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bottoms of these—that is, the parts cut off by glaziers to reduce 
the bell-glasses to saleable dimensions. All glaziers do not 
appear to keep these, but I have had no difficulty in meeting 
with them. The most usual size is about four inches in diameter, 
and the same height; and the charge for them is 2d. or 3d. each. 
I find little bottles filled with wet silver sand better for keeping 
the food-plants fresh than the same filled with water, and the 
advantage is that one is able to place them horizontally, and so 
avoid the danger of disturbing the earth, and do away with the 
necessity for tin cylinders. I have had four hundred or more larvee 
feeding at once on this plan at a cost of not more than half-a- 
crown. ‘Thecylinder of glass can be placed or fitted on a flower- 
pot or jam-pot full of earth, and the habits of the larve are 
perfectly open to observation.—W. R. Scowcrort, The Quarry, 
Lathom, Ormskirk, June, 1886. 
CoLropTeRA IN MippLEesex.—I was at Kingsbury (Middlesex) 
for three weeks at the beginning of June, 1885. Favoured with 
splendid weather I was very successful amongst the insects, 
especially Coleoptera. The locality seemed very favourable for 
beetles, and I obtained great numbers, both of genera and species. 
Amongst the captures were Cicindela campestris, Notiophilus 
biguttatus, Hlaphrus riparius, several species of the genus Carabus, 
Dyschirius eneus, various Dromiu, Anchomeni, Pterosticht and 
Amare, Acupalpus exiguus, A. meridianus, Stenolophus vespertinus, 
Bradycellus harpalinus, and Bembidium articulatum. The following 
Hydrophilide :— Cymbrodyta ovalis, Philhydrus melanocephalus, 
Hydrochus angustatus, Spheridium scarabeéoides and S. mar- 
ginatum, and various species of Cercyon. In the Staphylinide I 
made numerous captures, including Leistotrophus murinus, which 
I found under patches of dry dung, and which, when disturbed, 
ran with great rapidity ; Pederus littoralis, and various species of 
the following genera :—Aleochara, Tachyporus, Tachinus, Quedwus, 
Ocypus, Philonthus, Stilicus, and Stenus. Under various dead 
animals I captured Creophilus mazillosus, various Choleve, 
Necrophorus humator, N. ruspator, and N. vespillo, Silpha rugosa, 
Hister cadaverinus, Saprinus e@neus. Sweeping was very suc- 
cessful; Brachypterus urtice, Meligethes picipes, Anisosticta 19- 
punctata, Coccinella septempunctata, Mysia 22-punctata, various 
Agriotes, Adrastus limbatus, Campylus linearis, various Telephoride, 
