tHE ENTOMOLOGIST. 7l 



it is a habit with these caterpillars to bask in the sun after 

 liybernation (the slate they are in at the present time), when 

 they may be picked up quite easily where they occur. As 

 they are collected it is needless to say that care must be 

 taken to destroy them ; and, should there be any difficulty 

 with regard to this, I would suggest, as one means by which 

 some of them might be disposed of, that Mr. Eccles should 

 send me a few dozen, as I am not fortunate (or, as Mr. Eccles 

 would probably say, unfortunate) enough to find them so 

 plentifully near me. — C. JV. Simmons; 39, Market S/reet, 

 Caledonian Road, London, N., Febniar// 3, 1876. 



Preservation against Mites, 8fc. — Van, Physostigmatis 

 (Calabar bean) is an excellent preservative in cabinets against 

 the attacks of mites and grease, to be used the same way as 

 benzine or corrosive sublimate ; and I tried benzine or 

 benzole, as is directed in Newman's ' British Moths,' but I 

 could not get the insects right after. — [Rev.] G. C. Madden; 

 Armitage Bridge Vicarage, Huddersjield, January 18, 1876, 



Larva of an (Esfrus{?) fnfesiing Man. — I extracted twenty 

 Funyes, an insect like a maggot, whose eggs had been inserted 

 on my having been put into an old house infested by them. As 

 they enlarge they stir about, and impart a stinging sensation ; 

 if disturbed the head is drawn in a little. When a poultice is 

 put on they seem obliged to come out, possibly from want of 

 air. They can be pressed out, but the pimple in which they 

 live is painful. They were chiefly in my limbs. — ' Living- 

 stone's Last Journals,'' vol. ii. p. 4. 



Lnsects of Kent and Surrey. — The Council of the South 

 London Entomological Society have decided to attempt the 

 publication of a list of insects found in Kent and Surrey ; and 

 in order to make the Lepidopterous portion as complete as 

 possible, I venture to ask for help from collectors who have 

 worked in either county, and more especially in districts 

 above twenty miles distant from London. Local lists will 

 be gratefully acknowledged. — J. Plait Barrett ; 34, Radnor 

 Street, Peckham, S.E. 



Answers to Correspondents. 



Pyrameis Alalanta in Pert/is/iire. — Several specimens of 

 the above species were seen and captured in our garden at 



