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on, I covered with a paper to correspond with the ground 

 colour of the insects to be preserved. I then cut some boards 

 into slips, about half an inch wide, and of a thickness to cor- 

 respond with the body of the insects, covered them with 

 leather, and glued them round the edge of the other board, 

 which, when done, formed a sort of drawer. Having made 

 as many of these drawers, of an equal size, as I thought would 

 be convenient to be put together, I strung them at the back 

 with whip-cord, and bound them with an open back similar 

 to a book. On gumming on my specimens, I found the above 

 plan afforded an additional advantage, and one of great use, 

 that of having figures of the caterpillar and chrysalis placed 

 against many of the specimens, which I accomplished by 

 drawing and colouring them from nature, on card-board, cut- 

 ting them out with the scissors, and gumming them near the 

 specimens. As I have found the above of great use, perhaps 

 it may be of use to some of your numerous readers and corre- 

 spondents. I am, Sir, yours, &c. — B. Faucett. Driffield, 

 Jan. 26. 1833. 



Coleopterous Insects taken in 1832, in the Neighbourhood of 

 Manchester. — In the month of May I collected the following 

 species on the banks of the river Irwell, at about three miles 

 below Manchester: — Bembidium paludosum, pallipes; Bra- 

 dy tus fulvus, apricarius ; Clivina fossor, collaris ; Patrobus 

 rufipes, Helobia GyllenhahV, Carabus monilis ; A'gonum 

 marginatum, viduum ; Blemus micros ; Peryphus decorus, 

 nitidulus ; Stenus bipustulatus, Dyschirius ae v neus. June 3d, I 

 collected, in the woods near Chorlton, Helodes beccabungae 

 Curt., Chrysomela cochleariae, Clytus arietis, Melandrya ca- 

 raboides; Clonus scrophulariae, bipustulatus. June 8th, near 

 the river Irwell, I captured Chrysomela aiicta and Epaphius 

 secalis. 



Bembidium paludosum, Helodes beccabungae, and Chry- 

 somela cochleariae, have been very plentiful. I, last year, 

 took in great plenty Blemus discus, but it has not yet, this 

 year, made its appearance ; neither has Hoplia pulverulenta, 

 although I took it, last year, in great plenty in the middle of 

 June. On April 29, this year (1832), I took Hyphydrus 

 ovatus and Hydroporus DaviszY at Coterill Clough, Cheshire. 

 — W. H. June 18. 1832. 



Lepidopterous Insects taken in the Neighbourhood of Manches- 

 ter last Year (1831). — Their names are those of Curtis's 

 Guide. Charse v as graminis ; A'grotis segetum (valligera at 

 Southport in Lancashire). Graphiphora brunnea, festiva, 

 plecta, baja ; common. Orthosis 16ta, litura, hebraica ; Glae'a 

 satellitia, rubricosa; Triphae x na Janthina, interjecta, fimbria; 



