Occurrence of a Tropical Form of Stick-Insect in Devonshire

Abstract

A FEW weeks ago I obtained through the kindness of a lady in Paignton a living specimen of a stick-insect, one of several individuals which had appeared in her garden. My example was met with on the plaster outside a window, and owing to the tenacity with which it adhered to its position required some force to dislodge it. I preserved it in captivity for about a fortnight, at the close of which period it died, having refused to feed on the foliage of any of the plants with which it was supplied.