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founded in April, 1864. In this goodly part we find it stated 
that the entomological collection belonging to the Society has 
been considerably increased by donations, including one of 
Deilephila Livornica, " which was undoubtedly caught near Marl- 
borough," whilst " a complete list of all the Lepidoptera known to 
occur within our district" extends to twenty-four pages, closely 
printed. 
On this subject I may refer with much satisfaction to a 
pamphlet published by Everard F. Im Thurn, of Exeter College, 
Oxford, entitled ' Notes on a School Museum,' dated January 21, 
1873, being an address to the Natural History Society of the 
above-mentioned College. 
The establishment of new Societies of Entomologists, not only 
abroad but in various parts of our own countr}'-, is a very gratifying 
proof of the unfading interest taken in the subject in many new 
centres of scientific pursuits. 
The Kules of Zoological Nomenclature have formed the subject 
of a pamphlet published by Dr. Sharp, in November last, with 
the title, * The Object and Method of Zoological Nomenclature,' 
in which the author laments the constant changes in the names 
of even the most common insects, and the consequent increased 
disgust with which the science is regarded. Dr. Sharp insists 
that the name of an insect ought to be unalterable, and that it 
ought to serve only for nomenclature and not for classificational 
purposes ; and he proposes to carry this out by having three 
names for each species, namely, the two names by which it was 
first described, and a third name, in a separate column, being that 
of the modern genus to which it is from time to time assigned, 
thus — 
Scarabseus stercorarius, Lin7i. Geotrupes, Jek. 
Scarabi3eus sabulosus, Linn. Trox, Harold, 
Silpha scabra, Linn. Trox, Harold; 
the first two names to remain unchangeable, and the last to be 
supposed liable to change according to the views of any future 
writer. I can scarcely conceive that any one will feel disposed to 
adopt these views of Dr, Sharp, and j'et the}'^ have been partially 
carried out by many writers. The great difficulty in the matter 
consists in the infinite number of the species of insects, the great 
majority of which are unknown to the world at large. The case 
