THE ENTOMOLOGIST. 853 



had a part of his house caught by the flames, and a great 

 part of his library destroyed. M. Boulard's collection was 

 shattered to atoms by shells; and many collections have 

 suffered great injury from the partial explosion of the Lux- 

 embourg powder-mills: happily a tenth part only of the 

 powder exploded. Had the project of exploding the whole 

 been successful, the collection in the Museum itself must 

 have been destroyed. M. de Marseul's collection is unin- 

 jured. Almost all the provincial entomologists in 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." 



Collecting in the Holy Land. — M. Peyron speaks of having 

 collected some interesting beetles in an excursion to St. 

 Jean d'Acre and Nazareth : amongst them the most note- 

 worthy were — a Carabus, similar in appearance to Cymindis 

 humeralis, with red body and blue elytra, having a broad 

 sutural stripe of red ; it may be a species of Calleida, or 

 something near that genus : a Heteromeron, at least equal to 

 Hylecoetus dermestoides in size, and which seems to be one of 

 the Rhipiphoridse ; it is dull black, with a red prothorax, and 

 it has laminate antennae, the branches being very long: a 

 Clerus or Dasytes, entirely green, and with a very foreign 

 appearance : a single specimen of Oxysoma Schaumii : two 

 of Agrypnus judaicus : a single specimen of Elytrodon 

 Chevrolatii : one of Adoretus : several of Meloe, Onitis 

 Ezechias, and many minute beetles. 



Collecting in the Pyrenees. — M. Rene Oberthur is now 

 collecting in the Pyrenees, accompanied by Michel Nou, the 

 celebrated entomological guide of Vernet-des-Bains : he has 

 collected many rare insects, and some that he believes new. 



Collecting in the Caves of Arieye. — Meunier, the black- 

 smith, at Ussat, is strongly recommended as a guide to all 

 entomologists who propose exploring the caves of Ariege : 

 he has already accompanied Linders, Von Bruck, Dieck, &c. ; 

 and is thoroughly acquainted with all the good localities in 

 the neighbourhood. 



