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hours." His first appearance in print as an Entomological writer is a short notice 

 of " Captures of Lepidoptera " in the Entomologist's Weekly Intelligencer, for 

 June 14th, 1856 (Vol. I, p. 83), this was followed on the 26th July (p. 132) by a 

 notice of the capture of Colias Hyale by a friend. Then came a notice in the 

 Substitute, for January 3rd, 1857 (p. 132) on the duration of the pupa state of 

 Aclierontia Atropos, and in the Intelligencer (Vol. II, p. 4) of a male PMgalia 

 pilosaria being attracted to the outside of a breeding-cage by the presence within 

 of a female, which had lately emerged from the pupa state. 



But in the summer of 1857 an event occurred, which was destined to bring 

 Mr. Buckler moi-e prominently forward, and which enlisted his artistic talent in the 

 cause of Entomology. This event was the abrupt discontinuance of that line of 

 ■work by the artist, who had for more than two years been employed to figure the 

 larvsD of the Tineina. It was absolutely necessary to find a fresh artist with as little 

 delay as possible, and a forcible appeal appeared in the Intelligencer (Vol. II, p. 113) 

 entitled, " Portrait-painting." 



The result was that Mr. Buckler offered his services as delineator of these 

 Micro-larvse and their mines and food-plants, and the exquisite finish of his drawings 

 is well known to all who have seen the originals, though it is to be feared that the 

 published figures of his larvae, such for instance as those of JSxceretia Allisella and 

 Fsecadia funerella in the thirteenth volume of the Natural History of the Tineina, 

 scarcely give an idea of the beautifully soft appearance of the actual drawings. 



For nearly three years Mr. Buckler was engaged in this work, and had made 

 about 120 figures, but, owing to the fact, that a full-grown larva just arrived from 

 the Continent, cannot wait, but must be figured at once when it reaches the 

 artist, the nature of the employment was found to tie him so very closely, and to 

 interfere so seriously with his time in preventing him from keeping engagements 

 with his friends, that in June, 1860, he begged, though with some regret, that some 

 other artist might be found for the task, most courteously, however, offering to 

 continue his services till the needful artistic aid had been obtained. 



The (short-lived) Weekly Entomologist, which began to appear in August, 1862, 

 nearly 12 months after the decease of the Entomologist's Weekly Intelligencer, 

 contains (Vol. I, p. 45) the description of the larva of Pamphila sylvanus ; in the 

 same work (Vol. Ill, p. 213) appears a description of the larva of Euperia fulvago. 

 These have a special interest as being the first two descriptions of Macro-larvre 

 from the pen of William Buckler — to be followed by the long series which have 

 enriched the pages of this Magazine. 



Descriptions of the following larvce by William Buckler have appeared in the 

 Entomologist's Monthly Magazine : — 



In Vol. I. — Leucania liUoralis (p. 48), Lithosia pygmcEoIa, caniola, complanula, 

 complana, stramineola and rubrical/ is (pp. 48, 49), Xyluphasia scolopa- 

 cina (p. 50), Leucania comma (p. 140). 

 „ II. — Hadena rectiUnea (p. 20), Ccenonympha Davus (p. 65), Toxocampa 

 craccce (p. 67), Leucania putrescens (p. 94), Agrotis ravida (p. 115), 

 Agrotis aquilina (p. 133), Agrotis nigricans (p. 162), Uipparchia 

 Semele (p. 188), Acidalia niancuniaia (p. 189). 

 „ III. — Leucania pallens (p. 68), Radena suasa and Hepialus sylvinus (p. 136), 

 Leucania conigera (p. 137), Agrotis lunigera (p. 188), CucuUia umbra- 

 tica (p. 2QS),Acronycta auncoma (p. 261), Catocala sponsa (p. 276). 



