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THE SUBSTITUTE. 
Erratum. — Page 88, for 
Lozolaenia dumetana, read 
„ semialbana. 
— R. W. 
CAPTURES. 
Carahus intricatus. — I purpose 
sending to the next meeting of 
the Entomological Society four 
living specimens of Carahus intri- 
catus, taken by myself under moss 
in a wood in this neighbourhood 
within the last month. This is 
one of those British insects cap- 
tured by that celebrated natural- 
ist Dr. Leacb, the authenticity of 
which has been doubted ; but why 
his word was not taken I am at a 
loss to know. Collectors have 
paid flying visits of one or two 
days to this locality without find- 
ing it, but such visits, without 
luck, do not prove that certain 
things are not in certain places. — 
J. J. Reading, 42, Gibbons Street, 
Phpnouth, December 13, 1856. 
Glaa erythrocephala. — I will 
also exhibit at the same meeting 
no less a rarity than Gla-a erytho- 
cephala, taken at sugar by me last 
month. It has been compared 
with the unique British specimen 
of Mr. H. Cooke, and that gentle- 
man states that, like his, mine is 
not the typical insect, but the 
variety glabra of Duponchel. — In. 
COMMUNICATIONS. 
How I Named my Captures. 
— In September I met with a 
gaily-coloured Lepidopterous in- 
sect, and was anxious to learn its 
name, consequently I had recourse 
to the ‘ Manual of Butterflies and 
Moths.’ At page 10 I was in- 
structed that the antennte of the 
butterflies have a club-like termi- 
nation, which was not the case 
with the insect in hand, so I dis- 
pensed with the instructions be- 
tween pages 10 and 72. Seeing 
at page 72 that the antennte of 
the moths are without a club-like 
termination, I gave the insect the 
name Moth. After receiving the 
instructions at page 73 and a few 
subsequent pages, I became fami- 
liar with the nine groups into 
which the moths are divided, and 
I referred the moth to the second 
group Bombycina. At page 107 
the Bombycina group is divided 
into twelve families, and the de- 
scription of the sixth family is as 
follows : — “ Wings variegated ; 
hind wings brightly coloured and 
spotted, abdomen coloured ; an- 
tennae of the male pectinated.” 
And as the moth agreed with the 
description, I at once referred it 
to the sixth family Ckelonidw. 
After obtaining the instructions at 
pages 142 and 143, together with 
the descriptions of the ten genera, 
I referred it to the third genus, 
“ F.-w. streaked and spotted ; ” 
and when I had read the generic 
and specific description at page 
145, 1 was satisfied that the name 
of the moth was Arctia caja. In 
the ‘Intelligencer,’ page 156, a 
correspondent asks some one to 
remove the obstacle that lies in 
the way of the uuclassical entomo- 
logist, and wishes to become fami- 
liar with entomological language. 
I would say he must do the work 
himself; he may be assisted, but 
no one can do it for him. Two 
hundred and forty pages of the 
‘ Manual’ have appeared ; let him 
