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THE ENTOMOLOGIST’S WEEKLY INTELLIGENCER. 
most of us. Why, sir, the thing is im- 
possible. J ust lake, for example, my 
own case, which is, I believe, far from 
uncommon. I have collected Micro- 
Lepidoptera for some years, — I do not 
exactly know how many, but my entomo- 
logical diary dates back to 1853, and 
I know I skewered little moths with 
minuikin pins for some time before that ; 
I have a very tolerable collection, com- 
paratively speaking, — have spent a good 
deal of lime in collecting, — have reared 
a good many insects from the larvae. 
I know most of our British Tineidae by 
sight, as well as some of the most marked 
genera into which they are divided; but 
l could not describe a single genus so as 
to separate it from every other: I know 
but little about the antennae, less about 
the palpi, and nothing at all about the 
mouths of the different species : I could 
not tell the habits of more than one in 
four or live, nor draw the neuration of the 
wings of a single genus, and should as 
soon think of going in for an examina- 
tion on the subject as of swimming across 
the Thames at Loudon Bridge. 
Hoping you may some day have the 
pleasure of writing D.E.S. (Doctor of 
Entomological Science) after your name, 
I remain, 
Yours respectfully, 
X. Y. 
THE GRADUS. 
TO THE EDITOR OF THE ‘INTELLI- 
GENCER.’ 
Sir, — The following are the names of 
those who have promised to take copies 
of the ‘ G radus ’ and ‘ Accentuated List : ’ 
this includes as well those received by 
me as those received by the Rev. H. A. 
Pickard at Oxford: — 
E. Morton, Ripon. 
H. It. Fremlin, Wateringbury. 
F. Bond, London. 
T. Blaekmore, Wandsworth. 
C. Healy, London. 
J. C. Dale, Glanville’s Wootton. 
Rev. Sir C. Lighten, Ellaslone. 
E. Birchall, Dublin. 
T. Boyd, Clapton. 
G. Curd, Frant. 
J. Pristo, Isle of Wight. 
J. Birks, York. 
W. Prest, York. 
J. B. Moore, York. 
R. Anderson, York. 
Entomological Society of York. 
F. A. Sharp, Guernsey. 
G. Guyon, Ventnor. 
A. Wadham, Barnstaple. 
0. P.-Cambridge, Durham. 
Rev. J. Robinson, Preston. 
H. Zachary, Cirencester. 
Rev. E. Horton, Wick. 
Rev. E. Hambrough, Evenloke. 
H. T. Stainton, Lewisham. 
Those who have not received replies 
from me will be kind enough to consider 
this an acknowledgment of their letter. 
Any other subscribers’ names will be 
gladly received by 
A. F. Skaly, 
Hon. Sec. Cambridge Ent. Soc. 
70, Trumpington Sired, 
Cambridge. 
HYBRID INSECTS. 
TO THE EDITOR OF THE ‘INTELLI- 
GENCER.’ 
Sir, — I was much obliged to you for 
ventilating this subject a little in the 
columns of your widely-read journal. I 
have since written a short notice on the 
hybridism of insects for the ‘Stettin En- 
tomologische Zcitung;’ but, since that 
treatise has gone to press, several fresh 
instances have been brought under my 
notice. For instance, in the ‘ Annales 
