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THE ENTOMOLOGIST’S WEEKLY INTELLIGENCER. 
attempts are successful. But we doubt 
much if the real Cuviers thus eliminated 
will be disposed to vanity — vanity im- 
plying a love of self, not of the subject 
of study, and we don’t wish to grow a 
few Cuviers because Cuvier was a great 
man, but because he was of great use to 
Science. 
The Entomologist’s Weekly Intel- 
ligencer may be obtained 
Wholesale, of E. Newman, 9, Devon- 
shire Street, Bishopsgate ; and of 
W. Kent Sc Co., 51 & 52, Pater- 
noster Row'. 
Retail, of J. Van Voorst, 1, Paternoster 
Row; James Gardner, 52, High 
Holborn ; H. J. Harding, 1, York 
Street, Church Street, Shoreditch. 
&c. &c. See. 
All communications to be addressed to 
Mn. II. T. Stainton, Mounlsfield, 
Lewisham , near London , in time to 
reach him by Wednesday in each week 
at the latest. No notice xuill be 
taken of anonymous communications. 
Mr. Stainton will be at home, as 
usual, on Wednesday next, at 6 p. m. 
Trains by the North Kent Railway leave 
London Bridge at 5.30, 6.0, and 6.45, 
returning from the Lewisham Station at 
9.13, 10.23, and 10.43, p. m. 
On these occasions Mr. Stainton is 
happy to see any entomologist above 14 
years of age (whether previously known 
to him or not), who may wish to look 
at his collection or consult him on any 
entomological matter. 
ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. 
T. C., Glasgow'. — It woidd be prema- 
ture to talk at present of a second edition 
of the ‘ Insecta Britannica, Lepidoptera 
Tineina,’ as the additions to be made to 
the volume are not yet very exten- 
sive, and it will be belter to postpone a 
reprint for five or ten years longer. There 
must be many copies in the hands of sub- 
scribers who do not make use of them. 
All the information as to habits, localities 
and times of appearance will be found 
compressed into the second edition of the 
* Entomologist’s Companion ’ (John Van 
Voorst, Paternoster Row: price 3s.) 
A. N., Bristol. — The larva of En- 
nomos illustraria feeds, according to 
Freyer, on oak and birch, sometimes it 
occurs on alder, and in captivity it will 
eat hazel and willow. It does not, there- 
fore, appear to be very particular about 
its food. 
E. G. C., Brighton. — We should be 
very glad to receive a report of the pro- 
ceedings of the proposed association ; we 
cannot promise to print in extenso, but 
we will publish the pith of all reports of 
local Entomological Societies that reach 
us- Misclia Aprilina is a very common 
insect. 
B. H. P. — We have no recommendable 
descriptive work of all the Coleoptera. 
If you read French, you would like Leon 
Fairmaire’s ‘ Faune Entomologique Fran- 
qaise:’ see ‘Entomologist’s Annual, 
1856, p. 154. 
A Youthful Entomologist. — Tbe 
larvae are those of Bryophila perla ; they 
feed on the lichen that grows on old 
walls: you will find it noticed at p. 12 of 
‘Practical Hints.’ 
J. P. T. — Cossus liyniperda is gene- 
rally collected in the larva state. We 
have always understood that the larva of 
P. Macliaon would eat fennel. 
W. L., Clerkenwell. — Larva’ on ivy 
between united leaves are most probably 
those of Torlrix adjunclana ( l'orstcrana , 
we used to call it). 
Setting Boards. — We should be glad 
to hear of a shop in an accessible part of 
London, where serviceable setting-boards 
