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matter of course that should eggs be procured from them, 
these also must hatch at an unnatural and unseasonable 
period of the year: there will be no possibility of obtaining 
proper food for them, and they will inevitably perish from 
starvation.— Edward Newman.] 
ft. J. S—I enclose an insect, which I shall be glad if you 
will name for me. Iam undecided whether it is Phibalap- 
teryx lignata or Eubolia lineolata. The lines on the hind 
wings are very different to those of either of the above, as 
figured in Newman’s ‘ British Moths.’ This moth was taken 
on the top of a hill, in the neighbourhood of Portsea, about 
the middle of February. 
[The insect is Eubolia lineolataa—Edward Newman.] 
Hl. C. Hodges.—I regret that I am unable to give the title 
of a book on British Pyralides and Tortrices, excepting 
Stainton, with which you are already acquainted. I am not 
likely to write any more books on Natural History,—certainly 
none on Pyralides and Tortrices. I quite understand the 
difficulty of getting correct names, but it is scarcely reason- 
able to give our Lepidopterists the trouble of naming common 
insects, although many would kindly give an opinion on a 
few rare or critical insects.—Edward Newman. 
Charles Mann.—English Entomological Correspondent 
desired for Wisconsin, U.S.—1 am corresponding secretary 
of the Natural History Society of Wisconsin, and as such am 
trying to open a correspondence with entomologists in 
different parts of the world, who would be willing to 
exchange for specimens collected here, those they may be 
able to collect for us. Beetles and many other insects might 
be sent moist, as they come from the alcohol, in a tin box, or 
perhaps a wooden one. Butterflies could be folded in stiff 
paper, with folded wings. I should be glad of the addresses 
of collectors in some of the English colonies or other distant 
places, and one or two collectors in England. I should also 
like a correspondent in England who would give me coins for 
insects or valuable minerals, or perhaps even prepared skins 
of our native birds. It is in the interests of science that I 
venture to address you, and itis on that plea that I hope it 
will receive your attention. 
[As the ‘Entomologist’ circulates in every part of the 
world, it will be the better plan for naturalists, who seek such 
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