[154] Mag. Nat. Hist., New Ser., i. 353.
[155] Ibid., i. 553.
[156] Dr Boisduval, one hot evening in June, found caterpillars on grass which diffused a phosphorescent light; he thought them to be those of Mamestra oleracca—one of the most abundant of our moths—but they seemed larger than common; and whether owing to want of care in the rearing or to a condition of disease—which may, indeed, have been the cause of their luminosity—none of them attained the chrysalis state, and so the species was not absolutely decided.
[157] Introd. to Entom., loc. cit.
[158] Exped. into Int. of Brazil.
[159] Tennent, Ceylon, ii. 226.
[160] Probably we should read "diameter" for "circumference." A spider whose legs cover an area of six inches in circumference is by no means rare even in England.
[161] Journ. Asiat. Soc.
[162] Proc. Entom. Soc., November 1, 1852.
[163] Proc. Entomol. Soc., July 2, 1855.