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THE ENTOMOLOGIST’S WEEKLY INTELLIGENCER. 
57, 70, 74, 103, 108 (?), 147, 173, 208, 
240, 336 to 338, 340, 342, 343, 356, 357, 
360, 363, 364, 366, 368, 369, 370, 373, 
380, 381 , 384, 4 10, 4 15, 424, 432, 465 (not 
good), 470, 485, 509, 540, 557, 558, 561, 
586, 591, 596, 658, 676, 700, 784, 799, 
819, 837, 870, 880, 1092, 1137, 1214. 
The number of several of these species 
is limited. I shall be glad to receive 
lists of duplicates from parties in want 
of the above. — James Bryant, 63, Old 
Broad Street, London , E.C. 
Exchange. — I have duplicates of the 
following, as numbered in the Appendix 
to the ‘Manual’: — Nos. 26, 27, 31, 73, 
91, 106, 107, 137, 213, 257, 297, 304, 
354, 361, 380, 402, 461, 462 and 497. 
Applicants will please to write first, and 
all not receiving an answer within seven 
days will please to infer their offer is of 
no service. — W. Watson, Little Eaton , 
near Derby ; Nov. 13. 
POOR 1860! 
To the Editor of the ‘Intelligencer.' 
Sir, — How much poor 1860 has been 
abused your pages testify. No end of fire- 
side men have had a glorious grumble 
since 1860 was washed in : some few prac- 
tical men too have had a fling at it, but 
these generally only because it was a wet 
one, and so prevented them practising the 
various expedients they are wont to 
adopt to discover the whereabouts of 
their pets. To those who depend upon 
sugar the year now closing has been 
almost a blank, in some places, since the 
end of June ; but July gave a rich crop 
at sugar in Scotland. Butterflies have 
scarcely been seen on the wing this year, 
yet, strange to say, I never saw so many 
butterfly larvae as I did this year ; and 
the larvae of Thecla W-album were never 
taken in such profusion as they were by 
the Sheffield collectors last spring. But- 
terfly larvae are now feeding freely; I 
took several specimens of C. Phltcas and 
the Common Blue three days ago, whilst 
larvse-hunling with Sergeant Johnson, of 
Old Swan : in addition to these butter- 
fly larvae we took (between 10 a.m. and 
dark) above one thousand larva;. This 
seems incredible to those who never go 
larvae-bunting, but to any old larva- 
hunter it is only a good day’s work at 
this season of the year; and it will seem 
the more incredible to those who are 
content to take the beaten tract of sugar 
on a given day for a given species. 
Butterflies have not been seen on the 
wing much this year I grant, but I can- 
not grant that they were not in the 
winged state, because I met with them 
in all sorts of out-of-the-way places 
during the spring and summer months, 
when larvaa-hunting; and that moths 
have not been scarce the following notes 
would seem to imply: I purposely select 
a day in each month when some friend 
was with me, or when I was with some 
friend. 
April. Mr. Greening with me at 
Crosby; took about 500 larvae of Orgyia 
Fascelina between us. 
May. With Mr. Butler and Mr. Rox- 
bourgh; took a great quantity of the 
larvae of Eupithecia sobrinata. 
June. On the sand hills at Wallasey; 
met Mr. Birchall there; took very many 
Noctuae larvae, principally Agrotis. At 
night sugared; moths in profusion; took 
eleven of Mamestra Albicolon at sugar, 
very fine. Did not find one this day by 
bank-raking, usually the best plan. Three 
escaped from the sugar. 
July. On Ridley Moss, with Mr. 
Greening ; once or twice driven off by 
the rain ; persevered until we had a fine 
night, and were rewaided with many 
