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from the same batch of ova, that have been under his care, behaved in a 

 similar way. — Robt. Adkin ; Levvisham, October, 1893. 



Cannibalism in Cucullia verbasci Larvj;;. — Rickmansworth , 

 June 5th. Verhascum lychnitis here appears to have been used as an 

 experiment by Cucullia verbasci. On the above date I collected some fifty 

 larvae, the majority being small. Notwithstanding the various substitutes, 

 all London entomologists know the difficulty in procuring food for these 

 larvae. It so happened in my case through scarcity of food, the larger larvae 

 fell upon the smaller and devoured them, the head being the only portion 

 left. I believe there are other larvae which indulge in this apparently 

 inexcusable practice. This is the first occurrence in my recollection of 

 C. verbasci larvae having evinced themselves cannibals. — H. W. Bell- 

 Marley ; Hammersmith, W. 



[The larvae of several species of Lepidoptera are known to be cannibals, 

 and possibly many others become so in confinement, when the supply of 

 vegetable food is inadequate in quantity or unsuitable in kind. — Ed.] 



Sugar and Indoor-light. — I have tried sugaring, up to date, on three 

 nights, viz-, September Brd, 4th, and 15th. On the first occasion, I got 

 no results ; on the 4th, I took three moths, which 1 have not yet made 

 out. One of these last was found on a stone, and the other two on the 

 trunk of a pear tree near our house. They were all Noctuse. On the 15th 

 inst., I visited the sugar several times during the night: for the last time, 

 at 12.50 a.m., and there were no moths. Here, in the mountains, at nearly 

 4000 feet elevation, sugaring is sometimes attended with difficulties, as 

 there is often a strong wind blowing, which makes it difficult to carry the 

 lantern or lamp from place to place, when visituig the patches. The recipe 

 for ray mixture, taken from a German work, which may be of interest, is as 

 follows: — Beer and honey, in the proportion of two- thirds of the former to 

 one-third of the latter, add a few drops of rum, and bottle the whole. The 

 day before using, shake the mixture well and warm before the fire. I should 

 add, that the honey used for my composition was of the best native kind, 

 corresponding to the " Californian honey," as it is called ; whereas the 

 coarsest quality is always preferable, being of a thicker consistency, and less 

 liable to waste through soaking into the trees and stones (the latter if porous 

 or limestone) on which it is spread. Trees having a smooth, tough bark 

 seem preferable to those having soft ones. Indoor-light, in this wholly 

 unexplored locality, on the other hand, has been fairly productive up to the 

 present. I have " molhed " in a room facing south, and overlooking a 

 rocky, fertile plain of great extent, on five occasions, viz. : — August 8th 

 (when I captured 33 specimens) ; on 16th, up to 1 a.m. (28 moths) ; 

 September 2nd, there was a half-moon up to about 10.30 p.m. (17 examples); 

 4th (30 moths); 15ih, staying up to 2.45 a-m. (21 moths, including 

 a specimen of the beautiful and rare Agrotis coiistanti, Mill.). On this 

 last occasion the night was warm and still, the thermometer registering 

 69° Fahr. As regards the rest of my captures (among which I anticipate 

 some rarities), which have not yet been identified, I hope perhaps to send 

 an account later. — F. Bromilow ; Caussols, Alpes-Maritimes, France, 

 Sept. 19, 1893. 



AuTDMNAL EMERGENCE OF Argtnnis paphia. — The excessively dry and 

 hot weather of the past season has brought about some remarkable incidents 

 in the emergence of certain species of Diurni which have come under my 



