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this is the only way I can explain their appearance in such a 

 strange locality. I suppose the late date is not at all remark- 

 able for species bred under the circumstances ; the temperature 

 of the house would be sufficient to account for it. — J. Tutt ; 

 Beaconsfield Terrace, Greenwich, S.E., December, 1884. 



Notes on Coleophor^. — In October last I found a few cases 

 of a Coleophora which agree tolerably well with the description of 

 the case of C. vibicigerella which I have had sent me. They are 

 now hybernating, and I hope to give you a good account of them 

 later on. While collecting the cases of C. artemisiella, which have 

 been unusually plentiful this autumn on Artemisia maritima, I 

 found nine cases of a Coleophora which I do not recognize. They 

 are rather paler, but otherwise very similar to the case of C. 

 paripennella, an insect one would hardly expect to meet with 

 on a saltern where there are no bushes, and where the plants are 

 occasionally covered with the tide. Whether these are now full 

 grown or merely hybernating to again feed in the spring, time 

 must decide. I hope some of them may reach the perfect state. 

 — Wm. Machin ; 29, Carlton Road, Carlton Square, E., Decem- 

 ber 22, 1884. 



Naphthaline. — In reply to inquiries made by me in Novem- 

 ber, 1883, to Mr. Erastus Corning, of New York City, he very 

 kindly sent me over a box of lump naphthaline, asking that I 

 should give it a fair trial, as he had only found one collector 

 advising the use of it instead of camphor. I had used naph- 

 thaline as sold by English chemists for some years past, and 

 at once placed some of it in a separate box of insects, select- 

 ing those most prone to grease. After a year's trial I find the 

 insects are entirely free from grease and mites. Mr. Corning 

 told me he had found it useless for destroying insect " pests " 

 already in existence ; of this I am unable to speak from per- 

 sonal experience, not having had any to experiment upon. The 

 lump naphthaline has been in great request among my ento- 

 mological friends. I am pleased with it, and would certainly 

 advocate its use, much preferring it to camphor. — E. M, 

 SoTHEBY ; Eastbourne, December 4, 1884. 



[Naphthaline has for some time past come into general use 

 amongst entomologists, for the preservation of dried insects. 

 The lump naphthaline, such as described by Miss Sotheby, 

 can be obtained at the shops of those gnsfitters who supply the 



