THE ENTOMOLOGIST’S WEEKLY INTELLIGENCER. 
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TO CORRESPONDENTS. 
W. Jeffrey. — The ‘Manual List of 
Lepidoptera,’ Part I., may be had of our 
Publisher, price 4 cl. The best way to 
kill mites is to shut up the insects 
affected by them in a box, into which a 
few drops of Copland’s “ Borneote of Pe- 
troline” has been put. This article may 
be procured for 6cl. of J. Sanger, 150, 
Oxford Street, London. 
A. Russell. — To get the moths that 
frequent the sallow-bloom, it is only ne- 
cessary to shake or beat the bushes, after 
dusk, over an umbrella or clap-net, and 
by the aid of a lantern you can easily 
secure them. 
Endromis Versicoloba. — The insect 
may occur at Black Park, but we cannot 
think of a nearer locality to Kensington. 
J. B. S. — Your grubs are, no doubt, 
Dipterous, but we cannot say what 
species they will produce. Try and rear 
some. 
D. M., Aberdeen. — See ‘Entomolo- 
gist’s Annual,’ 1857, p. 173. 
COMMUNICATIONS. 
COLEOPTERA. 
Epurcea neglecta. — On the 16th of 
March, 1856, I took from beneath the 
bark of a decaying elder, near Accring- 
ton, Lancashire (not Lincolnshire as 
stated in the ‘ Zoologist’), a single speci- 
men of Epurcea neglecta, an insect new 
to the British Fauna. The following is 
the reply of Mr. T. J. Bold respecting it, 
to whom it had been sent for identity. 
“ The Nitidula now returned is new to 
the British Fauna, and I have sent a 
note and description of it to the ‘Zoolo- 
gist:’ it has occurred also near London. 
The name and synonym are as follows: — 
Epurcea neglecta , Sturm. Deutschl. 
Ins. xv. 63, 8, pi. 295, 6, B. 
Erichs. Natur. der Ins. Deutschl. 
iii. 147, 9. 
Nitidula neglecta, Heer, Faun. Col. 
Helv. 2, 396, 8.” 
As many of the readers of the ‘ Intelli- 
gencer’ do not see the ‘Zoologist,’ your 
insertion of this may possibly be the 
means of its being searched for and 
found, in localities where it otherwise 
might not be. — W. L. Constantine, 7, 
St. Andrew Street , Blackburn ; April 6, 
1857. 
Diptera. 
Killing and Setting Diptera. — In reply 
to H. M. R. as to “ Killing and Setting 
Dipterous Insects,” I know of no better 
plan than that given by Mr. Smith at 
page 105 of the ‘Annual’ for 1856, con- 
cerning the Aculeate Hymenoptera. I 
use a strong solution of Cyanide of Po- 
tassium, by shaking the contents of the 
bottle and then pressing the cork against 
the cover of the box, and then enclosing 
the insect therein. But great care must 
be taken, as it is a most deadly poison. 
At page 106 direction is given as to set- 
ting them properly, &c. I find that a 
brace of card-board only is very liable to 
give way when you press the upper brace 
so as to secure the wing i^ its proper 
place, and either the wings are not level 
or very liable to slip: to prevent this, 
some years ago I invented a brace easy 
to make, and when made will last many 
years (I have enclosed one I have used 
for ten years). Glue a piece of cork, 
three-eighths of an inch square by a 
quarter of an inch deep, on the wide end 
of the brace, through the centre of which 
pass the pin : stick the pin well into the 
setting-board with the cork uppermost, 
adjust the brace to tbe height of the base 
of the wing, then turn it towards the 
body of the insect, place the wings in the 
required position, and secure by pressing 
another brace upon the spread wing. — E. 
S. Norco mbk, Heamlree ; April 12, 
1857. 
