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hints), but it is not necessary that we 
should advertise their names and ad- 
dresses, unless they wish it. 
C. D. S. — Your larva is the Drinker 
( Odonestis potatoria) ; it feeds on grass, 
and is very common. In writing to an 
eutomologist who has advertised that he 
has specimens in duplicate, it is not cus- 
tomary to send postage-stamps, but if 
you are unable to return him any insects 
he wants, when you return him his box 
it may be courteous to enclose postage- 
stamps for the amount he has expended 
in sending insects to you. 
B. W. P. — Your larvre are, no doubt, 
those of Coleophora lineolea feeding on 
Ballota nigra (Black Horehound). For 
an account of the peculiar mode of feed- 
ing of that genus of Tineina see ‘ Ento- 
mologist’s Companion,’ Second Edition, 
p. 61. 
F. M., Birmingham. — There are no 
lists, at present , printed on one side only 
for labelling, those of Mr. Doubleday 
being now all sold. You will find a list 
of the butterflies stitched up in No. 2 of 
the ‘ Manual this is not intended as 
part of the work, but to be used for label- 
ling collections. Mr. Gosse’s ‘ Marine 
Aquarium,’ Van Voorst, price 2s. 6d., 
will probably assist you. For setting 
Lepidoptera see instructions in * Ento- 
mologist’s Annual,' 1855, Second Edition ; 
lor relaxing them place them on moist 
sand, in a tight vessel, and leave them 
for twelve or twenty-four hours. 
J. B., Wisbech. — We intend to pub- 
lish a list of additional entomologists in 
next year’s ‘ Annual.’ We have already 
fifty new correspondents since the publi- 
cation of No. 1 of the ‘Intelligencer;’ 
any names you can send us at the close 
of the season will be useful. D. Pinas- 
tri is now considered common. Feed 
the young larvae with their proper food, 
for though it may be assumed that the 
parent moth only lays the eggs on what 
the larvae will eat, those eggs which are 
laid in a pill-box will not produce larvae 
that will thrive upon the lining. Cold 
laurel-leaves are active enough. 
S. B. — S. Libatrix hybernates. 
F. G. — You will be turned out of 
Cootnbe Wood if you go there without 
an order; we do not know how an order 
is to be obtained ; perhaps some of our 
readers can enlighten ns in this respect. 
W. P., Junr. — W e sent your gnats to 
Mr. F. Walker, who writes it “ is Chiro- 
nomus pedellus ; it is generally distri- 
buted, and occurs in great abundance at 
this season when the weather is rainy.” 
Matthew enquires what has become 
of the Entomological Club? and whether 
it is defunct or not? We believe it to be 
in a very decrepit, semi-torpid state, 
“ It eats and drinks and sleeps ; what then? 
It sleeps and drinks and eats again.” 
It will probably be heard of at Birch 
Wood in the summer; and rumour says 
it will be marshalled this week, not far 
from the Royal Exchange. 
COMMUNICATIONS. 
Polyommatus Argiolus (Lep.). — Im- 
mense quantities of this insect were 
taken in Sutton Park on the 11th inst. 
One of my entomological friends, who 
arrived rather late in the day, took up- 
wards of sixty specimens. — F. Mevek, 
Birmingham ; May 13, 1856. 
Cedestis farinalella (Lep. Tin.). — The 
fir miners I had met with here prove to 
be this species, instead of C. Piniariella 
as expected. — T. Wilkinson, Scar- 
borough; May 15, 1856. 
Unknown Lepidopterous larva. — Iu 
burrows beneath the bark of young oak 
trees, a correspondent of the ‘ Gardener’s 
Chronicle,’ has found the caterpillars of 
a small species of moth. What can this 
be? The larva of Chrysoclista Jlavicaput 
is unknown ; but can it be an oak- 
feeder? Besides it would not now be in 
