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a friend in the early part of July last, my friend and 1 were 

 somewhat astonished, on making our respective rounds of 

 the sugared trees, to each find a dormouse regaling itself 

 on the sugar. On the following evening, sugaring near the 

 same spot, I had two more come, one of which (apparently 

 rather the worse for the mixture which it had been imbibing) 

 I had no difficulty in capturing with my net. Not having 

 before heard of an instance (among the numerous visitors 

 which are occasionally attracted by the sweet compound) of 

 a member of the family Mammalia being so attracted, I send 

 a note of the occurrence, and shall be glad to hear if a 

 similar one has come under the notice of any other entomo- 

 logist. — Wm. J. Argent ; Fern Cottage, IVanstead. 



[On a former occasion, when I requested to see the mice 

 attracted by sugar, they proved to be longtailed field-mice 

 (Mus sylvaticus), and not dormice : I trust my correspondent 

 has not made this mistake. — E. Newmanl] 



Nijssia hispidaria at Richmond Park. — I paid a visit 

 yesterday (March 16th) to Richmond to get N. hispidaria 

 The day was a most suitable one, for I found a score speci- 

 mens, eighteen males and two females. In limited portions 

 of the Park almost every tree produced an insect: there were 

 three specimens on one small tree, while in other parts an 

 hour's search or more was entirely fruitless. — J. P. Barrett ; 

 33, Radnor Street, Peckham, S.E. 



Do the Larv(B of Bomhyx Ruhi feed in the Spring? — 

 G. McGuffog ; 17, Desmond Street, Liverpool, March 10. 



[Mr. Doubleday has kindly favoured me with the following 

 reply: — "The larvae of Bombyx Rubi do not feed in the 

 spring : they revive and stretch themselves out in the sun 

 for a few days, and then spin their cocoons. It is possible 

 that, if the weather set in cold in the autumn before some of 

 the larvae were full-fed, these might feed in the spring, but I 

 never saw one attempt to eat anything. Fuliginosa has the 

 same habit."— .C. iV.J 



Pupa of Atropos. — I have a chrysalis of A. Atropos that I 

 bought last autumn which is now very lively: would you 

 kindly inform me if it is likely to come out this spring, or 

 remain in the pupa state until October ? — J. B. Jarvis. 



[I have no doubt that the imago will emerge in June. — 

 E. Newman.'] 



