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devouring the grass and grain crops in the line of their march. 
They had been observed crossing roads and paths in close array, 
and might then have been headed off and trapped in deep ditches. 
Leucania unipuncta has a similar migratory habit in North 
America and parts of Australia. It is there known as the u Army 
Worm.” 
While moth-hunting one afternoon I watched a common 
hornet ( Vespa cinctd) capture and carry off a small Pyralid moth. 
It settled on a branch, supporting itself head downwards by its 
last pair of legs only, using the others to manipulate the insect. 
The wings and legs of the moth were shredded off and the rest of 
the body chewed up into a pellet, which was then carried off, 
doubtless to feed the grubs in the nest. 
On board the ss. Lady Havelock off Jaffna a considerable 
number of moths (principally small Noctuids) were attracted by 
the lights of the ship, though she lay more than a mile in a direct 
line from the nearest land. 
E. ERNEST GREEN. 
December, 1904. 
4. Python from Borneo.-— Mr. John Hagenbeck recently 
received a large python from the Malay Archipelago (probably 
from British North Borneo) which laid a batch of eggs after its 
arrival in Colombo and incubated them herself with success, 
some thirty or forty young hatching out in due course. 
The following notes have been kindly supplied by Mr. Hagen¬ 
beck 
Colombo, January 20, 1905. 
A gigantic python which arrived here last year from British 
Borneo via Singapore laid about one hundred eggs on the 28th 
October, almost filling the box in' which she was kept. On the 
following morning she had collected the eggs, by skilful coiling 
of her body, into a large heap which she completely covered in 
such a manner that the weight of the body exerted no pressure 
upon the soft-shelled eggs. 
In order to maintain a constant temperature the snake slightly 
uncoiled herself from time to time, so that the eggs became 
visible, thus regulating the temperature. 
During the period of incubation I offered ducks, fowls, and 
geese to the python, but she refused all nourishment. 
On the 14th January she left the mass of eggs quite exposed, 
and I had given up the hope of a successful issue when I discovered 
the first nestling with half its body emerging from the egg, into 
which, however, it retired again towards evening. 
