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PARIS VIEWED LEPIDOPTEROLOGICALLY. 



(By the Editor.) 



It is always interesting on arriving in a new place to dis- 

 cover other persons with tastes kindred to our own. The 

 Coleopterist who visits Paris has in this respect a great ad- 

 vantage over the Lepidopterist. Almost every Entomologist 

 of any note in Paris is a Coleopterist, and Lepidopterists are 

 rare indeed. 



Dr. Boisduval, whose scientific reputation as the author 

 of the " Index Methodicus" needs no indorsement here, has 

 a most extensive Collection of Lepidoptera. and some species 

 of great rarity, such, for instance, as JPlusia Dives. 



M. Bellier de la Chavignerie has a tremendous Collection; 

 we know of no other word which will so well express it ; 

 long series of bred specimens such as we see in few Collec- 

 tions here, and extended to the Lepidoptera of Europe. The 

 Lepidopterist who visits Paris, and does not see this Collec- 

 tion, misses the sight which we should fancy he would enjoy 

 more than any other. 



M. Berce has also a Collection which would well repay a 

 visit. The series are not as long as with M. Bellier; but he 

 possesses several rarities, which are wanting in the larger 

 Collection. 



Dr. Sichel has also a Collection of Lepidoptera; but with 

 him it only occupies a subordinate place, as his attention is 

 divided amongst all the orders. 



