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liere thnn I suppose. I bred a 
female, but did not know her use- 
ful qualilies. I found a larva ex- 
actly similar to the one that pro- 
duced Quercus some time after, 
on July 27 ; it changed to an egg- 
shaped cocoon, exactly similar to 
the other, rather smaller (Intt the 
first was a female), and lo ! and 
behohl ! it has not come out yet. 
The first changed June 10; this 
last one J uly 28 ! I hope it will 
.come out next spring. Does this 
concern the Las. Callunce ques- 
tion ? 
P. Popiili. — December. At 
light. 
Cl. Nenstria . — July 18. 
O. Potatoria . — August 1. Came 
freely to light. 
S. Pavonia-minor . — Found a 
larva trundling along the path on 
the “ Warren,” August 15:1 dare 
say it is common on the heaths. 
A poor man here had seen one 
casually, which he wanted to keep 
for me, and with that end, in en- 
tire simplicity laid it (as he said) 
on one side of the path. Of course 
he had the astonishment of finding 
it gone wlien he went again to 
look for it. He described it very 
well though, and compared the 
fascicles of bristles to the flowers 
of the heath. 
Cilix Spinuln. — May 16. 
Second brood, Jidy 20. 
Enigma — An astonishing ChcB- 
rocampreid larva has been a source 
of much amazement to me. I 
found it under a damp log in a 
wet place on January 19 ! It drew 
in its head and shoulders quite 
naturally, was of a dark colour, 
and a lively imagination might 
have discovered traces of eyes on 
the sides. I took him home (be 
was about the size of a full-grown 
Buff-tip), and put him into a pot; 
he descended into the earth. 
After some time I looked again, 
and quantum mulatus ah illo ! he 
was shrivelled into skin ! 
Enigma. — A beautiful larva, 
bombycoid, feeding in a damp 
place on Iris Pseudacorus, August 
23, spun a few days after. Brown, 
hairy ; broad dorsal and lateral 
lines red, black and wdiile in che- 
quer. Larger than Acronycta 
Rumicis, of which it reminded me. 
May I be allowed here to ex- 
press the grateful thanks of my- 
self, and I am sure of many ano- 
ther beginner, to the author of the 
‘Manual of British Butterflies 
and Moths?’ I have, I must 
own, taken every possible oppor- 
tunity in the above memoranda to 
carp at the statements in the 
the ‘ Manual,’ but I have done so 
quite in love, for as every one 
must see “ it amuses me and does 
him no harm.” No; the only 
fault I find with the ‘ Manual ’ is, 
that it makes me wish for the 
speedy lapse of time; no sooner 
have I devoured one Number than 
I long for another. All honour, 
then, to the author of the ‘ Ma- 
nual!’ Were it not for that 
charming monthly visitor, how 
many would know and care no more 
about moths and caterpillars than 
they do now about beetles ! 
I wish some beginner in the me- 
tropolis, or some large town, 
would set on foot some scheme by 
which we all could testify our 
gratitude for the ‘Manual’ and 
‘ Intelligencer’ in a tangible and 
lasting way. It might incite some 
one “ learned in the Staphy lines,” 
to give us a “Manual of British 
Devil’s Coach-horses?” But what 
could have induced me to suffer 
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