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THE ENTOMOLOGIST’S WEEKLY INTELLIGENCES. 
We said we wrote this for the rising 
generation, but do such as proceed 
thus belong to it? Are they of those 
that rise P Should we not rather ex- 
pect them to keep stationary, or even 
to fall backwards ? Viewed in this 
light, a mity collection is a fearful 
sight ! 
For those unfortunate persons who 
possess mites in their collections, and 
are anxious to get rid of them (for 
alas! some persons show no anxiety 
on the subject), we give the following 
recipe, which we have always found 
infallible, and which was highly ap- 
proved of by the late James Francis 
Stephens : 
Equal parts of Oil of Thyme, Oil 
of Anise and Spirits of Wine. 
Let a drop of this be placed on the 
under side of a highly infected speci- 
men; and let a drop or two be placed 
in each corner of the drawer and box. 
If we see mites again in a collection, 
we shall know that the owner does not 
object to their presence there, because 
if they were objectionable, they would 
not be allowed to be there. 
The Entomologist’s Weekly Intel- 
ligencer 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 be addressed to 
Mr. H. T. Statnton, Mountsfield , 
Lewisham, near London, S.E. A o notice 
will be taken of anonymous communica- 
tions. 
Change of Address.— Having left 
2, Old Cambridge Terrace, my address is 
now — C. E. Challis, 2, Binjield Place , 
Clapham Road, S. 
TO CORRESPONDENTS. 
J. Me. J .— \\*e do not recognise your 
larva. 
E. G. — JEgon is not a variety of 
Alexis. The moths begin in No. 4. 
Wood’s ‘ Index Entomologicus’ has the 
best coloured figures. 
R. T . — Acheta Campestris. Your in- 
sect is probably the larva of one of the 
rarer Acrida. 
CAPTURES. 
Lepidoptera. 
Colias Edusa and Cynthia Cardui . — 
Having travelled down the Great W estern 
about a week after Mr. Galton (Intel. 
No. 147), I also noticed Colias Edusa 
all the way along the line, at intervals, 
from Didcot to Gloucester, also Cynthia 
Cardui occasionally. On the 23rd inst. 
I captured, in my hand, a specimen of 
M acroylossa Stella tarurw, notwithstanding 
its swift flight: it is a good deal earlier 
than I noticed them last year. — J. E. 
Ollivant, Llandaff; July 25. 
Limenitis Sibylla . — As the Isle of 
Wight is not mentioned in the ‘ Manual ’ 
as one of the localities of this insect, 
1 thought it might be interesting to your 
readers to know that it is to be caught 
there. Yesterday, while I was out col- 
lecting, I caught two specimens in a wood 
about a mile this side of Brading. It is 
true they were in a very imperfect condi- 
tion, but there was no mistake about their 
being L. Sibylla. — J. D. Pinnook, Byam 
House, The Strand, Ryde, Isle of Wight. 
Deilephila Galii . — On 1 uesday last, 
the 26th inst., about 1 o’clock, p. m., 1 had 
