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THE ENTOMOLOGIST’S WEEKLY INTELLIGENCER. 
H. Tompkins, 44, Guildford St., Russell 
Square, London; May 15. 
L. Ckrysorrhcca. — I shall be most 
happy lo send the larvae of this insect to 
any one, on receipt of a box and stamps 
for return postage. — Hubert O. Fry, 
18, Medina Villas, Cliftonville, Brighton ; 
May 15. 
Exotic Butterflies. — I have a number 
of different species (most perfect in Heli- 
conian), which I shall be happy to send 
to any one in exchange for British moths. 
My duplicates of P. Adonis are all ap- 
propriated, in consequence of the notice 
which appeared in the ‘ Intelligencer.’ — 
J. R. Hind, 22, Grove Road, St. John’s 
Wood; May 12. 
Luzula in request. — Mr. Parfitt writes, 
“I have been hunting for the new Ela- 
chista in Luzula pilosa, but I cannot find 
a trace of anything of the kind. I have 
also hunted the large wood species, 
Luzula sylvatica, but equally without 
success : I cannot help thinking that the 
latter plant must yet yield us something 
of importance, and I would wish to draw 
the attention of other collectors to this; 
though not (as yet) productive in this 
locality, it may be more fruitful in other 
places.” Professor Frey writes from Zu- 
rich, on the 8th of May, “ Yesterday I 
had the good fortune to meet with the 
purplish larva in Luzula, and with a new 
whitish larva (which was very scarce) 
mining in a long gallery, also in Luzula." 
Mr. Edlestoti writes, “ Searching amongst 
Luzula campeslris I have found four 
pretty elongated cocoons on this Luzula, 
and suspect they will produce Opostega 
Salaciella. I was on my hands and 
knees for two hours ; the labour of getting 
them is really awful.” We trust this will 
incite other of our readers lo increased 
exertions. — H. T. Stainton ; May 15. 
Elachista Trapeziella. — The Luzula 
miner has made its appearance in my 
cage lo-dav, and there is no mistake 
about its being Trapeziella, or one so like 
that (here isn’t any difference! — John 
Scott, Southfield Villas, Middlesbro-on- 
Tees ; May 18. 
Larva in Eriuphorum. — Mr. Wilkinson 
has found, at Scarborough, a larva mining 
the leaves of Eriophorum angustifolium : 
the mines are conspicuously red. — H. T. 
Stainton; May 19. 
Lobophora Polycommata. — I took a 
worn specimen of this insect at light here 
on the 15th ult. — S. Bingham, Newn- 
ham ; May 10. 
Lophoptvryx Curmelita. — l made my 
first visit to West Wickham the other day, 
and had the good fortune to lake two tine 
specimens of L. Cannelita, both males. — 
W. H. Allchin, 7, Pembridge Villas, 
Bayswater ; May 12. 
Eggs wanted. — Having a desire to 
watch the larvae of the following, I should 
be greatly obliged to any one who could 
send me a few eggs of any of them : — 
Smerinthus ocellatus, 
„ Tiliae, 
Sphinx Ligustri, 
Centra vinula, 
Notodonta ziczac, 
L. Dictaea. 
— -H. Aris, 149, St. John Street, West 
Smithfeld, E.C.; May 14. 
Botanical Knowledge much needed . — I 
think such illustrations as the last in the 
‘Intelligencer’ (No. 84) very useful, for 
the ignorance of Botany among ento- 
mologists is very great: to prove which 
I will give one out of the many instances 
that have come under my notice. On 
Sunday last, while walking in the woods, 
I met with a young man who said that 
he had seen the larva of G. Rhamni, about 
half an inch long. Of course 1 was incre- 
dulous, not having met with the eggs till 
the end of May, so I asked him to show 
me some, whereupon he showed me the 
ash, a plant he had been mistaking for 
the Rhamnus Frangula; 1 then showed 
the eggs of Rhamni on its food-plant. 
The best way to obtain this species is to 
rear it from the eggs, for though last 
season 1 collected the lame when only 
