THE ENTOMOLOGIST’S WEEKLY INTELLIGENCER. 
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Argynnis Lathonia (Queen of Spain 
Fritillary). 
With a view of preventing further 
erroneous announcements of the capture 
of this rarity, we give this week a portrait 
of the under side of Lathonia : the size 
of the silver spots on the hind wings 
should enable the “merest tyro” to re- 
cognize it — if he meet with one. 
COMMUNICATIONS. 
Lepidoptera. 
The Use of the ‘ Intelligencer ’ — I and 
another gentleman residing at •, 
each having warehouses in M , and 
very often travelling together, but ig- 
norant of each other’s names and tastes, 
were summoned last week to serve at the 
Sessions. I was pleased to see a friend 
served out as disagreeably as myself, 
and we sat together. Before business 
commenced, reading the paper was the 
fashion of the hour, and I pulled out the 
new number of the ‘ Intelligencer.’ My 
companion, looking at my paper, ex- 
claimed, “Are you an entomologist?” 
“Yes,” said I, “a little in that way.” 
“ Did you come to town by train yester- 
day morning at 8.30 ? for I had a box of 
insects in my pocket just received from 
Mr. A.,” &c., &c. Of course we shall 
now be able to converse whilst travelling 
in the train together, instead of looking 
glumly at each other, in the orthodox 
English fashion. — K. T. L. 
Pronunciation of Scientific Names . — 
Would it not be of service to a large 
proportion of collectors if the lists of 
Lepidoptera were printed with the syl- 
lables accented, or at least with the long 
accent? and also with some direction as 
to the pronunciation of the word, as I 
am convinced that the want of that 
knowledge is a great bar to their use by 
many. Some, too, are puzzled with the 
ch and g ; lichenaria is pronounced by 
some as though likenaria, by others as 
though litshenaria ; some say jilvaria 
and others guilvaria. Even people of 
good education do not know whether 
they should follow English rules on these 
points, or whether Latin has a peculiar 
way of its own, — J. S. 
For educating the Eye. — I have a case 
suspended in my cottage, 2 feet by 1 foot 
8 inches, containing a space for each 
species of our native butterflies, arranged 
systematically ; though I have not as yet 
obtained one half of the species, the sight 
of the arrangement is to me instructive 
and pleasing. — Henry Scott, Eaves 
Lane , Chorley, Lancashire ; Oct. 26. 
European Lepidoptera. — I perceive, 
from the ‘ Weekly Intelligencer,’ that in 
England exchange of specimens is car- 
ried on very energetically, and that even 
species which are quite common are 
rapidly snapped up. If any of your 
readers would like to exchange for Ger- 
man specimens, I could no doubt supply 
a large number of species they would 
like. I would readily take in exchange 
a considerable number of those species 
which are peculiarly English (both Macros 
and Micros), but I would prefer receiving 
exotic species (only not the common 
Brazilian and North- American forms). — 
Dr. Herricb-Sceleffer, Ratisbon, Ba- 
varia ; October 10. 
Parasitic Acari. — Having seen some 
remarks in this week’s ‘Intelligencer’ 
respecting a red parasite found about the 
head and thorax of Arge Galalhea and 
some other Lepidoptera, I beg to inform 
you that, whilst at Mickleham, early in 
the autumn, almost every specimen that 
I caught of P. Alexis was infested with 
the red parasite mentioned, whilst all the 
other Polyommati that I took were per- 
fectly free from them. — J. G. Herts let, 
1 9, Grove Place , Brompton ; Oct. 26. 
Parasitic Acari. — I have many times 
wondered how the red mites get attached 
to the imagos of insects : about a fort- 
