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THE ENTOMOLOGIST’S WEEKLY INTELLIGENCER. 
The writer proposes, in his third para- 
graph, a standing “ J udicial Committee ” 
formed of .Members of the Entomological 
Society, and who should be a recognized 
authority. Such a body would no doubt 
render service to the cause of entomo- 
logical truth, but I much regret that 
such an institution is felt to be desirable. 
With respect, more particularly, to the 
remarks concerning the new Sesia ; if 
those remarks be correct, — viz. “ There 
are many who altogether doubt the cap- 
ture," — I should certainly not institute 
an investigation for the purpose of con- 
vincing them that this species, Sesia 
Philantkiformis, is a bond Jide British 
capture ; for if the testimony that is 
already before the public be not sufficient 
then, indeed, I do not know what is 
required: Dr. Battersby says that his 
son was with King when the latter cap- 
tured the species. Why this statement 
would have satisfied the “Judicial Com- 
mittee.” 
I .should not have written now, — and 
I wish no one to imagine that I do so 
for the purpose of proving this species to 
be British, — but for the purpose more 
particularly of putting in my claim as 
the discoverer of the species as English. 
I captured a female specimen, in good 
condition, at the beginning of June, this 
year, and the cause of delay in making 
my capture known ere this was owing to 
illness and a wish to identify the species, 
if European; this last idea has not yet 
been clearly carried out. I took my 
specimen on the cliffs at Whitsand Bay, 
Cornwall. It will probably occur from 
Berry Head to the Land’s End. 
Yours, &c., 
J. J. Reading. 
Plymouth, 
September 1 1 , I860. 
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