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them in a breeding-cage, where he had some pupa3 covered over with damp moss ; 

 when the weather became cold he placed the cage against a wall, behind which was a 

 fire, belonging to a neighbour, that was seldom allowed to go out night or day, conse- 

 quently the wail was always warm. The moss was always kept damp, and one night, 

 on looking in, he found the larvae crawling about, and greatly increased in size; he 

 continued to look at them when going to bed, and found them feeding upon the moss; 

 they ultimately changed, and came out in the beginning of last mouth (if I recollect 

 right) C. nigrum. As there is often much difficulty in keeping larvae alive through 

 the winter, it might be worth while to try other species with moss, by keeping thein in 

 a green-house. — James Cooper ; Museum, Warrington, May 24, 1857. 



Capture of Deilephila Euphorbia near Box Hill. — In close proximity to a 

 favourite nook for Toxocampa Pastinum, I espied the above rarity at rest on a fence, 

 on the 5th of July, and I was not long in boxing him : it is, I believe, the first 

 specimen ever taken in that neighbourhood. Within half-an-hour I succeeded in 

 capturing six specimens of T. Pastinum, when a continuation of smart showers stopped 

 collecting. Polyommatus Alsus was abundant, as was also Arge Galathea. I visited 

 the same ground on the 6th, but without success. I tried the sugar-pot up to a late 

 hour for P. leucophaea, but he would not come out; so that, after boxing about half 

 a gross of small fry, I returned to the " land of smoke." — James Gardner ; 52, High 

 Holborn, London. 



Locality of Gastropacha Llicifolia. — In answer to your question (Zool. 5629), 

 I beg to say that all the specimens of Gastropacha llicifolia that I bred were from 

 larvae that I found on Cannoch Chase: I also found one' pupa in the same locality. 

 In one of the pupae was a pupa of some large Ichneumon, but it has not yet showed 

 itself out. — Richard Weaver ; Post Office, Rugeley. 



Locality of Gastropacha llicifolia. — I bred my Gastropacha llicifolia from some 

 larvae that I took on Cannoch Chase. — F. Bonney ; Marlborough College, Wilts. 



Locality of Gastropacha llicifolia. — I took the pupae of those specimens of Gastro- 

 pacha llicifolia that I bred on Cannoch Chase. — Edward S. Bonney ; Churchdale 

 House, Rugeley. 



Silkworms feeding on the Oak. — The Imperial Societe d'Acclimatation, at Paris, 

 has received from one of its members, the Bishop of Manchouria, 300 cocoons of the 

 silkworm living on the oak tree in the North of China. These silkworms vary greatly, 

 especially as regards climate, from those on the Indian oak tree, of which the Society 

 has established already a little colony at the villa of one of its members, M. Chavannes, 

 at Lausanne. Just at this moment, when the mulberry-tree silkworm is so much 

 visited by disease, this new oak silkworm from Manchouria, which, it is expected, will 

 thrive in the northern parts of France, — and probably in England, — is of the highest 

 importance. — The Morning Star, May 25, 1857. 



Cucullia Chamomillce. — This species I have again bred, from larvae obtained last 

 summer: the first specimens appeared on the 28th of February; these were brought 

 forward by heat, the pupae having been placed in a parlour-cupboard, where there is a 

 chimney : by this method I reared the whole, whereas the average is two-thirds from 

 pupae. — J. J. Reading ; Wyndham, Plymouth, May 20, 1857. 



Captures at Street-Lamps. — Two specimens of Drymonia Chaonia have come to 

 my share, one on the 11th and the other on the 19th of May. On the 17th of May, 

 when looking after D. Chaonia, Peridea trepida made its appearance, and I took a 

 line male specimen, measuring 2f inches.— Id. 



