THE ENTOMOLOGIST’S 
WEEKLY INTELLIGENCER. 
No. 107.] 
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 16, 1858. 
[Price Id. 
THE FAUNA OF MARLBOROUGH. 
In our No. 86, of May 22, 1858 (vol. iv. 
p. 57), we called attention to tbe prize 
that had been offered by Dr. Temple, 
the Head Master of Rugby, “ for the 
best collections of dried wild flowers 
and plants growing within four miles 
of the School.” The result of this 
attempt to obtain an insight into the 
Flora of Rugby will soon be known, 
as the collections are “ to be sent in 
on the 19th of October, at first lesson;” 
but we then felt that, independently of 
the direct benefit resulting from Dr. 
Temple’s proposal, such an announce- 
ment could not fail indirectly to have 
even a wider beneficial effect. If the 
Head Master of Rugby does not deem 
it beneath him to offer premiums for 
collections of wild plants, what Master 
of any other School need be afraid to 
follow in his wake.'* Nay, why should 
prizes be only awarded to the followers 
of the vegetable kingdom ? Surely ani- 
mal life is as well worthy of being 
studied. 
But already the result we had thought 
of has come to pass, and we have lately 
received from one of the authorities at 
Marlborough College the following an- 
nouncement of a Prize to be given there 
for the best collection of Moths and 
Butterflies taken near Marlborough; — 
“ A Prize will be given next year by 
the Master and Mr. Preston for the best 
collection of Moths and Butterflies taken 
in the vicinity of Marlborough (i.e. within 
a radius of three miles from the College), 
under the following conditions; — 
“ 1. Each candidate must be prepared 
to certify that every specimen in his 
collection was captured or bred by him- 
self. 
“ 2. With each collection must be sent 
a book of references, stating the locality 
and date of capture of each specimen in 
that collection, as well as any other re- 
marks worth recording. 
“ 3. If possible a male and female spe- 
cimen of each species must be sent in, 
and of the butterflies a third specimen 
exhibiting the under side. 
“ 4. In every case extra marks will be 
given for the names of the species. 
“ 5. The collections must be sent in 
on the 29th September, 1859. 
“ Two Prizes will be given, should the 
number or merit of the collections sent 
in make it desirable. 
“ The total value of the Prize or Prizes 
will be not less than £5." 
This announcement is one of the most 
cheering we have read for some time. 
We remember with what surprise we 
heard, some years ago, that a Prize 
was to be given at Oxford for the best 
Essay on the Vertebrata and the In- 
vertebrata of Christchurch Meadows ; 
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