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some cases, lifting them off entire, with- 
out apparent inconvenience to the cater- 
pillar. In a few days it laid up to change, 
and soon appeared a fine healthy pupa. 
In the middle of December it was placed 
in a small fern -glass by the fire, the 
pupa covered with moss, which was kept 
constantly damped, and about a month 
afterwards came out a fine female, without 
the slightest blemish. I hope to have a 
few spare specimens, which I should be 
glad to exchange for Lycana dispar, in 
good condition. — J. T. Syme, 11, Goiver 
Street, Bedford Square; Feb. 18. 
CoLEOPTERA. 
Duplicate Coleoptera. — I have a few 
specimens of the under-mentioned : — 
Cicindela maritimus, 
Cychrus rostratus, 
Carabus glabratus, 
Calosoma inquisitor, 
Agonum fulgens, 
Broscus cephalotes, 
Elaphrus uliginosus, 
Sinodendron cyliudricus, 
Copris lunaris, 
Omaloplia ruricola, 
Anomala Frishii, 
which I shall be glad to exchange for 
any of the following: — 
Carabus exasperatus, 
„ convexus, 
„ auratus, 
Leistus nigricans, 
„ indentatus, 
„ montanus, 
Agonum cserulescens, 
„ plicilella, 
„ atratum, 
Steropus arrogans, 
„ sethiops, 
„ cognatus, 
Bradytus crassa, 
„ marginata, 
„ consularis, 
Harpalus fuscipalpis, 
„ atricornis, 
„ coracinus. 
The names are from Stephens’ 4 Manual.’ 
— H. J. Harding, 1 , York Street, Church 
Street, Shoreditch, N.E . ; Feb. 1(3. 
Neuroptera. 
The Neuropterous Correspondence . — I 
should have much pleasure in joining 
Mr. Norcombe’s ranks (see Intel. No. 72, 
p. 155), as mine is a locality abundant 
in those insects. I will aid any collector 
all in my power with the products of 
this neighbourhood ; I wish for no return 
of any kind whatever ; if parties are wil- 
ling to pay carriage for them I will find 
the insects. — W. Winter, Ranworth, 
near Norwich ; Feb. 18. 
THE GRADUS. 
TO THE EDITOR OF THE 4 INTELLI- 
GENCER.’ 
Sir, — When is all the talk of a Gradus 
to terminate, and what in ? The debate 
has now lasted nearly three months, — 
quite long enough for those who really 
wish to instruct the unlearned to come 
to some definite determination. Your 
correspondent Mr. Hawley (Intel, iii. 156) 
proposes to make the 4 Intelligencer ’ 
useful for the purpose : I hope you will 
not think me presuming if I suggest 
that the 4 Intelligencer’ cannot spare the 
room of even one column per week, 
and particularly in the summer months ; 
besides, allowing twenty names to a 
column (I should think as many as 
could be got in) it would take nearly 
two years to get through the British 
Lepidoptera : this would be tedious in 
the extreme. 
I would suggest that the names be 
arranged as proposed by Mr. J.T. Stain- 
ton, and to these be added the time of 
appearance, food and habits (gregarious 
or solitary) of larva, lists of the insects 
found in each month, See. This would, 
I think, prove a very useful, and, if 
