THE STORY OF 02C0PH0RA WOODIELLA. 53 



L. H. Grinclon, Edleston, Kenderdine, my cousin Ashworth, 

 S. Carter, G. Crozier, and man}' others being present, one subject 

 discussed was this (Ecophora woodiella. It was captured in some 

 numbers by Robert Cribb, who lived in Oldham Road, Manchester, 

 who gave a specimen to R. Wood to send up to Curtis to get 

 named ; and as it was new to the entomologists in the district, he 

 also gave a pair to Samuel Carter, and I think one to Geo. Crozier. 

 I cannot trace this specimen. On Curtis naming the insect 

 (Ecophora ivoodiella, Cribb was so angry that it was named after 

 Wood, and so indignant that Wood should have claimed the moth 

 as his discovery, that he refused to part with another specimen to 

 anyone. He had in a box fifty or sixty specimens, which he 

 showed now and then to Carter and others, but nothing would 

 induce him to part with them. The place where he said he took 

 the insect was an old rotten tree— I think alder— growing not far 

 from the path on the Manchester side of Kersal Moor; and as he 

 took Crozier to the place to look for it before the unpleasantness 

 arose, I believe this was quite true. Carter, Crozier, Ashworth, 

 and I and others visited the place many times, but never saw a 

 specimen, and I believe no other has been seen either there or 

 anywhere else. Some said that it was a foreign species, and this 

 aggravated Cribb the more, as he had no foreign insects ; nor 

 could anyone tell where the species could have come from, as it 

 was unknown elsewhere. Whether it was that vexation and dis- 

 appointment caused Cribb to become intemperate or not I cannot 

 say, but he did become so, and gave up all his collecting. 



Samuel Carter, who had always an eye to doing a little stroke 

 of business, used to try and tempt Cribb, when not sober, to part 

 with his box of CE. woodiella, but without success ; one day, 

 however, he met him, and offered to give him ten shillings for the 

 box. Cribb said, "Well, you shall have it, but it is in pawn for 

 five shillings at a beerhouse in Oldham Road ; if you will give me 

 five shillings to get it out of pawn, I will fetch it, and you must 

 give the other five shillings when you get it." To this Carter- 

 agreed ; however, he did not see the box or his five shillings, and 

 Cribb kept out of his way for weeks ; one day, however, they met, 

 and after angry words, Carter, who was most anxious to get the 

 insects, said he would give him ten shillings for it, and pay the 

 money he owed besides ; so they went together to the beerhouse : 

 when they saw the mistress of the house she said — "Oh ! you 



