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THE ENTOMOLOGIST’S WEEKLY INTELLIGENCER. 
Botanist at his elbow to whom he can at 
once put the question, on finding any 
caterpillar on some plant which is strange 
to him, “ What plant is that ? ” At the 
same time, Botanist and Entomologist 
will not be sorry occasionally to pick up 
some scraps of information about birds 
from their companion the Ornithologist. 
One main use of these Associations is, 
as we have already remarked, that the in- 
dividuals composing them get the support 
of others in giving a sanction or counte- 
nance to their pursuits, often derided as 
frivolous by the empty-headed, but, per- 
haps, full-pursed members of the com- 
munity. At the same time, from mixing 
with others also acquainted with Natural 
History, with those who know as much, 
if not more than himself, our isolated 
Naturalist is very apt to get his conceit 
in his own excessive attainments takeu 
down a peg, whereby he becomes a 
wiser, and, perhaps, a better man. 
The man who lives too much by him- 
self is very apt to make a little idol of 
self, and there always seems a sort of 
natural harmony in the phrase “ a selfish 
old bachelor therefore it is very de- 
sirable that a man, whether a Naturalist 
or not, should form one of some more or 
less numerous Association, as thereby he 
becomes more useful, and as he finds his 
usefulness to others increased, he will 
also find an increase in his own hap- 
piness. 
So true is it, that the man who spends 
his whole ingenuity in contriving how to 
add to his own happiness will probably 
fail, whereas the man who, without 
troubling himself about his own hap- 
piness, sets to work to increase the hap- 
piness of others will find, not only that he 
will often succeed in his attempt, but 
that he will at the same time have 
obtained such an accession of his own 
happiness, as he who seeks it directly 
will never find. 
Gastropacha Ilicifolta. 
On Cannoch Chase and the Northern 
Moors this insect is now to be looked for. 
It is much smaller than our old friend of 
the genus, the Lappet , and is of a much 
paler colour, besides the prettily varied 
fringes of the four wings give it a grace 
and neatness which Quercifolia wants. 
Of course, as its name implies, the insect 
at rest looks amazingly like a dead leaf, 
and is, therefore, very apt to be passed by 
as one, yet it strikes us that the “ varied 
fringes” ought to catch the eye of the 
keen collector : dead and withered leaves 
are not often marked with such regula- 
rity. 
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