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miuently fnrcipated. Legs longer in com- 
parison of its size. 
Female with the antennae fuscous, con- 
colorous, 13-jointed,pedicellated. Thorax 
with disk pale fuscous. Halteres pale 
yellow. Oviduct slightly produced, pale 
yellow. 
The grey wings and pale yellow bodies 
tend to render these minute forms singu- 
larly beautiful under the microscope. — 
Ibid; May 1861. 
EXCHANGE. 
Odonestis Potatoria. — I have twenty- 
four larvae of this insect, which I should 
be glad to exchange for larvas of Poly- 
ommatus Alexis. I have also forty larvae 
of Abraxas Grossulariata to exchange for 
impregnated eggs of Gonepteryx Rhamni. 
Applicants should send their larvae first, 
then I will return my larvae in their 
boxes. — Henry Bird, Great Hallingbury 
Gardens, near Bishop Stortford, Herts ; 
May 22, 1861. 
Biston Hirtaria. — I shall be happy to 
send larvae of this species to any one in 
need of it, on receipt of a box with 
return postage. — R. W. Wright, 13, 
Gloucester Terrace, Victoria Park Road, 
Hackney, N.E. 
Birds' Eggs wanted in exchange for 
Lepidoptera. — I am in want of the fol- 
lowing birds’ eggs ; — 
Curlew, 
Redfooted Falcon, 
Little Grebe, 
Red Grouse, 
Hen Harrier, 
Hobby, 
Kingfisher, 
Kite, 
Merlin, 
Nightjar, 
Tawny Owl, 
Oystercatcher, 
Storm Petrel, 
Quail, 
Raven, 
Common Sandpiper, 
Great Gray Shrike, 
Common Snipe, 
Common Tern, 
Woodcock, 
W ryneck, 
for which I can oflfer the under-men- 
tioned Lepidoptera : — 
P. Machaon (4 bred), 
S. Tiliae (I bred), 
B. Prodromaria (5), 
S. Luuaria (2 bred), 
E. Cousignata (1), 
S. Dubitata (2), 
P. Cassinea (2), 
N. Dictaea (1), 
C. Ocularis (2 bred), 
X. Conspicillaris (1 bred), 
X. Petrificata (2), 
X. Semibrunnea (1). 
Please write first. Correspondents not 
hearing from me within a week will con- 
clude that their oflfers are not accepted. — 
G. H. Palmer, Clayfield House, Taun- 
ton ; May 24, 1861. 
NOTES AND QUERIES. 
BY R. m'LACHLAN. 
Lasiocampa Quercus. — Did Mr. Tyrer’s 
spring pupae produee Quercus or Cal- 
lunm P Information on this point might 
throw some light on the question as to 
the stability of the latter as a species. 
Cossus Ligniperda. — “ A. J. H.” (p.53) 
seems to wonder at what became of his 
larvae in a flower-pot. A few years since 
I had a number of these larvae, and 
placed them in a large flower-pot, also 
covering the lop wilh zinc, and, as an 
extra precaution, fixing the bottom of 
the pot firmly in the earth floor of a 
cellar, but still they disappeared, and I 
discovered that they worked their way 
out at the hole in the bottom, and 
through a gallery they formed in the 
earth. Some time afterwards, as the 
