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clarius, or the Dromedary, in allusion to the hump 

 on the hack of the Caterpillar. 



There are others which invariably fly towards 

 the ceiling, as Agrotis Corticea, a plain brown Moth. 

 Others fly with a more even course, while the rare 

 and pretty Cosinia J?yralina and Clisiocampa Nens- 

 tria are very wild and violent, and dash recklessly 

 from the light to the ceiling or the floor. 



Mmomas Illustraria may be taken near a lamp 

 placed in the open air, as it always rushes towards it 

 and then falls down helpless, paralyzed by the glare. 

 The great Death's-head Moth, the giant of our native 

 Lepidoptera, was taken a few years ago by the cook 

 in the kitchen of the Pavilion Hotel, at Folkestone ; 

 and another specimen by a baker at Canterbury, who 

 hadjustbeen reading an accountof it in some periodi- 

 cal. But the best sport in the way of Mothing may 

 be secured by brushing on the trunks of garden trees 

 or those of the wood or orchard, a strong solution 

 of sugar, honey, and water, which attracts many 

 kinds in great numbers, and they are generally so 

 intent upon the banquet of sweets provided for 

 them that they are easily captured. 



At early dawn is the best time for taking speci- 

 mens of the Hawk-moth family. I have heard 

 Mr. II. Doableday describe the capture of the beau- 



