936 THE ENTOMOLOGIST. 
that had eleven pairs of these pollinia attached to its maxilla, 
and another of Acontia luctuosa that had seven pairs; each 
blossom possesses a pair, but they are frequently robbed of 
only one. I shall be very pleased to give any further 
information on this most interesting subject.—E. Newman. 
F. W. White-—I shall feel much obliged by your 
kindly naming the accompanying larve, which were found 
feeding on pear-trees in a friend’s garden at Cainscross. 
He also noticed them both last year and this. It appears 
that they become of a green colour after their last moult, 
and then pass into the ground to undergo their trans- 
formation. 
[The insect produced from the grub is a sawfly, Blenno- 
campa Cerasi.—. Newman.] 
Rev. John A. Kerr; Belfast.—The insect sent is Necro- 
phorus interruptus, one of the burying-beetles.—E. Newman. 
G. A. S—The facts are interesting, but I cannot publish 
them anonymously. The mites are still alive, and apparently 
healthy. 1 cannot distinguish them from the so-called Acarus 
domesticus, which occurs in all our houses. It is very extra- 
ordinary that it should occur on living moths.—£. Newman. 
W. Claxton.—Would you be kind enough to inform 
me whether it is necessary to remove the interior of beetles 
before placing them in the cabinet? 
[I have never done anything of the kind. I place the 
drying-cage in the thorough draught, and do not find any 
inconvenience arise from the smell.—E, Newman. | 
Haggerston Entomological Society—The annual exhi- 
bition of this Society will be held in their room at the 
“ Brownlow Arms,” Brownlow Street, Haggerston, on the 
evenings of Thursday and Friday, November 12th and 138th, 
from 7 to ll p.m. All entomological friends are invited to 
attend ; and any entomologists wishing to exhibit will kindly 
send their exhibitions on or before Thursday evening, 
November 5th, to the Secretary, Mr. ote at the above 
address. 
Death of Mr. Crotch.—George Robert Crotch, a Coleop- 
terist of great eminence, and still greater promise, died at 
Philadelphia on the 16th of June of the present year, 
apparently in the very zenith of an undertaking, which—in 
