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larvae are not yet well known, es- 
pecially llmt of our European spe- 
cies, which is, however, as M. 
Daube tells me, very common in 
corn-fields around Montpelier. I 
know not whether it multiplies 
there to an extent to be de- 
structive, as is the case with its 
coujjener L. fruyiperda in Ame- 
rica, nor whether it has the 
same habits; unfortunately I have 
not been able to obtain from the 
entomologists of the South of 
France complete information of the 
larvae which are found exclusively 
there, and I have more than once 
regretted the difficulty I have en- 
countered from this want of pre- 
cision. (Vol. I., p. 157.) 
Neuria. 
For a long time the species 
which form the type of this genus 
was considered nearly allied to 
Diantiuecia on account of a cer- 
tain resemblance of marking be- 
tween it and capsincola, but in 
fact there is no other resemblance 
to it in any of its stages. The 
larvm do not feed in capsules, and 
the chrysalis has no ventral ap- 
pendage. (Vol. 1., p. 16(1.) 
The SpoETSMiN and the Ento- 
mologist. 
The ex-member for West Glou- 
cestershire, while not otherwise 
engaged, is harmlessly occupied in 
sending to the ‘ Field’ newspaper 
reminiscences of his sporting life, 
from which we take the following 
rather amusing adventure: — 
Not many years ago, during a 
beautiful afternoon in the month 
of August or September (at this 
moment I forget which), I was 
aware in one of the royal forests 
of a fat buck. This buck was very 
shy, and, like all deer the moment 
they are worth killing, lie had 
taken to hide in a thick wood, only 
diverging from it to feed at dusk 
in the evening, by such paths as 
he knew would, for the time being, 
give him the command or the wind 
of any ambushed rifle that might 
be ready for his destruction. The 
wilder the animal of chase, the 
more beauty there is in his attain, 
ment ; and I, of course, became 
doubly anxious to procure this 
venison. Oh! that forest, that 
wild and graceful forest ! how I 
have haunted its woods and its 
heaths, and furze brakes, and in 
its solitude never felt myself alone! 
In the wood of which this buck 
had become almost the sole tenant, 
there was a sweet grassy ride that 
he was very fond of. “The wind 
favoured the position I wished to 
take; so, creeping under cover at 
a spot which commanded the 
game either way, and not a hun- 
died yards from the open forest, I 
lay concealed, ear and eye on the 
alert for anything worthy of obser- 
vation, and in the hope of some 
“shadow” to herald “ the coming 
event.” 
My watch for the wary buck 
continued, when (as the lengthened 
shadows told me that the sun was 
far down in the west, and the 
evening was beautifully still) my 
attention of course became con- 
centrated on the business of the 
hour. “Hark!” ’tis the startled 
note of a blackbird, sprung by 
something of which it is afraid. 
This is no deer; but it may be .a 
fox. I trust in all that is* good 
that no man’s footstej)s hitherward 
come. Such, itidced, were the 
thoughts that entered my head, 
