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I cannot understand how a gentleman of Mr. Poulton's 
reputation could have made such an assertion without first 
making some inquiry of those who are connected with the 
district. Two lists of the Lepidoptera of Devonshire have 
been published: the first (part 1, 1862; part 2, 1863; the last 
1865, to the end of the Noctue) by ‘The Council of the Ply- 
mouth Institution and Devon and Cornwall Natural History 
Society,’ compiled by J. J. Reading, of Plymouth; the second, 
1878, written by E. Parfitt, of Exeter, and published by ‘The 
Devonshire Association.’ In both of these lists mention is 
made of the capture of Valezina in Bickleigh Vale. I have 
also taken it in that locality, and at the present moment 
possess two specimens captured there. If you will kindly 
make this correction in. your next issue of the ‘ Proceedings,’ 
I should fee] obliged. 
‘‘T am, Dear Sir, Yours truly, 
‘‘H. Goss, Esq., ‘©G, C, Binet. 
‘« Secretary of the Entomological Society.’ 
Mr. Goss read the following letter from Mr. I. C. Cotes, of 
the Indian Museum, Calcutta, asking for the assistance of 
British Entomologists in working out certam groups of 
Coleoptera, Neuroptera, Orthoptera, Diptera, and Hymeno- 
-ptera in the Indian Museum :— 
‘‘TIndian Museum, Calcutta, 
‘1st March, 1888. 
‘‘Dear Sir,—I venture to ask for your assistance in the 
following matter. The rough arrangement of the fine col- 
lections of insects in the Indian Museum of Caleutta is fairly 
complete. But to make these collections, and especially the 
specimens which are connected with Economic Entomology, 
of real value to the people of India, more precise determination 
is necessary than can be attempted in the absence of type- 
specimens. I therefore venture to ask you to assist me in 
making known to the entomologists of your Society—some of 
whom inay be in want of material for working at the special 
groups of insects in which they are interested—that the 
Indian Museum contains large collections of insects from all 
parts of India, besides Burmah, the Andaman Islands, and 
