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THE ENTOMOLOGIST’S WEEKLY INTELLIGENCER. 
have received one bag from Mr. G. King, 
which promises to be a productive im- 
portation. I have no maudlin sympathy 
for ants, consequently don’t scruple to 
have a few hundreds of thousands quietly 
kidnapped and sent here with their 
building materials, but should certainly 
prefer their being left at home, if pos- 
sible. This morning 1 had from 0 a. m. 
to 8 a. m. with them, and after disposing 
of some thousands of ants I got at 
the beetles. First, a little yellow-tailed 
Staph., — another and another, — oh! no 
end of them. All one species, though ! — 
no ! there’s another species, and a fine 
fellow. Come, I can see this ; but what 
is that dust moving about ? Why, under 
a powerful glass, they are not dust but 
beetles! Yes, and scores of them ; and, 
thought I, if I can find any one to care 
about these atoms I shall have plenty to 
give. I have placed the bag in a cool 
outhouse, and purpose examining its 
contents more at my leisure. — C. S. 
Geegson, Fletcher Grove , Stanley , near 
Liverpool; May 3. 
EXCHANGE. 
Duplicates. — I have bred specimens of 
the following, and have them to spare: — 
Papilio Machaon. 
Saturnia Pavonia-minor (also eggs). 
Anticlea Badiata. 
liypogynina Dispar (larva:). 
I shall be glad to exchange for either of 
the under-mentioned: — 
Thecla Belulae, 
„ Pruni, 
or any local species. — Gkokge Lumb, 
Kirkgate , Wakefield ; May 2. 
Exchange . — I have the following for 
exchange:— Nos. 16, 18, 19, 29, 33, 48, 
52, 53, 99, 104, 130, 146, 176, 210, 227, 
280, 293, 297, 389, 390, 391, in good 
condition, for eggs, larvae or pupae of the 
under-mentioned : — 15, 87, 88, 90, 96, 
97, 98, 105, 106, 119, 124, 159, 184.— 
R. Boyd, 186, South Street, Park, Shef- 
field. 
The end of the Brown Tails. — The 
applications I have received for the larvae 
of P. Chysorrhcea have far exceeded my 
expectations. I have distributed nearly 
700, in batches varying from twelve to 
twenty, and my stock is quite exhausted. 
This day week the postman brought the 
boxes in a separate bag, and suggested 
to the servant the propriety of her 
“ bringing a clotbes-basKet” to take them 
in. I hope to take a further supply in 
about a fortnight, and will then send a 
supply to those gentlemen who have not 
yet received them, and hope they will 
not be disappointed at my inability to 
send them at present. — R. W. Wright, 
4, Gloucester Terrace, Victoria- Park 
Road, Hackney, N.E. ; May 9. 
MR. STAINTON’S EXCURSION TO 
WEST WICKHAM. 
The weather, which remained perse- 
veringly cold up to Friday, on Saturday 
changed for the better, and that day 
(though by no means oppressively hot) 
was pleasant and genial. 
Two entomologists met Mr. Stainton 
at Beckenham church, and two others 
were met with iu the wood, but nothing 
of extraordinary rarity fell to the lot of any 
of the party. Yet„on second thoughts, 
perhaps this can hardly be quite true, as 
one gentleman (we feel we ought not to 
call him an entomologist) showed Mr. 
Stainton an insect, and enquired ( Proh 
jmdor!) whether it was a bug or a 
beetle? Now if this insect was so con- 
structed that its position was positively 
doubtful whether it ought to be referred 
