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from the wall, to allow of air circulating, and care must be taken 

 not to place it against an outside wall, lest possible damp warp 

 the wood. If a cabinet is beyond the present means of the 

 collector, store -boxes will do equally well, in fact they are 

 preferred by many. These boxes can be purchased, covered with 

 cloth, so as to resemble books. 



The most recently published and best list of British Coleoptera 

 is that by Revs. A. Matthews and W. W. Fowler (West, Newman 

 & Co.) This can be bought printed on one side only, for labels. 

 "When commencing to arrange the drawers, the collector should, 

 if possible, consult some standard cabinet in order to ascertain 

 the amount of space to be left for each species. The number 

 varies, but it is generally from nine to twelve. The lines should 

 be ruled in with a fine, hard, sharp-pointed pencil, so that they 

 may be easily erased at any time if necessary. 



Between each genus a space may be left in case of a new 

 member of that genus being discovered, which can thus be 

 inserted in its proper position without disarranging the rest of 

 the contents of the drawer. 



2, Halkin Street West, Belgrave Square, London, S.W. 



COLLECTING THE GENUS EUPITHECIA. 



By John T. Carkington, F.L.S. 



(Concluded from p. 112.) 



No more pleasant early summer holiday can be spent than in 

 searching for imagines of Eupithecia pusillata. These are to be 

 disturbed from among spruce trees in the South of England in 

 May. I have not taken this species far north, bnt it may be 

 possibly found in many new places, simply because it has not been 

 looked for. Those localities best known are Wickham Woods and 

 Boxhill, or more correctly by the side of Headly Lane, where the 

 spruces have grown large. The moths may be turned out of the 

 branches with a stick, by gently agitating them, but are easily 

 damaged, and soon begin to look somewhat seedy after a flight or 

 two. They are, therefore, best bred ; and the larvae are to be 

 beaten from the spruce about the first of Jul}^ It is far less 

 trouble, however, to get eggs and rear a series through all their 



