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conceit, but now that species are num- 
bered not by tens but by thousands, it is 
irksome to walk in such puerile fetters. 
And so we are sure would the expansive 
genius of Linnaeus have thought, if he 
had existed in our time. The dictum, 
“ I do not approve of the same specific 
name more than once in the same 
family,” because “ confusion is possible 
when one does not mention the genus,” 
is so anti-Linnsean and unscientific that 
it does not need a moment’s considera- 
tion. But it is such reasoning and such 
practices that make you moth-men to be 
deemed the most unscientific of natu- 
ralists, and the laughing-stock of other 
zoologists and men of Science. Do you 
think the profound German mind, having 
thrown off these shackles, will ever be 
bound by them again ? Then what be- 
comes of the notion of “ uniformity of 
nomenclature,” which is so impressed 
upon us ? 
B. Well, you are dead set against this 
List ; what can you say about the other ? 
A. Well, some of the errors of the 
double List are avoided, but it has faults 
of its own, which you must open your 
eyes to and avoid. For instance, — 
C. {to B.) Really we must light up, 
for the moths have ceased to fly. 
B. Well, so I think. {To A.) We 
shall be glad to meet you here to-morrow. 
Good night. 
Auditor. 
FOREIGNERS. 
To the Editor of the ‘ Intelligencer.' 
Sir, — The perusal of your article, 
“ Foreigners,” in this day’s ‘ Intelli- 
gencer,’ induces me to remark on Vanessa 
Anliopa, which you class among our non- 
residents. I have in my cabinet the 
recorded specimen (male), taken at Ap- 
pleby last autumn, and certainly his 
travels have not improved him, for he 
bears evidence of what our brothers 
Jonathan call having been “round,” 
and may possibly have “ checked off 
half creation.” My second specimen, a 
charming female, resident September, 
1858, in Macclesfield Forest (where, by 
the by, there are no trees), was caught in 
the act of flirting with some Admirals of 
the Red, yet, from the admirable state of 
her attire, my conviction is she was in- 
nocent of life on the ocean wave. A 
third specimen (male), taken some four 
years ago in the bleak district of Riving- 
ton Pike, and now in the possession of 
my friend Mr. R. S. Edleston, is such a 
a model of perfection that I conclude he 
knew not of the land where his brethren 
most do congregate. 
Now if these two last are not true 
Britons born, by what agency have they 
been deposited in these remote localities ? 
Perhaps our old friends Puck and Ariel 
may have had a hand in it. 
If not trespassing too much on your 
valuable space, I beg to say that when 
in Westmoreland last August, taking 
Erebia Blanclina, I met with Polyom- 
matus Corydon, and captured several 
very fine specimens, but saw no trace of 
Adonis. The butterflies were evidently 
having a ball on the occasion of my 
visit ; there were thirteen families pre- 
sent, and many of them very abundantly 
represented. 
Yours truly, 
Hugh Harrison. 
59, George Street, Manchester ; 
October 22. 
To the Editor of the • Intelligencer: 
Sir, — In some remarks of yours, under 
the head “ Foreigners” (Intel. No. 160), 
you seem to have a doubt about Anliopa, 
