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some of these in a pill-box, and were 
much surprised one day to find that 
one of these buttons had produced a 
white lady-bird, and our astonishment 
was not lessened when we found that 
the lady-bird eventually became of 
the usual deep-red colour: this dis- 
covery was so astounding, we thought 
if we could but publish it we should 
become quite celebrated, and we were 
actually considering of a letter to be 
written to the * Athenaeum,’ when we 
stumbled upon a history in print of 
the whole transaction in a book we con- 
sidered tec had read several times ! 
Observe and study. 
TO CORRESPONDENTS. 
R. T. — Your insect is Heliolhis Mar- 
gin ala. 
C. O. G — You must not expect “ rare 
or local species ’’ “ in first-rate condition, 
both as regards setting and preserva- 
tion ! ” 
E. S. N. — Rxtjifasciuria = Ptnnilata. 
J. B. — Your Autumnaria is more pro- 
bably Lobophora Lobulala, a spring 
insect. 
Zeozera ASsculi. — Place eggs in a 
chink of a decayed tree, and look for the 
moths next year. 
Beack Park. — Five miles north-west 
of West Drayton. 
Clorana. — Not till next year, unless 
you force them. 
J. S. D. — Had you not better defer 
your distribution of duplicates till the 
close of the season ? 
M. A. M. — We expect to visit North 
Devon in the course of next month. 
COMMUNICATIONS. 
Lepidoptera. 
Anthrocera Minos in the East of Scot- 
land. — On Saturday the 10th, I went 
down to the sea-side in pursuit of P. 
Arlaxerxes, &c., and found A. Minos as 
numerous as “ midges in a mountain.” 
I caught a stray one last year, but have 
discovered their head quarters this one. 
Ram Heugli (vulgarly so called) seems 
to be where they are to be got only, a 
stray one happening to be found by 
chance a little to the north or south of 
this place. I shall be happy to exchange 
this insect, so long as they continue 
along with P. Arterxerxes and P. Alsus, 
for P. Machaon, A. Iris, C. Edusa, &c. 
Those who have a number to spare 
would belter send me a list first.— R. 
Thomson, Bourtreebush , via Stonehaven, 
July 12. 
Arge Galathea. — As I have been suc- 
cessful in capturing the above insect, I 
have many duplicates I shall be glad to 
exchange either for larvae or imago of 
local species. — E. W. Taylor, 75, Lon- 
don Wall, City ; July. 
Duplicate Insects. — Within the last 
few weeks I have captured a male and 
female specimen of Colias Edusa, and 
taken twenty pupa? of Plusia Festuccc, 
in the vicinity of Chorley, which I shall 
be glad to exchange for any of the fol- 
lowing : — 
Chterocampa porcellus, 
Smerinthus Tiliae, 
„ Ocellatus, 
Papilio Machaon. 
Correspondents must write before they 
send their boxes. — Thomas West, Bel- 
mont, Bolton - Ic - Moors , Lancashire ; 
June 5. 
Captures near York . — I took during 
the last month the following species. 
The localities I have been to are Long- 
wilh, Stockton, Holtby and Butter- 
crambe. 
