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THE WEEKLY ENTOMOLOGIST. 
ologists they would be of no more use 
even when obtained, than a book on 
Timbuctoo, written in the language 
of that interesting place. 
It is our intention for the future, 
very frequently to devote the space 
occupied by the leading article in our 
pages, to some remarks on various 
books, which are not in the hands of 
most English collectors, with extracts 
from their pages, and where this is 
not practicable, to abstracts of 
their matter. We know that this 
will be agreeable to several of our 
readers, — in fact to all whose 
views we have been favoured with, 
and we hope the generality will agree. 
The first book to come under notice 
is “Donovan’s” work. We have 
fixed on this for several reasons, — 
partly because it is rare, partly be- 
cause it is not devoted to one order, 
and it is our wish, — now, as ever, to 
disavow all partiality for Coleoptera, 
Lepidoptera, or any other one order. 
Next week we shall commence with 
some notes from his book, and shall 
hope to continue tolerably regularly 
from week to week. At the same 
time, when anything of immediate 
interest occurs to us, or any remarks 
of our own seem called for, we shall 
vary our order and publish them. 
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Bowdon, Cheshire, by post, price 
Three Shillings and Three Pence 
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York, S. Styles. 163, North St. 
Brighton, J. E. Robson, Olive St. 
Hartlepool. T. Cooke, Naturalist, 
513, New Oxford Street, London. 
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OBSERVATIONS. 
Dermattera. 
Notes on British Species. 
1, Forficula auricular ia. Linn. This 
insect is common everywhere, (even 
in Arctic Regions.) I have taken 
it flying by moonlight ! F. neglecta , 
Mar. is female and media, Mach, a 
small variety ? F. borealis LcachS? 
a variety with larger forceps ; and 
generally larger specimens I have 
beaten out of hedges here. F. Jor- 
cipata Steph ? is a variety very 
similar, — found under stones etc at 
Portland and elsewhere on the Sea 
Coast. 
