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THE ENTOMOLOGIST’S WEEKLY INTELLIGENCER. 
P. Mucbaon, 
A. Cralaegi, 
A. Galalhea, 
H. Semele, 
C. Davus, 
G. C-album, 
A. Paphia, 
Adip'pe, 
Eupbrosyne, 
M. Cinxia, 
Artemis, 
N. Lucina, 
T. W-album, 
P. Argiolus, 
Alsus, 
Cory clou, 
Ado u is, 
.Sigon, 
Artaxei'xes, 
T. Alveolus, 
T. Tages, 
S. Paniscus, 
P. Linea, 
Comma. 
Being only a beginner, I have no better 
bait to offer. Boxes to be sent. — R. Shep- 
UEUD, The Cedars, Tunbridye, Kent; 
October 19. 
Duplicate Coleoptera. — I shall be 
bappy to forward tlie following to any 
gentleman in want of them, wbo will 
send a box and return postage : — 
Lucan us cervus, 
Dytiscus marginalis, 
Acilius fasciatus, 
Ilybius obscurus, 
Pristouycbus terricola, 
Calathus luelanocephalus, 
Dorcus parallelopipedus, 
Spbmridium scarubmoides, 
Creopbilus maxillosus. 
I should be glad of 
Carabus nitens, 
Bracbiuus crepitans, 
„ sclopeta, 
Dytiscus punctulatus, 
Hydrous piceus, 
if any one has them to spare. — W. J. 
Hiscoke, ], Castle Terrace, Richmond, 
Oct. 26. 
Egys for Lepidoptera.—l have a few 
eggs, which I should be glad to exchange 
lor Lepidoplera. Most of them are com- 
mon ; the best probably are the cuckoo 
(2), kestrel (2), stonecliat (4), butcher- 
bird (8) and reed warbler (2). I have 
besides these some hundred others: I 
will send a list of them on application. 
My collection may be said to be in em- 
bryo at present, most of the very few 
species J have being in the pupa-stale, 
consequently almost anything will prove 
acceptable. I should feel much indebted 
for any local or common species which 
are to be “ quite given away,” whether in 
the pupa, imago or egg state. I collected 
about ten years ago, but in consequence 
of having determined to go abroad, I gave 
away my collection. Circumstances, how- 
ever, prevented my leaving England, and 
finally fixed me in London, where I have 
not much time or opportunity for col- 
lecting ; but the sight of an ‘ Intelli- 
gencer,’ a short time since, awoke the old 
love, and I have begun again, and hope 
in time to be able to get together a good 
cabinet of insects, and give that assist- 
ance to my younger “ brethren of the 
net” which I now seek for myself. — 
li. B. PosxANS, 12, South Square, Gray's 
Inn, London, W.C. 
Oak-Galls. — If any collector of Hy- 
menoptcra would like English specimens 
of Cynips Gall<e-tinctorice, with the gall 
produced by it (the nut-gall of com- 
merce) I shall be happy to send them. 
The gall has been exceedingly abundant 
on Wimbledon Common this year. — 
T. Blackmore, The Hollies, Wands- 
worth, S.W.; Nov. 5. 
AN EXPLANATION. 
To the Editor of the ‘ Inlelliyencer: 
Sir, — After receiving upwards of thirty 
letters from correspondents expressing 
the greatest satisfaction at the insects 
they have received from me, it is rather 
provoking to be accused by one of your 
correspondents of keeping his box. As 
an explanation is requested, I most wil- 
lingly give it. 
Since my offer to exchange I have re- 
ceived about eighty applications for spe- 
cimens; several (without previous corre- 
spondence) at once forwarded boxes and 
insects, most of which any schoolboy 
might lake with his cap,— and indeed. 
