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attractive to other eyes besides 
tom-iit’s. — Rev. B. Smith, Mar- 
low ; September 22, 185fi. 
Is Acronyeta Salicis a species? 
— I may be about to tread on 
somebody’s corns ; and if people 
will grow such things they may 
expect to find them painful at 
limes, especially when a clumsy 
Lancashire chap treads on them. 
At page 183 in Mr. Staiuton’s 
‘ Manual,’ I see he has copied an 
error from Guenee’s great work, 
which the latter author was led 
into by Curtis. The larva figured 
along with the imago of Salicis 
in the splendid work of Curtis 
is the larvae of Menyavthedis, as 
every Lancashire collector knows. 
I have had hundreds of them, but 
never reared Salicis from them. 
Both myself and my friend Mr. 
Greening have, however, reared 
Salicis from the larva of Rumicis, 
and are perfectly satisfied that ills 
nothing more than a dark variety 
of the latter species. — Nicholas 
Cooke, 6, Wentworth Street, 
Everton, Liverpool ; October 8, 
1856. 
List for Labelling. — I have had 
printed on one side, for labelling, 
a list of British Lepidoptera, with 
the generic name prefixed to each 
species. It contains 1188 species, 
containing the Macro- Lepidoptera, 
Tortricina and Crambina. I shall 
be glad to send a specimen to any 
entomologist who wishes it, or a 
complete copy on receipt of 
eighteen stamps. I think it will 
be found a useful list by begin- 
ners. I have still plenty of ex- 
change lists on hand, which I will 
send to any one at the rate of one 
shilling a dozen, post free. It 
contains 1 100 species. — T. Chap- 
man, Bothwell Street, Glasgow; 
October 11, 1856. 
Bolbeck Feast. — The members 
of the Holbeck Entomological 
Society will feel obliged by the in- 
sertion of the enclosed paragraph. 
— “ This feast commenced on 
Monday, with its usual amount of 
attractions. The most interesting 
“sight” got up for the visitors is 
that of the “ Holbeck Entomolo- 
gical Society,” (a society com- 
posed entirely of working men), 
who have collected together in the 
School, at the end of the Moor, 
upwards of twenty thousand rare 
specimens of birds, butterflies 
insects, &e. The whole are 
arranged in a manner which gives 
pleasing evidence that the working 
classes can cultivate a tase for the 
beautiful when an opportunity 
offers itself. Amongst the speci- 
mens exhibited is a fine living lo- 
cust, which was caught by one of 
the members a few days ago near 
Armley. The exhibition is open 
every evening during the week, 
and it has been, so far, well at- 
tended.” — John U. Wignall, 
Secretary, Holbeck ; September 27, 
1856. 
The collection of Insects in the 
British Museum . — How is it that 
the collection of insects in the 
British Museum is so meagre.? I 
wanted to find the names of a 
mimher of insects I had with me, 
and could not find them, or if they 
were there they were so faded that 
I could not recognise them. The 
Emeralds, for instance, were white, 
and the Cariiets were much 
changed. I think there is no ex- 
cuse for not having a complete 
collection visible to the public, 
particularly as the science of En- 
