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Phyllostoma Vampyrus, Schinz. Stur^ 



nira spectrum, Gray. 

 Phyllostoma excisum, Wagn. Schinz. 



(To be continued.) 



Phyllostoma bilabiatum, Schinz. 

 Phyllostoma calcaratum, Wag. Schinz. 



"see the conquering HERA COMES !" 



Oallimorpha Hera a British Insect. — In ^^The Entomologist's Weekly 

 Intelligencer/' No. 18, for August 2nd., 1856, there appeared the following 

 paragraph: — "The pen of a Northern Divine is about to prove that Eera 

 must be a British Insect, as it occurs in the Channel Islands abundantly." 



Hereby hangs a tale — "Many a true word is spoken in jest.". 



In the "Intelligencer" of June 7th., 1856, the following dictum was 

 laid down: — "The insects of the Channel Islands are not considered as 

 British." I^ot thinking that a simple assertion ought to decide the matter, 

 I wrote the following note to the editor, Mr. Stainton, but for reasons 

 best known to himself he never inserted the reply to his ^^ipse dixi," the 

 rationale of which will be apparent to any one having an ordinary conception 

 of the deductions of common sense: — 



Nunburnholme Kectory, Hayton, York, June 17th,, 1856. 



Dear Sir, 



With reference to the observation in the last number 

 but one of the "Intelligencer," that the "Insects of the Channel Islands 

 are not considered as British," I beg leave to propose the following questions: — 

 , 1st. — Are Guernsey plants considered as British by the leading botanists? 



2nd. — Are Guernsey shells considered as British by the leading con- 

 chologists? 



3rd. — Is it anywhere else promulgated that one class of the productions 

 of a country is to be considered as belonging to that country, and that 

 another class is not? 



4th. — By whom, where, when, and on what authority is it laid down 

 that the Insects of the Channel Islands are not to be considered as British? 



Yours truly, 



F. 0. MORRIS. 



This letter, as I have above stated, was not inserted, accordingly, on 

 the 14th. of July, I wrote to ask that as a "matter of justice," the 

 remarks on the assertion might have the like "locus standi" accorded to 

 them which had been given to it. This request, which one would have 

 thought the impartiality which a true spirit of science rightly lays claim 

 to would have dictated a compliance with, was equally unattended to. I 

 therefore wrote to ask to have my letter returned, and this was done. 



