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THE ENTOMOLOGIST’S WEEKLY INTELLIGENCER. 
four years unpublished. No papers 
were published in the year 1844. Of 
the seventeen papers read in 1842 two 
were published the same year, four in 
1843, nine in 1845, and two in 1847 — 
that is, nearly two-thirds were published 
three years after they had been read. 
It would appear that, as the year of 
the fewest papers was the year in 
which there was least delay in publica- 
tion, the Society was really suflfering at 
that time under a pressure of papers, 
authors being, in fact, too prolific, and 
piles of read papers accumulating on 
the desk of the Secretary faster than 
the printer could dispose of them. 
The Entomologist’s Weekly Intel- 
LiGENCEK may be obtained 
Wholesale of E. Newman, 9 Devon- 
shire Street, Bishopsgate, and of 
W. Kent & Co. 51 & 52 Pater- 
noster Row. 
All communications to he addressed to 
Mr. H. T. Statnton, Mountsjield, 
Lev>isham,near London, S.E. No notice 
will be taken of anonymous communica- 
tions. 
Change of Address. — Having left 
Easton Street, my address is now — 
W. Gates, 17, Providence Place, King’s 
Cross; April 1, 1861. 
TO CORBESPONDBNTS. 
F. H., Regensburg. — I gut erhalten. 
Viele Dank. 
H.-S. — E. N. has safely received the 
copies of the Verzeichniss. 
W. A. E., Cheam. — Single specimens 
take freaks occasionally and appear at 
irregular times. 
CAPTURES. 
Lepidoptera. 
Amphidasis Prodromaria. — I have 
much pleasure in announcing ray capture 
of a few specimens of A. Prodromaria in 
Dunham Park, on the trunks of oak, 
after several unsuccessful attempts, one 
pair in cop,, and I hope to secure a batch 
of eggs ; they seemed to be most plentiful 
on the 24th ult.— W. Worthington, 
10, Meredith Street, Hulme, Manchester ; 
March 31, 1861. 
Captures at Sugar. — Mr. Worsnop and 
I having tried the sallows several times 
in vain, proceeded on Saturday night to 
try the sugar-pot; the result was that we 
succeeded in taking eighty-six specimens 
of Cerastis Vaccinii and thirty of Sco- 
pelosoma Satellitia, and could have taken 
many more of them, they being very 
plentiful. — J. Hebden, Sandal Common, 
near Wakefield; March 25, 1861. 
An Evening at West Wickham in 
JliarcA.— Saturday, the 23rd, being a 
most lovely day here, the sun quite 
warm, aud scarcely any wind, we deter- 
mined to pay a visit to the above locality 
to sugar, and to have a look at the 
sallows; and accordingly we started by 
the half-past three o’clock train to Beck, 
enham. On the palings in our way we 
only found one male A. .Escularia. We 
soon got to the wood, aud immediately 
commenced beating : T. Hyemana was 
the first, and (with the exception of a 
solitary P. Ferrugana) the only species 
captured till about six o’clock, when 
C. Fagella appeared on the scene, and 
engaged us picking out varieties until it 
was sugaring time. We painted about 
eighty trees along the main path, and 
then took up our station near some 
blooming sallow-bushes: we had not 
been there a couple of minutes when a 
large Noctua came dashing over; this 
great unknown was speedily captured, 
and we were just able in the twilight to 
