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A Correction — Blaps similis, Ltr., = Blaps *mortisaga, Dr»t., Fnt. Mo. 

 Mag., XXI, 112 (1884) nee. L. — The record of the occurrence of Maps mortisaga 

 at Hitchin, was founded on two specimens brought to me alive July 22nd, 1884. 

 These appeared to differ from B. similis, which I had taken freely at Pirton, in the 

 greater extension of the ends of the elytra, and were determined for me by a friend 

 as B. mortisaga. This identification was probably more or less casual, but T was 

 younger then, and accepted it without question. I did not become acquainted with 

 the error of determination until some years later. Blaps mortisaga, L., does not 

 occur at Hitchin, Herts. — J. Hartley Durrani, Merton Hall : Feb. 27th, 1002. 



Crgptophilus integer, lleer, in London. — I have long had a specimen of this 

 inconspicuous Clavicorn beetle in my collection, brought me with Mezium and 

 other insects from a London warehouse. It is very like a small, pallid Cryptophagus, 

 with the sides of the thorax acutely margined, but not toothed, and the entire upper 

 surface delicately punctured and pubescent, the punctures on the elytra subsorially 

 arranged. As the insect is likely to become spread by commerce, it is worth while 

 calling attention to its occurrence alive in London, though the species cannot, of 

 course, be introduced into the British list. It has been recorded from many 

 localities in Europe, including Switzerland, the Tyrol, the Balearic Islands, &c, 

 and I have specimens sent me by Mr. J. J. Walker, from Corfu, Cephalonia, and 

 Malta. In the last European Catalogue the genus is referred to the Tel matophil idee. 

 — G. C. Champion, Horsell, Woking : March 1st, 1902. 



Note on " Lathrobinm atripatpe." — Mr. Thompson has just sent me for 

 verification a specimen of a Lathrohium from High Moors, Yorkshire, that agrees 

 with the individual on which I introduced L. atripalpe, Scriba, as a British species. 

 I have always felt doubt as to whether the insect was really what Scriba had in 

 view, and I see that Ganglbauer considers Scriba's L. atripalpe to be a variety of 

 L. terminatum. This my " atripalpe " certainly is not, and it seems possible that 

 it is an undescribed species. I notice that in one of my examples the elytra are 

 quite black, but in another, and in Mr. Thompson's specimen, they are piceous — 

 giving rise to the suspicion that the insect may be a dark form of some species with 

 red elytra. The insect is at present rare to an extent that is quite surprising, and 

 it would be well to wait for more information before attempting a final conclusion 

 on the matter, though the existence of an unnamed species in the British list 

 seems rather an anomaly now-a-days. — D. Sharp, Cambridge : Feb. 19th, 1902. 



Carbolic Acid as a preventive of mildew, and preserver of collections. — I have 

 had experience of the use of this substance in collections of insects, extending now 

 over 25 years. During that period I have several times received applications from 

 residents in the tropics requesting me to inform them how they could protect their 

 collections from destruction. I have always recommended carbolic acid, and it has 

 always proved successful. I have tried several other methods I have seen recom- 

 mended, and though some of them are more or less useful, no one of them is at all 

 equal to Carbolic Acid. I find the glacial acid is not so good as the impure acid. 

 Calvert's No. 5 answers all the purposes best, and is not dear. 



