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differences and resemblances, while 

 instead of the risk and trouble that 

 attended sending the . specimens to be 

 named, there has been a pleasant chat, 

 a few interesting specimens seen, Lnd 

 perhaps an acquaintance or two made 

 that may be of great value in time to 

 come. The manner in which Mr. 

 Mosley's announcement has been 

 responded to, has satisfied us, as to the 

 desire of Young Naturalists to have help 

 in this way rather than in another, and 

 the question now is, how can this desire 

 for assistance be met. There are 

 doubtless in every town, gentlemen who 

 would be quite willing to receive begin- 

 ners at their homes occasionally, name 

 specimens, show their collections, allow 

 their libraries to be consulted, or in 

 any practical way, help the young- 

 student. But it would neither be 

 pleasant nor advantageous for these 

 gentlemen to be liable to intrusion at 

 all hours, though they are most of them 

 so courteous that the intruder would 

 probably never dream he had not been 

 welcome at that particular time. Again 

 it is perhaps not convenient to every 

 one to fix a day and hour at which they 

 will undertake to be at liberty for callers. 

 Still the " At Home " is evidently such 

 a boon to provincial students, that we 

 should like to see it extended, and 

 we shall be glad to print from 

 time to time, the names of any gentle- 

 men who can spare an hour or two 

 occasionally for a chat with beginners, 

 who will help them to name their 

 specimens, or aid them in any other way. 

 These engagements need not necessarily 



be at regular fixed dates ; we could make 

 the announcements whenever it was most 

 convenient, and we might perhaps with 

 the last number each month, give a list 

 of all those who could spare an hour or 

 two during the succeeing month. 

 Winter is approaching, the time for study 

 is at hand, and help of this sort can be 

 more opportunely givennow, than at any 

 other period of the year. We shall be 

 pleased to hear from any one who will 

 assist in the matter. 



TO CORRESPONDENTS. 



Geo. T. Miller, Gateshead.— We shall be 

 glad to have the Diptera and pupa you 

 name. Send your marked list of Lepidoptera, 

 we will endeavor to make you some return. 



EXCHANGE. 



Duplicates: E. blandina, E. biepunctaria, B. 

 peyla, C. Dduta, N, C-nigvum. — Tom Robson, 

 Bellerby Terrace, West Hartlepool. 



Duplicates :—Oxyacanthce, JSuffusa, Bufiim. 

 Chi, Cardui. Desiderata : — Atalanta, Io, &c. 

 — Geo. Greenwood, ii ( Telford St., Bradford. 



I want one or two old Dotterell skins for 

 fishing tackle. — S. L. Mosley, Woodside Road, 

 Beaumont Park, Huddersfield. 



NOTES CAPTURES, &C, 



Camptogramma Fluviata at Wallasey. — 

 I have to record the capture of a fine female 

 Gaw/ptogramma fluviata at Wallasey, on the 

 30th ult. — Ed. Roper-Curzon, 8, Nevin Street, 

 West Derby Road, Liverpool. 



Captures at Bradfohd. — I, being a sub- 

 scriber to your paper — The Young Naturalist— 

 and seeing from time to time notes of captures. 

 I am only a beginner, but in sugaring, last 

 Friday night, the 2-fth, just outside Bradford, 



