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any information would oblige. — John Braim, Sleights Bridge, Whitby, 

 Yorkshire, November 17th., 1856. 



THE HERATICAL SUBJECT. 

 I have received the following note from Mr. Frederick Bond: — 

 "I certainly do not agree with you that the Guernsey insects should be 

 considered British, because a few Botanists and Conchologists consider the 

 plants and shells so; and I am not a little astonished at your correspon- 

 dent, W. S., taking upon himself to answer for all your readers agreeing 

 with you; I know several that do not. — Fred. Bono, 24, Cavendish Road, 

 St. John's Wood, November 6th., 1856." 



I wrote to Mr. Bond to inquire whether this note was intended for 

 publication, and as in his reply he gives me the option of doing as I 

 like with it, I have printed it as above. 



It was needless to tell us that every one did not agree with W. S., 

 as I had already published Mr. W. Gray's letter, and Mr. H. T. Stainton's 

 dogmatical assertion, to the contrary effect. If however, as I incline to 

 hope, the great majority of the readers of "The Naturalist" are persons 

 who will "hear reason," I refer through them any others who may take 

 an interest in the question, to all 1 have said on the subject in the 

 recent numbers. 



Mr. Gray, I well know, is a sound lawyer and a good man; and Mr. 

 Bond's name is also creditably known as a naturalist. The question, 

 however, for my readers to decide with me, is this: — In the one scale we 

 have the names of Babingtonl Hooker!! with Forbes!!! with every Con- 

 chologist and Botanist; and in the other those of Mr. H. T. Stainton, 

 Mr. W. Gray, and Mr. F. Bond. It is in no disparagement of the latter 

 that I ask the question, which scale is to kick the beam? — F. O. Morris. 



It seems next to impossible to extend the wings of many, if not of 

 most specimens of Ilymenoptera, in a proper manner. Are any collections 

 of this tribe of insects made with the wings in repose, as those of the 

 Coleoptera, — namely, with only the legs extended, and the wings reclining 

 backwards on each side, ad libitum? — F. O. Morris. 



There are two or three observations by Mr. Morris appended to my 

 note on pupce found at the roots of ash, to which, according to his 

 request I now reply. I entirely agree with him that many larvae wander 

 from their feeding-places till a satisfactory hybernaculum be found, e. g. } 

 Pi/gcera bucephala, which, though a tree-feeding species, is rarely found at 

 the roots of the tree on which it has fed. But Mr. Morris is mistaken 

 in thinking that we must attribute to this circumstance the finding of 

 mod of the pupae enumerated by me. This will be seen from my answer 



