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parallelogram ; consistence ratLer 
thin, hut tough ; colour purplish 
chocolate ; time, early spring ; 
situation in a damp meadow, near 
Harleston, Norfolk, ou the foot of 
a stunted willow where the ground 
had parted from the tree : I cut it 
off {i.e. the cocoon) and pul it 
into a breeding-cage. The query 
is, what came out of it ? I say a 
hornet, as I found one in the 
breeding-cage one morning, evi- 
dently just out from somewhere, 
and I then found the cocoon o-pen 
and nothing in it ; there was no 
moth that could have come out of 
that cocoon in the cage that morn- 
ing (I used to e.xamine the cage 
every morning). I sent the hornet 
to Mr. Wailes, of Newcastle; he 
has pronounced it a female, but 
said he never knew or heard of a 
hornet making a cocoon and lay- 
ing up in it, and thinks there 
must be some mistake, and Mr. 
Unwin seems to think so too ; hut 
not feeling satisfied about that I 
make it public in the hope that 
some light may be thrown upon 
it. — J. J. Rkeve, Ncwhaven, 
Sussex ; February 3, 1857. 
Rev. J. Greene’s Essay. — I 
should like most respectfully to 
suggest that if the Eev. J. Greene 
would publish his excellent In- 
structions for Pupa Hunting in a 
separate and cheap form (say 3rf.), 
it would be a great boon to many, 
who will otherwise never see them, 
and think many would buy them 
in that form, who either have 
already read them or have them 
by them, and the more especially 
if the best methods of preserving 
the puptE were added.— In. 
Cynthia Cardui. — I have been 
waiting since January lOlh last 
(No. 12 of ‘Substitute’) in the 
hope of seeing a reply to the query 
of S. C. T. Beale, Esq., as to the 
uncertain appearance of this pretty 
butterfly. Some few years ago I 
met with a large number of them 
at one time, of which I sent an 
account to ‘The Naturalist,’ but 
have not seen one since. — John' 
G.^hland, F.L.S., &c., Dorches- 
ter ; February 7, 1857. 
The “ Burning Cliff” Dorset- 
shire. — I have noticed on one or 
two occasions {vide ‘Manual’ for 
instance. Art. AcUeon) the terms 
“Burning Cliff” and “ Lulworth 
Cove” applied somewhat indis- 
criminately to Action’s locale, as 
if synonymous for one and the 
same place. Will you kindly 
allow me to rectify (I should 
rather say explain) this slight 
error, as I think it may mislead 
strangers? The “Cliff” and the 
“Cove” are two distinct places, 
both situated along the coast, but 
the “ Cliff ” five miles nearer 
Weymouth than the “Cove.” 
Though I have often made ento- 
mological excursions to Lulworth 
(and it is an excellent locality for 
many species) I have never met 
with one Aetceon there ; indeed, I 
fancied they had quite deserted 
their “ first love,” until I saw from 
a communication in ‘ The Substi- 
tute’ (page 19) that they had re- 
appeared there. At the “ Burn- 
ing Cliff,” however, which is, 
without doubt, their “ Metropolis,” 
they revel in hundreds, and I ad- 
vise any entomologist who wants 
Aetceon and does not mind tumbles 
over a “humpy” undercliff, to 
.seek them there. I mention this 
as I know that several entomolo- 
gists, who come for the express 
purpose of procuring the insect, 
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