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 assumes may ])er]iaps be looked down 

 upon by you, when you have gained his 

 experience. The time may come, too, 

 when you will feel glad your paper was 

 rejected, if its rejection spur you on to 

 do better; but, in any case, we say — 

 " Try, try, try again.'' 



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NOTES AND OBSERVATIONS 



S. APiFORMi.s. — I took alarva of this clear- 

 wing from a poplar-tree (P. nigra) a few 

 days ago. Since its removal from the tree 

 it has changed its skin, and is at present 

 about an inch and a quarter long ; yellow- 

 ish white in colour, except the last segment 

 which is dirty brown ; head retractile and 

 of a shining brown ; dorsal vessel visible 

 through the skin. 



Three empty pupa cases were observed 

 protruding from holes in the tree from which 

 the larva wks taken, and about twenty red- 

 dish brown eggs found deposited in batches 

 of three or more upon the bark. There are 

 evidently several larvae feeding in the trunk, 

 there presence being indicated by the ejec- 

 tion of frass, or what appears to be chewed 

 wood, from their burrows.— T. T. Double- 

 day, Team Villas, Gateshead. 



THE RUBY TIGER 



{Arctia Juliginosa) 

 Imago. — Wings semi-transparent, fore 

 wings pinkish brown, hind wings a deep 

 pink bordered with black spots on a band. 

 Head and thorax brown. Abdomen pink, 

 I with a series of black stripes down the 

 centre of the back, and a row of black spots 

 on each side. Expanse; about one inch. 



Ova. — Creamy pinkish colour, and turns 

 black a few days before hatching. They 

 are laid by the female moth in May and 

 August. 



Larva. — In a few days time the young 

 larva: are hatched and commence feeding 

 almost directly after. Food Plant : Dock 

 grasses and several other plants ; but in 

 confinement they seem to prefer lettuce to 

 anything. When full-grown they are about 

 about one incii in length and of an um- 



