THE NATUilALIST. 



pressed out ; the skin is filled with 

 dry sand, and restored to its natural 

 position. When dry, the sand is 

 carefully shaken out, and the speci- 

 men affixed, hy strong gum, to a 

 piece of card." — Veritas. 



Ateuchus. — Can any of your readers 

 inform me why the Ateuchus is called 

 the sacred Beetle of the Egyptians. 

 — A. L. 



Unio margaritifera. — I should be 

 glad to learn through the medium 

 of " The Naturalist " whether this 

 species is still to be found in the 

 Manx rivers ; Forbes' Monensis, 

 and most of the Manx Guides, give 

 as its habitat the Black river, near 

 the Nunnery Grounds, Douglas. 

 I have searched this place in vain. 

 — Geo. H. Parke, Mornington 

 Place, Halifax. 



Gratis. — W. Cash, Delph-street, 

 Halifax, will be very glad to assist 

 any beginners in British Land and 

 Fresh Water Shells — provided that 

 they pay postage expenses. 



Coleoptera. — I have specimens of 

 the following Beetles for exchange, or 

 any person (if a coleopterist) wanting 

 any of them can have them by send- 

 ing a box, post paid. I should be 

 glad to open correspondence on 

 Coleoptera with any one : I have 

 collected about two years. Cicmdela 

 hyhrida, Carahus catenulatus, Cara- 



bus nitens, Colymhetes nigroceneus, 

 Acilius sulcatus, Aphodius 4 pustula- 

 tus, Cionus scrophularics, (would want 

 relaxing), Coccinella 11 punctata. — 

 William Hy. Charlesworth, East 

 Parade, Huddersfield. 



Shells. — Having a great many land 

 and fresh-water shells in duplicate, I 

 should be glad to exchange them for 

 any of my desiderata in Land, Fresh- 

 water, or Marine. — Joseph Hebden, 

 Sandal Common, Wakefield. 



The Entomological Collection in 

 the British Museum. 



By the Eev. F. O. Morris. 

 Nunburnholme Rectory, 



April 18, 1864. 



Sir, — Of every one hundred per- 

 sons who have entered in at, and 

 then come out of the front door of the 

 British Museum, after having gone 

 the round of the rooms, ninety-nine 

 would say that they had seen the 

 Entomological Collection, and that 

 very beautiful it was. The fact is, 

 that not more than one in an hun- 

 dred of those who visit our National 

 Gallery of Nature, either sees the 

 Entomological Collection that it 

 contains, or has any knowledge of 

 its existence. After entering the 

 front door, if a person wishes to see 

 the collection, which is probably the 

 finest in the world, and well worth 

 any one's inspection, which it would 



