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Death of Pupce of Acherontia 
Atropos. — Perhaps 1 can answer 
the question of C. A. A. by asking 
him one question ; How did he 
know the pupae were dead ? The 
reply may show the very reason 
why they died. After the cater- 
pillar has once gone into the 
ground it should never be seen 
again. I should say that nine 
pupae out of ten that are seen 
either die or the imago comes out 
with shrivelled wings. I have in 
former years reared them with 
much success in the following 
manner: — I have put the cater- 
pillar into a large garden-pot half 
filled with earth and covered with 
gauze, and fed them with the 
same food I have found them on ; 
and I may here remark that it is 
very difficult to get them to 
change their food. When they 
have gone into the ground I have 
never disturbed them, but put the 
pot into a hot-house or kitchen, 
watering it every morning with 
milk-warm water, and in the 
course of a month or six weeks 
out has come the imago in perfect 
condition. I recommend every 
one to follow this plan, for they 
are more certain of a perfect in- 
sect. — George R. Read, Rectory, 
Sutton-on- Derwent, York. 
A Day's Ramble round the 
Vicinity of Dorking. — On the 30th 
of June my friend Mr. Braithwaite 
accompanied me on an excursion 
to Dorking. The weather was 
very fine, and insects were abun- 
dant. Having reached Dorking 
by the railway we passed through 
the town, took the first turning to 
the right and continued our course 
up the road until we came to a 
lane on the right, which led us to 
Ranmore Common. We now 
commence operations by beating 
the hedge ; out fly two specimens 
of Acidalia lutearia, which are 
soon captured and boxed. A little 
further up the lane we took Ze- 
rene procetlaria and Z. adustaria. 
We have now reached the top of 
the lane and have to cross the rail, 
on the other side of which is a 
large clover field. We were no 
sooner in this field than two blue 
butterflies attracted our attention ; 
I pursued one, which proved to be 
Polyommatus Agestis, and my 
friend the other, but after a long 
chase in the broiling sun he lost 
sight of his. He said he really 
believed it was P. Acis. At the 
edge of the field we found the 
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