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well-defined) ; therefore our only resource is to have our own col- 

 lections, for better lose time in setting specimens we have our- 

 selves caught than to be running to and from our house to the 

 museum ; that would indeed be time lost, and if during the 

 winter we are caught in a nice drenching rain and get a fine cold, 

 then it would not only be time lost, but both health and patience 

 into the bargain. 



From an educational and scientific standpoint, is the game 

 worth the candle? It may or it may not be; for, according to 

 whom the collection belongs, so will its worth be. To the working 

 man (many of whom I believe have fine collections, and who doa 

 great deal of real scientific ivork) the collection is only too well 

 worth the candle, for how many of these hard and sturdy workers 

 (at their death) leave their families almost penniless, whereas 

 their collections would always fetch a pretty good sum (especially 

 for a fine local one), enough at any rate to keep things going until 

 "something turned up." 



Many more remarks I might bring forth to show the value of 

 indivi.dual collections, but I am afraid to tire both the editor's 

 and reader's patience ; but I also hope to see this discussion con- 

 tinued, and may they all tend to the same end as this, i. e., to 

 encourage young students to study from their own work. 



Colegio Yngles, 13, Nataniel, Santiago de Chile, May 25, 1887. 



NOTES ON LEPIDOPTERA OBSERVED IN LONDON. 

 By Pkrcy Kendall, M.D. 



During the past six or seven years I have taken notes of the 

 appearance of insects which I have seen in London, and though 

 I do not pretend to have much new light to throw on the question 

 of the metropolitan fauna, yet the subject, as far as I am aware, 

 has received so little attention that it seems to me to be worth 

 while, in view of Mr. Sharp's promised list, to mention briefly, 

 witli notes of any matter of interest respecting them, the species 

 which I have seen within two miles of the Marble Arch, i. e., in 

 Ladbroke Square ; the more so, as I shall, perhaps, be unable 

 hereafter to amplify the list. 



