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  Trochiliid.5",. 
  — 
  Sjiecimens 
  of 
  Trochilium 
  Culiciforme, 
  reared 
  from 
  larvae 
  in 
  a 
  

   stuinp 
  of 
  hirch, 
  with 
  its 
  parasitic 
  Ichneumon, 
  liave 
  been 
  exhibited 
  to 
  us 
  by 
  Mr 
  Ed- 
  

   win 
  Shepherd, 
  (Proceedings, 
  June, 
  1852). 
  

  

  The 
  addition 
  of 
  Trochilium 
  Chrysidiforme 
  to 
  the 
  British 
  fauna, 
  is 
  made 
  by 
  Mr. 
  

   Stephens, 
  (Zool. 
  February, 
  1852). 
  Mr. 
  Curtis 
  informs 
  me 
  that 
  he 
  also 
  possesses 
  a 
  

   British 
  specimen 
  of 
  this 
  beautiful 
  insect. 
  

  

  Hepialid.e. 
  — 
  H. 
  Assman 
  has 
  commenced 
  the 
  publication 
  of 
  a 
  work 
  upon 
  the 
  Le- 
  

   pidoptera 
  of 
  Silesia 
  (' 
  Die 
  Schmetterlinge 
  Schlesien,' 
  Breslau, 
  8vo.), 
  containing 
  a 
  series 
  

   of 
  plates, 
  in 
  which 
  the 
  generic 
  characters 
  are 
  given 
  with 
  extreme 
  care. 
  The 
  first 
  part 
  

   comprises 
  the 
  Hepialidae. 
  Two 
  volumes 
  of 
  Diurna 
  and 
  Sphingidse 
  had 
  been 
  previ- 
  

   ously 
  published 
  in 
  4to., 
  with 
  gaudily 
  coloured 
  figures 
  of 
  indifferent 
  merit, 
  so 
  that 
  the 
  

   present 
  publication 
  may 
  be 
  regarded 
  as 
  a 
  distinct 
  work. 
  Figures 
  of 
  the 
  larvfe 
  and 
  

   pupse 
  ought 
  however 
  to 
  be 
  added 
  to 
  the 
  generic 
  details. 
  

  

  B0MBVCID.E 
  8cc. 
  — 
  A 
  continuation 
  of 
  the 
  memoir 
  by 
  Adolf 
  and 
  August 
  Speyer, 
  on 
  

   the 
  Lepidoptera 
  of 
  Germany, 
  comprising 
  the 
  Lithosiidse, 
  Arctiids, 
  Psychidae, 
  Drepa- 
  

   nida?, 
  Bombycids 
  and 
  Hepialidce, 
  appears 
  in 
  the 
  Eut. 
  Zeit. 
  Stettin, 
  for 
  August, 
  Sep- 
  

   tember, 
  and 
  October, 
  1852. 
  

  

  M. 
  Guerin 
  Meneville 
  has 
  published 
  the 
  result 
  of 
  his 
  experiments, 
  undertaken 
  in 
  

   the 
  South 
  of 
  France, 
  with 
  the 
  view 
  of 
  arresting 
  the 
  progress 
  of 
  the 
  attacks 
  of 
  Muscar- 
  

   dine 
  upon 
  silk-worms, 
  by 
  the 
  employment 
  of 
  fumigation 
  with 
  certain 
  materials, 
  of 
  

   which 
  the 
  composition 
  was 
  communicated 
  to 
  the 
  Academic 
  des 
  Sciences 
  in 
  a 
  sealed 
  

   packet, 
  on 
  the 
  25th 
  of 
  May, 
  1851, 
  (Rev. 
  Zool. 
  1851, 
  p. 
  528). 
  

  

  A 
  memoir 
  by 
  M. 
  Peligot, 
  entitled 
  " 
  Etudes 
  Chimiques 
  et 
  Physiologiques 
  sur 
  les 
  

   Vers 
  a 
  Sole,'' 
  was 
  communicated 
  to 
  the 
  Academic 
  des 
  Sciences 
  on 
  the 
  3rd 
  of 
  Novem- 
  

   ber, 
  1851, 
  in 
  which 
  the 
  author 
  has 
  entered 
  into 
  long 
  details 
  on 
  the 
  relative 
  weight 
  of 
  

   the 
  eggs, 
  larvffi, 
  food, 
  silk, 
  &c. 
  (Rev. 
  Zool. 
  1851, 
  p. 
  538). 
  

  

  M. 
  de 
  Paravey 
  has 
  presented 
  some 
  remarks 
  to 
  the 
  Academic 
  des 
  Sciences 
  (Novem- 
  

   ber 
  17, 
  1851), 
  on 
  the 
  ancient 
  Chinese 
  name 
  of 
  the 
  silk-worm, 
  — 
  worm-elephant, 
  or 
  

   worm 
  from 
  the 
  elephant 
  country 
  ; 
  thus 
  proving 
  that 
  the 
  culture 
  of 
  the 
  silk-worm 
  is 
  not 
  

   indigenous 
  to 
  China, 
  but 
  to 
  the 
  country 
  of 
  which 
  the 
  elephant 
  is 
  a 
  native. 
  

  

  A 
  note 
  on 
  the 
  employment 
  of 
  the 
  common 
  knot-grass 
  {Polygonum 
  aviculare) 
  for 
  

   the 
  food 
  of 
  silk-worms, 
  appears 
  in 
  our 
  ' 
  Proceedings,' 
  July, 
  1852. 
  

  

  An 
  interesting 
  memoir 
  by 
  M. 
  Chevandier, 
  on 
  the 
  ravages 
  of 
  Orgyia 
  pudibunda 
  in 
  

   the 
  beech-forests 
  of 
  Western 
  France, 
  has 
  been 
  published 
  at 
  St. 
  Germain. 
  

  

  M. 
  Bellier 
  de 
  la 
  Chavignerie 
  has 
  communicated 
  to 
  the 
  Entonaological 
  So- 
  

   ciety 
  of 
  France 
  (Annales, 
  1852, 
  xxxv.), 
  a 
  note 
  on 
  the 
  vast 
  multiplication 
  of 
  caterpil- 
  

   lars 
  of 
  Borabyx 
  chrysorrhea 
  in 
  the 
  Bois 
  de 
  Boulogne, 
  where 
  the 
  oaks 
  were 
  stripped 
  of 
  

   their 
  leaves, 
  and 
  the 
  vegetation 
  beneath 
  the 
  trees 
  also 
  eaten. 
  M. 
  Bellier 
  had 
  also 
  ob- 
  

   served 
  'great 
  numbers 
  of 
  instances 
  of 
  Muscardine 
  amongst 
  these 
  caterpillars. 
  The 
  

   woods 
  near 
  St. 
  Germain 
  had 
  also 
  suffered 
  from 
  the 
  attacks 
  of 
  the 
  larvae 
  of 
  the 
  same 
  

   insect, 
  and 
  of 
  Lithosia 
  quadra, 
  (Ibid, 
  xxxvii.) 
  

  

  A 
  specimen 
  of 
  the 
  singular 
  Lepidopterous 
  insect 
  alluded 
  to 
  in 
  my 
  preceding 
  Re- 
  

   port, 
  reared 
  from 
  Coccus-like 
  larvae 
  infesting 
  the 
  bodies 
  of 
  Fulgora 
  candelaria, 
  has 
  

   been 
  forwarded 
  to 
  our 
  Society 
  by 
  Mr. 
  J. 
  C. 
  Bowring, 
  of 
  Hong 
  Kong, 
  under 
  the 
  name 
  

   of 
  Epipyrops 
  anomala, 
  (Proc. 
  Ent. 
  Soc. 
  for 
  March, 
  1852). 
  

  

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