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In later years her attention was more given to entomology, 

 as a subject which could be more practically employed ; and in 

 1880 she was elected a member of the Entomological Society of 

 London. After this much of her leisure time was given to ento- 

 mological drawing, showing the insects in their different stages, 

 carefully drawn and coloured (so far as possible) from life. 

 Some of these drawings were of life-size, or not too large for 

 convenient use in cases at various of our Agricultural Colleges. 

 But her chief work, which she continued until within a very few 

 weeks of her decease, was the execution of large coloured draw- 

 ings, also showing the insects in their various stages, of which 

 she presented large numbers for entomological service to scientific 

 friends, or for use in various of our Agricultural Colleges in this 

 country and in some of our colonies. 



Some of her work was recently shown during the past summer 

 in connection with the collection of insects injurious to agricul- 

 ture exhibited by her sister. Miss Eleanor Ormerod, at the Bath 

 and West of England Society's Show at St. Albans, which 

 collection has since been presented by the sisters to the 

 University of Edinburgh, by whom it has been placed in the 

 Edinburgh Art and Science Museum, under the name of " The 

 Ormerod Collection." 



Miss Ormerod was a great reader, and especially fond of 

 following up any historical point which took her fancy ; and 

 was also a good linguist. She was a woman of strong religious 

 principle ; and will be much missed, not only by her friends, but 

 by her poorer neighbours. 



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AcHEKONTiA ATROPOs. — Upou Seeing Dr. Sharp's notes on this larva 

 {ante, p. 284), I was in hopes that I might have gathered some in- 

 formation respecting the care of these larvae in captivity. But his 

 interesting remarks were, I found, confined to the particular conditions 

 only of those which had come into his own possession this year. I 

 shall be glad if some entomologist will kindly give me some informa- 

 tion as to the treatment of this insect in captivity. At various times 

 I have had the larvae and pupge brought to me from the potato grounds 

 in our fens here, but I have never been successful in developing the 

 perfect insect. Sometimes the larva has died, at other times the pupa, 

 which latter, when unearthed, has been found covered with a pink 

 mould. Is it desirable to unearth the pupa, as it is not possible to 

 retain the earth shut up in a cage in a natural condition ? And if so, 

 is it an advantage to resort to artificial heat and moisture to aid the 

 change into the perfect insect in October? — Edward E. Walker; 

 Billinghay Vicarage, Lincoln, Sept. 10th, 1896. 



From the communications from various localities in your last 

 number, and from the many larvae and pupae I have heard of and seen 



