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silvery white throughout. I have much 
pleasure in naming this species, after its 
captor, Cosmopleryx Clemensella. 
From Calcutta I have received (from 
Mr. Atkinson) specimens of C. Asialica, 
which I described in the fifth volume of 
the ‘ Transactions of the Entomological 
Society,’ new series, p. 123. This comes 
very near to the C. gemmiferella of Cle- 
mens, but is much smaller. As in that 
species the fascia near the base is re- 
placed by three bronze horizontal lines, 
and the orange fascia is considerably 
broadest on the costa and its posterior 
margin consists of two silvery violet 
spots, decidedly not opposite, and the 
silvery apical streak is interrupted. 
From Port Natal I have a specimen 
collected by Herr Gueinzius ; this is too 
injured for description, but it is clearly 
of the Druryella group, aud as in Gem- 
miferella, Clemensella and Asiatica, the 
fascia near the base is replaced by longi- 
tudinal streaks. 
From Moreton Bay I have specimens, 
collected by Mr. Diggles, of a species 
closely allied to Scribaiella, having the 
basal streaks almost as in that species, 
and a projecting tooth from the middle 
of the hind margin of the orange fascia, 
which almost touches the uninterrupted 
silvery white apical streak. These spe- 
cimens are not in very first-rate condi- 
tion, and he must be a bold man indeed 
who, seeing the difficulties of the study 
of this genus, would rashly decide from 
any hut perfect specimens. 
From Ceylon I have a pretty species, 
unfortunately much mutilated, which 
seems rather allied to Lienigiella, and 
from Calcutta and from Moreton Bay I 
have several other species, which though 
closely allied seem slightly discordant 
from the true genus Cosmopteeyx. 
The larvae of none of the exotic 
species are known. 
The Entomologist and the Idler: 
a True Story. — A Coleopterist was 
one morning lately, upon the sea-shore, 
shaking sea-weed over a sheet of paper, 
on which beetles and shrimps were falling. 
An idler looked on for a short time, from 
a little distance, and said, “ Getting any 
gold dust down there ? ” “ That depends 
upon opinion,” said the collector, “ ’tis 
not all gold that glitters, and what may 
appear worthless to some is gold to 
others.” Excited by this answer, Sneerer 
comes closer, and says, “ Why, they are 
only insects! what good are they for?” 
“ Exactly," said collector; “that is just 
the point; it is a great puzzle what is 
the good of a great many things in the 
world : for instance, of what good are 
you?” Sneerer was shut up; not only 
bad he never been asked the question 
before, but it had never occurred to him ; 
and, looking as if he should require 
some time to answer it, he walked away, 
it is to be hoped with a determination to 
solve the riddle. — Q. 
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INDICATOR. An Alphabetically 
arranged Guide to the Species of British 
Lepidoptera, with special reference to 
Doubleday’s last List, Stainton’s ‘ Ma- 
nual,’ Wood’s ‘ Index Entomologicus,’ 
&c. Bv B. Bradney Bockett, M.A. 
Oxon, Vicar of Epsom, Surrey. 
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A Guide to its Wonders. By 
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Loudon: John Van Voorst, 1, Pater- 
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Middlesex.— Saturday, October 27, 1860. 
