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THE ENTOMOLOGIST’S WEEKLY INTELLIGENCER. 
France, as nearly all the Lepidoptera 
which came to Paris passed through his 
hands. 
THE RIVALS. 
[One evening lately, at dusk, two Lepi- 
dopterists ( B . and (7.), were awaiting 
the arrival of moths at some ivy- 
blossom, when they were addressed 
by a person (A.) passing by, and the 
following conversation occurred.] 
A. How d’ye do? Well, I suppose 
you moth-men are now quite happy; 
you ought to be, considering the dis- 
interested efforts lately made in your 
behalf. 
B. What do you mean ? 
A. True, I had forgotten that I spoke 
to moth-men, and those only collectors of 
British species. Why all you used to 
go about like sheep without a shepherd 
baa-ing for a guide, and now behold you 
have two. 
C. Well, we don’t graze in your fields, 
that’s certain. I suppose you mean the 
two new Lists. 
A. Exactly ; it serves you just right, 
as none of you could trust himself, that 
you are now in the condition of the man 
who in the dark cut down the direction- 
post, and was then as wise as he was 
before. 
B. I think, though, that we ought to 
be thankful to those who have taken so 
much trouble. 
A. Yes; and then? 
C. Why then we will follow whom we 
think the best. 
A. And so, by dividing, as you are 
sure to do, how will you attain that 
“uniform nomenclature,” which both 
authors doubtless have in view, but which 
is impossible, as the two works differ 
essentially. 
B. Well, then, what do you think we 
should do ? 
A. Stick to the old, till you are sure 
the new is better. 
C. Then you do not think the new is 
the better in this case. 
A. I can t say I do. I could point 
out several things that are no improve- 
ment ; but I do decidedly object to the 
flourish with which the work is intro- 
duced : the lone of “ Sic volo, sic jubeo ” 
which prevails, coming from a French 
source too, is very disgusting to an 
Englishman. 
B. But you know Science is of no 
country. 
A. True; but I don’t call this Science. 
To unite in one group or section creatures 
widely dissimilar, and vice versa, on ac- 
count of a supposed similarity in their 
infant state, is quite unphilosophical. 
B. But the. work professes to follow 
the laws laid down by Linnaeus. 
A. Yes; and one of the first things 
done is to abolish the distinction between 
the great Linmean divisions of Sphinx 
and Bombyx, which are pre-eminently 
natural, because, forsooth, at their ex- 
tremities the forms approximate: why 
the same rule applied throughout would 
bring all the Lepidoptera into a single 
indivisible section of insects. Linnaius 
was a master at classification, and could 
see at a glance that Sphinx and Bombyx 
were really natural groups. 
C. What about the uniform termina- 
tions? they are Linnean surely. 
A. Linnaeus laid down no law on the 
subject, but it is clear he had a notion of 
making the terminations of the names 
uniform in certain divisions. With 
the limited number of species that he 
knew this might be deemed a pretty 
