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is memorable in the aiiuals of British Entomology. lie was 

 one of the first who endeavoured to form an Aurelian Society 

 in this country, and was their fiist secretary. Like other 

 works of this age, many of the plates are dedicated to soino 

 titled person. The insects are beautifully drawn, and some 

 of them are well coloured ; others are very crude and 

 fancifully painted. The smaller species esjaecially seem to 

 have had very little care bestowed upon them. He was 

 undoubtedly a careful observer. In describing the change of 

 butterfly larva; to the chrysalis, he says: — "The caterpillars, 

 when ripe for their transformation, some hang up by the tail, 

 with their heads perpendicularly downward, which are those 

 of the thorny or spiked kind ; the others fix themselves by 

 the tail with their heads perpendicular upward, a silken string- 

 going round the middle, to support them. It may be observed 

 that should the caterpillars of the branched kind fasten 

 themselves to change, with a thread round the middle like 

 the smooth class, they would never get their skin off theni; 

 being interrupted by the silk thread; therefore nature, to 

 avoid that inconvenience, directs them to hang themselviS 

 perpendicular by the tail, that they may be free from every- 

 thing which jnight obstruct them in their time of 

 transformation . " ' 



His description of the various kinds of nets used in 

 collecting is quaint. He gives a description of the clap net, 

 or, as he calls it, "the bat folding net," as follows: — "The 

 method of using the bat folding net is thus: — On seeing the 

 insect coming toward you, you must endeavour to meet it, 

 or lay yourself in its way, so that it may come rather to the 

 right side of you, as if you intended to let it pass; then, 

 having the net in your hands, incline it down to your right 

 side, turning yourself a little to the right ready for the 

 stroke, not unlike the attitude in which a batsman in the 

 game of cricket stands when he is ready to strike the ball. 

 When the fly is within your reach, strike at it forcibly, 

 receiving the fly in the middle of your net, as it were between 

 the two sockets of the benders, that being the part of the 

 net which best receives the insect ; and not only so, but 



