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and breaking by means of shrouds or stays coming from near tbe top 

 to a double cross-tree, like those from the royal-mast of a man-of-war. 

 An illustration will be given with the other engravings, and I hope to 

 find it as effective in practise, as it is in theory on paper. The net 

 is to be made of very light open net-work^ so as not to catch the air. 



"what 's in a name." 



A GOOD deal too much in many an Entomological one. Hardly two 

 "Lists" agree; and, as I can recommend no one in existence, I must briefly 

 dismiss the subject of nomenclature by expressing the hope that eftsoons 

 we may be permitted to resort to the primitive simplicity whilom 

 enjoyed by our Entomological forefathers, and that an insect yclept by 

 one name may be deemed to be sufficiently denominated, so that the 

 pride of nomenclators may be no longer fostered by dubbing their 

 unconscious adoptions with as many titles and 'family" distinctions as 

 would suffice a Spanish grandee, to say nothing of their unpronounceable 

 barbarisms, which offend against all laws of classical propriety. I have 

 myself used Mr. Doubleday's catalogue, price half-a-crown, published by 

 Mr. Van Voorst, London. It is well printed on good strong paper, and 

 only on one side, so as to be able to be cut out for labels for cabinets, 

 and also for marking in the species possessed. 



"DE OIINIBXJS EEBUS ET QUIBUSDAM ALUS." 



I HAVE almost exhausted the pi'evious part of this wide subject under 

 the former heads, but I must endeavour to say something under the latter 

 part of it; and, first, I may add, that in order to keep the wings 

 sufficiently down with the silver paper, two or even three pieces will 

 sometimes be required on each side. Further, the mode just mentioned 

 of drying the wings before the fire, will be found very effective in 

 keeping them permanently in the way they are placed, so that they 

 may be effectually as well as nominally '^set." 



A very good method of procuring many rare Lepidopterous, and indeed 

 other insects, is by shaking in the day-time any young trees which may 

 admit of such an effect, the result being to dislodge those which may 

 be resting under the leaves, from whence they either fly or drop down 



