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with its rostrum perforates the nut whilst young, 

 depositing one egg in each ; the wound heals, 

 and the larva, which proceeds from the egg, 

 is completely enclosed by the shell ; it feeds 

 upon the kernel till full grown, when it eats 

 its way out, retires under ground, and changes 

 to a pupa, appearing next year as a perfect 

 insect. 



Cerambyx moschatus. One of our largest 

 and most beautiful indigenous beetles, may be 

 found abundantly in osier-holts in this and the 

 next month, where you have evidence of its 

 existence before it is seen, by the fragrant 

 odour which it emits. Its scent is not of musk, 

 as the name implies, but of the finest otto of 

 rose. Would it not have been better to have 

 adopted the synonym of De Geer (odoratus,) 

 or to have substituted that of roseatus, than to 

 perpetuate error by a scrupulous adherence to 

 the Linnaean name ? 



Saperda ferrea. This insect, lately recorded 

 as British by Mr. Curtis, was first captured in 

 this county more than a month previous to its 

 being taken near Manchester. With us it is 

 only taken during this month ; the difference 

 in latitude may account for the difference in 

 time. 



Rhagium bilasciatum. Perhaps it may not 

 generally be known that this insect breeds in 



