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and novel proceeding, certainly, but one by which I utterly decline 

 to be bound. If Mr. Clifford is an admirer of the bad example 

 afforded by such names, " Copperhead," " Knownothing," 

 " Werang," " Figulilella," " Zakharsckevskyi," " Stscheglovii," 

 and " Stschukini," and chooses to tax his inventive powers by 

 creating such names as " Smithii," " Brownii," "Jonesii," and 

 " Eobinsoni," he is welcome to do so as far as his own collection 

 is concerned ; but I object to the imaginary right which he claims 

 of compelling others to do the same, and thereby afford a fresh 

 example of the truth of the old proverb.— C. A. Briggs; 

 55, Lincoln's Inn Fields, April 20, 1881. 



REVIEW. 



Insect Hunters Companion. By the Kev. Joseph Greene, M.A. 



Third Edition. Revised and extended by A. B. Farn. 



London : W. SAvan Sonnenschein and Allen. 

 If we remember correctly, in noticing this work ' Punch ' re- 

 cently said that visitors to the seaside could not have a better 

 companion, but perhaps our venerable caricaturist mistook the 

 actual meaning of the title of this little book. The former 

 editions were so well known to our readers that it is quite 

 unnecessary to give a detailed account of this handy little guide. 

 In revising it, Mr. Farn has carefully brought the Rev. Joseph 

 Greene's work up to the present state of knowledge of the art of 

 collecting, having added much to the original work. A new 

 feature is the addition of a number of woodcuts and figures, 

 which will greatly assist the beginner ; amongst these we may 

 note the Bignell Tray, and a full set of apparatus necessary for 

 the preservation of lepidopterous and other larvae. Several 

 modes of collecting are fully described which were little used 

 when the former editions were published ; notably, we may men- 

 tion "Light." In conclusion, Mr. Farn has added some practical 

 remarks upon collecting Micro -lepidoptera, which will be found 

 useful to those who have not already paid attention to this branch 

 of Natural History. Whether we address the schoolboy collector, 

 or the more learned Entomologist, we can safely sa}^ that every 

 one who reads this book will learn something, and find in 

 it some suggestion which will be useful either in the field or the 

 study. — [Ed.] 



