THE ENTOMOLOGIST’S 
WEEKLY INTELLIGENCER. 
No. 93.] SATURDAY, JULY 10, 1858. [Price 1 d. 
The Tiger Moth ( Arctia Ccya). 
See p. 114. 
BEETLES. 
The water of Lethe has entered so 
strongly into the composition of all 
collectors of beetles, that no one is 
ever able to remember what he has cap- 
tured so as to record it It is im- 
possible but that rare beetles are 
sometimes caught, but the fortunate (or 
wretched) captor takes them home, and 
straightway forgets all about them. 
Non mi ricorclo would be a good 
motto for a Coleopterist who publishes 
no record of his captures. 
The Coleopterist readers of the ‘ In- 
telligencer’ are appalled at the dearth 
of information it contains respecting 
the objects of their especial study. 
No one appears to be pushing at any 
particular group of beetles, and no 
one “touts” for information, and none 
is volunteered. 
We are told there is disunion in the 
camp, but when were ever entomolo- 
gists all perfectly friendly together? 
A witty correspondent has called at- 
tention to the deleterious effect on the 
human temperament of inhaling too 
largely that volatile acid, termed for- 
mic ; it is said that this acid pro- 
duces a peculiar effect on the system, 
rendering those exposed to its influence 
particularly acid, both in their language 
and writings ; and as half the beetle- 
hunters in this country are at present 
constantly exposing themselves to the 
fumes of this acid, which is generated 
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