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THE ENTOMOLOGIST’S WEEKLY INTELLIGENCER. 
Theda W-album, 
Limenitis Sibylla, 
Smeriiitbus Ocellatus, 
Saturnia Pavonia-miuor, 
Chaerocampa Porcellus. 
— Chables E. Elliott, Holme Isla, 
St. Saviours, Jersey ; April 25. 
NOTICES OF BOOKS. 
British Butterjlies. Figures and De- 
scriptions of every Native Species, 
with an Account of Butterfly Develop- 
ment, Structure, Habits, Localities, 
Mode of Capture and Preservation, ^-c. 
By W. S. Coleman. London : Rout- 
ledge, Warue and Routledge. 
CoLOOBED figures of all our butterflies 
for three shillings and sixpence ! where 
are we to stop? And a cheap edition 
with uncoloured plates is to be had for 
one shilling. 
Verily the butterfly-hunters have their 
pursuit made easy with a vengeance, — 
too easy, we almost fear. Who is there 
that puzzles out scientifically the name 
of a plant who has Sowerby’s figures to 
refer to ? In like manner, who will study 
descriptions of butterflies who can refer 
so readily to their portraits? We fear 
no school-boy will take the trouble. 
Mr. Coleman has certainly assisted 
this tendency, because he has almost 
omitted descriptions of the perfect in- 
sects. Thus of Fanma 7o he says: — 
“ The form and markings of this spe- 
cies, so distinct from every other of our 
butterflies, will be seen by reference to 
the plate; and as to its colouring I will 
not do it the injustice to attempt a de- 
scription of its rich perfection, more 
especially as almost every reader may 
hope to add the insect to his collection 
during his first year’s hunting, and then 
he can study its beauties for himself.” 
We presume Mr. Coleman does not 
anticipate having many readers in Scot- 
land ! 
No person takes much interest in writing 
that which nobody will read (unless indeed 
it should be an autobiography), and hence 
we can understand that when it was felt 
that the purchasers of the volume would 
turn to the figures and skip the descrip- 
tive letter-press, the author might as well 
spare the printer the trouble of setting 
up pages to be skipped. 
The plates are printed in colours , — a 
mode which, though it admits of cheap- 
ness, does not impart a finished appear- 
ance to the portraits, especially when, as 
in Plate XIII. before us, the red block 
has not come down quite square over 
the blue one, thus imparting to our dear 
friends Argiolus, Acis and Alsus a bright 
red costa instead of the purplish tint 
that was intended. But accidents will 
occur. 
As a sample of the writing of the 
volume we extract the following notice 
of the Bath White : — 
“ Of all the members of this while- 
winged genus that inhabit Britain, this 
is at the same time the most beautiful 
and the rarest. The capture of a Bath 
White is an entomological ‘ event,' .and 
the day thereof is a red-letter day in the 
fortunate captor’s life. 
“On the opposite coast of France, 
however, and generally on the Continent, 
far from being a rarity, this is one of the 
