THE CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST. 239 
folded edges of leaves are sure to contain some tenants. These larvæ are 
about one-tenth of an inch in length, very hairy ; and they have a way, 
when touched, of doubling themselves up, and it is easy to handle them 
then by a pin witha bent point. I find I can lift them off a leaf even 
_when they are lethargic, by means of the pin, and transfer them to another 
leaf, when they straighten themselves out slowly and then resume their 
first position. As it will be impossible-for me to carry them -through the 
winter on fresh violet leaves, I shall have to place the leaves now occupied 
in tin boxes or some other suitable vessels, and trust to skill or good luck, 
hoping that by one or the other of these some of the larve may reach 
next spring alive.” 
“On looking over the old volumes of the Can. Env., I see your 
description of Libythea Bachmanii. ‘There is a query about //ofya in the 
September number of the magazine. Iam sure that Lachmannii is the 
species found in the Northern States and Canada. ZL. Motya I do not 
know. Scudder says it is a West Indian species, and perhaps found in 
our Southern States. Bachmannii varies much, especially in the appear- 
ance of underside of secondaries, some being of a uniform brown, and 
others beautifully shaded with brown and fuscous or ashen. I had the 
good fortune to raise a brood this season from the egg, and found both 
the varieties spoken of, among the butterflies. I will try to find time te 
write a history of these larvæ for the Enromotocisr soon. I have also 
partially raised from the egg a brood of Apafura celtis, but after the second 
moult they seem to have undertaken their winters sleep. The eggs of 
both these species are very interesting.’—W. H. Epwarps. 
SIR JOHN LurBocks Pet Wasp.—From the Dadly Telegraph, 
London, England:— One of the most curious attendants this year at the 
gathering of the British Association in Brighton, was a little gentleman i in 
brown overcoat, with black and yellow nether garments, wearing a sharp 
sword poisoned at the tip. We are inclined to think that, next. to Mr. 
Stanley, this visitor might be called by far the most remarkable and best 
worth attention among all the assembled notorieties. It was Sir John 
Lubbock’s pet wasp; and the respect which would naturally be paid to 
any friend of the benevolent savant who has given London its new holi 
days, was really due to this insect on its own account. Captured in a 
nest of soft grey paper in the Pyrenees, the wasp was the very first of its 
species that had ever received an education. Sir John exhibited it to the 
members of the Association with just pride, as a proof of what kindness 
