118 THE ENTOMOLOGIST. 



N. umbrosa N. c-nigrum, Neuronia popularis, Anchocelis nifina, common, 

 A. litura, Agrotis svffusa, common, A. segctum, A. saucia, Triphcena 

 janthina, Tajnnostola fvlva, Aniphipyra pyramidea, several, Calocampa 

 vetusta, Orthosia macilenta, Xylina socia [petrijicata], common, Xanthia 

 circellaris, and Cerastis vacciuii. Also one larva of Atropos fully grown. 



October brought me some real good sport at the ivy-blossom and sugar, 

 and insects were plentiful, coming freely to both. I netted Triphana 

 orbona, Xylina socia, X. ornithopms {rhizoUtha), several, Anchocelis rufina, 

 A. pistacina, A. Litura, Xanthia aurago, X. circellaris, common, Agrotis 

 saucia, A. svffusa, Orthosia lota, common, 0. viacilenta, abundant, Cerastis 

 vaccina, abundant, C. spadicea, Scopelosoma satellitia, Miselia oxyacantha, 

 Cidaria miata, and C. siterata, several. 



With the above list before me I can feel not only satisfied, 

 but thankful. 



Whatley Eectory, Frome, February 7, 1885. 



NATURAL HISTORY NOMENCLATURE. 



By C. S. Gregson. 



In defence of my questioned right to name a species after an 

 individual, I must remind your readers of what has been done by 

 others in a like manner. It is suggested that some board of 

 reference should be constituted, before which proposed names 

 should be submitted. But would it be possible to get anyone to 

 act upon it ? Take the names of some of the present leading 

 entomologists, and see if they could. 



Every gentleman who has been President of the Entomolo- 

 gical Society of London, except Mr. S. Stevens, including the 

 present President (with Lithocolletls dunning ella, Stainton), has 

 had a species named after him by some member of the Council 

 or other naturalist ; and nearly every assistant on the staff of the 

 ' Entomologist ' and ' Entomologist's Monthly Magazine ' is in 

 the same predicament. Dr. Knaggs christened Nonagria bondii 

 (Kngs.) ; Stainton has given Gelechia knaggsiella, and other names 

 after many of his friends ; and it is only a few weeks since his 

 last individual name, " hodgkinsoni,'' appeared. 



I append a long list of individual names given by all the most 

 eminent entomologists in different countries ; and after reading 

 them I do not see that objection can be taken to naming species 

 after individuals. And as regards genera, both Zelleria after 

 Zeller and Banksia after Sir Joseph Banks are in general use. 



