THE ENTOMOLOGIST. wi 
it is a habit with these caterpillars to bask in the sun after 
hybernation (the state they are in at the present time), when 
they may be picked up quite easily where they occur. As 
they are collected it is needless to say that care must be 
taken to destroy them; and, should there be any difficulty 
with regard to this, I would suggest, as one means by which 
some of them might be disposed of, that Mr. Eccles should 
send me a few dozen, as I am not fortunate (or, as Mr. Eccles 
would probably say, unfortunate) enough to find them so 
plentifully near me.—C. W. Simmons; 39, Market Street, 
Caledonian Road, London, N., February 3, 1876. 
Preservation against Mites, §c.—Van. Physostigmatis 
(Calabar bean) is an excellent preservative in cabinets against 
the attacks of mites and grease, to be used the same way as 
benzine or corrosive sublimate; and I tried benzine or 
benzole, as is directed in Newman’s ‘ British Moths,’ but I 
could not get the insects right after—[Rev.] G. C. Madden ; 
Armitage Bridge Vicarage, Huddersfield, January 18, 1876. 
Larva of an Estrus (?) Infesting Man.—I extracted twenty 
Funyés, an insect like a maggot, whose eggs had been inserted 
on my having been put into an old house infested by them. As 
they enlarge they stir about, and impart a stinging sensation ; 
if disturbed the head is drawn in a little. Wheu a poultice is 
put on they seem obliged to come out, possibly from want of 
air. They can be pressed out, but the pimple in which they 
live is painful. They were chiefly in my limbs.—‘ Living- 
slone’s Last Journals, vol. ii. p. 4. 
Insects of Kent and Surrey.—The Council of the South 
London Entomological Society have decided to attempt the 
publication of a list of insects found in Kent and Surrey ; and 
in order to make the Lepidopterous portion as complete as 
possible, I venture to ask for help from collectors who have 
worked in either county, and more especially in districts 
above twenty miles distant from London. Local lists will 
be gratefully acknowledged.—J. Platt Barrett ; 34, Radnor 
Street, Peckham, S.E. ) 
Answers to Correspondents. 
Pyrameis Alalanta in Perthshire—Several specimens of 
the above species were seen and captured in our garden at 
