326 THE entomologist's record. 



10 specimens. Now for those responsible for some of these specimens. 

 The S. pinastri appear to have no sponsors. Mr. J. B. Hodgkinson 

 seems responsible for most of the D. celerio and for one of the D. 

 euphorhice, the other two specimens of the latter being reputed as part 

 of the original stock bred by Mr. Eaddon from the Braiinton 

 Burrows larvae. Mr. Hodgkinson is responsible for one of the 

 D. h'neata, whilst five specimens appear to be without sponsors. No 

 sponsor a^^pears for the S. andreniformis and the S. scoliiformis, whilst 

 Mr. Wigan is responsible for one of the S. aslUformis taken in Eomney 

 Marsh, the same gentleman also being responsible for a D. jmlchella, and 

 Mr. Bouchard and Mr. Hodgkinson for others. The L. ilicifolia also 

 have to be taken on trust, no one being apparently responsible for their 

 ■capture. Now we pass to the Geometry, The extinct Cleora viduaria is 

 represented by 15 specimens ; Boletohia fuliginaria, by four specimens ; 

 Acidalia herbariata, by three specimens ; A. strigaria, by one specimen ; 

 Lythria purjmraria, 10 specimens ; Sterrha sacraria, 12 specimens ; 

 Aplasia ononaria, four specimens ; Eupithecia innotata, six specimens ; 

 Phibalapteryx polygrammata, 20 specimens. C. viduaria and P. poly- 

 grammata, having quite recently become extinct, have no sponsors. B. 

 fidiginaria appears to be much in the same condition, but, strange to say, 

 A. herbariata is also without friends. Coverdale's specimens are of 

 course in Mr. Tutt's collection, so these are presumably some of Mr. 

 Meek's. A. strigaria is placed to Mr. Button's account, so appear to be 

 all the L. purpuraria ; and he supplied the eggs for some of the S. sacraria. 

 What a wonderful collector this man must have been ! I was under the 

 impression that a few of the London collectors knew the neighbourhood 

 of Gravesend pretty well, but I supj^ose I must have dreamt it. Ah ! Mr. 

 Rogers, I see, got (S*. sacraria ; Messrs. J. B. Hodgkinson and Bouchard 

 being responsible for others. Now for A. ononaria, taken by Mr. Piffard 

 in the Warren. " Good old Warren ! " I've spent some months there, 

 but never mind, " Good old ononaria !'* The E. innotata haven't a 

 sponsor, and I believe I found myself saying " Perhaps they are as well 

 without." I'm getting cynical, I declare ! Now for the Pseudo- 

 bombyces. Drepana sicula, only 17; D. hicuspis, 13. Ah! G. crenata, 

 only two. Well, I'm rather disappointed. iV. bicolor, five ; and N. 

 tritoplms, four specimens. Tritophus, why I really must apologise, but 

 four specimens, it nearly takes my breath away. Well ! who are the 

 sponsors here ? D. sicula and D. hicuspis, do very well without. N. 

 bicolor : Mr. Bouchard one, and four from Mr. Chaiipell from Burnt- 

 wood. What does that tall gentlemanly-looking man say to his friend 

 as he looks over my shoulder ? " Chappell's specimens ! Ah ! he 

 caught eight didn't he ? I wonder how many dozens have been sold 

 for those eight ! How many were there in Harper's, Shepherd's, and 



Vaughan's sales ? Have not B , M , W , and a host of others, 



got some of these eight in their cabinets ? Two G. crenata ! Some of 

 those advertised on the cover of the Entom. a few years ago, I supjjose ! 

 Ah I wasn't that the same year that T. cineraria was planted on the 

 oaks in the New Porest I Tritophus : one, * near Gravesend.' I wonder 

 if that is Button's, &c. &c." Well, brothers of the net, you can guess 

 how this (the tone of it even more than the words themselves) took my 

 breath away. Now for the Noctu^ : Bryophila algce, two specimens ; 

 only two ! But by the Holy Turca what's this ? 14 Synia musculosa, 

 12 L. viteUina, and two L. extranea ; only two ! But here's something 

 to make up for it, L. l-album, five, and then 10 Laphygma exigua, — 



