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ten members in a basket this indirect system becomes much more 

 vahiable. A provincial collector can send specimens to be named. He 

 can also make enquiries of other members, which will be answered in 

 the note book. The member will see local forms of various species of 

 which he did not know the existence, and so on. 



The Rules are arranged for mutual protection and advantage. 

 They are — 



1. That the " Ilecoid Exchange Club" be instituted for such subscribers to the 

 EntoiiiologlxVs Record as can set insects well, and fulfil the other rules of the club. 



2. That each member send only line insects, with data attached (or entered in 

 the book) ; that he initial all insects taken from other boxes ; and carefully fill up 

 the Table mentioned in liule S. [Very common species, unless very variable, are 

 not admissible]. 



'6. That each member till up on each round the Table providing for the 

 following : — (1) The entry of the number of insects returned in his own box, and 

 the entry in the book of thenanres of an equal number of fresh insects to make up for 

 those returned. (2) The entry of the number of insects taken from other boxes, 

 and the entry of the names of an equal number of insects which he places in his 

 own box (and 20 per cent, extra for a working surplus). 



4. That no member take insects from other boxes until he has removed all 

 insects returned to him from his own, and substituted an equal number of fresh 

 specimens likely to prove useful to members. 



5. That no member keep the basket for more than three clear days. If from 

 home the member must leave instructions as to forwarding. [For this purpose 

 each member must provide himself with a list of the names and addresses 

 of all members in his Basket, and a list sliowing the order of each Basket will be 

 printed in each number of the Eiit. liecoid. Members must also publish notices, etc., 

 through the 7i'('(o;-(/, as the Editor can undertake no personal correspondence.] 



(J. That each member send, at once, to the Editor of Tlie Kntoin. liecord a postcard 

 announcing the arrival of the Basket from Mr. , and its despatch to Mr. . 



7. That each member shall carefully re-pack every box that he opens, to prevent 

 damage, and shall also make himself responsible for the sufficiency of the packing 

 in the Basket when it leaves him. 



8. That the admission of members be in the hands of the Editor, who will satisfy 

 himself, as far as possible, of the suitability of candidates for membership, and who 

 will provide a box as vacancies occur. That no member leave the Club whilst 

 indebted to the other members. 



H. That each member pay an entrance fee of Is. 3d. towards the general expenses 

 of providing boxes, basket, tfcc, for each Basket of which he becomes a member. 



10. That notes of general interest published in the Note Book may be printed in 

 the Eiit. Record. 



The Exchange Club started as far back as February, 1890, so that 

 its long life and present vitality show tluit it is appreciated by the 

 members. Personally, I find that it has been of the greatest benefit 

 to me, and such work as is attached thereto has been largely a labour 

 of love. The flagrant abuse by occasional individual members of Rules 

 2 and 5, and the carelessness of other (usually excellent) members to 

 satisfy Rule 6, have given the greatest amount of trouble and anxiety, 

 but otherwise there can be no doubt the system has proved a great 

 success. — J. W. TuTT. 



Chcerocampa celerio in a Book-case. — An enclosed book-case is 

 scarcely the locality that we should exploit for hawk moths, although 

 strange entomological captures have, from time to time, been recorded, 

 as, for instance, the Catorola fraxini, found in the last throes of death 

 upon a mantle-piece of an empty room in an empty house. On Tues- 

 day last, Mr. W. Fenn, of this town, upon raising a horizontal-lying 

 book in the situation named, discovered it to be pressing down a fine 

 female specimen of ( '. celerio, which was dead, but not yet stiff', 

 and only very slightly injured on the thorax. The finder has 



