100 
THE ENTOMOLOGIST’S WEEKLY INTELLIGENCER. 
Mr. Oaks exhibited L. Dispar, E. Li- 
gea and P. Acis. 
Al'ter the necessary business was con- 
cluded, the meeting adjourned until the 
first Monday in January, when the an- 
nual meeting for the election of officers 
will be held. — R. Anderson, Secretary , 
Coney Street, York. 
TO THE EDITOR OF THE ‘ INTELLI- 
GENCER.’ 
Sir, — I wish to call your attention to 
the following extraordinary conduct. A 
little while ago there appeared in the 
‘Intelligencer’ a list of my duplicates 
and desiderata. Among others I re- 
ceived a note from a person wishing for 
certain of my duplicates, and offering 
to return some of my desiderata. Ac- 
cording to his wish, I sent good speci- 
mens of the iusects required, and, to my 
great astonishment, received in return — 
not my desiderata, but my own iusects, 
as rubbish ! and of course the box un- 
paid. As the insects were good speci- 
mens, although very common, his evident 
desigu was to put me to some trouble 
and expense. 
I should feel very much obliged if 
you would subjoin your opinion of this 
shabby conduct, and remain, 
Yours most respectfully, 
Apamea. 
PS. I have inclosed his note, as proof 
of my good faith, hoping that it may put 
you on your guard against such gentry 
for the future, as I assure you it will 
me. 
[The writer of the note inclosed has 
lately been offering Lathonia, and in this 
note he begs for Polyodon, Brassiere and 
Pronuba ; either it was meant as a hoax 
or the writer is non compos .] 
THE GRADUS. 
TO THE EDITOR OF THE ‘INTELLI- 
GENCER.’ 
Sir, — We have been considering 
amongst ourselves, and other members of 
the Entomological Societies of our re- 
spective Universities, the best way to 
accomplish the publication of a ‘ Gradus 
of Entomological names, as regards the 
Lepidoptera,’ for which we have seen 
such frequent calls in your columns, 
without any satisfactory response having 
as yet appeared. If we do not see by 
your next week’s paper that any other 
person or Society has already commenced 
such a work for actual publication, we 
will engage, to the best of our ability, to 
supply the want. We expect that our 
proposed book will be published by the 
Councils of the Entomological Societies 
of the two Universities, but certainly by 
members of those Societies. Should we, 
as we propose, carry out our scheme, we 
will send you a further statement of our 
plan of publication. 
We remain, Sir, 
Yours very truly, 
H. Adair Pickard, 
President of the Oxford University 
. Entomological Society. 
R. F. Sealv, 
lion. Sec. Cam. Entom. Soc., 70, 
Trumpington Street, Cambridge. 
Dec. 19. 
NATURALISTS' CLUB AT LEEDS. 
TO THE EDITOR OF THE ‘INTELLI- 
GENCER.’ 
Sir, — I have great pleasure to inform 
you that there has commenced in the 
town of Leeds a Society, to be culled 
