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THE ENTOMOLOGISTS WEEKLY INTELLIGENCER. 
May 1st, tlie second May 9th, and both 
about 9 a. m. They were placed in the 
sunshine, and expanded their wings per- 
fectly ; but the wings did not dry so 
quickly as in some species. They should 
not be killed much before evening. The 
habits of the insect appear to be very 
quiet, both in the larva and imago stale. 
— Rev. Bernard Smith, Marlow ; May 
9, 1857. 
Brephos Nolha and Parthenias . — With 
reference to my note inserted at page 43, 
I do not think that I have transposed 
the names, for the antennae of the males 
of Nolha appear to be pectinated. — 
Thomas Parry, Merthyr ; May 11 , 1857. 
Diptera. 
Dipterous Larvce . — Walking in the 
Green Park on Sunday morning, May 
3rd, I noticed that the walk was thickly 
covered with small caterpillars. They 
extended over a space of about 100 
yards in length, on the walk that runs 
parallel with Piccadilly, between the 
clump of large trees and the east side of 
the park. There were very few, as far as 
I could see, on the grass, but I noticed 
that the soil appeared full of small holes. 
In some places there was a caterpillar on 
every square inch of ground. I saw but 
few of them, or the holes, in other parts 
of the park. Can you give me any in- 
formation about them ? I send a speci- 
men. — T. G. Bonney, 3, Great College 
Street, Westminster. [The larva arrived 
dead and shrivelled. It is Dipterous: 
probably one of the Muscidce."] 
Defence of Entomology . — “ Whatever 
has been worth God’s while to create 
must be worth man’s while to study.” 
Would any one publish a paper (not a 
long one) in defence of the (generally 
called) “frivolous” pursuit, Entomology, 
such as the “ Song of the Moths,” for in- 
stance, or something of that sort? It 
need not necessarily be in verse, but 
should be printed in a short, cheap form, 
and sold at so much a hundred. It 
might be of use to entomologists to dis- 
tribute amongst some of the “ scoffers ” 
at Nature and Science, who, I am 
sorry to say, are too numerous. — W. C. 
Turner, Bermondsey Square. 
A Junior Entomological Society . — 
We have received the Rules of the “ En- 
tomological Society of Chelsea.” This 
Society is intended chiefly for the benefit 
of beginners. The Secretary is Mr. 
Richard G. Keely ; the Treasurer, Mr. 
A. Gibbs, 2(>, Bute Street, Old Bromp- 
ton ; and the Librarian, Mr. Herbert F. 
Gibbs, 20, Robert Street, Chelsea. We 
are requested to state that the next meet- 
ing will be held at the house of the 
Librarian on Monday, J une 1 st, at 8 p. m., 
and any person wishing to join the So- 
ciety may then be proposed, or may re- 
ceive any information respecting the 
Association, by previously addressing a 
line to the Secretary. — E d. 
Botanical Knowledge desirable. — The 
advantage of a scientific knowledge of 
plants to the entomologist is so often in- 
dicated in the columns of the ‘ Intelli- 
gencer’ and ‘ Substitute,’ that I am sur- 
prised to find no account in them of a 
botanical introduction. Cucullia Absin- 
thii, Deilephila Euphorbia, Aporia Cra- 
tcegi, Nonagria Typhce, are a few of the 
many insects the names of which point 
out the plants on which they feed ; 
besides, any one that is familiar with 
the natural arrangement of plants, toge- 
ther with the technical terms on the 
wrapper of the ‘ Manual of British But- 
terflies aud Moths,’ may name insects by 
their characters. Some years ago I 
bought the seventh edition of Smith’s 
‘Introduction to the Study of Botany,’ 
and the fifth edition of the 4 British 
Flora,’ both edited by Sir W. J. Hooker ; 
and when I got familiar with the phy- 
siology and the arrangement of plants 
therein taught, I began to name plants 
accordingly. After encountering many 
difficulties I met with a plant with downy 
