THE ENTOMOLOGISTS VEEKLY INTELLIGENCER. 
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glad to hear wlierein the larvae and mine 
of Elachista luticomella differ from those 
of Elachista alricomella, both forming 
straight linear mines in the leaves of 
Dacti/ Us glomerata. 
I should he glad to receive some larvae 
of Elachista Gregsoni , with some of the 
grass in which it feeds, in flower. I 
should also he glad to receive larvae of 
E. albifrontella in Aira ccespitosa, of E. 
Gleichenella, and of E. bialomella, in 
their respective species of Carex. To 
those who wish to know the form and 
appearance of the mines of Elachista 
larvae, I shall be most happy to forward 
samples on application. 
I shall be very glad to receive larvae of 
Gelechia Cerealella, if any unfortunate 
person has them in his possession. The 
larvae of Aclela DeGeerella and Gracila- 
ria Ononidis will also he highly accept- 
able. The larva of Coleopliora juncico- 
lella should now be looked for on the 
shoots of heath : has any one found it? — 
H. T. Stainton; March 31, 1856. 
MR. CURTIS’S LIBRARY AND 
COLLECTION. 
We learn, on good authority, that it is 
the intention of Mr. Curtis to dispose of 
his valuable Library of Entomological 
and other Scientific Works, and also of 
his fine exotic collections of Coleoptcra, 
Dermaptera , Dictyoptera , Orthoptera, 
Hemiptera, and Aptera. We sincerely 
trust that this step has not been imposed 
upon Mr. Curtis by the impaired state of 
his eye-sight, which, as our readers well 
know, has been seriously affected by the 
severe strain to which his eyes were ex- 
posed during the completion of the 
Plates of the British Entomology — 
Plates which for accuracy and artistic 
talent not only place Mr. Curtis in the 
first rank of Entomological Artists, but 
actually leave him without a second. 
NOTICES OF BOOKS. 
Practical Hints respecting Moths 
and Butterflies; with notices of 
their localities , forming a Calendar of 
Entomological Operations throughout 
the year in pursuit of Lepidoptera. By 
Richard Shield. Price 3s. Van 
Voorst. 
Here we have a very serviceable little 
book, containing much practical informa- 
tion, written by a working-man : we 
know how apt in the busy time of the 
season we all are to grasp at more than 
we can accomplish, and to collect larvae, 
&c., ad infinitum , merely to starve them 
at home; hear then what Mr. Shield 
says at the conclusion of the chapter for 
March : — 
“And I would now say a word to the 
tyro at the commencement of the season 
to avoid carelessness and inattention ; it 
is lost labour, as far as Entomology is 
concerned, to go out into the woods and 
fields, collect a number of larvae, bring 
them home, put them with their food 
into his breeding-cages, and leave them 
to chance. This will not do ; they must 
be supplied with fresh food as often as 
the other gets stale; it must never be 
allowed to get mouldy, if it does the 
larvae soon become sickly, and eventually 
die.” 
From the chapter for April the follow- 
ing selection will probably induce a large 
number of our readers at once to procure 
Mr. Shield’s book. 
“ How like our life is an April day; 
changeable, fickle and uncertain, com- 
posed of hopes and fears, clouds and sun- 
shine, smiles and tears; grieving over 
some sorrow, bowed down by some cala- 
mity, we are, perhaps, tempted to repine ; 
but when the misfortune presses hardest 
upon us, and the grief is nearest to our 
hearts, when all around seems dark and 
hopeless, the cloud rolls away, sunshine 
