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  locality 
  for 
  this 
  species 
  ; 
  also 
  Heliothis 
  margiiiata, 
  and 
  twelve 
  other 
  species 
  of 
  Noctuidffi 
  

   captured 
  at 
  the 
  same 
  time 
  and 
  place, 
  flyinjr 
  at 
  dusk 
  about 
  the 
  flowers 
  of 
  Silene 
  inflata. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Bond 
  exhibited 
  some 
  leaves 
  of 
  parsnep 
  from 
  Cambridgeshire, 
  affected 
  with 
  

   the 
  same 
  disease 
  as 
  the 
  potatoes, 
  which 
  the 
  growers 
  think 
  is 
  caused 
  by 
  insects. 
  He 
  

   however 
  had 
  only 
  found 
  on 
  them 
  a 
  few 
  minute 
  Aphides, 
  Psooi, 
  &c., 
  which 
  he 
  now 
  

   handed 
  to 
  Mr. 
  Westwood 
  for 
  examination. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Edwin 
  Shepherd 
  exhibited 
  a 
  remarkable 
  variety 
  of 
  Anticlea 
  rubidata, 
  in 
  which 
  

   the 
  ordinary 
  broad 
  band 
  on 
  the 
  fore-wings 
  had 
  been 
  converted 
  into 
  a 
  narrow 
  fliscia. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Stainton 
  exhibited 
  an 
  insect, 
  captured 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Boyd 
  in 
  the 
  New 
  Forest, 
  closely 
  

   resembling 
  a 
  Lepidopterous 
  Nepticula 
  or 
  Elachista 
  in 
  its 
  size, 
  brilliancy, 
  colour, 
  and 
  

   marking, 
  but 
  which 
  was 
  in 
  reality 
  Trichopterous, 
  and 
  probably 
  of 
  a 
  new 
  genus. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Westwood 
  exhibited 
  a 
  new 
  entomological 
  product 
  from 
  the 
  interior 
  of 
  Tropi- 
  

   cal 
  Africa, 
  near 
  the 
  Bight 
  of 
  Benin, 
  consisting 
  of 
  a 
  mass 
  of 
  the 
  cocoons 
  of 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  

   Lepidoptera, 
  probably 
  allied 
  to 
  Galleria, 
  which 
  was 
  found 
  loosely 
  attached 
  to 
  trees. 
  

   It 
  formed 
  a 
  spongy-looking 
  silky 
  body, 
  which, 
  from 
  the 
  agglomeration 
  of 
  the 
  multitude 
  

   of 
  cocoons, 
  could 
  not 
  be 
  wound 
  off 
  like 
  ordinary 
  silk, 
  but 
  had 
  to 
  be 
  carded, 
  like 
  wool. 
  

   He 
  also 
  exhibited 
  the 
  material 
  as 
  it 
  appeared 
  in 
  two 
  subsequent 
  stages 
  of 
  manufacture, 
  

   in 
  which 
  it 
  resembled 
  floss 
  silk 
  ; 
  from 
  this 
  it 
  was 
  spun 
  into 
  threads, 
  then 
  mixed 
  with 
  

   cotton, 
  and 
  woven 
  into^rticles 
  of 
  different 
  kinds, 
  which 
  have 
  a 
  strong 
  texture. 
  This 
  

   substance 
  would 
  probably 
  be 
  turned 
  to 
  account, 
  for 
  several 
  silk-manufacturers 
  had 
  

   seen 
  it, 
  and 
  thought 
  it 
  might 
  prove 
  a 
  desirable 
  addition 
  to 
  our 
  materials 
  for 
  textile 
  

   fabrics. 
  He 
  also 
  exhibited 
  some 
  dyed 
  silk 
  from 
  the 
  same 
  country, 
  which 
  he 
  thought 
  

   was 
  the 
  product 
  of 
  another 
  insect. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Westwood 
  read 
  from 
  the 
  ' 
  Gardeners' 
  Chronicle' 
  a 
  recommendation 
  of 
  chloro- 
  

   form 
  as 
  an 
  agent 
  for 
  stupefying 
  bees, 
  when 
  such 
  a 
  proceeding, 
  for 
  the 
  purpose 
  of 
  

   taking 
  honey, 
  or 
  from 
  any 
  other 
  cause, 
  was 
  necessary 
  in 
  the 
  apiary, 
  in 
  preference 
  to 
  

   sulphur 
  or 
  fungus. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Westwood 
  then 
  read 
  from 
  the 
  Boston 
  (U. 
  S.) 
  'New 
  England 
  Farmer' 
  of 
  July 
  

   2nd, 
  the 
  following 
  account, 
  headed 
  " 
  A 
  new 
  Enemy 
  in 
  the 
  Field 
  ;" 
  stating 
  that 
  Dr. 
  

   Harris 
  had 
  not 
  noticed 
  this 
  caterpillar 
  in 
  his 
  writings 
  on 
  injurious 
  insects 
  : 
  — 
  

  

  " 
  Within 
  the 
  past 
  three 
  days, 
  we 
  have 
  noticed 
  on 
  our 
  apple-trees 
  a 
  small 
  worm, 
  

   which 
  threatens 
  destruction 
  to 
  our 
  most 
  valuable 
  crop. 
  His 
  manner 
  and 
  size 
  are 
  

   much 
  after 
  the 
  style 
  of 
  the 
  canker-worm, 
  but 
  his 
  personal 
  appearance 
  is 
  different. 
  

   Like 
  the 
  canker-worm, 
  he 
  devours 
  the 
  leaf 
  all 
  but 
  the 
  tough 
  fibres, 
  and 
  if 
  you 
  suddenly 
  

   shake 
  the 
  tree, 
  spins 
  down 
  on 
  his 
  thread 
  like 
  a 
  spider, 
  and 
  he 
  leaves 
  the 
  tree 
  looking 
  

   as 
  if 
  seared 
  by 
  fire.'' 
  

  

  " 
  The 
  canker-worm, 
  if 
  I 
  recollect 
  aright, 
  when 
  he 
  visited 
  New 
  Hampshire 
  twenty 
  

   years 
  ago, 
  was 
  always 
  of 
  a 
  dark 
  colour, 
  and 
  moved 
  soberly 
  hy 
  measure, 
  while 
  these 
  

   creatures 
  are 
  of 
  all 
  colours, 
  black, 
  brown, 
  green 
  and 
  striped, 
  and 
  they 
  slip 
  off 
  your 
  hand 
  

   with 
  a 
  sort 
  oi 
  waltzing 
  step, 
  in 
  a 
  second." 
  

  

  " 
  I 
  have 
  travelled 
  from 
  Chester, 
  through 
  Raymond 
  and 
  other 
  towns, 
  home 
  today, 
  

   and 
  have 
  observed 
  them 
  all 
  along. 
  They 
  are 
  abundant, 
  not 
  only 
  on 
  the 
  apple-tree, 
  

   but 
  on 
  the 
  plum, 
  and 
  on 
  the 
  white 
  and 
  red 
  oak. 
  The 
  peach, 
  which 
  promises 
  a 
  great 
  

   crop 
  this 
  season, 
  seems 
  to 
  be 
  free 
  from 
  them. 
  Probably 
  Professor 
  Harris 
  can 
  tell 
  us 
  

   all 
  about 
  the 
  animal 
  in 
  a 
  moment." 
  

  

  " 
  H. 
  F. 
  French." 
  

  

  " 
  Exeter, 
  N. 
  H., 
  June 
  20, 
  1853." 
  

  

  