THE ENTOMOLOGIST’S WEEKLY INTELLIGENCER. 
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March ; larva made up into pupa on 
the 24th of May ; emerged from pupa 
on the 22ud ol June; got fertilized eggs 
from six females ou the 24th. They de- 
posited into chip-boxes ; I took oft' the 
lids, covered over the boxes with gauze, 
and put them in the garden, there to 
stay until 1860, unless wanted by some 
friends. On examining them I find four 
of the boxes covered with dead larva in- 
stead of eggs, they having hatched. I 
think this is not a regular custom of 
theirs. I have also the second brood 
this year of both Smerinthus Ocellatus 
and Populi in the breeding-cage, but 
very diminutive and very poor colour, 
though the larva were equally fine when 
they went down.— W. Talbot, Mount 
Pleasant, Wakefield; August 28. 
Smerinthus Populi double-brooded . — 
I am able to corroborate the statement 
nyide by Mr. Mathews, in last week’s 
* Iutelligencer,’ that this species is double- 
brooded. I had a pair brought me on 
on the 4th of June last, the eggs from 
which hatched on the 15th of that month. 
The larva were fed up and “ took to 
earth ” at the end of July and beginning 
of August, and perfect insects, from 
which I have now eggs, appeared on the 
loth of August and following days. The 
larva were fed in a room in which there 
is no fire, the food-plant being kept in 
water. — George Tindall, Grove Street, 
Huddersfield; August 29. 
[We feel obliged for this and several 
other similar communications, but they 
establish nothing. A friend told us in 
the train the other day that he gathered 
i raspberries in his garden last January. 
Are we to conclude thence that rasp- 
berries produce two crops of fruit every 
year, one in January and one in July ? 
No one doubts that eggs of Smerinthi 
laid in summer frequently produce moths 
the same year ; but no one believes that 
every egg laid before a certain date does 
so. In these days we hear of precocious 
children, why not precocious caterpillars ?] 
EXCHANGE. 
Noctua Neglecta. — I have lately taken 
a fine series of this insect, and shall be 
glad to exchange a set of that or L. Ob- 
solete for good specimens of either of the 
following 207, 221, 228, 229, 241, 246 
to 250, 263, 270, 276, 277, 279, 299, 315, 
320, 321, 325, 327, 345, 365, 377 to 379, 
383,385 to 389,391,395,404 to 407, 422, 
442, 446 to 450, 455 to 460, 475, 477, 
492, 493.— W . H. Allchin, 7, Pembridge 
Villas, Bay swater ; August 30. 
Coleophora Argentula. — The larva of 
this species is very abundant in the old 
Chelsea Water-Works, as also is that of 
Gelechia Alriplicella. I shall be happy 
to send either to those who may want 
them, on receipt of a prepaid box and 
return postage. The former affords a good 
instance of the rapid increase of a species 
under favourable circumstances. Last 
year I worked for several hours in the 
same spot for the same species, and only 
succeeded in obtaining about a dozen 
cases.— H. S. Gorham, 10, Alfred Street, 
Montpelier Square, Brampton, S. IV. 
Exchange.— I have a locust, which I 
should like to exchange for A. Alropos . — 
F. Shepherd, Cedars House, Tonbridge . 
Exchange. — I have Euperia Fulvago, 
in good condition, to exchange for any of 
the undermentioned : — 
Thecla Betulae, 
„ Pruni, 
Polyommatus Arion, 
Gastropacha Ilicifolia, 
Clisiocampa Castrensis, 
or any of the Drepana.— George Lumb, 
Kirkgate, Wakefield; August 29. 
Exchange . — I have a few good dupli- 
cates of Papilio Machaon, which I should 
be very glad to exchange, if possible, for 
Colias Hyale, 
*Thecla Pruni, 
* „ W-album, 
^Polyommatus Arion, 
Acherontia Atropos. 
