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TO CORRESPONDENTS. 
J. C., Colchester. — Your larva is 
Gelechia Hermannella ; it feeds on Che- 
nopodium and Atriplex. A whiter mine 
is made in the same leaves by the pretty 
larva of G. nceviferella. 
G. G., Slough. — Pupa; of Elpenor 
must not be kept dry ; naturally they 
occur in marshy places, which are rarely 
dry during the winter months at any 
rate. 
W. H. L. — According to the printed 
lists, there are only the new species to 
be added in their proper places. 
Erratum in last week’s ‘Intelligencer: ’ 
p. 190, line 12 from bottom, for James 
Merin, read James Main. 
COMMUNICATIONS. 
Lepiboetera. 
Appendages to Heads of Insects . — At 
the Entomological Society we have 
several times had Lepidoptera with 
yellow appendages to their heads, and 
they were pronounced to be the anthers 
of flowers, in some instances of Orchi- 
dacete. There is little doubt that the 
green appendages mentioned by Mr. 
Barrett, at p. 182, are of the same nature. 
— J. W. Douglas, Lee ; September 5. 
Appendages to Proboscis of A. Trifolii. 
— I have shown specimens of A. Trifolii 
with the supposed Fungi on the trunk 
to Mr. Douglas, who tells me that they 
are the anthers of flowers fixed to the 
trunk; therefore Mr. Bree’s suggestion 
is correct. — C. G. Barrett; Sept. 14. 
Thecla Betulce . — I have still a few of 
this insect to spare, in good condition, 
and am anxious, before going abroad, to 
fill up the three gaps which exist among 
my Rhopalocera ; they are P. Acis and 
Arion and T. Pruni, and I should be 
very happy to hear from any one who 
would wish to exchange those insects 
for T. Betulce. I have also several in- 
different specimens, which may serve as 
representatives to a beginner until for- 
tune favours him, and I shall be most 
happy to help any such, if it were only 
as an indirect return for the kindness I 
have so often met with from successful col- 
lectors in former years. — W. D. Crotch, 
Bridgnorth ; September 7. 
Duplicate Lepidoptera. — Having a few 
specimens of Melilcea Cinxia, Tethea Sub- 
lusa and Ceropacha Flavicornis, I shall 
feel happy to exchange them with any 
person who may have any of the following 
specimens to spare : — 
Colias Edusa, 
Thecla Quercus, 
,, Pruni, 
Nemeobius Lucina, 
Argynnis Aglaia, 
Vanessa Polychloros, 
Steropes Paniscus, 
Polyommatus Acis, 
Apatura Iris. 
— J. Linton, Mount Trafforcl, Eccles , 
Manchester ; September 7. 
Captures near Colchester. — As early as 
the 4th of August my brother captured a 
Colias Hyale , and from that date to the 
present we have taken twenty-four others. 
Mr. Harrington has also taken twelve, 
and other collectors have, I believe, been 
nearly as fortunate. Colias Edusa is 
comparatively rare here ; I do not think 
I have heard of the capture of more than 
a dozen specimens, half of which fell to 
our lot. My brother has also succeeded 
in capturing another specimen of A. La- 
thonia, but, I am sorry to add, in a very 
dilapidated condition. The larva of 
Acherontia Atropos appears to be by no 
means uncommon in this neighbourhood, 
several instances of its occurrence havinc 
reached me: the other day a fine healthy 
pupa was brought me, having been found 
by a boy whilst digging up potatoes; he 
said lie had previously found three others, 
