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THE SUBSTITUTE. 
I do not entirely depreciate the 
custom of testimonials : in certain 
cases they are right and proper. 
But is the present case one in 
point ? Here is a patient and ac- 
curate naturalist who has specially 
turned his attention to a much 
neglected method of collecting in- 
sects; he has thus obtained many 
rarities, and splendid specimens 
for his own cabinet: his libe- 
rality in distributing his dupli- 
cates has gained him the good 
word of every entomologist. He 
has also done what every one 
ought to do under similar circum- 
stances ; he has published a full 
description of his modus opcrandi. 
By this, no doubt, hundreds of 
collectors will make great profit ; 
what special benefit will accrue 
to Science remains to he seen. 
Now, has not this gentleman’s 
discovery hecu its own reward? 
He has the satisfaction of knowing 
that he has helped others. Why 
alloy that satisfaction with any- 
thing that can diminish the feel- 
ing of independence, or impose 
that of obligation ? And again, 
how does his case differ from those 
who have of late years originated 
the various “dodges” of su//ar, 
sallow and icy blossoyns, street 
lamps, and the many other new 
methods of taking insects? Why 
should pupa-digging be specially 
honoured above all these. But 
surely, sir, testimonials in con- 
nection with scientific objects 
should be given, at all first 
of all to those w'ho have materially 
aided the progress of scientific 
truth ; to those whose labours 
have added the most to our ac- 
quaintance with the real domestic 
history of the various works of 
Creation. One could easily men- 
tion many such names; but they 
are quiet, unobtrusive ones ; hardly 
thought of by “the many” who 
care litt]e for science and the 
comraou good, but much for what 
immediately affects their own in- 
dividual interests. Suffer me to 
add that I have not the slightest 
acquaintance of any kind with any 
persons to whom I have alluded. 
I fear I may have trodden on 
many a “corn if so, 1 humbly 
beg pardon of the possessors of 
those uncomfortable excrescences. 
— Rev. P. H. Newnh.vm, Wood- 
bridge Road, Guildford. 
The Fund for the Family of the 
late Mr. Ilemmings. — I am much 
concerned at the death of our 
friend J. Hemmings, but being a 
poor man I can only assist the 
fund for his family in this way ; I 
have six pairs of Speranza con- 
spicuuria which I took at Raydon 
Wood, and which I will sell for 
2.S. 6d. per pair, 6d. to be sent to 
me for postage, and 2s. to the 
committee. — Geobge King (of 
Ipswich), Priory House, Wey- 
mouth; February 13, 1857. 
Diphthera Orion. — In 1853 I 
took about 120 of this moth at 
sugar in a wood near Ipswich, 
and noticed always that they 
rarely came until between ten and 
twelve o’clock, and that they were 
more abundant when the nights 
were dark and windy; once I got 
twenty-seven and once twenty-live, 
but on unfavourable nights not 
one. They never fed i'or any 
length of time, were very shy, and 
were easily disturbed by the light 
of my lantern. — In. 
The. Case of Egger versus Hor- 
net . — A few years since I found a 
cocoon ; size about that of the 
Small Egger; shape almost a 
