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flaccid and watery, and often die in a 

 soft and spongy condition. The utter 

 ignorance displayed in Entomological 

 subjects by people otherwise well in- 

 formed is somewhat astonishing. "We 

 have seen an imago of Arctia Caja 

 imprisoned with a cabbage leaf ! and a 

 larva of the same species under a glass, 

 with a supply of brown sugar ! Even 

 insect collectors sometimes seem to 

 think that it is stupidity on the part of 

 the larvae not to take what is provided 

 for them ; but whether it is stupidity 

 or not, on the part of the larva, it 

 certainly is stupidity on the part of the 

 collector not to give them what they 

 will eat ; and a little care at the outlet 

 will make all easy enough as you go on. 



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NOTES, CAPTURES, &e. 



A day or two ago my father had brought to 

 stuff a common barn fowl of the game breed 

 which was originally a cock, but has now 

 quite assumed a hen's plumage. A few weeks 

 before this a hen was brought which had 

 assumed a cock's plumage, and, moreover had 

 learned to crow before its death. — S. L. 

 Mosley, March 3rd, 1880. 



EXCHANGES. 



Duplicates : — Helice, Haworthii, Albulalis, 

 Ouercifolia, Furva, Promissa, males and 

 females. Desiderata : — Very numerous, also 

 a few large, showy insects for casing. — J. 

 Oven den, Frindsbury Road, Strood, Kent. 



Duplicates for distribution : — Brassicae, 

 Napi. Edusa, Atalanta, Cardui, Janira, 

 Tithonus, Agestis, Alexis, Adonis, Filipendulae, 

 Auriflua, Hirtaria, Grossulariata,, Dilutata, 

 Didymata, Vulgata, Montantata, Fluctuata, 

 Bilineata, Mensuraria, Stabilis, Cruda, 

 Typica. Send box and return postage to A. 

 H. Shephard, 4, Cathcart Street, Kentish 

 Town, London. 



Duplicates : — Good T. Quercus, Spadicea, 

 Flavocincta, Filipenduhe, C. Nigrum, N. 

 Rubi, Maura, &c. Desiderata: — Piniperda. 

 Females of Hybernia, and pupse of Hawk 

 Moths, — H. M. Parish, Ashfield House, 

 Taunton. 



