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, within the cocoon, as I could perceive no ch-ge what e ^ 
L from the time of extrusion until its death, wh.ch *»* P'^- J 
Zl of October. None of its companions lived longer than e.ght 
e leavtg the cocoon, but.asldid not know what to feed them 
;,-tTs possible that, in their free state, these .nseets may have » 
rev existence. 
Penge S.E., ^Oth May, 1869. 
ri am rather inclined to think that the appearance oi: the perfect 
, LTn October was ezeeptional, and that their development w s 
eteraterbythe great heat of last season. Th.s seems he more 
"ecause the willow being deciduous, any eggs tad mthe leaves 
:t the autumn would peri.h with them, before allowmg t,me for 
Mr hatching, or for the larvae becoming full-fed. 
I h^n me across a curious mistake in one of tl^-ld authors 
.indi gone of the frequency with which the paras.tjc Oalh,no,ne 
r" Tal been mistaken for the long desiderated male of C„s 
Fr s S •• I--t» Teutschlands " (1721), Theil 2, p. 22, js a chap er 
^uTl-Ltu.-" Vou der Schlupf-wespe in der Weiden-Knoden - 
whch^he gall and habits of the larv. are correctly i-enbeOnt 
e notice of the perfect insect refers to a paras.hc ichneumon : and on 
rb the gall is figured with male and female paras.tes .nste.d of 
tm. Nearly a century and a-half has elapsed smce Fr.sch wrote, 
ud still we find similar mistakes in vogue.-E. McLiCHlA^.J 
rTfbowoI dttnl^ishatthe time. tUs specie, ba, since o.crred abun- 
I did not, bowcvei-, a>stm„mb ^^ ^^^^ 
■ ' irtbe wit fo™ app.», to be the insect described a. C»«,.'»™ 
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Talnn. and paipi a.-e folded down in font, but .api% --;*«~ 
The basal portions of the leg. and wings soon appear. The e,=pans,o„ 
r,„„t. as [f it vesnlted from their being dmgged oat between the ms.et . 
position 
of the wiugs looks 
