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The first account states that the insect 
“ was knocked down by a village lad 
with his cap, and pinned and set in cor- 
responding style.” The next is that it 
was taken (in a garden) “ by the Hon. 
, who killed and set the specimen 
himself,” doubtless in a style corres- 
ponding to the value of the insect and 
the position of the Hon. captor. The 
question now arises, Are the village lad 
and the Hon. one and the same 
person ? Either they are so, or they are 
not, and in either case there is something 
like a misrepresentation. I do not wish 
to raise the question whether M. (or A.) 
Dia was taken or not, but I wish to add 
that I have myself taken a Fritillary 
(A. Paphia J) in a garden; and should 
I ever be so fortunate as to take Dia 
anywhere, depend upon it that I would 
not follow the advice given in a recent 
leader in the ‘ Intelligencer,’ to “ destroy 
it,” however “sensible” that advice may 
be, by reason of the “ incredulity ” of 
other persons. — Thomas Parry, Bank, 
Merthyr ; Jan. 13. 
C. Brumaria with three Lives. — In 
No. 64 of the ‘Intelligencer’ a curious 
case of the failure of prussic acid in de- 
stroying life is recorded. A somewhat 
similar case has happened to myself: 
having taken some common little C. Bru- 
maria I put them into a bottle containing 
some cyanide of potassium, which ap- 
peared not to have lost its strength, and 
to which many a large moth (S. Ligustri 
among the number) had soon suc- 
cumbed. The little fellows seemed, how- 
ever, none the worse for living in the 
poison-bottle for twenty-four hours. I 
therefore put them into a box with some 
bruised laurel-leaves (the youngest leaves 
I could get), but after three days more 
I still found them as well as ever. A 
little sulphur, however, soon destroyed 
them. Can any of your correspondents 
give any reason for this? — Rev. A. Ful- 
ler, Kirk Hallam, Ilkeston, Notts ; 
Jan. 2. 
Antlirocera Lonicerce. — I have bred 
specimens of this species. As I am but a 
young collector of Lepidoptera, I should 
be happy to send them to any one in 
want of them for any of the following 
species : — - 
L. Sinapis, 
P. Dysodea, 
P. iEgon, 
Serena, 
Adonis, 
A. Tincta, 
M. Cinxia, 
Advena, 
Athalia, 
A. Prunaria, 
S. Paniscus, 
H. Picaria, 
P. Actseon, 
Foliaria, 
Any of the Lilhosice, V. Macularia, 
A. Villica, Z. Adustaria, &c. 
— Charles Roberts, Elm Street, Wake- 
field; Jan. 8. 
Duplicate Lepidoptera . — I have some 
good duplicates of Leueophasia Sinapis, 
Polyornmat.us Argiolus, Dipterygia Pi- 
nastri and Euplexia Lucipara. I should 
feel obliged for any of the following : — 
Aporia Cratcegi, Hipparchia Semele, Ere- 
hia Blandina and Ccenonymplia Davus, if 
in good condition. — George Stockley, 
4, Leachdale Place, Old Ford; Jan. 12. 
Neuroptera. 
Neuroptera near Exeter . — In the last 
‘ Intelligencer,’ you stated that you hoped 
Dr. Hagen’s monographs would produce 
some fruit : I can only say for myself I 
am exceedingly obliged to that gentle- 
man for his kindness in writing those 
valuable papers, for there are many 
collectors, like myself, with very limited 
means, who cannot afford to purchase 
valuable illustrated works, and who gladly 
hail such monographs as those of the 
learned doctor. The following is a list 
of the Neuroptera I have taken near 
Exeter, though very imperfect, for the 
truth is I have not paid any particular 
attention to them : — 
Genus Libellula, L. 
L. quadrimaculata. Not very common, 
depressa. Common, 
caucellata. Not common. 
