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INTRODUCTION. 
waist, 1)Otli Lands being tlms left at liberty. If 
indisposed, however, to make much personal ex- 
ertion, the Aurelian may often reap a rich harvest 
merely by opening the windows of a lighted apart- 
ment, especially if his dwelling be in the vicinity of 
woods, and securing such visitors as make their 
appearance within. The following extract shows 
with what success this plan has been attende'd. 
“ My success in obtaining lepidoptera, to which I 
am particularly attached,” says the Rev. C. S. Bird, 
“ I owe to the use of a lamp to attract moths. 
During the moonless nights of summer, I sit with 
a Sinumbra-lamp, and perhaps one or two smaller 
lamps, placed on a table close to the window. Tlie 
moths speedily enter the room, if the weather be 
warm. I have had a levee of more than a himdred 
between the hours of ten and twelve. In the spring, 
too, and autumn, I have been frequently fortunate, 
though generally having my patience sufficiently 
rried. In March, for instance, I have taken many 
specimens of Biston prodromarim in one evening ; 
Gl<ea rubricosa and Lptcea leucoprapha have accom- 
panied them. In April and May, Cueullia fadna 
and PeridoM serrata have visited me. "When No- 
vember has arrived, Petada casnnea and Pcedlo- 
campa populi have crowded into my room. Of 
course, at such cool times of the year the window 
must be kept shut till the moths knock for admit- 
tance. If at any time of the year a warm mist 
pervade the air, there is almost a certainty of success. 
But should any one be induced by this account 
