THE ENTOMOLOGIST’S WEEKLY INTELLIGENCER. 
127 
the ‘ Intelligencer,’ as to the time of col- 
lecting the fallen acorns, I have bred a 
fine series of this species. — C. Healy, 
4, Bath Place , Haggerstone ; July 9. 
Carpocapsa Splendana. — I am now 
breeding a fine series of this insect from 
acorns picked off the trees (not off the 
ground) last year. The acorns were 
placed in a glass with some sand at the 
bottom ; the larvae formed a cocoon with 
portions of the sand. I then removed 
the acorns, which were getting mouldy, 
and the result is as above. I specially 
mention the picking off the trees, as I 
was afterwards told by a friend that those 
picked off the trees were not so good as 
those which had fallen on the ground. 
Can any of the readers of the ‘ Intelli- 
gencer’ inform me where I can get Arge 
Galathea near London? — A. D. Taylor, 
85, Nelson Square, Snow's Fields, Ber- 
mondsey. 
Habits of Diplodoma marginipunctella. 
— You will probably recollect that M. 
Breyer showed you a Tinea- case, which 
you thought to be that of Margini- 
punctella. I found a similar case on the 
trunk of an oak tree, and I tried to rear 
it by offering it some lichen ; but as 
it would not eat lichen, it occurred 
to me to try it with insects. Accordingly 
I placed at its disposal a rather large 
weevil, which I had half-killed by way 
of precaution. The next morning the 
weevil was “ cleaned out,” and the elytra 
and head were adorning the case of the 
larva. I afterwards gave it a fly and a 
Torlrix ocellana, both which suffered the 
same fate. A few days afterwards the 
larva fastened up its case, and I thought 
it was going to change to a pupa, but on 
opening the case just now I perceive that 
the larva is dried up. It seems, however, 
no longer doubtful but that the larvae 
which fasten the debris of insects to their 
cases are carnivorous. I do not maintain 
that they feed exclusively on insects; 
perhaps they also feed on lichen, or on 
something else unknown to us, and that 
may be the cause of our repeated failures 
in our attempts to rear the perfect in- 
sects. — E. Fologne, Rue du Marais , 
S. 5, No. 16, Brussels ; June 30. 
EXCHANGE. 
Stilpnolia Salicis. — Any gentleman in 
want of this insect can have it by sending 
box and return postage. — J. Balding, 
15, Lynn Road, Wisbech ; July 5. 
Selenia Illustraria . — I have eggs of 
this species, which I shall be happy to 
exchange for either 42, 43, 44 or 53, as 
numbered in the Appendix to the ‘ Ma- 
nual;’ larvae or pupae preferred, as only 
perfect insects will be of use to me. 
Should my offer prove acceptable to any 
one, I should be glad to hear from parties 
before insects are sent. — R. H.Fremlin, 
Wateringbury , Kent; July 11. 
Stop! — “It was lucky, sir,” said my 
servant to me one morning, “ that I 
chanced to take a good large basket with 
me to the village, or I don’t know how 
I should have brought up all your 
letters ; the bag wasn’t much use. The 
postmaster is gone too, they say to Lon- 
don ; I should think, sir, he’s frightened 
about it.” My fears about the postmaster 
were relieved by hearing that his family 
and a carpet-bag had joined him in his 
flight, and by remembering that it was 
Whitsuntide! He has since been heard 
of! But now, ad rein, I beg to say that 
all my larvae of L. Trifolii have long 
been sent away. The notice, from being 
posted on a Tuesday, did not appear till 
the following Saturday week, and by cou- 
sequence, when applications came for a 
greater quantity of larvae than I pos- 
sessed, it was too late for me to collect 
any more. Another and worse misfortune 
resulted also from the delay ; I had to 
leave home for some days, and during 
my absence the larvae were smothered 
with food, and one or two hundred died. 
