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of triumphant satisfaction, replied at once— "A 

 lobster !" This was deemed by the official a piece 

 of impertinence not to he submitted to — perhaps 

 some new bit of slang that he was not "up to " — 

 and so he determined to take the lamp-breaker and 

 his "lobster" to the station-house; and it was not 

 till after considerable explanation, backed, I be- 

 lieve, by a metallic form of argument more current, 

 and generally more potent than words, that " 58 G" 

 allowed my entomological friend to depart in peace 

 with his prize. 



It occurs to me here to suggest that the esta- 

 blishment of an Insect Vivarium would offer an 

 . excellent opportunity for rearing some specimens 

 of the beautiful Enclromis Versicolor from the egg. 

 This Moth, popularly known among collectors as the 

 "Glory of Kent," from its being rarely found except 

 in one or two localities of that county, and even there 

 very sparingly, has recently been taken in great 

 abundance in the north of Scotland, among the Birch 

 forests of a remote part of Perthshire. It is more 

 especially in the woods of Rannoch that this great 

 entomological "find" has taken place; and I saw 

 in the cases of Mr. Turner, the professional collector, 

 after his return from his successful tour, several 

 dozens of splendid specimens, male and female, of 



