THE ENTOMOLOGIST’S WEEKLY INTELLIGENCER. 
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4, Dutton’s Buildings, Mill Street, Crewe; 
September 21. 
Duplicate Lepidoptera . — Having a few 
superfluous specimens of Halias Clorana, 
Peronea rufana and crislana, and Si- 
maethis Pariana, I shall he glad to ex- 
change them for the species numbered in 
the Appendix to Stainton’s * Manual,’ 
31, 34, 38, 44, 112, 113, 124, 210, 284, 
315, 316, 386, 399, 438, or for Pericallia 
Syringaria, Epione parallellaria, Coremia 
Liguslraria, Peronea Caleduniana. — S. 
Hill, 2, Ann’s Place, Wilmington Square, 
Clerkenwell ; September 12. 
Carpocapsa splendana. — Now the 
acorns begin to fall from the oaks, and 
whoever wants fine specimens of Carpo- 
capsa splendana should collect a quantity 
of them, — not next week, but this. The 
reason for present action is that the 
greater number of the acorns now down 
contain each a larva of the moth, the fall 
being prematurely induced by the gas- 
tronomic exertions of the tenant. When 
a man’s house is about to fall he quits it 
to ensure his safety ; not so the inha- 
bitant of the acorn, who wishes for 
nothing better, when he is fed to the full, 
than that his dwelling may go down with 
a run, carrying him with it. Otherwise 
it would be no easy matter for him to 
descend from the lop of an oak to the 
ground, but by the means provided he 
comes down in safety, and soon sets 
about providing for the further neces- 
sities of his existence by eating his way 
out and spinning himself up in some 
secure place for a long winter’s sleep. If 
the gathering of the acorns be delayed 
until the crop falls, then it is obvious that 
a much greater and useless trouble must 
be taken, for the larger portion will be 
without tenants. Another species, C. am- 
plana, feeds in the South of Europe on 
the edible chestnuts, and it is not im- 
probable the larvae might be found in 
this country if the chestnuts were ex- 
amined when they begin to fall. — J. W. 
Douglas, Lee; September 28. 
Duplicate Lepideptera. — I am quite 
overwhelmed with applications, and my 
store being already exhausted, I hope 
those gentlemen whose letters I am un- 
able to answer will not think me wanting 
in courtesy. — W. H. Harwood, Col- 
chester ; September 28. 
[Our correspondents should bear in 
mind that an offer of duplicate Lepi- 
doptera which includes any of the less 
common species is pretty sure to produce 
from 80 to 100 applications ; offers of 
Coleoptera from 40 to 60. W e are never 
surprised at entomologists being over- 
whelmed with applications, but each new 
correspondent appears thunderstruck at 
the result of his announcement.] 
Orthoptera. 
Locust near Brighton . — I can now add 
another to the already numerous notices 
of the capture of Gryllus migratorius. 
The other morning, when proceeding to 
a clover field near Hove, I met a gentle- 
man of ray acquaintance bearing some- 
thing lively in his pocket-handkerchief, 
which he informed me he believed to be 
a locust. As I was rather incredulous, 
and expressed my belief that it might be 
an Acheta viridissima, he cautiously un- 
tied the handkerchief and showed me the 
nether extremity of the insect. A glance 
was enough, — it certainly was a locust. 
He then directed me to the locality 
where he took the insect (which was in a 
stubble-field), and informed me that there 
was another locust in the same field, 
which, from its exceeding rapidity and 
watchfulness, he was unable to capture. 
I accordingly spent about half-an-hour 
searching for the “ illustrious stranger,” 
but was unsuccessful. Since then the 
gentleman has kindly presented me with 
his specimeu, and, although no Orthop- 
terist, I am very glad to possess a locust 
captured in England. — R oland Trimen, 
34, Montpelier Road , Brighton ; Sept. 20. 
Gryllus migratorius . — This species is 
of constant occurrence on the south coast. 
