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THE ENTOMOLOGIST’S WEEKLY INTELLIGENCER. 
able to enjoy the pleasure incidental to 
the increasing circulation of the labours 
of his youth. 
All communications to le addressed to 
Mr. H. T. Stainton, Mountsfeld, 
Lewisham , near London , in time to 
reach him by Wednesday in each week 
at the latest. A'o notice ivill be 
taken of anonymous communications. 
Mr. Stainton will he at home, as 
usual, on Wednesday next, at 6 i>. m. 
Trains by the North Kent Railway leave 
London Bridge at 5.30, (5.0, and 6.45, 
returning from the Lewisham Station at 
9.13, 10.23, and 10.43, p. m. 
ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. 
E. H. and W. G., Macouff. — The 
larval in the holly-leaves are those of, a 
Dipterous insect, Phytomyza Aquifolia, 
very common everywhere. 
E. A. — Notices of habits of species 
will always be acceptable; descriptions, 
further than as guides to the uninitiated 
what to look for , would not be suitable 
for our columns. 
A Young Entomologist. — The larva 
of O. Po tutor ia feeds on coarse grasses 
growing by the sides of ditches and 
hedge-banks. The larvae you have found 
on nettle are probably Arctia caja. 
Hyale was common last autumn in 
many places, commoner than it has been 
since 1842. 
W. T., Truro. — It is unfortunately 
quite true that the volume of the ‘ Insecta 
Britannica, Lepidoplera Tineina,’ is out 
of print. The following advertisement 
lately appeared in the ‘ Athenaeum ’ : — 
“To Subscribers to the ‘Insecta 
Britannica.’ — Any subscriber not caring 
to retain bis copy of the third volume 
(Stainton’s Lepidoptera Tineina) may 
hear of a purchaser by applying to 
Edward Newman, 9, Devonshire Street, 
Bishopsgate Street. 25 s. will be paid 
for a clean copy.” 
E. G. C., Brighton. — An offer of 
duplicates of Tliyatria derasa appeared 
in our first number at p. 7. Sinapis 
does occur near Brighton. Are you 
quite sure the Andrena found in the old 
cottage in Oxfordshire is really Aprilina ? 
R. K. — Tf your chrysalides have been 
kept in dry sand all the winter, they are 
probably dead ; though insects in the 
chrysalis state can do with very little 
moisture, they must have some. A mix- 
ture of sand and vegetable mould, kept 
moist by having wet moss placed on the 
top, is the best treatment for chrysalides. 
J. N. W., Chelsea. — Had the larva 
on the tobacco-plant a horn at the tail ? 
Any entomologist above fourteen years 
of age is admitted with pleasure at 
Mr. Stainton’s on Wednesday evenings; 
and the more ignorant the tyro the more 
desirable it is he should come. 
R. H. F., Wateringburv. — Whether 
your larvae are rarities or not, if you wish 
to breed from the imagos produced, you 
must get more than two larvae, or you 
will he counting your chickens before 
they are hatched. 
T. B., Bristol. — Your Geometra larva 
is probably that of Bnarmia roboraria ; 
it is waiting for the young oak-leaves. 
COMMUNICATIONS. 
Nocluidce flying in the day time . — 
Mr. Douglas seems rather surprised to 
sec Noctuidae Hying in the sun at sallow- 
blooms. I have seen there the little 
Tamiocampa cruda on more than one 
occasion, with two or three other species, 
at their favourite food. — II. J. Harding, 
1 , 1 or/c St ret t, Church Street , Shoreditch ; 
April 24, 185(5. 
