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general bird-parasite. Any specimens of this Dipterous 
parasite, sent like the present one, will always be acceptable, 
and very thankfully received._-H. 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. I suppose it must have come in the timber 
used for props, which is foreign, and comes mostly from 
Norway. It probably 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, 
August 21, 1874. 
[The beetle is Acanthocinus edilis; one of the family of 
longicorn or capricorn Coleoptera.—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, however, 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.— 
Ei. 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. Bright ; 
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.—Z. 
Newman. | 
W. Thomas.—The caterpillar is that of Acronycta Psi, the 
dagger moth.— FE. Newman. 
H. Jones.—The moth is Hadena dentina, the stone fly— 
Phryganea grandis.—H. Newman. 
Metal Drawers for Insect Cabinets.x—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, 
