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general bird-parasite. Any specimens of this Dipterous 

 parasite, sent like tlie present one, will aluays be. acceptable, 

 and very tlianldully received. — E. Newman.^ 



W. J. Cope. — I enclose you an insect, which I shall be 

 glad if you will name. It was found to-day in a coal-mine 

 (Church Lane Colliery), near Barnsley, by a man called 

 Timothy Naylor. 1 suppose it must have come in the timber 

 used for props, which is foreign, and comes mostly from 

 Norway. It ])robably would be in either the pupa or larva 

 state. It settled on the neck of the man as he was knocking 

 out the timber that supports the roof of the workings. It was 

 injured in pulling it from his neck. — W.J. Cope ; Barnsley y 

 August 21, 1874. 



[The beetle is Acanthocinus aedilis ; one of the family of 

 longicorn or Capricorn Coleoj)tera. — E. Newman .^ 



L. D. J. — The minute animal attached to the butterfly, 

 Epinephele Janira, is an Acarus. I believe it is the same as 

 that found by the late Dr. Leach on the larger Tipulidae, and 

 named by him, Ocypete rubra (Linnean Transactions, vol. xi.). 

 I cannot, how^ever, feel certain of this, as it is very probable 

 different parasites are attached to different genera. My 

 knowledge of these minute Acari is very limited indeed. — 

 E. Newman. 



A. H. Bright. — Can any of your readers inform me 

 whether A. Atropos appeared in England prior to the intro- 

 duction of the potato by Sir W. Raleigh. — A. H. Briijht ; 

 Knotty Ash, Liverpool. 



[It is scarcely probable that the occurrence would be 

 recorded before the moth had a published name, and, this 

 being so, I fear we cannot expect much information. — E. 

 Newman.'] 



W. Thomas. — The caterpillar is that of Acronycta Psi, the 

 dagger moth. — E. Newman. 



H. Jones. — The moth is Iladena dentina, the stone fly — 

 Phryganea grandis. — E. Newman. 



Metal Drawers for Insect Cabinets. — Can you, or any of 

 your readers, tell me if any attempts have been made to 

 construct cabinet drawers of metal ? Wood, however well 

 seasoned, being liable to shrink, is not a quite satisfactory 

 material. Some time ago I had a box made of tin : the edge 

 of the sides was bent over to hold an India-rubber tube, 



