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THE ENTOMOLOGIST’S WEEKLY INTELLIGENCER. 
G. Quercifolia and Z. /Esculi. Would 
you be so good as to add that boxes must 
necessarily be sent, and will be returned 
with the insects in exchange. Would 
you give me any information as to 
whether the pupae of Sibylla can be 
fouud suspended from the honeysuckle 
or otherwise ? — G. H. Knapp, Eton Col- 
lege, near Windsor ; June 8, 1 857. 
Killing Large Moths . — I should have 
written before, to thank you for the atten- 
tion you have paid to our letter, but have 
been prevented. 1 now take the first op- 
portunity of sending my cordial thanks, 
in which my brother joins, and I assure 
you the information given in the various 
letters printed in last week’s ‘ Intelli- 
gencer’ will be of great service to us, 
and I hope to many more beginners like 
ourselves. I have already experienced 
the value of Mr. Kenderdine’s informa- 
tion, having used the acid in the manner 
he describes with great success. I have 
tried it with Nocttue, such as X. Rurea, 
H. Pisi, and also with a bad specimen of 
S. Ligustri , and find that his method of 
passing the pen just beneath the wings 
into the thorax has the advantage of 
almost instantly causing those members 
to drop paralyzed, even before death en- 
sues, thus preventing any injurious flut- 
tering, struggling, See., so that I must 
thank that gentleman for many a fine 
specimen that might otherwise have been 
much rubbed. Not that I think bis is the 
only plan by which a good specimen can 
be procured, for I quite agree with you 
that all are very effective, and I merely 
choose Mr.Kenderdine’s because it seemed 
to me the simplest and the safest, so that 
1 have to thank all those gentlemen who 
have been so kind as to write on the 
subject. Concerning my doings in En- 
tomology, I am afraid I have not much 
to report. I believe the best insect I 
have taken this season is a specimen of 
P. Trcpida, which I caught in the wood 
which joins our garden : the capture was 
made on the 17th of last month. When I 
first saw it, it was flying furiously amongst 
the underwood, but when I approached 
with my lantern it seemed to become 
fascinated with the light, and dropped 
on to a blade of grass, from which it was 
transferred into my box and brought 
safely home. — T. Linnell, Redstone 
Wood, near Reigate ; June 8, 1857. 
Alelitcea Cin.via . — I have the pleasure 
of recording another locality for Melilaeu 
Cinxia. In a hilly field not far from 
here I have taken a few specimens since 
the 1st of this month. I cannot add any- 
thing to the interesting remarks of the 
Rev. Mr. Dawson, quoted from the 
‘Zoologist’ in the ‘Manual.’ I have 
taken more males than females, and 
should imagine the latter appear later 
than the former, for nearly every female 
which I took had but just emerged from 
the chrysalis, while the males were all 
strong on the wing. This species is 
mostly of a lighter colour than M. Alhalia, 
and has that appearance when flying, yet 
in its flight it closely resembles the grace- 
ful floating motion of its congener. With 
the Cinxia were several Megcera, but, 
while these prefer settling on dry banks 
and stones, Cinxia invariably chooses 
stems , of grass or flower-heads for a 
resting-place. I took two pairs in cop. : 
if I take sufficient 1 shall be glad to sup- 
ply all my friends, but, as many to whom 
I am deeply indebted have a prior claim 
upon me, due notice shall be given should 
there be enough specimens for general 
distribution. I hope soon to send you 
more notes of my “ hilly field.” — Rev. 
S. C. Tuess Beale, Alkham,near Dove r ; 
June 8, 1857. 
Meliltea Artemis near London . — In 
answer to the inquiry in the ‘ Intelli- 
gencer’ of Saturday last, as to which is 
the nearest locality for metropolitan col- 
lectors to get M. Artemis, 1 beg to say 
that last year I was walking one after- 
noon, with a friend, up Muswell Hill, 
Hornsey, when a specimen of M. Artemis 
was flying along, and my friend knocked 
