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as Benjamina she was carried off. Now Trichopteryx Saras may be appropriate 

 enough for one sex of the insect in question, but do not our hair splitters see 

 the advantage of at least altering the termination in case of the other sex. 

 Besides, were the termination altered with the sex, we would get rid of all 

 those cabalistic signs that look so astrological in our lists. I could say a 

 great deal more but dread your fiat being " unsuitable/' therefore allow me 

 to conclude with 



" A little nonsense now and then 

 Is relished by the wisest men." 



EASTER AT HARTFORD. 



By F. N. PIERCE and G. H. HARKER. 



Read before the Lancashire and Cheshire Entomological Society, April 2jth, 1885. 



When Easter falls as early as it did this year it does not improve the 

 " takes " of a few days collecting, in fact the generality of people say there 

 is nothing to be got at this time. We, however, have always made a point 

 of working all seasons, so long as the weather is fit for a ramble, though 

 sometimes we have found a great deal more fresh air than insects ; but this at 

 any rate is good for our health, and we always say there is something to 

 be taken even when snow is on the ground. This year Easter arrived with 

 fair though cold weather, and continued fine nearly through the week. 

 Thursday, xVpril 2nd, was one of the most glorious days an entomologist 

 could wish for, and it was with high and great expectations that we took the 

 5 p.m. to Hartford. We had both read of the wonderfully attractive nature of 

 sallow flowers, which older entomologists are constantly referring to, and we 

 now hoped that we should have a taste of their quality. It is our belief that 

 the flowers of the dwarf willows that grew on our sand hills are not attractive 

 to moths, for the only thing we have heard of being taken on them is Tcenio- 

 cawpa gracilis. This, however, may be due to the large number of sallows, 

 compared with the number of insects. When we arrived at Hartford we 

 arranged to pick out a good locality, with plenty of sallows, to work that 

 mght, but our spirits began to fall as the only willow tree we came across 

 during the long walk from Hartford station, to our cottage just past the 

 " Blue-cap Inn," at Sandiway, was a miserable specimen with about three 

 flowers, only half opened. We then began to remember that willow does 

 not grow very abundantly here, so as we had no time to go searching 

 around that night for more sallows, we determined to treacle. This 

 we did as soon as we had had the good tea which our hostess had prepared 



