318 VARIETIES. 



forenoon, millions of insects, of the caterpillar species, forming quite 

 a cloud, which darkened the air, passed over him from west to 

 east. — Bristol Mercury. — ! ! ! Ed. 



40. Stephens v. Rennie. — This case happening to be the 

 last on the list, at the Court of Exchequer, has been, we are 

 sorry to say, put off till May. On the morning on which it 

 was expected it would be heard, we took a stroll into West- 

 minster Hall, and we think we may say we never saw so many 

 fellows of the learned societies assembled on any occasion : 

 we recognised Mr. Yarrell, Mr. Children, Mr. Haworth, Mr. 

 Vigors, M.P., Mr. Gray, Mr. Samouelle, Rev. Mr. Hope, 

 Rev. Mr. Rudd, Mr. Davis, Mr. Newman, Mr. E. Bennett, 

 Mr. Westwood, Mr. Waterhouse, Mr. Griesbach, Mr. Hanson, 

 Mr. E. Doubleday, &c. &c. ; most of whom were, we under- 

 stood, witnesses for the plaintiff, who, as a matter of course, 

 was present. These gentlemen, after spending nearly the 

 whole day walking up and down the hall, had the pleasure of 

 being dismissed until again wanted. We certainly do not envy 

 any man a law-suit : when the matter is decided, even in the 

 plaintiffs favour, which we have no doubt will ultimately be 

 the case, what damages can repay him the trouble and expense 

 he has incurred ? In the mean time, entomologists are incon- 

 venienced by the discontinuing of Mr. Stephens's " Illustra- 

 tions," which he, of course, suspends until the law has decided 

 whether he has a copyright in them or not. — Ed. 



41. Inquiry respecting Mr. Stephens's " Illustrations.'" — 

 Sir, can you give me any information as to the re-appearance 

 of Mr. Stephens's valuable " Illustrations of British Entomo- 

 logy ?" At this distance from London, 1 find it impossible to 

 obtain any information through booksellers, &c. ? 



Edinburgh, Ut/iFeb. 1833. 



[We may positively state, on the authority of Mr. Stephens 

 himself, that the only cause of delay is the law-suit above 

 alluded to. — Ed.] 



42. Flight of Insects. — The propensity which insects evince 

 to fly in one direction, is truly remarkable ; in the roads through 

 the woods of Kent, I have found that the readiest way to take 

 Leucoj)hasia Sina2ns, the little " Wood White" butterfly, is to 



