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twisted its long tufts of orange Lair and 
innumerable little particles of cork. — 
Roland Trimen, 34, Montpelier Road, 
Brighton ; September 9. 
Acronycla Alni. — On tLe 16th of 
August, one of my sisters was so fortu- 
nate as to find a fine larva of A. Alni; 
it had dropped off a tree situated in our 
garden, but whether from a lime or a 
poplar we were at first unable to ascer- 
tain, iu consequence of those trees over- 
hanging each other. However, after a 
little inducement, it ate some young 
leaves of the former, and I am happy to 
say changed into the pupa state about 
the 26th of the same month. I have not 
communicated this circumstance to you 
before, simply because Young Barnes 
was then at large, but now that he has 
retired from our ranks I am a little 
bolder, and tell you of it with less appre- 
hension, although I am still fearful, on 
account of my not knowing if Mr. Barnes 
has or has not left any successor to follow 
in his path. — Robekt Anderson, Coney 
Street, York; September 11. 
Papilio Machaon in Sussex. — A speci- 
men of this butterfly occurred this week 
near Balcombe Tunnel on the London 
and Brighton Railway ; it was captured 
by a man working near the tunnel, with 
his cap, and of course spoiled. As I have 
never heard of it being captured before 
in this part of the county, I thought it 
might prove interesting to your leadeis. 
— Eli T. Silvester, Pound Hill, Worth, 
Sussex. 
Scopula ferrugalis. — Having taken 
more of this species than I require, on 
Braunton Burrows, I shall be glad to 
exchange it with anybody for Botys fia- 
valis. — -M ubray A. Mathews, Raleiyh, 
near Barnstaple ; September 14. 
Hybrid Smerinthus Ocellatus and 
Populi. — I have been inundated with 
letters this week respecting my hybrid 
Ocellatus and Populi, and, with your 
kind permission, I will answer them all 
at once. I am much obliged for the kind 
offers of many very rare insects from dif- 
ferent quarters, and I will make them go 
as far as I can, but I cannot oblige a 
tenth part : those who cannot have one 
now must wait with patience until next 
spring, when I hope to have more. Some 
want to know what they are like: all 
I can say is that they are very beautiful, 
and very curious, having all the markings 
aud all the colours of both species on 
one ; some have the marking of Ocel- 
latus on one wing and Populi on the 
other; some have Populi bodies; some 
have Ocellatus bodies and wings vice 
versd ; in fact, they are a funny lot. — 
Thomas Hag ue, Dog and Partridge Inn , 
Staleybridge. 
Abachnida. 
Offer of Specimens . — In my entomo- 
logical excursions on to the moss, at this 
time of the year, I find the ditches 
swarming with spiders of all kinds and 
colours, from the most beautiful chestnut- 
brown to the lightest cream-colour, and 
ornamented in the greatest variety with 
dots and lines ; in size from that of a 
pea up to that of a walnut. Should any 
gentleman who enriches his cabinet with 
these beautiful creatures be desirous of 
specimens, I will cheerfully undertake to 
forward the same on receipt of boxes and 
return postage. — R. Tyrer, jun., Roiu 
Lane, Southport ; September 8. 
Orthoptera. 
Locust at Huddersfield . — I had scarcely 
read Mr. C. R. Bree’s communication in 
last week’s ‘ Intelligencer,’ when I was 
summoned to see an extraordinary insect 
which had been captured on the grass 
plot before our Infirmary. On examina- 
tion it proved to be a locust (( rryllus 
migratorius), still very lively, although 
having been repeatedly dosed with chlo- 
roform. Only a week before, some boys 
had shown me another : they said theirs 
had come from Africa in a bale of wool ; 
