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so I offer these dainties as well as meat, and they 

 appear to be highly approved. The larva of this 

 fly lives under the bark of trees, where it, as well 

 as the fly, feeds on minute insects. 



My specimen possesses a long ovipositor, which 

 gives it a rather formidable appearance ; but I do 

 not imagine that this organ could ever be used 

 as a weapon of offence or defence ; it is simply a 

 long tube, by means of which the insect is able 

 to deposit its eggs in suitable crevices in the bark 

 of trees. I had written thus far the description 

 of my snake-fly when, a few days later, whilst 

 sitting under a tree, there dropped upon the book 

 I was reading a wriggling creature, which I saw 

 at a glance must be the larva of the said fly. There 

 was the snake-like head, the long neck and slender 

 body, only no wings and no ovipositor. 



I secured my captive, and supplied it with some 

 raw meat, which it pounced upon and devoured 

 with avidity. Whether I can succeed in keeping 

 the creature until it turns into a perfect snake-fly 

 remains to be seen ; at any rate, I shall keep and 

 feed it, hoping it may prosper in my hands. 



GROWING SEEDS 



Those who do not possess a garden may like to 

 know how much interest and pleasure can be derived 

 from a window box, or even a few pots full of 

 earth. If we like to have only colour and perfume, 

 it is easy to select the plants we prefer, and either 

 grow them from seed or by means of slips ; but 

 I would suggest some other modes of turning the 



