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vulgar, but very expressive word), and it appears a formidable under- 

 taking at all times to a caterpillar. 



One more remarkable characteristic of " Pussey's," and then I 

 proceed to the pupal condition. It is a proven fact, acknowledged by 

 all entomologists, that these larvse devour each other's tails, and that 

 with apparent gusto. I had one last season that actually nibbled off 

 portions of no fewer than three respective lateral appendages, and 

 then, " little wanting more," and " entree requiring desert," finished 

 p with a good round of poplar leaf. 



( To he continned. ) 



Curious Ego. — On calling last | 

 week on one of my churchwardens, 

 who is a farmer, his wife showed me i 

 two shells of duck's eggs, one of 

 which had come from the interior 

 of the other. The larger — the shell 

 of which, although not of the usual 

 thickness, still retained its shape 

 when empty — measured, externally, 

 11 inches by 8 ; the smaller, 7 

 inches by 6. Each of them con- 

 tained a perfect yolk. — P. H. 

 Jennings. 



Longfield Rectory, Gravesend. 



Leucohryum glaucum. — Many 

 years ago I gathered a single tuft 

 of this moss in Dungeon Wood, near 

 here, but could not find another 

 scrap of it anywhere at the time, 

 nor has further frequent search 

 resulted in any greater success. 

 This was the only spot in our dis- 

 trict where I had thus ever seen it, 

 and there it could not again be 

 found. I had the good fortune, 

 however, when rambling across the 

 moors in the Wessenden valley, on 

 21st inst., to come upon another 

 tuft of it, perhaps in a rather un- 

 likely looking habitat, but there 

 was no doubt a,s to the plant. It 



may now be safely added to the 

 moss-flora of this district, and I 

 think I have sufficiently marked 

 the spot to be able to find it again 

 readily. — Chas. P. Hobkirk. 



Huddersfield, Nov., 1875. 



Barnsley Naturalists' Society. 

 —The usual monthly meeting of 

 this Society was held in their room, 

 on Monday, the 1st Nov. The 

 president, T. Lister, Esq., in the 

 chair, who exhibited some geologi- 

 cal specimens from the oolite and 

 limestone district of Bristol, ob- 

 tained during his visit to the British 

 Association meeting. Mr. Cope 

 exhibited the following specimens 

 of lepidoptera, taken by him during 

 a short stay in the Channel Isles, 

 viz : — G. rhamni, C. edusa, C. hyale, 

 C. hera, L. argioluSy L. alsus, A. cit- 

 raria, and three specimens of Laren- 

 tiaperiholata, a common continental 

 species. Mr. Harrison brought for 

 distribution : O. rhamni, T. fimbria, 

 0. promissa, H. auroraria, G/obfus- 

 cata, S. sybilla, X. gilvago (bred), 

 X. citrago (bred), 0. gonostigma 

 (bred),'-X. silago, T. quercm, V. 



