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THE ENTOMOLOGIST’S WEEKLY INTELLIGENCEE. 
my idea was that any {gentleman visilinp; 
Colchester inifjht think it worth while to 
give me a call ; but I by no means in- 
tended, and therefore cannot undertake 
(as some persons seem to expect me), to 
forward insects to distant parts of the 
country.” — C. Hayward, Wa(er Lane, 
Colchester ; June lo. 
Cheap and useful Breeding-Cages. — Get 
a lot of jam-pots of various sizes, then find 
a tinman, who will make a series of lids 
for them with a narrow rim round the 
top ; next get a glazier to cut a piece of 
glass to fit eacli. The glass can be 
affixed to the tins with a little bees’- wax, 
and you will then have a cage in which 
you may breed either Macro or Micro 
Lepidoptera. I find them very use- 
ful; the food-plant will keep good in 
them for a week or ten days; you can 
easily examine and watch the changes in 
your larvae, and by putting a little sand 
(kept moist) in the bottom of the jars 
you may preserve any quantity of pupae 
all the winter. If a moth comes out it 
is sure to come to the glass at the top, 
and is easily seen, and if the tin lid fits 
the jar moderately tight the smallest 
larvae cannot escape. The cost varies 
from threepence to sixpence complete. 
I have tried several sorts of breeding- 
cages, but have found none so convenient 
or successful as the above. — H. Tayloh, 
4, Campbell Street, Hall Park, Maida 
Hill, London, W.; June 2. 
B ritish reptiles, birds 
and EGGS for Sale, at low prices, 
in first-rate condition. Skins of Birds : 
Scops Eared Owl, 4s. 6d. ; Bee Eater, 
4s. 6d. ; Nutcracker, 4s. 6d. ; Sylvia ga- 
lactotes, 8s. ; Dalmatian Regulus, 28s. 
Hggs : Whitetailed Eagle, 7s. (5d. ; 
Goshawk, Is. 9d. ; Fieldfare, 6d. ; 
Black Redstart, 6d. ; Great Sedge War- 
bler, 8d.; Blackwinged Stilt (Tangiers), 
5s. 6d.; Turnstone, 2s.; Glossy Ibis, 
5s. 6d. ; Golden Eagle, 16s.; Greenland 
Falcon, 28s.; Kite, 2s. 6d. ; Ashcoloured 
Harrier, 2s. 9d. ; Sylvia galactotes, 9s. ; 
Latham’s Pettichaps, 5d.; Crested Tit, 
6d. ; Little Ringed Plover, Is.; Hoopoe, 
Is. 2d.; Crane, 6s. Reptiles: Finely 
stuffed Rana Esculenta and Bufo vari- 
abilis, 2s. 6d. to 3s. 6d. each. For com- 
plete list see wrapper of ‘ Zoologist’ for 
July, or can be had for three stamps. 
Accurate dates and localities given with 
fill the species. Address, Oologicus, 
13, Ilova Villas, Brighton. 
e CATALOGUE of HEMIPTERA.— 
/ I have just received a further 
supply of the Stettin Catalogue of the 
Hemiptera of the whole World, and shall 
be happy to forward copies on the re- 
ceipt of Is. 2d. in postage-stamps. 
H. T. Stainton. 
Mountsjield, Lewisham ; 
June 7, 18f)0. 
Noio ready, with alternate blank pages for 
Memoranda, price Is. 6d., cloth boards, 
2s. 
T he l e pi d o pterist’S 
CALENDAR, giving the Time 
of Appearance of the British Lepidoptera, 
as far as they are known, in the Imago, 
Lrtrva^^and Pupa states ; with a classified 
Arrangement of the Larvse-food. By 
Joseph Meriux. 
The work contains some useful Notes 
under each Month; and having, during 
its progress through the press, been re- 
vised and amplified by several of our 
ablest Entomologists, its accuracy is 
guaranteed. 
“ At length we have a complete Ca- 
lendar of the British Lepidoptera, pub- 
lished at the low price of eighteen-pence. 
On the whole we are of opinion that this 
volume will be found very serviceable to 
all that numerous class who have not 
already learned everything by their own 
experience.” — Entomologist's Weekly In- 
telligencer. 
“ In this little work are given not only 
the time when, and the place where, to 
catch our butterflies and moths, but we 
have a dietary for the caterpillar of the 
various species. 'This imparts an espe- 
cial scientific value to the Lepidopterist’s 
Calendar.” — Literary Gazette. 
London ; E. Newman, 9, Devonshire 
Street, Bishopsgate, N.E. Sent free on 
receipt of Is. (id. or 2^. in postage 
stamps, by the Publisher, or the Author, 
Gloucester. 
Printeil nnd piiblislieil by Edwaud Nrwman 
Primer , of No.W, Devoiisbire Street, ItiAliops- 
gate Without, I.omion, in the County of 
MitldlcAcx.— Saturday, June 20, 1800, 
