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nights near another smaller wood pro- 
duced a few things. Acronycta slrigosa 
was taken also by another collector. My 
captures included X. sublustris, C. cythe- 
rea, Spcelolis ravida (in plenty), Cosmia 
pyralina, T/iyatira batis and derasa, also 
ten of the beautiful Ilylophila Quercana. 
I have also soin a few specimens of Lcelia 
cccnosa just coining out, and also some of 
Pliragmatobia fuliginosa, of this year’s 
rearing, and plenty of Papilio Machaon, 
if any of your correspondents want speci- 
mens ; hut I hope I may be better treated 
now than I was by one collector (I spare 
his name), who asked for a lot of things 
in the ‘ Intelligencer,’ and also offered 
others. I sent a box of pupae, and offered 
him others if he wished, but he neither 
acknowledged or thanked me in any way. 
Can any Dorsetshire collector send me 
Pamphila Actceon? — Alfred F. Sealey, 
70, Trumpington Street, Cambridge; 
August 2, J856. 
Lost, an Entomologist ; J. Cowmeadow , 
Esq., Jun. — A box of insects was for- 
warded by me to the above-named gen- 
tleman six or seven weeks ago. Having 
received no acknowledgment of its arrival, 
I fear it must have miscarried. Should 
this meet his eye, he will perhaps com- 
municate with me, and give me his ad- 
dress. It would be very desirable if 
correspondents always added the county 
in which their residence is situated. I 
avail myself of this opportunity to give 
in my name to the list of those who hope 
to see the ‘Intelligencer’ continued 
throughout the winter ; I sincerely trust it 
may, since I for one should miss it very 
much. — J. Gbeene, Playford, Ipswich, 
Suffolk ; August 2, 1856. 
Parchment Labels for Posting Boxes . — 
I have had many letters enquiring how I 
manage my boxes, as“ we cannot make out 
how to attach the parchment.” Now, to 
save trouble, will you insert the following 
description of it : — Glue or fasten securely 
to the inside of the cover of the box a 
piece of parchment (sufficiently large to 
stick on the address, and postage stamp), 
which must project from the end of the 
box : on the top and bottom of the box, 
write in large letters, ‘ Please stamp on 
the parchment.’ And be sure to stick the 
pins well into the cork, and all specimens 
with large bodies should have pins put 
across the abdomen, for one loose body 
will destroy a box of insects. I have 
written to Rowland Hill, asking him to 
issue orders to all clerks that they must 
stamp only on the labels of such boxes: 
he says “ he will give it early attention.” 
If so, then we are safe in sending by post 
by this plan, for I have had many, and 
only two have bad the contents injured, 
these bore the post-marks Birmingham 
and Glasgow. — E. S. Norcombe, Ileavi- 
tree, Exeter ; August 4, 1856. 
Captures near Exeter. — I have taken 
Geometra papilionaria, Angerona pru- 
naria, Eurymene dolobraria, Macaria al- 
ternaria, Emmelesia albularia and Eupi- 
thecia succenturiana. I have duplicates 
of Melanthia amniculana . — Ibid. 
New Contrivance for rearing Larvce . — 
Having found it very difficult to feed 
small larvae, I have now adopted the fol- 
lowing plan, which is very successful, as 
the food-plant does not require to be 
changed oflener than once a week, and 
with some food not even then: — Take a 
large flat dish, into which place a small 
saucer ; fill both dish and saucer with 
water up to the rim of the saucer ; on 
the saucer place a piece of thin board or 
cork having a number of small holes, 
through which you can place the stems 
of the food-plant into the water below. 
Let there be not less than half-an-inch 
between the sides of the board and the 
dish, which will prevent the larvae escap- 
ing. On the board place a pill-box with 
loose earth for the caterpillars to change 
in. When you find any have disappeared 
from the food, remove the box and sub- 
stitute another. — Ibid. 
Tinea Merdella. — I have examined 
my friend N. Cooke’s Tinea Merdella and 
