THE ENTOMOLOGIST’S WEEKLY INTELLIGENCER. 
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TO CORRESPONDENTS. 
R. T. — Thunks; shortly. We rule 
lines on our own setting-boards. 
C. P. — Much obliged for your letter; 
we have no faith in the silken virtues of 
mulberry-leaves. 
COMMUNICATIONS. 
Lepidoptera. 
Pupce rvanled. — I should be glad if 
any one could help me to the pupa of 
L. Quercus or S. Carpini , or any local 
or Northern species. I have some hun- 
dreds of pupae of C. Jacobteoe to part 
with. — W. Gates, 122, Shaftesbury St., 
Hoxton, N. ; Feb. 8. 
Cucullia Chamomillce. — A fine dark 
specimen made its appearance in my 
breeding-cage this morning, under ordi- 
nary temperature. — J. B. Hodgkinson, 
11, Bispham Street, Preston ; Feb. 6. 
Ennomos Lunaria. — I had bred speci- 
mens of this insect given me last year 
that came out from February to May. 
I have met with the perfect insect from 
April to September. I think it will prove 
a double-brooded species, but as yet I 
have not succeeded in establishing the 
fact. My friend could not get a brood 
from the only female that came out at 
the same time as the male. — Tbid. 
Ourapteryx Sambucaria. — This species 
is common at Carlisle, and cannot miss 
occurring in Scotland, as, from where I 
have seen them, they might fly into 
Scotland in a few minutes. — Ibid. 
Lepidoptera offered in exchange for 
Coleoptera. — I have only turned Cole- 
opterist since last April, and since then 
I have got a very moderate collection, 
comprising most of the ordinary species 
as well as many rarities ; and having no 
lack of Lepidoptera, I shall be glad to 
exchange for Coleoptera, particularly of 
those orders of which we have British 
Catalogues, viz. Dawson’s ‘ Geodephaga’ 
and Walton’s * Curoulionidre.’ — Ibid. 
Hibernia Rupicapraria. — In Mr. 
White’s communication to the 4 Intelli- 
gencer,’ p. 148, he mentions taking a 
pair of the above species in cop. at 
9 p.m., and gives another instance of ex- 
ceedingly sharp practice of a pair, in 
Mr. M orison’s possession ; consequently 
late copulation is doubted by him. If 
Mr. White will extend his observations 
respecting this affair, he will find he met 
with two pairs of “ shocking bad cha- 
racters,” who are not at all a sample of 
their tribe. This insect is very abundant 
on the hedges from 7 to 10 p.m. ; with 
the aid of a lantern the females are 
found at rest on the tips of the thorns; 
males take up their position at a respect- 
able distance from them, and there re- 
main “ models of self-denial,” till what 
late hour I know not, my observations 
not extending past 10 p.m. During the 
last three years I have seen immense 
numbers of the males, and hundreds of 
females, and only in a single instance 
were they in cop. Dcfoliaria is another 
species that copulates at a late hour ; for 
two seasons we regularly visited the 
woods with lanterns, in order to select 
fine varieties: some evenings the males 
were to be seen in hundreds and females 
by scores. I do not remember ever 
seeing a pair in cop. — R. S. Edleston, 
Boivdon, Cheshire ; February 8. 
The patient Waiter. — Looking into one 
of my breeding-cages last night I was sur- 
prised to see a female of H. Defoliaria. 
How can its appearance at this time of 
the year be accounted for? Another 
female of the same species came out at 
the end of December, and is still alive, — - 
E. G. Baldwin, Albany Hoy.se , Barys- 
bury Park ; Feb. 8, 
Coleoptera. 
Captures of Coleoptera. — On Wednes- 
day last I took Cryptohypnus riparius 
