PRESERVING OF COLEOPTERA. 109 



I am ready to submit the result, as evinced by the state of 

 my collection, to the consideration of anybody who will take 

 the trouble of inspecting it. 



Such are a few general hints on the collecting and pre- 

 serving of Coleoptera, compiled exclusively for the use of 

 the beginner. Had space been unlimited, they might have 

 been multiplied tenfold : but it is hoped that even these, 

 such as they are, will not be found altogether worthless. 



T. V. WOLLASTON. 



25, Tiiurloe Square, Bromfton, 



March 9th, 185-5. 



