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have taken the larva of the Empe- 
ror and Fox, Lasiocampa Quercus 
and Anarla Myrtilti, molhs, and 
from the trees and hushes the 
Dark, the Pale, the Pebble, and 
Cockscomb Prominents, the Mil- 
ler, Leiocampa Diclaa, the Cho- 
colate Tips, the Puss, the Kittens, 
and the Dromedary ; but to go on 
enumerating would be to name 
hundreds of different species which 
I have captured, or seen captured, 
on the mosses, and in the fields 
and woods surrounding Carlisle 
(more especially Barren Wood, of 
which more anon). I do not be- 
lieve in the localization of a moth, 
in the sense in which that term is 
applied to moths.. I am of opi- 
nion that the same species of 
moths may be found all over 
England where the same aspect 
of country prevails. A moth, in 
the course of an evening, will fly 
miles, constantly shifiiug and 
changing its quarters for the pur- 
pose of finding a proper support 
for its progeny, not depositing too 
many eggs in one place, so that 
some may survive the destruction 
incidental to caterpillars. If, in 
the course of its search, a moth 
crosses a country that is congenial 
to the growth of its caterpillar, it 
will deposit some of its eggs there, 
concealing itself through the day, 
and continuing its duties in the 
evening, but it will not deposit its 
eggs where there is not food for 
its caterpillar. Would a Silk- 
worm Moth deposit its egg on the 
oak? Neither will a Cabbage 
Butterfly. Some time ago I read 
a statement, by a reverend gentle- 
man, that he bad put a lighted 
candle near his window, leaving 
the window open, and that a moth 
entered the room, being attracted 
by the light ; and as the moth was 
only taken in woods, and the 
nearest wood to his house was a 
mile off, the inference drawn by 
the entomologist was, that- the 
light of his candle had attracted 
that moth a mile. I do not come 
to the conclusion that it was in 
consequence of the light that the 
moth left its natal wood ; it is 
much more probable that the 
moih was roving in search of some 
tree or wood similar to its native 
place to deposit its egg, so that 
the longevity of some of its brood 
might be secured, and thus it 
came across his light when per- 
haps only a few yards off; if it 
was a male moth it makes iio dif- 
ference to my supposition, because 
the male seeks the female on the 
wing, and where the female goes 
the male will follow. I will illus- 
trate my position, viz., that there 
is no localization in the strict 
sense of the word in reference to 
moths, and that the same species 
of moth may be found all over 
England where food and shelter 
are favourable to the growth and 
due development of its caterpillar. 
— Kichard Cartmei,, 13 , PVil- 
liams Grove, High Parle, Wal~ 
worth; Juf,y2\, 1856 . 
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■ EXTBACTS. 
Notes on Nocture, from 
‘L’HiSTOIRE NaTURELLE OKS 
Noctuelites,’ far Achille 
Guenee. 
Bryophila. 
The larvae of Bryophila are 
easily recognised. They are con- 
tracted; the head is small, re- 
tractile, shining or slightly rough; 
