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bred this insect, and have a few speci- 
mens to spare. Among my desiderata 
are the following; — 
Chrysophanus Dispar, 
Thecla Pruni, 
Polyommatus Acis, 
„ Arion, 
Apatura Iris, 
Sphinx Convolvuli, 
Acherontia Atropos, 
Eulepia Cribrum, 
Endromis Versicolor, 
Stauropus Fagi, 
Notodonta Carmelita, 
„ Chaonia, 
„ Dodonea, 
Clostera Curtula, 
Cucullia Asteris, 
„ Absinthii, 
Heliothis Marginata, 
„ Dipsacea, 
Plusia Orichalcea, 
Catocala Promissa, 
„ Sponsa, See., 
and most of the genus Troehilium. — 
Hkniiv Bolt, 15, Beaumont Place, 
Stapleton Road, Bristol ; July 23. 
Address lost. — I shall be much obliged 
if Mr. II. Squire will send me his ad- 
dress, as I have unfortunately lost it, 
which accounts for the delay in returning 
his box. — R. Tvrer, Jun., Row Lane, 
Southport ; July 23. 
COLEOt’TERA. 
Record of Captures. — A word about 
the apathy, indifference, selfishness and 
secretiveness ascribed in the editorial 
article of July 10th, to Coleopterists in 
general. The misdemeanours enume- 
rated may exist, but I am not disposed 
to admit that a true lull could be found 
against many individuals. In the first 
place, we do not find that the old collector 
of insects of any order, to whom a new 
species rarely comes, scarcely ever takes 
the trouble, when it does arrive, to write 
and publish the fact. Me probably does 
not like to use the pronoun I, or fears 
the correspondence that he will be drawn 
into with those who think nothing too 
rare or too fine for them to ask for, and 
yet have nothing to offer in return. Some 
advanced, though not exactly old col- 
lectors, I believe also fear the letters from 
new correspondents that would follow 
the publication of a list of captures: I 
know in my own case, that having but 
very little spare time, I can rarely make 
notes of captures, and I am seldom 
tempted to break fresh ground in cor- 
respondence, being indeed sorely pressed 
to relinquish some that I already have, 
though I should like to give and take 
more than I do. I at first wondered 
that so few of the young Coleopterists 
recorded their captures, but I believe the 
real reason is, that they are not able to 
make out the species for a considerable 
time, and then they think the interest 
has passed away. Some, too, may doubt 
the use of using the pages of the* Intel- 
ligencer’ — a periodical that seems so 
much ignored by the beetle catchers — 
but it might, nevertheless, answer their 
purpose to try the effect of a few lists 
upon the other juniors. Especially need 
they not refrain alter the invitation they 
have received, nor be afraid of having 
their lists rejected because the insects 
were common, as the same goodness and 
forbearance which week after week ad- 
mits lists of captures of Lepidoptera 
which any one might make if he would 
take a walk of a mile, and of desiderata 
which one wonders how anybody could 
possibly want, would surely be extended 
to him. — J. W. Douglas, Lee ; July 20. 
Nebria Uvula . — I shall be glad to let 
any one have two set specimens of 
Nebria livida, on receipt of a corked 
box and return postage. — W. K. Bis- 
sill, l), Brunswick Terrace, Scarbro'. 
NOTES OF AN ENTOMOLOGICAL TOUR 
IN CORNWALL. 
At your request I send you a few 
notes of my stay in Cornwall. I left 
