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  allaclics 
  itself 
  to 
  tlie 
  threads 
  of 
  its 
  cocoon 
  ; 
  and 
  the 
  imago 
  aud 
  transfoiinations 
  of 
  

   Lamproiiia 
  corticella, 
  St., 
  the 
  larva 
  of 
  which 
  feeds 
  in 
  the 
  buds 
  of 
  raspberries, 
  remark- 
  

   ing- 
  especially 
  upon 
  the 
  singular 
  manner 
  in 
  which 
  in 
  the 
  pupa 
  the 
  haustellum 
  is 
  rolled 
  

   up 
  laterally. 
  He 
  also 
  read 
  the 
  following 
  letter 
  : 
  — 
  

  

  " 
  Small 
  Arms 
  Office, 
  

  

  " 
  Birmingham, 
  June 
  13, 
  1853. 
  

   "Sir, 
  

  

  " 
  In 
  the 
  translation 
  of 
  that 
  very 
  interesting 
  book 
  of 
  Kollar, 
  on 
  

   ' 
  Insects 
  injurious 
  to 
  Gardeners 
  and 
  Foresters,' 
  I 
  have 
  sought 
  for 
  the 
  history, 
  habitat 
  

   and 
  description 
  of 
  those 
  insects 
  which 
  infest 
  and 
  destroy 
  the 
  timber 
  in 
  our 
  slore-houses, 
  

   aud 
  more 
  esjiecially 
  those 
  which 
  attack 
  walnut-wood 
  in 
  preference 
  : 
  but 
  I 
  find 
  only 
  a 
  

   very 
  slight 
  reference 
  to 
  the 
  Anobium, 
  as 
  being 
  the 
  cause 
  of 
  that 
  I 
  would 
  proceed 
  

   against. 
  I 
  am 
  no 
  entomologist, 
  not 
  from 
  want 
  of 
  inclination, 
  but 
  of 
  time 
  ; 
  but 
  being 
  

   concerned 
  in 
  the 
  care 
  and 
  conservation 
  of 
  a 
  very 
  large 
  store 
  of 
  rough 
  musket-stocks 
  

   in 
  the 
  public 
  magazines, 
  every 
  recurring 
  season 
  makes 
  me 
  more 
  anxious 
  to 
  devise, 
  if 
  

   possible, 
  some 
  means 
  of 
  defence 
  against 
  the 
  insidious 
  enemies 
  known 
  amongst 
  work- 
  

   men 
  vmder 
  the 
  general 
  name 
  of 
  'the 
  grub.' 
  

  

  " 
  It 
  is 
  upon 
  these 
  grounds 
  that 
  I 
  trust 
  you 
  will 
  pardon 
  me 
  for 
  troubling 
  you 
  with 
  

   a 
  few 
  questions. 
  Some 
  fourteen 
  years 
  ago 
  I 
  received 
  valuable 
  help 
  and 
  information 
  

   from 
  your 
  Society 
  upon 
  the 
  subject 
  of 
  an 
  insect 
  of 
  the 
  Bostrichus 
  tribe, 
  which 
  I 
  had 
  

   unwittingly 
  imported 
  through 
  Marseilles, 
  and 
  I 
  am 
  now 
  induced 
  to 
  come 
  again 
  for 
  

   help 
  against 
  our 
  indigenous 
  enemies. 
  

  

  " 
  The 
  beetles 
  that 
  I 
  send 
  inclosed 
  are 
  some 
  that 
  were 
  taken 
  off 
  piles 
  of 
  walnut- 
  

   stocks 
  at 
  Weedon, 
  last 
  week 
  ; 
  I 
  found 
  some 
  of 
  the 
  larvse 
  also 
  — 
  small 
  white 
  maggots, 
  

   not 
  larger 
  than 
  a 
  horse-hair 
  — 
  but 
  these 
  were 
  lost 
  on 
  the 
  way 
  home. 
  

  

  " 
  1. 
  Will 
  you 
  have 
  the 
  goodness 
  to 
  give 
  me 
  the 
  proper 
  name 
  of 
  this 
  particular 
  in- 
  

   sect, 
  and 
  the 
  family 
  that 
  it 
  belongs 
  to 
  ? 
  

   "2. 
  At 
  what 
  season 
  of 
  the 
  year 
  does 
  the 
  parent 
  beetle 
  deposit 
  her 
  eggs 
  ? 
  

   " 
  3. 
  In 
  what 
  period 
  of 
  time 
  from 
  that 
  are 
  the 
  larvae 
  hatched 
  .-' 
  

   " 
  4. 
  Do 
  they 
  (the 
  maggots) 
  penetrate 
  into 
  the 
  wood 
  immediately 
  after 
  coming 
  out 
  

  

  of 
  the 
  egg 
  ? 
  

   " 
  5. 
  How 
  long 
  do 
  they 
  remain 
  feeding 
  in 
  the 
  wood, 
  or 
  lying 
  dormant 
  in 
  the 
  pupa 
  

  

  state, 
  before 
  emerging 
  as 
  perfect 
  beetles 
  ? 
  

   " 
  6. 
  Does 
  the 
  course 
  of 
  transformation 
  of 
  this 
  tribe 
  of 
  beetles 
  take 
  place 
  more 
  than 
  

  

  once 
  in 
  the 
  same 
  year 
  ? 
  

   " 
  7. 
  My 
  observation 
  leads 
  me 
  to 
  the 
  conclusion 
  that 
  the 
  first 
  palpable 
  external 
  

   sign 
  of 
  the 
  grub 
  having 
  been 
  in 
  the 
  wood, 
  is 
  the 
  hole 
  made 
  by 
  the 
  perfect 
  

   beetle 
  in 
  coming 
  out 
  : 
  is 
  this 
  opinion 
  well 
  founded 
  ? 
  

   " 
  Trusting 
  to 
  your 
  good 
  offices, 
  I 
  pray 
  you 
  to 
  believe 
  me, 
  

  

  " 
  Sir, 
  

   " 
  Your 
  very 
  obedient 
  Servant, 
  

   " 
  Geo. 
  Lovell, 
  

  

  " 
  H. 
  M. 
  Inspector 
  of 
  Small 
  Arms.'' 
  

   " 
  J. 
  O. 
  Westwood, 
  Esq." 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Westwood 
  exhibited 
  the 
  beetle 
  referred 
  to— 
  Latridius 
  lardarius, 
  and 
  said 
  that 
  

   the 
  habits 
  attributed 
  to 
  it 
  did 
  not 
  agree 
  with 
  its 
  economy, 
  for 
  it 
  was 
  well 
  known 
  to 
  

  

  