THE INSECT HUNTER'S COMPANION. 



By the Rev. JOSEPH GREENE, M.A. 



Beiug instructions for Collecting and Preserving Butterflies and Moths, and 



comprising an Essay on Pupa-Digging. 



WITH A CHAPTER ON COLEOPTERA. 



Price, Is. 6d. 



Londou: Jhnn Van Voorst, 1, Paternoster Row. 



TNSECTS FOR SALE.— Athalia, 2d.; females, 3d. Selene, 2d. 

 X Lucina, '^d. T. Rubi, 2d. Argiolus, 2d. Alsus, 2d. H. Comma, 2d. 

 Taminata, 3d. Temerata, 3d. Trilinearia, 3d. Punctaria, 3d. Dealbata, 4d. 

 Multistrigaria, 3d. Plautaginis, 3d. Dominula, Is. 6d. per dozen. Also fresh 

 Pupte of T. Miniosa, 4d. Dominula, 9d dozen. All fresh specimens and in fine 

 condition. 



G. PARRY, Church Street, St. Paul's, Canterhury. 



TO CORRESPONDENTS. 



I have received a Catalogue of Geodephagous Coleoptera on Sale by 

 M. Boucard, No. 7, rue Guy-de-la-Brosse, Paris. These insects formed part of the 

 celebrated collection of M. Done, and some idea of its extent may be gleaned from 

 the fact that it contains 42 species of Nebria, 211 of Carabus, 30 of Calosoma, 

 36 of Brachinus, 28 of Cymindis, 20 of Lebia, 92 of Chlsenius, 62 of Harpalus, 

 and others in like proportion. 



Also a collection of Heteromera from the same rich collection ; these are on 

 sale by Boucard at No. 55, Great Russell Street, Bloomsbury, W.C., London. 



At the last moment I have received, from Mr. J. P. Barrett, so interesting an 

 addition to my Life-History of Acidalia prataria that I have thought it better to 

 withdraw the paper altogether for a month. It seems a pity that such a history 

 should not be complete now that the materials are in my hands. With regard to 

 the Bath phenomenon I intend to present its effigies to the readers of the 'Ento- 

 mologist,' so that they may use their own judgment as to whether it shall be 

 considered an Entomostracon (Westwood), a Vibrio [Jenyns), or the lar\^a of a 

 Chironomus {Newman). 



The second siege, by which Paris has suffered so much, has spared the persons 

 of entomologists, but has utterly annihilated or greatly damaged many of their 

 collections and libraries. Dr. Laboulbene, who resided in the rue du Bac, had a 

 part of his house caught by the flames, and a great part of his library destroyed. 

 M. Boulards collection was shattered to atoms by shells, and many collections 

 have suffered great injury from the partial explosion of the Luxembourg powder- 

 mills : happily a tenth part only of the powder exploded : had the project of 

 exploding the whole been successful, the collections in the Museum itself must 

 have been destroyed. M. de Marseul's collection is uninjured. Almost all the 

 provincial entomologists of France are in safety, and eagerly pursuing their 

 favourite study, a solace in their troubles. At Strasbourg the fine collection of 

 M. Gauber is safe, and likewise those of MM. Koechlin and Zuber-Hofer at 

 Dornach, while that of M. Guenee, at Chateaudun, has entirely escaped the 

 destruction of the town by the Prussians, who have taken both the collections and 

 the books of M. Estienne, from the same town. 



