174 Analyses of Boohs, [March, 
cially in warm climates, and is particularly attractive to high- 
flying Lepidoptera. The author mentions rotten apples as en- 
ticing ; he might safely have said “ fruits in general,” the pre- 
ference being perhaps due to very stale bananas where they are 
procurable. Many species will even settle upon any small putrid 
animal, and also upon recent human excrement, a sad comment 
upon the refined tastes generally ascribed to butterflies. 
The instructions for collecting Coleoptera are from the able 
pen of our late friend Edward Newman, but as for the “ neglected 
orders,” they are, save the Hymenoptera, completely ignored. 
On the subjeCt of setting specimens we differ from the author, 
and prefer the Continental plan to the English, for the following 
very substantial reason : If the specimens are fixed high on the 
pins, and with the wings flat, the access of mites and other 
depredators is very much impeded if not altogether cut off. 
The remarks on the question of exchanging specimens are 
much to the point. Something might, however, have been said 
on the absurd value attached to “ British ” specimens as com- 
pared with such of the same species captured abroad. We find 
nothing similar to this whim in any other country. The annoy- 
ance which the collector often experiences from the outside 
public are described in a manner the accuracy of which we can 
vouch for, though we were never insulted in the manner described 
by Mr. Newman in his chapter on Coleoptera. 
The book may be safely recommended as a manual for young 
collectors, and will save them much loss of time and disappoint- 
ment. 
