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less than One dollar, U. S. The Smithsonian Classification of the Coleoptera 

 of N. A., by John L. Le Conte, M.D., 1861-1862, and the List of Coleoptera 

 of N. A., 1863-1805, are indispensable ; be particular to get the latest 

 edition , these pamphlets can be had at the Naturalists' Book Agency, Salem, 

 Mass. 



2. A cheap and convenient dissecting board, which will answer all require- 

 ments, can be made by taking a smooth piece of board, one inch thick 8X12 

 inch, glueing to the middle a piece of soft wood or cork, about two inches 

 square, one-half thick : put up a standard three inches high on one side -of 

 the board near the middle : next twist a small piece of annealed wire around 

 your eye-glass, leaving one end long euough to pass around or through the 

 side of the standard, thus bringing your glass over the centre of the board, 

 the wire can then be bent so as to have the focus come where you please. 

 Cover the small centre piece with white paper, on this you can pin or glue 

 the specimen as you please, *jnd now, with your glass in position, you hnve 

 both hands to work with. Take two or more pieces of wood like the small tip 

 of a penholder, force a fine needle into the end of each, heat the points in a 

 flame, and by quickly pressing them against a piece of iron or glass you have 

 a set of dissecting hooks ; with these you can hold the insect and separate 

 the various parts. 



3. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phil, page 382, Dec, 1868. — Braclycellus 

 (Geobaeniis) arenarius Lee. u is proved by the discovery of the % to belong 

 to the genus Amara." Therefore, those having this beetle named Braclycellus 

 must change the label to Amara. 



4. This valuable paper, which is advertised under the title of " Specifs of 

 Bar alius of U. S., 1868," can be had at the Naturalists' Book Agency, Salem, 

 Mass., Price 10 cts., postage U. S. 2 cents. 



THE CURRANT WORM AGAIN. 



BY W. SAUNDERS, LONDON, ONT. 



In the last number of the Entomologist our late esteemed friend Mr. B. D. 

 Walsh, whose sudden death we most deeply deplore, calls in question the cor- 

 rectness of mv inference re^ rding the occasional hybernation of the currant 

 worm, intimating that my conclusions were based upon insufficient data. He 

 says, " I can see no reason why a larva might not have hatched out from the 

 egg in London, C. W., in the first week in May 1869, spun up on Mr. Saun- 

 ders' paper bag on May 30th. 1869, and the cocoon been noticed by that 

 gentleman for the first time, as he informs us, May 30;h, 1869. Yet Mr. S. 

 from these data arrives at the conclusion that such a larva must have remained 



