G4 THE ENTOMOLOGIST. 



microcephala of Klug, was introduced, they attacked and 

 ate it up in a very short time. The study of their economy 

 having afforded me so much delightful occupation I had not 

 the heart to detain them prisoners any longer, and so set 

 them at liberty. 



Charles Healy. 

 74, Napier Street, Hoxton, N. 



Early Appearance. — I saw two or three specimens of 

 Pieris Rapaj flying about in the garden yesterday. — H. 

 Doubleday, Epping, March 16, 1868, 



Larva tvanted. — Will somebody kindly supply me with 

 larvai of B. rhomboidaria and repandata ? I will send in 

 return larva^, of perfumaria. — J. P. Barrett, 29, Radnor 

 Street, Peckham, London, S.E. 



C. boreaia for Exchange. — On the lOlh of November I 

 took a nice lot of C. boreaia, and have some for exchange, 

 and shall be glad of offers. Parties not hearing from me in 

 the course of a week may conclude that I am not in want of 

 what they offer. — William Hydes, BagsJtaio's Buildings, 

 Park Spring, Slieffield. 



British Insects. 



Mr. J. C. STEVENS begs to announce he will Sell by 

 Auction, at his Great Room, 38, King Street, Covent Garden, 

 about the middle of April, The Collection of Lnsects formed 

 by the late Mr. John Chant, together with the mahogany and 

 other cabinets. Catalogues are preparing, and will be ready 

 one week prior to the sale, and the day of sale advertised in the 

 " Athenaeum " and other papers. 



In crown Svo. with 14 Plates of Fgures (4 Coloured), 



price 105. Qd. 



BRITISH SOCIAL WASPS ; an Introduction to their 

 Anatomy and Physiology, Architecture, and General Natural 

 History : with Illustrations of the different Species and their 

 Nests. By E. L. Ormerod, M.D., Fellow of the Royal 

 College of Physicians, Physician to the Sussex County 

 Hospital. 



London: Longmans, Green, and Co., Paternoster Row. 



