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bolted into its hole again. The Coccinella, left to itself, 

 managed in a very short time to extricate its legs from the 

 meshes and walk out of the web. 



Before concluding this paper I should like to draw attention 

 to a question suggested to me by Mr. W. R, Hughes, of 

 Handsworth, as to whether some of the Arachnida are not 

 nocturnal in their feeding. The fact 1 have mentioned of a 

 spider refusing to touch its prey while a light was burning, 

 but seizing it the moment that light was extinguished, led 

 Mr. Hughes, when I told him of it, to draw this conclusion, 

 which is, 1 think, worthy of consideration. I do not remember 

 to have met with a work in which such a question is 

 even noticed ; and Kirby and Spence, in Letter 13, which 

 is chiefly devoted to spiders, have no remarks on the subject. 

 But it is, I believe, a well-known fact that the Arachnida 

 very often construct their webs during the night. 



W. Sidney Randall. 



Handsworth Kectory, January 12, 1875. 



Entomological Notes, Captures, S^c. 



Epping Forest. — In your article on Epping Forest 

 (Entom. viii. p. 3) you state that " the Haggerston Entomo- 

 logical Society were the only entomologists in Britain who 

 entered the slightest protest against the hateful enclosures." 

 I beg to call attention to the 'Entomologist' for 1867, 

 Vol. iii., Nos. 37, 38, where you acknowledge a contribution, 

 for the benefit of the imprisoned wood-cutters, from the 

 Eastern Entomological Society, now known as the East 

 London Entomological and Botanical Society. We have at 

 all times done our best to resist the enclosures. We have 

 petitioned Parliament, which petition was most respectfully 

 listened to by the House of Commons. I also send you 

 the following copy of a letter we received from Professor 

 Fawcett, M.P,, who presented it: — "I will most gladly 

 present your petition. I most cordially endorse all the 

 opinions you express with regard to the importance to 

 the working classes of preserving Epping Forest. It ought 

 to be looked upon as a great social and educational question. 

 I think the working men would do well to make it a test- 

 question at the next election. I would vote for no man, 



