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of a number of foreign Ichneumones ; of this we entirely dis- 

 approve. The fourth alteration is in the printing of the genera 

 in capital letters ; this is too obvious an improvement for us to 

 comment on. The present work only extends as far as the 

 Ichneumones ; the remainder is to be published in the autumn. 



10. Index Entomologicus , Sj-c, by W. Wood, F. R. S., Sfc, 

 No. I. — This is a pretty work, though any thing but what its 

 name implies; disheartening, however, though the title cer- 

 tainly is, the work will be found a delightful one by all who 

 take pleasure in the accuracy of pictorial design. The first 

 number contains coloured figures of all the British butterflies ; 

 some of them, particularly Lathonia, Atalanta, Cardt/i, 

 Galathea, and Semele, are to the life ; all the others are good. 

 The accuracy of the figures is the sole merit of the work ; the 

 arrangement is confused and jumbled in a strange manner ; 

 the names mis-spelt, as Gompeteryx for Gotiepteryx, Asis for 

 Acis, Acteon {ox Act ce on, &c. &c.; and the letter- press so like 

 Miss Jermyn's, that, did not Mr. Wood omit to notice that 

 lady's work in toto, we should have almost been inclined to 

 suppose he had borrowed a hint or two from it. For instance : 



Miss Jermyn. Mu. Wood. 



Napi. Green-veined White. Gardens, Napi. Green-veined White. Gardens, 



Woods, and Thickets ; middle of Woods, and Thickets ; May to 



May; beginning of June. July. 



Cardamines. Orange tip. Woods and Cardamines. Orange tip. Woods and 



Lanes, Helmington, Suffolk; Dart- Lanes ; Suffolk and Devonshire; end 



moor, Devonshire ; end of May. of May. 



Atalanta. RedAdmiral. Woods, Hedges Atalanta. Red Admiral. Woods, &c. ; 



and Gardens, neighbourhood of Dart- Devonshire; June and July. 



moor, Devonshire ; Spring ; middle 



of July ; beginning of August. 



Hyperanthus. Ringlet. Woods, neigh- Hyperanthus. Ringlet. Woods; Devon- 



bourhood of Dartmoor, Devonshire ; shire ; end of June. 



end of June. 



Now Mr. Wood could not have taken a shilling ride out of 

 London, in any direction, without seeing all these butterflies ; 

 and it is very singular he should have hit on the only habitat 

 and time which Miss Jermyn gives, — particularly as Miss 

 Jermyn's times of appearance, as well as localities, happen fre- 

 quently to be very far from correct. Mr. Wood's known 

 science protects him from the charge of plagiarism ! 



