THE ENTOMOLOGIST’S WEEKLY INTELLIGENCER. 
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Society of Arts. I enclose an extract 
from my despatch, dated 7ih July, 1855, 
which explains the manner in which I 
successfully sent the insect to the West 
Indies, and in the same manner it may 
he easily conveyed from any one country 
to another. It may be found difficult to 
preserve this silkworm throughout the 
winter season, as well as difficult to grow 
the Ricinus, its proper food, in the climate 
of Europe. The proper climate for the 
Bombyx Cynthia is within or on the 
borders of the tropics. But the attempts 
now making ought not to be the less 
encouraged on that account, for they are 
producing a new raw material for thread 
and clothing within reach of meu of 
skill and science, and 127,000 cocoons 
have recently been sent from Algeria to 
be manufactured in Alsace. 
“ 8. The extraordinary manner in 
which the Bombyx Cynthia multiply, 
together with the abundance of food for 
them, produced without culture iu warm 
climates, renders the study of the habits 
of this insect and the nature of its 
cocoons of considerable importance. 
“ 9. I send herewith a small sample 
of the cloth made from worms reared in 
Malta. 
I have the honour, &c., 
William Reid, Governor .” 
Extract of a Despatch from the Governor 
of Malta to the Secretary of State. 
No. 83, dated 7th July , 1855. 
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“ 6. It may be useful to state how the 
Bombyx Cynthia was successfully trans- 
ported from Malta to the West Indies, 
after many attempts to bring it from 
India to Europe had failed. 
“ 7. Having first obtained the authority 
of the directors of the Peninsular and 
Oriental and of the West India Royal 
Mail Steam Packet Companies, about 
thirty fresh cocoons were placed in bird- 
cages, and suspended in the cabin of the 
surgeon of the steam ships. This was 
done that males and females might be 
kept together when the chrysalides be- 
came moths. In the moth state they 
required no food. On the voyage they 
laid their eggs, and these eggs began to 
hatch on their arrival at the Island of 
Grenada in the West Indies.” 
DISTRIBUTION OF THE PYRALID.® 
IN ENGLAND. 
I should be glad to hear from those 
who have been successful in taking local 
species of this group, in order to make 
as complete as possible the localities in 
the ‘ Manual.’ I annex a numbered list 
of the species, so that correspondents 
need only allude to them by the num- 
bers. 
1. Madopa salicalis 
2. Hypena proboscidalis 
3. „ rostralis 
4. ,, crassalis 
5. Hypenodes albistrigalis 
6. „ costasstrigalis 
7. „ humidalis 
8. Rivula sericealis 
9. Polypogon derivalis 
10. „ barbalis 
11. „ tarsicrinalis 
12. ,, grisealis 
13. „ cribralis 
14. Odontia dentalis 
15. Pyralis fimbrialis 
16. „ farinalis 
17. „ glaucinalis 
18. Aglossa Pinguinalis 
19. „ cuprealis 
20. Cledeobia angustalis 
21. Pyrausta punicealis 
22. „ purpuralis 
23. „ ostrinalis 
24. Rhodaria sanguinalis 
25. Pyrausta cespitalis 
26. „ cingulalis 
