THE WEEKLY ENTOMOLOGIST, 
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its appearance. I have only, at 
present, taken two. In July and the 
beginning of August I took A. Luni- 
gera, Lucernea, and L. Conigera, 
besides many other common things. 
During June and the early part of 
July, I succeeded in taking three H. 
Peltigera, — an insect which has never, 
I think, occurred in this locality 
before, — also a few U. Marginata, 
D. Conspersa etc. Earlier on I took 
a beautiful specimen of I). Livornica 
in the same way as I tookthose named 
iin the “ Intelligencer ” two years 
back, — viz, flying over white Nar- 
'.eissus flowers. — R. M. Stewart, 3, 
Park Place , Torquay, Aug . 25, 1862. 
COLEOPTERA. 
Setting of Coleoptera. I, for one, 
beg to thank the Rev. Mr. Morris 
for “ first words ” on this important 
subject of setting; a subject which, 
combined with perfect preservation, is 
a matter of the very first importance 
to all Entomologists. 
I am but a tyro in these pursuits, 
and therefore, if I do not acquiesce in 
the plan suggested by your correspon- 
dent, of cutting the card to fit the 
insect before it is mounted, it may 
arise from my want of greater ex- 
perience. “With good scissors, the 
cutting out of a large number of cards 
to any size or pattern, need involve no 
very great amount of time, or of 
patience, but, I should like to enquire 
how these cards, cut to fit, are to be 
kept, at least something near flat, 
while drying, without having un- 
sightly pin holes. Again, there are 
many specimens of beetles that will 
persist in dying with such a fixed 
determination in them, to resist to 
the utmost the operation of setting, 
that, keep them to relax as long as 
you safely can, yet their joints 
will suffer fracture sooner than 
will their muscles yield. One may 
drag these stubborn customers about 
the card until time and patience are 
alike well nigh exhausted, before 
they are anything like “ well set,’ 
and then they are probably in quite 
a contrary position on the card to 
those previously set. How such 
specimens as these, and they are 
far too numerous, can be nicely 
centred on cards previously cut to fit, 
my experience does not enable me to 
conceive. 
I hope some generous Coleopterist 
will take up the subject, and give us 
in full that which Mr. Wollaston 
admits space did not permit of his 
doing. E. W. Broderick, Hyde, Isle 
of Wight, August, 20. 1862. 
I have a number of Scaphidium, 
4 — Maculatum and Tliymalus lim- 
batus , — unset, fresh specimens, which 
I shall be glad to give to any one 
sending me one penny postage stamp, 
to prepay postage. No box will be 
required. I wish this to be under- 
stood as a perfectly unconditional 
offer. — W. Farren, 10 Rose Crescent, 
Cambridge, August 19. 1862. 
NOTICES TO CORRESPONDENTS. 
W. S. S. York. — We cannot read 
your name. 
