19 SEPTEMBER 1952, Page 16

Doryphore

SIR,—Janus may be interested to know that " doryphore" was the pseudonym used by the members of the resistance movement in France for members of the German police or Gestapo in France during the last war. If it is introduced into the English language, might it not be applied to the Dean of Canterbury et hoc genus omne, some of whom" are as elusive as the Colorado beetle—which is the English name of the potato pest of which the French equivalent is " doryphore."—Yours faithfully, 27 Melbury Court, Kensington, W.8. C. WALEY COHEN.