Only two persons have even noticed it to me--viz., the bitter sneer of Owen in the "Edinburgh Review" (134/1.

"Edinburgh Review," April, 1860, page 525.), and my good friend and supporter, Sir C.Lyell, who could only screw up courage to say, "Well, you have manfully faced the difficulty." What a wonderful case of Volucella of which I had never heard.

(134/2.
Volucella is a fly--one of the Syrphidae--supposed to supply a case of mimicry; this was doubtless the point of interest with Bates.

Dr.Sharp says ["Insects," Part II.

(in the Camb.Nat.Hist.