86 THE ENTOMOLOGIST. 
bolted into its hole again. The Coccinella, left to itself, 
managed in a very short time to extricate its legs from the 
meshes and walk out of the web. . 
Before concluding this paper I should like to draw attention 
to a question suggested to me by Mr. W. R. Hughes, of 
Handsworth, as to whether some of the Arachnida are not 
nocturnal in their feeding. The fact 1 have mentioned of a 
spider refusing to touch its prey while a light was burning, 
but seizing it the moment that light was extinguished, led 
Mr. Hughes, when I told him of it, to draw this conclusion, 
which is, I think, worthy of consideration. I do not remember 
to have met with a work in which such a question is 
even noticed; and Kirby and Spence, in Letter 13, which 
is chiefly devoted to spiders, have no remarks on the subject. 
But it is, I believe, a well-known fact that the Arachnida 
very often construct their webs during the night. 
W. SIDNEY RANDALL. - 
Handsworth Rectory, January 12, 1875. 
Entomological Notes, Captures, §c. 
Epping fForest.—In your article on Epping Forest 
(Entom. viii. p. 3) you state that “the Haggerston Entomo- 
logical Society were the only entomologists in Britain who 
entered the slightest protest against the hateful enclosures.” 
I beg to call attention to the ‘Entomologist’ for 1867, 
Vol. iii., Nos. 37, 88, where you acknowledge a contribution, 
for the benefit of the imprisoned wood-cutters, from the 
Eastern Entomological Society, now known as the East 
London Entomological and Botanical Society. We have at 
all times done our best to resist the enclosures. We have 
petitioned Parliament, which petition was most respectfully 
listened to by the House of Commons. I also send you 
the following copy of a letter we received from Professor 
Fawcett, M.P., who presented it:—“I will most gladly 
present your petition. J] most cordially endorse all the 
opinions you express with regard to the importance to 
the working classes of preserving Epping Forest. It ought 
to be looked upon as a great social and educational question. 
I think the working men would do well to make it a test- 
question at the next election. I would vote for no man, 
