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THE SUBSTITUTE. 
yet, in his own epistle, he complies 
with the sufigestion; surely no- 
thing can he more inconsistent 
than this, as he first complains of, 
and then agrees with, my epistle. 
“ 1 have,” says he, “ carefully 
looked over the pages of the ‘ Sub- 
stitute,’ and, with one exception, I 
observe no offer of insects unless 
accompanied with a more or less 
direct intimation that a return is 
expected.” Now an indirect inti- 
mation is no use at all, and even 
if it were, had Mr. Greene ex- 
tended his search to the ‘ Intelli- 
gencer,’ he would there have found 
numerous notices in which there 
was not the slightest allusion to a 
return being required. During a 
hasty glance which I took over its 
leaves I found several, and I have 
no doubt that had I time to make 
a n)ore careful survey I should 
find many more. 1 am perfectly 
well aware that no entomologist 
has a right to the insects of an- 
other, hut I fancy that such a 
feeling of brotherhood should pre- 
vail amongst us as to induce us to 
make a sacrifice of some little 
tiouhle to the wants of fellow- 
collectors. To put a case in 
point, suppose that the gentlemen 
referred to in your correspondent’s 
letter, viz., Messrs. Stainton and 
Doubleday, had refused him any 
information ; would he not have 
thought it very hard had they re- 
plied, “ It has taken us a very long 
time to elucidate these matters, 
and why therefore should we im- 
part them to you ? Why should 
we study for years, and spend 
many anxious hours in solving 
knotty points and determining 
doubtful questions, and then give 
a full explanation (which it has 
cost us so much to prepare) to 
you, who have had no trouble in 
the matter?” But his own epistle 
shows that they did not do this; 
they gave him every help they 
could, and as they are but two 
members of a noble band who are 
always ready to do the same, I 
must say that those gentlemen 
who are indebted to the luminaries 
of the Science should consider it 
as a debt to be repaid in kind to 
those of their fellows who may be 
in want of it. What would become 
of our pursuit were the world at 
large to know that the selfish doc- 
trine of “No duplicates no deside- 
rata” reigned paramount amongst 
us? M by we sluuild fall at once 
from the sublime to the business- 
like, and our free intercourse with 
Nature in all her loveliness (which 
her votaries enjoy in an unparalled 
degree) would have no more efi’ect 
on us than it has on our nets, for 
we should he calculaling, as we 
capture each successive insect, 
what would be its value in the 
entomological market. Would 
this be no di.sgrace to us ? With 
this question I shall conclude (not 
having any particular desire to 
admire my name in print), by 
again signing myself — One of 
XHE SuFVEKKRs; Dec. 23, 1856. 
Death of Pitpoc . — Of five pu|iffi 
of Achernntia AlrojMs that I have 
obtained, this year two have died: 
is it from want of moisture, or 
from being Ichneumonized ? Why 
do Elephant larva:, alter having 
spun, instead of changing to a 
chrysalis, shrivel up and die? I 
have lost seven this season in that 
manner. — C. A. A. 
[Possibly the pupae died because 
they were kept too dry. We should 
like to hear some opinions on the 
matter.] 
