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THE ENTOMOLOGIST'S WEEKLY INTELLIGENCER. 
proposed to pay for the use of the room ; 
perhaps it was purposely left unsettled, 
as the available assets of the new society 
might not be sufficiently ascertained. 
My heart was in my mouth when 
a proposition was made to purchase 
Stephens’ ‘Manual of British Beetles,’ 
hut, fortunately for our race, the~proposi- 
tion was not agreed to. 
I naturally only listened attentively 
when Coleoptera were spoken of, and 
hence I may have missed something 
which would have interested other orders 
of insects; my thoughts were entirely 
engrossed with order Number One. 
Aromia Moschata. 
OBITUARY. 
Mr. William Sheldon, President of the 
Entomological Society of Sheffield, died 
on the 1st of July, after an illness of six 
weeks’ duration. 
A Gentleman wishes to EXCHANGE 
Ten Volumes (3 to 12 inclusive) of 
Donovan’s ‘ History of British In- 
sects,’ in excellent condition, containing 
360 fine coloured Plates, published at 
.£15 15s., for a second-hand Insect 
Cabinet. 
Address, with full particulars of size, 
materials, &c.: — Sigma, care of Mr. E. 
Newman, 9, Devonshire Street, Bishops- 
gatc. 
W ANTED to PURCHASE, about 
Twenty Gross of the Scotch 
Argus (P. Ar taxer xes), in good condi- 
tion, either alive or set. Also any 
quantity of good second-hand Cabinets, 
at reasonable prices. By James Gardner, 
Naturalist, 52, High Ilolbom, London. 
N.B. Carcases with sliding trays not 
acceptable. 
ANTED, a copy of Stephens’ 
‘Manual of British Beetles.’ 
Address, stating price, &c. : — A. B. C., 
care of Mr. E. Newman, 9, Devonshire 
Street, Bishopsgate. 
Re-issue of Doubleday’s Butterflies. 
A RE-ISSUE of Doubleoay and 
Hewitson’s Genera of Butter- 
flies or Diurnal Lepidoptera, in 
Parts, price 5s. each coloured, or 2s. 6cl. 
each plain, is now in course of publica- 
tion Monthly, to be completed in 54 
Parts. 
*** It is not intended to reprint this 
work; and there remain only 106 sets 
to be re-issued as above. 
London : Longman, Brown & Co. 
Complete in one volume, price 4s. Cxi., 
Tlie Butterflies and Stout-bodied 
Moths, 
FORMING THE FIRST VOLUME OF 
A MANUAL OF BRITISH 
BUTTERFLIES and MOTHS. 
By H. T. Stain ton, 
Author of ‘June: a Book for the Country 
in Summer Time,’ &c., &c. 
The present volume extends to 
upwards of 300 pages, and contains 
descriptions of nearly 500 species, with 
popular readable instructions where to 
find them and how to know them, and is 
illustrated with 80 wood-cuts. 
London: John Van Voorst, 1, Pater- 
noster Row. 
Printed ami published by Edward Newman, 
Printer, of No. 9, Devonshire Street, ltishops- 
pale Without, London, in the county of Mid- 
dlesex Saturday, July SIS, INST. 
