THE ENTOMOLOGISTS 
WEEKLY INTELLIGENCER. 
No. 903.] SATUEDAY, AUGUST 95, 1860. [Pkice 
THE ISLE OF WIGHT. 
A NEW Guide to the Isle of Wight 
lias lately been published by Mr. Stan- 
ford. In it are some valuable notes 
on different branches of Natural 
H istory. 
Thirty-four pages, from the pen of 
our esteemed correspondent, Mr. A. G. 
More, are devoted to the flowering 
plants of the Island. We have the 
4!ea-side plants, the plants of the north 
Tertiary district, the’ chalk 'plants, the 
plants of the Greensand Valley (in- 
cluding the heath plants), and the 
plants of the undercliff. What a boon 
such a work as this must be to any 
Micro-Lepidopteiist who chances to 
visit the Island ! The special localities 
for all the plants which are at all 
local are here carefully pointed out. 
Entomology occupies twenty pages 
of the little work before us, of which 
six on Coleoptera are contributed by 
Mr. Guyon ; two on Hymenoptera by 
Mr. Frederick Smith; and twelve on 
Lepidoptera are by Mr. A. G. More, 
assisted by Mr. Bond and Dr. Wallace. 
The Butterflies and Sphinges only are 
given in detail; “for the remaining 
insects of the Lepidoptera it has been 
thought that a single list, containing 
the names of all that have been cap- 
tured in the Isle of Wight will prove 
the most useful to collectors. Any 
mention of special localities would oc- 
cupy too much space, and would 
besides be as likely to mislead as not, 
so little being known of the distribution 
of the less conspicuous families, and 
the following catalogue being founded 
upon the exploration of three distant 
localities, all situated upon the coast.” 
We think there has been some over- 
sight here; the observations made at 
three distant localities should have 
been collated, and the reader should 
have been informed which species are 
common to all three, and which are 
peculiar to any one. If the whole list 
of species enumerated be common to 
all the three distant localities the fact 
does not appear to be stated. 
We have no doubt that all ento- 
mologists who visit the Isle of Wight 
will find this new Guide a pleasant 
and profitable companion. We have 
long meditated a descent upon the 
Island, and in perusing these pages we 
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