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a friend tells me this operation takes 
place about 10 p.m., and is of very short 
continuance. 
J. Notodonta Camelina. — I have seen 
the males of this species trooping up in 
quest of a freshly-excluded female so 
fast that I took four in about three 
minutes. The night before more than a 
dozen were taken in about half-an-bour, 
between 11 and 12 at night, in June. 
I do not think they fly much before 11. 
THE PROPOSED COLLECTING TOUR 
IN THE NEW FOREST, &c. 
To the Editor of the * Intelligencer,' 
Sir, — Would yon allow me a little 
space in the ‘ Intelligencer ’ to explain 
the way in which I intend dividing the 
insects I capture during the ensuing 
season, as I have had many inquiries on 
that and other points? 
1. The number of shares is limited to 
sixty, three of which I shall take for 
specimens for my own collection. 
2. The whole of the insects I take will 
be equally and fairly divided. 
3. I have been asked several times, 
“ How about very rare or single speci- 
mens?” The following is the way in 
which I propose to get rid of that diffi- 
culty : — First, we shall divide all the 
species that will go round one or more 
times; then if there are, say six of one 
species, twenty of another, twelve of 
another, and so on, — of equal rarity, — 
they will be put together and divided as 
fairly as possible. Then as there are sure 
to be a few very rare and single ex- 
amples, we shall hold a fair, open ballot 
for them, one by one : of course, whoever 
gets rare specimen No. 1 don’t go in for 
rare specimen No. 2. 
4. To aid us in sending every share- 
holder what he or she (I am very happy 
to say I have a lady subscriber) wants, 
as far as possible, I would beg sub- 
scribers to send their marked lists, as I 
believe any one would rather have what 
he wanted (even if less rare) than insects 
of which he had a full series. 
In no case whatever will a single spe- 
cimen be kept back. 
The number of shares already taken 
stand thus : — 
For Lepidoptera only ... 20 
„ Coleoptera 1 
„ both Orders ..... 3 
„ all Orders 2 
„ Larvae or Ova of Lepi- 
doptera 1 
Total 27 
No one, as yet, has “ bid for the 
bugs.” 
Yours, &c., 
W. Fabren. 
1, Rose Crescent, Cambridge ; 
February 12, 1861. 
Complete in Two Vols.,fcp. 8 vo, cloth, 
price 10s., 
A MANUAL of BRITISH BUT- 
TERFLIES and MOTHS. By 
H. T. Stainton. 
This work contains descriptions of 
nearly 2000 species, interspersed with 
observations on their peculiarities and 
times of appearance, &c., and is illus- 
trated with more than 200 woodcuts. 
London : John Van Voorst, 1, Pater- 
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