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grown in the Botanic Gardens in August, 1902. It was light green 

 with a paler band along the spiracles, quite smooth and hairless, 

 and when disturbed coiled itself in a ring. It was adult and 

 pupated in a few days, the moth hatching out on September 1st. It 

 was a noctuid moth one inch across the wings, with filiform antennae, 

 of a pinkish fawn colour all over, the upper wings marked with 

 wavy darker lines and a double darker one towards the tip. The 

 underwings pale buff-yellow with a dusky curved band passing 

 into a pale reddish colour, towards the fringed edge. The under- 

 side of the upper wings bore a black spot, and a transverse reddish 

 band continuous with a similar band on the underwings. The body 

 was buff coloured and fluffy. 



This moth is described as widely spread over Africa and Asia, 

 in the British Museum Catalogue of moths, where the Caterpillar is 

 said to feed on Physalis peruviana. 



H. N. R. 



FEDERATED MALAY STATES RUBBER. 



Important Notification. 



Straits Times, October j[th, 1905. 



Mr. W. W. BAILEY, Chairman of the United Planters' Association, 

 has forwarded to the " Malay Mail" for publication the following 

 important letter on rubber which he has received from Messrs. 

 Barlow & Co., Singapore : — 



We have now received confirmation of the sale of the go cases per 

 s.s. Palermo. The particulars are : — 



s. d. 



70 cases Crepe sold at ... ... 7/4 



5 11 Sheets „ „ ... ... 6/4 J 



15 > j )} Ji n •-• ••• 6/4 



Our London House referring to this shipment say : — " The Oblong 

 Sheets show particularly good quality and the parcel of Crepe is fully 

 up to the standard. The Sheets are more economical for the estate, 

 supposing that there is no extra expense in manufacturing in this 

 style, as in the same size case you are able to put 90 lbs. as against 

 55 lbs. of the Crepe. As the draft is calculated on the weight of the 

 empty case no further allowance will have to be made on the heavier 

 packages. There is of course also greater economy in the freight, 

 as well as in the cost of cases. A more satisfactory result still could 

 be obtained if you reverted to the larger packages. It is satisfactory 

 to know that a very large number of buyers come into our broker's 

 sale-room as the catalogues are issued. We met several there the 

 other afternoon ; but we are sorry to say that two or three to whom 

 we spoke expressed themselves very strongly that the price of Ceylon 

 and Straits Rubber would have to come down much nearer to that 

 of fine Para, as the more extended use to which the newer grown 

 Rubber has now been put convinces manufacturers that it is not as 



