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larva living in abundance at low-water mark among the green sea-weels 
te in April. The ey must have hatched from eggs laid in the autumn. — 
Another insect (Fig. 3) we have found late in April at low-water mark, 
in Casco Bay, ee and, like the Chironomus, living in the re 
Fig. 4. 

lymna, a beetle u 
known in Europe G) 
to inhabit the sea. Aa f 
In this connec- 
tion we figure the brine-inhabit- 

T: iin from whom we nave received specimens, lives in the very strong 
of the “Graduation House,” at the Equality mentions 
Coity: Illinois. Dr. T. d’Oremieulx has sent us a pupariu ardly weed 
a from the Mlinois one, which he tee pore the er 
the shores of Narragansett rie bales so that 
pe here another sea-inhabiting in = 
We figure (5) the pupa of ping or aca ‘re 
fly, which is found with the Ephydra, at the eT ae = sane: A 
ity Salt-works. Mr. Horace Mann has found i lake, 
mense numbers of a similar insect in the sae waters of Mono * 
California, and it is not improbable that some of these curious flies © 
be found to inhabit our shores between tide-marks. —A. S. P. 
DIRECTIONS FOR COLLECTING THE LOWER FORMS OF 
— The collector must be acquainted with the fact tha 
Having selected a proper pool for examination, let bim i 
po pe e por ore distu 
