THE YOUNG NATURALIST. 



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troyersy may terminate. In No. 114, p. 82, 

 we say "we have read all the correspon- 

 dence," by which we meant, all the corres- 

 pondence between Messrs. Harbour and Tug- 

 well, but which expression we must admit 

 was open to a wider interpretation. Mr. 

 Gregson tells us he understood the sentence 

 to include aU Harbour's correspondence on 

 the subject with any one. He therefore did 

 not trouble to send us the letter asked for, 

 believing we had already seen it. He sent us 

 a communication for publication, giving that 

 reason for not having sent it. We then told 

 him we had not seen it, and Mr. G, replied at 

 once that he had misunderstood our remark, 

 that the letter was not in his possession, but 

 that we should have it as soon as he could 

 get it back. We received it from him accord- 

 ingly on the 26th February, and it should have 

 been published last week, but we had not the 

 permission of the gentleman to whom it was 

 addressed. 'ibis Mr. Gregson forwarded 

 later on, and the letter is now given in full, 

 fpom the original in our hands. We were 

 aware (see page 83, col. 2), that Mr. Harbour 

 had said something of this sort while labour- 

 ing under the impression that Mr. 'J ugwell 

 had recognized the larva in his breeding 

 cage. Our readers will draw their own con- 

 clusions from the letter now given. Mr 

 Gregson maintains that it bears the con- 

 struction he put upon it, while others may 

 think it contains a mere idle threat. The 

 history will be found in No. 114 and though 

 much more correspondence has reached us 

 us since, we do not know, now that this 

 letter is given, that there is any advantage in 

 referring to any of it. 1 he letter in question 

 is as follows — we print in italics the portion 

 quoted by Mr. Gregson. 



" 1, Landport Cottages, Deal. 



"Dear Sir, 



"Accept my thanks for the insects sent, one 

 box came in last night, the other two this morning. I 

 have unpacked one, and enclosed the four Centonalis, 

 which I hope will prove satisfactory, to post by early 

 mail on Monday, will send the others by evening mail 

 all well. My special thanks for sending me two speci- 



mens each of Betularia and Valezina, they are truly 

 beautiful, and I am pleased with them all. I don't 

 despair of getting Alniaria jet, and of having the 

 pleasure of having some to offer you, not like Mr. Tug- 

 well's, which are, or will be, the third time of breeding. 

 I bred the eggs from the lamp- aken mother, he had 

 eggs from those and now be has got eggs again, so that 

 they will be well inbred, but I suppose he will not have 

 done with them yet. One good turn deserves another, 

 and a$ he deceived me artd told me an untruth what 

 would he think if I was to write to the Entomologist" 

 and say that the eggt I sent him were from foreign 

 parents, and not taken from a lamp (which it true), aa 

 I bred those. But I will think this over, and consult my 

 friends here, but I will serve him some trick for hia 

 falseness, and I think that would do it most effectually ; 

 but I never saw or had a foreign specimen, as I should 

 have recognized them. Again thanking you, believe me, 

 yours truly, R. Habboub." 



CAPTURED IN THE NEIGH- 

 BOURHOOD OF BOCKLETON, 



Situated five miles south of Tenbury, in the 

 county of Worcester, in i88i, 

 ( Continued jvom page loj.) 

 L. Comma, 4 1 

 L. Fallens, i I 

 H. Nictitans, 14 

 H. Micacea, i 

 X. Rurea, 9 

 X. Lithoxylea, 5 

 X. Polyodon, numerous 

 H, Popularis, 9 

 C. Graminis, i 

 M. Brassicas, 3 

 A. Basilinea, i 

 A. Oculea, i 

 M. Strigilis, numerous. 

 G. Trilinea, i 



A. Exclamationis, very numerous 



T. Janthina, 2 



T. Pronuba, very numerous 



N. Augur, 7 



N. Plecta, 6 



N. C-Nigrum, 2 



N. Festiva, i 



N. Rubi, I 



N. Xanthographa, i 



