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  Mr. 
  F. 
  Smith 
  exhibited 
  some 
  Bruchi 
  reared 
  from 
  seeds 
  of 
  Sophora 
  myrtillifolia 
  

  

  I 
  from 
  the 
  Cape 
  of 
  Good 
  Hope. 
  Almost 
  every 
  seed 
  had 
  contained 
  a 
  larva 
  of 
  the 
  Bru- 
  

  

  I 
  chus, 
  from 
  the 
  greaternumber 
  of 
  them, 
  however, 
  only 
  a 
  parasitic 
  Chalcishad 
  emerged. 
  

  

  j 
  Mr. 
  S. 
  Stevens 
  exhibited 
  some 
  line 
  insects, 
  chiefly 
  Lepidoplera, 
  just 
  received 
  from 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Bates, 
  on 
  the 
  Amazon 
  River. 
  

  

  The 
  following 
  extract 
  of 
  a 
  letter 
  from 
  Mr. 
  T. 
  J. 
  Stevens, 
  Corresponding 
  Member, 
  

   at 
  Bogota, 
  was 
  read. 
  

  

  " 
  Having 
  seen 
  in 
  the 
  hands 
  of 
  my 
  friend, 
  Mr. 
  Mack, 
  our 
  Consul, 
  a 
  dead 
  larva 
  with 
  

   a 
  fungus 
  growing 
  from 
  the 
  body, 
  I 
  was 
  much 
  struck 
  with 
  the 
  curious 
  appearance, 
  and 
  

   with 
  some 
  trouble 
  procured 
  specimens 
  from 
  Mr. 
  Haldane, 
  of 
  Palmar, 
  on 
  whose 
  estate 
  

   they 
  are 
  found. 
  I 
  have 
  forwarded 
  to 
  you 
  four 
  specimens, 
  and 
  now 
  give 
  you 
  extracts 
  

   from 
  the 
  infomiation 
  I 
  received 
  from 
  Mr. 
  Haldane, 
  who 
  is 
  no 
  naturalist. 
  

  

  '"The 
  grub 
  is 
  in 
  its 
  glory 
  and 
  is 
  decidedly 
  brought 
  to 
  life 
  in 
  decayed 
  timber. 
  It 
  

   is 
  never 
  to 
  be 
  found 
  on 
  trees, 
  but 
  underground, 
  and 
  in 
  timber 
  pulverously 
  rotten. 
  It 
  

   does 
  not 
  attack 
  the 
  potato, 
  and 
  is 
  to 
  be 
  found 
  on 
  lands 
  where 
  fern 
  has 
  been 
  extirpated, 
  

   but 
  the 
  roots 
  still 
  left 
  behind 
  in 
  a 
  state 
  of 
  decomposition. 
  When 
  found 
  in 
  the 
  hard 
  state 
  

   it 
  is 
  always 
  dead. 
  Such 
  specimens 
  are 
  scarce, 
  and 
  although 
  I 
  know 
  where 
  to 
  seek, 
  the 
  

   difficulty 
  is 
  to 
  find. 
  Eight 
  years 
  elapsed 
  after 
  the 
  first 
  specimen 
  was 
  brought 
  to 
  me, 
  

   ere 
  I 
  could 
  meet 
  with 
  a 
  second 
  ; 
  but 
  in 
  a 
  living 
  stale 
  they 
  are 
  known 
  to 
  every 
  clod- 
  

   breaker. 
  The 
  body 
  of 
  the 
  gmb, 
  when 
  found 
  in 
  the 
  hard 
  state, 
  does 
  not 
  become 
  putrid 
  

   in 
  keeping, 
  like 
  other 
  insects 
  in 
  general. 
  The 
  first 
  specimen 
  brought 
  to 
  me 
  had 
  a 
  green 
  

   bud 
  protruding 
  from 
  the 
  mouth, 
  resembling 
  a 
  green 
  pea 
  when 
  it 
  first 
  bursts 
  the 
  soil.' 
  '' 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Andrew 
  Wilson, 
  of 
  Edinburgh, 
  sent 
  a 
  communication 
  recommending 
  chloro- 
  

   form 
  as 
  an 
  agent 
  for 
  disabling 
  the 
  larger 
  Lepidoptera 
  before 
  they 
  are 
  killed 
  or 
  pinned, 
  

   instead 
  of 
  sulphur 
  or 
  German 
  tinder; 
  and 
  stating 
  that 
  no 
  danger 
  to 
  the 
  person 
  using 
  

   it 
  need 
  be 
  apprehended. 
  

  

  The 
  Rev. 
  Joseph 
  Greene 
  communicated 
  the 
  followiug 
  corrections 
  of 
  his 
  note 
  read 
  

   at 
  the 
  March 
  meeting 
  : 
  — 
  

  

  " 
  Since 
  I 
  wrote 
  to 
  you, 
  I 
  have 
  been 
  informed 
  that 
  the 
  insect 
  taken 
  by 
  Dr. 
  Ball 
  

   was 
  Deilephila 
  lineata, 
  and 
  not 
  EupliorhicB 
  ; 
  and 
  that 
  the 
  locality 
  was 
  Youghal, 
  in 
  the 
  

   South 
  of 
  Ireland. 
  In 
  point 
  of 
  rarity, 
  I 
  believe 
  there 
  is 
  not 
  much 
  difference 
  between 
  

   the 
  two; 
  but 
  I 
  thought 
  it 
  better 
  to 
  rectify 
  the 
  error. 
  There 
  is, 
  likewise, 
  one 
  other 
  

   slight 
  mistake, 
  which 
  I 
  should 
  wish 
  to 
  correct. 
  Instead 
  of, 
  in 
  my 
  collection 
  are 
  two 
  

   specimens 
  of 
  Euphorbise 
  and 
  one 
  of 
  Galii, 
  it 
  should 
  be, 
  one 
  of 
  Euphorbias 
  and 
  two 
  of 
  

   Galii." 
  

  

  The 
  following 
  notes 
  by 
  the 
  Rev. 
  Joseph 
  Greene, 
  " 
  On 
  digging 
  for 
  pupae 
  of 
  Lepido- 
  

   ptera,'' 
  were 
  also 
  read 
  : 
  — 
  

  

  " 
  Having 
  met 
  with 
  considerable 
  success 
  in 
  my 
  search 
  for 
  pupae 
  of 
  Heterocerous 
  

   Lepido|)tera, 
  it 
  has 
  been 
  suggested 
  to 
  me 
  that 
  a 
  few 
  remarks 
  relative 
  to 
  localities, 
  &c., 
  

   might 
  be 
  useful 
  to 
  other 
  collectors. 
  This 
  method 
  of 
  obtaining 
  insects 
  recommends 
  it- 
  

   self 
  to 
  the 
  entomologist 
  in 
  three 
  ways. 
  1 
  . 
  As 
  an 
  amusement 
  during 
  the 
  winter 
  months. 
  

   2. 
  As 
  enabling 
  him 
  to 
  procure 
  fine 
  specimens 
  without 
  the 
  trouble 
  of 
  rearing. 
  3. 
  As 
  

   occasionally 
  rewarding 
  him 
  v\'ith 
  rare 
  species, 
  curious 
  varieties, 
  and 
  others, 
  which, 
  

  

  