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of our party: ibis was between the hours 
of eleven and one. They swarmed so 
that we had often two in a net at the 
same time, and sometimes even three or 
four; many of them were so tame as to 
admit of being taken by the hand or in 
a pill-box : they fluttered amongst the 
birches, whizzed past our ears, buzzed 
in our nets and dashed against the boxes 
containing the females, like wasps round 
a sugar-cask. About two o’clock rain 
came on, so we retired from the Held to 
divide our spoils. No applications for 
duplicates need be made to me, as all my 
specimens are allotted to private friends 
and acquaintances. — Percy Andrews, 
17, Montpelier Villas , Brighton ( nmv re- 
siding at Balliol College , Oxford). 
Saturnia Carpini in perspective. — In 
the course of a few days I expect to have 
several females out of their cocoons, with 
which I purpose to capture the males. 
Collectors desirous of specimens may have 
them on the following conditions: — letters 
of application immediately, on notice 
given in the ‘ Intelligencer.’ Boxes to be 
sent with return postage. — R. S. Edle- 
ston, 5, Meal St., Manchester ; April 19. 
Gastropacha Ilicifolia. — On Monday 
last I found in my breeding-cage a fine 
male specimen of G. Ilicifolia, and since 
then I have bred three more. — Edward 
S. Bonne v, Churchdale House, Rugeley ; 
April 15. 
Captures at Sallorvs. — During the past 
week I have captured at sallow', Tcenio- 
campa Leucographa, Gracilis and Rubri- 
cosa, and Calocampa Exolcta ; and at 
light Anticlea Batliaria and Derivaria, 
one Bislon Prodromaria (this insect 
i seems scarce this year), Ennomos Illu- 
naria and Eubolia Multislrigaria. — S. 
Bingham, Neionham ; April 19. 
Glyphipteryx Haworlhana. — I shall be 
glad to send pupae of this insect to any 
one forwarding a box and postage-stamps 
for the return postage. — J oseph Chap- 
peel, 19, Franchise Terrace , Pendleton, 
near Manchester ; April 19. 
A Difficulty. — I went last winter to 
the British Museum, for the purpose of 
examining the collection there, but was 
refused admission because it was a public 
day, and because I had not an introduc- 
tion. Can you inform me what is meant 
by an “ introduction,” and how to yet it ? 
For it appears to me that looking over a 
good collection is the best way to a 
practical knowledge of one’s subject. — 
S. D. C. 
[Perhaps some Museum official can 
solve this difficulty.] 
The Neplicula on Agrhnonia . — Having 
bred, a few days ago, the Neplicula from 
Agrimonia Eupaloria (lutell. iii. p. 59), 
I find it is not a new species, but 
N. ccneofasciala, described by me in the 
‘ Tineen u. Pteroph. der Schweiz,’ p.376. 
Bred specimens are extremely brilliant. 
— Professor Frey, Zurich; April 8. 
A new Neplicula. — In the neighbour- 
hood of Zurich the sycamore ( Acer pseu- 
doplatanus) is a very common tree in all 
the woods. I had detected, some years 
ago, in September, a yellowish Neplicula 
larva mining the leaves in very long gal- 
leries, but I never succeeded in rearing 
the perfect insect. Yesterday, at last, I 
had the good fortune to rear, all at once, 
three specimens. It is a new, very fine 
species, which I propose to call Ncpticula 
Speciosa, nearly allied to N. Aurelia, but 
likewise somewhat similar to N. Alnetella. 
Doubtless N. Speciosa is not confined to 
Switzerland : perhaps your lynx-eyed and 
active entomologist, Mr. Edleslon, will be 
enabled, by this short notice, to find so 
brilliant a little creature in England. — 
Professor Frey, Zurich ; April 18. 
COLEOPTERA. 
Ants'- nest Beetles. — “I am sorry to 
see that England, like France, ‘openly 
preaches and elevates to a doctrine’ ants’- 
nest ravaging. Of course there is a 
difference between taking a handful and 
sifting a nest: the teaching, however, is 
precisely the same, and when it is coupled 
