On the Moth of the Esere. 
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As there could be no doubt of the insect described by Dr 
Fraser being the Deiopeia pulchella, and being also given 
by Mr Kobb to Mr Baillie apparently as a feeder on the 
Calabar bean, it appeared probable, from the character of 
its larva, that this widely spread insect might feed merely 
on the foliage of the plant; while the naked larv89 and the 
moths now exhibited, still undetermined, were probably 
those which cut the tunnels and fed on the interior of the 
poison-bean itself. 
At this rather unexpected result of the examination^ Dr 
Smith had written to the Eev. Alexander Eobb of Old 
Calabar, asking him,, if possible, to rear again the insects 
that feed on the Esere, and keep the different caterpillars, 
their pupae, and perfect insects or moths, isolated and dis- 
tinct from one another, so that entomologists might know 
the series of each, and send them to this country for the 
determination of their species, — as there appeared to be 
little doubt that the insects feeding on the Calabar bean 
still required to be discriminated and described. 
Being but little of an entomologist, Dr Smith asked our 
member and well-known entomologist, Mr E. F. Logan, to 
examine the species of insects in Dr Hewan's phial, and 
he had received from him the following reply :— " I have 
carefully examined your insects from the ordeal-bean, and 
find that there are at least three different species mixed up 
in the various states of larva, pupa, and perfect insect ; and 
it would be hard to say, in their present condition, which 
belongs to which. There are two very distinct pupae, one 
of which probably belongs to the Geometrina. The other, 
of which there are several specimens, from some of which 
the moths have escaped, appears to belong to the Torticina 
or Pyralidina, and may be that of the larger caterpillar. 
The very small larva seems distinct, and is probably a Tor- 
trix or Tinea ; and there seems to be more than one species 
among the moths ; but, drowned in spirits, and with all their 
scales off, it is impossible to say much about them. One 
thing only is pretty evident — they are not Betopeiapidchella " 
We must therefore wait until additional and more perfect 
I specimens of these insects are sent from Old Calabar before 
