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better shown by preventing the loss of the specimens. — 

 A. B. Farn; Daitford, September 9, 1878. 



[in justice to Mr. Murray it may not be out of place to 

 mention that the immediate cause of his last and fatal illness 

 was the amount of chloroform inhaled by him when working 

 for the preservation of the Doubleday Collection. At first he 

 used the chloroform every day ; then he attended once a 

 week; but succumbed altogether at last. Whether the 

 remedy was a wise one is not now under discussion. — E. A. F.j 



The Doubleday Collection. — The announcement in the 

 exchange list of the September number of the 'Entomo- 

 logist,' that this collection is to be put " in proper order," by 

 adding " fresh specimens," &c., will I am sure be received 

 with painful surprise by many of the lepidopterists of this 

 country. The great interest which centres in the Collection 

 at Bethnal Green arises solely from the fact that it is 

 the Collection formed by the late Henry Doubleday, and, as 

 s»ich, is looked upon by the present generation of lepi- 

 dopterists with a feeling almost akin to reverence. Once 

 begin adding to, or taking from it, and this interest ceases 

 for ever; and the Collection at once descends to the level of 

 that of any ordinary museum. With proper care it will 

 keep, as it is, for many years to come. I grant, of course, 

 that the contemplated "improvements" would make it more 

 valuable in an educational point of view. If the museum 

 authorities want a collection for this purpose (and every 

 museum ought to have one), let them get a new cabinet and 

 start a fresh collection ; when I venture to say our lepi- 

 dopterists will send their duplicates to it with far greater 

 alacrity than they will in the former case. — G. T. Porritt ; 

 Highroyd House, Huddersfield, September .3, 1878. 



Tapinostola Bondii. — I observe in the exchange list of the 

 'Entomologist' for September the above speties offered, and 

 marked bred. This must surely be an error, otherwise 

 someone is, I fear, losing the great credit due to so important 

 a discovery. Also in some of the exchange notices would it 

 not be better to distinctly notice which were British insects, 

 and which continental types. — W. Purdky; 132, Dover 

 Road, Folkestone, September, 1878. 



[This was a compositor's error, owing to bad copy : the 

 word "bred" applied to preceding species, Cynipiforons, as 

 printed in August number. Continental specimens should 

 always be so designated; but see notice at head of exchange 

 list. — Ed.] 



