THE ENTOMOLOGIST'S 
WEEKLY INTELLIGENCER. 
No. 87.] SATURDAY, MAY 29, 1858. [Price Id. 
Leaf of JEgopodium Podagraria screwed up by the Larva of 
Chauliodus J Uigerellus. (See p. 67.) 
PRIZES. 
Ouu leading article last week must 
have called the attention of many to 
the subject of Prizes. As a rule, if 
a Prize be offered for any task com- 
petitors are sure to be found, but 
entomologists are perfectly well aware 
that Prizes have been repeatedly offered 
for various entomological subjects with- 
out a single aspirant appearing. 
Five pounds were lately offered by 
the then President of the Entomo- 
logical Society for the larva of one 
of our commonest insects ; not a single 
person was to be found, who, to obtain 
the reward, could produce the desired 
caterpillar. 
What is the cause of this want of 
competition ? Does it not partly arise 
from this, that when but one prize is 
offered the chances are so much less 
of any one individual getting it that 
no one cares to try for fear of failure, 
whereas had several prizes of graduated 
value been proposed those trying for 
the first might expect to get at least 
the second or third prize, and thus a 
greater inducement to come forward is 
held out. 
We are happy to see that Professor 
Henslow’s opinions fully confirm the 
views we have just expressed. In al- 
lusion to Mr. Temple’s offer of prizes 
for collections of wild flowers near 
Rugby (which we quoted last week), 
Professor Henslow thus writes to the 
Editor of the ‘ Gardener’s Chronicle:’ — 
“No doubt this example will be fol- 
lowed in other schools. As a general 
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