 
  beetles 
  which 
  cause 
  

   this 
  mischief 
  as 
  belonging 
  to 
  the 
  weevil 
  family 
  ; 
  and, 
  if 
  I 
  mistake 
  not, 
  there 
  is 
  a 
  saw- 
  

   fly 
  which 
  causes 
  the 
  same 
  damage. 
  

  

  A 
  species 
  of 
  Polygonum. 
  

  

  