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matter of course that should eggs be procured from them, 

 these also must hatch at an unnatural and unseasonable 

 period of the year: there will be no possibility of obtaining 

 proper food for them, and they will inevitably perish from 

 starvation, — Edward Newman.^ 



H. J. S. — I enclose an insect, which I shall be glad if you 

 will name for me. I am undecided whether it is Phibalap- 

 teryx lignata or P^ubolia lineolata. The lines on the hind 

 wings are very different to those of either of the above, as 

 figured in Newman's 'British Molhs,' This moth was taken 

 on the top of a hill, in the neighbourhood of Portsea, about 

 the middle of February. 



[The insect is Eubolia lineolata. — Edward New))uin.~\ 



H. C. Hodges. — I regret that I am unable to give the title 

 of a book on British Pyralides and Tortrices, excepting 

 Slainton, with which you are already acquainted. I am not 

 likely to write any more books on Natural History, — certainly 

 none on Pyralides and Tortrices. I quite understand the 

 difficulty of getting correct names, but it is scarcely reason- 

 able to give our Lepidopterists the trouble of naming common 

 insects, although many would kindly give an opinion on a 

 ieYf rare or critical insects. — Edward Neivman. 



diaries Mann. — English Entomological Correspondent 

 desired for Wisconsin, U.S. — I am corresponding secretary 

 of the Natural History Society of Wisconsin, and as such am 

 trying to open a correspondence with entomologists in 

 different parts of the world, who would be willing to 

 exchange for specimens collected here, those they may be 

 able to collect for us. Beetles and many other insects might 

 be sent moist, as they come from the alcohol, in a tin box, or 

 perhaps a wooden one. Butterflies could be folded in stiff 

 paper, with folded wings. I should be glad of the addresses 

 of collectors in some of the English colonies or other distant 

 places, and one or two collectors in England. I should also 

 like a correspondent in England who would give me coins for 

 insects or valuable minerals, or perhaps even prepared skins 

 of our native birds. It is in the interests of science that I 

 venture to address you, and it is on that plea that I hope it 

 will receive your attention. 



[As the 'Entomologist' circulates in every part of the 

 world, it will be the belter plan for naturalists, who seek such 



