194 THE BUTTERFLY VIVARIUM. 



this fine insect, which had been hitherto deemed one 

 of our greatest entomological rarities. 



Eggs were brought from Rannoch last season by 

 another professional collector, Mr. Harding, of York 

 Street, Shoreditch, who announces, in the " Entomo- 

 logists' Weekly Intelligencer," * that he has been 

 successful in rearing a number of larvae from the 

 eggs of last season. The Vivarium would afford 

 Unusual advantages for rearing these beautiful 

 Caterpillars, which somewhat resemble those of the 

 Sphingidce, but that the oblique lines at the sides 

 lean in the opposite direction. Eggs might, no doubt, 

 be procured either from Mr. Turner or Mr. Harding; 

 and the pleasure of seeing this fine native insect, 

 hitherto so rare, in all its stages, would amply 

 repay any time or care bestowed upon the necessary 

 arrangements. 



In speaking of recent additions to the list of our 

 native Moths, though I have only room to name a 

 few of the most conspicuous, I must not omit the 

 handsome new Burnet Moth, Anthrocera Minos, 

 taken in the west of Ireland, which has the crimson 

 markings of its wings much larger than in the 

 common kinds, and of a wedge-like form, instead of 

 being oval spots. 



* For April 8, 1858. 



