THE YOUNG NATURALIST. 



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LIPARIS DISPAR AND CLOSTERA 

 ANACHORETA. 



May I kindly ask Mr. Gregson for a little more information with regard 

 to the above species. I should like to have the following points cleared up 

 if he is at all certain as to the data s — 



1. What year did he receive ova, larvse, or pupae of L. dispar, from Mr. 

 Doubleday ? How many years did he himself keep up the breed ? Presum- 

 ing that Mr. Doubleday's distribution took place at least thirty years ago, 

 what proof has Mr. Gregson, that the specimens of L. dispar now in circula- 

 tion, have anything to do with the original breed ? 



2. Is " Old Weaver " to whom Mr. Gregson refers as " the honoured 

 first discoverer of Clodera anachoreta in Britain," the same dealer that 

 caught " Dia" &c. in the Midlands some years ago. Mr. Gregson lays 

 great stress on the astuteness of that gentleman, is he certain that he has 

 never been a subject on which that gentleman practised his sharpness? 



With regard to Mr. Gregson, I can assure him that some of the best 

 London Lepidopterists have worked Folkestone closely for many years past, 

 and I am only one among many who believe that the original specimens from 

 which Mr. Gregson* s and my own series were obtained, were imported. I 

 do not believe in the " mealy whiteness " of anachoreta. Does not anachoreta 

 differ in colour according to whether the specimens are a summer or autumn 

 brood ? I may certainly add that I quite agree with Mr. Gregson, that the 

 " Lancashire men are entomologists, not collectors/' or if they are not they 

 ought to be. 



May I kindly ask Mr. Gregson to give exact data to the above queries, 

 because they are points well worthy the attention of lepidopterists, but the 

 data should be to the point and not mere generalisations, and I need hardly re- 

 fer to a comparison of the data given in " The Intelligencer," Vol. IY, page 

 134, and "'J he Entomologist," XVI II, page 52, as rather tending to demora- 

 lize our scientific work. — J. W. Ttjtt, F.E.S., Rayleigh Villa, Westcombe 

 Park, Blackheath. 



NOTES AND OBSERVATIONS. 



Phigalia Pilosaria in January. — On the 22nd January my friend 

 Mr. Beauland, brought in a fine example of Phigalia pi/osaria, taken the 

 same day at Shipley Glen. He also brought both staminate and pistillate 



