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could be heard of as having come into the neighbourhood lately. 

 It probably came in the egg state. About three years ago one of 

 the same species was captured down a coal-pit, having evidently 

 got there with timber for propping purposes. — E. Stott ; 

 Lostock, Bolton, October 31, 1887. 



Entomological Collections. — I have read with considerable 

 interest this discussion which is being carried on in the pages of 

 the * Entomologist,' and am gratified to find that the subject has 

 been so carefully and thoroughly studied. I perfectly agree with 

 Mr. Tutt, as far as the study of physics, biology, and mathe- 

 matics being of more educational value than Entomology, "but I 

 most decidedly difi'er from him when he states that the study of 

 Natural History taken as a whole is of more educational value 

 than the study of any one of its divisions. I firmly believe that 

 more has been done to retard the progress of Natural History by 

 people who profess to have grasped the whole subject, than by any 

 other cause. It is such men as these who are so ready to make 

 " new and distinct species." I hold that no man can thoroughly 

 grasp the whole of Natural History, and that if every naturalist 

 was to devote himself to that group (the smaller the better) to 

 which he was most attached we should have a much more 

 satisfactory and reliable classification, and more knowledge 

 towards the advancement and perfection of the science than we 

 have at present. There are two kinds of education : the first, 

 where one learns for his or her own benefit and interests ; the 

 second, where one learns thnt he may impart his knowledge to 

 others. Now everyone will admit that this latter must be the 

 more complete and thorough of the two. I understand Mr. Tutt 

 to argue that one ought to take the whole subject of Natural 

 History to derive an educational result, but I would ask him one 

 question : What benefit to the naturalists at large would be the 

 knowledge of a man who only knew his study imperfectly ? As 

 I remarked above, it is impossible for one individual to em- 

 brace the whole subject so thoroughly well, as to be enabled to 

 render material help. What we really require is men who will 

 be content to work at one group, and each to study the classifi- 

 cation of his particular branch as thoroughly as he is able. 

 Then, when these several arrangements are obtained, and 

 classified under the one heading of Natural History, we may hope 

 for a more satisfactory and trustworthy result than at present, 



