All adverts & items should be made available (by letter, fax, Sales, Wants & Exchange phone or E-Mail) not later than the submission date below, to:- List No. 562. 15th The Editor, Paul W. Batty, 50 Burns Road, Dinnington, November 2003. Sheffield, S25 2LN. England. Tel/Fax: (+44) 01909 565 564. Subscriptions, changes of address and all other membership MOBILE: 07792 415 886 enquiries should be sent to:- The Secretary, E-Mail: [email protected] John Green, 11 Rock Gardens, Aldershot, Hampshire, ELG WEBSITE: GU11 3AD. England. Tel: (+44) 01252 329 308. http://www.pwbelg.clara.net/index.html (S.A.E. appreciated with any enquiries to the secretary). All livestock etc. offered in the E.L.G. lists the buds and flowers of Oak, and later on the leaves. £2.50 per 15 ova. Brown-spot pinion (Agrochola litura) ova @£1.75 per 15 is captive-bred unless otherwise stated. Lfp: Polyphagous on lots of trees, shrubs etc. Barred Sallow FOR SALE: Pupae: Papilio glaucus turnus (Eastern Tiger Swal- (Xanthia aurago) @ £2.00 per 15 Lfp; Beech and Maple, and lowtail) each euro 4 + postage Robert Keiser, Adh Borinstraat, 36 possibly Sycamore. All orders *POR*, and please allow 60p for B-2070, Zwijndrecht, Belgium. E-mail P&P. Kevin and Annette Phipps. The Lodge. 31 Salop Street. [email protected] Bridgnorth. Shropshire. WV16 5BH. Telephone (01746) 769 575. E-mail: [email protected] BOOK FOR SALE: Illustrated papers on British Microlepidop- tera by jacobs et al. B.E.N.H.S. H/b, Limited edition, Scarce, £45 FANGS FOR THE MEMORIES: The search for tarantulas in + £3 P&P. Steve Button. 3 Rollestone Park Road. Shrewton. Ecuador by Carl Portman. Paperback ISBN 1 8999 55 33 X 85 Salisbury. Wiltshire. SP3 4DU. Tel: 01980 621 111. pages, 16 colour plates. Price £9.95 Plus £1.00 Postage (Inland) Postage to Europe £1.50, elsewhere by airmail £3.50 (Payment in FOR SALE: Clearance sale! All of my Actias luna cocoons/ Euros also welcome). Carl Portman from England, has written a pupae: 50 or so available for £40 the lot, or else @ £1 each. Also book about an expedition to Ecuador in search of tarantulas. He a few A.polyphemus @ £1.50 each (not a clearance sale!!) E-Mail: and his wife Su, went on the expedition to the rainforest in [email protected] or Tel: 07790 689534. October 1997, along with twelve other people who were interested FOR SALE: MOROCCAN butterflies. PUPAE: Papilio in entomology, in particular butterflies and beetles. The book is machaon mauretanica 5 Euro. Zerynthia rumina tarrieri (far written in a non-technical and easy style with the emphasis on south) 10 Euro. Colotis evagore nouna 4 Euro . Ask for humour, and there is lots of interesting information for arach- DRYSTOCK list. Javier Olivares. Calle Gallito nº 9 E-18014 nologists and general natural history lovers alike. The author SPAIN. E-Mail: [email protected] presents a daily record of events, and gives useful tips about FOR SALE OR EXCHANGE: Pupae, cocoon, Papilionidae, necessary equipment required for a journey into a tropical Saturnidae, Sphingidae. PAPILIONIDAE: Inphiclides podalirius rainforest. Read how to catch a tarantula using an old Indian trick, aleramica P 3.00; Papilio machaon pseudobigeneratus P 4.00; and find out what the favourite food of the giant Morpho butterfly Papilio machaon gorganus P 3.80; Papilio alexanor I P 10.00; is. In addition, the author gives an insight into the native customs Papilio alexanor F P 12.00; Zerynthia polixena aemilie P 4.00; of the people of Ecuador, and the book contains a selection of Zerynthia polyxena polyxena P 3.20; Alcastria cerisyi ferdinandi P sixteen full colour photographs, which are in themselves a com- 3.70; SATURNIA: Samia cynthia walkeri P 3.20; Saturnia pyri P mentary on the expedition. Here is a quote from the book- 7.00; Eudia pavonia P 3.00; Eudia ligurica P 4.00; Perisomena “...We arrived back at the grounds totally exhausted, but spent caecigena P 7.00; Actias luna P 6,5, Actias selene P 9,5; Actias another evening finding spiders around the grounds. As we sat pernyi P 3.90; Aglia tau P 5.50; Antheraea yamamai 10 ova O enjoying a beer, a large A.purpurea tarantula appeared on the 5.00; Brahmea tancrei P 6.70; Acathobrahmea europea P 9.00; table- top and walked as carefree as you like over towards Don. SPHINGIDAE: Agrias convolvuli P 4.60; Acheronthia Atropos P This would be your average holiday maker’s 8.00; Sphinix ligustri P 3.90; Hyloicus pinastri P 4.10; Marumba nightmare, but for me it was a real thrill and I quercus PAIR male female P 16.00; Smerinthus ocellatus P 4.20; remember thinking it couldn’t get any bet- Mimas tiliae P 3.80; Hemaris fuciformis P 4.00; Proserpinus ter than this.” The book is now available proserpinus P 4.70; Hyles vespertilio P 9.00; Hyles euphorbiae P direct from the author. Signed copies on 4.00; Hyles gallii P 3.80; Deilephlia porcellus P3.80; have avail- request. Send a cheque (payable to Carl able a lot of butterflies papered From Italy they are available a lot Portman) to- Carl Portman. 17 Old School of s.sp of Papilio machaon last arrival the Papilio machaon Close. Caversfield. Bicester. Oxfordshire. KAMTSCHADALUS for complete list to write to my e-mail. ( + OX27 8TW. Email: [email protected] ALL P&P ). Crespi Franco Via C. Menotti 23 41033 Concordia MO. TRADE ENQUIRIES ARE WELCOME. [Please note new UK ITALIA. E-Mail: [email protected] - [Prices in Euros]. address]. SUBMISSION DEADLINE for List 563 (10th December 2003) FOR SALE: Overwintering ova of the following species. is 10:00 a.m. GMT. Friday 5th December. *POR* = Pay On Merville-du-jour (Dichonia aprilinia), a very pretty moth with Receipt. *PWO* = Payment With Order. *PCA* = Phone to emerald coloured wings covered in black and white markings. Check Availability. *Lfp= Larval Food Plant. *SAE* = Self- Larvae hatch in April,(overwinter in the 'fridge) and at first feed on addressed Envelope. NEWARK ENTOMOLOGICAL FAIR: Sunday 14th Decem- Privet Hawk (S. ligustri) £1.00; Elephant Hawk (D. elpenor) ber, 10.00 a.m. To 4.00 p.m. At the Grove Leisure Centre, London £1.00; Broad Bordered Bee Hawk (H. furciformis) £2.95; Peri- Road, Balderton, Newark. (Easy to get to - just off the A1) calia galactina ssp. (China) NEW £5.95 Very attractive Arctidae, Admission: £2 Adults, 50p children. Refreshments available. Food: Dandelion; Buff Tip (P. bucephala) £1.00; Three Humped Stallholders can set up from 8.00 am. For tables (£10 each) or Prominent (T. tritophus) £3.95; White Prominent (L. bicoloria) more info, contact Paul Holt on 01636 674 723. Pupae £2.95; Chotolate Tip (C. curtula) £1.50; Bedstraw Hawk FOR SALE: Callosamia promethea cocoons - wild mated stock (Hyles gallii) £2.50; Willowherb Hawk (P. proserpina) £2.95; Set ex. New York. £2.00 each; Citheronia regalis pupae £3.50 each. British Aberations (Special Offers): Red Admiral ab. klemen- £1.50 P&P. Anthony Darby. 36 Newton Cresent. Dunblane. siewiczi £15.00; Painted Lady ab. varin £20.00; Large Tortoise- Perthshire. FK 15 0DZ. Tel: 01786 824 120. E-mail: shell ab. testudo £20.00; Small Tortoiseshell abs., Less Extreme [email protected] £10.00, Extreme £20.00; Comma ab. reichstethensis £20.00; Camberwell Beauty ab. hygiaea £20.00; Peacock ab. bellisara FOR SALE: Attacus Atlas larvae @ £4.00 per dozen, Indian £15.00; Small Copper ab. fuscae £7.50; Large White ab. coerulea Moon Moth larvae @ £3.00 per dozen, last 5 Privet Hawkmoth £7.50; Adonis Blue ab. suffsa £10.00; Large Blue ab. marginata pupae @ 90p each. P/P on all orders 60p. Keith Jefferies, 9 £45.00; Large Blue ab. magnifica A- slightly worn £45.00; White Bramley Crescent, Sonning Common, Nr Reading RG4 9LU. Tel: Admiral ab. semi-obliterae £10.00; Marsh Fritillary ab. melano- 0118 972 2611. E-Mail [email protected] lenca £20.00; Marsh Fritillary Extreme Purple/Black abs., Male Annette & Nigel South, Butterfly Connections, will be at the £30.00, Female £50.00; Speckled Wood ssp. oblita Male £5.00, Entomological Fair at the Grove Leisure Centre, London Road, Female £7.50; Ringlet ab. osoleta £7.50, ab arête £7.50; High Balderton, Nr. Newark, Notts on Sunday 14th December. As at all Brown Fritillary (Dark abs.) £25.00; Queen of Spain Fritillary ab. the Fairs/Exhibitions, we once again/as usual, look forward to £20.00; Small Pearl Bordered Fritillary ab. £20.00; Euopean meeting old and new colleagues and to once again putting some Cleopatra Gynandromorph (Slight mark on H.W.) £350.00; Map faces to names and names to faces. So don't be shy! Do come and Butterfly (A. levana) Extreme abs £15.00; Violet Fritillary (C. dia) introduce yourselves to us. We will be carrying our usual range of ab. £20.00. Ornithoptera & Troides (Pairs unless otherwise Butterfly and Moth Livestock and Deadstock, so make a date in stated) - O. paradisea ssp., with ssp as follows: O. paradisea your diary, see you there! For those of you that have not already borchi (Jayapura) A1 £950.00; O. paradisea ssp (Nabire) A1 ssp. done so, (at this stage orders have already been placed) if you sabine £850, only 1 pr NEW!!! Species; O. paradisea arfakensis would like to place your orders in advance of the Fair (for (Arfak) A1£135.00; O. paradisea chrysantemum (Arfak) A1 Livestock and deadstock) and then pick them up at the Show, we £450.00; O.