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place on December nth, 1904, after a somewhat prolonged
period of failing health, at the age of 68 years.

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" household word." His fellow Editors deeply regret the
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[VOLUME XLI.]

DRAGON-FLY HUNTINa IN EASTERN SWITZERLAND.
BY KENNETH J. MORTON, F.E.S.

It is now a good luauy years since the interesting account of the
Odonata of Switzerland by Dr. Kr. Ris* came into my hands, and
first made me alive to the great attractions of Eastern Switzerland,
and especially of the Ziirich District, as one of the finest dragon-
fly localities in Europe. In the interval Dr. Ris has himself become
one of my most valued correspondents, and the beautiful series of
Swiss Neuroptera sent by him from time to time form quite an out-
standing feature of my collection, both with regard to the interest
which they possess and also on account of their perfect preservation.

Having never seen Eastern Switzerland, I resolved to go there
this summer, when I hoped to have not only the pleasure of making
the persona] acquaintance of Dr. Eis, but also to see for myself, under
his experienced guidance, what could be done in the way of dragon-
fly hunting in the " Ziiricher gebiet," now famous in the records of
Odonate literature.

Leaving Edinburgh on the forenoon of July 1st, accompanied by
my wife, we travelled direct to Zurich, arriving there late at night on
the 2nd. Early next morning communication was established by
means of a somewhat refractory telephone, and by the middle of the
day Dr. Ris joined us, having travelled from his home at Rheinau, a
distance of 26 miles, to meet us. After consideia*^''on it was decided
that Dr. Ris and I should go to Robenhausen to look for Nehalennia
speciosum, Charp., a species that I had never seen alive, and the
smallest of European dragon-flies. Two or three localities were avail-
able, but Robenhausen was selected as the one in which it was likely

* Die Schweizeriaeben Libellen, 1885.
lAEY, 1905.

2 [January,

to be found most easily and most abundantly. Taking train to
Aatlial, a distance of some 15| miles from Ziiricb, a short walk
brought us to the peaty and swampy tract connected with the
Pfaffikon See, the desired locality. It required no experienced eye
to know that we were on good dragon-fly ground, for the insects
themselves soon appeared. One of the first to attract attention was
a big ^scJina, pronounced at once by Dr. Ris to be ^. isosceles, and
ver}' soon I had the pleasure of making the capture of this fine
species which so few British collectors have taken. I feared that it
might be over, but it proved to be not uncommon in one or two other
localities, although mostly rather worn. A very interesting species,
it is not equal to grandis in appearance or dash when on the wing.
Many of the commoner species put in an appearance: Anax imperator
occupied several stations ; Orthetrum cancellatum was flying about,
settling from time to time on drying peat, but wild as usual and most
difficult to catch. There were also odd examples of Lihellula quad-
rimaculata and tiijinpeirum scoticum, together with hosts of the
Agrions, such as A. pulcheUum, E. cijathigerum, I. elegans and E. nnjas.
Affrion hnstidatum also occurs here, but only one was taken by Dr.
Ris. So far, however, the primary object of our search had not been
seen, but at last in a wet place much overgrown with rushes and
Equisetum, Dr. Ris found one -the daintest little thing imaginable,
in bronzed green and blue, with a big yellowish pterostigma, but so
inconspicuous that it might easily have been overlooked. One or two
more were found, but it was evident that we had not yet reached the
head-quarters of the species. Further search brought us to a place
where the insect was more abundant, and while I simply collected.
Dr. Ris made some interesting observations on the colours of the $
and believes that the same dimorphism exists in this species as in
Ischnura. This subject will, no doubt, receive full explanation from
himself. After we had dealt with N. speciosum, we had little time
left for other species, and as the day w'as already well advanced we
soon afterwards made our way to Wetzikon whence Dr. Ris returned
to Rheinau and I to Ziirich, both of us well pleased with out first
afternoon's work.

Next day we arranged to devote entirely to the Metmenhasler
See, distant by rail about an hour from Zurich. The special attrac-
tion was Anax parthenope, a magnificent species which, as far as the
Zurich district is concerned, has made its head-quarters at this little
lake. In order to lose no opportunity of securing the species, we left
Ziirich before 8 o'clock in the morning, joining Dr. Ris at Oberglatt.

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Descending at Niederliasli, a few minutes' walk brought us to our
hunting ground. It was still too early to look for much, but after
our first inspection of the lake, we were disconcerted by the appear-
ance of the weather — thunder in the distance, and more than threaten-
ings of rain made us think seriously of seeking shelter, and also of
the possibility of our having to give up the chase. However, the
storm passed off and we returned once more to the lake. Just where
we left the road at a little stream, Calopteryx splendens was found,
and in the same neighbourhood a few Orthetrum coerulescens were
darting about. About the marshy margins of the stream Pyrrliosoma
tenellum occurred in a very restricted area, in accordance with its
usual habit in Switzerland where Dr. Eis says he has always found it
to be very local. Like many of the small Swiss lakes the Metmen-
hasler See is approached through a peaty marshy tract (more or less
distinct from tlie lake proper), with ponds filled with water-lilies and
Utricularia. These are the special haunts of Leucorrhinia, and one
or two L. alhifrons were noted, including one which had just emerged.
These ponds were also frequented by Eri/thromina najas which
received special attention in the hope that perhaps E. viridulum, a
species discovered here by Dr. Eis a good many years ago, might
also appear ; we were now evidently too early for it. The commoner
AgrionidcB were as before strongly represented. Among the larger
species, yS/, isosceles again appeared, Anax imperator was more or less
common, while Cordulia cenea, Gomphus pulchellus and a single
$ Si/mpef rum fonscohmbii were a.ho observed. But Anax parthenope
was so long in appearing that Dr. Eis began to doubt whether the
seventeen years which had elapsed since he met with the insect, in all
the glory of a dominant species, had not seen an important change in
fauna of the lake involving the disappearance of its most distinguished
member. It was well on to mid-day before its presence was estab-
lished, and even then they were dashing about wildly and impossible
of approach. At last a ^ was secured, and about the same time my
wife caught a fine pair. They frequented almost exclusively the lake
proper, and could be distinguished easily from the other Anax by the
darker abdomon with bright blue base. Further attempts to capture
more proved futile at the time, so we stopped operations and went on
to the village. Eeturning to the lake in the afternoon we found their
demeanour altered. A gentle breeze was blowing up the lake, and
instead of flying madly about, they now faced the wind poising on
rapidly vibrating wing — striking objects with their brilliant blue basal
band distinctly visible in the bright sunshine. A favourite position

^ [ January,

was just on tbe landward side of tlie reed girdle ; after poising here
for a short interval they would dart rapidly forward a short distance,
this movement being repeated two or three times until they were just
beyond the line of the reeds over the open surface of the water ; then
a short flight would bring them back to the outward line, where by
careful stalking they might sometimes be secured. During the after-
noon flight four more were obtained. I could not make out any
particular object in this flight ; they did not seem to be feeding. It
was certainly a splendid manifestation of power. Pew of the
examples taken were in perfect order, but in the chase of Ancrx
parthenope we had enjoyed one of the most exciting forms of
Entomological sport.

On the afternoon of the 5th an excursion to the Trichttjuhauser-
tobel on the Ziirichberg, proved, from the point of view of dragon-fly
collecting, a failure, the sun having become obscured soon after we
started. Cordulegaster bidentatus was the spec-ies we had in view ; it
was discovered here by Dr. Eis and had been taken by him this year
two or three weeks earlier. We were probably too late for it and the
weather was unpropitious ; in any case we did not see it, and the
dragon flies observed were all more or less common species. At a
tiny clear pond a multitude of nymph-skins of JEschna cyanea were
noticed with two imagos that had not yet taken flight. It is not
surprisirg in view of the ^schnid population of the pond that Lsch-
nura pumilio, which formei'ly occurred here, apjiears no longer to exist.
Although we had little to show for the afternoon's work, this fine
entomological locality, almost within the city of Ziirich, was well
worthy of a visit.

Little was done on the 6th, and in the afternoon we proceeded
to Rheinau to spend a few days with Dr. Ris. Here field work was
pleasantly alternated with the examination of Dr. His' beautiful
collections of Neuroptem.

The dragon-fly fauna of the Rhine, here a grand stream, is
naturally not an extensive one. The most interesting species is
Onychogomphus iincatm, an insect of southern distribution. It is
common between Rheinau and Ellikon, and was just appearing when
we were there. Along with it, but sparingly, Onycliogomphiis forci-
patus occurred. Calopteryx virgo, C. splendens, Platycnemis peniiipes,
and Enallagmu cyathiyerum are all found at or about the river.
Dr. Kis has also found once a (^ of Gomphus simillimus, but he regards
it in the light of a wanderer.

{To be continued).

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THE OCCURRENCE IN HEREFORDSHIRE OF CALLIMYIA
ELEOANTULA, Fall., AND AGATHOMYIA BOREELLA, Zett.

BY J. H. WOOD, M.B.

The Platypezidce are remarkably well represented in Hereford-
shire, for with the one exception of AgatJiomyia collini, Verr , the
other British species are all to be found in this out-of-the-way corner
of the kingdom. Tt may be remembered that quite recently I intro-
duced (Ent. Mo. Mag., vol. xiv, p. 271), Afjathomyia viduella as a
British insect, and T may as well say that it has turned up again this
year, though in very sparing numbers ; whilst Mr. Verrall tells me
he has received a male from Scotland, taken by Col. Yerbury at
Aviemore, on the 24th of last June. Now I am able to add two other
species of the family to our Lists.

QalUmyia elegantuJa, Fall. — At first Mr. Verrall was in much
doubt about the correctness of his identification of this insect, but
that doubt is now reduced, in his own words, to a " modicum." My
two examples are both females, taken— the one at Coldborough Park,
May 23rd, 1904, the other at The Black Mountains, June 24th, 1904.
Coldborough Park is a large low-lying wood on the high road between
Ledbury and Eoss, the precise spot where the insect was captured
being a boggy and overgrown "soak." The other locality was a deep,
rocky lane at the foot of the mountain, opposite Longtown ; a little
stream runs down one side, keeping it cool and moist, and the banks
are overgrown in places with a luxuriant vegetation. The two places
being 20 miles apart in an east and west direction, the insect must be
widely distributed, and will doubtless turn up elsewhere in the West
and North.

Remarkable for beauty as the females of Callimyia are, the palm
must I think be given, because of the richness of its abdominal
markings, to eleyantula. It is about the size of our other two species,
and may be distinguished from either by the distinctly elongated 3rd
joint of the antennae ; by the character of the thorax which, instead
of being velvety-black with silvery patches, is dark grey, having the
silvery patches represented by a much lighter grey, and marked down
the middle by three dark lines which are fairly conspicuous anteriorly,
but blend with the ground colour behind ; and by the possession of
three silvery bands at equal intervals on the abdomen, the first, which
is somewhat tinged with yellow, occupies the 1st and 2nd segments,
the middle one the 4th, and the last the end segment, the middle band
is divided by a narrow dorsal line, and indications of this line are

Q [January,

shown by a brown spot or two on the basal band. The halteres are
orange, with a dusky tinge at the upper corner. The striated thorax
(not noticed apparently by any author) is a most unusual feature
either for a OnUi7ni/in or an Affnthomt/ia, though it is common enough
among the females of Plntypeza. The presence of distinct spines on
the subcostal vein and the character of the abdominal markings leave
little doubt, in spite of the somewhat elongated antennae, and even in
the absence of the male, that it is a true Gallimyia.

Mr. Verrall observes : " Nobody seems to have taken it except
Fallen, Zetterstedt, and his correspondents Holmgrem, Dahlbom, and
Wahlberg, and perhaps Bonsdorff and his Finnish correspondents."

Agathomyia horeeUa, Ztt. — Here Mr. Verrall had no hesitation
over the name. I was able to submit for his inspection nearly a
dozen examples, consisting of both sexes in about equal numbers, and
all taken this year in a boggy wood on Shobdon Marsh, between the
dates July 9th and August 18th. It is a small species, the size of
A. antenna fa, and of the usual velvety -black colour on the thorax and
abdomen ; the female, apart from the characters associated with sex,
only differing from the male in having the legs not so dark, and the
two first segments of the abdomen a dark orange. No spines are
present on the subcostal vein, but the 3rd joint of the antennas is not
elongated, being to my eye as short as in C. amcena or C. speciosa, and
therefore much shorter than in C. elegnntula. The halteres are black,
with their stalks somewhat pale in the female, and the legs blackish.
The male is further characterized by the usual bristle on the middle
tibia) being weak, by the presence of three bristles underneath the
corresponding metatarsi, extending in a line from the base to about
the middle, and by the marked enlargement of the hind legs which
are as dilated as in Callimyia. Any one meeting with the insect
should have no diflBculty in recognising it — the male, by the associa-
tion of the Callimyia-\\ke antennae with a spineless subcostal vein, by
the clumpy hind legs and the bristles underneath the middle meta-
tarsi ; and the female by the same association of antennae and vein,
and by the orange base of the abdomen. This orange portion varies
somewhat in extent. There is always present a narrow black line
between it and the thorax, which looks to me like a short and
unrecognised segment, and this black line occasionally sends a broad
prolongation on to the back of what is called the 1st segment.

The short antennae, and strongly dilated hind legs in the male,
might suggest that the insect should be referred to Gallimyia, but the

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spineless subcostal vein, the small size of the anal cell, and the bristles
on the middle metatarsi of the male, as well as the general facies,
combine to show that it is really an Aqathomijia.

Shobdon Marsh lies in the valley of the Arrow, and close to
Pembridge, one of the quaintest of Herefordshire villages, with its
old timbered houses and raised footways. The marsh has been
partially drained, but the wood is still very soft and boggy, especially
at one end where several strong springs break out. It gave me this
year some other very good things besides the Agathomyla, but it is a
cruel place to collect in, from the swarms of Culex annidatus, or an
allied species that frequent it, and unless I had, before entering,
anointed face, hands, and even legs with eucalyptus oil, into which
some carbolic acid had been dropped, I doubt I could have faced the
two or three hours I usually spent there. Among these good things I
may mention Actio, frontalis, and another interesting Tachinid or two,
a female Pipunculiis belonging to the zo7intus group, and remarkable
for having three or four long bristles at the bend of the hind tibiae.
Mr. Verrall suggests it may possibly be Becker's arimosus, the female
of which is unknown; Mydcda lonqitarsis (one (J), and Homalomyia
difficilis (two S S)^ Acidia Jychnidis, and last, but not least, Pallop-
tera Icetahilis (three ($ S)- I tried in vain for Aciura rotundiventris,
of which Col. Terbury swept one here in 1902, but I have good hopes
that on the occasion of my last visit T discovered the clue to its food-
plant, so one day I may succeed in breeding it.

Tarrington : October, 1904.

NOTE BY G. H. VERRALL.

Dr. J. H. Wood's captures in Platypezidie are very interesting and very
instructive. I still have great doubts about the name of the one he introduces as
C. eleyantula, because Fallen in his original description says, " Abdominis
segmenta 1 et 2 lutea, pellucida, 3 et 4 atra (inimaculata) ; anus albicans," but
afterwards accepted Zetterstedt's description, which in 1844 was developed into
"abdominis segmentis 2 : do toto 3 : tioque lateribus, fulvopellucidis, ano toto
argenteo ; " Meigen's description of a specimen from Sweden says, " Hinterleib :
erster Ring schwarz ; zweiter und dritter lebhaft rothgelb, durchscheinend ; die
beiden folgenden schwarz und der After aschgrau," and none of the authors call
tlie thorax striped. The differences require more material to work upon before
they can be removed, but it may be said with fair confidence that Dr. Wood's speci-
mens do not belong to any other described Callimyia. The somewhat elongated
conical third joint of the antennae compels a slight modification of that gencrie
character oijiCallimyia.

Q [January,

Neither C. elegantula, Fallen, nor A. horeella, Zett., have ever previously been
recorded out of Scandinavia, and I believe no record of tlieir capture have been
given since 1865. Surely Dr. Wood will now catch C. Dahlbomi , Zett., which has
a fulvous scutellum, and let us clear up its generic position. I may mention that I
possess indications of two more British species of CalUmyia, but not with sufficient
certainty for their introduction at present.

Dr. Wood iias omitted to mention that Homalomyia diffrdlLi, Stein, and
Palloptera Iwtahifis, Loew, are both additions to the British lists, and if Actia
frontalis is intended for Thri/piocera frontalis, Macquart — I believe that to bo also
an addition.

A LARGE COMMUNITY OF VESPA l^ULQARIS,
BY THE REV. G. A. CRAWSEIAT, M.A.

Mr. Saunders has invited me to write a note upon a community
of Vespa vnJg-aris, lately taken by myself, numbering 4957 — 5207
individuals. The former figure represents the number of v^'asps
already emerged from the cells, found in the nest when it was dug
out, and afterwards carefully counted. The latter takes into account
an additional 250, at which I estimate those which were not recovered
for counting.

It will be observed that either figure is considerably in excess of
F. Smith's estimate of 2590 — 2690 for a large community, while it in
no way approaches to Eeaumur's 30,000 for the same.

It seems difficult to account for the great difference in these
numbers. Would it not be interesting to know the experience of
others respecting the comparative numerical strength of communities
of the social wasps ?

With the little experience that I have I hesitate to express an
opinion on the subject, but I am inclined to think that P. Smith's
estimate will hold good in any ordinary English summer of normal
conditions of weather, and that only unusually favourable conditions
of temperature, &c., would produce any appreciably larger number in
a community.

The community in question I destroyed on the night of Septem-
ber 20th, in the faint hope of finding the beetle parasite, Mefoeciis
paradoxus, of which my brother, Mr. L. E. Crawshay, had beaten one
specimen from a birch bush in the neighbourhood in the autumn of
1902. It was the strongest of six communities which have come under
my observation this autumn. On digging out the nest on the follow-
ing morning, the walls, as they flaked away, disclosed such a mass of
wasps falling away with them, that I resolved to keep and count them.

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Accordingly I removed in a sack that part of the earth thrown up
which contained most of <he wasps, but at least 200 more must have
been left behind in the remainder of the earth, which was too bulky
conveniently to remove. To these I add about 50, which had as-
sembled round the nest in the morning, and which were not in it
when it was destroyed, making a total of 5207.

This would apj)ear to be an unusually large community. How
can its numbers be accounted for ?

I suppose we may conclude that the past summer has been more
than ordinarily calculated to hasten the development of both larvae
and pupae of the successive broods occupying the cells. It would
appear from the number of cells occupied by healthy larvse and pupae
at the time of taking the nest, that, assuming a continuation of
sufficiently warm weather, the community would soon largely have
increased its number, for workers were still in process of emerging,
together with small males and a large number of females. 1 counted
one layer of females' cells, sealed and filled throughout with larvse and
pupae, with the exception of some twelve empty cells, numbering over
1100. Another larger layer of smaller cells containing males and
workers mixed, many in process of emerging, T should estimate at
1500. The caps of these cells I removed in search of imagines of
Metoecus. By October 6th I had counted the whole contents of the
nest, which were as follows : —

(1). Wasps found dead in the nest —

Males 1107

Females f'Sl

Workers 3299

(2). Enclosed in sealed cells (imagines, pupsB, and larvije) —

Males and workei's mixed 2280

Females 2594

(3). In open cells, larvae in all stages 1201

(4). Eggs, in cells of males ; females and workers 314

(5). Metcecus paradoxus (imagines, pupae and one larva) 24

Total occupants counted = 11370

Adding to this the following estimated numbers —

(1). Dead wasps not gathered up 250

(2). Emerged from cells, and flown before the counting of pupse

and larvse was completed 150

(3). Pupae and larvae lost 300

Total occupants ofllimated = 12070

10 [January,

l^ho nest was situated on the border of a large wood three
quarters of a mile from a village, the cavity in the earth containing
it was clean and healthy, there being no damp putrid deposit at the
bottom. The cells did not appear to be more numerous than those of
other completed nests, one of which, close by, I counted, numbering
7000 cells.

It would be interesting to know to what extent the cells served
for a second brood, whether the cells of males and females, as well as
those of the workers, were re-occupied. The fact that eggs and small
larvae were present in an upper layer of females' cells, from which
apparently the early females had emerged, while the two lower layers
were completely occupied by imagines, pupae and spun larvae, would
seem to point to the coDclusion that the queen is capable of using
not only the cells vacated by workers, but any available ones for a
second brood, whether there is a sufficiently high, temperature to hatch
out these late ones or not.

Leigh ton Buzzard :

December, 1904.

LEPIDOPTERA TAKEN I>f A MOTH TRAP AT DITCHINGHAM,

SUFFOLK.

BY MRS. H. E. MANN.

At the suggestion of Mr. C. G. Barrett I send a few particulars
of a moth trap which I have been working with some success sine©
June, 1901. The trap, which we have named the " Mandair," Is
similar in construction to the American moth trap mentioned by Dr.
Knaggs in his " Lepidopterist's Guide," but with several alterations
in the angles of the glasses, &c. In the plan and alteration I have
been greatly assisted by Sir F. Adair, F.E.S.

The special points of the "Mandair" are— Insects, when they
have once entered the trap, do not escape ; and as no stupefying
drawer is used, all specimens that are not wanted can be released un-
injured. The trap is fitted into a grooved stand about twelve feet
high, and is raised by means of pulleys to the required height. Most
of the " Micros," as well as many " Macros," mentioned in the list
below were taken about six feet from the ground, but for Notodontidm
I think the trap should be raised as high as possible.

It stands facing about north-west, with a background of foliaf^e,

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and overlooking a small garden, which has been planted with various
flowers for the special purpose ot" attracting moths. Beyond is a
stretch of marsh land, and the river Waveney dividing the counties of
Norfolk and Suffolk is close by. Doubtless the situation is very
favourable to insect life, for in the summer months there are often
eighty to one hundred specimens in the trap, and sometimes many
more. The list which I append (omitting the very common species)
is somewhat lengthy, but in order to gauge the possibilities of the
trap, I have kept as far as possible a register of all the species taken,
with the exception of the Tineina, which I did not begin to collect
until last year.

List of Macro-Lepidopfern taken in Trap since June, 1901.

Hepialus sylvinus.
Nola cucullatella.
Nudaria senex.

mundana.
Calliginia miniata.
LiLhosia complanula.

griseola.

V. stramineola.
Lasiocampa quercus.
Odonestis potatoria.
Gastropacha quercifolia.
Drepana falcataria.
Cilix spinula.
Cerura furcula.
Lophopteryx camelina.
Pterostoma palpina.
Acronycta tridens.
Agrotis puta.

nigricans.

tritici.

aquilina.
Axylia putris.
Ti'iphaena janthina.
Noctua augur.

triangulum.

c-nigruni.

f estiva.

baja.

rubi.

umbrosa.

plecta.

Charseas graminis.
Heliophobus popularis.

cespitis.
Neui'ia saponariae.
Aplecta adveiia.
ITadena thalassina.
dentina.
suasa.
Hecatera serena.
Diaiitlioecia carpophaga.
cucubali.
capsincola.
conspersa.
Cleoceris viiuinalis.
Polia flavocincl.a.
Miselia oxyacanthae.
Cerigo cytliorea.
Xylophasia lithaxylea.
Apainea basilinca.
Miana strigilis.

fasciuncula.
Hydrascia iiictitaiis.
niicacea.
Gortyna flavago.
Tapinostola fulva.
Calamia phragmitidis.
Leucaiiia coinma.
eonigcra.
lithargyria.
TfEiiiocampa gothica.
Rusina tenebrosa.

Nfciiia typica.
Amphipyra tragopogonis.
Ilydrilla arcuosa.
Caradrina morpheus.
alsines.
blanda.
Grammesia ti'ilinea.
Dyschorista ypsilon.
Calymnia trapezina.
Tethea retusa.
Orthosia pistacina.
litura.
lunosa.
lota.
Cerastis vaccinii.

ligiila.
Xylocampa lithoriza.
Cucullia urabratica.
Phisia chrysitis.

iota.
Habroslola urticfB.
Gonopterya libatrix.
Herininia larsipennalis.

grisealis.
Hypeiia proboscidalis.
Rivula sericealis.
Ourapteryx sambiicata.
Cabera exanthemaria.

taminata.
Halia vauaria.
Strenia clathrata.

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Odontoptera bidentata.
Ennomos alniaria.

fuscantaria.
erosaria.
Crocallis elinguaria.
Selenia bilunaria.

V. juliaria.

liinaria.
Pericallia syriiigaria.
Epione aniciaria.
Metrocampa margaritata.
Cleora liclienaria.
Boarmia repandata.

rhomboidaria.
Ligdia adustata.
Geometra papilionaria.
lodis Ternaria.
lactearia.
Hemithea strigata.
Eplijra oniicroiiaria.

porata.
Acidalia bisetata.

scutulata.

dilutaria.

Acidalia iucanaria.
immutata.
aversata.
Titnadra emutaria.
iuiitaria.
Bradjepetes atnataria.
Ania emarginata.
Melanippe rivata.

montanata.
Melanthia rubiginata.
ocellata.
albicillata.
Anticlea rubidata.
Coreiiiia ferrugata.

unidentaria.
quadrifasciaria.
pectiiiaria.
didymata.
Astheiia luteata.
Ernmelesia alcheniillata.
decolorata.
unifasciata.
Cidaria miata.

sagittata.

Cidaria dotata.
fulvala.
pyraliata.
tcstata.
Pelurga comitala.
Phibalapteryx fluviata.
lignata.
vilalbata
Ilypsi petes elutata.
Oporabia dilutata-
Eubolia corvinata.
Elupithecia linai'iata.

centaureata.

succeuturiata.

subfulvata.

irriguata.

castigata.

subnotata.

absynthiata.

minutata.

assiniilata.

oxiguata.

valerianata.

List of Micro. Lepidoptera, June, 1901, to end of August, 1903.

Cledoobia angustalis.
Aglossa pinguinalis.
Pyralis glaucinalis.
Pyrausta purpuralis.
Herbula cespitalis.
Cataclysta lemnalis.
Parapoiiyx stratiotalis.
Hydrocampa nympha?alis.
Ebulea croeealis.
Scopula lutealis.

ferrugalis
Stenopteryx hybridalis.
Eudorea ambigualis.

cembrse.

dubitalis.

mercui'clla.

ulmella.

crataegella.

pallida.

Crambus falsollus.

pratellus.

pascuelius.

perlellus.

selasellus.

tristellus.

inquinatellus.

geniculeus.

hortuellus.
Chilo pliragmitellus.
Schoenobius forficellus.

niucronellus.
MyelopliiJa cribrella.
Ilornceosoma nimbella.
nebulella.
Ephestia elutella.

ficulella.
Rhodophsea formosa.
advenella.

Rhodophoea marniorea.

suavella.
Aphomia sociella.
Tovtrix pyrastrana.
xylosteana.
heparana.
costana.
viridana.
adjunct ana.
Dichelia grotiana.

variegana.
Peronea ferrugana.
Teras contammana.
Dictyopteryx loeflinginna.
holmiana.
bergmanniana.
Penthina pruniana.
Spilonota lariciana.
dealbana.

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Aspis udruaiiniana.
Orthotaenia aiitiquaiia.

striana
Cnephasia subjectana.

virgaureana.

alternana.

pascuana.

Capua favillaceana.
Phoxopterjx lundana.
Grapliolita trimaculana.

iicevana.
Puedisca corticaiia.

soiandriana.
Catoi)tria cana.

Catoptria scopoliana.

fulvana.

expallidana.
Eupoecilia atricapitaiia.

degi'eyaiia.

ciliella.
XanLhosetia zoegana.

The followiiif^ List of Tineinn is only for 1903 ; previously I had not

collected them.

Scardia cloacella.

Tinea seinifulvella.

Neruopliora schwarziella

Swammerdamia csesiella.

comptella.
Yponomeuta

vigintipunctatus

Anesjchia deceuiguttella.

Ortliotaenia sparganella.
Enicostoina lobelia.
Phibalocera quercana.
Depressaria liturella.

ciliella.
Gelechia lutulentella.

ericetella.

proximella.

Argyresthia goedartella.

curvella.
Coleophora fabriciella.
Laverna ochraceella.
Elachista tisniatella.
Platyptilius trigonodaetylus.
Leioptilus niicrodactylus.

The list of Macro-Lepidoptera is compiled from the species taken
in the tnip from the time it was started, June, 1901, to the present
date, September, 1904. The list of Micros (Tineina excepted) is for
two years only, as the insects taken since last autumn have not yet
been worked out. If the " Rlandair" trap could be worked in various
suitable localities I think collectors would find it useful. It must be
borne in mind that my trap has always occupied the same position in
our garden, and has been the means of collecting in rather more than
three years quite one-third of the Macros recorded for >;orfolk
and Suffolk.

Ditcliingham, Bungay :

September, 1904.

NOTE ON LIBYTREd QEOFFROYI NICEVILLEI, Olliff.
BY G. A. WATERHOUSE.

As in the recent Monographs on the Lihytheidoe the systematic
])osition of the single species of Libytliea at present known to occur
in Australia has not been recognised, I have thought it well to bring
together all the available references of this rare species.

14 [January,

In Trans. Ent. Soc. N. S. Wales, 1860, vol. i, p. Gl, Sir William
Macleaj, referritiif to an exhibit of Lcpidoptera from Cape York, drew
attention to a specimen of Lihytlica as Z. myrrha.

In a Catalogue of the described diurnal Lepidoptern of Australia,
1S73, p. 18, Mr. Masters rect)rds i. mi/rrhn from Ca|)e York.

In "Australian Butterflies," 1889, the late Mr. Oliiff gave a
woodcut of a female under the name of L. myrrha.

In a 8ynonymical Catalogue of the Rhopalocera of Australia,
1891, p. 47, Mr. Miskin records L. myrrha from Ca|)e York, Malayana,
Burmah, India, and Ceylon.

In Proc. Linn. Soc. N. S. Wales, 1891 p. 28, the late Mr. Oliiff
described our species as h. nicevillei^ from Cape York and Port
Moresby, New Guinea. The late Mr. de Niceville had pointed out in
a letter to Mr. Oliiff that the figure given by him in " Australian
Butterflies " was quite distinct from L. myrrha from India.

Fruhstorfor, Berlin Ent. Zeit., 1898, p. 170, in a list gives our
species as L. yeoffroi/i (?) niceviUei.

In Vict. Nat., 1899, xvi, pp. 72-1, Mr. J. A. Kershaw considers
our species synonymous with L. geoffroyi, recording it under that
name from Herberton and New Guinea. He gives a 'description of a
male from Australia.

In " Das Tierreich " and tiie " Genera Inseetorum " {Lihytheidos)
Dr. Pagenstecher records our species as L myrrlia nicevillei.

In my "Catalogue of the Bhopalocera of Australia," 1903, p. 18,
I record the species as L. nicevillei, Oil.

Having lately examined the type (?) in the Australian Museum,
Sydney, and compared it with Semper's figure (?) of L. antipoda
{= L. gpoffroyi philippina), I have no doubt that it belongs to the L.
(jeoffroyi group, especially as I have seen a male, which is violet-blue
above, as is usual with the males of L. qeoffroyi.

Our species will therefore be known as Lihythea qeofroiji nice-
villei, Oliiff, and its range will be Cape York (in Aust, Museum),
Herberton (Kershaw), and it is also taken at Cooktown.

Killara, Sydney, N.S.W. :

October 18th, 1904.

[I have taken this Lihythea on Condillac and Cassini Islands, North-
West Australia, in May, 1891.— J. J, W.].

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ANOTHER NEW BRITISH LONGICORN {CRIOCEPHALUS
RUSTIC US, Dej.).

BY D. SHARP, M.A., F.R.S., and T. GILBERT SMITH.

VVlieii Colonel Yerbury was looking' for Callicera yerhuryi he
fountl a large beetle which is now in the collection at the British
Mnseum. On examining this insect to-day we find it to be a fine
female individual of Onocepknlus rusticus, Dej.

As we are engaged on a paper as to the species of Criocephalus,
it is not necessary at present to do more than record the discovery.

Colonel Yerbury may well be congratulated on finding at the
same time two such interesting additions to the British Fauua.

Brockenliurst :

November 22th, 1904.

MALACRIUS BARNEVILLEI, Puton, AN ADDITION TO THE
BRITISH LIST.

BY G. C. CHAMPION, F.Z.S.

Mr. H. J. Thouless, of Norwich, has receiitly sent me for
determination three males and seven females of a Malacliius captured
by him on the sand hills at Hunstanton, Norfolk, on June 21st, IS99,
in <'onvolvuhts-?Lov{GY^. They are very like ilf. ^5/r^W^s at first sight,
and might easily be mistaken for the immaculate form of that species,
but are really referable to M. harnevUlei, Puton, the Norfolk speci-
mens agreeing precisely with the full descriptions of that insect given
by Mulsant (Vesiculiferes, pp. 72-76) and Peyron (Monographie des
Molachiides, pp. 55, 50). M. barnevillei forms the type of Mulsaut's
subgenus Hi/popfilus, distinguished by the narrow transverse excava-
tion at the apex of the elytra in the ^, and the strongly developed
membrane of the tarsal claw^s in both sexes. M. viridis, M. hipustu-
hitus, and M. ceneiis belongs to Malacliius, sensu stricto, in which the
elytra are unimpressed at the apex in both (^ and ? ; and our other
British species, M. marginellus, to the subgenus Clanoptilus, Muls.,
which has the elytra bispinose and broadly and deeply excavate at the
apex in the ^ . The ? of M. barnevillei, it is true, closely resembles
the same sex of M. viridis, but it is easily distinguished by the flavous
or testaceous colour of the anterior and intermediate tarsi, and of the
front of the head, &c., in this respect being very similar to M. margi-

^g [January,

nellus. On the Continent M barnevillei inhabits the Basses and
Hautes Alps, the Pyrenees, &c., and its occurrence on the Norfolii
coast was scarcely to be expected. (Edmiera virescens, however,
recorded last year from Central Norfolk, is a somewhat parallel case.
A description of the Malachius is appended below.

Malachids barnevillei, Puton.

Metallifi-green, the mouth parts (the apical joint of the maxiilarj palpi
excepted), the anterior portion of tlie head, the basal joints of the antenna? later-
ailj and beneatii, the anterior tarsi, the anterior tibiae on the inner side towards the
apex, a small spot at the apex of the anterior femora (and sometimes another on
that of the intermediate pair), the intermediate tarsi in part, and the apical margin
of each ventral segment, testaceous or flavous ; the upper surface very finely pubes-
cent and also thickly clothed with long, erect, blackish hairs. Tarsal claws very
little longer than the membrane.

(J. Antennae with joint 1 nuich lliickened, and 2 — 9 more or less serrate, the
latter flavous at the inner apical angle. Each elytron with a narrow transverse
impression at the apex.

9. Antennae shorter and darker, the basal joint not dilated and the others
very feebly serrate.

Horsell, Woking :

December 6ih, 1901.

RHIZOTROGUS OCHRACEUS, Knocu, A GOOD SPECIES.
BY DE. NORMAN H. JOY, F.E.S.

While sweeping a grassy hill side near Streatley, Berks, at the
end of last July, I captured a small cockchafer flying id the bright
sunshine, and from this circumstance suspected it to be Bhizotrogus
ochraceus, Knoch. On August 1st I again visited the spot, and found
the beetle fairly plentiful. They were flying swiftly, never more than
two feet above the highest grass, and occasionally circling round as if
about to settle, which, however, 1 never saw one do. They took no
notice of small scattered juniper and hawthorn bushes, which they
passed (as B. solsfitialis, L., would have done), nor were any flying
round some beech trees about thirty yards away. They proved very
hard to capture, as they were so difficult to see against the grass when
one got close to them. 1 found the best plan was to stand at the
bottom of the hill, where a beetle could be easily seen flying against

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the light coloured tops of the high grass, but the objectiou to this
was that it iiieaut a dash up the slope for twenty or thirty yards, often
only to lose sight of the insect when one got up to it. Considering
it was something like S7° in the shade on the day in question this was
most exhausting work. Eventually nine specimens were captured,
but quite as many as this must have escaped after being sighted. On
passing the hill side in the afternoon 1 did not see a single example,
and the next afternoon I only saw two, so that probably the species is
practically a morning flier.

On examining these specimens carefully I found they differed in
several respects from R. sohtitialis, and answered to Canon Fowler's
somewhat meagre description of i?. ochraceiis. However, I had great
difficulty in confirming this identification until Messrs. Donisthorpe
? 'd Chitty most kindly helped me, and I have now compared my
insects with several foreign examples of R. ochraceus and one of Dr.
Sharp's from Cornwall. All those captured by me have proved on
dissection to be males. On the continent R. ochraceus is regarded as
a variety of R. solsti/inlis, but I think the above description of its
habits abundantly proves that this is not the case, even if the struc-
tural differences between the two forms were much less marked It
is true that several of the continental Rhizotror/i, like various species
of Oeotrupes, sometimes fly by day, as well as at dusk ; but R. solsti-
tialis is such a very common insect that this habit could hardly have
been overlooked, it being almost always found flying, generally high
up, round trees.

Structurally, R. ochraceus seems to be very constant, differing
from R. sohtitialis in the following particulars : — it is on an average
distinctly smaller and less hairy, and has more slender legs ; the
elytra have no or a very few extremely short hairs on the disc, and
are bordered with rather short stiff dark bristles, whereas in R. solsti-
tialis they arc clothed with scanty, long, light coloured pubescence,
and are bordered with hairs of the same nature ; the pygidium is
finely punctured, but somewhat rough, instead of being strongly
granulose, and is covered with much shorter pubescence than in R.
sohtitialis ; the ^ has the club of the antennae only half the length
of that of the same sex of R. sohtitialis. It seems quite possible that
we have a third species of the genus in Britain, as specimens in one or
two collections standing under the name R. ochraceus do not appear
to be correctly identified.

Bradfield : December Uh, 1904.

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[The Welsh insect hitherto doing duty for B. ochraceus in British
collections, so far as I can judge from a specimen ((J) given me by
the late S. Stevens, agrees with those found by Dr. Joy in the form
of the antenual club ; but it differs from them in having the pro-
thorax and elytra more hairy, and more densely punctured, and the
pygidium granulate, as in H. solstitialis. So far as my experience
goes, it is the males only of the various day-flying Rhizotroiji that are
to be found on the wing in the hot sun, aud these disappear soon
after mid-day. Last summer, while in the Cantabrian Mountains, 1
met with two such species, both in profusion, and captured a large
number of specimens of each of them, all apparently males. — G. C. C]

Note on the larva of Caenonympha pamphilus. — I have a few of these larvae
feeding on a plant of Festuca ovina in a flower pot. One supposes they ought in
feeding to go to the end of a leaf, and, beginning at the tip, to eat it down towards
the base, and some may be seen to do so. More frequently, however, they begin to
eat a leaf in the middle, letting a large terminal portion fall and be wasted. But
some of them are less thoughtful even than these, and remind one of the humorous
print in which a practical joker in cutting off the inn signboard sits on the end of it
■while he does so. These larvse in beginning to eat in the middle of the leaf, rest
on the terminal portion, and when they have eaten it through, fall with it on to the
table, with of course disastrous result, unless I happen to come to the rescue. I
ought to say that the larvae are about or more than half grown. Is this procedure
of the larvse abnormal, owing to being in captivity, or is it quite usual with a
species feeding on common grasses ? Pamphilus can live on so many grasses that
at large it would practically never suffer any injury by such a habit, as it always
occurs where grass is plentiful. I have never seen such a habit in any species that
lives on shrubs and trees, or indeed in any other species, and should doubt its being
harmless to many Satyrids that live on grasses that grow in widely separated tufts.
The great care to avoid such an accident taken by Saturniad and other large tree-
feeding larvee, reminds one of the caution an elephant is said to take as to his
footing. Pamphilus is a sluggish larva, and has not the resources of many active
larvse that drop to the ground when disturbed. Its safety lies in its being prac-
tically impossible for it to get away from its food plant. — T. A. Chapman, Betula,
Reigate : November 19^/t, 1904.

Coleoptera at Rannoch. — During the present year I have had the opportunity
of spending a couple of week ends at Rannoch, and a (evi notes on the better
captures may be of interest.

My first visit was from June 4th to June 6th ; the weather was very bright
and sunny, but with strong cool winds. The best capture was one specimen of
Staphylinus fulvipes, Scop., captured running on a road which traverses the centre
of the Black Wood. In the well known Dall wood yard the following occurred : —

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Rhagium indagator, F., very conimon ; Asemum striatum, L., scarce ; and Clerus
formicarius, L., a number of examples. Out of fir stumps I dug specimens of
lihyncolus ater, L., Melanotus casfanipe.i, Pk., Rhizophagus ferruginens, Pk.,
and F.purxa pusilla, 111., and from under the bark, Trypodeiidron lineatum, 01.
Corgmbites cupreus, v. seruginosus, F., was exceedingly common flying in the sunshine,
but I d'd not see a single specimen of the typical form. A single example of
Triplax russica, L., was taken off a post on a fir fence, and lastly Polydrusus imdatus,
F., was beaten in great numbers off birch, and was the only beetle that I found
by beating and sweeping the young birch trees.

My second visit was in July, from the 16th to the 19th. The weather was very
hot, and during the first two days free from any wind. On Monday, July 18th, one
of the most beautiful days of the summer in that part of the country, I captured
Trichius fasciatus, L., in some numbers off white roses in the garden of Cross Craig
House, by the lake side, and in a cottage garden by the road, and also, again off
roses, in the garden of Dall House. I have been told by the local people that
this beetle occurs generally in the gardens on the Sweet William, but I could
not find a single ezample on this flower, though there was abundance of it in bloom
in the garden of Dall House ; all the specimens occurred on the roses. It is certainly
one of the most beautiful beetles in life which occur in Great Britain ; dead ex-
amples give no real idea of its beauty. In the hot sunshine it flies and is as active
as a humble-bee. I caught all my specimens by knocking them off the blooms
into the net, and it required a very rapid hand to then secure them before they
flew out. When held in the closed hand the beetle makes a noise exactly like the
humming of an irritated bee, and I was once almost induced to open my hand in
the fear that it was a bee I had caught and not a beetle. On the following day,
when there was again very bright sunshine but a cool wind, they were much less
abundant, but were still as active and as rapid in flight. Other species taken during
this visit include Donacia sericea, L., and D. discolor, Pz., both swept off Potamo-
geton occurring in a pool near the lake side ; Athous niger, L., found running on
the dusty road ; TropipJiorns elevatus, Hbst., swept off flowers by the lake side ;
and, lastly, Pitgogenes bidentatus, Hbst., also swept, but in this case off bracken. —
T. Hudson Beare, 10, Regent Terrace, Edinburgh : December Ith, 1904.

Coleopfera taken in the Flannan Itlands by Mr. W. Eagle Clarice. — During
the month of September of this year Mr. Eagle Clarke was living on these remote
islands for the purpose of studying the migration of birds. He collected, whenever
possible, specimens of insects, and I have had the pleasure of going through the
Coleoptera and naming them. The Flannans are a group of small, uninhabited
islands lying out in the Atlantic, situated about 20 to 23 miles west of the Island
of Lewis, and are probably one of the wildest spots in the British Isles. The speci-
mens were all taken on the largest of the group, on which a lighthouse is situated ;
this particular island is an elevated plateau, about 16 acres in extent, and is sur-
rounded by steep rugged cliffs. The following is a list of the beetles taken :—
Carabus catenulatus, Scop, (five specimens) ; Pterostichus niger, Schal. (seven
specimens) ; Nehria hrevicolli.i, F. (twenty specimens) ; Calalhus melanocephalus,

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L. (six specimens) ; C. cinteloides, Pz. (six specimens) ; NotiopMlun higuttatiis, F.
(one specimen) ; Trechua obfuxux, Er. (two specimens) ; Oci/ptis ater, Gr. (one
specimen) ; PhUonthuK rarius, Gryll. (one specimen) ; Aphodiiis rujipes, L. (one
specimen) ; Cholera grandicollis, Er. (three specimens).— Id.

Phytobius muricatu.i, Ch. Bris., in Cumberland. — I am glad to be able to give
this species a place in our county list of Coleoptera, specimens having been taken
by Mr. Britten and myself in August last near Penrith from damp moss growing
on the ground in a boggy place. It is a very sluggish insect, and takes many
minutes to get on the move, failing which it is almost impossible to detect it on the
sheet among the loose earth, &c., shaken out of the moss. One or two P. comari,
Herbst, occurred at the same time, with Pselaphu.t dresdenxix, TTerbst, Philonthus
corvinux, Er., &c. P. muricatus was introduced as British in 1899, ride Ent. Mo.
Mag., rol. XXXV, p. 143.— P. H. Day, Carlisle : December \2th, 1904.

Atemeles emarginatux, Pk., and Claviger testaceus, Preyxs., in N. Wales. —
Records of ants' nest beetles are scarce in the north, so T think it worth while to
notice localities for these two species. Claviger iestaceux, Preyss., occurred to Mr.
Newstead rather commonly near Colwyn Bay in April, 1886, and I took three speci-
mens last August at Glyndyfrdwy, in each instance in nests of Formica flava. Of
Atemeles emarginattis, Pk., Mr. Newstead took two examples in May, 1890, at the
Loggerheads, near Mold, and Mr. Button and I took a good series last August at
Glyndyfrdwy : both these records are from nests of Fonnica fuxca ; and Mr'
Jackson informs me that he has taken it sparingly at Llanbedr, Merionethshire. —
J. R. LE B. ToMLiN, Chester : December, 1901.

Coleoptera at Tri>7g.—Th\s year, whilst at Tring, in the early part of October,
I again tried the spot where one example of Apion anmilijjes, Wenck., was taken
previously, and succeeded in securing eighteen in all ; of these I was surprised to
find that eight were males. Most of the specimens were knocked off some sickly-
looking plants of Origanum, vulgare, growing close to a wood, and three were found
running over the leaves of Thymus serpyllum. The testaceous coloration of the
tibiae in the males, although fairly well marked in the anterior pair, seems far from
distinct in the anterior and posterior ones in my specimens, and in fact is practically
absent in one or two of them. Longitarsus tabidus, Fabr., was found on its usual
food-plant, Verbaxcum thapsus, and was accompanied by a few L. distinguendus.
Rye, L. gracilis, Kutsch., and L. melanocephalus. Komalota clavigera, Scriba,
once more turned up in dead leaves, after an interval of six years ; other species
found with it were Badister sodalix, Duft., Romalota validiuscula, Kr., and
IT. intermedia. Thorns., Mycetoporus clavicornis, Steph., Quedius lateralis, Grav.,
Oxytelus fairmairei, Pand., Neuraphex elongatulux, Miill, &c.— E. Geo. Elliman,
Chesham : November l^th, 1904.

Orchestes sparsus, Fahr., in the New Forest.— On August 28th, this year, I took
a specimen of the very rare Orchestes .tparsus at Brockenhurst, by beating oak. It
rested in our lists heretofore on the strength of a single example taken by
Dr. Power at Surbiton in 1866. Dr. Sharp introduced it as British on this speci-

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men, which was confirmed as O. .tparsus by H. Brisout. The New Forest insect
agrees with tlie one in the Power collection, and as Mr. Newbery has stated (Ent.
Mo. Mag., vol. xl, p. 134) that the latter was only a small form of O. ilicis, F.,
Messrs. C. O. and E. A. Waterhouse and I hare carefully examined it, and we came
to the conclusion that this was not the case. Furthermore, I obtained a specimen
of O. sparsus from the Continent which agrees with the two examples in question.
They differ from O. ilicis in their much smaller size, narrower and less ovate shape,
less developed posterior femora, &e. The insect is less pubescent and much less
variegated, and thus it looks blacker, and there is a trace of a band on the elytra.
There is a row of short very inconspicuous teeth on the posterior femora in
0. sparsus, whereas there is one larger one in the middle of the others in O. ilicis,
but in this the latter appears to vary. — Horace Donistuorpe;, 58, Kensington
Mansions, S.W. : December, 1904.

Meligethes obsciirns, Er., in the Isle of Man, loilh notes on the flotoers which it
frequents. — I met with tliis species in some numbers on June 28th, 1903, in a lane
on the slopes of the Carnanes just above Scolaby, about 500 feet above sea level,
occurring in the following flowers : — Jasione montana, Potentilla reptans, and
Hypochnris radicnta. At Perwick Bay, on October 2nd, 1903, I met with a few
specimens in flowers of Taraxacum dens-leonis. During the present year the
species has been abundant, occurring cliiefly in flowers of Jasione montana growing
by the sides of lanes and roads on the Carnanes, between 300 and 500 feet above
sea level, on various dates between tlie Kith and ■i3rd of July. It was also
abundant at Perwick Bay by general sweeping at the base of the cliffs from June
9th to July 7th. A few specimens occurred on Bradda Hill, July 10th, 1904, at a
height of 300 feet, in flowers of Hypochaeris radicata, and four were captured
in this flower at Spaldrick Bay, October 6th, 1904. Jasione montana is apparently
the flower in this locality to wl-.ich Meligethes obscurus, Er., is specially attached,
but although the plant is common and widely distributed the beetle only occurs in
certain localities, but when present it is often abundant, as many as five or six
specimens being taken in one flower head.

The males (ilfe/i^e/Aes /la^ma^w, Er.), easily distinguished by the enormously
dilated anterior tarsi, are less common than the females in the proportion of about,
one to three. — J. Harold Bailey, Port Krin, Tsle of Man : December 'Srd, 1904.

Aculeate irymenoptera at Lytne Regis. — I again visited Lyme Regis this year
during the month of July, and secured the following additions to my list in the
Ent. Mo. Mag. (1904, p. 13) -.—Formica riifa, Linn., Tetramorium cxspitum, Linn ,
Leptothorax tiiherum. Fab., race unifasciata, Latr., Saliiis exaltatus, Fab., Calivur-
gus hyaliiiaius. Fab., Diodontux minutus, Fab., Passalcecus gracilis, Curt., Nyson
trimaculatus, Eossi, dimidiatus, Jur., Didineis lunicornis. Fab., Crabro palmipes,
Linn., varius, Lep , Odynerus spinipes, Jjinu., pictus. Curt., Prosopis dilatata, Kirb.,
communis, Kirb., cow/asa, Nyl., Sphecodes gibbus, Linn., subquadratus, Sm., Halictvs
rubicundus, Chr., leucozonius, ISchr., cyUndricus, Fab., Andrena rosas, Panz., ni-
groienea, K\rh., fuse ipes, Kirb., denticulata, Kirh., hattorfiana, Fah., chrysosceles,
Kirb., analis, Panz., lucens, tmh., albicrus, Kirb., nana, Kirb., Cilissa leporina,
Panz., Nomada alternata, Kirb., ochrostoma Kirb., fabriciana, hmn.,ft<rva, Panz.,

22 r.Tanuary,

Calioxyx elonfjata, Lep., acuminata, Nyl., Megachile circumcincta, Lep., Ouniia
cwrulescens, Linn., Jeucomelatia, Kirb., Sle/ii 8-maculala, Sni., Podalirius furcatun,
Panz., Psithyrus ruptstrln. Fab., campestris, Paiiz. (black vars. ), quadricolor, Lep.,
Bombus agroriim, Fab., latreillellus, Kirb., var. distinguendux, Mov.,jonellus,'K\rh.,
si/harum, Linn. I tliink the lateness of the season accounted for some that were
not observed last year. Andreiia Ivcen.i and Didlnei.s limicornis apyioared on almost
the last day of my visit, so I was unable to obtain any new details as regards their
habits. The former was always taken on Daucus carota, the latter creeping among
the roots of grass. T may also mention that Nyxson trimaculatus occurred where
the wild strawberry was growing in abundance. — Edw. B. Nevinson, 5, Bentinck
'1 errace. Regent's Park : November, 1904.

Note on the hehaoiour of Leptothorax luberum. — During my stay at Lyme Regis
I found some rotten sticks bored by Osmia leucomelana lying on the ground. On cut-
ting one of these open to look for the cells of that bee, I came upon a nest of Lepto-
thorax tuberum, Fab. (race unifasciata) , with undeveloped eggs. This stick I kept
in a box, in the hope of obtaining the sexes. I afterwards found similar nests
wliile working in the same place, but only one with eggs in an advanced stage.
These unfortunately fell out as I was breaking up the stick ; but I recovered most
of tliem, and, on my return, placed them in the box with the others to see what
would happen. I then noticed that immediately the workers discovered the new
eggs they felt them with their antennae, seized them about two-thirds down, and
carried them into their nest. Within twenty minutes all the eggs had disappeared,
the workers being indefatigab'e. A few days later I opened the stick, and found
the eggs in two groups— perhaps owing to want of space — but all carefully tended
by the workers. All the eggs hatched out, and several i S and ? ? were obtained.
It would be interesting to know if the allied species behave in the same way.— Id.

Societies.

The South London Entomological and Natural History Society :
October 13th, 1904.— Mr. Hugh Main, B.Sc, Vice-President, in the Chair.

Mr. Lucas exhibited two species of Ascalaphus taken by Dr. Chapman this
year : A. coceajus in South France in May, and A. longicornis in Spain in July ;
also living males and females of Apterygida media (albipeiinisj from its old
locality. Mr. Moore, several large species of Cicada from Tasmania. Mr. Turner,
imagines and cases of the local Coleophorid, C. vibicella from Trench Wood, where it
was now very rare ; and a life history of C. laricella, showing the peculiar structure
and position of the cases at various ages of the larva. Mr. Joy. a bred scries of
Polyommatus bellargus from Folkestone, and gave notes on their history. Mr.
Carr, the cocoon of Lasiocampa querctis previously shown. Since no imago had
emerged he had opened it and found a crippled imago, a batch of ova, and a
distorted pupa, all dead. Mr. West (Greenwich), four species of grasshoppers from
Box Hill : Stenohothrus parallelus, S. elegans, Oomphocerus rnfu.i and G. macu-
latus. Mr. Goulton, lantern slides of the larva of Oonepteryx rhamnl, in various
positions during the act of pupating. Mr. Luca.s, lantern slides showing larva and
details of the lady-bird llalyzia ocellata, Lepidoptera at rest, »&c.

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October 2,7th, 1904..— Mr. E. Step, F.L.S., Vice-President, in the Chiiir.

Mr. Goulton e.thibitod ti series of pliotograplis of Lepidopterous larvte on their
respective food-plants. Mr. Harrison and Mr. Main, series or examples of Lepi-
doptera taken at or bred from Bude, including Cleora lichenaria, Dianthwcia
luteago, var. fichlinl, D conspersa, Leucophania sinapia, Polla xanfhomista, and
Boarmia gemmariu. Of the last species examples from Delamere and London were
also shown. Mr. West (Greenwich), the case of a large species of P.si/chid from
South Africa. Mr. Turner reported finding larvae and cases of Coleophora virgau-
rese on golden rod at Sevenoaks, Kent, as well as larvae of Eupithecla expallidala.

November lOth, 1901.— Mr. E. Step, F.L.S., Vice-President in the Chair.

Mr. Fremlin exhibited ordinary and loosely attached scales of Hemaris fuci-
forniis under the microscope. Mr. Harrison and Mr. Main, series of Dianthvecia
alhimacula from Folkestone, Cymalophora duplaris, including two melanic speci-
mens from Sinionswood Moss, Lancashire, and a form of Melanargia galatkea with
a black streak running through the large white basal areas of the fore-wings. Mr.
Main, some large Reduviids from West Africa.

A special meeting was then held to consider the proposed alteration of Bye-
Laws. — Hy. J. Turner, Hon. Secretary.

Entomological Societi' of London : Wednesday, November 2nd, 1904. —
Professor E. B. Poulton, M.A., D.Sc, F.R.S., President, in the Chair.

Mr. E. A. Agar, of La Haut, Dominica, British West Indies ; Mr. Richard
Siddoway Bagnall, of the Groves, Winlaton-on-Tyne, Durham ; Mr. Kenneth
Glyne Blair, of 23, West Hill, Ilighgate, N. ; Mr. Edward Alfred Cockayne, B.A.,
of 30, Bedford Court Mansions, W.C. ; Mr. George Blundell Longstaff, D.M., of
Twitchen, Mortehoe, R.S O , Devon, and Highlands, Putney Healh, S.W. ; Mr.
Richard Arthur Ruby Priske, of 66, Chaucer Road, Acton ; and Mr. Herbert W.
Simmonds, of 17, Aurora Terrace, Wellington, New Zealand ; were elected Fellows
of the Society.

Mr. J. E. Collin exhibited a specimen of Platyphora lubbocki, Verr., a species
of Phoridie parasitic upon ants, the first recorded specimen since the one originally
bred by the present Lord Avebury in 1875, and described for him by Mr. G. H.
Verrall in the Journal of the Linnaean Society for 1877. Mr. P. J. Barraud, an
aberrant Epinephele jurlina (janiraj, $ , taken by him this year in the New
Forest, agreeing with the form recently described by Mr. Roger Verity as ab.
anommata. Mr. J. Edwards sent for exhibition three specimens of Bagous hitosus,
Gyll., one found by himself on Wretham Heath, Norfolk, on August 4th, 1900 —
the first recorded authentic British example— and two taken in the same locality by
Mr. Thouless on May 2nd, 19U3 ; also Bagous glabrirostr is, Herbst, from Camber,
Sussex, for comparison. Dr. T. A. Chapman, bred specimens of Hastula (Epagoge,
Hb. ?) hyerana. Mill., from larvae taken at Hyeres last March, and said the facts
that the pale forms only have hitherto been known, whereas of those bred nearly
half are dark, suggests either that really very few specimens are in collections —
which is the most probable case — or that melanism is now affecting the species.
The larvae are not uncommon at Hyeres. Before he bred the species this year a
single dark specimen only was known, viz., one taken by Lord Walsingham at

24 [January, 1905.

Gibraltar, which lie named neargurala, and he was in doubt whether it was a var.
of hi/era na, or a new species. Mr. W. J. Kaye specimens of the moths Casfnia
fon.sco/ombei and Profambulyx t/ana.iciix, showing the warning and protective
colouring of the two species. Mr. II. W. Andrews, specimens of EriMalis crypt-
arum, F., and Didea alneti, Fin., two species of uncommon Sfirphidx from the
New Forest. Mr. Edward Harris, a brood of Hemerophila ahruptaria bred by
him this season, together wit'i the parent male and female ; the female, a dark
specimen, was taken in his garden at Upper Clapton, on May 25th, and the male, a
normal type, at Ilford, on May 26th. Of the offspring, eighteen in all, eight were
females, of which four were dark specimens and of normal size. Of the ten males
five were dark examples, darker than the females, but small even for males-
They were smaller than the light specimens of the same brood. One of the light
males emerged with only three wings, the left, fore-wing being absent. From
dark specimens mated on August 12th fifty-seven larvse had been reared. Pay-
master-in-Chief Gervase F. Mathew, R.N., some beautiful and interesting ex-
amples of Leucanid favicolor, Barrett, including the varieties described by Barrett
in the current volume of the Ent. Mo. Mag., p. 61, and, more recently, by Tutt
in the Entomologist's Record for this year, p. 252. He also exhibited a beauti-
ful series of twenty-four Caiiiptogramma JJuviala, the descendants of a wild pair
captured on September 22nd, 1903, showing a wide range of colour variation.
The President, a photogragh taken by Mr. A. H. Hamm, showing protective flower
selections by Pieris rapce. The Presidenlr also exhibited four specimens of Conorr-
hinus megisfua, Burm., the large South American Reduviid whicli is well known to
attack man, out of over a dozen brought back by Mr. W. J. Burchell in 1828.

Wednesday, November lijth, 1904. — The President in the Chair.

Mr. Edward Goodwin, of Canon Court, Wateringbury, Kent, was elected a
Fellow of the Society.

Mr. II. St. J. Donisthorpe exhibited the second recorded British specimen of
Orchesies sparsus, Fahr., taken by him on August 28th last in the New Forest.
Mr. II. W. Andrews, specimens of Atherix crassipes, Mg., from the New Forest,
the only previously recoi'ded locality in Britain being near Ticehurst, Sussex. Mr.
G. O. Sioper, two aberrant forms of Melitceu athalia, ^ and ? , from Lugan, above
Corberier, Switzerland, and one J from Martigny, taken on June 26th of this year.
The tendency of tlie black markings to supersede the fulvous was particularly
noticeable in the latter specimen. The President, cases containing Diptera, and a
case containing the skins of African Sphingid larvse, dried in botanical paper, and
still preserving their colours, from the iJurcliell collection in the Hope Museum,
Oxford. Mr. C. O. Waterhouse, a gall of some Lepidopterous insect found on the
Califate bushes in Patagonia. The gall resembled that of Cynips kollari, but was
hollow, the walls being about l inch in thickness. The circular door prepared by
the iarvce was about J- inch in diameter. The pupa was lying free, without any silk
cocoon. It was suggested that the insect was perhaps allied to CEcoceci^. Mr.
G. H. Kenrick communicated a paper entitled " Natural Selection applied to a
Concrete Case." Mr. J. C. Kershaw communicated papers on " Enemies of Butter-
flies in South China," and " A Life History of Gerydus sinensis." Mr. Nelson
Annandale, B.A., communicated a paper on " The Eggs and Early Stages of a Coreid
Bug, probably Dalader acuticosfa, witli a note on its Hymenopterous Parasites." —
H. Rowland Bkown, Honorary Secretary.

February, IIH15. 1 2^

CHARLES GOLDING BARRETT.

Charles Golding Barrett was born at Colyton, Devon, on May 5th,
1S36, the son of an officer in the Inland Kevenue Department. He
was at first intended for an engineer, and to that end worked for two
years as an apprentice at the Coalbrookdale Ironworks, Salop ; but in
1S56 he entered the Civil Service, his long and honourable career
therein being closed by his retirement, from nearly the highest rank
in his De|)artment, in April, 1899.

Asa boy he was very fond of collecting objects of Natural History,
and he appears to have commenced the serious study of our native
Lepidoptera at about his twentieth year. We find him in August,
1856, sending to the then newly established Entomologist's Weekly
Intelligencer (vol. i, p. 165) a record of the occurrence of Colias edusn
at Forest Hill ; and at p. 179 of the same volume is a note by him on
Vanessa c-alhum in Shropshire, in which the marked differences be-
tween the summer and autumn broods are, we believe, referred to for
the first time. An interesting light is thrown on his energetic methods
of working in those early days by a note in the " Zoologist " (p. 6215),
in which he relates that, after collecting all night in West Wickham
Wood, and lying down towards sunrise for a nap under a fence, he
was awakened by the gambols of a merry dancing party of Fumea
nifidella ^ , which had selected his face as their ballroom !

His removal from London to Dublin in 1859 resulted in the
thorough working, in company with several other energetic collectors,
of Howth and other productive localities near that city ; and his
sojourn there was signalized by the addition by him to our fauna of
such notable species as Lithosia caniola, Dianthoscia capsophiln, the
remarkable form of D. luieago described by Henry Doubledaj as D.
harrettii, and the beautiful GelecTiin tarqiiiniella. A full and very
interesting list of his Irish captures appears in the " Zoologist " for
1861 (p. 7799 et seq.).

Haslemere, where Mr. Barrett was stationed in 1862, soon became
classic ground to our Lepidopterists from his continuous captures of
rare and interesting species, among which Madopa salicalis deserves
a passing notice. Being transferred to Norwich in 1868, the Norfolk
Fens and the " Breck " and coast sands afforded a new and most in-
teresting field to his untiring energy, and many notes on their insect

26 [February,

treasures are to be found in our pages. From 1875 to 1884 we find
him located at Pembroke, in an entirely iinworked district of great
promise, hardly however fulfilled ; though our collections owe most of
their rc[)resentativ(^s of Dlasemia Uteralis and Eupoecilia mussehJiana
to his fortunate discovery of the habitat and habits of these very
rare species.

After a London appointment of not long duration, in 188G he was
transferred to King's Lynn, where he continued to make observations
and captures of the greatest interest, among which the virtual dis-
covery, in conjunction with Mr. E. A. Atmore, of the fine Eupithecia
extensnria as a British species may be specially noted. In 1889 he
received an im|)ortant and responsible post in South London, where,
at Nunhead and subsequently at Peckham Rye, the remainder of his
busy and active life was passed.

From the first establishment of our Magazine in 1864 Mr.
Barrett was a constant contributor to our pages ; in fact, his name
appears in our '" Index " attached to no fewer than 380 separate en-
tries, the last appearing so recently ns December, 1904. Among these
contributions the " Notes on British Tortrices," which api)eared at
intervals between 1872 and 1890, and embody the records of many
additions to our Fauna, are the most important, and mark an era in
our knowledge of this interesting series of moths. His chief work,
" The Lepidoptera of the British Islands," was begun in 1892, and
the ninth volume, which extends to the commencement of the Cramhites,
was issued last year. This section was completed in the parts since
published, and it is with great satisfaction that we learn that the
material exists to carry the work to the end of the Tortricinn, the
group which our lamented colleague had made so completely his own.
In the preface to Vol. 1 he remarks — "My aim is, not only to furnish
original and accurate descriptions of the perfect insects, and the most
reliable descrij)tions obtainable of their larvae and pupae, but also such
particulars of their habits and ways, drawn from personal experience
and the most reliable records, as shall present them to the reader as
creatures which enjoy their lives, and fill their allotted positions before
they take a more permanent place in the museum or the cabinet."

This is the keynote of the book, which is too well known and
esteemed by all Lepidopterists to need further comment, and it exhibits
the author in his strongest point, as essentially a field naturalist of
the highest type. It was never the good fortune of the present writer
to enjoy the company of Mr. Barrett in the field, but the many ento-
mologists who have had that privilege unanimously bear witness to his
wonderful powers of work, as well as to his resourcefulness, patience
and acumen in tracking the most obscure and retiring species to their

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babitat. The candour and {;;eneroRity with which he placed his vast
stores of entomological knowledge at the disposal of all his friends,
and his genial, energetic and hearty manner, made him a delightful
companion ; nor will his unstinted liberality in supplying our collec-
tions with the rare and interesting species he so frequently met with
be readily forgotten.

In his public no less than in his private life, Mr. Barrett com-
manded the esteem and affection of all who knew him ; and we can
here merely allude to the active and disinterested part in the field of
religion and temperance which he took throughout his life.

Since June, 1880, he was one of the most valued members of our
Editorial staff, and his decease leaves a void that will long be felt
by his colleagues. In 1884 he became a Fellow of the Entomological
Society, and was a Vice-President in 1901 ; and in 1892 he was
President of the South London Entomological Society.

For some time past the robust health that had for so long stood
him in good stead had been failing, and he succumbed to an acute
attack of bronchitis, passing away peacefully on the morning of De-
cember 11th, 1904. His remains are interred at Forest Hill Cemetery.
We understand that his extensive Collections of British, European,
and South African Lepidoptera — the last received from a sister in
Cape Colony, and the subject of some interesting notes in our pages
— are to be disposed of.

We are greatly indebted to Mr. C. Gr. Barrett, of King's Lynn,
the eldest son of our departed colleague, to his daughter. Miss L.
Barrett, and to the courtesy of the editor of the " Civilian," for
material assistance in preparing this notice. —.1. J. W".

EDITOEIAL.

We have great pleasure in announcing that Mr. Geo. T. Poruitt,
F.L.S., has consented to fill the vacancy on our staif caused by the
death of Mr. C. Gr. Babbett. Mr. Porbitt has for many years past
been one of our most esteemed contributors on the Order Lepidoptera,
and more recently on the Neuroptera and TricJioptera ; and his assist-
ance in these departments of Entomology will, we feel sure, be
appreciated by our readers no less than by ourselves.

Hemiptera in Miller's Bale, Buxton, and Sherwood Forest. — In June, 1902, I
met with sinfjle specimens of Zicrona coerulea, Linn., and Pentatoma juniperinum,
Linn. The first was taken on a stone in the brilliant sunshine, and tiic latter
occurred by beating hazel or blackthorn ; there is, as far as I can find, no juniper
at all in the Dale. At Sherwood, in June of the past year, Calocoris striatus, Linn.,
was tolerably abundant by beating young oaks on the Welbeck side of the forest.
I am indebted to Mr. E. Saunders for very kindly determining these insects for
rae.— J. KiDSON Tayloe, 35, South Avenue, Buxton : January, 1905.

28

[February,

ON SOME JAVANESE COCCrD.fi:: WITH DESCRTPTIONS OF NEW

SPECIES.

BT E. ERNKST (>RRE>^, F.E.S.,

Oovernmeni Dufnmologisf, Rnt/al Botanic Gnrdens, Perndeniiin, Cei/lon.

{Concluded from vol. xl, paffe 210).

Lepidosaphes pinnjEFORMIs, Bouehe.

On Citrus (No. IS).

This is the cosmopolitan insect, hitherto pjenerally known as
Mytilaspis citricola, Pack. Dr. Leonarrli has now identified it with
the older name of pinnceformh, of Honche ; and Mrs. Fernald, in her
" Catalogue of the Coccidcc of the World," shows that Lepidosaphes
of Shimer has precedence over Mi/tilaspis of Signoret.

Lepidosapues crawii, Ckll.
On P/erospermum javanicwn (No. 63).

Lepidosaphes lasianthi, Green.
On undetermined plant (No. 104).

Opuntiaspis javanensis, sp. nov. (fig. 5).

Fig. 5. c

Female puparium (fig. 5a) elongate, narrow ; sides subparallel ; carinae not
very prominent ; margin and posterior extremity flattened. Colour reddish-brown
to deep purple-brown ; margin and posterior extremity whitish ; pellicles reddish.

Length, 3 mm. ; greatest breadth, 1 mm.

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Male pupainiim (fig. ob) similar in form, colour and texture to that of ? .
Posterior tliird somewliat depressed and concave, as in male piiparia of parlatoria.

Length, 1.75 to 2 mm.

Adult ? (fig. 5c) elongate, narrow ; a transverse furrow and deep lateral cleft
approximately bisecting the insect, between meso- and meta-thorax Derm chitinous,
smooth. Some scattered longish, stout, spiniform hairs on ventral surface of meta-
thorax and abdominal segments. Margin of posterior half incurved ventrallj, the
incurved portion bearing a stout thorn-like process on each segment ; a pair of stout
chitinous spines on the venter of the mesothorax — close to the transverse furrow,
and a second pair on venter of first abdominal segment. A submarginal longitu-
dinal fold on each side. Pygidium (fig. ^d) rounded. Median lobes rather widely

^--,

separate, small but prominent, conical, slightly constricted at base. First lateral
lobe similar in form and size, followed by a smaller lobe, which— though separated
from it by a considerable interval — -corresponds to the outer lobule ot the duplex
lateral lobes in Lejjidosaphes and Chionaspis. Other lobes obsolete. Squames
spiniform, with dilated bases. No circumgenital glands. Length, 1.50 to 2 mm.

Habitat : on Agave mexicana (No. 51).

Differs from O. philococcus, Ckll., in the number of the pygidial
lobes.

HeMICHIONASPIS ASPIDI8TB.a], Sign.

On Pifer nigrum (No. 23) ; and Tlncaria gamhir (No. 88).

HeMICHIONASPIS DHAC^N^, Cooley.

On Pachira aquatica (No. 50).

Chionaspis (Phenacaspis) varicosa, Green.
On Piper nigrum (Nos. 23 and 37).

Chionaspis (Phenacaspis) dilatata, Green.
On Ficus sp. (No. 5L) ; Myristica fragrans (No. 75) ; Hevea
hrasiliensis (No. 81) ; and Willughbeia sp. (No. 93).

Chionaspis vitis, Green.
On Loranthus sp. (Nos. 72 and 101).

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[February,

CniONASPtS UEDTOTIDIS, GrecH.
On Mangifera sp. (No. 77).

Chionaspis LiTZEiE, Greei).
On Cinnamomum zei/lanicmn (No. 41).

Lepidosaphes ungdlata, n. sp. (Fig. 6).

Female puparium dark reddish-brown, margin and pellicles paler. Elongate,
narrow, usually sinuous ; median area moderately convex, margins flattened ; sur-
face dull, obscurely transversely corrugated. Below with a well defined channel for
the reception of the body of the insect. Length, 2 to 3 mm.; breadth, 0*8 to 1 mm.

Male puparium smaller ; dark brown, with a
pale transverse band towards the hinder extremify,
at the point where the scale is hinged to facilitate
the egress of the winged
insect. Length, r50 mm.;
breadth, about 050 mm.

Adult $ (fig. 6a), elong-
ate, broadest across abdomi-
nal area ; the cephalo-thora-
cic area occupying full two-
thirds of the total length.
Margins of the four abdo-
minal segments strongly pro-
duced and armed with claw-
like processes (fig. 6b). The
processes on the first abdo-
minal segment merge into Fig. 66.
spiniform squames with tubular glands ; those on the outer segments appear to
be unconnected with glands. Pygidium (fig. 6c) irregularly rounded ; median

lobes prominent,

\ slightly emargin-

Fig. 6a.

^^

\ V ate ; second lobes
' ^ ^ duplex, the lo-
bules distinct and
separate. Beyond
the lobes are three
thickened margi-
nal prominences.
In each interval
are a pair of spi-
Fig. Gc. niform squames

those on each side of the second lobes situated on a conspicuous marginal process
bearing a large pore. Anal aperture at base of pygidium. Circumgenital glands
in five groups ; median with 3 to 4 orifices ; upper laterals with 6 to 9 ; lower
Oval dorsal pores in two small series on each side.

laterals with 4 to 6.

Adult (? unknown.

Length, 0-75 to 1 mm. Greatest breadth, about 0-40 mm.

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On Si/zyglum pseudo-jamholnnum.

The reniarkiible uiiguliform processes on lateral margins of abdo-
minal segments sufficiently distinguish this from allied species.

ASPIDIOTUS (EtASPIDIOTUS) PUSTUIiANS, 11. sp. (Fig. 7).
Female puparium irregularly circular. Moderately convex. Brownish-fulvous.
Pellicles concolorous, inconspicuous. Surface dull and roughened.

Diameter, 1 to 1.50 mm.
Male puparium not observed.

Adult 9 broadly turbiniform. Older examples rather densely chitinous. No

v. 'J*

Fig. 7 o.
parastiginatic glands. Pygidium (fig. 7 «) with median lobes large, stout and pro-
minent, irregularly and obscurely excised. Two lateral lobes on each side, small

with broad base and aciculate apex
(fig. 7 b). Squames numerous, stout ;
some obscurely furcate, others spini-
form ; extending along margin for
some distance beyond the lobes. Spines
long, stout and conspicuous. Circum-
ge:ntal glands in four groups ; upper
laterals 8 to 11 ; lower laterals 3
to 6. Dorsal pores numerous, minute
crowded. Length, 0.80 to 1.10 mm
Fig. 7 b. Breadth, 0.75 to 1 mm.

On Erythrina lithosperma, the scales occupying shallow pits in

the surface of the bark.

AONIDIA JAVANEN91S, 11. Sp. (Fig. 8).
Female puparium subcircular, posterior extremity slightly pointed ; occupied
almost completely by the large second pellicle with a very narrow secretionary
border. First pellicle rather strongly convex, centrally placed. Colour, dull
reddish-brown ; the first pellicle outlined with fulvous. Diameter, about 1 mm.

32

L February,

Fis. 8 a.

Male pupariuiH larger, paler and flatter ;
rather broader than long. Colour, browiiish-
ochreous. Diameter, about 1 nun.

Adult ? (fig. 8 a) of normal form ; sub-
circular, the outline broken by the pjgidiuni
which is moderately prominent. Rostrum close
to anterior margin ; large and conspicuous. The
body cavity usually contains two large embryos.
Margin of abdominal segments tentaeulate. Py-
gidiuin (fig. 8 b) of irregular outline. Four
small narrow lobes, between and beyond which

Fig. 8 b.
the margin is produced into long lanceolate processes, varying in size and form
in different examples. Long diameter, 0.50 to 0.65 mm.

On under-surface of leaves of Myristica j^ragrans ; the scales
disposed along the midrib and prominent veins of the leaf.

KXPLANATION OF FIQURES.

Fig. 1. — Lecanium tenebricophi lum.

(a) Section of Erythrina branch, with insects in situ. Nat. size.

(6) Adult female, x 4.

(c) Spiracle of female, greatly enlarged.

{d) Derm of female, greatly enlarged.

(e) Plates of anal operculum, greatly enlarged.

Fig. 2. — Pulvinaria maxima.

(a) Marginal spines, x 650.
{h) Antenna, x 150.

Fig. 3.— Ceroplastes cirrhipediformis.
Stigmatic spines, x 650.

Fig. 4. — Aspidiotus curciiliginis.

Extremity of female pygidium, greatly enlarged.

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Fig. 5. — Opiiiitia.spis javaneiisis.

(a) Female piipariuin, x 17.

(6) Male )DiipariLini, x 17.

(f) Adult female, ventral view, x 40.

{(I) F.\tremity uf female pygidiiiiii, x (ioO.
Fig. 6. — Lepidosaphex ungulata.

{a) Adult female, x 8U.

{b) Margin of abdominal segment, x 180.

(e) Pjgidium, x 2UU.
Fig. 7 — Aspidiofu.i pu^tulans.

{a) Pjgidium of female, x 200.

(6) Margin, showing lateral lobes, x 600.
Fig. 8. — Aonidia javanensis.

(a) Adult 9, X 75.

(6) Pjgidium, x 650.

DRAGON-FLY HUNTING IN EASTERN SWITZERLAND.

BY KENNETH J. MORTON, F.E.S.

{Concluded from page 4).

The weather luid now become settled and very hot, and the Sth
saw us back for the day to near Zurich, our destination being the
Oerlikon Riet, including the River Glatt, and our special quarry the
Qomphince and Somatochlora Havomaculata. Taking the train to
Glatt brugg, our course led us along the banks of the Glatt fur a
stretch, then over the Riet to Oerlikon Station. The Glatt is here a
slow stream with corrected course. On either side of it stretch
tracts of marshy meadow with little clumps of wood, an ideal locality
for Neuroptera. Perhaps in no other place did we see so many
dragon-flies. It is no exaggeration to say that Calopteryx spleiidens
must have existed in thousands on the short reach of the river which
we traversed. I have hardly ever witnessed a prettier sight than
these multitudes of lovely dragon-flies. A female never took flight
without having half-a-dozen or so male attendants in her tram, and
these curious little processions were constantly flittiiig about the
river. Not less numerous, but less conspicuous, was Platycnemis
pennipes. Anax imperator was present in fair numbers, each patrolling
his special section steadily, except when a wandering Oomphus
provoked the tyrant to a chase. A worn $ of A. parthenope was
taken ; it had probably flown from the Metmenhasler See. The
Gomphids were not common and were diflicult to catch, the difficulty
being enhanced in no small degree by the relentless attacks of Tabani

•J 4 [February.

which swarmed in the htng herba},'e along the river bank. One of
the first seen was Ophiogomphus serpcntinus, the most beautiful of the
European Gomphids, and quite different I'rom the others on account
of its exquisite green coloration. The species was not at all frequent,
and it was the most wary, only one being secured by Dr. liis. Ony-
chogomphus forcipaius was not quite so rare, and a few good males
were caught, while Gomphus vulffafissimus, quite unexpectedly, put in
an appearance. One or two Platetrum depressum were noticed at a
small lateral stream. But Somatoelilora Jlavomaculata outnumbered
all the other larger dragon-flies ; every corner along the margins of
the wood, and almost every small clump of bushes gave shelter to a ^J
which was not as a rule difficult of capture. One of the striking
features of the Glatt marshes was Papilio machaon, which was flyiug
about in splendid examples of the second brood.

Our last excursion in the low country was to the Hauser See a
pretty lake near Oasingen (about 1360 feet s. ui.), and distant from
Eheinau about 5^ miles. The walk was sufficiently long in the
intense heat. When we were still some distance from the lake, a few
Orthetrmn hrunneum appeared flying over the road. Entering the
shaded paths in the woods surrounding the lake, we found them alive
with Limenitis sybilla. I have never seen it before in such numbers,
but they were nearly all much worn and we had no time to spare to
select them. So we left them alone, as we also did Apatura iris,
which once or twice tempted us to linger, and we very soon reached
the lake. This is one of the localities where the great prize Epifheca
biviaculata is to be found, but we were of course too late for it.
Amongst the first species seen were SoinatocJdora metalUca flying
along the margin, and a little farther on one or two Libellula fulva,
together with a ^ Sympetrum sanguineum. But we hastened on to
the corner for Leucorrhinia, only to find that in this early season we
were too late. L. albifrons was still present and a few pairs were
taken, but of L. pecloralis only one ^ was seen and taken by
Dr. Ris, who handed it over to me with his usual generosity, which
extended to everything of any value that was found. L. caudalis,
which also occurs here, was evidently quite over. The usual com-
plement of small dragon-flies was obtained, including Pyrrhosoma
tenellum, and on going round to the other side of the lake we found
Oomphus pulchellus common, but worn. Orthetrum cancellatum was
again present, but 1 found this species one of the most difficult of all
to catch. Leaving the lake proper, a little marshy meadow was
visited for Lestes dryas, of which we got a few, and the same locality

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produced a few uMschna graiuUs. By tliiy time the woodland paths
were quite gloomy, and stealing along them JS. cyanea was taken.
An unusual capture on the way home was C. csnea flying along the
road.

On the following morning we reluctantly bade adieu to our good
friends at Kheinau and proceeded to Chur, whence we drove to
Lenzerheide, a health resort, situated between C'hurwalden and
Tiefencastel, at an elevation of about 4800 feet. Here we remained
until July 18th. It looked an excellent locality for Neuroptera,
possessing a fine lake, the Heidsee, and an abundance of running
waters. The weather which had been hot and cloudless in the low
country, changed when we reached the Alps, and for a day or two
thunder storms and heavy rain prevailed to a degree that was rather
depressing. In the fitful gleams of sunshine we saw few dragon-
flies ; odd examples of Somatochlora, a ? S. aJpestris being taken,
Orthetrum coerulescens, Lihellula quadrimaculata, Leucorrliinia dubia,
and Enallagma cyathigerum. These gave very little promise of what
was in store for us. Finally, after a terrific storm, the morning
broke cool and cloudless, giving promise of a fine day. The forenoon
will long be remembered. A stretch of boggy land on the side of the
stream, just after it leaves the lake, was found to be alive with
Somatochlora, and here during the next few days beautiful series of
S. alpestris and S. arctica were caught. On the quiet portion of a
lateral streamlet and at the lake a few S. metallica were found, but
here this species was scarcer than the other two. jSSschna juncea
proved to be common also, and Gordulegaster annuJatus was seen
during the last two days, but it was still rare, and I failed to get more
than one ^.

Our next move was over the Julier Pass to ISilvaplana. We had
DO difliculty in making out, from the excellent maps with which
Dr. Kis had provided us, where the most likely localities were to be
found. Crossing to the other side of the Silvaplana See and going
through the woods in the direction of Campfer, we soon found the
Lej Nair, and here and on the marshes surrounding it we discovered
once more the haunts of the lovely alpine Cordulines. Somatochlora
metallica was particularly abundant and an easy capture as it hawked
round the margins of the lake. An interesting form of Galopteryx
sflenden'A occurred rarely here, very similar to that which I found at
Digne, and much closer to the southern form than the one occurring
about Ziirich. M. juncea was exceedingly common, and was noticed
even at the Hannen See (7000 feet), the only dragon-fly seen there.

36 [February,

Still more productivB tlian Lej Nair was another smaller lake at a
somewhat lower level near Campf'er. S. arctica and alpestris were not
taken there, although they may quite well occur, but 8. metallica,
L. duhia, ^. juncea, Agrion puella and Tiastulatum, and E cyrithiijcrum
(the last two being also found at Lej Nair) were all more or less
abundant. In the woods Sijmpetrum meridional e and S. striolatum
were frequently seen ; and one day near Silvaplana I believe I saw
P. depressum. The only species which should have been found and
was not, was ^. coerulea, which was taken by Mr. McLachlan at the
Staatzer See. It must surely be much rarer in the Alps than in the
boreal parts of Europe.

At Silvaplana our dragon-fly hunting ended. We went on to
Maloja and Chiavenna on the 25th, and after visiting Como proceeded
over the Spliigen to Thusis, thence home by way of Zurich and Basel.
Excepting a Cordulid noticed flying about the pier at Varenna and a
few examples of Sympetrum in the Val Bregaglia and elsewhere, no
more dragon-flies were seen.

The total number of species observed on our journey was 45.
The first rush of dragon-fly life was over before we reached Switzer-
land. Brachytron pratense had absolutely disappeared, the Libelhilas
and Leucorrhinias were practically over, while the time of Sympetrum
and Lestes had not yet fully come. One or two additional species
might have been obtained by visiting special localities, but we were
well content with the results which could scarcely have been achieved
if we had not had the good fortune to be under such experienced and
painstaking guidance. The following is a complete list of the species
seen : —

Leucorrhinia pectoralis, Charp. ; L. dubia, Vanderl. ; L. albifrons, Burm.
Sympetrum striolatum, Charp.; /S. meridionale, de Selys ; S.fouscolombii,de Selys ;
S. sanguineum, Miill. ; 6\ scotieum, Donov. Platetrum depressum, L. Libellula
quadrimaculafa, L. ; L. fulva, Miill. Orthetrum coerulescens, F. ; O. brunneum,
Fosc. ; O. cancellatum, L. Cordulia senea, L. Somatochlora metallica, Vanderl. ;
S. alpestris, de Selys ; S. flavomaculata, Vanderl. ; S. arctica, Zett. Onychogom-
phus uncatus,Ch&TT^. ; O.forcipatus, Jj. OpMogomphus serpentinus, Ch&vp. Gom-
phus vulgatissimus, L. ; G. pulchellus, de Selys. Cordulegaster annulatus, Latr.
Anax imperatortheaeh.; A.parthenope,de8e\ya. ^schna cyanea, Mull. ; ^.juncea,
L. ; ^.grandisih. ; 2E. isosceles, Miill. Calopteryx virgo, L.; C. splendens, Harris.
Lestes dryas, Kby. ; L. sponsa, Hans. Platycnemis pennipes, Pallas. Erythromma
najas, Hans. Pyrrhosoma nymphuLa Sulz. ; P. tenellum, Vill. I.schnura elegans>
Vanderl. Enallagmacyathigerum, Cha,v]y. Agrion pulchellum,Yanderl. ; A. puella,
D. ; A. hastulatum, Charp. ; and Nehalennia speciosum, Charp.

13, Blackford Eoad, Edmburgh :
September, 1904.

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SILVANUS MERCATOR, Fattvel, A SPECIES OF COLEOPTERA
NEW TO BRITAIN.

BY J. R. LE B. TOMLTN, M.A., P.E.S.

In the Ent. Mo. Mag., 1896, p. 261, Mr. Champion predicts the
eventual discovery of Silvanus mercator, Fauv., in Britain. Ho has
recently identified some specimens which T received from Mr. E. A.
Atmore as this species. It may easily be recognised from 8. surina-
mejisis, L., by the small size of the temples, which are two-thirds of
the diameter of the eyes in the latter species, whereas they are only
one-fifth in 8. mercator.

A dichotomous table of the genus will be found in the article
cited above. My specimens were found in a bakery at King's Lynn,
Norfolk.

Chester : January, 1905.

ALGERIAN MICROLEPIDO PTBRA.
BY THE RT. HON. LORD WALSINGHAM M.A., LL.D., P.R.S., &c.
{Continued from Vol. XL, p. 273).

3040 : 1. — Stmmoca ponebias, sp. n.

Antennae brownish fuscous. Palpi white, the median joint suffused with
brownish fuscous externally nearly to its apex. Head hoary wliite. Thorax pale
creamy ochreous. Forewings pale creamy ochreous, sprinkled sparsely with rust-
brown scales, with three groups of brownish fuscous scales along the costa and one
before the apex ; the first costal spot is at the base, with a rust-brown dot at its
lower edge ; the second at one-third, rather triai'gular, with a small rust-brown spot
at its apex ; the third at two-thirds, a little beyond a rust-brown transverse streak
at the end of the cell, below which is another rust-brown spot on the dorsum, a
smaller one lying just below the middle of the fold ; the base of the pale ochreous
cilia is also dusted with rust-brown beyond the apical fuscous spot. Exp. al.,
12 — 13 mm. Hindioings cilia and Abdomen rather dark grey. Legs whitish
ochreous.

%>«. (? (96348). Mus. Wlsm.

Hab.: ALGERIA — ITammam-es-Salahin, L8.IV- 17.V.1908.
Three specimens taken on the hills above Hammam-es-Salahin in early
morning.

Closely allied to tofosella, Ebl., but distinguished by its white
head, its more rusty coloured forewings and less conspicuous spots.

3043 : 1. — Symmoca calidella, sp. n.
Antennae pale yellowish ochreous. Palpi dull white, smeared externally,
nearly to the apex of the median and on the terminal joint, with pale brownish

38 [February,

fuscous. Head and Thorax dull white. Forewings dull white, minutely sprinkled
and sparsely spotted with pale brownish fuscous ; the ill-defined spots are formed
by aggregation of the otherwise scattered pale fuscous scales and are, first a small
streak at the base of the costa, reduplicated below and beyond ; secondly a sub-
costal spot at one third, then a spot at the end of the cell, preceded by one a little
beyond the middle of the fold, with another, subcostal, a little before the apex ;
there are one or two marginal dots before the dirty white cilia which are also
slightly dusted. Exp. al., II — 12 mm. Hindwitifjs and cilia brownish grey. Ah-
domen brownish grey. Legs dirty white.

Type, S (96543) ; ? (96540). Mua. Wlstn.

Hah.: ALGERIA— Hammam-es-Sakhin, 13.IV— 18.V.1903 ;
Biskra, 11-30. IV. 1903. Twelve specimens.

Although in general appearance this species does not look dis-
tinct and cannot easily be separated by description from cedestiella,
7i., and sparsella, do Joann , it is more robust than the former and
lacks the median fascia, and it is a more chalky looking species with
greyer markings than the latter. It is really quite distinct when
series of each are compared,

3043 : 2. — Symmooa oblitebata, sp. n.

Antennae hoary grey. Palpi hoary white, dusted with greyish fuscous. Head

hoary grey. Thorax hoary whitish, dusted with greyish fuscous. Forewings hoary

greyish white, profusely speckled with greyish fuscous throughout, this is for the

most part evenly distributed, but a line along the centre of the wing nppears (o be

somewhat less obscured by the dark speckling, while a reduplicated transverse spot at

the end of the cell is slightly indicated, a jjlical and another discal spot scarcely to

be detected, their possible position being shown only by a slight increase of the

dark dusting in each place ; cilia hoary grey. Fxp. al., 11 — 13 mm. Eindwings

bronzy grey, with brownish cinereous cilia. Abdomen bronzy greyish fuscous, anal
tuft paler. Legs hoary greyish.

Type, ^ (96534). Mus. Wlsm.

Hah. : ALGERIA— Biskra, 25. Ill— 2 IV.1903 ; Hammam-es-
Salahin, 8- 23. IV. 1904, 17.V.1903. Thirty-one specimens.

Flies low in the early morning on rather bare ground. It has
much the appearance of Eremica saharae, but is of a greyer colour
and without any indication of transverse markings, its shading, if
any, being always longitudinal.

3043 : 3. — Symmoca molitoh, sp. n.

Antennae pale brownish, hoary whitish towards the base. Talpi hoary whitish,
the median joint shaded with black below towards its apex, the terminal with a
black annulation before its apex. Head and Thorax hoary white, the latter with a
black spot posteriorly. Forewings rather narrow, elongate, tapering to an obtusely
rounded apex ; hoai-y white, profusely sprinkled with black atoms which have a
tendency to run in lines, especially along the upper edge of the cell, and from the

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cell outward (o the apex and termen ; cilia brownish white. Exp. al., 15 mm. Hind-
wings shining, brownish grey ; cilia shining, pale brown. Abdomen, brownish grey
at file base, shading to pale brown posteriorly, f-'efls pale brownish cinereous.

Type, J (96548). Mii8. WIsm.

Hah. : A LGBRI A - El- Kantai-a, 27. 1 V. — 22. V. 1003. Three
speeitnons.

Perhaps most nearly allied to obJiterafn, but it is a larger species.

311— APKOAEREMA, Drnt.
= * ANACAMPSis, Stgr.-Rbl. (nee Crt.).

2840 : 1.— Aproakrema zonariella, sp. n.

Antennae black, with pale ochreous annulations not meeting on the upper side.
Pal2>i pale ochreous, with two black lines along the terminal joint throughout.
Head dark greyish fuscous ; face ochreous. Thorax black. Forewin(/s black,
sparsely sprinkled with pale ochreons scales, which are slightly grouped in the fold
a little beyond its middle and on the disc above and beyond ; at the outer thii-d of
the wing-length is a straight, clearly defined, pale ochreous fascia, its outer edge
somewhat jagged ; cilia smoky brown, with some black scales projecting in their base.
Exp. al., 16 mm. Hindtolngn grey, with a brownish tinge ; cilia smoky brown.
Abdomen smoky fuscous. Legs brownish fuscous, with two tibial and four tarsal
pale ochreous annulations.

Type: ? (96404). Mus. Wlsm.

Hah. : ALGERIA— Batna, 1.V.1903. Unique.

A very distinct species.

2S40 : 2.— Aproaerema mitre lla, sp. n.

Antennae fuscous. Palpi hoary white, tipped witli black. Head and face
hoary gi'ey. Thorax bronzy fuscous. Foretoing.i elongate, acutely lanceolate ;
bronzy fuscous at the base, dai-kening to deep brownish fuscous towards the middle,
clearly and straightly defined along the inner edge of a white transverse fascia, some-
what expanded outward from the dorsum to the costa ; beyond this the dark
brownish fuscous colouring is continued to the apex with bright shining pale steel-
grey scales, each tipped with black, radiating outwards along the margins at the
base of the brownish gi'ey cilia. Exp. al., 10 mm. Hindwings leaden grey ; cilia
pale brownish grey. Abdomen dark leaden grey, with pale anal tuft. Legs whitish,
the ends of the tibiae and the terminal joints of the tarsi banded with brownish
fuscous.

Type, ^ (96467). Mus. Wlsm.

Hab. : ALGERIA— Biskra, 23. 1 [I ; El-Kantara, 22.1 V. 1903 ;
Hammam-es-Salahin, 13. IV. 1904. Three specimens.

Has much the appearance of acfinfjiyllidts, but is a little larger
and darker.

4Q [Februai-.v,

2847 : 1.— Aproaerema acanthtlltdis, sp. n.

Antennae white beneath, black specklerl with white above ; basal joint slightly
flattened and enlarged. Palpi white. Head and face white. Thorax olive-brown.
Foreunntjx pale olive brown at the base, shading to brownish fuscous a little beyond
the middle, where this colour is abruptly terminated by a straight wliitish ochreous
fascia, nari'ow on the dorsum, wider and somewhat diffused outward above it to the
costa ; this fascia is of varying intensity, nnd in some varieties is almost entirely
obliterated by a suffusion of the blackish scales which predominate usually beyond
it on the apical fourth: the black scales in ordinary varieties are sprinkled thickly
on olive-brown, and accompanied by shining steely metallic scales, each tipped witli
black, which extend through the base of the grey cilia. Exp. a!., 8-9 mm. Hind-
wings witli produced apes and deeply excised termen ; pale bluish grey ; cilia
brownish grey. Abdomen brownish grey, fjegx shining, bi-assy whitish, with a
fuscous band at the end of the hind tibiae.

Type, ^ (89469) ; ? (89475) ; var. ^ (89470). Mus. Wlsm.

Bah.: ALGERIA-Biskra, 5.T1.1897, 1-30.III.1894, 19-29. \^.
I'fiM {Eaton) ■ 20.11— 9.TIT. 1903; EI-Kantnra, 5.V. ; Hammam-os-
Salahin, 28.111— 25. IV. 1904, 14.V.1903 ; Larva Acanfhi/llis frnffacan-
tJioides, 5.1. excl. 6-15.TIT.1904 ; 17. IV. excl. 12. V. 1904 {Wlsm).
Forty-one specimens.

This species is abundant, and widely distributed among isolated
plants of Acfinthyllis trngacantlioides, from which I have since bred
it ; there would appear to be at least two broods. Mr. Eaton first
met with it in 1894.

It is closely allied to captivella, Z., but differs in the outward
widening of the fascia.

The genus Aproaerema is described as having in the forewings
"6 sometimes out of 7 near base" {Met/r., Busck.). This definition
would exclude acanthylUdis (and perhaps other species) in which 6
is emitted from ihe stalk of 7 and 8 near their furcation, moreover in
some specimens {e. g., 5854) 9 is sometimes connate with (G+7-|-8)
or even stalked with them — thus, in this species at least, vein 9 is
variable, being emitted from the radius before the end of the cell,
connate with, or out of (6-|-7+8). In the hindwings 2 and 3 are
connate from the end of the cubitus above which the cell is open ;
part of the discoidal occurs above lower media, emitting 5 angularly ;
6 and 7 are stalked from radius to near apex. At first one would
have felt inclined to make this species the type of a new genus, but
it seems wiser to slighly extend the definition of Aproaerema to in-
clude such species as are obviously in a plastic condition, the variation
being individual, not special.

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41

2847 : 2. — Aproaeuema. tiiauma.lea, sp. n.

Antennae blackish, sprinkled with white. Palpi smooth, white, terminal joint
as long as the median, with two slender lines of black scales throughout its length,
//earf trreyish white ; face shining white. T'Aora.r cream-white, shaded with stcel-
grej. Furewiiigs shining copper-brown, with a broad cream-white costal patch
from the base nearly to the middle, produced outward at its lower extremity nearly
to the outer end of the fold, its attenuated apex not reaching the dorsum ; at the
outer third a broad transverse cream-white fascia, throwing an angulatod projection
outward at its middle, and attenuated to the dorsum before the tornus, its inner
edge clearly defined and slightly outward-curved ; beyond it the coppery brown
terminal area is thickly studded with brilliant steel-like scales, each narrowly tipped
with jet-black, many of these project into the dull leaden grey cilia (recalling the
form of the neck feathers of a Thaumalea). Exp. al., 8-9 mm. llindwhx/s as
broad as the forewings, the apex much produced from the deeply excised lermen ;
whitish grey ; cilia pale brownish grey. Abdomen shining steel-grey. Lfiff.i white,
with slight tarsal spots, a single fuscous spot on the outer side of the tibiae.

Ti/pe, ^ (96504). Mus. Wlsm.

ITnb. : ALGERIA — Hammam-es-Salahin, Larva Astrarjalus gom-
bo, lO.Iir— 27.IV. excl. 15.IV.— 14.V.1004 ; 15.V. excl. l-13.Vri903.
Ten specimens.

This very distinct species agrees with ncanthyllidis in omitting 6
an<l 9 of the forewings from the stalk of 7-1-8.

(To he continuedj.

SUFFOLK LEPIDOPTERA IN 1901-.
BY THE REV. E. N. BLOOMFIELD, M.A., F E.S.

I am again able to record a good number of interesting species
taken in the County during the jmst season. For those I am indobtod
to the following correspondents, who have sent me lists of the rarer
species taken by them and the localities in which they occurred. The
Rev. A. P. Waller records captures at Hemley near Woodbridge,
Messrs. H. Lingwood at Needbam Market and Dunwich, Claude
Morley at Barham and Blakeidiam, A. E. Gibbs at Orford, and Dr.
Crowfoot near Beccles. Mrs. Mann, of Bungay, has sent me a full
list of all the species met with by her in 1904 at Bungay and Flixton,
and has also sent a list of the rarer species which had been taken by
her in previous years, thus adding considerably to the County List.
Both Mr. Waller and Mrs. Mann have made great use of their moth
traps, and h;\ve taken many good insects in them.

Mr. (\ G. Barrett, as usual, h:is most kindly confirmed or deter-
mined most of the Micros, Mr. Waller having sent him all that
seemed doubtful ; while he has also determined various species for
Mrs. Mann.

42 Ll''ebvuary,

Of the Heterocera I need only mention Acheronfia atropos, L., at Hollesley,
Sphinx pinastri, L., bred by Mrs. Mann from ova received from Aldringham, * Dei-
lephila livornica, Esp., taken at Felixstowe, September 1st, by G. P. Hope, Esq.,
Havering G-range, Romford, it bad apparently just emerged from the pupa, Choero-
campa porcellus, L., at Hemley and Bungay, *Nola centonalis, Hb., one at light at
Ilemley, July 21st, N. strigula, Scliiff., at Flixton, sis specimens in 1902, Lithosia
quadra, L., at Lowesloft, and Petasia casninea, Hb., at Bungay.

The rarer Nocliix to be recorded are *Leucania fnricolor, Barr., a beautiful
specimen of the red variety taken at Hemley, September 10th, at light. Mr Waller
first met with it in 1893, and took several in 19 '1, but it was then supposed to be a
red form of L. pal/enx, and was not recorded. L. obxohfa, Hb , Needliani Market,
Nonaffria qeminipuncta, Hutch., three iit sugar at Hemley, Chartean (frnininin, h.,
several on ragwort flowers by day at Orford, Neuria re/icu/ata, Vill., two at sugar
at Hemley, Miana arrtiosa, Haw., Bungay, A//ro/ix ngathina, Dup., Dunwieh, Tnt-
chea piniperda, ^sp., Hemley and Needham Market, */>«vycff»?/)rt rubicfinea, ¥.,
two at Needham Market in the spring. Spring Nochup seem to have been rather
plentiful at sallows. Tefhea retusa, L., Bungay, August 9lh, in the moth trap,
Dianthnecia conspersa, Esp., several at Bungay and Lowestoft, * Plus in nioneta. P.,
one in the garden at Bungay, this species was taken some years ago at Battislord,
but was not recorded, P. festucse, L., in abundance in Mrs. Mann's garden, Catocain
fraxini, L., p. 256 ante, and Toxocampa pastinum, Tr., at Lowestoft.

Of the Geomefrse the best are PericnUia xj/rlngarin, L., several at Hemley.
usually rare, Ennomos fu.scantaria, Haw., Needham Market, Acidalia emu/aria.
Hb., one, and Corycia taminaia, W. V., in plenty, both at Bungay, KupHhevia
venosata, F., larvae in the heads of Bladder L'arapion at Hemley, also at Bungay,
Lolophora viretata, Hb., Hemley, August 13th, Camptogramma fuviala, Hb., July
22nd, and Anticlea derivata, W. V., both at light at Bungay, Coremia quadrifasci-
arla, L., several at Hemley, usually very scarce there, Cidaria sagiltala, F., Bungay,
C. picata, Hb., several, and Eitbolia Hneola/a, W. V., one in the moth trap at
Hemley.

Pt/ralides — Pi/raUs co-italin, F., at Bungay, Cledeobia angustalis, W. V., at
Orford, Acentropux nlveus, Oliv., two, June 8th, and *Scop(irla resinea, Haw., in
1902, at Bungay.

Pterophori — PlatgptiUa gonodavtyla, Schiil., and Leioptilns lienigtanns, Zell.,
at Hemley, and L. microdactglus, Hb., at Bungay.

Crambi—* Crambus alpinellns, Hb., one at light, and C.falsellws,W.Y.,a.t
Hemley, the latter also at Bungay ; Schcenobius forjicellus. Thumb., S. mucronellus,
P., W. v., in numbers in moth trap, Rhodophsea formosa. Haw., and Ephestia
ficulella. Ban*., 1901, all at Bungay ; R. marmorea, Haw., Hemley, one at light, and
five at light at Bungay, R. suaoella, Zinck., and R. advenella, Zinck., also at
Bungay.

Tortrices — Tortrix diversana, Hb., one at Hemley, *Leptogranima IHerana,
L., a fine grey variety at Bungay in 1903, Peronea comparana, Hb., several at light,
and Spilonota lariciana, Zell., at Hemley, Sericoris lacunana var. *herbaim, Gn.,
at Beecles, and Orthotfenia antiquana, Hb., not uncommon at light at Bungay, O.
sfriaiin, W. V., at Hemley, PaulLica xnrdidnna, Hb., at Bungay, Retirna pinico/ana,
Dbl., at Orford, Dichrorampha satuniana, Gn., and Eupaecifia vectisaiia, Westw.,

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fljing abundantly one afternoon in tlie salt marshes, at Ileniley, *E. r/ei/eriana,
II. -S., E. de(/rei/aiia, McLach., and *E. vilieUa, Hb., 1902, all at Bungay.

Of the Tineic I have a good list, of which many are new to the County. *Epi-
graphia sleinkeUneriana, Seliiff., at IJiiagay, 19o2 and lUi'S, *Piii/che {Epichno-
pterifif) ref ire/la, Newm., nolined by Mr. Waller among Marram grass near the river
at llemley in 1903 and again this year, a notable species; *Scardia arcella, F.,at
light at llemley and at liungay, Tinea iapel.la, Hb., Bungay and Shadingfield, near
Beccli's, T. xfinifuli-ella^ Haw., and Sioaiumerdamta comptella, Hb., at Hemley, <S'.
spinielld, lib., at Bungay, * I'/iifel/u porrectella, L., the pale green larvjE were
abundant feeding on the Sweet Rocket in the Rectory Garden at Hemley, the moths
in June and August, also at Bungay, *J]i/ponomeuta vigintipvnctatns, Kctz., Bungay,
several in the moth trap, lOUl-Ul, *Ane'<ychia decemtjuttella, lib., 1901. *Harpip-
teryv scahrella, L., 19(i2, *OrthoteHa sparyanella, Thun., 1901-02, *Depressaria
yeutinna, F., *D. pulcherrimeUa, Stn., at Bungay; Gelechia muscosella, Zell.,
Becclcs, 1903, G. {Brachmia) monjfefella, Schiii.,a\Mi *G. (Lifa) fraterneUa,I>oug\.,
at Hungay, G. {I'eleia) fugitiveUa, Zell., at Hemley, *G. (Duryphom) Ittfti/entella,
Zell., and G. /Kiiiole/la, Tr., Buugay, G. {Nannodia) hermannella,Yh.,licm\Qy and
Biakeuham chalk pit, G. {Ceratophora) nifescens. Haw., and Chelaria huhnerella,
Don., at light, at Hemley and Bungay, **Jr^yre?</*'a mendica, \\a,vi., Barham and
Bungay, *A. curvella, L., *Coleopkora fabriciella, Vill., in the moth trap, both in
1903, and *Laverna ochraceella. Curt , at Bungay, the latter also at Orford, Chry-
soclysta flavicaput, Haw., and Elachista luticomella, Zell., at Hemley.

The species marked * are new to the Suffolk List.

Gruestling Rectory, Hastings :
December, 1904.

Leuvania favicolor, Barr., and Epichiiopteryx reticella, Newnt., in Suffolk. —
The late Mr. Barrett had intended to send a special note on the extension of
locality of these two species in Suffolk, but was prevented by his last illness ; this
he was about to do, " because Leucania favicolor has only been found in S. E.
Suffolk and N. E. Essex, where these counties join, while Epichnopteryx reticella
has occurred from Devon to Esses, but not hitherto in Suffolk or Norfolk." As
Mr. Waller took his specimen of L. favicolor on September 10th it would seem
that there was probably a second brood ; liis former captures were made in June
and were lai'ge specimens. — E. N. Bloomfield, Guestling Rectory : Dec, 190-1.

Notes on a liylit-trap in Hertfordshire. — With reference to Mrs. H. E. Mann's
note {ante, p. 10) on a moth-trap used at Ditchlingham, Suffolk, I may mention
tiiat as recorded in the Entomologist from time to time, I have used a trap here for
some years. Since 1898 I have designed and constructed four traps, the present
one being an improvement on all the others. Like the " Mandair " mine is not
fitted with any killing apparatus, so that any specimens not required can be
liberated in the morning.

At this one locality I have captured by this means over 300 different species of
Lepidoptera (including only a few Tinex as I have not worked that group), com-
prising 4 Sphinges, 29 Bombyce.s; 109 Noctuw, 9(* Geometrx, 70 Pyralides, Crambi,

Tortrices, &c.

D 2

^^ [February,

My trap is fitted to a first floor wiiulow, about 11 ft. Crom the ground and
facing south-west. In this direction the ground slopes away from the house, and
beyond the garden there are several fields and then woods.

The want of success with some traps is that they are placed too near the
ground. I do not think that 20 ft. would be too high for the majority of species.
The liglit should of course be as strong as poss^ible. I generally use a large duplex
lamp with strong reflector.

On one occasion I captured over fifty specimens of Anchocelis lunosa in a
single night, most of which were of course set free in the morning.

Among the better species taken the following may be named : Chwrocampa
porvellus, Saruthripus undulartus, Hylophila hicolorana, Litho-na griseola, Tri-
chiura craixgi, Lasiocampa quercifoUa, Drepana lacertula, D. binaria, Noto-
donta dictivoides, Pygiera ciirtula, Thyativa batis, Dipterygia scabriuscula, Lupe-
rina ce/tpUis, Apamea gemina, A. unanimis, A. ophiogramma, Agroti.s puta,
A. cinerea, A. porphyrea, Tfeniocampa gracilis, Orthosia su^pecta* Xanthia gilvago,
Calymnia pyraUna, C. dijffinis, C. affinis, Hadena genistce, Asteroscopus sphinx,
P/usia monela, P. ptdcJirina, Avenfia Jlexula, Eurymene dolobraria, I'ericallia
syringaria, Selenia lunaria, Oeometra papilionaria, Spilodei palealis,* Acijitilia
spilodaclylus, Crambus geniculeus, Euzophera pinguis, Phycix betvlas, Hhudophea
formosa, E. advenella, Hypochalcia ahenella, Oalleria melonella, Aphomia sociella,
Penthina ochroleucana, Carpocapsa sp/endaria, Xanthosetiu zcegana, A', hamana, &c.

The two marked with an asterisk have not been recorded from any other
localities in Hertfordshire.

I shall be very pleased to compare notes and diagrams with any other entomo-
logists who have had experience with moth-traps in otlier parts of the country. —
Philip J. Bareaud, Bushey Heath, Herts : January 3rd, 1905.

The attitude of Satyrus semele at rest. — In the summer of 1903 Dr. Dixey
called my attention to the observation by E. 11. A. in " A Naturalist on the prowl "
(p. 203) that Melauitis ismene, Cram., a common Indian butterfly, often settled
upon fallen leaves and helped to conceal itself by falling partly on one side. Dr.
Dixey was anxious to see whether there was among allied butterflies any tendency
to such a habit upon which natural selection might work. Careful watching Satyrus
sewieZe satisfietl us that it settles upon the gi'ound "in three motions" — (1) the
wings are brought together over the back ; (2) the fore-wings are drawn between
the hind-wings, so as to be for the most part concealed ; (3) the whole insect is
thrown over to one side to the extent of 30°, 40°, or even sometimes 5u°. They
appeared to go over to right or left indifferently.

Subsequently I imprisoned a number of butterflies in a large pasteboard box
covered with a piece of glass. Under these conditions 1 observed that sometimes
the third of the above described motions precedes the second. The insects assume
the sideways attitude or " list " more frequently when settled in sunshine than in
shadow — of this I am certain. This attitude is mentioned in Barrett's Lepidoptera
(vol. i, p. 226).

Other Satyrids were observed in the same box. Epinephele janira often put
on a list of lo° to 20°; Pararge xgeria and megaira sometimes showed a " list" of
25°. Lastly, during the summer of 190i several K. hyperanlhus, when in the box,
showed a " list " of about 2u°

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Mj observations on Tiidtaii Satyrids will bo found in a paper read before the
Entomological Society of London, December 7tli, 19 J4, wliich will I hope a[)pear in
the Transactions for 190J. — Gr. B. Longstaff, Highlands, Putney Heath, S.W. :
January Wth, 1905.

Harpalits discoideus, F., and Metoecus paradoxus, L., at Leightoii Buzzard. —
In a recent number of the Ent. Mo. Mag. (April, 1901), the capture of a black $ ,
Harpalus discoideus, is recorded by Mr. Jennings from Brandon.

As bearing upon the variation in the colour of the male of this rare beetle, as
well as for other considerations of interest, it may be well to give a few particulars
of its appearance here.

During the past July, August, and September, I have succeeded in taking in
this neighboui'hood twenty-four examples of the S , together with which I was
present when two or three more were taken by my brother, Mr. L. R. Crawshay,
and it is interesting to note that all without exception were bright green in colour.
Nor does Canon Fowler in his " British Coleoptera " nicntion the black form of
the (J . I may add that ? s occurred in about equal proportions to the c? s, together
amounting to fifty specimens. I do not know whether H. discoideus has previously
been recorded from this part of Bedfordshire, though Canon Fowler mentions
Woburn, 9 miles distant, and Sandy, on the other side of the county, as localities.

As to its habitat here, it seems to be partial to a cultivated sandy soil rather
than heaths and poor sandy places, for, although my search for it had previously
been directed especially towards the latter, two specimens only occurred there,
wliile the remainder were taken on the borders of three different ploughed fields in
which the remains of manure were visible, and which were occupied at the time by
crops of a late potato. Mr. C. O. Waterhouse kindly looked over half of these
specimens and confirmed them.

Of Metoecus paradoxus, L., one specimen, a $ , beaten from a birch bush by my
brother, Mr. L. R. Crawshay, on September 3rd, 1902, revealed the presence of this
species of beetle in the neighbourhood of Leighton Buzzard.

In 19D3 further casual beating was without success. This year I resolved to
search for it in wasps' nests, and met with the following results.

Out of five nests examined, four (Fetpa vulgaris, Linn.), contained Metoecus in
one stage or another of its existence, together with larvse, pupse, and imagines of
wasps.

In the fifth nest {Vespa germaiiica. Fab.) from which the beetle was absent, all
the cells but six had been vacated by the wasps, and nearly all the community were
gone. The nests were situated on the borders of a wood, within three quarters of a
mile of each other, and of the place where the original ^ had been discovered.

The following particulars of these nests may be interesting : —

Estimated

number of Metoecus paradoxm
Community. Destroyed, wasps present. present.

: 1 larra.

No. l.— Vespa vulgaris, Liini Sept. 2Uth 5257 24 j 16 pupae.

(. 7 imagines.

'So.2.— Vespagermanica,Fiih Sept. 20th 150 None.

No. 3.— Vespa vulgaris, Linn Oct. 4th 1500 9 j g unagines.

No. 4!.— Vespa vulgaris, hum Oct. 4th 300 1 pupa.

No. 5. — Vespa vulgaris, Jjinn Oct. 13th 2036 1 imago.

^g [February,

Tn 8omo cases many of tlio wasps liad left, the coin m unity, and with tliem pre-
sumably most of the beetles, the latter being on the wing early in September. The
imagines of Metcecu.i present were enclosed in sealed cells, and some of them seemed
to have been dead some time. Nor do I think there remained siitlicient warmth in
the season to develop any of the pupae.

On completing the digging out of the nearly empty comb of Ve-ipa gennanica
on September 29th, nine days after the community had been destroyed, I observed
a beetle on the wing, which I recognised as Meicecus, hovering round the trunk of
an oak close to the wasps' nest. I knocked it down with my hat and captured it,
a (? . My brother then observed a 9 on the same tree. She was searching the bark
with her ovipositor and paused apparently to lay, though we did not see any eggs,
for the bark contained deep crevices in which presumably they would be hidden if
there were any. This V ™y brother captured.

On October -Ith, on revisiting the spot, I observed another ? Metaecus resting
on the same tree on which the first was taken five days previously.

She did not appear to be laying or making any movement. The day was cold.
Upon examination she appeared to me to have laid her eggs already for the
abdomen was rather small and contracted. She died two days afterwai'ds witliout
laying in confinement.

It seems likely that both these ? s laid at least a portion of their eggs on this
tree, i.e., on living bark. Their close proximity to the nest of Vespa <jennanica would
not be enough to establish any connection between them for, lOu yards away, was a
nest of Vespa vulgaris, in which Metcecu.s was subsequently found, and whence the
three beetles in question may have come. — GtEoegb A. Crawsuay, Leighton
Buzzard : November dtk, 1904.

Tetratoma fungorum, F., at Sherwood Forest. — In the third week of October
last I took a considerable number of this fungus-feeding beetle; they all occurred
either on the under-side of Boleti growing on birch, or in the root where the Boletus
joins the tree. All were found on this year's growth of fungi ; the most diligent
search, however, completely failed in finding any trace of either larva or pupa in the
old growth. Should this insect be a desideratum of any Colcopterist I shall be
much pleased to supply specimens. — J. Kidson Taylor, 35, South Avenue, Buxton :
December 2Uh, 1904.

Clinocara tetratoma. Thorns., in Uerhyshire. — On June 11th, 1904, I beat out
of hazel, in Miller's Dale, a single specimen of this rather uncommon species ; on
the same day, also by beating hazel, an example of Polydrusus micans occurred to
me. Of the former the only record for this district appears to be Repton, Burton-
on-Trent (Q-arneys) ; and of the latter, Bretby Wood, Eepton (Canon Fowler's
British Coleoptera). — Id.

The flight of Ehizotrogus solstitialis, Linn. — With regard to the flight of
Ehizotrogus solstitialis, L., referred to by Dr. Norman Joy {ante p. 1 7) in his in-
teresting contribution to our knowledge of the habits of the rarer S. ochraceus,
Enoch, I may mention that our commoner chafer also not infrequently flies by day

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and often towards the close of the afternoon. In some years, during June and July
"summer chafers" are very common in East Dorset, and are eagerly chased by
poultry, which are very partial to them, and soom become adepts in their capture
of them as tlie insects skim along a foot or so above the ground. I referred to this
circumstance in notes fo (I think) the " Naturalist's Journal," 1899, and " Science
Gossip," January, 1900. I am unaware whether the chafers also circle round trees,
high up, as described by Mr. Joy, but they would probably be found to do so. —
E. J. B. Sopp : January, 1905.

Limotettix xfactogala, Fieb., at Ryde. -Hhe tamarisk bushes on the front at
Ryde, I. W., contained this species in the greatest profusion, as I was enabled to
observe from September 25th to October 9th this year, though a cursory examina-
tion of the same plant in similar situations at Cowes on October 8th failed to reveal
a single individual. . At the former locality the insect could be counted in its
thousands ; a thick hedge half a mile long was often covered with them, but their
colour so well assimilated with that of their pabulum that they were quite incon-
spicuous. They often, I noticed, congregate in groups of eight or ten, and were on
several occasions found in cop. ; one spider's web, an inch and half in diameter,
contained eleven examples. They appear to prefer the base of the outermost,
though not the highest, shoots, and fly freely in the sunshine. On the later date,
after a biting northerly breeze, their numbers were less, though their vitality
appeared to have been but very slightly impaired. Mr. E. A. Butler, who first
detected it in Britain {cf. Ent. Mo. Mag., 1902, p. 215), tells me that it was abso-
lutely swarming where he found it, and that he expects it occurs in most places
where tamarisk grows —though I have failed to find it in Suffolk. — Claude Moklet,
Monks' Soham, Suffolk : December, 1904.

Schizocerox furcafus, ViJl., at Chattenden Roughs. — Mr. Morice, when kindly
looking over my saw-flics a short time ago, detected a specimen of this rare insect,
taken by me at Chattenden Roughs in June, 1896, but overlooked until now. As
its present occurrence in Britain has been doubted by him in his " Help Notes" he
asked me to record it. My specimen is a male. An example (male) of the other
species {yeminatus, Gir.) was taken by Mr. Morice himself tiiis spring when col-
lecting with me on May 25th. It was sitting on the hedge in the valley below my
house where so many rare insects have occurred. — A. J. Ciiitty, Faversham :
January 1st, 1905.

Limnophilus elegans in the Isle of Man. — In a box of Trlcho^dera recently sent
to me for determination by Dr. R. T. Cassal, and taken by him in the Isle of Man
during last season, I was delighted to see three specimens (all males) of the rare
Limnophilus elegans. Dr. Cassal had taken them near Ballaugh, in the northern
part of the Island, during the first fortnight in June. Old recorded localities for
the species are the New Forest and Dclamere Forest, but in recent years it seems
only to have been taken at Rannoch, and there very sparingly. Its occurrence in the
Isle of Man is very interesting.— Geo. T. Pobritt, Huddersfield : Jan. lith, 1905.

48 [February,

Motilities.

BiuMiNGHAM Entomological Society : October \lth, 1904.— Mr. G. T
Bethttnb-Baker, President, in the Chair.

Mr. J. T. Fountain showed Callimorpha domlnula, L., from Devon, and gave
an account of his difficulties in breeding them. Though treated in various ways lie
failed to find any way by which to avoid getting the greater portion cripples. He
also showed Lasiocampa quercus, L., bred from larvae taken in Sutton Park in
March and April. They included light males and also dark ones, which were
apparently var. calhinx, Palm. ; also there were two of the dark ones with very
diaphanous wings, though evidently perfect and with complete cilia to the wings,
yet they looked as if rubbed, owing appai-ently to deficient sealing on the outer
third of each wing. Mr. H. W. Ellis, a collection of Rht/nckophora, &c., and gave a
general account of them, and referred to tlie local records. Mr. R. C. Bradley,
Thriptocera bicolor, Mg., three specimens bred from Lasioeampa quercus larvae,
from Sutton Park, by Mr. W. H. Williamson in 1904.

November 2.\st, 1904.— The President in the Chair.

Mr. A. H. Martineau exhibited from Mr. H. Stone, F.L.^., a collective cocoon
made by some Lepidopterous larvae. Information was lacking as to the species and
its place of origin. It consisted of one large cocoon about 6'' x 4", with a thick,
hard brown integument containing a considerable number of ordinary brown
cocoons massed inside. The pupae were empty, but there was no obvious means of
exit, and the interior was closely packed with the material o< the cocoons so that it
was not easy to judge how the moths had emerged. Mr. B. S. Searle showed
Lepidoptera from various localities and a box of foreign Coleoptera. The Kev.
C. F. Thornewill read a paper upon "The Genus Eupithecia, especially in relation
to Breeding them from the Larvae." He had given special attention to the genus
and had reared a large proportion of the species at various times, and he gave a
good deal of interesting information about the life-histories and habits of many of
the species.— CoLBBAN J. Wainwbight, Hon. Secretary.

Lancashiee and Cheshire Entomologicai Society. — By the kindness of
the Chester Society of Natural Science, an ordinary meeting was held in the
Grosvenor Museum, Chester, on Monday, November 21st, 1904. Mr. Eichaed
"Wilding, Vice-President, in the Chair.

The following gentlemen were elected Members of the Society : Messrs. C. M.
Adams, F.C.S. (Southport), Rd. S. Bagnall, F.E.S. (Winlaton-on-Tyne), J. H.
Leyland (Ormskirk), W. C. Boyd (Cheshunt), John F. Dixon-Nuttall (Prescot),
Rd. Hancock (Handsworth), and E. E. Lowe (Plymouth).

Mr. Robert Newstead, A.L.S., F.E.S., Hon. F.R.H.S., gave a most interesting
lecture on "The Collections in the Grosvenor Museum," copiously illustrated with
lantern slides ; and, through the kindness of Mr. Newstead, the whole of the
Museum was open to the inspection of Members, and the more interesting exhibits
were explained by him. Amongst interesting exhibits examined during the evening
were a living specimen of the male of Lecayiium hesperidum shown by Mr. Newstead.
This he had recently bred from a colony of Coccids which had been under observa-

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tion for the past three or four years ; the example being the first authentic one
observed, although the male had been searched for since the time of Linna;us. Mr.
J. J. Richardson exhibited a series of exotic Lepidoptera mounted in frames, with
slips of glass so arranged as to allow of the examination of the under-sides. Mr.
J. R. Charnley, F.E.S., showed 14 specimens of insects in amber from the North
Coast of Germany, both the insects and clearness of some of the pieces of amber
being much admired. Anisotoma furva from Crosby was exhibited by Mr. Wilding,
and a selection of British Lepidoptera by Mr. W. Mansbridge, F.E.S., &c. — E. J. B.
Sopp a)id J. R. le Tomlin, Son. Secretaries .

Entomological Society of London : Wednesday, December 1th, 1904. —
Professor E. B. Poulton, M.A., D.Sc, F.R.S., President, in the Chair.

Mr. Horace A. Byatt, B.A., of the Colonial Office, and Mr. J. C. Winterscale,
F.Z.S., of Kurangan, Kedah, Penang, Straits Settlements, were elected Fellows of
the Society.

Mr. H. St. J. Donisthorpe exhibited Qiiedias nigrocaeruleus, taken by Mr. H.
C. DoUman in a rabbit hole at Ditchiing, Sussex, this being the fourth recorded
British specimen. Professor T. Hudson Beare, a specimen of the rare Longicorn,
Tetropium castaneum, L., taken about two years ago in the vicinity of the quays at
Hartlepool, and probably introduced. Mr. G. J. Arrow, a series of Passalidse from
the Burchell Collection mentioned in his paper recently read before the Society, and
remarked that Burchell had at the time of their capture some seventy years ago
already noted their powers of producing a musical sound. Mr. C. O. Waterhouse,
drawings prepared for exhibition in the Natural History Museum illustrating the
development of the front wing in the pupa of the Tusser Silk Moth, showing the
relation of the tracheae to the veins ; also some coffee berries from Uganda injured
by a small beetle belonging to the Scolytidse, and two Coleopterous larvte from the
Burchell Collection from Brazil, submitted to him for determination by Prof.
Poulton. One was a Heteromerous larva two inches long, much resembling the
\ax\& oi Helops ; the more interesting one was noted by Burchell to be luminous,
and appeared to be the larva of an Elaterid. Mr. J. J. Walker, the type-specimen
of Haplothorax barchelli, G. R. Waterhouse, from the Hope Collection, Oxford
University Museum, a remarkable Carabid discovered by Burchell in St. Helena;
it is now exceedingly rare in its sole locality, the late Mr. Wollaston, during his
visit to the island in 1875-6, having entirely failed to find the beetle alive, though
its dead and mutilated remains were often met with. The President, cases showing
the results of breeding experiments upon Papilio cenea conducted by Mr. G. F.
Leigh, who had for the first time bred the trophonius form from trophonius itself;
also a photograph, taken by Mr. Alfred Robinson of the Oxford University Museum,
showing the Xylocopid model and its Asilid mimic exhibited by Mr. E. E. Green
at a previous meeting ; the example was particularly interesting, inasmuch as Mr.
Green's record of the mimic circling round its model tended to support the view
that the bee is the prey of the fly.

Dr. T. A. Chapman read a paper on Erebia palarica, n. sp., and Erebia stygne,
chiefly in regard to its association with E. evias in spain ; describing Erebia pala-
rica, he said it was a new species from the Cantabrian range, phylogenetically a

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recent offshoot of E. stygne, and the largest and most brilliant in colouring of all
the known members of the family.

Dr. G-. B. Longstaff gave an account of his entomological experiences during a
tour through India and Ceylon, October 10th, 1903, to March 10th, 1904, illustra-
ting his remarks by exhibiting some of the insects referred to, and lantern slides of
the localities visited.

Wednesday, January 18th, 1905 : The 71st Annual Meeting— The Presi lent
in the Chair.

After an abstract of the Treasurer's accounts, showing a good balance in the
"Society's favour, had been read by one of the Auditors, Mr. Herbert Goss, one of
the Secretaries, read the Report of the Council. It was then announced that the
following had been elected Officers and Council for the Session 1905-1906. Presi-
dent Mr. Frederic Merrifield ; Treasurer, Mr. Albert H. Jones ; Secretaries, Mr
H. Rowland- Brown, M.A., and Commander James J. Walker, R.N., F.L.8.
Librarian, Mr. Greorge C. Champion, F.Z.S. ; and as other Members of the Council
Mr. G-ilbert J. Arrow, Lieut. -Colonel Charles Bingham, F.Z.S. , Dr. Thomas A
Chapman, F.Z.S., Mr. James Edward Collin, Dr. Frederick A. Dixey, M.A., Mr
Hamilton H. C. J. Druce, F.Z.S., Mr. Herbert Goss, F.L.S., Mr. William John
Lucas, B.A., Professor Edward B. Poulton, D.Sc., F.R.S., Mr. Louis B. Prout, Mr
Edward Saunders, F.R.S., F.L.S., and Colonel John W. Yerbury, R.A., F.Z.S.

The President referred to the loss sustained by the Society by the deaths of the
Treasurer, Mr. Robert McLachlan, F.R.S., Mr. Charles G. Barrett, and other
Entomologists. He then delivered an Address, in which he discussed the part
played by the study of insects in the great controversy on the question, " Are
acquired habits hereditary ?" He argued that the decision whether Lamarck's
theory of the causes of evolution is or is not founded on a mistaken assumption
larcely depends upon evidence supplied by the insect world, and finally concluded
that the whole body of facts strongly supports Weismann's conclusions. At the
end of his Address the President urged that the study of insects is essential for the
elucidation and solution of problems of the widest interest and the deepest signifi-
cance. Prof. Meldola, F.R.S., proposed a vote of thanks to the President and other
Officers ; this was seconded by Mr. Verrall, and carried.— H. Goss, Hon. Secretary.

LIST OF BRITISH DOLICHOPODIDM, WITH TABLES AND NOTES.

BY G. H. VERBALL, F.E.S.

{Continued from vol. xl, page 245).

1. H. gracilis Stann. : this large and very distinct species occurred

in abundance in Wicken Fen in July, 1875 , and I have found
it also at Tuddenham and Brandon, both of which are within
a few miles of Wicken. Away from this neighbourhood I
have taken it at Penzance in Cornwall and at Ravenglass in
Cumberland.

2. H. crefifer Walk. : not uncommon in Cornwall and in the Lake

District.

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3. H. germanus Wied. : I cannot satisfactorily distinguish this at

present from the next species, but I believe they are two
distinct species, and that both occur in Britain.

4. S. chcerophylli Meig. : a small common species, which often occurs

in abundance on the flowers of TJmbellifercd.

5. H. nigriplantis Stann. : the only place where I have found this is

Snailwell in Cambridgeshire, where it used to be not uu-
common from June to September on a wooden sluice down
which water was running. Col. Terbury has taken one
specimen at Porthcawl in Glamorgan, and Mr. C. G. Lamb
one at Wells in Somerset.

6. H. nigripennis Fall. : a small blackish species, with a rather long

proboscis, very similar to Orthochile, but its proboscis is not
nearly so long as that of Orthochile. Common from Corn-
wall to the Highlands of Scotland.

7. R. chrysozygos Wied. : this very pretty and very distinct species

was abundant at Wicken in July, 1875, even occurring in
ditches close to " The Five Miles from Anywhere." I have
since taken it at Chippenham Fen, and even on a window in
this house.

8. H. plagiatus Lw. : I introduced this species as British on a speci-

men taken at Abbey Wood in Kent on July 24th, 1870, and
a few specimens have since occurred at TJpware and Tudden-
ham near here.

9. H. fulvicaudis Walk. : this still remains recorded as British from

only a single male found near Bristol, and taken probably
at least 70 years ago ; that is, however, the specimen from
which the species was originally described. It has since
been recorded as not uncommon in Germany, and I possess
several specimens from Mecklenburg, while Kowarz has
recorded it from Hungary.

10. H. atrovirens Lw. : I caught one male at Footscray in Kent on

July 7th, 1869, and Dr. D. Sharp took a female in the New
Forest in June, 1902.

11. H. parvilmnellatus Macq. : I took a few specimens at Blackboys

in Sussex on June 15th, 1876.

12. H. nanus Macq. : various localities in Sussex, Surrey, Cambs.,

Suffolk and Norfolk.

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9. HYPOPHl'LLUS Lw.

1 (2) Front tarsi with last joint very much dilated 1. discipes Ahr.

2 (1) Front tarsi simple 2. obscurelhis Fall.

1. H. discipes Ahr. : I cauji^ht a male in July, 1880, which is labelled

" Snailvvell ?." I do not know why I put the ?, as I believe
I know exactly where I took it ; possibly it is the date which
is doubtful. I caught a female at Bowiiess in Westmorland
on June 23rd, IS89, which almost certainly belongs to this
species.

2. TI. obscurcUus Fall. : easily recognised by its long yellow genitalia.

It has occurred in numerous localities from Clapton Leigh
to Inveran.

10 ORTHOCHILE Latr.

0. nigrocoerulea Latr. : I took a pair at Leigh in Essex on June 18th,

1871, and a male at Lee in Kent on June 15th, 1875 ; more
recently I took a specimen at Wicken on June 27th, 1903,
and Mr. F. Jenkinson has taken several specimens in and
near Cambridge.

11. GYMNOPTERNUS Lw.
All the species have black postocular cilia and black fringed squamae.

1 (2) Femora mainly blackish ; middle tibiae thickened and twisted at tip...

1. cupreuft Fall.

2 (1) Femora yellow, or almost so.

3 (4) Costa dilated on a streak near base 2. ceJer Meig.

4 (3) Costa normal.

5 (8) M^oderate sized species.

6 (7) Antennae wholly black ; blackish-green species 3. metallivus Stann.

7 (6) Antennae pale at extreme base ; steel-blue species... 4. chah/bseus "Wied.

8 (5) Small species.

9 (10) Face white 5. assimilis Stseg.

10 (9) Face black 6. mrosus Fall.

1. O. cupreus Fall. : a common species, easily known by its black

femora, and the peculiar dilated and twisted tip of the
middle tibias of the male.

2. G. celer Meig. : also a common species, easily recognised by the

costa of the male being swollen for a rather long space near
the base.

3. O. metallicus Stann. : I first found this in abundance in Epping

Forest on June 16th, 1872, and I have since taken it in
Sussex, Suffolk, and Norfolk.

Ent. Monthly Mag. 1905. Plate 1.

JC.t.

VIII. St.

K.J. del.

West, Newman lith.

-March, 1905. | gg

4. O. chalyhcBUS Wied. : when I first caught this, at Ormesby Broad

in June, 1S80, I at once concluded that it was new to
Britain, because of its brilliant steel-blue colour. It was
not at all uncommon there, and I have since taken it at
Lymington, Hants. The blackish hind tibise distinguish it
in both sexes.

5. G. assimilis Staeg. : not uncommon near Upware (but not in

Wicken Fen) in July, 1875. J have also taken it at Chip-
penham Fen, in the Norfolk Broads, and at Rannoch,

6. O. aerosus Fall. : the commonest small species over all Britain,

and easily known by the black face of the male. The femora
are always rather darkened above, but a common variety {Q.
Dahlbomi Zett.) has the femora, especially the front pair,
considerably more obscured. The var. is most common in
Scotland, and, as Zetterstedt observed, seems to be a little
larger than typical G. cerosuts.

12. LAMPROCHROMUS Mik

This genus may be allied to Gi/mnopternus, where its acrostical
bristles would place it ; or, as is more commonly considered the case,
to Sympycnus.

L. elegans Meig. : very uncommon at present, though possibly from
its being overlooked. I have taken single males at Lynd-
hurst, Landport near Lewes, Wicken, and I think one female
at Wisbech.

13. CHRYSOTUS Meig.
These very small bright green flies are abundant, but in many
cases are very difficult to name with certainty, Wherever a species
occurs it is usually in abundance, and consequently series of good
specimens should be taken in promising spots. Our twelve species
comprise all except five or six of those known to occur in Europe, and
two or three more may occur in Britain. A small species, very near
C. gramineus, has occurred in Norfolk amber.

1 (4) Femora mainly yellow.

2 (3) Femora all yellow ; front coxte with black hairs ; comparatively largo

species 1. neglectus Wied.

3 (2) Hind femora black at tip ; front coxoe with yellow hairs ; small species...

2. cilipes Meig.

4 (1) Femora mainly black.

5 (8) Hind trochanters and base of femora yellow.

6 (7) Small species; hind tibise moderately ciliated 3. pulchellus Kow.

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7 (6;

8 (5

9 (12

10 (11

11 (10

12

(9)

13

(18)

14

(15)

15

(14)

16

(17)

17

(16)

18

(13)

19

(20)

2U

(19)

21

(22)

22

(21)

23

(24)

24

(23)

1.

G.

2.

C.

4. G.

Fair sized species; hind tibiae strongly ciliated 4. femoratux Zett.

Hind trochanters black or brown, base of hind femora not jellow.
Front C0X8B with only pale hairs.

Face ( cJ ) very narrow but continuous, silvery-white ; palpi small, whitish...

5. palustris Verr.
Face (J) broad, greenish-grey ; palpi large, black ; acrostichal bristles
almost absent 6. Icbsus Wied.

Front cox£E with black hairs.

Legs mainly black, i.e., tibiaj may be brownish but never yellow.

Usual bristles on posterior tibiaj very faint ; front coxae conspicuously
dirty whitish 7. cupreu.s Macq.

Usual bristles on posterior tibiae normally conspicuous ; front coxae not
much, if at all, dirty whitish.

Face ((J) dull pale green, continuous as the eyes are obviously though
narrowly separated ; antennae large 8. amplicornis Zett.

Face mainly concealed by the touching eyes ; front and hind tibiae con-
siderably ciliated 9. blepharosceles Kow.

Legs considerably yellow on at least anterior tibiae.

Middle tibiae bearing only one distinct bristle ; very small species ..

10. monochietus Kow.
Middle tibiae with the usual two bristles, the lower one being small.
Third antennal joint small and rounded ; small species ; hind tibiae usually
reddish 11. microcerus Kow.

Third antennal joint not very small ; not vei'j small species ; hind tibiae
usually blackish.

Third antennal joint moderately rounded; colour bright...

12. gramineus Fall.
Third antennal joint angulated at the tip ; colour dark...

13. angulicornis Kow.

necjlectus Wied. : generally distributed all over Britain.
cilipes Meig. : the habits of this species seem just the reverse
of those of G. neglectus, as it is local but abundant wherever
it occurs. I have found it in a few localities ranging from
the New Forest to the Lake District.

pulchellus Kow. : this species was introduced as British from a
pair taken at Rannoch on June 25th, 187l).

femoratus Zett. : Col. Terbury took several specimens of this
species at IS'airn from July 4th to 19th, 1904, and I think
one female at The Mound on July 2nd. 1 had almost intro-
duced it as British before on some specimens taken by Mr.
C. (x. Lamb and Dr. D. Sharp in the New Forest in the
summers of 1901 and 1902, and I am now convinced that I
had correctly identified those specimens.

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5. C. palustris Verr. : I described this species from three males and

eight females taken at Seaford on August 25th, 1875 ; I
caught one more female there on August 8th, 1878. My
specimens were nearly all in bad condition, and I had almost
come to the conclusion that they must belong to G. suavis
Lw. but the capture of a male in very good condition by Col.
Terbury at Porthcawl on June Sth, 1903, has proved it to be
abundantly distinct.

6. G. Icdsus Wied. : a very well distinguished species, being rather

aberrant from the genus Ghrysotus, through its wide face in
both sexes, and the almost obliteration of the acrochsetal
bristles. Not uncommon from Sussex to Suffolk, and Col.
Terbury has taken it at Porthcawl.

7. G. cuprem Macq. : well distinguished by the dirty whitish front

coxae and trochanters, and better still by the minuteness of
the usual bristles on the posterior tibiae. I have taken it at
numerous localities from Sussex to Norfolk, and it has
occurred in my garden ; J have also seen it from Hereford-
shire. Great care is necessary in distinguishing it from the
next two species. Our British specimens are as a rule much
smaller than those taken on the continent, and possibly may
be distinct, especially as I took four specimens (including a
pair in cop.) at Three Bridges in Sussex in June, 1892, which
are fully as large as the continental specimens, and I have
seen no intermediates ; I cannot, however, detect any other
distinction.

8. G. amplicornis Zett. : resembling G. Icesus in size and colour, but

easily distinguished by the characters given in the table. I
believe it is not uncommon in the New Forest, and I have
records from Dolgelley and Windermere. Col. Yerbury has
taken it at Brodie and Nethy Bridge.

9. G. hlepharosceles Kow. : I first caught two males and three females

of this species near Penzance on July Sth, 1871, and I re-
cognised it near Teignmouth on June 11th, 1883, when I took
several males, one of which was submitted to Kowarz, who
confirmed its identification ; since then Col. Terbury has
taken it at Ledbury in Herefordshire and at Porthcawl in
Glamorgan, and Mr. Jenkinson in the New Forest and at
Cambridge. It is comparatively easily separated from the
previous species by its black haired front coxae, largish size,

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touching eyes of the male, and its almost entirely black front
coxas ; beyond these characters it is distinguished from C.
cupreus by its much more bristly and more ciliate front and
hind tibia?. For many years I considered a number of speci-
mens caught at Totlaud i^ay in the Isle of Wight as distinct,
and it is possible that they are C. melampodius Lw. which is
only known from Sicily, but while I think ihey are brighter
green than either C. blepharosceles or C. melampodius, 1
think they must have more ciliate tibiae than C. melampodius,
and the front coxae more tending to dirty whitish than
either, though not so much as in G. cupreus. At present I
refrain from separating them from G. blepharosceles, though
similar specimens have been taken by Dr. U. Sharp in the
New Forest.

10. G. monochoetus, Kow. : I am obliged to refer to this species a very

small female taken at Abbey Wood near Erith on July J 7th,
1874.

11. G. microcerus Kow. : 1 originally introduced this species as British

from a few specimens taken at Waterbeach in Cambridge-
shire, and not as I then stated from Upware which is a short
distance away on the other side of the Cam. I am still of
opinion that they were correctly identified, and Kowarz
himself has corroborated one of the specimens. I think the
species is slightly smaller than its allies, but none of the
British specimens show any sign of reddish basal joints of
the antennse. I have since taken similar specimens at TJp-
ware, Brandon and Thetford, all of which are within a few
miles of Waterbeach.

12. C. gramineus Fall. : I still have no doubt about this being the

very common little species, distinguished by its bright colour,
moderately small and moderately blunt antennse, and dis-
tinctly ciliated hind tibiae. 1 believe it occurs freely from
Penzance to liannoch, but in searching for the closely allied
species I have allowed my series to get into a very unsatis-
factory state ; as, however, it used to occur on the leaves of
currant bushes in my garden I may probably renew my
series. I think it possible that it occurs in much drier
localities than its allies.

13. G. angulicornis Kow. : I included this species in the Second

Edition of my List of British Diptera on the strength of
a number of specimens taken at Lyntou in North Devon on
Juno 20th, 1883. The species is one of the largest of the
" gramineus " group, and has the antennae of the male with
the third joint rather longer and distinctly more pointed.

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In order to test myself I mixed up top;ether all my males of
this group, aud as a result all the seven Lyiiton specimens
were separated from the rest without my being able to see
the locality labels ; I also took one female, which sex is
at present undescribed, but I will not attempt to give its
distinctive characters without more material. It is most
probable that Kowarz's C. varinns also occurs among the
unidentified specimens of this group, but I do not sufficiently
recognise it at present.

(To be continued).

TWO ADDITIONAL BRITISH SPECIES OF THE DIPTEROUS
GENUS ERIOONE, Rob.-Desv.

BY ERNEST E. AUSTEN.

In the course of re-arranging the Muscidcs {sensu latiore) in the
General Collection of Diptera in the British Museum, the writer has
had occasion to examine a series of British specimens of the above-
mentioned genus, recently collected and presented by Lieut. -Colonel
Terbury. The result of this examination shows that Erigone pec-
tinata, Girschner, and E. trmicata, Ztt., must be added to the British
List ; while E. intermedia, Ztt., which is given in italics in Verrall's
"List of British Diptera'' 2nd Ed. (1901), p. 25, must be confirmed.
Erigone intermedia was introduced (under Nemorcea) by the late
Mr. Meade (Ent. Mo. Mag., ser. 2, vol. ii, 1891, p. 232), who had
identified two males from Mr. F. Walker's collection as belonging
to this species.

Erigone (Echinosoma) pectinota, Girschner (Entomologische
Nachrichten, vii, Jahrg., ISSl, pp 277-279, Fig. I a-c), of which a
single $ was taken by Col. Terbury at Tarrington, Herefordshire, on
August 1st, 1902, really belongs, owing to the elongation of the
second joint of the antennse, to the genus Eurgtliia, Kob.-Desv. This
has been pointed out by Girschner himself (Wiener Entomologische
Zeitung, xvii, Jahrg., 1898, p. 151), and by Brauer (SB. K. Akad.
Wiss. Wien, math.-naturw. CI., Bd. cvii, 1898, p. 531). Eor the
classification of our limited British fauna, however, it will suffice to
follow the scheme given by Brauer in the Verhandlungen der k. k.
zoologisch-botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien, Jahrgang 1893, p. 513,
where Eurythia is regarded as a sub-genus of Erigone. E. pectinata
was originally described from the $ , and unfortunately the ^ appears
to be still unknown. As pointed out by Girschner in his original
paper (Ent. Nachr., 1881, p. 277), the ? exhibits a deceptive resem-

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blanee to a SnrcopJiofja, which is perhaps increased by the fact that
the bend of the fourth vein is provided with a short iippendix, — in
this case, however, a genuine stump, not a fold {ZinJcenfaUe of
German authors) as in Sarcopliaga. The ? from Tarrington
is 10 mm. in length, and the shimmering pollinose patches on the
aeneous abdomen are very conspicuous in different positions ; in this
specimen the second and thii-d joints of the antenna are approxi-
mately equal in length : the scutellum, as indicated by Girschner,
is entirely dark. A remarkable characteristic of E. pectinata, in the
? sex at any rate, is the absence of fronto-orbital bristles from the
middle area of the front ; this has already been alluded to, although
somewhat vaguely, by Girschner (Wien. Ent. Z., 1898, p. 152). In
the Museum specimen, after the two uppermost fronto-orbital
bristles, there is a gap, which is filled merely by fine hairs, and the
bristles only re-appear about 1 or 1| mm. above the base of the
antennae. For further notes on this species the reader should
consult Girschner (Wien. Ent. Z., loc. c/'f.).

Of Erigone iniermedia, Tiii., Col. Terbury took three $ ^ and
three ? ? at Porthcawl, Glamorganshire, South Wales, between
May 12 and July 1, 1903 inclusive. This is a blackish species of
moderate size (length 8 to 9 mm.) with faint bands of greyish pollen
on the abdominal segments from the second to the fourth, and with
the front tarsi but little expanded in the ? . All of the specimens
taken by Col. Yerbury show a very small appendix at the bend of
the fourth vein, as also a small costal spine.

Erigone truncata, Ztt., is represented by a series of seventeen
specimens, of which eleven (eight (J(^,and three ? ?) were taken
at Aviemore, Tnverness-shire, between May 19 and July 5, 1904, inclu-
sive; the remainder include a ^ from Glenmore, Inverness-shire, June
1, 1904 ; two ^ ^ and two ? ? from Golspie, Sutherlandshire, July
11-29, 1904 ; and a single ? from Porthcawl, Glamorganshire, June 4,
1903. The length of the <$ S varies from 7 to 9 mm., that of the ? ?
from about 8 to 9| mm. This is a rather pretty little species, which
may be recognised by the broad bands of silvery-grey pollen on the
abdominal segments from the second to the fourth ; these bands
occupy rather more than the anterior half of each segment, though
towards the middle line they become less distinct in certain lights.
The species is further distinguished by the elongation of the second
joint of the arista, and by the great breadth of the third joint of the
antenna in the ^ . There is a well-marked appendix to the bend of
the fourth vein, and a conspicuous costal spine. It is pointed out by

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Girsehner (Wien. Ent. Z., 1898, p. 152) that additional dia<2;nostic
characters are furnished by the presence of an anterior intra-alar
bristle, and by the colour of the frontal stripe (Stirnstrieme) ; in
certain positions the whole of the front, including the frontal stripe,
appears whitish or cinereous. The ? is remarkable for the fact that
the front tarsi are scarcely, if at all, expanded.

In Verrall's " List of British Dijjfera," 2nd Ed., Dec. 1901, p. 25,
Erigone afpendiculata., Macq., is among the species given in italics
as requiring confirmation Brauer (SB K. Akad. Wiss., &c., Bd.
cvii, p. 540) mentions the species in question as a possible synonym
of E. trimcata, Ztt. ; but if we rely upon Macquart's original
figures of the head and antenna of the ^ of his species (Ann. Soc.
Ent. Er., IT, T. 6, 1848, PI. 6, Figs. 3, 3«) this cannot be so, since the
third joint of the antenna is apparently not expanded at all. Again,
the species introduced by the late Mr. Meade (Ent. Mo. Mag., 2
ser., vol. ii, 1891, pp 230-231) as Nemorcea appendiculaia, Macq , and
determined from a single ^ in Mr. Dale's collection, must also be
distinct, since Meade states that the scutellum is '• quite black,"
whereas in E. truncata, Ztt,, it is conspicuously redish on the distal
half.

It is hoped that the facts thus briefly set forth may serve to
establish the right of the two species forming the main subject of thia
paper to be regarded as real additions to the List of British Dipfera,
and British students of the Order will doubtless agree that the
indefatigable collector to whose efforts the additions are due, is
heartily to be congratulated upon the result.

Those who wish to make a further study of the difficult genus
Erigone, should on no account neglect Brauer's paper (SB. K. Akad.
Wiss. Wien., math.-naturw. CL, Bd. cvii, 1898, pp. 530-540), to
which reference has already been made above, and without which
the present contribution would have been impossible. A tabular
system is adopted, enabling many species to be determined, the
identity of which might otherwise remain doubtful, while the paper
concludes with an " Alphabetical List of the Species of the Group
Erigone, and their probable Synonymy." One somewhat discon-
certing result of Brauer's statements may be pointed out in closing
these remarks. According to Brauer (loc. cif., p. 542) Tachina
strenua, Mg., is a synonym of T. rudis. Fin., which, apud Brauer, is
the type of the genus Panzeria, Rob.-Desv. ; Panzeria lateralis, Eob.-
Desv. (Essai sur les Myodaires, p. 69, 1830), being also a synonym.
So far as may be judged from a careful comparison of the original
descriptions, Brauer's conclusion as to the synonymy is sound, and it
follows that the Erigone strenua of Verrall's List (the largest of our

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British species of the genus), must henceforth be termed E. rudis,
Fin., while for the species indicated by the latter name in the List
another designation must be found. The species hitherto regarded by
the writer as ^. 7'udis, ¥\n., and so labelled by him in the Museum col-
lection of British Diptera, clearly aho belongs to Panzeria, according
to Brauer's diagnosis (although the front in the ^J is much wider), and
it is very closely allied to P. rudis, B'ln. (strenua, Mg.). From the
latter species, however, it may at once be distinguished by its much
smaller size, by the wider front of the <^, and by the narrower and
differently shaped second and following joints of the front tarsi in
the ? . Unfortunately the E. rudis of our collection (and pre-
sumably also of Verrall's List) is indefcrminablc by Brauer's paper.
But, npud Brauer {Joe. ciL, p. 542) Nemorma rudis, Schin., which the
present species was supposed to be, ^ consohrina, Mg., which is a
true Erigone (with stout frontal bristles, &c.), and is ])laced by
Brauer {loc. cii., p. 534) after E. radicum. Fin. It has already
been stated, however, that our enigmatical species belongs, with the
true E. rudis, Fin., to what was termed by Brauer in his classification
of 1893 (Verb. z.-b. Ges. Wien, 1898, p. 513), the "sub-genus"
Panzeria.

British Museum (Natural History),

Cromwell Road, London, S.W. :
January 12th, 1905.

NOTES ON STEPHANOCISCUS DASYURI, Skuse, AND STEPHANO-
CIECUS SIMSONI, sp. nov.

BY THE HON. N. CHARLES ROTHSCHILD, M.A , F.L.S.

PI. T.

Skuse^ described S. dasyuri from specimens collected from the
Australian Tiger-cat, Dnsyurus maculatus, Kerr. The genus and
species in question were founded on specimens representing two
genera and two species. One of the species, of which Skuse
possessed both sexes, is probably the one described by us under the
name of Ceratophyllus hilli,^ while the other, of which Skuse possessed
only females, represents the species now generally recognised as S.
dasyuri. Some considerable controversy on the subject of this insect
has appeared from time to time, and an admirable epitome of it
(giving full references) has been published by Mr. W. J. Eainbow.3
Mr. Carl F. Baker* has recently made several remarks on the genus

1. Rec. Aust. Mus., ii, 5, p. 78, pi. xvii (1893).

2. Novit. Zool. xi, p. 622, pi. xi, figs. 43, 44 (1904).

3. Rec. Aiust. Mus., v, 1, pp. 53-6.") (1903).i^

4. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus., xxvii, pp. 430, 431 (1904).

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Stephanocirciis, which, together with those of Mr. Eaiiibow, present,
in our opinion, all the important published facts in connection with
the present species.

During the last few years we have described no less than three
new species of fleas belonging to this genus,^ but all from female
specimens ; and no male of any of the species belonging to the genus
Stephanocircus has as yet been described. Through the kindness of
Mr. A. Simson, of Launceston, Tasmania, we have received one male
and seven females of S. dasyuri, and one male and one female of a
second species closely allied to S. dasyuri, but quite distinct, which we
describe for the first time in the present article.

The specimens of S. dasyuri were taken from the following
hosts: — Mus velutinus, Perameles gunni, and Dasyurus viaculatus.
The last-mentioned host also yielded one male and one female of
Geratophyllus hilli. The two specimens of 8. simsoni were taken off
Mus veJutinus and Dasyurus maculatus.

1. — Stephanocircus dasyuri, 8kuse (PI. T, figs. 1. 4).

The antennae have eleven segments, and the maxillary and labial palpi have
four and five segments respectively. The male is of special interest, as the
sexual organs show a close afEnity to HystrichojJsiiUa. The eighth tergite of the
male of S. dasyuri is narrow above, but gradually widens laterally. The eighth
sternite, which is very shallowly emarginate has a uniform breadth equal to that of
the ventral portion of the eighth tergite. This sternite bears a row of three bristles
and two additional hairs on each side. The clasper (PI. I, fig. 1) is large. It is
sinuate dorsally near the base, and bears one very long and two short bristles
proximally of the sinus. The irregularly elliptical distal flap-like process (P) of the
clasper bears one long lateral bristle and two apical ones, of which latter the upper
one is short. There are, in addition, a number of minute hairs near the edges.
The finger (F) is not quite so long as the clasper. It is slender and slightly curved,
gradually becoming narrower towards the apex, and bearing a number of small hairs
at the ventral and apical edges. The manubrium (M) is broader in the middle than
at the base. Its upper edge is nearly evenly curved. The external portion of the
ninth sternite is not divided niesially. It is slender and somewhat curved, bearing
on each side at the apex a short spine, and close behind this a long one. Further
towards the base there are two long bristles, and close to these several shorter ones.
Between the long bristles and the spines there are three thin hairs. The tenth
tergite (PI. I, fig. 4) bears only a very few bristles.

2. — Stephanocircus simsoni, sp. nov. (PI. I, figs. 2, 8, 5).

Head. — The head of the S is, unfortunately, missing. Our description is
therefore taken from tin- ? (PI. I, fig. 3). The helmet is rounded in front, especially
in the upper half. It bears a comb of fifteen spines on each side and a row of very

5. S. mars, Novit. Zool,, v, p. 544, pi. xvl, fig. 11 (1898).*^

S. thomasi, Novit. Zool., x, pp. 318-319, pi. ix, figs. 4, 5 (1903).
6'. minerva, Novit. Zool., x, p. 319, pi. ix, figs. 6, 7 (1903).

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small hairs. There are seven genal spines. Between the antennal groove and the
helmet there are two rows of bristles, the first containing about a dozen small ones,
and the second seven bristles, of which the third from the top is very long. There
are five rows of stout bristles on the occiput, as well as some additional bristles. The
rostrum is slightly longer than in ^. dast/uri.

Thorax. — The pronotum bears two rows of bristles, and a comb of twenty-five
or twenty-six spines. Tliere are throe regular rows of bristles on the meso- and the
metanotum, the former having in addition two dorsal sub-apical slender spines on
each side. The metathoracic epimerum bears two rows of bristles as in S. dast/uri,
but the first row contains more bristles, there being in this row in the g of S. simsoni
six, and in the $ eight bristles.

Abdomen. — The tergites one to six bear each two rows of bristles. The seventh
tergite has three rows of bristles in the ? and two in the <?, with an additional
bristle on the back. Both rows are more extended laterally than in 5. dast/uri, at
least three bristles of the second row being placed below the stigma on the middle
segments of iS. simsoni. The numbers of short apical spines on the tergites are in
the (? 5, 6, 4, 2, 2, 2, on the two sides taken together, the ? having one or two more
on the anterior segments. Ihe seventh segment bears no such apical spines. The
bristles on the sternites are also a little more numerous than in S. daxyuri.

Legs. — The mid and hind coxse are broader atid more rounded than in S.
dasyuri. The hind tibia bears more bristles on the outer side, and some of its
dorsal bristles are longer, the longest apical bristle reaching beyond the apex of the
first tarsal segmert. The first mid tarsal segment is about one-third longer than
the second, the proportion being 24 : 17. In S. da.<tyuri the proportion is 22 : 20.
The longest apical bristle of the first hind tarsal segment reaches to the apex of the
second segment, while the longest bristle of the second segment reaches a little
beyond the apex of the third.

Modified Segments. — ^ . The clasping organs are of the same type as those of
S. dasyuri. The manubrium, however, is more curved, being pointed at the apex.
The elliptical process of the clasper is shorter. The proximal dorsal bristles are
accompanied by a single small hair. The finger is rather more slender. The ninth
sternite is less curved and differently armed. This sternite bears a long bristle near
the base and another half way towards the apical spines, with some hairs in between.
The apical spines are decidedly shorter than in S. dasyuri, especially the proximal
one. The anal tergite (PI. I, fig. 5) is peculiar, bearing on the upper side near the
apex a very dense patch of short bristles.

? . The seventh sternite is less deeply emarginate than in -S. dasyuri. The
eighth tergite (PI. I, fig. 2) bears beneath the stigma a vertigial row of five bristles,
of which the third is very long, the two lower bristles being more proximal than the
others. Ventrally this sternite bears about eleven stout bristles and two small
hairs, besides a number of hairs which stand at and near the conically produced
apex. Length, 3 mm.

We have one ^ and ? of this species from Launceston, Tas-
mania, the male from Mus velufinus and the female from Basyurus
macula/us, collected by Mr. A. Simson.
Tring : December 29th, 1904.

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THREE NEW BRITISH SAWFLIES.
uy F. J). MOurcE, m.a., f.k.s.

1. Pamphilius gtlleniiali, Dahib.
A ? of thin species waH sent to me for determination by the Kev.
E. N. Bloonifield in the autumn of last year. It is a very handsome
insect, and an important addition to our rather meagre list of British
Lydini. In the tabulation piven in my Help-Notes (Ent. Mo. Mag.,
vol. XV, 2nd ser., p. 243) it should come next to hetuJce, having like that
species the frons Hwollcn laterally into two strong separated tiihereles, a
character which at once separates it from the species most resembling
it superficially, viz., haltratus and pallipea.

In colour it is black, variegated, as follows, with yellow and red. The insertions
and scapes of the antenna;, the mouth parts and mandibles, the apex of the cljpeus,
the frontal tubercles and a patch between each of them and the nearest eye, a patch
behind each eye, four streaks on the vertex, tlie pronotal tubercles, the tegulse, the
middle lobe of the raesonotum (at its base), the scutellum and postscutellum, the
trochanters, femora and tibise, the overlapping edges of the abdominal dorsal rings,
and the extreme apices of the ventral rings, are creamy -yellow. The fiagellum of
the antennae, the cenchri, and the tarsi, orange-te.itaceous. The third dorsal ring
wholly, the fourth in part (obscurely), and the eighth wholly, sordid red.

Mr. Bloomfield has most kindly presented me with the specimen.
I understand that he received it from Colchester many years ago as
halteatus. It is, however, certa\n\j f/yllen/iali, and has been recognised
as such by Pastor Konow to whom I sent it. (May I be allowed to
take this opportunity of mentioning that the unique British specimen
of Sciopteryx costalis recorded some years ago by Mr. Bloomfield is
also, through his generosity, at present in my collection ?).

2. Amauronkmatus moricei, Konow.

'J"hi.s was first described in the Zeitsclirift fiir system. Hvmenop-
lerologie u. Dipterologie, November, 1902. The ? had occurred in
France, (I crmany, and England; the ^J only in England, taken by Mr.
Chitty at Dodington in Kent. Although it bears my name, I was
merely the " middle man " through whom the British specimens (I (J
and I ? , both in Mr. Chitty's collection) reached the describer.

The insect is large and consj)icuous for a Nematid, and it seems
strange that it should not have been detected sooner. Konow's (Latin)
diagnosis runs substantially as follows : —

Testaceous, either entirely or with black markings dorsally, often with the ex-
treme base of the clypeus and two lateral vittaj on the mesonotum black, sometimes
with the metanotum also marked with black, and the dorsum of the abdomen more
or less black fasciated ; saw sheath of ? black margined : mouth, apex of coxee,

64 [March,

trochanters, and base of tibiiB whitish ; apex of mandibles brownish ; wings yellow-
hyaline ; costa and stigma testaceous; the otlier vensB, except at the base, fuscous
or blackish.

He points out, further, that the species superficially resembles Pteronux niiliaris,
but has a duller surface, the stigma much longer and more pointed, the third cubital
cell much longer in proportion to the fourth, the clypeus much broader and less
acutely emarginate, &c.

I have seen no other specimens than Mr. Chitty's, but it should certainly be
looked for by collectors among their Pteroni of the niiliaris group.

3. LTGiEONEMATUS PJKDTDUS, KonOW.

This species was described for the first time so recently as Sep-
tember, 1904 (Zeitschr. £. Hym. u. Dipt.), when it was said to be
known only from Germany (Ei-fiirt and Ulm). I had, however, already
taken it myself in England, durino; a visit to Mr Chitty at Hunting-
field, Kent, last Easter ; but as I w^ent abroad soon after the specimen
was put aside for future examination, and 1 therefore unfortunately
did not send it to Herr Konow till his description was already
published.

Unlike the two insects described above, this is but a small and
very ordinary-looking saw-fly, and I had no idea at the time of capture
that I had lighted on a good thing.

The c? is still unknown. I translate here the author's description
of the ? .

9 . Black ; with palpi, labrum, sometimes apex of the clypeus, lateral lobes of
pronotum, tegulse, anus widely and feet, yellow ; venter more or less lurid ; meso-
pleura sometimes lurid marked ; antennae and apex of saw sheath black ; hind tarsi
and extreme apex of tibiae dusky ; wings hyaline, veins dusky, costa and stigma
luteous.

Ovate ; head and mesonotum pretty densely punctured, almost opaque, shortly
white-pubescent ; head narrowed behind eyes ; apex of clypeus widely truncate ;
antennae little longer than abdomen ; fovea above antennae and frontal area hardly
marked ; vertex thrice as broad as long ; third cubital cell in wings dilated towards
its apex ; saw sheath more than twice as thick as the cerci ; somewhat narrowed
towards the apex, its apex rounded.

Woking: December 9th, 1901.

VROSTYLIS INSTRUCTirUS, A NEW SPECIES OF THE FAMILY
UEOSTYLID^.

BY PEOF. O. M. EEUTEE.

According to Dallas (List Hemipt. Ins. Brit. Mus., i, 1851, p. 313),
the curious family Urostylida is divided into three genera— Urosti/lis
and Urochela, both provided with ocelli, and Urolabida, having no
ocelli. The author finds the distinctive marks of the two former in
the structure of the antennae ; referring to Urostylis the species with

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these organs "' very slender, the basal joint nearly as long as the head
and thorax," and to Urochela those with the antennse " stouter, the
basal joint not twice the length of the head, much shorter than the
head and thorax.' In the B'auna of British India, Rhi/nchota, i, 1902,
p. 303, Distant maintains the same division. I may observe, by the
way, that he adduces as a character for the whole family the short
rostrum, although 1 have as early as in 18S I, in the Berl. ent. Zeitschr.,
described a genus, EurhijncJdocori.s, whose rostrum reaches as far as
the point of the fourth abdominal segment.

Mr. Schouteden has now sent to me for determination a species
belonging to this family (with a short rostrum), possessing distinct
ocelli, but whose first autennal joint is not twice the length of the
head and scarcely as long as the pronotum. It could not, therefore,
be referred to the genus Urostylis, and the body is more elongate and
the antennae are more slender than in Urochela. The whole habitus
reminds one of Urostylis. The characters given for these genera by
Dallas, therefore, require modification, as the new species is un-
doubtedly, notwithstanding its shorter antennae, a Urostylis.

There is in fact a character, which seems to be of far greater
systematic value than the length of the antennse, the structure of the
spinous odoriferous orifices, a character which, indeed, is reproduced
in Distant's drawings of these three genera {J. c, figs. 191, 195, 196),
although he has not attached any particular weight to it. In Urochela
the basal portion is somewhat tumid and the sulcated spinous apical
piece short, in Urostylis and Urolabida this, on the other hand, is long.
Urolahida might almost be regarded as a blind form of Urostylis.

The new species, whose diagnosis is given below, I have called

UliOSTl'LlS INSTEUCTIVUS, Sp. n.
Viridis, glaber ; capite laevi, ocellis distinctis : proiioto remote nigro-punctato,
margine apicali reflexo, lateribus tenuiter marginatis, apicem versus leviter rotun-
dafcis, pone medium late sinuatis ; scutello area basali elevata, triangular!, remote
nigro-punctata, parte apicali depressa, parce fortius nigro-punctata ; hemelytris
laevibus, solum clavo serie scutellari endocorioque serie juxta suturam clavi crebre
punctatis, ectocorio remote fortius punctato ; membrana fumato-hyalina ; antennis
gracilibus, virescentibus, articulo primo pronoto longitudine subaequali, secundo
primo parum longiore, tertio secundo circiter duplo breviore, nigricanti (reliqui
desunt) ; rostro medium mesosterni attingente ; tibiis apice tarsisque superne nigri-
cantibus ; corpore inferne laevi ; mari segmento genitali utrinque processu horizon-
tali porrecto apicem versus incurvato. Long., (J , 'J mm.

Hah. : India, Silhet.
Helsingfors : February , 1905.

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MALACRIUS SPINOSUS, Er., AN ADDITION TO THE BRITISH LIST.
BY G. C. CHAMPION, F Z.S.

The recent discovery of Malachius barnevillei, Puton, in Britain
has induced me to re-examine all the MalacMi in my collection, and I
find that amongst my M. viridis there are three specimens of yet
another addition to the British list, viz., M. spinosus, Er. These
examples (I ^ and 2 ?) were captured by myself at Sheerness on
June 6th, 1869, in company with many M. viridis. The two species
are readily separated by the form of the apex of the elytra of the
male, M. spinosus, in fact, being nearly related to M. marginellus, and
belonging to Mulsant's subgenus Glanoptilus. The structure of the
antennae and elytral appendages, in both male and female, of all these
forms is well shown in Mulsant's " Vesiculiferes," Plates 1-3. M.
spinosus is a common insect in Southern France, Germany, &c., and
is found in marshy places.

The Sheerness specimens want the dark elytral setse, which are
sometimes wanting, according to Mulsant.

They may be briefly described as follows : —

Elongate, rather narrow, dull, brassy-green, the front of the head flavous, the
apex of the elytra rufous or flavous ; clothed with a fine cinereous pubescence, the
elytra without setse. Antennae very similarly formed in the two sexes, a little
longer in the <J than in the ? , the basal joint not dilated. Elytra at the base not
wider than the prothorax, subparallel in the (J , widened towards the apex in the ? ;
the apex in the S rufous, very deeply, transversely excavate, the upper and lower
lobes horizontal, about equal in length, the upper lobe with a large, tooth-like,
emarginate prominence on the inner (sutural) edge beneath, above vphich is a
setiform appendage ; the apex in the $ broadly fulvous, shining, transversely
depressed.

Horsell : February 9th, 1905.

Some Notes on the British form of Hydroporus hilineatus , Sturm. — Dr. Sharp
has kindly given me an opportunity of comparing my British examples of H. hili-
neatus, Sturm, with typical specimens taken in the Hautes Pyrenees. At first
sight the differences are startling, the typical form has a broad yellow margin
running all round the thorax and elytra and a broad bright yellow band on the
disc of each elytron about midway between the suture and the margin, starting close
to the base and running three quarters of tlie length where it ends abruptly. In the
British insects, on the other hand, the yellow margin is much less bright in colora-
tion and altogether fainter, especially round the elytra, and the bands are less dis-
tinct and in some cases almost wanting, besides which they do not start from so
near the base of the elytra and they do not end so abruptly.

There is a variety of H. bHineatus described by Schilsky (in Deutsche Ent.
Zeitschr., 1892, p. 193), named by him hopffgarteni to which I have been referred

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by Dr. Sharp. The variety is named after Baron Hopffgarten who look it in
Tliuriiigia. In these the outer rim is described by Schilsijy ds being so indistinct that
the whole insect appears entirely black, while tlie absence of the band on the elytra
renders the insect scarcely distinguishable from the black varieties of granu-
laris, L. In colour the British insects would therefore seem intermediate between
the type and the var. hopffgarteni. Dr. Sharp informs nie that he actually
possesses specimens from I'huringia agreeing exactly with those taken by me.

So much for colour : turning to punctuation, in the c? , the punctuation of the
forms is in my opinion indentical. I have examined them under a I" objective
( X 55) and both are equally alutaeeous. In the $ this is not the case, the typical
form is duller and the punctuation and the alutaeeous surface is much finer, and
may be termed obsolescent, while in the English form it is hardly distinguishable
from that of the ^ , and the pubescence in the typical form seems so me finer than
it is in the English specimens. In this connection it must be borne in mind that
some of thf' $ V of this genus are dimorphic.

The male characters as described by Mr. Newbery (Ent. Mo. Mag., 1903, p. 223)
seem to me identical. Under these circumstances the British insects, though widely
differing from the type, do not appear to me to be worthy of a new varietal, much
less of a new specific name. I think it probable, however, that they ought really to
be placed under the variety hopffgarteni, Schilsky, inasmuch as if this variety were
a distinct species, it is to hopffgarteni, Schilsky, rather than to bilineatus, Sturm,
that I should refer the British insect. It is much to be hoped that the insect will
be again turned up at Deal. It should be looked for early in the year about Easter,
and if not found near the 2nd Battery, a search in the ditches more in the neighbour-
hood of Sandwich might be tried. — Arthur J. Chittt, 27, Hereford Square, S.W. :
January \dth, 1905.

Casual Capture^ of Coleoplera in 1904. — The following records of species of
Coleoptera met with by me at various times and places during the past year, may
be of interest to readers of this Magazine : — Nothing of any note turned up until
April, when a pond at Oxshott produced Bidensus geminus, P., Agabus unguicularis,
Th., and Philgdrus minutu-i, F., in numbers, and also a couple of Ilyhius xnescens,
Th. In the same month, at Enfield, a single specimen of Quedius ventralis, Ahr.,
occurred, and from under the bark of a holly Opilo mollis, L., was taken, only, how-
ever, to be lost a little later whilst bottling something else.

Three visits to Richmond Park during May, in quest of Anobiuni denticolle,Vz.,
proved successful on each occasion, sixteen specimens in all falling victims to my
bottle ; the finest example occurred under oak bark, which I removed from a large
excrescence upon the trunk. Xestolium iessellatum F., was dug out of a decaying
beech, and Megatoma undata, L., was taken at rest on a portion of the Park
fencing, whilst Aphodius scybalarius, F., and Aleochara cuniculorum, Kr., occurred
in the entrances to rabbit burrows.

At Woolwich, in the middle of May, I was surprised to accidentally discover a
very strong colony of Helops cwruleus, L., under the bark of a portion of an old
apple tree which was lying on a piece of garden ground near the middle of the town.

An unsuccessful visit to Suffolk in search of Anchomenus gracilipes, Duft.,
yielded two additions to Mr. Morley's List of the Coleoptera of the county, viz.,

68 [March,

Aleochara cuniculorum, Kr., at Lowestoft, from a sand martin's nest in the cliffs, and
ChcBtocnema sahlbergi, G-jll., near tliilton Broad, from Sphagnum n ia marsh.

A day spent in ascending Ben Lomond, about the middle of June, produced
some welcome insects, although nearly all my collecting was confined to within a
few yards of the path from Rowardennan to the summit: Patrobus septentrionis,
Dj., P. assimilis, Chaud., Carabus glabratiis Pk., Nebria gtfUenhali, Sch., Miscodera
arctica, Pk., and Otiorrhynchus maurus, Gyll., occurred under stones ; Aphodius
lapponum, OryW., was common in dung; Corynbites cttpreus, viiv. xruglnosu.t, F ,
was taken flying in the sunshine ; Rhaglum inquisitor, P., and li. bifasciatum, P.,
were both captured as they were circling round the extreme top of Ben Lomond,
some thousands of feet above the pinewoods which skirt the Loch ; Bembidium
atrocceruleum, Steph., was abundant on the shingly shores of Loch Lomond ; and
Elmis volkmari, Pz., was found under stones in the Loch itself.

The last fortnight of June spent in the New Porest did not prove to be all that
I had hoped it would. The following species were taken : Anthaxia nitidula, L.,
a nice series; Conopalpus testaceus, 0!., in dead boughs broken off old oaks ;
Chrysomela varians, Schall., swept in all its stages from Hypericum ; Pterostichus
lepidus, P., in the road ; Anoplodera sexguttata, P., not uncommon on UmbelliferiB ;
Strangalia nigra, L., on Tarious flowers ; Elater eloiigatulus, F., swept under
pines ; Limnius troglodytes, Ory\\.,t\\xvaevoni specimens in a stream ; and Callicerus
rigidicornis, Er., in a pit in the Tile Works.

A few hours at Preshwater Bay resulted in the captui-e of Tychius schneideri,
Hbst., by sweeping Anthyllis vulneraria, and a single specimen of Cetonia aurata,
L., which I discovered under a stone at the extreme edge of the cliff.

Lymington Salterns contributed Sibinia arenarise, Steph., which was not un-
common at the roots of a species of Arenaria, though in rather poor condition, and
Bryaxis waterhousei, -Rye, whilst Chewton Grlen yielded Bembidium saxatile, G-yli.,
in some numbers.

Towards the end of July Richmond Park produced a nice series of Dorcatoma
flavicornis, ¥., and in the same oak dead specimens of Anitys rubens, Hoff., were
found ; from this tree I have previously taken Paromalus flavicornis, Hbst., some-
what commonly.

At St. Mai'garet's Bay, about the middle of August, Apion limonii, Kirby, was
found under Statice limonium, and Ceuthorrhynchidius dawsoni, Bris., and Otiorrhyn-
chus ligneus, 01., on the cliffs, all three in abundance, and Ocypus pedator, Gr., and
Bryaxis waterhousei, Rye, were taken on a narrow ledge just above the point
reached by high tides. Alianta plumbea, Wat., and Aleochara algarum, Pauv.,
occurred under seaweed, together with swarms of Cafius xantholoma, Gr., and
Cercyon depressus, Steph.

At Lyminster, Sussex, Megarthrus denticollis. Beck, was taken from refuse on
the banks of a watercress bed, and Arundel Park produced Cryptophagus rufi.corn.is,
Steph.

A visit to Mr. Pool at Enfield, at the end of August, resulted in the capture of
RypophloBUs bicolor, 01., in abundance in elm bark, Megarthrus sinuatocollis, Lac,
and M. depressus, Pk., in rotten fungus, and Leptacinus batychrus, G-yli., whilst
from swarms of Litargus bifasciatus, V., which turned up after dark on the lee side
of an old beech, I succeeded, with the aid of a lantern, in picking out a fine speci-
men of Lamophlaeus bimaculatus, Pk. — E. C. Bedwell, Elmlea, Clevedon Road,
Norbiton : January IQth, 1905.

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Sti-angalia aurulenta, Fah., in. Devonshire. — About the middle of August, 1900
I took a specimen of StrangaHa aurulenta, F., in Harpford Woods, near Sidmouth,
South Devon. It is a female, and when found was clinging to the almost perpendi-
cular trunk of an oak about four feet from the ground. I do not know if the species
has been recorded from this locality before. — II. Gr. Attlee, 153, Beechcroft Road
Upper Tooting, S.W. : Decemher 1904.

Telropium castaneum, L., at Esher. — I observe in the Ent. Mo. Mag. for
February last that a specimen of tlio rare Longicorn, Tetropium castaneum, L., was
exhibited at the Entomological Society on December 7th, 1904, and it was said that
it was probably introduced. I took one s^pecimen on June 22nd, 1902, in the
Pine Woods at Esher, sunning itself on a piece of bracken under the pines on the
edge of the Wood. I feel convinced it will be found to occur there again if care-
fully looked for. I shall be pleased to tell any one who may wish to try for it the
exact spot where I took my specimen. — G. E. Bryant, Fir Grove, Esher, Surrey :
February 7th, 19t)5.

Siloanus mercator, Fauv., at Mertoti, Surrey. — Mr. Tomlin's note in the
January Ent. Mo. Mag. on the above species has reminded me of a specimen
standing with surinamensifi in my collection which I could never reconcile with any
European species. I must have overlooked Mr. Champion's excellent table of the
genus (Ent. Mo. Mag., xxxii, 2ti8), or should have referred it long ago to S. mercator.
It is considerably larger than .surinamen.sis, and in addition to the characters given
in the above table has the elytra much more deeply and regularly punctured. It
was found in a house at Merton, Surrey, in December, 1882, and possibly came
from one of the tobacco or other factories in the neighbourhood. — E. A. Newbery,
12, Churchill Road, Dartmouth Park, N.W. : February \S>th, 1905.

Ceuthorrhyiichus cochlearias, Gyll., loith 6-Joiiiied funiculus. — M. Bedel has
been good enough to corroborate a specimen of C. cochlearias with the above abnormal
character. He mentions that this aberration is not uncommon in the genus.
Except in distinctus, Bris., which is regarded as a var. of punctiger, Gyll., I have
hitherto not met with a similar aberration. This specimen is from Totnes,
Devon. — Id.

Notes on Lepidoptera, observed at Mortehoe, North Devon, in 1904. --During
the three months (July 2Gth — October 20th) spent at Mortehoe, I did not sugar
once, neither did I devote as much time to collecting as in some recent years,
nevertheless, several species were added to the list.

Butterflies were very numerous, more especially the following : Argynnis
paphia, Vanessa urticfp., in larger members than I have seen anywhere; V. io,
V. ataJanta, Pararge megxra, and the three common whites. Indeed, it was a
great butterfly year, yet Satyrus semele was quite scarce, and of Caenonympha pam-
philus I did not see a single specimen.

In the following list of insects notable for one reason or another, an asterisk
indicates that the species is new to the locality : —

Tyria jacohxie. This species seems to be establishing itself, as the larvfe were
noted in two widely separated localities.

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Folia socia (petrificata). One at ivy.

Leucania conigera. Seen feeding on tlie flowers of Centaiirea nigra in full
afternoon sun. Agrotix xanthographa (1), and llgdrKcia nictitanss (2), on ragwort
bloom in full sunsliine. It seems curious tliat one out of the many hundreds of
A. xanthographa that must liave been close by should go to the ragwort all alone.
It is only slightly less strange that L. conitjera and M. Literosa should in like
manner only rarely frequent flowers by day.

Macrogloxsa stellatarum. Several.

* Deilephila elpenor. Several larvae in the garden on Epilobiuin montanum
mostly found by Mr. A. L. Onslow.

Sphinx convolvuli. One seen September 18th.

*Acherontla atropos- One taken close to the shore by Master H. Wimbush
in 1903 was reported to me by Mr. T. Young.

* Vanessa polgchloros. Previously "reputed." A worn specimen in the
drawing-room October 2nd. This makes 35 species of butterflies that have certainly
been taken in the parish. T^. eardui. Fine specimens seen early in August, but
not so common as the season advanced.

Satyrus semele. One at flowers in the garden, quite unusual with this species.

Epinephele janira. One hour before sundow;', July 31st ; a single tap of ray
beating stick dislodged seven specimens from a thorn bush.

Lyccena argiolus. A female netted July "iytli, making the third specimen in
the locality.

Colias edusa. One seen.

Pieris napi. At 3.30 p.m., on August 1st, a very hot day. Mr. A. L. Onslow
and I saw 14 or 15 white butterflies sitting close togetlier with wings closed on
mud by the road-side. A circle a foot in diameter would have enclosed them all ;
within a couple of feet were eight more. They were all napi and all males. We
noticed that when another flew over them several of those drinking would open and
shut their wings rapidly. When disturbed they mostly flew but a short distance
and settled on the lower leaves of a hedge close by with wings expanded, an atti-
tude that seems to be habitual with the species in the late afternoon. On
apparently suitable days I twice revisited the spot with my camera, but there were
but one or two whites on the mud. The butterfly habit of drinking at mud, or wet
sand, in companies is well known to collectors in hot countries, and I have seen it in
Q-ermany, but never previously in England.

Pyrausta cespitalis. I saw my first Mortehoe specimen, previously recorded
by Dr. Riding. * Scoparia angustea {coarctata). One at ivy. Epiblema cana
confirmed ; previously with a query. *AcaUa ferrtigana. Two beaten out of
hedges. Tortrix for.ikaleana. A second specimen, in the garden. *Gelechia
mulinella. Two. Depressaria costosa. Abundant among furze ; only odd speci-
mens previously. Hyponomeuta cognatella {evonymella). A second specimen at
some distance from the spot where Mr. Image took the first. PLuteUa annula-
tella. One at light. — G. B. Longstaff, Highlands, Putney Heath, S.W. :
January Wth, 1905.

Remarkable larval vase of Coleophora lixella, Z. — In Ent. Mo. Mag., xx, 18
(1883), attention was called to the peculiar habits of the larva of Coleophora lixella,
which, during the autumn, when quite young, feeds upon wild thyme, using for its

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case a dry calyx of thyme, and after hibernation begins to feed upon grass while
still ensconced in the cnlyx, which, however, is altogether abandoned before long in
favour of a case manufactured from a piece of a grass blade. On April 24th last,
in the course of a close an 1 successful search for young larvae of Pterophorus telra-
dactylus in the Isle of Purbeck, I came across some larvae of C. ILvella in their
grass cases, feeding on various grasses growing on the chalk. One of these had a
large case, measuring exactly 10 mm. in length, of very exceptional interest, for
instead of the thyme calyx case having been discarded, according to the usual habit,
when the grass case was made, the former had been retained, and evidently used as
the foundation stone of the latter, of which it now formed an integral part of the
anterior half of the dorsal surface. Another grass ease of smaller size had an old
thyme caljx case attached rather loosely by the mouth to it, but in this instance the
thyme case did not form any part of the grass case, and I suppose the larva had
accidentally made its case of the piece of grass to which it had left the thyme case
affixed. Four days previously I had the good fortune to find, in the same spot,
three of the thyme calyx cases of this species, which seem to be rarely met with ;
they were untenanted, and were attached to blades of grass upon which the larvte
had obviously fed before they had vacated them. — Eustace R. Bankes, Norden,
Corfe Castle : January 28fh, 1905.

Two pupse of Aplecta nebulosa, Hfn., in the same cocoon. — Of some larvae of
Aplecta nebulosa that I was rearing last season, two, to my surprise, saw fit to
pupate in the same cocoon, which measured 32 mm. in length by 23 mm. in breadth,
ajid was made of thin, nearly transparent, white silk, being spun against the white
blotting paper which lay on the floor of the cage. The two pupse, which were quite
healthy, and normal in size and shape, lay side by side, touching one another, along
the middle of the cocoon, no attempt having been made by the larvae to construct
any partition between the respective sides of it which they occupied. — Id.

Notes on some Diptera from the New Forest, 1904. — I spent some three weeks
in July last year at Brockenhurst, and gave most of my attention to Diptera.
Speaking generally, there seemed to me to be a scarcity of many of the usually
common species of Syrphidie (sensu lata) and a corresponding increase in certain
species of Tabanidx and Leptidx. The following notes on certain captures may
perhaps be considered worthy of record : —

Therioplectes solstitialis, Mg., and Atylotus fulvus, Mg. — Odd specimens of
these two species were to be met with as usual in several places, but on one occasion
in a swampy piece of ground near Rhinefields they both occurred in considerable
numbers, together with other species of Tabanidx. Groing to the same locality
a day or two afterwards I could not find either of them. I saw no males.

Tabanus cordiger,W. — When putting away my captures in the autumn I found
that I had taken five females of T. cordiger. I probably overlooked others through
their superficial resemblance to T. bromius, L.

T. bromius, L , <? , and T. maciiVicornis, Ztt., $ . — I came across the males of
both the above settling on palings ; they were by no means easy to net, being shy,
and very quick on the wing.

Atherix marginata, F. — I owe the capture of this species to Mr. F. C. Adams,
who wrote me on July 14th that he had taken it at Brockenhurst Bridge. I subse-
quently found both sexes abundantly in a number of localities.

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A. cras.sipes, Mg. — While looking on the alders and sallows foi* A. marginata
I kept a sharp look out for this rare insect, and in the last few days of my stay had
the pleasure of taking it sparingly.

Eristalis cryptarxtm, F. — This handsome little Dipteron occurred at Matley
Bog. My specimens were taken while working for Anthrax fenestratus, Y\n., and
they seemed specially attracted by the flowers of the Potentilla.

SyrpJius nifeiift, Ztt. — I took a single male of this species at Rliinefields. —
H. W. Andrews, Shirley, Welling : Februar;/ Rth, 1905.

Bare Diptera in. 1903. — I take this opportunity of recording the following
three species taken in 1903. Mnchimux rusticu.t, Mg. : I had the good fortune to
take a pair of this scarce Asilid in coitu in a sheltered part of the cliffs near Fresh-
water, Tsle of Wight, on August 13th, 1903; I am indebted to Mr. Verrall for
kindly identifying this species. Anthrax circnnulatus, Mg., and Didea alneti. Fin. :
single specimens of each taken at Matley Bog on the same day (August 21st, 1903).
—Id.

Note on a Tachinid. — Dr. Chapman very kindly gave me a Tachinid, together
with the appended note upon the same, and suggested that if I thought it worth
while I should send the note on for publication. The interesting facts concerning
the long period of quiescence on the part of the Tachinid larva seems worth placing
on record, although I unfortunately cannot supply its name. It is apparently a
Pronopsea, Rdi., but is most probably an \indescribed species. Its most important
characters are the great length of the third antennal joint, which is eight times the
length of the second, the arista with second joint but little longer than broad,
and the 3rd joint thickened nearly to the point. The facial cilia short, not numerous
(about 14), and not exceeding three-fifths of the distance from the vibrissse to the
base of the antennae ; the chin about one-fourth as wide as the heighth of the eye.
There is a slight cubital appendage to the fourth longitudinal vein of the wing, the
angle of which is distinctly obtuse. In other respects it is a normal Proaopxa
according to Brauer and von Berganstamm. It is a female, and is labelled, " bred
January 15th, 1905, from Ocnogyna Ixtica, Madrid, 1904.— T. A. C."— Colbran
J. Wainwright, Birmingham : January, 1905.

Dr. Chapman's note is — The history of most Tachinid parasites of Lepidoptera
I have met with gives the Dipterous larva emerging from its host whilst the latter
is still a larva, or very shortly after its change to pupa. The larva then hardens
into the so-called pupa, and in this state it passes most of the time it has to bo
quiescent with us through winter. This specimen of Prosopxa sp., however,
emerged from a pupa of Oonorjyna bsetica shortly after the emergence of the moths
from the healthy pupse, viz., lute in November, having been as a larva within the
pupa during its whole aestivation (from April to October). Resisting all tendency
of the summer heat to hurry it forward as a larva, the pupa responded to the
warmth of my mantelshelf, and the fly appeared January 15th. Naturally I suppose
it would have emerged in March or April ready to sting the then feeding larvje of
the Ocnogyna. It is very possible that I hurried it out of the pupa of its host, and
that naturally it does not leave it till early spring A curious circumstance is that
the pupa case of the moth broke up for the emergence of the larva of the parasite
in a manner very similar to that for the emergence of the moth.— T. A. Chapman,
Betula, Reigate : January \Qth, 1905.

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leuieiu.

Practical Him's for the Field Lepidopterist. Part III. By J. W.
TuTT, F.E.S. London: Elliott Stock, 62, Paternoster Row, E.G. (January, 1905).

The third part of tliis excellent series of " Practical Hints " fully sustains the
reputation of the two that hare preceded it, and is another testimony, if one were
needed, to the industry nnd acumen of its indefatigable compiler. Like the former
parts it mainly consists of a series of suggestions and instructions for the outdoor col-
lecting of our British Lepidoptera during each month in the year, the superfamilies
of the Order being treated under separate headings. These liints are drawn from
the experience, not only of the author himself, but from that of nearly all our best
field workers, the older collectors not being forgotten. A glance at the eojiious and
well-arranged Index to the complete work shows that hardly a species not of uni-
versally common occurrence, or so rare as only to be met with by mere chance, has
not been referred to ; indeed, we estimate that the " Hints," upwards of 4000 in
number, deal with at ic^ast two-thirds of our native species of Lepidoptera. To the
beginner in the practical study of the Order in the field, the work is thus a veritable
encylopaedia of reliable information ; and while the " old hand " will be already
familiar willi much of its contents, ho will not fail to find abundance of new
material presented in a very readable and attractive form. The introductory
chapters to the part, especially those on " Collectors, Collecting, and Collections,"
and the " Eggs and Egg-stage of Lepidoptera " (the latter illustrated by three very
good plates), are exceedingly interesting and suggestive, and the " liints for de-
scribing Larvae " will be found very useful. As we understand that the first part of
this work is practically out of print, and the second nearly so, we ver.ture to hope
that a re-issue of the complete series — which should be in the hands of every
Lepidopterist — may ere long appear in one volume, and, if possible, at a reduced
price.

ihiarn.

Professor Friedrich Morifz Brauer. — It is with sincere regret that we announce
the death, on December 29th last, in his 73rd year, of this distinguislied Viennese
Entomologist.

Previous to applying himself fully to the study of the Order that he made his
own, the Diptera, Brauer's attention was chiefly occupied by the Neitroptera, and
his first entomoloL'ieal publication, in 1850, was a revision of the genus CJirysopa.
This was followed during the next few years by numerous papers on the biology
of the Order, which established his reputation as one of the foremost European
authorities on the Neuroptera.

In 1858 his attention was directed to the remarkable life-history of the Dip-
terous family, CEstridrf, and the result of his researches in this field was the
publication, in 1863, of the most valuable " Monographie der Oestriden." As an
outcome of these researches, he instituted the now generally accepted division of
the Diptera into the two great sections — mainly based on the form of the pupa —
of the Orthorrhapha and the Cyclorrhnpha. Subsequent investigations into the
metamorphoses of the entire Order resulted in the publication of his new "System
of Diptera" which appeared in 18S8, and it is generally regarded as the best arrange-
ment of the Diptera as yet proposed. Latterly his attention was directed to the
Tavhinidx, and other parasitic Diptera, on which he published n valuable treatise,
in collaboration with FJerr Julius von Bergenstamm.

74 [March,

To Britisli Entomologists, other than Diptcrista, Brauer is perhaps best known
by his system of Chissification of the Inseola, " based upon recent advances in
anatomy and embiyology."* This system, whicli, with a very interesting i-eview by
Dr. Sharp, appears in the " Cambridge Natural History," Insects, part I, p. 175,
divides the Class into no fewer than 17 Orders, tlie old Linnean " Neuroptera "
furnishing seven of these.

From an assistant in the Ent. mological Museum of the University of Vienna,
Brauer became Custodian of the Collections in 1873, and in the following year was
appointed Professor of Zoology in the University. His great services to our science
were fittingly acknowledged by his election, in 1900, as an Honorary Fellow of the
Entomological Society of London.

We are greatly indebted to Mp. J. E. Collin, F.E.S., for kindly supplying the
information which has enabled us to draw up tliis notice.

Societies.

The South London Entomological and Natural Histoky Society :
November 2Uh, 1904.— Mr. E. Step, F.L.S., Vice-President, in the Chair.

Special Exhibition of Varieties.

Mr. H. W. Moore, of Shortlands, Kent, was elected a member.

Mr. Cannon exhibited, on behalf of Mr. Frohawk (1), a long series of Colias
edusa v. helice bred from var. helice ova in 1900 (autumn), showing every
gradation from typical white v. helice to typical C. edusa ; (2), a series of
C. hyale showing gradation in extent of markings ; (3) a fine pale variety
of the last, with all the usual black markings replaced by pale opalescent
colouring. Mr. Colfhrup (1), a very pale form of Smerinthus ocellatus ; (2), a
partially xanthic form of Anthrocera filipendul<x, and (3), a Dianthcecia capsincola
of unusual shade. Mr. Harrison and Mr. Main (1), Argynnis aglaia from North
Cornwall, with xanthic markings; (2), a bleached specimen of Epinephelejurtina
(janira) from North Cornwall ; (3), Zonosoma pendularia, var. suhroseata from
Staffordshire; (4), a series of Boarmia repandata and v. coBce/-*ar«« from North
Cornwall, with series from Wiltshire and Isle of Lewis for comparison ; (5), a series
of Aplecta nebulosa from North Cornwall, with series for comparison from Delamere
Forest, including var. rohsoni, and from Epping Forest ; (6), Miana strigUis from
North Cornwall and Delamere Forest; {!), Htjhernia marginaria, meliinic speci-
mens from near Liverpool ; (8), long series of Pier is napi, spring brood from North
Cornwall, with spring bred Enniskillen series for comparison ; (9), summer broods
of the same species from Enniskillen and Delamere Forest; (10), series of spring
brood of the same species from Kilkenny, with particularly dark females, bred by
Mr. Montgomery. Mr. Montgomery, series of bred and captured Leucophasia
sinapis of both broods from Berkshire, Cornwall, Devonshire, Worcestershire, and
the New Forest. Mr. Hickman, an extremely dark var. of Arctia caja bred from
a larva taken at Wye in August, 1903. Mr. Crow, a remarkable rosy form of
Calymnia trapezina from Hayes, and a specimen of Pyrameis atajanta, showing
xanthie spots, bred from a larva taken at Elmer's Knd. Mr. Stonell, a gynandrous
example of Lackneis lanestris. Mr. Joy (1), a bred series of Pararge egeria, from

* Syst. Zool. Studien S. B. Akad. Wlen, xci, 1885. Abtli., I, p. 374.

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ova laid by a female taken in June, 1903 ; (2), two series of the same species, bred
from a pairing induced in captivity, of wliicli (a) liibcrnated as pupte, (i) liibernated
as half-fed larva;. iMr. Chittenden, a large number of varieties and aberrations of
Lepidoptera, including Spilosoma lubricipeda var. radiuta, with blaci? fringes,
Boarmia repandata dark, Acidalia inornata, very dark, from Kent, very dark
Cymatophora duplaris from Market Drayton, Caradrina morpheus, Agrotis
segetum, A. exclamationls, A. corticea all very dark from Kent. Mr. R. Adkin (1),
a specimen of Satuniia pavonia having the body and wings undoubtedly $ , while
the antennae were distinctly ^ . It was bred in 1904 from an Isle of Lewis larva
of 1901 ; (2), a very dark specimen of Syrichthus malvce from Brighton ; and (3), a
fine specimen of Agrius convolvuli taken at Eastboui'ne, September Itlth, 1904.
Mr. Harris, a bred series of Hemerophila abruptaria, including a number of the
more or less extreme melanic form. Mr. Groulton, examples of Hypsipetes sordi-
data (elutata) with dark forms, Fseudoterpna pruinata with brown forms (bred),
and light forms of Boarmia repandata from Ranmore. Mr. Brown, Hydraecia
nictitans var. paiudis, very dark Xylophasia polyodon, dark Leucania conigera, all
from Deal; varied forms of Polyommatus corydon from Reigate, bred and very
varied series of Cidaria russata and C. immanata from Horsley, and light and
dark forms of Amphydasis betularia bred. Mr. Dobson, twenty-seven species of
dragon-flies taken by him in Surrey and Hampshire during the last two years,
including Oomphus vulgatissimus, Anax imperator, /Eschua mixta, Platyvnemis
pentn'pes, Ischnura pumilio and Agrion mercuriale. Mr. H. Moore, an example of
Heliconius siculata from Trinidad, somewhat different from the type, and a series
of H. cydno, showing the range of variation of the snow-white markings. Mr.
Garrett, a specimen of Pyrameis alalanta taken in Northamptonshire, having
xanthic markings in the red band of the hind-wings. Mr. South (1), Aplecta nebu-
losa with var. robsoni and the so-called var. thomsoni, and examples from many
localities to show the range of variation in the species; {2), Folia chi, a $ var.
ollvacea, and a bred series from ova laid by it, all of which were dark ; (3), an
Abraxas grossulariata with buff ground colour ; (4), Eurrhypara urticata with
confluent spots ; (5), Peronea hastiana, series from Wisley and Lancashire, the
latter including several named forms; and (6), Pcedisca so^awrfrjawa, a long series
collected in two afternoons at Oxshott, including at least seven named forms. Mr.
Gr. T. Porritt, a fine bred series of Agrotis ashioorthii from North Wales. Mr. H. J.
Turner, a copy of the original edition of Moses Harris' " Aurelian," slightly defec-
tive, picked up for a few shillings on a bookstall. Mr. W. J. Kaye (1) a series of
Pseudoterpna pruinata showing considerable variation in the banding, several bred
specimens from Bude had all the usual markings suppressed ; and (2) a specimen
of Titanus giganteus, the largest known Longicorn beetle from British Guiana. Mr,
Barraud (1) Epinephele jurtina var. with the usual white pupilled spot on the fore-
wing absent, and on the under-side of the hind-wings, specks instead of spots; and (2),
a brown suffused Spilosoma menthastri from Bushey. Rev. J. E. Tarbat (1) Euthe-
monia russula with smoky hind-wings ; (2) a ? Pwcilocampa populi having a rudi-
mentary fifth wing anterior to the right fore-wing ; and (3) a $ Erebia xthiops
with shaded marks on the left-hand wings. Mr. Bacot, a long series of Spilosoma
urticce, consisting of eight broods belonging to three generations, all originating
from a single female captured in Norfolk. They showed a large extent of variation

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as regards the spotting. Mr. Prout for Mr. Mutcli, pale aberrations of Agrotis
ypsilon antl Phlogophora meticidosa, much darkened specimens of Cleora glabraria.
Mr. Prout, some extremely fine varieties of (I) Melitma cinxia, mostly of one aber-
rant brood in 190; ; (2) blackish -ah. higenua of Aporophi/la aust rails ; and (3) very
dark EuhoUa bipunctaria from North Devon, and Luperina textacea from Sandown.
Mr. Edwards, representatives of all the genera closely allied to Paj9t/io, including
the rare Armandia thaidina and Bhulanitis lidderdalii, and contributed notes on
each. ])r. Chapman (1) a very large number of the genus Chrt/nopkanus tiiken this
year in Spain, including the var. miegii of C. virgaureie, various forms of C. phlceas
from light forms to the extreme dark var. eleus ; (2) a drawer of Erebias also from
Spain, including various races of E. evias and E. stygne, and a long series of a new
species, which he had named E.palarica, closely allied to E. stygne but larger than
any Erebia hitherto known. Dr. Chapman, on behalf of Mr. Tutt, for comparison
with his own, a large number of Chrysophanids from many mid-European sources.
Mr. Tonge, three albums of photographs of the ova of Lepidoptera. Mr. Carr, on
behalf ot Mr. F. M. 13. Carr, a specimen of Vanessa io, having the usual eye-like
spots on the hind -wings very obscure. — Hy. J. Tuknek, Hon. Secretary.

Entomological Society of London: February \st, 1905. — Mr. F. Meebi-
FIEID, President, in the Chair.

The President announced that he had appointed Dr. Tliomas Algernon Chap-
man, M.D., F.Z.S., Dr. Frederick Augu.stus Dixey, M.A., M.D., and Professor
Edward B. Poulton, D.Sc, F.R.S., as Vice-Presidents for the Session 1905-6.

Mr. H. St. J. Donisthorpe exhibited specimens of Oiigota granaria found in a
granary at Holborn, the only other localities reported hitherto being Scarborough and
Shoe Lane, London. Mr. W. J. Kaje, a specimen of the Erycinid butterfly Meso-
semia eumene pinned in its natural position of rest, to show its resemblance to the
head of a small mammal, such as a mouse. Dr. T. A. Chapman, a variety of the female
of Lyccena melanops. As a mere aberration it was interesting, but it was of value as
showing that the position in the genus for long accorded to the species, whether by
accident or design, close to the An'on = Euphemus group, was correct. He had
named the variety, which seemed to be undescribed, var. wheeleri. Mr. F. Enock, a
living ? Kybernia defoUariu, taken as late as February Ist, at rest on the north side
of an oak tree, and another ? , taken January 28th, in the same wood at Bexley.
He also exhibited, on behalf of Mr. Leonard Newman, of Bexley, a J' Notodonta
ziczac, $ N. dromedarius, with two hybrids bred, together with typical larva of
N. dromedarius and hybrid ditto ; the colour of the hybrids being that of drome-
darius, while the markings were those of ziczac. Mr. O. K. Janson, a living
specimen of Acridium iegypticum, L., found in a cauliflower in Bloomsbury, and
probably imported from Italy. Mr. Gr. C. Champion, two specimens of Malachius
barnevitlei, Puton, captui'ed by Mr. Thouless at Hunstanton, Norfok, in June, 1899,
a recent addition to the British list. Mr. H. W. Andi'ews, J and $ specimens of
Machimns rusticus, Mg., a rare Asilid, taken in cop. at Freshwater, Isle of Wight,
on August 13th, 1903. Mr. W. J. Lucas, a ? specimen of Panorpa cognata taken
at Byfleet Canal on August 23rd, 1904. The sjjecies occurs at Folkestone, and is
said to be found in the New Forest. For comparison he also exhibited $ specimens
of P. communis and P. gerinanica.

Mr. Gilbert Smith read a paper, entitled, " A revision of the genus Criocephalus,
with notes on the habits of Asemum striatum and Criocephalus ferus" written by
himself and Dr. D. Sharp, F.K.S. Dr. T. A. Chapman, papers on " The matrivorous
habit of Heterogynis," and " The pupal suspension of Thais." Mr. E. Meyrick,
B.A., communicated a paper on " Lepidoptera from New Zealand." Mr. G. C.
Champion contributed a paper on "Another Entomological Excursion in Spain," by
himself and Dr. T. A. Chapman. — H. EowLAND-BxiOWN, Hon. Sec.

Ent. Mo. Mag., 1905.— Plate II.

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LIFE-HISTORY OF, AND NOTES ON, LEUCANFA FAVICOLOR,

Babeett.

By Paymaster-in-Chief GERVASE F. MATHEW, R.N., F.L.S., F E.S.

In the Entomologist's Monthly Magazine for 1896, vol. vii of
second series (vol. xxxii), pp. 99-100, the late Mr. C. G. Barrett de-
scribed the above species from three examples T sent to him, and
which I captured on the coast in this neighbourhood, and at the same
time he described' a red variety of what he then referred to as Z.
pallens, from specimens I forwarded to him for examination.

In his excellent work on the British Lepidoptera, vol. v, pp.
141-2, he again describes the species, and gives three figures of it on
plate 201 ; and in his description of L. pollens, vol. v, p. 140, he
likewise refers to the red varieties taken here, which he still con-
sidered to be extraordinary aberrations of Z. pollens, and mentioned
that similar examples had been found near the mouth of the Thames.
(I may here note that I first took specimens of this red variety as
long ago as 1886.)

From August, 1S96, until October, 1898, I was away from Eng-
land in H.M.S. " Hawke," on the Mediterranean Station, and was not
able to pay any attention to this species again until 1899, in which
year only two were noticed. None were seen in 1900, or 1901, and
only five in 1902, although they were carefully looked for, but in
1903 they occurred in small numbers, and also in 1904. Among the
series taken in 1903 there were some very extraordinary and beautiful
varieties, comprising various shades of grey, deep red, and even
yellow, and I now came to the conclusion that the so-called red
variety of pollens was really only a variety of favicolor ; an opinion
I had previously entertained. The red variety of pollens is quite a
different looking insect, for, in addition to its general shape and
appearance, and its usually smaller size, the red is very much less
pronounced, being more or less tinged with ochreous, and the white,
or pale straw coloured nervures are always conspicuously raised, while
in favicolor the wings are quite smooth, and the veins are almost
imperceptible.

From the above series I selected some of the finest examples,
and forwarded them to Mr. Barrett, who was very pleased to see
them, and he now concurred with me in considering the red aberra-
tions to be varieties of L. favicolor, and not of Z. pollens, and he
contributed a short account of them to this Magazine, vol. xl, p. 61.

I obtained ova from three different varieties (one typical, one
red, and one yellow), and from these I last year succeeded in breeding

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twenty-seven moths in all. The typical parent produced typical and
red offspring, the red parent typical and red offspring, and the yellow
parent typical and red offspring, but no yellow ones. The yellow
variety seems to be very rare.

In the Entomologist's Monthly Magazine for 1896, vol. xxxii, p.
162, and the Entomologist's Record for the same year, vol. viii, pp.
133-135, Mr. J. W. Tutt having expressed some doubts as to the
claim of L.favicolor to rank as a good species, I wrote and asked him
if he would care to examine the series I had sent to Mr. Barrett,
together with others bred and captured since, and he replied that he
would like to do so, and so they were forwarded with the result an-
nounced in the Entomologist's Record for 1904, vol. xvi, pp. 252-254,
where, after saying that he was now quite convinced as to its right
to be considered a distinct species, he proceeded to describe and name
eight of the aberrations. A short time after I sent these examples
to Mr. Tutt I took other varieties of a second brood, which I likewise
sent to him as soon as they were fit to be removed from the setting
boards, but they were not received in time to be embodied in the
above paper, so I subsequently described them myself in the Ento-
mologist's Record for the current year, vol. xvii, p. 14. All the
examples above referred to were exhibited at a meeting of the Ento-
mological Society of London on November 2nd, 1904, and a description
of them is given in the Proceedings of the Society for that year,
p. Ixxiii.

L.favicolor appears to be a very local species, and as far as my
experience goes seems to be restricted to the fringes of the salt
marshes that impinge on the coast. In this district the marshes are
rapidly disappearing, owing to the encroachment of the sea and.
destruction of the sea banks, and those where I first obtained it a
few years ago, which were such good collecting grounds for other
coast species, have since been converted into mud flats which are
covered by every tide, so I am afraid that this interesting species w'ill
soon cease to exist in this neighbourhood.

Mr. Tutt, in the paper above quoted, has given some account of
its habits from my notes, so I have not much further to add, except
that it is pretty early on the wing, and flies soon after dusk, and that
it is particularly partial to the flowers of various kinds of grasses. It
is to be found from the middle of June until the end of July, and last
year, for the first time, I took several of a second brood in August
and September. It probably occurs all along the east coast in suitable

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localities. Single examples have already been recorded from near
Southend and llochester, and I hear that it has also been taken in
Suffolk.

The eggs of this species, in a state of nature, are probably de-
posited at the axils of the sheaths round the stems of various marine
grasses, but which I cannot say, for, up to the present time, I have
not been able to discover the larva in its wild state. In confinement
in chip boxes, where flakes of the chip have been raised with the point
of a penknife, the eggs are thrust well beneath the pieces so raised,
and generally in groups close together, and, sometimes, when there is
sufiicient room, they are piled one on top of each other. In a very
few instances one or two eggs have been laid between the top edge of
the box and the lid. The principal object of the parent moth appears
to be to lay them where they will be well out of sight and hidden
from the light. But they were very shy of laying in confinement,
the batches were not numerically large, and several females died
withou laying at all.

"When first laid the eggs are round and smooth, of a pale straw
colour, and covered with a glistening glutinous substance, but in the
course of a few days many of them assumed a shrivelled up appear-
ance, and when this occurred to the first batch I had I thought they
were infertile, though they afterwards changed colour and produced
larvae. About the third day after the eggs were deposited they
changed to a deeper straw colour, and a day or two before they
hatched became of a pale leaden hue, which gradually darkened as
the time for emergence arrived.

The period passed in the egg state appears to be nine or ten days.
I did not note the date of emergence of each batch of ova. My
observations and descriptions of the larva9 in their earliest stages were
principally taken from one lot of eggs that were deposited by a
typical female on July 2nd, and which hatched on July llth. (Other
lots hatched July 15th, 18th, and 24th, and of the second brood on
September 15th, 16th, 23rd, 24th, and 27th.)

"When first hatched the little larvae were of a dull smoke colour,
with shining dark brown heads, but in about twenty-four hours, after
they had eaten a little, they became paler, their anterior segments
were tinged with olive-green, and their heads were of a reddish-brown
colour. The dorsal plate on the second segment was well defined.
At this stage their anterior segments were somewhat swollen, and the
posterior attenuated. "When disturbed they fell suspended by a
silken thread. For the first three or four days of their existence

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rucany of them, after feeding, retired to the shelter of the crevices in
the lid of the chip box, others hid in the crinkled paper provided for
them, and only a small number sought protection among the stems of
their food-plant.

The young larvae as soon as they were hatched were supplied with
various kinds of grasses, and I was pleased to see that they selected
Poa annua for their food, a plant which is so common and so much
more easy to procure and keep fresh than any of the marine grasses,
one of which I was afraid they might have selected. This continued
to be their food until some of them began to die off at the end of
the year, when Dactylis glomerata was added, and this they eat
sparingly, but always showed a preference for P. annua, being parti-
cularly partial to the flower buds, flowers, and unripe seeds.

For the first three months the young larvae were kept in glazed
jam pots, and a piece of the grass pulled up by the roots, placed in a
wide-mouthed bottle full of water, and carefully plugged with cotton
wool, stood on the bottom, and so the food kept fresh and sweet for
at least a fortnight. Sound the bottle stood pieces of paper folded in
accordion pleats, and high enough to touch the lower part of the food,
so as to enable any larva that might fall to the bottom of the jar to
crawl up again, and also to afford a hiding place during the day.
Later on, when the larvae became larger, I found pieces of corrugated
paper formed capital hiding places, and now I use this for all kinds
of larvae up to within a few days of their becoming full grown, when
it must be removed, as the larvae are apt to spin up one over the other
in the paper tubes, when of course the lower ones would be unable
to emerge. To convert the jar completely into a breeding cage two
pieces of bent wire to form a frame for the muslin hood were placed
in it, and the hood then drawn over and tied with tape round the top
of the jar in the groove for that purpose. These jars make excellent
little breeding, cages, but tape should always be used for tying down
the muslin hood, as it does not slip like string. I usually twist it
twice round the jar and tie as tight as possible.

{To he continued).

Quedius xanthopus, Er., at Sherioood. — On October 15tli, 1904, 1 met with a
few specimens of this uncommon species. One specimen only was taken under
bark of a decayed oak, the remainder occurred in a mass of very rotten, foetid black
fungus, on the stump of a cut-down birch. It was quite impossible to identify the
species of fungus owing to its extremely decayed condition. I am indebted to Mr.
E. A. Newbery for very kindly identifying the insect. — J. KinsoN Tatloe,
35, South Avenue, Buxton : March 8th, 1905.

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LIST OF BRITISH DOLICHOPODIDM, WITH TABLES AND NOTES
BY G. H. VEEB.ALL, F.E.S.
{Continued from page 57).
14. MELANOSTOLUS Kow.
M. melanchoUcus Lw. : I caught one male and two females at
Woking on August 1st, 1875, which I described in this Magazine in
1876 as Diaphorus dorsalis n. sp. ; I had not overlooked Loew's de-
scription ot 1869, but I had failed to identify it. It was not until
1884! that Jvowarz founded the genus Melanostolus for it.

15. DIAPEORUS Meig.

1 (4) Base of abdomen translucent yellow.

2 (3) Hind femora mainly brownish-black ; the yellow on the abdomen occupying

at least all second segment 1. oculatus Fall.

3 (2) Hind femora black on only about apical half 2. Hoffmanseggil Meig.

4 (1) Base of abdomen concolorous with the rest.

5 (6) Blackish; halteres black 3. nigricans Meig.

6 (5) Metallic-green ; halteres yellow 4. Winthemi Meig.

Several more species allied to D. Winthemi may occur in Britain.

1. D. oculatus Fall. : not very uncommon in Hampshire, Sussex

(several localities), Kent, Suffolk, Pembroke, and Cumber-
land (Coniston).

2. D. Hojfmanseggii Meig. : 1 leave this name in our list for a speci-

men taken by me at Lyndhurst, and one taken in the New
Forest by Dr. Sharp, though they would answer more cor-
rectly to D. tri2yilus Lw. I am, however, impressed by some
specimens in Kowarz's collection which are labelled D.
cyanocephalus Mg. =^ Hoffmanseggii Mg. = tripilus Lw.
Kowarz had a good collection of the European species of
Diaphorus, and undoubtedly he had arrived at this synonymy,
and to confirm part of it 1 must say that every male I have
seen called D. Hoffmanseggii would answer to the description
of D. tripilus; D. cyanocephalus has remained an unrecognised
species since its first description in 1824, but would well
answer to this species, except that Meigen must have over-
looked the pale base of the abdomen if his specimen was a
male.

3. D. nigricans Meig. : 1 have taken a few specimens of this species

in the New Forest, and I have seen two in the late Dr. P. B.
Mason's collection. I have several females from Three

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Bridges in Sussex which may belong here. Some specimens
taken in the New Forest in 1904 by Mr. C. G-. Lamb would
answer well to D. haUeralis Lw., but it is curious that I can find
no representatives of that species in Kowarz's collection, and
I suspect that he subsequently considered it not distinct from
D. nigricans, as he had a collection of the genus Diaphorus
evidently prepared for a monograph. Mr. C. Gr. Lamb's
specimens seem distinctly smaller than my D. nigricans.
4. D. Winthemi Meig. : this species ought to have been in italics in
the first edition of my List instead of D. nigricans, as I find
my only authority for introducing it was founded on a female
with yellow halteres, caught at Plashet Wood in Sussex on
July 3rd, 1868, which was named D. Winthemi by Loew.
Two doubts arise ; one as to whether Loew knew the females
of these species correctly, and the other as to whether the
specimens caught at Three Bridges as mentioned under B.
nigricans belong to this. The species must remain doubtful
as British at present, though it is most likely to occur.

16. AEG YE A Mcq.

1 (2) Scutellum pubescent on disc ; thorax not silvery ; abdomen yellow at

sides 1. diaphana Fabr.

2 (1) Scutellum bare, except for marginal bristles.

3 (8) Thorax silvery.

4 (5) Face black 2. leucocephala Meig.

5 (4) Face silvery.

6 (^) Arista as long as, or longer than, antennae ; antennaj scarcely longer than

head 3. argyria Meig.

7 (6) Arista shorter than antennae ; antennae considerably longer than head...

4. argentina Meig.

8 (3) Thorax not (or scarcely) silvery.

9 (12) Basal joint of hind tarsi longer than next joint; face black.

10 (11) Abdomen silvery ; basal joint of hind tarsi bearing some rather long

hairs 5. conjinis Zett.

11 (10) Abdomen scarcely at all silvery ; basal joint of hind tarsi without any

special pubescence 6. atriceps Lw.

12 (9) Basal joint of hind tarsi not longer than the next joint ; face white ; hind

tibiae conspicuously bristly above 7. elongata Zett.

A very natural genus, in which the males of nearly all the species are
more or less covered with a beautiful silvery gloss.

1. A. diaphana Fabr. : the lai'gest British species, and very easily
distinguished by its pubescent scutellum. Fairly common
over all Britain.

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2. A. leucocephala Meig. : the commonest British species from Pen-

zance to Aberdeen. Is it called leucocephala because it is
the only common species with a black face ? !

3. A. argyria Meig. : this and the next are two rather small species

which are not easily distinguished. A. argyria is the less
common of the two, but 1 have seen it from Sussex to
Sutherland.

4. A. argentina Meig. : common over all Britain.

5. A. confinis Zett. : a rare species, but I have taken odd specimens

in at least Hampshire, Surrey, and Cambridgeshire.

G. A. atriceps Lw. : an unmistakable Argyra, though it has but little
silvery gloss. I first caught it in Millersdale on June 18th,
1888, and I took two more at or near Three Bridges (one in
Sussex and one in Surrey) in June, 1892.

7. A. elongata TaqXA,. : only known as British, or rather Irish, from
Haliday's record in Walker's Ins. Brit. Dipt., i, p. 209. I
see no reason to doubt its correct identification. Since I
wrote the above Col. Yerbury took one male at Nairn on
July 11th, 1904.

Three or four more species ought to occur in Britain.

17. LEUCOSTOLA Lw.

This genus is separated from Argyra only by the glabrous basal
joint of the antennae. It may be an unnecessary genus, but its re-
tention is convenient.

L. vestita Wied. is like a small Argyra. Not uncommon in Hamp-
shire, Sussex, Essex, Cambridgeshire and Suffolk ; also taken by Mr.
F. Jenkinson at The Aird in Koss.

18. TERYPTICUS Gerst.

T. hellus Lw. : this species was described by Loew from a speci-
men taken by me near Kew on August 4th, 1868 (and not as Loew
stated on July 14th), and I have since taken it in Hampshire, Sussex,
Suffolk and Norfolk, while on the continent it has occurred rarely in
various localities from Galicia to Dalmatia. It is a veritable tiny
gem, but has been but little recognised until quite recent years.

The specimen I sent to Loew, from which his description waa
made, is the only one 1 have ever seen with the lovely violet colour,
all the others being of the usual green colour.

{To he continued).

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DESCRIPTIONS OF FIVE NEW DERMAPTERA.
BT MALCOLM BUER, B.A., P.L.S., F.Z.S., F.E.S.

A large number of new earwigs in the National Collection of the
Paris Museum have been described by me in an earlier paper (Trans.
Ent. Soe. London, 1904, p. 277), but since the appearance of that
article I have come across a few further novelties, which are described
here in order to be able to quote the species in the final list of the
collection. I have added a new species from Java, from among a
number of earwigs received for determination from the Amsterdam
Museum.

Labia laminata, sp. n.
Corpus pilosum, rufo-testaceum ; antennae flavse, lO-segmentatse ; caput fusco-
rufum ; pronotum capite angustius, quadratum,postice rotundatum ; elytra latiora,
punctulata, purpureo-nitentia ; alse valde proininentes, eljtris pauUo breviores,
eodem colore ; pedes testacei, fusco-annulati ; abdomen depressum, latum, segmen-
tum ultimum dorsale in medio paullo excavatum, utrinque subtuberculatum ; forcipis
bracchia $ valida, triquetra, basi ipsa remota, depressa, mnrgine interno laminato-
acuta, prope basin in dentem magnum latum acuminatum producta, dehinc
denticulis 2 armata $ .

Long, corporis 11"6 mm. <?

Long, forcipis 1*5 mm.

Java, Buitenzorg. (M. Weber, in Amsterdam Coll.).

Ch^tospania capella, sp. n.
Rufo-castanea ; corpus pilosum ; caput globosum, occipite postice sulcato,
utrinque globoso-eleva'o ; antennae .... (segmenta 9 restant), flavEB ; pronotum
angustum, postice quara antice paullo latius, margine antico recto, postico rotun-
dato, lateribus rectis ; pars antica tumido-elevata, in medio sulculata, latera et pars
postica deplanata ac depressa. Elytra ampla, in apice oblique truncata ; alse amplse,
longse. Pedes testacei, femoribus tibiisque validis, tarsis gracillimis. Abdomen
depressum, parallelum, segmentis 2 te 3 tuberculis lateralibus parvis instructis ;
segmentum ultimum dorsale magnum longum, quadratum, medio paullo impresso,
in margine postico utrinque supra insertionem forcipis tuberculo magno obtuso
globoso, in medio spinis 2 parvis nigris instructum ; pygidium breve, latum, margine
postico in lobis 2 acutos producto. Forcipis bracchia in basi remota, valida, triquetra,
recta, margine interno denticulate, in tertia parte apicali dente acuto armata, dehinc
infuscata, convergentia, acuminata. <J .

Long, corporis 9 mm. $.

Long, forcipis 2 mm.

Madagascar, Eegiou du sud-est, Fort Dauphin, Jan. 1901.
(Ch. Alluaud, 1 (J, in Mus. Paris).

Allied to Gh. fece, Borm., but the form of the pronotum is
characteristic; in the shape of the forceps and pygidium it is
nearest to Ch.fece.

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Anechura toequata, sp. n.

Statura mediocri ; castanea ; caput fusco-rufum vel nigrum, occiput punctia
irapressis 2 instruotuni ; anteiinse (?) 10-segnientatfe, brunnese, apice nonnihil palli-
diores ; pronotum capite angU8tius, subquadratum, margins anlico recto, postico
rotundato, nigrum, lateribus brunneo-niarginatum ; elytra laevia, fusco-testacea ;
alte fusco-testacete, indistincte nigro-signatse ; pedes graciles, fulvi, femorum apice
nigro-annulato ; abdomen in medio pauUo dilatatum, fusco-rufum, segmentis pai'te
antica punctulatis, parte postica leevibus ; segmenta 2 and 3 tuberculo magno atro
instructa ; segmentum ultimum dorsale breve, valde transversum, margine postica
recta, in cariiiam parvam incrassata, superne utrinque in angulis posticis tuberculo
forti armatum ; pygidium breve, in spinam brevem sed acutam productum ; forcipis
bracchia in basi valde remota et divergentia, deliinc sensim convergentia, in basi
triquetra, carina superiori in dentem obtusum producta, tum sursum, tum deorsum
sinuata, tum horizontali, apice ipso iterum sursum curvata, margine inferiori medio
dentibus 2 fortibus armata, apice ipso incurva et attingentia, rufa.

Long, corporis 9"2-10 mm. <? .

Long, forcipis 4 mm.

Tonkin septentrional ; frontiere de Chine, Ha-Giang, Oct. — Dec.
2 c? c? (^- Weiss). Type in Mus. Paris.

Allied to A. ancylura, Dohrn, but entirely different in colour.

FORFICULA INTERROGANS, Sp. 71.

Statura minore ; antennse ....(?); caput rufum, nitidum, Iseve ; oculi nigri ;

pronotum semilunare, castaneum, pallido-niarginatum ; elytra et alse castanese;

pedes testacei ; abdomen minute punctulatum, fusco-rufum, tuberculis lateralibus

valde distinctis ; segmentum ultimum dorsale transversum, inerme ; pygidium

minimum, conicum, obtusum ; forcipis bracchia in basi valde deplanata et dilatata,

margine interna recta, crenulata, inei-mi, dehinc attenuata, recta, in apice valde

remota. $ .

Long, corporis 7-6 mm. ^

Long, forcipis 1'5 mm.

India : Darjiling, 1 ^ (Hauaand, 2854-90). (Type in Mus. Paris).

In colour resembles F. auricularia in every respect, but dis-
tinguished by the unarmed and almost perfectly straight forceps,
which are not unlike those of F. lesnei.

FORFICULA DAVIDI, sp. n.
Statura majore ; castanea vel fusca ; caput fusco-rufum ; antennae .... (9
segmenta restant), fuscse, segmento 3 longo, quam 4 and 2 unita longiori ; prono-
tum magnum, quadratum, angulis posticis rotundatis, lateribus pauUum reflexis,
nigrum, fulvo-marginatum ; elytra ampla, lata, longa, unicolora, nigra vel fulvo-
castanea ; alse longae, eodem colore ; pedes longi, fusci, tarsis pallidioribus ; abdomen
castaneum vel rufum, in medio paullum dilatatum, tuberculis lateralibus seguientorum
2 te 3 valde distinctis, nigris, segmentis omnibus minute punctulatis ; pygidium
breve, iBgre distinguendum, rotundatum, margine postico lobulo quadrate in-
structum ; segmentum ultimum dorsale S breve, transversum, margine postico

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superne bituberculato, $ , tuberculis obsolelis, angustum , declive ; pygidium ?
breve, obtusum ; forcipis braccbia 3 dcplanata ac dilatata, hac parte brcvi, margine
interiio minute crenulata, dehinc graeilia, elongata, valde, plus iiuinis deplanata,
fere recta, pauUo ineurva, inermia, in apice attingentia ; ? typicsB. J ? .

Long, corporis y-14'5 uiin. ^ 10 mm. ?

Long, forcipis 6'5-ll-2 mm. <? 4 mm. ?

Mou Pin, 3 ^ ^,1 ^ (A. David, 1870). (Type in Mus. Paris)
A very distinct species, characterised by the uniform colour of
the elytra and wings, and the form of the forceps, which recalls that
of somewhat elongated F. smyrnensis ; one male has the abdomen
very much telescoped, and so appears to be very small.

Royal Societies' Club,

St. James's Street, S.W. :
December Uth, 1904.

TRIPLAX BICOLOR, Gyll., A SPECIES OF COLEOPTERA NEW TO
THE BRITISH CATALOGUE.

BT EICHARD S. BAGNALL, F.E.S.

Early one morning in July, 1904, I came across a piece of fungus
growing on elm, in Gibside,in which occurred two species of Triplax,
and about a fortnight later the same species were met with in some
numbers at the same locality (Ent. Mo. Mag., 1904, p. 210 ; Ent.
Eecord, 1904, p. 260). The commoner of the two, which was in
hundreds, was easily identified as T. cenea, Schall., an insect usually
regarded as rare, but which I had taken not infrequently before in
this locality ; the others I supposed to be immature specimens of T.
russica, L., knowing them to be unlike any other species of British
Erotylidce, and at the same time having no example of russica with
which to compare my captures. I sent specimens of both insects to
Mr. Holland, as well as to many other Coleopterists, and in a letter
dated December 12th, 1904, Mr. Holland stated that my supposed
russica could not possibly be that species, as on comparing them with
authentic russica, he found several specific characters which at once
separated them from the latter; he thought that they would prove to
be T. bicolor, of Gylle)\hal, described by him in the " Insecta Suecica,"
vol. i, p. 205. This letter came at a very opportune moment, shortly
before I left for Edinburgh to spend a few days with Prof. Beare,
where, with his kindly assistance, Mr. Holland's surmise was found
to be correct.

In the European Catalogue, and in Ganglbauei-'s " Die Kafer
von Mitteleuropa," vol. iii, p. 643, certain species of the genus

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Triplax are separated off into the sub<,'enus FlaticJina, Th. Of those
which are now known to occur in Great Britain only hicolor belongs
to Platichna ; the other three — russica, L., eenea, Schall., and lacord-
airei, Crotch — belong to Triplnx sensu stricto. The characters given
by Gauglbauer for these divisions are as follows : —

Triplax : — Base of thorax stroTigly bordered, or furnished with a strongly
marked transverse furrow in front of the scutellum ; in shape more or less parallel-
sided, elongate-ovate.

Platichna : — Base of thorax throughout very finely bordered, and never pro-
vided with a transverse furrow ; shape, more or less ovate.

I am indebted to Prof. Beare for the following rough translation
of Ganglbauer's description of hicolor : —

" Triplax bicolor, Gyll. — Usually about the same size as russica,* but dis-
tinguished from that species by its more ovate form, by the yellowish-red colour of
the base of the antennae, and of the scutellum, and by the fact that the whole of
the under-side of the body is reddish in colour It may also be readily separated
from russica by the generic characters already given."

General description .-—Oblong, moderately ovate, yellowish-red, elytra shining
black ; antennae black or brown, with the first two joints, and occasionally the
third, rusty-red in colour. The head is large, with the clypeus thickly punctured.
The third joint of the antennae is about half as long again as the second and fourth,
the fourth and fifth joints are elongate, the sixth is about as long as broad, and the
seventh is slightly, and the eighth distinctly, transverse. Tlie thorax is somewhat
strongly contracted in front, and at the base is about twice as broad as long ; the
sides are finely, and the base very finely, bordered. The elytra are oblong, slightly
widened in the basal third j moderately coarsely punctate-striate, with the inter-
stices somewhat strongly punctured. Length, 45 to 5'0 mm.

Occurs rarely throughout Central and Northern Europe.
CTo be continuedj.

AMARA ANTEOBIA, Villa, A BRITISH INSECT.
BY "W. E. SHAEP, P.E.S.

My friend, the Kev. G. A. Crawshay, recently sent me some
specimens of an Amara — taken by himself at Leighton Buzzard, Bed-
fordshire, at roots of grass in sandy places — as questionable A. lucida,
Duft., drawing my attention to the fact that they possessed the pre-
scutellary pore, the absence of which is supposed to characterize that
species. On examination it occurred to me that they might be
referable to A. anthohia, Villa, a species not uncommon in France,
and as I could find no authentic specimen of that species here, I sent
one of Mr. Crawshay's examples to M. Bedel, who returned it as

* The examples taken at Gibside were on the average smaller than T. nutica, being inter-
mediate in size between that species and 7'. atnea.

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" positively VA. anthobia, Villa," which species must therefore be added
to the British list.

Its position there is next before A. familiaris, Duft. From that
species and from A. lucida, Duft., Bedel distinguishes it by the pre-
sence of the prescutellary pore (Coleopteres du basin de la Seine, i),
but Putzeys, in a Monoo;ra|)h of the Amnrce of Europe in Marseul's
"I'Abeille," 1870, adds further details as follows : -

" Cette espece, qui a les dimensions de V A. familiar is tient de
celle-ci et de la lucida. Elle a la taille et la coloration de la 1*'', les
angles anterieurs du corselet non avances et les yeux saillants comme
dans la 2*^^ ; mais elle differe de I'une et de I'autre par son corselet
plus court, plus etroit vers la base, par les cotes de la base, non pro-
longes en arriere et plutot recules ; par les fossettes non ponctuees ; et
par I'existence d'un point pilifere a la base de la strie prescutellaire."

In the specimens I have examined these thoracic difierences do
not appear to me to be quite convincing, and as the fovese of the
thorax, both of A. familiar is and A. lucida, are sometimes quite im-
punctate, the absence of punctures in A. antJiohia can hardly be taken
as a good specific character. The pore, however, at the base of the
scutellary stria is very distinct, and in my experience always absent
from the other two species.

9, Queen's Road, South Norwood, Surrey :
March, 1905.

MALACEIUS SPINOSUS, Ee., IN SHEPPEY : A CORRECTION.
BY G. C. CHAMPION, P.Z.S.

Since the publication of my note on the capture of this species
in Sheppey, M. Bedel has been kind enough, to send me & $ oi M.
spinosus,^Y., ivom La Bernerie (Loire-Inferieure) and a ? of the very
closely allied. M. vulneratus, Ab., from Arronville, near Paris (Seine
et Oise). On comparing these specimens with the Sheppey insect
I find that the latter is really referable to M. vulneratus, and must
bear that name.

The two species are in fact very similar, M. vulneratus differing
from M. spinosus in its narrower, elongate form, the more slender
antennae, and the absence of the erect blackish hairs on the elytra.
Both insects are found upon rushes in marshy places. The distribu-
tion of M. vulneratus, so far as at present known, is somewhat re-
markable : France (Arronville) ; Saxony (Eisleben) ; Austria Hungary
(Neusiedlersee) ; Eoumania (Macin, Dobrudscha) ; and Persia.

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In Abeille de Perrin's Monograph, M. vulneratus is treated as a
variety of M. stranf/ulatus, Ab. ; but later on, on the discovery of the
S, he separated it as a distinct species (Bull. Acad. Marseille, 1900,
Sep. p. 18).

I am indebted to M. Bedel for these particulars, M. Perrin's last
paper not having been seen by me. It is not unlikely that Mulsant
confused two species under M. spinosus.

Mr. J. J. Walker, it may be added, has also found a specimen of
M vulneratus in his collection. It was taken at Sheerness, probably
in 1804.

Horsell, Woking :

February Wth, 1905.

ECTROPIS {TEPHROSIA) CONSONARIA, Hb., ab. NIGRA, not. ab.
BY EUSTACE E. BANKES, M.A., F.E.S.

Antenna, head, thorax with patagia, abdomen and legs (which are pale-ringed
at the joints), all deep fuscous above. Fore-wings of the $ dull fuscous-black, of
the ? dull black, with the extreme base white, except on the costa. An elongate
white patch, just inside the second line and rather above the middle of the wing, is
always present and well pronounced in the ? , and occasionally so, though usually
nearly or quite obsolete, in the S ■ The second line is generally more or less
noticeable, owing partly to its being sometimes a shade blacker than the ground-
colour, but chiefly to the presence of a narrow dirty whitish line, sometimes obsolete
towards the costa, bordering it posteriorly. There is a rather broad subdentate
white subterminal line, often obsolete near the costa, and a narrow black discal mark
is discernible above the inner edge of the white patch. Rind-wings a little paler
than the fore-wings, with the extreme base white, a narrow black discal mark, a
black postmedian line bordered externally by a narrow dirty whitish line, and a
more or less well-defined white or whitish undulate subterminal line. Cilia of all
the wings pale brown, with a black central transverse line, and the basal half much
speckled with black. Under-side of all the wings hoary-drab, with a dark discal
mark, a faint postmedian and a more conspicuous subterminal whitish line, and a
very narrow blackish terminal line : cilia as above, but with the basal half not
black speckled.

This extreme melanic form, which appears to be undescribed, has,
I believe, only been found in Kent, where it has been sparingly taken
by Mr. Edward Goodwin, of Wateringbury, who has also reared it
from ova obtained from captured females. I am much indebted to
Mr. Goodwin for his kindness in placing at my service, for the pur-
poses of this notice, the finest bred examples of this grand aberration
that his cabinet contains, and in enriching my collection with speci-
mens of it. The great majority of black and blackish Lepidoptera

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fade, rapidly in nature (owing to exposure to the light), and slowly in
the cabinet, towards brown, and this seems to be no exception to the
general rule.

Evidence that has reached me from various sources establishes
the fact that, during the last few years, Kent has proved surprisingly
rich in dark and extreme melanic forms of Lepidoptera.

Norden, Corfe Castle :

February Mh, 1905.

[This variety was partially described, but not named, by the late Mr. C. G.
Barrett in Ent. Mo. Mag., August, 1903, p. 200.— G. T. P.].

The genus Aphodius, Illiger, in the Isle of Man. — The following notes summa-
rize my experience with the genus Aphodius in the Isle of Man during the last few
years. The Rev. H. A. Stowell evidently did not devote much attention to this
group during the time he collected in Manghold Parish, 1860-62, for in his sum-
mary of the Manx Coleoptera (Zoologist, 1862) he allots but 18 species to the
Lamellicornia, and in his paper only specifically mentions A. rufipes, noting its
nocturnal habits and the fact of its often flying to light.

The following species I have met with, as a rule commonly, in the various
localities in the Island where I have collected : —

Aphodius fossor, L., A. fimetarius, L., A. merdarins, F., A. purtctato-sulcatus,
Sturm, A. prodromus, Brahm, A. contaminatiis, Herbst, A. rufipes, L., and A. ater,
de G., the last mentioned occurring in great abundance, especially on the hills
in stercore ovino, being accompanied by occasional examples of the variety with
dull red elytra, the A. terremis, Kirby. These eight species belong to the group of
Aphodii, all of which are common and widely distributed throughout the British
Isles, probably no district of the size of the Isle of Man having any of them absent.

A. erraticus, L. : about 20 specimens have occurred in stercore equina, usually
in company with A. luridus: Bradda Hill, 26.5.03 ; Mull Hills, 21.5.03 ; Poolraish,
27.5.04.

A. fastens, F. : has occurred singly as follows : Mull Hills, 20.8.02 ; Colby,
17.9.03; Silverdale, Malew, 10.7.01.

A. nitidulus, F. : one specimen in stercore equino. Mull Hills, 10.8.03.

A. rufescens, F. : seven specimens in stercore equino ; Bradda, 18.8.03 ; Derby-
haven, 13.8.99,; Kirk Michael, 31.8.01 ; Mull Hills, 2.8.03, 13.9.02.

A. lapponum, Gyll. : six specimens taken by Mr. W. R. Teare, 24.5.03, near
the Round Table between South Barrule and Cronk Fedjag, in stercore ovino by
the roadside at a height of 1000 feet. This is an interesting addition to the sparse
Manx List of northern mountain species.

A. porcus, F. : a few examples have occurred : Poi-t St. Mary. 13.9.03, one
specimen on surface of rock pool on the shore : Mull Hills, 23.9.03, three specimens
in stercore ovino et equino ; Colby Glen, 17.9.04, one specimen by sweeping.

A. pusillus, Herbst : about a dozen specimens have occurred in stercore equino
et ovino; Calf Sound, 26.5.02; Bradda, 25.5.04; Mull Hills, 6.6.04 ; Colby Glen,
11.6.04; Poolraish, 26.5.04.

A. obJiteratus, Panz. : one specimen at Kirk Michael, 31.8.01.

A. luridus, F. : has occurred in some numbers at various localities in the south

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of the Island :— Mull Hills (200-400 ft.) 11.5.03,29.5.04, 6.6 04; Bradda (250-
400 ft.), 30.4.04, 28.5.04, 5.6.04; Carnanes and Surby Mountain (500-6UO ft.)
22.5.04, 10.7.04 ; Colby Glen, 27.5.04, 5.6.04 ; Poolraish, 26.5.04. I have chiefly
met with this species on the hills in sfercore ovino et equiito, but I have also found
it on the low limestone cliffs at I'oolvaish, and one specimen I swept in Colby Glen.

Out of a total of 100 specimens, eight of the variety with black elytra occurred.
No examples with the elytra testaceous, and only the striae dark wei'e found, but two
examples have the black markings on the interstices small and faintly marked. A
small proportion of the specimens may be called dark varieties, the black markings
being longer than in the prevailing form, and in some cases coalescing.

Though generally distributed throughout England, Wales, and Scotland, this
species appears to be very local in some districts ; for instance, it is quite rare in
Lancashire and Cheshire. Tt is also rare in Ireland, being recorded from only
four localities in Ulster, Connaught, and Munster.

A. depres-tus, Kug. : I have met with fifteen examples : Bradda, 31.5.03, 7.9.02,
6.9.03; Mull Hills, 21.5.03, 29.5.04, 6.6.04; Ballagawne, Eushen, 28.5.03; Car-
nanes, 22.5.04. Four of these specimens have the elytra of a distinct reddish
colour, except near the base, which is blackish ; two have a slight dark reddish
tinge on the disc and apex ; the rest are of the usual black colour.

There are therefore, up to the present tiine, 18 species of the genus Aphodius
recorded from the Isle of Man. A. sci/balarlus, F., should certainly occur, and wilj
in all probability be met with on the coast, more especially in the sandy district to
the north. A. sordidus, F., A. putridus, Sturm, and A. plagiatus, L., though
local species may possibly occur in the Isle of Man, judging from their distribution
infGreat Britain and Ireland. A. fcetidun, F., might possibly be found, seeing that
A. lapponum, Gyll., occurs.

A. constans, Duft., and A. granarius, L., might just possibly occur, the former
having been recorded from Cheshire, Yorkshire, and Northumberland, and as
common in the Foyle District, Ireland, and the latter species being frequent
on the Lancashire and Cheshire coasts, and being recorded from the Foyle District
and near Belfast. We should perhaps expect A. inquinatus, F., to be present on
the coast, though it must be noted that it has not yet been discovered in any
locality in Ireland. It is generally distributed throughout the greater part of
England and Wales, becoming rai-er towards the north and local in the Tweed and
Forth Districts of Scotland, and it is a very common species on the Lancashire and
Cheshire sandhills. Mr. E. J. Burgess-Sopp in " The Entomologist's Record " for
May, 1904, describes an immigration flight of this species on April 16th, 1904, at
Birkdale and Ainsdale on the Lancashire coast, and suggests that the swarm may
have come from Cheshire or North Wales, being blown out to sea and then back to
land towards sunset. The possibility of a portion of such a swarm alighting in the
Isle of Man certainly suggests itself, and on May 14th, 1904, I found the abdomen
and elytra of an Aphodius which may possibly be this species, in a hollow on the
sand dunes near the Point of Ayre, Isle of Man. — J. Haeold Bailey, Port Erin,
Isle of Man : January \st, 1905.

Note on Ocyusa maura, Er., and 0. picina, Aube. — With reference to the dis-
tinctions between Ocyusa maura, Er., and Ocyusa j^icina, Aube, there is, in

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addition to the characters pointed out by Mr. Newbery (see Ent. Mo. Mag., vol. xv,
2nd series, p. 252), one that does not seem to have been mentioned, and that is the
comparative length of the posterior tarsi. The character would probably be useless
for naming a single specimen, but is very plain when series of both insects are
placed side by side, and will at once enable a row to be checked. Mr. Newbery has
also pointed out to me another difference between the species to which he tells me
attention is called by Rey (Aleochariens, Fam. Aleocharaires, p. 420), viz., the
number of impressed segments of the hind body. I should then propose to dis-
tinguish the two species thus : —

(a) Antennae more robust ; hind tarsi longer, nearly two-thirds the length of the

tibiae ; four segments of abdomen transversely impressed at base...

picina, Aube.

(b) Antennae less robust ; hind tarsi shorter, about one-half the length of the tibiae ;

three segments of abdomen transversely impressed at base maura, Er.

The colour of the legs is very deceptive, and even that of the antennae cannot
be trusted. I have a specimen of 0. maura from Ashtead, Surrey, in which the
legs are quite light, while in all my O. picina they are infuscate. — Arthue J.
Chittt, 27, Hereford Square, S.W. : March, 1905.

Gi/rophsena pulchella, Heer, in Scotland. — Among my Forres insects taken in
1892 I see I recorded (Ent. Mo. Mag., 2nd series, vol. iv, p. 259) Oyrophmna affinis,
but for many years all the GyropheencB taken at Forres belonging to this section
with long joints to the antennae have been standing in my collection as G.pulchella.
I have no doubt that the record of G. affinis was an error, inserted by me before T
had examined the male characters. G. pulvhella seems usually very rare, but was
in fact abundant on large fungi growing on the borders of the sandhills in a belt of
birch aud other trees near Kingcorth. I believe this is the first record out of the
London district for G. pulchella, Heer. The insect referred to in the same
article as possibly Somalota valida have been identified by Mr. Newbery as S.
incognita, Sharp, the 7th segment of the $ being truncate, and not crenulate. I
had other specimens of S. incognita from Forres, and I think there can be little
doubt as to correctness of the determination. — Id.

Longitarsus curtus, All., in Kent. — Last October I took near Dodington, Kenff
a single example of a Longitarsux, which agrees in all respects with the specimen
of L. curtus which Mr. Tomlin was good enough to give me. I am told, however,
that my insect does not agree with Allard's description, but as in this difficult
genus not even puncturation can always be relied on, I offer no opinion, but merely
record an undoubted fact. — Id.

[I have long had specimens of the same species, from Caterham and Arundel,
standing in my collection as L. atriceps, Kutsch. — G. C. C]

Neoclytus erythrocephalus, F., in Lancashire.— I received lately two specimens
of a Longicorn beetle from Mr. F. R. Dixon-Nuttall, of Prescot, Lancashire, which
had been taken in an ash tree felled on a farm in that district. The beetle proved
to be this North American species. The occurrence of isolated examples of this
and other species of exotic Longicornia is of course not unusual in England. In

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this case, liowevci', the interest of the record lies in the fact tliat these specimens
had been bred here and were taken from the larval gallery seven inclies from the
outside of the tree. Tliis was testified by a jiiece of the wood which Mr. Dixon-
Nuflall was good enough to send me displaying the galleries. A credible explana-
tion of the origin of the progenitors of these specimens is afforded by tlie fact that
some years ago new gate posts were nut down in or near this farm, some of which
were made of American ash. — W. E. Sharp, South Norwood : March 10th, 1905.

[The late Mr. P. B. Mason has recorded the capture of N. erythrooephalus ,
with another North American species, N. caprea, Say, at Burton-on-Trent, in an
ash tree which had been brought from Carrick-on-Suir, Ireland, cf. Ent. Mo.
Mag., vol. xxxiii, p. 91 (1897).— J. J. W].

Anifiotoma farva, Er., at SJceynes'^. — (hi Sept. 11th, 1904, at Skegness, Lines.,
by searching in the hollows on the sand-hills between 5 and 6 p.m. I took amongst
a host of common beetles, 5 AnUotomas made up of one A. dubia, Kugel. (small
var.), one A. oj^a^ix, Schm., and three of the rare A. furva, Er. ftwo ? , one (J).
They have been examined and the names kindly supplied by Mr. G. C. Champion. —
E. W. MoESE, 9, Hill Top Mount, Roundhay Road, Leeds : March I6th, 1905.

Ptinus tectus, Boield. : Synonymic note. — This species was first introduced by
Boieldieu in his " ilonographie des Ptiniores " (Ann. Ent. Soc. Fr., 1854, 652).
He gives P. pilonus, White (Voy. Ereb. Terr., 1846, xi, 8), as a synonym, and this
synonymy has been reproduced in various catologues. The type of White's ^j7o«m»
(which is labelled " pilosulun") is in the British Museum. Boieldieu's type isin the
possession of M. Bedel, and he has been kind enough to carefully compare British
specimens received from me with this type. Upon comparing these with White's
pilosus, it is evident that there is not the slightest resemblance between them.
White's insect is an elongate, parallel-sided insect, with close, decumbent, somewhat
greenish-grey pubescence, and is from New Zealand. It is remarkable that in some
points Boieldieu's description iigrees better with White's insect than with my
examples referred to above ; indeed, the description is a bad one for what we now
call Ptinus tectus, nor does it altogether accord with White's pilosulus. — E, A.
Newbeey, 12, Churchill Road, Dartmouth Park, N.W. : February Ihth, 1905.

Diptera in the New Forest. — Mr. A. E. Gibbs, of St. Albans, has lately sent
me for determination a number of Diptera collected for him by Mr. W. Brameld,
of Brockenhurst. Among them are several species which may be worth mention
as usually rare, though some of them are not uncommon in the New Forest. I
cannot give the dates and localities, but all were taken in that district and almost
all in 1904.

Of the Neynatocera I would only mention Limnobia annuJus, Mg. A fine
and very local species, and Pedicia rivosa, L., not perhaps uncommon, but a large
and very handsome insect.

Of the Brachycera—Atylotusfulvus, Mg.,and Chrysops quadrata, Mg., seem to
have been common in the Forest, as well as several other Tabanidae. To these may
be added the pretty Oxycera jmlchella, Mg , the exotic looking Anthrax fenes-

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tratus, Fin., and the strange little Oncodex f)ibbosiis,'L. Tlie Si/rphidre were well
represented, though mostly by common species ; the following, however, are usually
scarce, Melangyna quadrimaculata, Verr., Xanthogramma citrofasciatum, Deg., of
this there was only one specimen, thoagli there were several of the much commoner
X. ornatum, Mg., Eriitalis cryptarum, F., J and ? , Xylota lenta, Mg., and Chry-
sotoxum elegans, Lw. ; this latter though usually scarce would seem to be not
uncommon in the Forest.

The best Conopidie were Conops vencularis, L., ^ and ? , and C. cerilformis
Mg., the former used to be considered a great rarity, but is apparently not so now
To these I would add Sypoderma? lineatiim, VilL, probably common in the larva
state, the two fine Tachinids, Echinomyia grosaa, L., and Alophora hemiptera, F.,
neither of which seem scarce, Helomyza pectoralis, Lw., Phieoniyia fuscipennis,
Mg., Pteropwctria afflicta, Mg., and P. palustris, Mg., and last, but not least inter-
esting, the rare Icterica westermanni, Mg., of which ten specimens were taken by
sweeping rushes at Milford soon after harvest.

Mr. Andrews has kindly sent me a list of species from the New Forest, taken
during the last and previous seasons. The following seem worthy of mention,
besides those given in his note (Ent. Mo. Mag., March, 1903, p. 71), Xanthandrus
comtus, Harr., Didea fasciata, Mcq., D. intermedia, Lw., T^olucella inanis, L. (taken
by Mr. Brameld), Mallota cimbiciformis, Fin , and Myiolepta luteola, Gmel. — E.
N. Bloomfield, Guestling : March, 1905.

Rhamphomyia tenuirostris, Fal., taken in the New Forest. — Among some
Diptera recently received from Mr. Carter was a specimen of this species, taken in
Arran, and on placing it in my cabinet I was surprised to find three specimens under
this name, about which I had quite forgotten. On referring to my catalogue they
proved to have been taken at Lyndhurst ; two in September, 1900, and the other in
September, 1901 ; and there is also a note showing that at the time I was doubtful
as to the name being correct, as this species is not included in the British list.
Mr. Grimshaw, in his " Diptera Scotica," records a single female taken at Glencorse,
September 8tli, 1898, and adds : " The only other British record of this species
with which I am acquainted is that given by Col. Yerbury in the ' Irish Natui'alist,'
March, 1902,' where he mentions a specimen taken at Loo Bridge, in Ireland."
Curtis, however, recorded it about the year 1825 from a female specimen taken in
the Isle of Wight, so although it may not be often met with, it is evidently widely
distributed. I am informed Mr. Grimshaw considers the generic name, Macros-
tomus, Wied., has priority. — F. C. Adams, 50, Ashley Gardens, S.W. : March
2nd, 1905.

Dr. Renter on the Urostylinss. — In his interesting remarks on this subfamily of
the Pentatomidss {ante, p. 64), Dr. Reuter — who follows Dallas in considering that
the Urostylinx constitute a distinct family — has made some reference to my first
volume on the Rhynchota of British India, which may perhaps create a wrong im-
pression. His remarks may be taken to suggest that I have not noticed his genus
Eurhynchiocoris, which he described in 1881. This, however, is not the case ; at
the foot of my Synopsis of the genera I have added the following note : — " The

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genus described by Renter under the name of Murhynchioeoris belongs to this sub-
l?ainily, but I have not seen it, and it is impossible from the description to arrange
it in the synopsis, as Renter has not mentioned the presence or absence of ocelli."
At pp. 312-13, I have enumerated the genus and species, copying his description,
Including the length of rostrum, but stating that I had not seen them.

Dr. Renter also remarks that the structure of the spinous odoriferous orifices
is reproduced in Distant's drawings, " although he has not attached any particular
weight to it." This criticism needs qualification ; so far from attaching no weight
to this character, I have throughout the volume, with few unavoidable exceptions,
given a careful figure of that character with each generic illustration.

In my introduction I stated, " I have not attempted written descriptions of such
details as the important but obscure odoriferous apertures to be found in the meta-
sternum. These, by the aid of joint effort with the artist, have been so accurately
portrayed, as to prove that a good figure of a functional structure is far more
trustworthy than any diagnostic composition."

As I have stated, these volumes on the Rhynchotal fauna of British India are
faunistic publications, and not taxonoraical treatises, and the editorial decision is
that brevity in description is better followed. However, I expect that both Dr.
Renter and myself agi'ee on most points, save that with most Rhynchotists I regard
the JJrostyl'mse as a subfamily only of the Pentatomidie, and that I attach more
importance to the presence or absence of ocelli than he— possibly through an inad-
vertence— appears to do. — W. L. Distant, Steine House, Selhurst Road, South
Norwood : March, 1905.

©bituanj.

Alfred Beaumont. — It is with sincere regret that we record the death of
Mr. Alfred Beaumont, which took place suddenly at his residence at Gosfield,
Essex, on the evening of Monday, February 21st, in the seventy-fourth year of his
age. He was a subscriber to this Magazine from its commencement, and an
occasional contributor to its pages, but he wrote little himself on his Entomological
work, often preferring that others should record his captures and observations, as
the Entomological Journals and books show. He was one of the oldest field
naturalists in the country, and almost the oldest Fellow of the Entomological
Society of London, having been elected in 1851.

Born at Honley, near Huddersfield, his early schooldays were spent at
Storthes Hall, under the tutorship of the late Mr. Peter Inchbald, who in his
day was well known throughout the country as a successful Entomologist. As
schoolfellows he there met the late Mr. J. W. Dunning and Mr. T. H. AUis, both
of whom with himself soon imbibed their master's zeal for Entomology, which all
three retained to the end of their lives. It was at Storthes Hall too, we believe,
that he first met as a visitor to Mr. Inchbald the late Mr. H. T. Stainton, and the
subsequent long years of intimate friendship between Inchbald, Stainton, Dunning
and Beaumont was only broken by the death of each. On leaving school, Mr.
Beaumont joined his father's lai'ge woollen manufacturing business at Steps Mills,
Honley, and subsequently became the head of it. He early became associated with
the Huddersfield Naturalists' Society, then chiefly composed of working men, and

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by his active and enthusiastic interest in it, soon inarle it a large and prosperous
Society. For a considerable period, now nearly forty years ago, ho was its Presi-
dent, and the life and vigour he put into it are well remembered by those of its
members who still survive. He used to take the lead in the inauguration of large
and successful exhibitions of natural history specimens, of a fortnightly duration in
one of the then largest halls in the town.

At that time Beaumont was as keen an Ornithologist as he was a Lejiidopterist
and his fine collection of British birds was known far and wide, as well as his collec-
tion of Lepidoptera which contained many valuable species.

Nothing could exceed the generosity of Beaumont in the matter of his dupli-
cates. Tt was his delight to spread open his boxes before his friends, and absolutely
make them take out everything they wanted ; whilst his scorn for the too prevalent
system of bargaining with duplicates, was intense. Nor can the writer forget the
happy days long ago when Beaumont used repeatedly to drive him (then little more
than a schoolboy) for an afternoon's collecting in the woods at Storthes Hall, nor
the enjoyable repasts at the Inn near by, when the day's work was over.

On the removal of Beaumont from Honley, his collections were disposed of,
with the exception of a few of the rarities from each which he retained. The birds
now form the chief portion of the beautiful collection in the Museum of the
Technical College, Huddersfield.

After a prolonged visit with his wife to Mr. and Mrs. Stainton at Mounts-
field, he settled in 1884 near his friend's residence at Lewishain. Beaumont's zeal
for collecting soon again impelled him to active field work, but his energies were
now directed to several of what have been termed the "neglected orders of insects."
He did splendid work among the Coleoptera, Utpnenoptera, Neuroptera and
Diptera, repeatedly finding species new to the British List, and in some cases new
to Science. Perhaps his favourite locality of late years was the lovely district of
Oxshott in Surrey, where he detected as new to Britain the interesting lace-wing
fly, Chrysopa dorsalis, and we believe several species of Rymenoptera. He seemed
never tired of collecting and setting his captures, and up to the time of his death,
his setting of the most minute insects was a marvel of neatness. But the naming of
his captures was always irksome to him ; he usually sent his doubtful species to
specialists, often to their advantage, as they fi-equently were allowed to retain the
specimens of even new species, if there happened to be more than one of each. In
1885 Beaumont, whilst stripping off bark searching for beetles, at Lewisham,
happened to come across the then rare Oclinenheimeria vacculella, and afterwards
found that the moth was very plentiful under bark in the district. He used to
relate with great glee the story of his introduction of Mr. Stainton to the species.
Calling on Mr. Stainton at Mountsfield to acquaint him with his find, Beaumont told
him he could almost guarantee to find the moth in his (Mr. Stainton's) own
grounds. Mr. Stainton was incredulous, but on Mr. Beaumont's invitation he
walked into the garden with a supply of boxes. Mr. Beaumont very soon found
for him the insect in plenty, and by the time they had got round the grounds
Mr. Stainton had not only filled his boxes with a " Micro " he had never even
suspected to occur there, but had been obliged to transgress one of his own favourite
sayings, which was, " never put more than one moth in a chip box," for numbers of
his boxes contained two apiece !

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On relinquishing eominercial life more than two years ago, Mr. Beaumont
removed from London to the pretty village of Grosfield, in Essex, where he and his
estimable and devoted wife had made a charming home, and where tiiey hoped to
have spent a few more years together, in the quiet pursuits of country life. This
they had every reason to anticipate, as Mr. Beaumont had all his life been a strong,
active man, and it was only a few weeks ago (hat an apparently slight heart
trouble gave cause for uneasiness, but on the evening of the day already mentioned,
whilst actually sitting at the table working at his insects, he suddenly passed away.
Truly he died in harness.

He was twice married, but lost his first wife many years ago, when the beautiful
Ohureh at Wilshaw, near Huddersfield, was erected to her memory. Hia second
wife survives him, and we are sure that the sympathy of all his Entomological and
other friends will go out to her in the heaviest of all blows wliich could have come
upon her. — G. T. P.

Frederick Octavius Pickard- Cambridge, B.A., F.Z.S., M.B.O.U., whose tragic
death took place at Wimbledon on February 9th last, at the age of forty-four, was
born at Warmwell, Dorset, where his father, a member of a well-known county
family, was Rector for many years. Having gi-aduated from Exeter College, Oxford,
whither he proceeded from Sherborne School, he held a private tutorship before his
Ordination, after which he served for a time as a Curate at Carlisle. Subsequently,
however, abandoning his profession, he resided near London, illustrating and
writing works on Natural History, and only shortly before his death he obtained an
appointment as Arachnologist in the British Museum. Fired some years ago, by the
enthusiasm of his uncle, the Rev. O. P. Cambridge, F.R.S., Frederick thenceforth
devoted himself specially to the study of the Arachnida, on which group his con-
tributions to Science have been very numerous and valuable. A keen, all-round
Naturalist, however, he paid some attention at various times to the Coleoptera (his
captures of Scyhalicus oblongiuscidus in Dorset being particularly noteworthy),
Lepidoptera and Neuroptera— to say nothing of Ornithology and Oology, and was
an excellent observer and collector, gifted, moreover, with exceptional ability with
both pencil and brush. A pleasant companion, with a strong vein of humour that
often found play in clever sketches, adding point to his amusing letters, the _
subject of this notice, who was never married, will be sorely missed by his many
relatives and friends. — Eustace R. Bankes.

The Rev. Francis Walker, D.D., F.L.S. — We regret to learn of the death of
this amiable Entomologist, which took place recently at his residence at Crickle-
wood. The only son of the late well-known Francis Walker, of the Natural History
Department of the old British Museum, he early devoted himself to the study of
insects, and especially to that of exotic butterflies, of which he formed a large collec-
tion. Although he wrote little, if anything, of serious scientific value, his notes on
the Entomology of Iceland, Palestine, and other countries that he visited at various
times, are vei'j pleasant and interesting. He was a Fellow of the Linnean and of
the Entomological Society, having joined the latter as long ago as 1870, and his
portly presence and genial address will be greatly missed from its meetings.

98 [April,

^ociiftios.

The South London Entomological and Natural History Society:
December 8th, 1904.— Mr. K. Step, F.L.S., Vice-President, in the Cliair.
Mr. Grosvenor, of Red Hill, Surrey, was elected a Member.

Ml". Tonge, a donation of some 35 species of British Lepidoptera. Mr. Main,
Orthoptera from Borneo and the Cape. Mr. West, a specimen of the extremely rare
Coleopteron, Tropiderea sepicola, taken by him in tlie New Forest in the summer of
1904. Mr. Edwards, the parasitical bee, Cunlioxyn elonqata, from Blackheath, and
read notes on its habits. Mr. Dobson, series of Geometra vernaria and Aglossa
cvprealis, which had come to light at dusk around his house at Maldon. The
remainder of the evening was devo(ed to an exhibition of lantern slides by Messrs.
Tonge, ova of Lepidojttera, Goulton and Step, Lepidopterous larvse, and Main
resting positions of larvse and imagines of Lepidoptera.

January \2th, 1905. — Mr. E. Step, Vice-President in the Chair.

The President referred to the death of Mr. C. G. Barrett who had been
a former President of the Society, and it was unanimously agreed to send a letter
of condolence to Mrs. Barrett and family.

Mr. Main exhibited Panorpa communix, and r.germanieaivora Folkestone. Mr.
Lncas, P. cognata, the rarest British scorpion -fly and the other two species for com-
parison, with a female of P. cognata taken during the Field Meeting at Byfleet, on
July 23rd, also Chry.topa ventralis from the same locality. Mr. Goulton, photographs
of Lepidopterous larvse. Mr. Joy, varieties of Epinephele hyperanthus (1) with
white ocelli on the upper-side of the hind-wing, (2) with the ocelli on the under-
side wholly or partially reduced to mere dots = var. arete, and (3) with elongate
ocelli on the under-side = ab. lanceolata. Mr. E. Adkin gave an account of the
Annual Meeting of the South Eastern Union of Scientific Societies, which he
attended as the Society's delegate, and read the Report of the Field Meeting
held at Eynsford on June 25th, 1904. Mr. Lucas read the Report of the
Field Meeting at Byfleet on July 23rd, and then showed a number of lantern
slides illustrative of Protective Resemblance in Insects, kindly lent him by Mr.
Hamm of the Hope Museum, Oxford. — Henry J. Turner, Hon. Secretary.

Entomological Society of London : March \st, 1905.— Mr. F. Meeri-
PIELD, President, in the Chair.

The Duke of Bedford, K.G., President of the Zoological Society, &c., of Woburn
Abbey, Beds., and 15, Belgrave Square, S.W. ; M. Lucien Chopard, Membre de la
Societe Entomologique de France, of 98, Boulevard St. Germain, Paris ; Mr. Wil-
frid Fleet, F.R.A.S., of " Imatia," Bournemouth ; and Mr. Robert Sidney Mitford,
C.B., of 35, Redcliffe Square, S.W. ; were elected Fellows of the Society.

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The decease of M. Henri F. de Saussure, of Greneva, Honorary Fellow, and ol
Mr. A. Fry and the Eev. Francis Augustus Walker, D.D., was announced.

Mr. H. St. J. Donisthorpe exhibited an example of Oxypoda sericea, Hear, taken
in Dulwich Wood, June I7th. 1904, a species new to Britain ; also O. nic/rina, Wnt.,
with a type lent by Mr. E. A. Waterhouse, to demonstrate that it is not synonymous
with O. sericea as stated on the Continent ; and O. exigua, which is also there re-
garded as synonymous with 0. nigrina. Mr. Hugh Main and Mr. Albert Harrison, a
long series of Colias edusa, with var. helice (bred from one $ helice by Dr. T. A.
Chapman from the south of France) to show the proportion of type and variety
obtained ; they also showed the results of similar experiments with Amphidasys
betularia, bred from a cj var. donbledayaria, atid a type ? taken in cop. at Wood-
ford, Kssex, in 1903. Mr. R. Priske, a specimen of Relops striatus, with a photo-
graph showing an abnormal formation of the right antenna, which was divided into
two branches from the fifth joint. Mr. Percy H. Grimshaw, examples of Hydrotsea
pilipes, Stein, <? and ? , the latter sex being previously unknown, and specimens of
Hydrotasa tubercula, Rond., not hitherto recorded in Britain, captured by Mr. C.
W. Dale and Dr. J. H. Wood in various localities. Dr. F. A. Dixey, some cocoons
and perfect imagines of hybrid Saturniids, including $ and ? of S. pavonia, L., x
•S'. pyri, Schiff., with added specimens of both sexes of the parent forms for com-
parison, the cross product resembling a large iS. pavonia, rather than a small S.
pyri ; the exhibit further included three <J $ and three ? ? , of which the ? parent
was S. pavonia, and the i parent a hybrid between S. pavonia J and -S. spini ^ ,
viz., the cross product to which Professor Standfuss has given the name of <S. borne-
manni. These six individuals had been reared from ova supplied by him, and Dr.
Dixey gave an account of their life-history; the remaining four examples of the
hybrid = S. schaufussi, disclosed far less strongly marked sexual differences than
in IS. pavonia. Prof. E. B. Poulton, groups of Synaposematic Hynienoptera and
Diptera captured by Mr. A. H. Hamm ; three broken specimens of Papilio hesperus
taken at Entebbe in 1903 by Mr. C. A.Wiggins, showing that the tails of a Papilio,
if untouched by enemies, can esulure a great deal of wear ; and Nymphaline butter-
flies from Northern China, appai-ently mimetic of the male Hypolimnas misippus,
which is not known to occur in that region. The President, a number of examples
of Pyrameis atalanta, illustrating the effects of cold season breeding by Mr. Har-
wood of Colchester, some of them lent by Mr. R. S. Mitford.

Mrs. De la B. NichoU read a paper on " Butterfly Hunting in British Columbia
and Canada," illustrated by numerous examples of the species captured during the
summer of 1904. Sir George Hampson communicated a paper " On three remarka-
ble New Genera of Micro- Lepidoptera." Mr. Herbei-t Druce, a paper entitled,
*' Descriptions of some New Species of Diurnal Lepidoptera collected by Mr. Harold
Cookson in Northern Rhodesia in 1903-4 ; Lycasnidse and Hesperiidx by Hamilton
H. Druce." Mr. F. Du Cane Godman, a paper entitled, " Descriptions of some New
Species of Satyridse from South America." Mr. W. L. Distant, a paper entitled,
" Additions to a knowledge of the Homopterous Family of Cicadidie." — H. Row-
IAND-Beown, Hon. Secretary.

100 [April, 1905.

SOME OBSERVATIONS ON HASTULA HYERANA, Mill.
BY T. A. CHAPMAN, M.D.

I took a good deal of interest at Cannes, for some years, in
Tortrix unicolorana feeding on Axphodelus albus, in the Esterel. 1
found the study of this species very attractive, owing to the peculiar
circumstance, that of all the Lepidopterous larvte I knew anything
of, that of this species is the only one that certainly confers a favour
ou the plant it devours. T unicolorana occurs as a single larva to a
plant ; when, very rarely, two occur together, there is little doubt the
second one is from an egg laid by a second parent, and the accident is
an undesired one.

When first the larva shows its ravages, when the Asphodel leaves
are only a few inches above ground, it looks as if the plant were to
be severely punished. As time goes on, however, the larval ravages
do not increase much, and the plant grows vigorously. At one stage
the outer leaves, or even all the leaves more or less, have a few inches
of the tips fastened together by the larval silk, the larva living within
this shelter, the leaves a foot or rather less long, instead of falling
apart are held together as a tent or sheath over the now just appearing
flowering stem. It is just at this period that severe frosts occasionally
occur ; in two different seasons I have seen, in the Esterel, ice an
inch thick on the rock pools and the little streams, and more than
twelve inches at trickles of water over rocks and banks. In both
these seasons I also noticed that tlie flowers of the Asphodel were in
many cases much injured, but never in those cases where they were
protected by the tent of 7'. unicolorana. As ihe Asphodel grows and
the leaves become two feet or moi'e long, the spinning of the larva
still holds their tips together, and they fall to one side, but look no
more deformed than if they had been blown so by the wind. The
total damage to the plant is little more than what appeared in earliest
spring. A very small price for the plant to pay for insurance against
damage to its inflorescence by frost.

Plate II.

In many parts of the Esterel I have seen nearly every plant of
Asphodel tenanted by a larva of T. unicolorana.

Tortrix unicolorana is not so abundant at Hyeres as in the Esterel,
but it occurs freely enough here on the Asphodelus microcarpus. I
was naturally very desirous to make the acquaintance of Hastula
hyerana, of which I knew nothing, except that it was rather later than
T. unicolorana.^ and replaced it at Hyeres. I was accordingly pleased

Ent. Mo. Mag., 1905.— Plate IT.

ASPHODEL WITH TOHTEIX UNICOLORANA.

By an unfortunate oversight the number and title of
Plate II has been transferred to Plate III. The title of the
Plate in the April No. should read " Asphodels with Hastula
liyerana,''' and should be numbered "III." — Eds.

May, 1905. J 101

this spring to be able to study the habits of H. hyerana. As T. uni-
colorann is frequent enough at Hyeres. and a direct comparison showed
the habits of the two species to be very different, it proved clearly to
be quite misleading to say in any sense that the one replaces the other.
The great differences in habit between the two species are that
H. hyrrana is gregarious, a good many larvae occupying one plant ; it
eats anywhere, in all directions, eating the flower stem, inflorescence,
leaves, or anything, and damages the plant seriously. T. tmicolorana
pupates amongst the leaves it has eaten, and emerges very early,
pupates in March and emerges by the end of the month, at which
date the larvge of H. liyerana are becoming full-fed and wandering off
to make their cocoons, in which they pass the summer as larvae.

Plate III.

In March R. liyerana may be found in plants a foot or more high,
several larvae, up to eight or ten when full grown, probably more
when younger, are found on a plant. The bundle of leaves are
fastened together for their whole length, and the larvae may be found
making galleries between the leaves and through them, and lining
them with silk, with which they also protect any outer openines. A
week or two later, in places where the insect was less abundant, and
where it had not succeeded in tying all the leaves of a plant together,
but had allowed the flower stem to break through, this would be bent
and crooked, and evidently unable to fully develop, in these would
be found one or two larvae of K. liyerana, making their galleries
amongst the flower buds and into the stem. It was, from his descrip-
tion, chiefly larvae of this sort that M. Milliere took. It seemed as
though one or two larvae alone were unable, either by their rapacity or
by the silk they spun, to prevent the strongly growing leaves from
developing and separating themselves, as was easily done bj a colony,
and so they had to take refuge amongst the irregular mass of flower
buds which, in a well colonised plant, rarely was able to show itself
at all.

I gave the larvae, to pupate in, sheets of paper, sufiiciently
crumpled not to lie quite flatly together, and in the spaces thus
formed the full-fed larvae seemed to find places that perfectly con-
tented them.

The larvae on Lupin tied the leaves together in a very ordinary
Tortrix fashion, living in a mass of tied together leaves. In my boxes
they made these into considerable masses, but not more than one may
see sometimes our common Tortrices do on, for example, a vigorously
growing bramble shoot.

102 [May,

The distribution of H. lu/erana in the south of France appears
to be very limited, apparently it occurs over a considerable area in
Spain and Africa. The neighbourhood of Hyeres seems to be the
only French habitat. I have no data for deciding how far its re-
striction is due to climate, and how far to food plant.

At Hyeres its food plant is Aspliodelus microcnrpus, Vir. The
names and synonyms of these Asphodeli are very pi'ofuse and intri-
cate, but this species seems now to be recognised by the name micro-
carpus, and its synonyms sunk. I do not know the distribution of
this plant westward of Hyeres, but eastward it is very limited (I
have certainly seen it in various places in Spain, but I am discussing
the French area).

At Hyeres the A. microcarpus is widespread, occurring freely on
the hills close to Hyeres, and down close to the beach at La Plage,
some two or three miles off. Along the coast and coast hills it is
more or less abundant eastward at Bormes, Le Lavandou, and Cava-
laire, though the Tortrix does not seem abundant even if present
beyond Le Lavandou and at St. Croix, some 27 miles from Hyeres
the Asphodel ceases. At Ste. Maxime (36 miles) there is no Asphodel
whatever. Beyond this there is one little patch just past Ste. Raphael,
and a small field is crammed with it a little way from Agay. The
Tortrix is apparently not present here. There is also a small
colony of the plant on the He Ste. Marguerite, Cannes, which I have
always found very clean from any kind of insect attack.

The Aspli. microcarpus fails entirely then as, going East, we
reach the Esterel. A. albus occurs all over these mountains, and in
places is abundant. Though Tortrix unicolorana, which affects both
AspJiodeli, is here abundant, there is no trace of H. liyerana.

Having thus arrived at the conclusion that IL. liyerana is very
particular as to its food plant, and sticks to one Asphodel and refuses
another, which can only be discriminated by some little care, and one
would suppose would be just as palatable, we discover a further fact
that makes such a conclusion very doubtful. One day Mr. Eaine
gave me some Tortrix larvae which he had found near Le Lavandou,
on a rather rare Lupin, Lupinus cryptanthus, Shuttleworth, with a blue
flower. The same Lupin was common at Ste. Maxime, but it afforded
no larvae. I nourished these larvae on general principles, expecting
indeed they might be something good, the plant being a rare one, and
finally they spun up. I was somewhat astonished to find they did so
in just the same manner as H. liyerana^ taking in the same way a
colourless aestivating form. I concluded I had got a good thing,

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viz., another Tortrix allied to H. hyernna, not unmixed with doubts
for which I could remember no possible foundation, except the re-
semblance, that I had <;ot my cocoons somehow shuffled together. I
awaited the result with some expectancy, and ultimately there came
out at the same time as the rest of the hyerana two specimens of that
species, a pale and a dark one.

This did not absolve me from the suspicion of muddling them,
in fact, it rather made it somewhat possible. But having obtained
eggs, I found the young larvae took very kindly and at once to each
of two common garden perennial Lupins ; so that the Lupin is clearly
an alternative food plant. This, considering how common Lupins, of
one sort or another, if not L. crjiptantJius, are on the Riviera, and not
unfrequently cultivated as a crop, shows that the localization of
JS. hyerana cannot be due altogether to the want of available food.

The Asphodel shoots on my young plants were so weak that a
few larvfe wrecked ihem at once, so that I should have done nothing
with the young hyerana larvse but for this unexpected knowledge of
an alternative diet.

One of the peculiar habits of this species is that when the larva
has spun up at the end of March, it does not change to pupa, but
after a period I do not accurately know, but probably about two
weeks. In one instance in 1905, spun Feb. 12th, moulted to pale form
Feb. 23rd ; it moults into a larval form, differing little from that it
thus quits, except by the paleness and colourlessness of the chitinous
skin, the skin points are no longer dark and the chitin of the head is
quite pale, the hairs are about half the length, e.g., the longest on anal
plate were 2 mm., they are now just 1 mm., the internal anatomy
exhibits little but pale yellowish fat bodies, so that instead of greyish
olive-green, the larva is now a pale straw colour, curiously similar to
that of the imago. It continues in this state till the following
August before pupating. It possesses jaws very like those it has
just cast, but uses them for nothing except to eat the cast larval skin.
It then fixes the cast head, which it does not eat, by a little more
spinning, before taking the long summer rest. An empty cocoon
presents, the protruding pupa case, the pale larval skin cast at pupa-
tion, and a darker larval head behind some silk, and usually one
pellet of frass. Several cocoons afforded a wretched history of
cannibalism, probably perpetrated by a few of my last larvae, that I
thought had done feeding, before they really had, and so in default
of other food attacked their earlier spun-up brethren. In such a
case one finds, besides the skin cast at pupation, two ordinary heads,

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104 LMay,

and a pale head and possibly some remains of an sestivating larva, all
these fixed behind a little silk. In one case I found five heads
showing that the first cannibal, had been in his turn eaten by a later
intruder.

The species was first described by Milliere forty-eight years ago,
under the name of Hnsiula hi/ernna. His reasons for giving it a new
genus do not seem now to be approved by the authorities, and they
have sunk Ilastula as a synonym of Epagoge, Hb. (= Dichelia, Gn.).
They are probably right, but I estimate (and in this T may be wrong)
that the new fact of the larva having a special sestivating instar,
entitles it to a separate genus, at any rate till we learn more of its
relatives and of what precise value this biological fact is. I, there-
fore, in these notes re-instate Hastula, Mill., as the generic name.

The neuration agrees with that of Pandemis, as given by Mey-

rick, and hardly with that of Epagoge, though all these genera are

very close together. The pupa rather suggests Pandemis as the

nearest ally.

(To he continuedj.

LIFE-HISTORY OP, AND NOTES ON, LEUCANIA FAVICOLOE,

Baeeett.

By Paymaster-in-Chief GERVASE P. MATHEW, R.N., F.L.S., F.E.S.
(Continued from 2)C(ge 80).

When the eggs appeared to be near the point of hatching, the
lids of the chip boxes in which they were deposited were placed in
the jars so that they just rested against the food, which enabled the
larvae to crawl to and fro from one to the other, for after feeding, for
the first week or ten days, most of the little larvae retired again in
family parties beneath the flakes of chip, but after this period they
became too large, and had to shelter themselves in the crinkled paper,
or among their food. They continued to feed and grow in a satis-
factory manner until the end of the year, by which time many were
far in advance of the others, and were more than half grown ; then
some of them began to die off, and so an addition was made to their
food, and some pieces of DactyUs r/lomerata were introduced. The
breeding cages were kept throughout the winter upon a table in front
of a window facing south. Sometimes there was a fire in the room,
but not regularly. The larvae could not in the strictest sense of the
term be said to hibernate, for on most nights, whatever the tempera-
ture might be, a few of them were to be seen crawling about or
nibbling at their food. It is true that they were not particularly

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voracious during uiid-winter, but some of them appeared to have
laroer appetites than the others, and to grow faster.

On March 21st, the corrugated paper in all the breeding cages
was examined, and the tubes were carefully opened, and I was sorry
to find many dead and shrivelled bodies, so many indeed that out of
about two hundred larvae that were alive and well at the beginning of
October only eighty remained. Some of these were now approaching
full growth, and were removed to moderately large flower-pot breeding
cages filled with a mixed compost with chopped moss and cocoa-nut
fibre on the surface for the larvae to pupate in, a wide-mouthed bottle
for food buried to its neck in the earth, and with the usual wire hood
and muslin cover. Fresh pieces of rolled corrugated paper were tied
in an upright position to the wires of the frame.

On April 13th, as several of the larvae were now apparently full
grown, I examined the pieces of corrugated paper again, and found
that two larvae were spinning cocoons composed of bits of paper and
silk in the tubes, so they were taken out and put in a box with seme
moss, and all the pieces of corrugated paper were removed from the
breeding cage By the end of May most of the larvae had disappeared,
and of the few that remained some were still small.

When full grown the larvae retired beneath the surface and spun
a fairly tough cocoon composed of silk and pieces of chopped moss
and particles of earth, and in this changed to ordinary Aoe^««-shaped
pupae of a bright, shining, reddish-brown colour. The pupa stage
lasted from four to six weeks, and a few days before the moth emerges
the pupa I had removed from its cocoon for the purpose of watching
began to deepen in colour, and the day before the moth came forth
had become of a fuscous-leaden hue, with eye coverings nearly black.

On June 5th the first moth emerged, a fine typical specimen, and
the offspring of a yellow female, ab. lutea, Tutt. From this date up
to July 15th, twenty-seven were bred, of which eleven were the red
ab. riifct, Tutt, the others being all more or less typical, and not one
of them in any way resembling pallens. The parents were, one
typical, one ab. rufa, and one ab. lutea. Several ab. rufa were bred
from each parent, but not one ab. lutea, which seems to be a rare
variety.

I had a small brood of the larvae of L. pallens feeding at the same
time as those of favieolor, and was able to compare them at various
stages of their growth, but up to the time of their becoming half
grown there was not much difference between them, excepting per-
haps that the latter always seemed to be generally of a warmer

106 [May,

colour, less attenuated, lart^er, and more plump. When, however,
they reached their last skin the difference was much more marked,
the larvae of yw-y/co/or being then cylindrical, short, and plump, very
slightly attenuated towards each extremity, and their general colour
was of a warm reddish-ochreous, and more resembling the larvae of
lithurffi/ria than those of 'pollens, which are always of a more or less
cold greyish or putty colour, with very slight tints of ochreous. 'J"he
larvae of favicolor moreover are considerably larger than those of
pallens, which are also much more attenuated and more slender.

Descriptions of LARViE takp:n at differemt periods.

July 25th. — After second change. Head light reddisli-brown, with a darker
stripe on each lobe ; whole of the upper surface pale sap-green with darker dorsal
and spiracular stripes ; under surface mucli paler ; each segment with a few pale
hairs.

August 15^A.- -Length about 14 mm. Head pale reddish-brown, reticulated
with darker dots ; general colour olive-brown ; dorsal stripe darker with a narrow
pale line in the centre, then a rather broad pale stripe widest on the middle seg-
ments, followed by a narrow whitish line bordered by a darker shade ; next comes
the spiracular stripe, which is somewhat broad and grey; the spiracles are black
and rather conspicuous, those on the second and twelfth segments being much the
largest; below the spiracles comes a yellowish- white stripe; under surface rather
paler; there are a few short bristles, those on the head and posterior segments
being the longest.

January 10th. — Length, 20 mm. Head pale reddish-brown with a darker
streak, composed of minute dots, on eacli lobe ; mouth dark brown ; general colour
oehreous-brown tinged with pink ; dorsal line very narrow, light ochreous, and most
conspicuous on second to fourth segments, and bordered by a dark clouding on each
side, particularly on the central segments ; tlien follow sevei-al nai'row stripes or
lines alternately pale jjinkish-brown and dark pinkish-brown until the broad spira-
cular stripe is reached, this is light greyish-brown bordered above by a very narrow
and slightly waved pale line; the black spiracles are seated on the lower edge of
the spiracular stripe, except those on the third and fourth segments, which are much
smaller and situated a little above the lower edge ; the subspiracular line is ratlier
conspicuous, and light pinkish-ochreous, slightly darker along its centre ; under
surface ochreous-brown ; posterior pair of legs tipped with dark brown ; two minute
black dots (probably tubercles) placed diagonally on each segment, and a few others
elsewhere ; a few pale hairs or bristles on posterior segments and head, those on the
lower part of the head just above the mouth the longest and pointing foi'ward.

January 2bth. — Head pale wainscot-brown, slightly shining, and irrorated with
minute darker specks ; a dark streak on each lobe, and a small dark blotch above
the mouth ; dorsal plate on the second segment of the same colour ; general colour
of upper surface a warm wainscot-brown ; a narrow pale dorsal line most conspicu-
ous on the anterior segments, and running through the dorsal plate on the second
segment; this is bordered on each side by a darker clouding (in some larvas this

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clouding is much more intense than in others) ; tlien comes a rather broad paler
stripe, then a series of alternate narrow dark and pale stripes or lines until the
spiracular stripe is reached ; this is rather broad and grey, and the black spiracles
are seated on its lower edge ; next comes a rather broad and conspicuous oclu'cous-
white stripe, which, in some individuals, is tinged with pink ; under surface paler
than the upper and irrorated with some minute dots of a darker shade ; legs
brown; a few minute pale bristles, those on the head the longest ; length, 20 mm.
This description was taken from one of a batch of larva; from eggs laid by a female
of the red variety.

April I'St/i. — Full groion larva. Length, nearly 40 mm.; cylindrical, rather
stout and plump ; head pale, shining, yellowish-brown, thickly reticulated with
darker dots, and with a crescent-shaped streak on each lobe ; general colour a warm
putty colour, or pinkish-brown, mottled and clouded with darker shades ; dorsal
line pale and whitish-brown, most conspicuous on the first three segments, and
bordered on each side by a darker shade ; a subdorsal line of the same colour, but
rather brighter, and bordered above by a dai'k shade and below by a narrow dark
line ; a conspicuous brown or pinkish-brown stripe above the spiracles, and below
them a rather conspicuous pinkish-yellow-stripe ; spiracles small and black, with a
pale centre and planted in a narrow pale ring ; two minute dark dots on each seg-
ment between dorsal and subdorsal lines; spiracles on second segment much the
largest ; under parts paler. The whole surface of the larva is delicately reticulated
with darker shadings, and they also vary considerably in their colour and depth of
mai'kings, but the general tone of colour is always more or less of a warm pinkish-
brown. This description was taken from several larvae of the typical batch.

April iSth. — Full grown larva. Length, 40 mm. ; cylindrical, rather plump,
and tapering somewhat towards each extremity ; head porrected, rather flattened,
greyish-ochreous, reticulated with darker atoms, and with a lunular-shaped stripe
on each lobe ; general colour pinkish-ochreous, reticulated with darker markings ;
dorsal line pale and narrow, and clouded on each side with dark brown reticulations ;
subdorsal line greyish-white, and bordered above by a darker shade ; above the
spiracles a bi'oader stripe formed of the darker reticulations ; the spiracles, which
are small and greyish-white, are edged with black, which is again edged with a pale
ring, and they are seated on the lower margin of the above broad stripe ; the
spiracle on the second segment is twice the size of the others, while those on the
third and fourth segments are very small ; below the spiracles there is a broad stripe
of pale pinkish-ochreous ; under surface pinkish-ochreous ; a few minute bristles on
the head and anal segments. The whole of the markings are caused, more or less,
by the arrangement of the reticulations. This description was taken from one of a
batch of larvae from eggs laid by a dark female ab. argillacea, Tutt.

lu July, 1903, I sent two batches of eggs of L.favicolor, laid by
different females, to Mr. A. W. Bacot, and in July, 190J<, I sent him
a dead pupa, and he has very kindly furnished me with his notes on the
ova, larva, and pupa ; and also with notes on the ova and young larvae
of L. pallens, with permission to make use of them in this paper, and
I think the best way of doing so will be to give his descriptions in
his own words.

108 I May,

"Ova of L. favioolor, Ju\y lUli, 1903.— * * * The eggs wore thrust
beneath the flakes of wood that had been raised in the lower surface of the lids of
tlie chip boxes in which they were laid, in small masses. Tliey are practically
sliapeless, mere transparent skins surrounding the young larva, which can be dis-
tinctly seen moving its head and mandibles. I fnund that it was impossible to
detach a sirgle egg witliout rupturing it, so I could only judge of the size in com-
parison with a scale instead of actually measuring one. As near as I could judge
they were between 4 and 5 mm. in diameter, and are probably nearly circular when
laid; now, however, tliey are much wrinkled and shrunken, taking the impression
of the surfaces between which Ihey liave been forced, but those portions that have
not come in contact with the sides of the crevice, or another egg, are covered with
a delicate but sharply cut cell pattern.

{To be continued).

LIST OF BRITISH DOLICROPODIDJL, WITH TABLES AND NOTES

BY G. H. VEEBALL, F.E.S.

{Continued from page 83).

T. sp.? : Col. Terburj caught three males and two females of a
Thrypticus at Nairn earl}' in July, 190i, which are certainly distinct
from T. hellus, as they are very much larger, being in fact as large as
Medeterus truncarum. Their size also prevents their being T. smaraq-
dinus Gerst., while T. divisus Strobl. is now considered only a synonym
of T. hellus ; as however I have doubts as to the correctness of this
synonymy, I do not venture at the present time to give a name to the
Nairn species.

The genus Thri-pticus may be easily distinguished from greenish
Medeterus by the parallel cubital and discal veins.

19. RHAPSIUM Meig.
B. longlcorne Fall. : I have taken this very distinct species in the
New Forest not uncommonly, and also at Frant (in Sussex or Kent),
while in Scotland it has occurred freely in Arran and at Kannoch.

20. MACH^RIUM Hal.
M. maritimce Hal. : a very widely distributed and common sea-
coast species, distinguished by its brilliant pale green colour and by
its long peculiarly shaped antennae.

21. PORPHYROPS Meig.
Although we have at least fourteen well distinguished species of
this genus in Britain, only one (P. spinicoxa) can be considered at all
common.

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1 (14) .Middle coxtB with a strong black apical spine.

N.B.^This spine frequently splits up into two or three closely appro.ximated bristles.

2 (3) Arista with a leaf-like dilation at tip ; hind femora with one preapical spine...

1. antennata Carl.

3 (2) Arista practically normal.

4 (7) Face black ; beard black or blackish ; hind femora without any preapical spine.

5 (6) Outer genital liiiuellae (orkcd ; hind tibias yellow, becoming black towards tip ;

basal joint of front tarsi thin, as long as the other four together, and with a few
longer thin hairs at tip beneath 2. spinicoxa Lw

6 (5) Outer genital lanielliB not forked ; beard brown ; hind tibire conspicuously

whitish from near base to middle, and with apical half dilated, channelled, and
blackish ; basal joint of front tarsi thin, barely as long as next three together ;
squamas dark fringed 3. fascipes M eig.

7 (4) Face and beard white ; hind femora with one or more preapical spines.

8 (9) Last abdominal segment (the one before the hjpopygiuni) purplish ;

thorax brilliant green ; hind femora with two or more jjreapical spines ; basal
joint of front tarsi barely as long as next two together ; outer genital lamellae
long, not forked, hairy ; front femora almost bare ; large species...

4. eleffautula Aleig.

9 (8) Last abdominal segment concolorous with the others ; hind femora with one

preapical spine.

10 (1 1) Third joint of antennas longer than arista ; thorax rather dull greenish ; basal

joint of front tarsi not clubbed and not much longer than second ; outer lamellse
long, but not exceedingly long, and not bifid ; small species...

5. iiemorum Meig.

11 (10) Third joint of antenna shorter than arista.

12 (13) Last joint of front tarsi with 4-5 remarkable long hairs ; basal joint of front

tarsi hardly longer than second joint and not dilated at its tip ; thorax dullish
green 6. rivalis Lw.

13 (12) Last joint of front tarsi with no long hairs ; lamellse exceedingly long; basal

joint of front tarsi twice as long as second and clubbed at its tip ; thorax dull
blackish-green with two black stripes ; arista faintly dilated just before its tip...

7. patula Radd.

14 (1) Middle coxae without a strong black apical spine, though a tuft of black

bristly hairs may occur there.

15 (16) Last two joints of middle tarsi dilated ; narrow face and beard white ; an-

terior femora and all coxse with whitish pubescence ; posterior coxse with
distinct tufts of black bristly hairs ; hind femora without any preapical spine ;
hind tibiae stout and black ; basal joint of front tarsi longer than rest together
and clubbed at its tip ; outer lamellie very long, thin and forked...

8. crassipes Meig.

16 (15) Last joints of middle tarsi normal.

17 (20) Front femora with a black pectination beneath ; outer lamelte short and

broad, not forked.

18 (19) Face and beard black ; front femora with a strong black pectination beneath on

the basal third consisting of about nine spines, then quite bare for a considerable
space, followed on the aisical third (or more) with thin black oiliation ; hind
femora with one small prcai)ieal spine ; basal joint of front tarsi longer than
next three together, though the two basal joints are elongate and twisted...

9. pectinata Lw.

19 (18) Face and beai'd white ; front femora with a continuous black pectination beneath

110 CMay,

though with considerable white pubescence behind ; hind femora sometinios
with two preapical spines ; basal joint of front tarsi barely longer than second...

lu. cotisubrina Zytt.

20 (17) Front Ibmorii witlioiit w black ])ot!tiii!ition bi'iicatli.

21 (21) Front coxa; and fcinorti with black pubesceiico ; outer lainollic long.

22 (23) Beard wliitisli ; outer lumellEe not forked ; face narrow, black on all middle

part ; middle coxio with stiff bristles almost like a small sjnne ; hind femora
with one small proapical spine ; liasal joint of front tarsi nearly as long as next
throe together, and bearing some short sijines beneath at or before the middle ;
abdomen rather silvery 1 1. micans Meig.

23 (22) Beard black ; outer lamella; conspieuouslj forked ; face black ; basal joint of

front tarsi Ijaroly longer than second ; abdon)en ncit at all silvery ; middle coxas
with a faint trace of a tuft of black bristles 12. vasuia Fall.

24 (21) F" rout coxa) and femora with white pubescence; basal joint of front tarsi

almost as long as rest together.

25 (;;<>) Outer lamellsB moderately long and bent at a right angle ; hind femora with

only apical lialf black ; posterior coxse slightly Wack bristly...

13. riparia Meig.

2G (25) Outer lamella? short and tuftetl ; middle cox;c with a .slight black fringe...

14. penicillata Lw.

If B. gravipes Wlk. is a disliiict species, it may be distinguished
from antennaia by its simple arista ; from spimcoxa,fascipes,pecfinaf a,
micans and nasuta by its white face ; from crassij)es, consohrina, riparia
and penicillata by its long lamellae ; from elegantula by its dull colour
and its single preapical s])ine ; from neworum and rivalis by its larger
size ; and consequently it is reduced to a comparison with P. patula,
to which it must at any rate be closely allied through its " dark brassy,
not shining " thorax on which are "two black stripes rather marked."
I am however not inclined at present to pronounce them identical,
because Haliday (in Walker) says nothing about a spur to the middle
coxse, and even if that allied it to P. Jongilamellata Kowarz, I can
hiirdly believe but that he would have used a stronger term for the
lamellae than simply "" elongatis,''' and I do not comprehend the hind
" metatarsus with a short spine above near the middle ;" the character
of "hind legs black" 1 consider of very little comparative value in
the males of this genus.

1. P. antennata Carl. : very rare. 'Ihe British Museum possesses a

recent male taken at Clifford's Castle, Herefordshire. P.
discigera IStenh. is very similar, but has no spine on the
middle coxae.

2. P. spinicoxa Lw. : not at all uncommon on the leaves of shrubs at

the sides of paths in woods in Sussex, Hants, and Kent. It
is easily known by its black face, spined middle coxae, and
forked lamellae.

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8. P. fasct'pes Meig. : Walker's description of this species is unmis-
takable, and ho says " Not rare (B. I.)-" I have not met
with it niysell:', but Dr. D. Sharp took a male in the New
Forest about the beginning of September, 1901.

4. P. eleganiula Meig. : very rare to me, but Col. Terbury has taken

it at Tarrington and Aviemore. It is a conspicuously hand-
some species.

5. /-•. nemorum Meig. : the smallest species of the genus and probably

not uncommon, but I have only seen stray specimens from
Somerset, Hampshire, Sussex, Middlesex, and Suffolk.
G. P. rivalis Lw. : Col. Terbury took one male of this well marked
species at Aviemore on June 4th, 1904. Its small size and
peculiarly haired last joint of the front tarsi distinguish it
at once.

7. P. patula Eadd. : Col. Yerbury took a male at Aviemore on

August 26th, lI'OO ; the coxal spine upon close examination
can be seen to be composed of three closely ajjproximated
bristles. The species is quite distinct from P. longilaviellala
Kowarz. which 1 possess, and which has no coxal spine,
coxae, especially the front pair, densely white haired, front
femora white haired, hind femora black to the very base,
face much narrower, and arista not perceptibly dilated. As
I have mentioned above it is very probable that P. gravipes
Wik., may be a synonym of one of the above species, and
neither of them ought to have been described as new without
some reference to it.

8. P. crassipes Meig. : in various localities from Devonshire to

Golspie, and sometimes faii-ly common. Becker's P. patelli-
tarsis from Siberia is an obvious synonym, as all the minor
distinctions pointed out by him do occur in P. crassipes, and
therefore instead of adding to its distinction only tend to
prove its identity. In all probability the outer lamellae in
his single specimen had the fork broken off, as is not un-
commonly the case in these long delicate lamellae, or it might
be concealed in the dried up convolutions. It is only
another of Becker's innumerable species founded on a single
specimen ; surely in such cases a mere note of an apparent
difference should be sufficient without overloading our
synonymy.

9. P. pectinata Lw. : I caught this species near Richmond in Surrey

on July 19th, 1868.

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10. P. consohrina Zett : 1 have caught or seen this species from at

least Hampshire (New Forest), Lancashire (Silverdale), and
Haddington (Aberlady). Walker says "common on the
sea-coast (E. S. I.)-" Why Becker failed to recognise this
species from Zctterstedt's description I cannot tell, as Walker
and E-addatz found no difficulty ; it is however obviously the
same species as Lichtwardt described in 1896 as P. discolor
Zett., which had previously been described from the female
only ; whether Zctterstedt's P. discolor is distinct from his
P. consohrina 1 cannot say.

11. P. micans Meig. : this species is difficult to place in a dichotomic

table, because it has almost a spine on the middle coxae, the
face is so narrow that its colour is difficult to determine, and
even when determined is black about the middle but whitish
above and below% while the silveriness of the abdomen is
easily overlooked ; it is however the only species of Porphy-
rops which has an approximation to an erect black bristle on
the front of the hind coxae. I have taken it near Boxhill in
Surrey at I believe the shingly sides of the Hiver Mole, and
I have also taken it at Mailing near Lewes and at Henfield
in Sussex. I have also seen a male in the late Dr. P. B.
Mason's collection under the name of P. /w/y?/?es. Failing
to recognise it in 1876 I unfortunately redescribed it as
new, under the name of P. simplex.

12. P. nasuta Fall. : there was a male in the late Dr. P. B. Mason's

collection which was probably taken at Deal, and with it
was a fragment of a probable female.

13. P. riparia Meig. : better known as P-iyrcerosa Lw., but described

by me in this Magazine for February, 1876, as P. tenuis. I
have taken it at Dovedale, Millersdale, Arran, Kannoch, and
Tongue.

14. P. penicillata Lw. : a male in the late Dr. P. B. Mason's col-

lection dated May 16th, 1868 ; probably taken at Deal.

(To be continued).

ON THE SCENTS OF THE MALES OF SOME COMMON ENGLISH

BUTTERFLIES.

BY G. B. LONGSTAFP, M.D., P.E S.

Following up the preliminary observations of 1903, mentioned, by
Dr. F. A. Dixey at a recent Meeting of the Entomological Society
(Proceedings, 1904, p. Iviii), I, during August, 1904, examined for

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scent many individuals of several species of butterflies at Mortehoe,
vs'ith the follov^'ing results. With a view to avoid picking and choosing,
the results of every observation were recorded, and for some days
every butterfly netted was tested.

PiERis NAPi, (J (46 examined).
The highly characteristic scent was often so obvious as to be readily perceived
when the insect was fluttering in the net, but was ?» every specimen easily detected
by rubbing the wings while holding the insect under the nostrils. The scent varied
in intensity; it was very strong in a male netted when courting. The scent, which
is pleasant, is usually (and with good roason) compared to that of lemon verbena,
but it is by no means identical therewith.

PiERis NAPi, ? (35 examined).
In no single instance was the lemon verbena scent detected. In four cases a
fainter scent was observed during life, and in eleven cases such a scent was observed
after the insect's thorax had bepn pinched in the common way of killing butterflies.
The character of this scent was like that of the (? P. rapie, but fainter. In nine
cases the results were doubtful ; in eighteen cases no scent was detected.

PiERis RAP^, (^ (40 examined).
Two appeared to be without scent ; in nine the result was doubtful ; but in
twenty-nine a distinct scent was detected. This was not as strong as in the (J of
the preceding species, so that it could not be made out when the insect was in the net.
The scent was agreeable, of a somewhat " sticky " character ; it has been compared
to that of mignonette, but Mr. Selwyn Image's suggestion of sweetbriar is better,
though the resemblance is not exact. Two consecutive observations were (1) on a
male taken courting, in this the scent was exceptionally strong ; and (2) on a male
taken in copula, in which the scent was fainter than the average. It did not
appear to make any difference whether the wings were rubbed during life or after
death by pinching.

PiERis EAP^, ? (39 examined).

In twenty-nine no scent was detected ; in four after pinching a faint sweetbriar
odour was detected ; in five the results were doubtful ; in one case only was a fairly
strong scent observed, this apparent exception greatly puzzled me until the explana-
tion appeared — a plant of mignonette at my feet !

PiERis BRASsiciE, (^ (32 examined).
In fourteen a distinct though faint scent was detected ; in twelve the results
were doubtful ; in six they were negative. The scent in this butterfly was so slight
as to be difficult to detect ; in character it was agreeable, sweet, flowery and " clean."
It somewhat reminds one of the flower of rape, but a lady's suggestion of orris root
is better.

PiEEis BRASSic^, ? (4 examined).
In two the results were negative, in two doubtful.

Epinephele janira, cT (34 examined).
In four there appeared to be a very slight, somewhat pungent odour, suggesting
old cigar boxes ; thirteen were doubtful ; seventeen gave negative results.

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EpiNEPHEi.E JANiRA, ? (27 examined).

One appeared to have a .-cent as in the <? ; eight were doubtful ; eighteen

negative.

Epinepiiele tithonus, (J (81 examined).

In twenty-three cases the results were negative ; in eight cases doubtful. Even
in the case of a <? taken courting no scent could be detected.

Epinephele tithonus, ? (12 examined).
All these gave negative results.

Pabauge meg^ra, c? (16 examined).

In three I detected an odour somewhat like chocolate, but very faint ; in six
cases the results were doubtful ; in seven negative. At Dr. Dixey's suggestion I
examined several males in the house, stroking the " brand " with a camel's hair
pencil, but did not obtain satisfactory results. Apparently my sense of smell is not
acute enough.

Pararge MicG^RA, $ (4 exaQiined).

In one instance the result was doubtful, but in the other three negative.

Ltc^na ICARUS, (^ (33 examined).
In twenty-five cases a distinct scent was detected, in one instance it was strong ;
in seven cases the I'csult was doubtful ; in one case only was it decidedly negative.
Of a pair taken in copuld the $ had a distinct scent, the ? none. The scent of this
Blue is entirely unlike that of the Pierines, and may perhaps be compared to that
of chocolate sweetmeats. Two ladies confirmed the reality of the scent.

Ltcjbna ICARUS, ? (14 examined).
Of these nine gave negative results ; four were doubtful ; but one had a distinct
scent, and I can only suggest as a possible explanation that this specimen had paired.

Hespeeia sylyanus, (J (3 examined).
Stroking the " brand " gave negative results.

Speaking generally pinching the thorax did not seem to have any-
decided effect, save perhaps in bringing out the very faint odour of
the $ napi, but in the case of a few of the Pierines it produced a
foul odour, possibly fcecal.

There are many difficulties in these observations. Wind may
interfere ; confusion may arise from tbe scents of flowers or the
leaves of plants. Then the scales rubbed off and snuffed up the
nostrils are very irritating to the back of the throat (more especially
it seems to me in the case of Satyrids), and this irritating quality in-
creases the diflBculty of appreciating slight odours. The phenomena
are moreover fleeting, and do not admit of demonstration to others.
Lastly, the human nose is at best a poor instrument; the sense of
smell is soon clogged, while on the other hand scents may linger in
the tortuous nasal cavities.

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Some ver}^ interesting facts are brought out in Dr. Dixey's paper
above refei-red to My own observations on the scents of ludian
butterflies should appear in the Transactions of the Entomological
Society for the current year.

Highlands, Putney Heath :

January \2th, 1905.

ON ORCEESTES SPAESUS, Fahe., AS A BRITISH INSECT.
T!T E. A. NEWBERT.

Tn a short paper in this Magazine (Ent. iNIo. Mag., xl, 133) on
some errors of determination in the Power collection, I stated my
opinion that the insect standing as Orcliesfes sparsiis, Eahr., w-as only
a small form of O. ilicis, Fab. In the January No. (Ent. Mo. Mng.,
xli, 20) Mr. Donisthorpe has called in question the accuracy of that
view, and supported his opinion by stating that Messrs. C. 0. and E.
A. Waterhouse agree vi-ith him that the insect in question is O.
sparsus. He then gives some vague generalities which he considers
are sufficient to separate the two species.

In order to save the valuable space of this Magazine, I did not
give the reasons on which I founded my opinion, but as my accuracy
has been disputed I will now proceed to do so.

According to modern authors, the differences between the two
species are structural and subgeneric. Seidlitz (Fauna Transsylvanica,
2nd ed., 1891, p. 718) distinguishes the two subgenera thus : —
Antennae inserted in the middle of rostrum ; front femora with a small thorn-like

tooth in middle of under-side ; hind femora angled or widened tooth-like in

middle. subg. Orchestes, i. sp. (including ilicis, F., and some others).

Antennre inserted behind the middle of rostrum, with very short scape.

subg. Threcticus, Th. (including sparsus, Fahr., and some others).
Bedel (Fn. Seine, vi, 124) does not make much use of subgenera
in his work, but places the insects in separate groups and uses much
the same characters, thus : —
Scape twice as long as the first joint of the funiculus, and inserted after the first

3rd of rostrum. q. pUosus, F., = ilicis, F. (and some others).

Scape scarcely longer than the first joint of the funiculus, and inserted before the

first 3rd of rostrum. q. sparsus, Fahr. (and some others).

An examination of the so-called O. sparsus in the Power collection
will at once show that it has a long slender scape, which is twice as
long as the first joint of the funiculus, and that the position of the
antennae on the rostrum corresponds with that given for the subgenus
Orchestes, i. sp. There can be no question about this, and it is quite

116 [May,

evident that Power's insect is not the O. sparsus of the two recent
and trustworthy authors quoted. It may be said by others that both
these authors are incorrect, and that we must go only to the original
description.

Fahraeus's description (Schonherr, Gen. Cure., vii, 2, 375) is too
long to reproduce here, but the (-'ollowing extracts from it are so re-
markably appropriate to a type specimen of O. sparsus (which M.
Bedel, with his usual kindness, at once sent me) that they are well
worthy of attention. Eeferring to the elytra we find :—''■ Interstitiis
subseriatim punctulatis ; nigra., liirsufie concolore,pr(Ssertim versus latera,
ivcequaliter adspersa, lituris niveo puhescentibus, pone medium dorsi
suh-hifasclatim, alibi variegatim congestis, macula quadranqulari, pone
scutellum communi, fulvo-tomentosa. * * * Pedes validiusculi,
nigri, griseo-pubescentes * * * forsis pallide tesfaceis."

The intensely black colour of the type above referred to, on
which the snow^-white hair-like scales are so thinly spread as nowhere
to hide the integument, together with the bright fulvo-tomentose spot
behind the scutellum, are marked characters, which at first sight
would prevent the insect from being mistaken for any other British
species. Again, the intense black of the tibiae and very pale tarsi present
a remarkable contrast. These characters will not answer the Power
O. sparsus. The name " sparsus " is a very appropriate one for the
insect sent me by M. Bedel, which may be described as an O. iota in
which the scutellary spot is fulvous and the elytra thinly sprinkled
with thread-like white hairs. Its form is a little shorter and more
square than that of O. iota.

I have not seen Mr. Donisthorpe's so-called O. sparsus, nor the
continental example to which he refers, but as he states that it agrees
with the Power specimen, it must be incorrectly determined.

To complete my case, it only remains to prove that the Power
insect must be O. ilicis, Fab., or a new European species. The
European representatives of the subgenus OrcJiestes, i. sp., amount to
eight in all, but five of these have red integuments, those with black
integuments being fagi, L., quedenfeldti, Gerh., and ilicis. Fab. O.
fagi has no outstanding hairs, and O. quedenfeldti has, I believe, only
been found in the east, and has the base of the elytra double as broad
as the thorax. There only remains O. ilicis, F.,a very variable insect,
both as to size and markings. It has two named varieties, niqripes,
Fowl., and irroratus, Kies.

12, Churchill Road, Dartmouth Park :
March Uth, 1905.

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The late Mr. C. Q, Barrett's " Lepidoptera of the British Islands." — I have
much pleasure in announcing, on behalf of tho late Mr. C G. Barrett, that the
publication of the remaining portion of the " Lepidoptera of the British Islands "
left by him in MS. at the time of his decease in December last, will be superintended
by Mr. Richard South, F. K.S. Sufficient material exists to carry the work to the
completion of the Tortricina. — C. Gr. Babhett, Jun., King's Lynu : April \lth,
1905.

Amara anthohia, Villa, at Chatham. -After reading in the April Number {ante,
page 87), VIr. W. E. SJiarp's note on the new British species of Amara, I at once
carefully examined all my exponents of the two allied species Iticida, Duft., and
familiarix, Duft., and found tliat I had one specimen of the new species mixed
with lucida. This specimen was taken at Chatham on the slopes of Darland Hill,
on March Uth, 1896. When putting it away I noticed that it was bulkier in build
than the specimens of lucida I had in my collection, which were taken at Deal ;
but at tliat time I had no Continental books to consult, and I merely considered it
a large form of lucida. I may add that I sent the specimen to Mr. W. E. Sharp,
and he has compared it with Continental types, and there is no doubt about its
correct determination as anthohia ; the two prescutellary pores are very distinct. —
T. Hudson Beaee, 10, Regent Terrace, Edinburgh : April &th, 1905.

Lepidoptera in Hertfordshire. — Seven new species have recently been added to
the County List of Lepidoptera kept by the Hertfordshire Natural History Society,
all except one having been taken in 19u4. They are (1) Xylina semibriinnea, taken
at Baldock by Mr. A. II. Foster ; (2) Melanippe galiata, captured at St. Albans by
Miss Alice Dickinson ; (3) Ant idea cucullata (sinuata), reported both from St.
Albans by Miss Dickin.son, and from Hexton by Mr. Foster ; (4) Cidaria literata,
larva beaten at Tring by Mr. A. T. Goodson ; (5) Scoparia angustea, taken at
Watford by Mr. V. P. Kitchin ; (6) AciptHia galactodactyla, captured at St. Albans
by Miss Dickinson ; and (7) Ti)iea granella, caught by me at St. Albans. The
number of species on the Record Book now stands at 1165. — A. E. GiBBS,
Kitchener's Meads, St. Albans : April 14th, 1905.

Captures of Hgmenoptera Aculeata during 1904. — A few days devoted to
Hymenoptera last season were not prolific of many species, but the following list of
captures may be of some interest.

A short visit to Little Eaton, near Derby, on May 17th, a cold, cloudy day,
produced Leptothorax acervorum, Andrena cineraria, A. lapponiea, and A. similis,
and several common species.

The best capture of the year was a single example of Prosopis genalis, taken
near Basingstoke on June 5th, and on the 12th Andrena proxima was met with
near Compton. A visit to Wellington College on August Bank Holiday was quite
a failure, a single example of Harpactus tumidus being the best capture. Colletes
succincta, Mimesa equestris, Ammophila sabulosa, Cerceris lahiata, and Pompilus
unguicularis wei'e also met with. Leptothorax acervorum also turned up, a few of
each sex being taken.

Cilissa heemorrhoidalis , Chelostoma campanularum, and Andrena coitana were

met with at Lynmonton, Hants, on August 7th, in Campanula flowers, and Andrena

cetii on Knautia arvensis.

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The only otlier species worLli mentioning included Ni/s.son spinosun, Andrena
fucata, A. angustior, A.dorsata,^nd. Nomada flavoguitala from Woodliay. Epeolus
ritjtpe a and Nt/ston diniidiatus from Brimptoii. A. very fine Andrena fulva, $, was
picked up in the road near Welford Park on May Isb.

I am very niucii indebted to the Rev. F. D. Morice for his kindness in naming
many of my captures. — P. H. Haewood, 2, Dorchester Villas, Grloucester Road,
Newbury : March tWi, 1905.

Larvse of the Stratiomyiidce : an appeal. — I shall be very much obliged to
any one who will during the coming season supply me with larvse of the Slratio-
myiidse. I especially want the aquatic forms, particularly 5. ohameBleon which was
studied by Swammerdamm so many years ago. My daughter and I have been
interested in the larvse of this family of flies during the last twelve months, and
have already a considerable series of drawings of the larvse and their anatomy. In
order to make the points that are emerging clear, it is desirable to have a con-
siderable variety of forms for comparison, as we find that a good deal of what has
been written and published on the subject is not so exact as it should be. I shall
also be glad of any terrestrial forms of these larvse, especially of those that live in
wood and dung ; and shall be very glad if any one who may send me these larvae
will give me any hints as to their names. This is at present a point very difficult
to ascertain, as will be readily believed by those who have taken up the study of
Dipterous lai-vse. All the larvse we have yet had to do with of this family live a
very long time, some we think for years, so that it is not very easy to get their
names by rearing the flies. — D. Sharp, University Museum of Zoology, Cambridge :
April 12th, 1905.

JIoiv insects fade. — In the winter of 1894-5 I put aside some insects in a glass
case for the purpose of proving for myself the extent to which the action of light
in an ordinary town sitting-room would affect their pigments. The case has hung
in the same position for ten years, at right angles to the white-curtained window, on
a level with, and about ten feet away from it. Last autumn, upon examining the
subjects, I was surprised to note how small a percentage of them had in the least
degree faded ; in the Coleoptera, whose colours are to a large extent " structural,"
and not " pigmental," this was to be expected, but many of the Lepidoptera, some
even of the Rhopalocera, were still quite normal in coloration, whereas the Diptera
and Neuroptera were in each case much affected. The following is a full list of the
insects treated : —

Lbpidopteka. — Unaffected : A. adippe, C. vaccinii, S.hyperanthus, N. xantho-
grapha, A. rujina, X. ferruginea, A. pistacina, V. io, C. edusa, S. tithonus, II.
lineola, L. alexis, S. semele, A. betularia, A. incanaria, C. pusaria, H. elutata, B.
hirtaria, U. sambucaria, F. piniaria, J ; V. polychloros, hardly in the least faded ;
T. pronuba, hind-wings much faded ; 0. caja, very faded throughout ; S. megxra
SMdi M. per sicarix, &\ig\it\y ; V. maculata, somewhat ; A. liiteata, one side, which
was more exposed, much more faded than the other ; F. meticulosa, hardly faded ;
N. c-nigrum, distinctly ; H. pirotea, green quite gone ; A. aprilina, green still dis-
tinct though very pale ; A. euphrosyne, only some of the specimens were slightly
faded.

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CoLEOPTERA. — Unaffected : Carabun grannlatu^ and catenulatus, Dromius
meridionalis, Lema cyaneHa, Nehria breincoUis, Calathus melanorephalu.i , Dromius
4-nof.afus, Donacia xericea, Grammoptera ruficornix, Anchomenus parumpunctatus
and dorsalis, Cicindela campestris, Crepidodera helxines,fiiid atirata, Rhynchites
conicux, Ht/drohius fuscipes, Chryxomela hiemoptera and staphi/lea, Agelaxtica
halen.sis, Cteniopns, Micraspis \2-punctala, Bembidium littoral e aw A lampros, Demc'
trias atricapillus , Nitidula bipustulata, CocciduJa rufa, Loricera, Halipluss rufi-
coll'm, Tachyporux and Choleva chriisomeloidex, Erirrhinus validirostris ; slightly
faded : Apion minialiim, Pterostichns! strenuus, Serica brunnea, Phyllopertha
horticola, elytra, Dromiux i-maculafux, elytral marking?, Leptura livida, elytra ;
distinctly faded : Anchomenvs alblpex, one example only, Spliseroderma cardui,
Dromiux linearis, CoccineVa variabilis; very distinctly : Pt/rochroa serraticornis
and Coccinella 22-punctafa.

DiWEUA :— Hiematopota pluvialis (slightly), Chloromyia formosa and Volu-
cella pellucens (not at all), Helophilux pendulux (very distinctly), Bombylius
discolor (distinctly).

Neuroptera : — Panorpa communis and germanica (wing-markings slightly),
Salexus radiatux (distinctly).

Hemiptera : — Nabis ferus (very slightly).

Orthopteba : — Stenobothrus eleganx (normal), 5. viridulus (very distinctly).

HymenoptebA : — Athalia roxas, body distinctly; Sylotoma ustulata,wovm^\.
— Claude Moblet, The Hill House, Monks Soham, Suffolk : February, 1905.

(ibituari).

Alexander Fry was born on September 10th, 1821, at Pencraig, Herefordshire.
In 1838 lie went to Rio de Janeiro, entering his father's mercantile business house
there. In 1843 he became a partner, and came to England for a short time, re-
turning to Rio after his marriage. After 1854 he resided in London (visiting Rio
occasionally), and became a Member of the Entomological Society in 1885. He was
an enthusiastic collector of Coleoptera, and to those he collected himself he added
greatly by purchase, including Parry's collection of Lovgicornia, great numbers
collected by Wallace, Doherty, and others, and the very fine series collected by
Whitehead at Kinabalu, including all the types described by H. W. Bates. He did
not confine himself to any particular Family, but he seemed to be particularly at-
tached to the Longicornia and Weevils. He never did any descriptive work
himself, but many parts of his collection had been examined and named by Mono-
graphers, and are on this account of considerable value. He was always most
ready to show his collection to any one, and many entomologists will long remember
their visits to his beautiful house at Norwood. At the time of his death, which
occurred on February 26th, 1905, he had been a widower for many years. He had
no family. He bequeathed his whole collection, comprising some 200,000 specimens,
to the Trustees of the British Museum.

Eenri Louis Frederic de S'atJSsMre.— Entomology has suffered a severe loss by
the death of this veteran Orthopterist at the age of seventy-fivo ; the infirmities of

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poor health, togelh(.>r witli advancing age and failing eyesight, had in recent years
somewhat limited his output of scientific work, but until a few years ;\go he was
one of our most prolific writers upon the Orlhopfera. In tlie sixties and early
seventies he produced a series of memorable and voluminous works, chiefly dealing
with American forms, more particularly with Mexican Dictyoptera. His " Blattides
Americaines " (1864) and " Mantides Americaines " (1867) marked the beginning
of the modern epoch in the study of (Jrthoptera. The latter just preceded tlie ap-
pearance of the first of Brunner von Waftcnwyl's series of i\ionogra]5hs, and un-
fortunately a great part of the lattcr's work on Cockroaches coincided with de
Saussure's treatise. Then came the " Melanges Orthopterologiques ;" parts I to IV
deal chiefly with American Dictyoptera, but fascicules V and VI, which form to-
gether a very stout quarto volume, are an exhaustive Monograph of the Crickets
which has not yet been rivalled, and must remain for a long time the standard
treatise on this sub-Order. In the eighties we have the " Prodromus Qidipodiorum "
(1888) and the " Additamenta'' thereto which shortly followed, which form the
standard and only work upon this Family. Ir'oon there came the Monograph of the
Pamphagidse, together with a study of Hemimerus, for which isolated form the
author established a new order of insects with the name Diptoglossata, but in this
case the learned and experienced entomologist was misled by a faulty preparation.
In later years came a series of small brochures dealing with revisions of various
Blattid families, such as the I'aiie.sthidie, Epilampridse, Perisphieridfe, Heteroga-
mildm, &c. Then we find him dealing with the enormous material collected for the
" Biologia Centrali-Americana," which work alone would entitle the author to a
very high position in Entomology ; in this work he was assisted by the collaboration
of MM. Pictet and Zehnter. In a similar way he pi-oduceJ an account of the
Dictyoftera of Madagascar, published by Grandidier, which was supplemented by
a faunistic work on the collections made by Voeltzkow in Madagascar and the
neighbouring Archipelago. As recently as 19('3 de Saussure published a small but
important work on the Eumastacidse.

His attention was, however, not confined to the Orthoptera, for his work upon
American Wasps is very highly esteemed by Hymenopterists, and his Monographs
on the social and solitary Wasps and on the Scoliidie (the latter in collaboration
with Sichel) still hold the field as standard works on these groups. He has de-
sci'ibed a large number of species from Madagascar, as well as from the results of
Fedtschenko's travels in Turkestan (in which he dealt also with the Orthoptera) and
the voyage of the Novara.

In recent years he confined his attention more particularly to the Orthoptera,
in connection with which his name will be chiefly remembered, but twenty years
ago he was in the front rank of Hymenopterists, and a great deal of his work upon
this group was highly original and very valuable.— M. Burr.

The Hemiptera of Suffolk : by Ciaude Morley, F.E.S. Plymouth :
James H. Keys, Pp. i — is, and 1— 3i.

The above is an excellent list of the Suffolk Hemiptera-JSeteroptera, and

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Homoptera {Cicadina and PsylUna), and will, we hope, be a stimulus to others to
enlarge it ; even now it compares favourably in the Heteroptera with Norfolk,
showing only 15 less than that county, which has had the special attention of two
first rate Hemipterists, Messrs. J. Edwards and H. J. Thouless ; in the Ilomopfera
the respective numbers do not comjjare so well, but then this section was Mr.
Edwards' speciality, and on this account probably no county has been so well
worked as Norfolk for the species contained in it. A reviewer is expected to find a
few faults, and in this case the object of commencing all specific names with capital
letters seems lo be doubtful, their use is certainly unusual, also the introduction of
Phytocoris di\tinctus as a separate species, which is now universally considered as a
variety of poj)uli, is regrettable, and also in the localities given for Anthocoris
sarothainni, "a dead fir hedge," a species attached to the common " Broom ;"
Psallus obscurellus, "on an aspen," which is a regular fir tree species. Asciodema
obsoletum, " on Hypericum, and " on hazel," a broom and furze species, are so un-
usual that a warning note should have been given to show that these are ni t tlie
natural habitats of the species. These small faults however can be easily rectified
in a subsequcTit edition, which we hope may soon be wanted. — E. S.

A MONOGRAPU OF THE ANOPHELES MOSQUITOES OF InDIA. By S. P. JAMES,

M.B., I. M.S., and W. Glen Liston, M.D., I, M.S. Calcutta: Thacker, Spink and
Co. 1905.

This book has been written with the object of enablng medical men in India
to easily recognise, any of the " malarial " gnats, and it has been written most
admirably with that object. About twenty-three species have been described, and
fifteen exquisite plates have been given, which will undoubtedly enable anybody to
name with coihparative certainty any of the species. The writers do not profess to
be ultra-scientific entomologists, and thereby show their common sense and probably
better true science than the genus- and species-makers who have preceded tliem.
At any rate there remains the fact that their species will be easily and accurately
recognised, while the writings of Theobald will prove stumbling blocks for genera-
tions. They have wisely ignored the insufficiently distinguished genera of Theobald,
which have commonly been founded on minute and practically indistinguishable
characters, and which are consequently valueless to the " field " naturalist. A little
more accuracy might be desirable in some of their terms, as such words as "two
white hind tarsi " do not convey any definite meaning, but criticism of such a kind
is unnecessary. The table of species is well worked out in a simple and intelligible
method. Very valuable figures of the larvae of most species are given. Only one
new species is described, for which the rather undesirable name of ^. cw/m/orwjs
is given, as that specific name lias already been used in the Culicidx (Corethra)
and in the Chironomidx {Tanypus) ,yi\\i\(i the name culicifacies occurs in the Indian
species of Anopheles itself.

Altogether we cannot speak too highly of this work, as it is a most valuable
contribution to science and to medical knowledge. — Gr. H. V.

122 [May,

f ortifttes.

Thi5 South Londox Kntomological and Natural History Society:
. Januari/ 26th, 1905. — Mr. Alfred Sicii, F.E.S., Vice-President in the Chair.
Annual G-eneral .Meeting.

Tlie first part of the Meeting was devoted to the business of receiving the
Treasurer's Balance Sheet and Statement, the reading of the Council's Report for
the past year, the announcement of the Officers and Council elected for the ensuing
jear, and the reading of the retiring President's Address. A satisfactory financial
condition was announced by the Treasurer, Mr. T. W. Hall, and the Council's
Eeport showed that the work of the Society had been generally very successful
throughout the year, with an average attendance at the 25 meetings of over 30.

List of the elected Officers and Council : President, Hugh Main, B.Sc, F.E.S. ;
Vice-Presidents : A. Sich, F.E.S., and E. Step, F.L.S. ; Treasurer: T. W. Hall,
F.E.S. ; Librarian: A. W. Dodds ; Curator: W. West (Grreenwich) ; Hon. Secre-
taries: Stanley Edwards, F.L.S. , F.E.S., and Hy. J. Turner, F.E.S. ; Council:
R. Adkin, F.E.S., F. Noad Clark, F. B. Carr, A. Harrison, F.L.S., F.Z.S., F.C.S.,
W. J. Kaye, F.E.S., H. A. Sauze, and W. West (StrealhamJ.
Ordinary Meeting.

Mr. Hugh Main, E.Sc, President, in the Chair.

Dr. Chapman exhibited a living specimen of Doritis apollinux bred from a
pupa sent from Syria. Mr. Main reported having seen St/hernia rupicapraria,
Phigalia pedaria, Cheimatobia hrumata, H. marginaria, and P. monodactylus in
Epping Forest in some numbers, on January 22nd. Mr. Turner read a few notea
on the Entomology of Assiniboia, Canada, read by Mr. A. J. Croker.

Februarii 9th, 1905. — The President in the Chair.

A special exhibition of Htflernia defoliaria <? s had been arranged, and series
were shown by Messrs. Ray ward, Pratt, Crow, Browne, Hickman, Harrison, Main,
Goulton, and Tonge. The variation ranged from uniformly dark forms to uniformly
light ones, with considerable variation in widths and colour of the transverse
markings. It was noted that the <? s migrated in large numbers, but no well
ascertained facts were known as to the distribution of the ? s. Mr. Rayward,
living females of H. rupicapraria from Wallington. Mr. Crow, on behalf of
Mr. Hickman, the whole of the imagines and varieties bred from the brood of
Arctia caja, referred to at the Exhibition of Varieties in November, 1904. Mr.
Kaye, two forms of TTeliconius pasifhoe from the Demerara River. Mr. Adkin, a
series of Cujndo minima taken last year at Eastbourne, and showing an unusual
amount of blue in the (Js. Mr. South, a long series of very varied specimens of
Oelechia populAla taken on birch trunks at Oxshott on August 20th, 1904. He
also showed a hybrid between Anfhrocera {Zygasna) filipendulm ? , and A. trifoUi $ ,
and read notes on the exhibit. Mr. Edwards, two (? s of Papilio blumei from Celebes,
Mr. Priske,an example of Calosoma sycophanta recently picked up in Kew Gardens.
Dr. Chapman, a long series of bred Hastula {Dichelia) hyerana and its dark var.
marginala, a Tortrix from the South of France, together with details of its life-
history, including larvae in each instar, pupae cases, stems of Asphodel showing the
ravages, photographs of ova, microscopical slides showing tubercles, &c., and read a
paper on the exhibits.— Hy. J. Tuenee, Hon. Secretary.

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Entomological Socikty of London: March I5fh, 1905. — Mr. F. Mkrki-
FIELD, Preside-Ill., in the Chair.

Seiior Don Ignacio Bolivar, of Paseo de Recoletos, Bajo, 20, and Calle Jorge
Juan, 17, Madrid, was elected an Honorary Fellow of the Society, in the place of
Professor F. M. Brauer, deceased.

Mr. Frank P. Dodd, of Kuranda, oia Oairiis, Queensland; Mr. Cecil Floer-
sheim, of 16, Kensington Court Mansions, S.W. ; Mr. Joseph Lane Hancock, of
3757, Indiana Avenue, Chicago ; and -Mr. Herbert C. Robinson, Curator of the
State Museum, Kaula Lumpur, Selangor ; were elected Fellows of the .Society.

Mr. C. O. Waterhouse announced that the late Mr. Alexander Fry, a Fellow
of the Society, had bequeathed his large and important collections of Coleoptera to
the Britisli Museum.

Dr. F. A. Dixey exhibited some butterlHes from Natal which had been pre-
sented by Mr. Q-. A. K. Marshall, F. E.S., to the Hope Department at Oxford,
illustrating certain experiments conducted with a view to ascertain whether the
assumption of the wet or dry season form of various African butterflies could be
controlled by exposure in the pupal state to artificial conditions of temperature
and moisture. Mr. W. F. Sharp, a specimen of the North American Longicorn,
Neoclytus erylhrocephalus. He said the species had been discovered in a sound
ash tree seven inches from the bark, grown in the neighbourhood of St. Helens,
Lancashire. Some posts of American ash in tiie vicinity suggested the origin of
the progenitors ol the colony ; but it was not known how long they had been
erected. He also showed examples of Amara anthobia, Villa, with a series of
A.familiaris, Duf., and A. lucida, Duft., for comparison. They had been given him
by the Rev. G. A. Crawshay of Leighton Buzzard, where they occurred not in-
frequently at the roots of grass in sandy places. Mr. M. Burr, a number of muti-
lated Stenobothrus from the Picos de Europa, Spain. Of the grasshoppers occur-
ring on this spot, almost every specimen seen had the wings and elytra more or less
mutilated, sometimes actually torn to shreds, entirely altering their appearance.
A notable excepl:ion was St. bicofor, of which no single specimen was found muti-
lated. This species also frequently indulged in flight, which the others were
unable to do ; and he suggested that its immunity might be due to the vitality
■which has enabled it to become the most abundant and widespread grasshopper in
Europe. Mr. F. N. Pierce, drawings of the genitalia of Noctuid moths, and also
with the lantern a number of slides showing the respective peculiarities of many
members of the group. Among other things he drew attention to the fact that in
the case of the Tceniocampce the genitalia were widely dissimilar, while his
investigations had led him to conclude that A. ashworlhii, at present ranked as an
Agrotis, should more properly be included in the Noctiia group.

Wednesday, April bth, 1905. — The President in the Chair.

Mr. H. St, J. Donisthorpe exhibited specimens of a melanic Orammoptera,
discovered by Mr. C. J. C. Pool at Enfield, which appeared to be quite distinct
from any member of the genus taken in Britain. Mr. M. Jacoby, a specimen of
Megalopus melipona, Bates, an insect which so much resembles a bee that Bates
had said they were indistinguishable in nature. Mr. A Bacot, on behalf of
Dr. Culpin, specimens of Papilio macleayanus and Rypocista metirius captured in

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Queensland, illiistrai iui; the uso of " diroctive " markings in the Riiopalocora in
influencing their enemies to atlaek non-vital parts. Mr. G-. J. Arrow, an example
of Ceratopte.rus stahll, Westw., a beelle from Australia possessing notable powers of
crepitation. Mr. A. IT. Jones and Mr. H. Rowland- Hrown showed a series of
Hrebia alecto (glaciaJixJ, var. nlchoUi., Oberth., taken by them at about 80U0 ft. at
Campiglio, South Tyrol, with specimens of Dasi/dia tenebraria, var. wockearia,
caught in the company of the Erebias in the same localities. Mr. Jones aleo
exhibited examples of Erehia iiie/ai from the Parnassus Mountains, Greece, for
comparison, and fine forms of butlerflies found at Mendel, near Botzen. Mr. W. J.
Kaye, a series of bred Morpho adonis from British Guiana, with the very rare
dimorphic bhick-and-wliite female. Dr. F. A. Dixey, the social web and pupal
shells of Eucheira soaialis, Westw., together with specimens of the perfect insect,
being the actual nest from Mexico described and figured by Westwood in the
Transactions for 1830. The President read a note on experiments conducted by
him to ascertain the vitality of pupa) subjected to submersion. Mr. II. A. Byatt,
read a paper on " Pxeudacrxa poggei and Limiias chrgslppus ; the Numerical
Proportion of Mimic to Model." .Mr. G. Bethune-Baker contributed " A Mono-
graph of the Genus Ogyris." — H. Rowland Bkown, Son. Secretary.

ALGERIAN MICRO LE PID O PT ER A.
BY THE RT. HON. LORD WALSIN'GHAM, M.A., LL.D., F.R.S., &c.
{Continued from page 41).

2848 : 1.— Aproaerema deverijae, sp. n.

Antennae black, annulate with pale ochreous. Palpi whitish ochreous, the
terminal joint with a black line along it and a black ring before its apex. Head
whitish ochreous. Thorax yellowish ochreous. Forewings at the base yellow-
ochreous, a narrow line of black scab s along the costa, another on the upper edge
of the cell, below which the cell itself is pale whitish ochreous ; from a little beyond
the remainder of the wing-surface is thickly suffused and speckled with black, the
black scales being concentrated in an elongated spot on the middle of the wing,
followed by a smaller one at the end of the cell, with some indication of a third in
the fold below the first ; the ground-colour underlying the black speckling is pale
whitish ochreous, as on the upper half of the cell from the base, and is fairly con-
spicuous on the small patch at the commencement of the costal cilia and in another
opposite to it on the dorsum ; a line of black scales runs through the whitish
ochreous cilia which are also dusted with black at their base. Exp. al., 13 mm.
Hindwings bluish grey ; cilia pale brownish grey. Abdomen shining steely grey.
Legs whitish ochreous, the tarsi shaded with black.

Type, c? (88773) ; ? (97119). Mus. Wlsin.

Hah.: ALGERIA — El-Kantara — 5. VII. 1903 ; Hammam-es-
Salahin, Larva Deverra scoparia, 22.1. excl. 23.1 V. — 10. VIII. 1904.
Twenty-two specimens,

Two larvae found feeding in stems of Deverra {Pituranthos)
scoparia on May 8tli, the type emerged on July 5th, 1903.

Ent. Mo. Mag., 1905.— Plate III.

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June, 1905.1 125

The narrow stems of this plant are much affected by galls, al-
though these occur on a solitary plant here and there and are by no
means so far as I can see common. 'i1ie galls are not due to the
action of any Lepidopteroiis insect but the larvae of this species
bores through them and -mine the stems above and below. I first
found an empty pupa-case in one of the galls, but it was not without
at least an hour's searching that a living larva was at length dis-
covered in the stems, and a most exhaustive search produced only two
specimens, one of which I was fortunate enough to rear. This year I
have freely bred it from stems of Deverra scoparia (collected at
Hamraam-es-Salahin) on which there were no galls. The larvae are
easily found, owing to the bleached appearance of the broken stems
which are closed with a slight web.

336 : 1.— APONOEA, gn. n.

('aTTovoia = despair).

Type, (J ? , Aponoea ohtusipalpis, Wlsm.
Antennae (j) shortly biciliate, the basal joint without a pecten. Ocelli
absent. Hauxtellum moderate, scaled. Maxillary Palpi short. Labial Palpi
projecting the length of the head and thorax in front, laterally compressed, the
median joint densely, but not very roughly, clothed above and beneath ; the terminal
joint erect, very short, projecting less than half the width of the clothing on the
median joint. Head and Thorax smooth. Forewings elongate, lanceolate, with
obtusely rounded apex : Neuration 12 veins; 7 and 8 stalked, connate with 9, 7 to
costa ; 2 and 3 almost connate ; 4 and 5 approximated. Hindwings broader than
the forewings, with obtuse and scarcely depressed apex, termen and dorsum evenly
rounded, not sinuate ; cilia (i) : Neuration 8 veins ; 6 and 7 stalked ; 3 and 4
connate ; 5 approximated to 4 ; discoidal weak, becoming absolete above media.
Abdomen moderate. Legs : hind tibiae hairy.

Allied to Holcophora, Stgr., and Apiletria, Ld., but differing in
the structure of the palpi.

Staudinger and Rebel (Cat. II, 161) erroneously refer Apiletria
to the Oecophorinae, omitting to notice that in the hindwings veins
6 and 7 are stalked.

2980 : 1. — Aponoea obtusipalpis, Wlsm.

Antennae cinereous, spotted with black above. Palpi cinereous, with black
dusting, especially on the outer side. Head and Thorax cinereous, minutely dusted
with blackish. Forewings cinereous, profusely dusted with black scales, which are
somewhat concentrated across the cell at one-third from the base, and indicate a
slight lunate spot at the end of the cell and a series of obscure spots along the
termen at the base of the pale cinereous cilia, which are also sprinkled along their
middle with blackish atoms. Exp. al., 16-21 mm. Hindwings pale rosy grey;
cilia pale brownish grey. Abdomen ochreous. Legs whitish, sprinkled externally
with black atoms and with four narrow black tarsal annulations.

126 [June,

Type, ? (96GM) ; $ (96648). Mus. Wlsm.

Kab.: ALGERIA — Biiskra, 7-21. TIT. 1003 ; Hammam-es-Sala-
bin, 12-16. V.1903, 3-19.IV.1904.

I took eit^hteen specimens of this curious insect at Biskra in the
month of March, and at Hammam-es-Salahin in May ; at the latter
place it was undoubtedly attached to Limoniastrum guyonianum, for I
smoked and beat it from this and no other plant. A free-feeding
larva precisely resembling in colour the leaf of Liinoiiiastruin, and
somewhat tapering towards the extremities, would I think have pro-
duced this insect, had f not unfortunately failed to rear the three or
four specimens obtained. Both larva and moth are undoubtedly
scarce, I only met with three specimens this year.

HYPONOMEUTIDAE.
354 : 1 (=304).— ALLOCLITA, Stgr.
3074 : 1. — Alloclita fkancoeuriae, sp. n.
Antennae simple (two strong bristles indicate a fugitive pecten at their base) ;
white, delicately barred with black above. Palpi erect, median joint smooth,
terminal of equal length, moderately stout and acuminate ; white, the median joint
speckled before its apex, the terminal broadly suffused with black. Head pale
brownish red ; face ochreous. Thorax pale brownish red, mixed with some ochreous.
Foi-eivings white, profusely dusted with greyish fuscous ; a short ochreous basal
patch darkening to brownish red at its outer edge, is narrower on the costa than on
the dorsum, with a projecting angle on the fold ; about half the wing-length is a
dark ferruginous brown patch, its base resting on the fold, from which it is projected
outward toward the end of the cell, where there is a round pale reddish ochreous
spot ; a faint reddish ochreous tinge crosses the wing at one-third from the base,
end the termen is more distinctly pale reddish ochreous throughout, the fuscous
speckling reappearing strongly at the apex and along the base of the hoary whitish
cilia, which are mixed with pale greyish fuscous. Exp. al., 15 — 17 mm. Ilind-
wings shining, yellowish white ; cilia pale sti'aw yellow. Abdomen ochreous. Legs
alternately banded witli greyish fuscous and white.

Type, ^ (96473) ; ? (96451). Mus. Wlsm.

Hal. : ALGERIA— Biskra, 23.11.1895 {Eaton), 1-23.III.1903
(Wlsm.) ; Hammam-es-Salahin, 12. Ill — 7. IV. 1904. Larva Francoe-
uria crispa, 19. IV. excl. 18.VIL1903. Twenty-eight specimens.

Several specimens taken at light at Biskra, March, 1903, and a
single $ subsequently bred in July from a larva found in April bur-
rowing under the woolly bark of the stems of Francoeuria crispa ;
after eating out the inside of the leaves it makes sand-galleries
attached to the crown of the root. This species varies in the in-
tensity of its colouring, in some which are darker than the type the
greyish fuscous speckling is so dense as to change the ochreous

1905.] ]^27

appearance of the thorax and basal patch, and nearly to obliterate the
white ground-colour, which usually becomes accentuated immediately
beyond the basal patch and across the wing before the apex, especially
on the costa ; in such suffused varieties the ochreous tinge is more
diffused, especially about the end of the cell.

I am not acquainted with A. reciseJla, Stgr., and am partly guided
in identifying the genus by Uerrich-Schaffer's figure of that species,
which somewhat resembles fi^ancoeurine. The only point on which
there may be some doubt is as to the pecten at the base of the
antennae, in some specimens this is not indicated, while in others
there are two or more strong bristle-like scales, the remainder of the
pecten having probably been rubbed off. Staudinger did not describe
the neuration of AllocHta recisella, and Herrich-Schaffer wrote, ap-
parently with some uncertainty, '' Die Hinterfliigel scheinen mir 8 Eip-
pen zu haben, 3+4, 5+6 ; S nur bis iiber die Mitte des Yorderrandes.
An den Yorderfliigeln scheinen mir die Eippen gesondert."

The neuration of A. ? francoeuriae is: Foreivings 12 veins, 7 and
8 stalked, 7 to costa ; Hindwings 8 veins, all separate, 6 and 7 nearly
parallel, 5 approximated to 4 ; discoidal subobsolete between 5 and 6.
Staudinger placed AUoclita between Oecophora and Bufalis, while
Herrich-Schaffer thought it might perhaps be allied to Endrosis.

In Staudinger and Wocke's Catalog the genus occurs between
Oecophora and Oegoconia, while Dr. Rebel inserts it in the OelecJiiadae
between Gelechia and Scliistophila. In the absence of evidence to the
contrary the neuration of recisella and J^raiicoeuriae are assumed to be
identical, but of course in locating the position of AUoclita I am
compelled to rely upon the structure of the latter. I regard it as a
Hgponomeutid of generalised type closely allied to the form from which
the groups of Scythris and Blastohasis are specialised derivatives,

3074:2 (^2769). — Alloclita eecisblla, Stgr.

AUoclita recisella, Stgr., Stett. Ent. Ztg., XX, 247-8, No. 104
(1859) a); H.-S., N. Schm., 18, No. 80 (f " SO "), % 106 (1860) (2) ;
Stn., Tin. S.-Eur., 154, 259 (1869) (3); Stgr.-Wk., Cat. Lp. Eur.,
308, No. 2297 (1871) (^) ; Stgr.-Rbl., Cat. Lp. Pal., II, 151, No. 2769
(1901) (5).

Hah. : ANDALUSIA (1-5).- Chiclana, VI d-^).

OECOPHORIDAE.
355.— PLEUROTA, Hb.
3092. — Pleueota nitens, Stgr.
Pleurota nitens, Stgr., lior. Soc. Ent. Ross., VII, 260-1, 294, No.

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7, PI. Ill, 12 (1870)0); Stgr.-Wk., Cat. Lp. Eur., 304, No. 2199
(1871) (2); Stgr.-Ebl., Cat. Lp. Pal., II, 165, No. 3092 (1901) (3).

Antennae white. Palpi white, smeared along the outer side of the median
joint and on the lower half of the expanded brush with greyish fuscous. Head and
Thorax silvery white. Foretoingit shining, silvery white, with a slight rosy tinge,
especially toward the dorsum ; a broad pale bronzy brown band, below the eosta
from the base to the apex, gradually reduces the width of the silvery costal space
above it, and a few bronzy brownish scales are found along the termen before the
silvery white cilia which assume a greyish tinge outwardly. Exp. al., 22 — 26 mm.
Hindwinga and cilia rosy grey. Ahdomen and Legs pearly greyish.

{Gaenotype, ? (96679) ; ^ (96680). Mus. Wlsm.]

Hah.: GREECE (1-3) — Attica, ^IVd)— ALGEEIA - Biskra,
20.III— 13.1 V. 1903; Haminam-es-Salaliin, 2-13 IV, 16.V.1903, 19-
21.IV.1904 ; El-Kantara, 4.V.1903. Thirty specimens.

Common on the hills behind the hot springs and on the plain
preceding them. In some specimens the dorsal half of the forewing
is suffused with bronzy scales, sometimes concentrated towards the
base. Both sexes are alike in markings.

Perhaps nearest to hicostella, CI., but a much more brilliant
species, and in some respects intermediate between it and macrosella ,
Rbl. I did not meet with var. aiirata, Stgr., which is probably a
distinct species.

3114 : 1. — Pletjkota hastipormis, sp. n.

Antennae ashy grey. Palpi hoary whitish, with a dark greyish brown streak
along the outer side of the median joint ; terminal joint rather short suberect.
Head and Thorax hoary white. Forewings rather short, sharply lanceolate ; hoary
■white, dusted with brownish grey scales, except along the eosta where a pure white
streak reaches from the base into the commencement of the costal cilia, and below
it where a broader grey streak runs from the base to a little above the apex ; a small
fuscous dot lies at the end of the cell, and some dark brownish grey scales form a
line along the outer half of the dorsum and on the termen preceding the pale
brownish cinereous cilia. Exp. al., 10 — 12 mm. Hindwings and cilia pale brownish
cinereous. Abdomen brown-grey. Legs pale brownish cinereous.

Type, ^ (96702). Mus. Wlsm.

Hab. : ALGERIA— El-Kantara, 8.IV— 5.V.1903. Thirteen
specimens.

Common at El-Kantara among Artemisia herha-alha.

Closely allied to semicanella, Cnst., and protaseUa, Stgr., differing
from the former in the presence of a dark spot at the end of the cell
and from the latter in the absence of the two dark spots towards the
base.

(To be continuedj.

1905.] 129

SOME OBSERVATIONS ON HASTULA SYERANA, Mill.
BY T. A. CHAPMAN, M.D.

{Continued from page 101).

In 1901, by the middle of March, Tortrix unicolorann had all
spun up, most of them for some time, and all had emerged before the
end of the month. At this date larvae of R. hyerana could still be
found by no means full-fed, and a few were still larvae, feeding, on
April '23rd, when however most of them had spun up. At the end of
June there was no sign of any larva pupating. On August 10th a
moth emerged, and four more a[)peared up to August 31st, two on
September lith, and one on September 15th, and one on the 16th.
At this date some, not all, of the cocoons were examined, most were in
pupa, but two were observed still to be larvae. To the end of
September twenty-six emerged, and nineteen more to October 19th,
when the last came out. The two on lupin emerged one on
September 30th and one October 17th. The first nine were all pale
forms Of the last seventeen, nine were dark. So that there was
an appreciable tendency for the earlier emergences to be pale and
the later dark.

The specimens bred by my friend M. Bourgeois at Geneva,
gave, he tells me, the following results. He bred seven, one emerged
August 27th, pale.

Three were pupae and three larvae on September 4th.

The last pupated on October 8th. By the 13th three more had
emerged of which one was dark. The remaining three of which
two emerged October 24th, and the last November 16th, were all dark.

I had better perhaps put altogether the points in which my
experience of the insect differs from Milliere's. He says the larvae
live in the stems in the manner of Nonagrias, or more especially of
Schoenobides, and not like Tortrices usually do. He says, however, that
he found many burrows of the larvae empty, their tenants having gone
off to pupate. I fancy from this that he found his larvae chiefly in
the flowering stems, as he says he got them by splitting the stem. I
should describe the larva as leading quite a Tortrix life and generally
amongst the leaves. I found, however, when many of them had left
the plants full-grown, that one often found a belated larva in a
deformed flower stem, usually amongst the flowers, and it was
probably these that Milliere met with. But here also they lived in a

130 [June,

Tortrix burrow, with irilken galleries, and nut in the plant tissue in an
interior burrow.

I am not quite clear how to specify the difference, as the larva
makes a burrow right into the flower liead, but what I seem to realize
as the difference is that the Tortrix burrow is anywhere, vight into the
stem rarely, by preference between two opposed outer surfaces, some-
times almost outside, but always with silken protections of various
sorts. He correctly says the larva leaves the plant to pupate, he
describes the silk as brownish {'' bncndtre''), it is really rather pale.
The great hiatus, liowever, that 1 find between Milliere and myself,
is that he says they make their cocoon " ef se metamorpliosent tres
prompt em ent.'''' " Uetat de chrysalide dure de cinq a six semaims^
Now I find that they do not change to pupa for three or four months
and that then the pupal stage only lasts less than three or four
weeks. Unfortunately Milliere gives no dates beyond that his visit
to Hyeres was in April. As his paper is two years later he probably
trusted too much to memory.

The imago is described by Milliere (Annales Soc. Ent. Fr., 1857,
p. 803). He defines the colour as straw-yellow, the base slightly
smoky. He notes the silky lustre which is so pronounced, and
describes the discal spot as inclined to be divided, and notes a variety
in which it had an extension iu the direction of the anal angle. He
says that he reared at Lyons from the pupae he took home nearly
fifty imagines, so that it is astonishing that he says no more as to
variation. My specimens, fifty-six in number, present a good deal of
variation. In the first place they divide themselves sharply in two
sets, one of a yellow and the other of a leaden-grey colour. These
number respective 34 yellow and 22 leaden. In each set there are
one or two making some appi'oach to the other, but there is a definite
gap, so that none of these ^'wa^^-iutermediate forms are otherwise
than definitely belonging to one or other set. There are none that
are intermediate in the strict sense of being as much one as the
other.

Plate IV.

To deal first with the yellow ones. The ground colour varies, some are a very
pale straw, most are of a rich creamy-straw, whilst several are rather orange, one
quite a pinky-orange. The discal spot varies much, in no instance is a specimen
absolutely .without it, but one, and another is very close to it, has it so minute, that
if it were in a series of spotless specimens it is doubtful if its possession of the spot
would be detected. In more than half the specimens the spot is a definite small
rounded dot, from the evanescent form just referred to up to a size nearly that of a
full stop on this page.

1905.] 131

Not one shows the extension towards tlie anal angle descvibed by Milliere, yet
though I hardly like to suggest it, I think one or two of my specimens are the var
he describes, but the extension is basal, giving the spot however almost exactly the
form he figures. The variations in this direction are (1), a slight line basewards
from the spot for about 1 mm., wilh a slight dotted shade above it. (2), the same
line reaching quite 2 mm. (3), the line wanting, but the spot shading inwards and
upwards to the upper dotted shade, making a comma-shaped mark. (4), the
upper sliade as a separate spot rather larger than the typical one. The actual
position of the spot is at the end of the cell at bases of veins 3, 4, and 5.

I find nothing that corresponds well with the slight smokiness of the wing
base, but there are only two specimens tlnit have been fully described, when the
ground colour and the spot have been dealt with. I think the dark scales forming
the further markings belong to a tendency to dai'kening that finds full expression in
the leaden variety. Practically every specimen is slightly different from its neigh-
bour. The commonest marking is a row of dark dots along the inner margin,
most commonly five or six of these towards the anal angle, one specimen shows
ten reaching two-thirds of the way from anal angle to wing base, another several
more, but some of them have only a scale or two. I note these in twenty speci-
mens. Another set of dark scales form dark shades in the interneural spaces,
beyond the discal spot, in fourteen specimens, and in several they extend also
basally in slighter fashion. Under a lens the scales forming these dark shades have
a rich purple colour. In one specimen this shading involves the whole wing except
the nervures, but (he dark scales being intermixed with yellow, it is still definitely a
pale specimen. Another dark mark is in the fringe. The fringe has a row of short
basal scales with larger beyond. This basal set of scales are dark from the apex
downwards, to nearly half-way to the anal angle, in one case nearly reaching the
anal angle — this line occurs in eight specimens. The dark purplish line with the
yellow fringe beyond is very effective. Tliere is some sexual dimorphism, the males
presenting a larger proportion of orange, the females of straw coloured specimens.

The dark specimens (22 in number) are apparently the same as a specimen (the
only one so far apparently noted), taken by Lord Walsingham at Gibraltar, and
named by him (in MSS.) marginata, without definitely giving it specific rank. In
these the whole disc of the upper wing is of a leaden colour, as polished and
brilliantly shining however as the pale ones. The hind-wings are also much
darker than in the yellow ones. Nearly all specimens have the head and thorax
yellow, a varying amount of yellow shade along the costa, fringes of the hind
margin yellow, and a portion of the base and inner margin yellow, where it touches
the dorsal thoracic yellow, when the wings are closed. There is some variation in
the extent and brilliancy of the yellow. In two or three specimens there is a
distinct suffusion of yellow scales over the whole wing, traceable but much slighter
in a few others. The dark fringe line noted as occurring in the pale form, is
present in nearly all specimens, separated from the leaden colour of the wing disc
by a narrow yellow line. This yellow line often fails towards the apex, the dark
line reaches the anal angle not infrequently, but often fails to get so far. No speci-
men fails to show this colouring of the fringe of the hind margin, which makes three
lines — a narrow yellow, a narrow dark, and a broader yellow, but in a few the
yellow lines are obscured by having a darker coloration, but in no case do they

132 [June,

quite assimilate to the dark wing disc. In several specimens both of pale and dai-k,
there is a tendency to a dark line along the base of the fringes of the hind-wing,
but in only two (one of each) is it at all marked.

Melanism.

How can we explain the very large proportion of dark specimens
amongst my bred H.. hyerana ? At first I thought that dark speci-
mens were unknown (one only, taken last year [1903] at Gibraltar),
because there were really very few specimens in collections, and this
is no doubt an element in the case. But then Milliere bred nearly
50 moths without one dark one. Milliere took his cocoons to Lyons,
where the climate is no doubt much hotter in summer than here, and
more like that of Hyeres, and so we may suppose that a cooler
temperature during summer may account for the difference. The
summer climate of Geneva, however, cannot be very different from
that of Lyons, and M. Bourgeois bred dark specimens there.
Gibraltar also is not quite British in climate. Again, we do not know
precisely how successful liyerana may be when at home in hiding
for aestivation deeply amongst stones and rubbish out of the heat. I
think after speculating on all possible explanations there will remain
an unexplained margin, only to be set down to a change in the
constitution of the species, by which a melanic phase has arisen, as it
has done in so many species in England and elsewhere.

I hope that Mr. Powell will succeeed in throwing more light on
this question in the coming season.

{To he continued).

LIFE-HISTORY OF, AND NOTES ON, LEUCANIA FAVICOLOR,

Barrett.

By Paymaster-in-Chief GERVASE F. MATHEW, R.N., P.L.S., F.E.S.
{Concluded from fage 108).

The young laroce when removed from beneath the flakes of wood, where they
lie close together side by side, at once retire to any crack available. Owing to this
habit I found it difficult to make a thorough examination of tlie living larvae until
they were well grown in the 1st skin. When freshly hatched they were pale
coloured, somewhat flattened dorsally, and tapering slightly from head to anus.
The head, which is carried horizontally, is pale brown. The scutellar plate large
and distinct, hairs of medium length with fairly conspicuous chitinous tubercles at
the base. The skin appears much wrinkled and bears a sparse coat of small
spicules. The larva drops on a tliread and loops but very sligiitly in crawling.

July 2\st, 1903. — Ova of L. fallens received from Rev. C. R. N. Burrows who
very kindly forwarded me a large batch for comparison with favicolor. Three or

1905.] 133

four of these were laid beneath a loose flake of wood at the bottom of a chip box, a
very large number between the side of the box and a blade of grass that was coiled
round the inside of it, a few much smaller batches were also laid on the outer side
of this grass blade, and still others between the folds of a short length of ribbon
grass. These ova are compai-atively freshly laid and are full and rounded, quite
unlike the ova of favicolor, which, however, were about to hatch when I examined
them, so that the comparison may not be of much value. They are fairly firm and
are quite easily detached, nearly globular in shape, just a trifle flattened at base,
with a diameter of between 6 and 7 mm. They are certainly delicate, but do not
mei'it (as yet) the description of mere shapeless transparent skins, applied to favi-
color just before hatching. A sharp but very delicate slightly raised cell pattern is
visible on the surfaces that have not come in contact with the sides of the cavity in
which they are laid, or the adjoining eggs. These cells run together at the top and
form a delicate micropylar rosette. Such fragments of shell as have not been eaten
by the \a,rvis oi favicolor give no evidence of any value, either negative or positive
on comparison.

t/tt^^ 2l4<, 1903. — Young larvcB of favicolor well groion in \st skin. Head,
small, roimded, and slightly notched on the crown, surface polished of semi-trans-
parent appearance ; the colour of one of the larvae under examination was bright
brown, of another it was very much darker and nearly black in places. The head is
now carried in a more vertical position than when freshly hatched.

Body. — This tapers from head to first abdominal segment, and from thence
very gradually to the anus. The segments are very plainly marked, they show five
sub-divisions on the meso- and meta-thorax, four only on the abdominal segments,
but as division between the first two is very faint the appearance is rather of one
large and two small ones. Both prothoracic and anal plates are clearly marked but
somewhat paler than the head. The tubercles are noticeable, having black chiti-
nous bases bearing short brown hairs j the true legs are either black or dark brown ;
prolegs not distinctively coloured, the first pair not fully developed, but the second
pair are used ; the mode of progression is normally a quick, jerky crawl, though
occasionally the larva loops considerably in the usual Noctuid fashion. The colours
are dark green above, paler beneath, and they frequently appear patchy owing to
the food in the intestines showing as a dark mass. There is a faint and narrow
medio-dorsal streak and a similar but double line on the subdorsal area, there is
also a sharp line of demarkation at the juncture of the ventral and lateral
colouration.

Tubercles i and ii on meso- and meta-thorax are situated in transverse line, the
inner tubercle being the smaller of the two; iii is situated in almost vertical line
beneath ii, and below this is iv bearing a weaker hair than the others, it also has a
small extension that gives the impression of there being two tubercles side by side ;
V is slightly to the front at a lower level, and the subprimary behind not quite so
low as V ; another subprimary vi below v is represented by a minute tubercle and
hair, vii just above base of legs, is a single haired tubercle. On the abdominal
segments i and ii are set as normally at the corners of a trapezoid ; iii is a short
distance above the small dark coloured spiracle which might easily be itself
mistaken for a tubercle if it were not for the absence of a hair. The spiracle is

134 [June,

placed centrally except on the prothorax and first abdominal, on the latter towards
the posterior, and on the former towards the anterior margin. On the prothorax
and 8th abdominal it is as usual considerably larger than on the other segments,
while it is slightly enlarged on the 1st abdominal also, iv is on most segments
directly beliind the spiracle, but on some scf^nienls it is slightly above it; v is some
little distance below the spiracle and slightly anterior to it on most segments. The
marginal tubercle vii is single haired on the 1st and 2nd abdominal segments.

Larore in 'Znd skin. — Head, pale brown, with two darker stripes down either
lobe.

Body. — Anal and prothoracic plates pale brown, the thoracic and first abdo-
minal segments are bright grass-green on the dorsal area, on the following abdo-
minal segments this area is a duller and yellower green. A very broad bright grass-
green lateral band, narrowly margined with white extends from head to anus, its
lower margin just including the spiracles. The ventral area is both paler and
duller, yellowish-green from 2nd abdominal to anus, and bluish on thoracic and 1st
abdominal segments. There is a white medio-dorsal line and a similar subdorsal
one on either side.

Avgust Qlh. — The first batch are now well grown in their 3rd skins. They are
neat and compact looking larrse, thickest at the 1st and 2nd abdominal segments,
tapering gradually towards anus and more rapidly to head. The colours are now
much darker, the dorsal and lateral areas are dark olive-green, the narrow medio-
and subdorsal lines still persist ; there is a dark lateral band which forms a hard
line between the dark upper-side and the pale ventral area, there are also several
faint dark lines between the lateral and subdorsal lines, and these together with
the black tubercles and pale brown hairs give the general effect of an olive-brown
back.

On September 22nd I made a careful comparison between the
larvae of favicolor and those of pallens, and noted as follows: Batch
No. 2 of favicolor are in the same stage as those of pallens (about
I inch long). Those of Batch No. 1 are one moult ahead (about f inch
long). I could find no trace of any structural difference, nor any in the
markings, only some divergence in the general colour, but here one
was met by the difficulty of discriminating between how much was
individual and how much specific variation, as there was considerable
variation in this respect in the larvae of each batch.

The only point of structural divergence noted seems to be that
of the size of the eggs, but as in the case of favicolor the diameter
was a matter of judgment and not of actual measurement, as with
pallens. This point should be accepted with caution until confirmed.
Description of the pupa of L. favicolor from a dead specimen
preserved in a weak solution of formaline.

The specimen, which is a maje, is considerably shrunken, and the anal arma-
ture has apparently suffei'ed considerably either in removal from the cocoon or in
the post. Length 16 mm. ; greatest diameter at end of wing cases ; 4th abdominal

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6 mm. ; from head to tip of wings 10 mm. It is of quite the ordinary Noctiiid
sliape, cylindrical and of tolerably even thickness, hlunt at head and tanering
rapidly to anus from about the 7th abdominal segment, the taper from '1th to 7th
being very gradual.

In colour it is of a rich red-brown wilh ])olished surface, which is somewhat
thickened and deeply but smoothly ))itted on the dovsul anterior I'idges of 5th and
»)th abdominal segments, this character being slightly in evidence on the Ist and 4th
abdominal segments as well. The colouration is much darker on these raised dorsal
ridges. A few of the setse on each segment are easily made out, notably iv and v
and one of the trapezoidals, doubtless in a fresh specimen all would be traceable.
The spiracles are small and somewhat raised, and the sexual organs thougli smooth
are distinct. There is some tendency to a dorsal keel on the thorax, but probably
this has been much accentuated owing to the shrinkage. The eyes are large and
prominent. On either side of the labrum is a small raised process, but this is
apparently only a corner of the eye cover, as there are no signs of a suture separa-
ting it off from the remainder of the cover. A small, narrow central slip beneath
the labrum represents the labial palpi. On either side of this are the maxillae, very
large at their base and extending to the tips of the wings. The antennae cases are
much raised (? owing to drying), they do not quite reach to the tip of the wings,
just outside these the covers of the second pair of legs extend to tips of wings, and
inside these again are the covers of the first pair of legs reaching to within about
one-third of the ends of the wings. There is also a small and very narrow slip
between these last and the maxillae sheaths, probably a portion of the cover of iirst
femur. A narrow slip of the hind-wing is traceable as far as the spiracle on the
third abdominal segment."

Dovercourfc, Essex :

February 1st, 1905.

TRIPLAX BICOLOR, Gyll., A SPECIES OF COLEOPTERA NEW TO
THE BRITISH CATALOGUE.

BT KICHA.ED S. BAGNALL, P.E.S.

{Concluded from page 87).

The synonymy of this species has been terribly confused, ap-
parently owing to the fact that authorities have copied statements
from one another without taking the trouble to confirm their accuracy.
Prof. Beare kindly undertook to unravel the tangle, and he has sup-
plied me with the following notes on the synonymy.

Marsham, in his " Entomologia Britannica " (1802), vol. i, p.
122, described a new species under the name T. bicolor. Apart from
the fact that, as usual, the description is so meagre that it will fit
several of the species, we have authentic proof that this insect was
only T. cenen. (There are in the Stephens' collection of Goleoptera in
the British Museum two specimens, which are simply eenea, marked
Marsham's types, and standing under the name bicolor.)

136 fJuiie,

Gyllc'iihal, in his " Insecta Succica," vol. i, p. 205 (1S08), gives a
full and accurate description of a species of this genus, which he
states to be Marsham's hicoJor, but there is little doubt that he never
saw any of Marsham's types, and from this mistake of Gyllenhal has
arisen the whole confusion. Gyllenhal's description fits accurately
the insect we are dealing with, and in most of the European w^orks
up to the present the species has been ascribed to him, as the first
author to give a true and recognisable description.

Stephens, in his " Illustrations of British Entomology (Mandi-
bulata)," iii, p, 89 (1827-35), copied Gyllenhal's description, and
thus made it appear that he had taken steps to confirm Gyllenhal's
supposition that his bicolor was INlarsham's, but he did nothing of the
kind. All three specimens in the Stephens' collection, as was pointed
out by Mr. G. H. Waterhouse* in his Catalogue of British Goleoptera
(1861), were incorrectly named, two being cenea,f and one lacordairei,
and it is the neglect by some of the Continental authorities of the
clear and explicit statement of Mr. Waterhouse, which has perpetu-
ated right up to the present the confusion in the synonymy of
this insect.

Lacordaire, in his " Monograph of the Erotylidse " (1842), deals
with the genus Triplax on pages 202 to 218. He ascribes bicolor (p.
215) to Gyllenhal, and states that Marsham's and Stephens' bicolor
were synonymous with it ; he evidently followed Gyllenhal in this
matter.

Bedel, in " L'Abeille," for 1868-9, Vol. v, p. 1, published a Mono-
graph of the Erotylidce of Europe, North Africa, and Western Asia.
In this monograph he ascribes Marsham's and Stephens' bicolor to
cenea, Schall., but in the synonymy of bicolor, GylL, he brings in
again Stephens' bicolor in part, and he considers Charpentier's scutel-
laris, taken in Hungary, and described in Horae Ent. Eoss. (1825), p.
244), to be merely a variety of Gyllenhal's bicolor. Lacordaire had
retained Charpentier's insect as a distinct species. In the same
volume of " L'Abeille," p. 136, M. Bedel published three notes of cor-
rections on his monograph, and in the second note refers to Mr.
Waterhouse's examination of the Stephensian specimens of the genus
Triplax. He says that Mr. Waterhouse had stated, in an article
published in the Transactions of the Entomological Society of London,
3rd series, 1862-64, p. 129, that of the three insects standing under
the name of bicolor in the Stephens collection two were cenea (and

* At the request of Frof. Hudson Beare, Mr. C. O. Waterhouse kindly re-examined these
three specimens, and he absolutely confirms their identification with nnea and lacordairei.

+ Stephens says (I. c), " I possess a pair from Marsham's collection, and 1 once beat a single
example from a birch tree in Coombe Wood in June.

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these were marked Marsham types), and that the third specimen was
ru/icollis. 110.0.,=^ lacot'dairei, Crotch, and that this latter had by a
stranfi;e confusion served as a model for fis:. 4, plate 17, vol. iii, of the
" Illustrations," to which had been attached the name hicolor. It
will be seen, therefore, that as far back as 1868-9 a continental
authority of high standing had abandoned the notion that Gryllenhal's
insect was the same as Marsham's and Stephens', the evidence against
such an idea being overwhelming, and yet, strangely enough, Grangl-
bauer, in " Die Kiifer von Mitteleuropa," has gone back again, and
insists that Stephens' insect is the same as Gyllenhal's, though he
rightly enough ascribes Marsham's insect to (sneo, Sehaller.

Mr. Crotch, in "The Entomologist," 1870, vol. v, p. 7, published
some notes, based upon Bedel's " Monograph," on the genus Triplax.
He there introduced the name (jyllenhali for hicolor, Gyll., and,
strictly speaking, Crotch's name ought to be adopted for the insect
we are dealing with ; as, since Marsham had already used the name of
hicolor for another species, Gyllenhal's name, according to the strict
law of priority, ought to drop ; but as nearly all the European
authni'ities seem to have made up their minds definitely to keep to
the name of hicolor, Gyll , for this insect, it seems preferable, for the
present at any rate, to retain that name.

Thomson, in his " Skandinaviens Coleoptera " (vol. v, p. 295),
1863, retains the name of hicolor, Gyll., but considers Marsham's
insect to be a synonym of it. Stierlin, in "Die Kafer-fauna der
Schweiz," 1900 (vol. i, p 496), also retains hicolor, Gyll., and places
scutellaris as a synonym of it ; and this is the way it is treated in the
latest European Catalogue of Heyden, Reitter, and Weise (1S91).

In concluding these remarks about the synonymy of this insect,
it ought to be mentioned that Ganglbauer has selected, as the name of
the species, scufellaris, Charp., for what renson it is impossible to say*

A few additional notes as to its habitat may be of interest. As
mentioned before, it occurred with (snea, and this latter was in count-
less numbers, in fungi growing on elm and holly up to a height of
twelve feet, or more, but hicolor was more local, and was found chiefly
in fungi growing on elm, and later in the month on holly, and in
greatest numbers at a height of about only four feet from the ground.
There were numerous larvae in the fungi, most probably those of
hicolor,SiX\(\ in cells in the fungus stems I found some freshly emerged
hicolor. It appears probable, therefore, that its larval and pupal life

* Ganglbauer probably considered it necessary to adhere to the strict law of priority, and
therefore to abandon the name bicolor, owing to its use by Marsham in describing cenea.

138 [June.

is spent within funa;us. All the specimens of (snea taken were fully
mature, anH amongst them were a few taken from funa;i on yew,
aj^reeinff in all respects with cenea, but with the elytra shining black,
instead of the usual bluish-green colour. Upon briefly examining
one of these holly trees a few days ago (Feb. 5th, 1905) <snea was
found in even greater numbers than in the summer, making the
fungoid surface beneath the bark one blue glittering mass, and iu
a web wherein numbers of cenea had perished, a mutilated example of
bicolor was found. Further and more particular search, I am sure,
will bring to light bicolor s hibernating quarters.

One point is quite clear from Prof. Beare's examination of the
synonym}'^, i. e., this ])articular species has never before been taken
in Great Britain, and therefore it is a genuine addition to the British
fauna.

My sincerest thanks are due to Mr. Holland for having first
pointed out this interesting addition to our fauna, and to Prof.
Hudson Beare for so kindly and generously supplying me with its
literature and history.

Winlaton-on-Tyne :

February 8th, 1905.

Medon castaneus, Grav., near Oxford. — I have recently had the good fortune
to meet with two examples of this apparently very rare Staphylinid in the Oxford
district. The first was found on April 22nd, under a small stone in a sandy field
at Boar's Hill, some three miles from the city ; and a second specimen turned up at
Tubney, on the 29th, in a sandpit at the edge of a wood. My friend Mr. W..
Holland has also an unrecoi'ded example of Medon castaneus, which he took in the
same sandpit on May 4th, 1902. — James J. Walkee, Aorangi, Lonsdale Road,
Summertown, Oxford : May IQth, 1905.

Hydrohius fitscipes, L., var. xneus, Sol. — Two specimens of this uncommon
and handsome variety of an abundant water-beetle have recently come under my
notice ; one, a fine purplish-coppery form, being found among the residue of the
Coleoptera taken by me in the Isle of Sheppey in August, 1904. The second,
bright brassy-green in colour, was taken on May 6th in a small pond near Horsell,
Surrey. In the Oxford district the predominant form of H. fuscipes appears to be
the variety (?) picicrus, Thoms. — Id.

Notes on Diptera in the New Forest, 1901. — As regards weather this was a
decided improvement on the previous year, and generally speaking a good one for
Diptera, but the few collectors I met were all agreed as to the comparative scarcity
of many usually common species, to which the heavy and continuous rain of 1903
may have been a contributing cause. On the other hand it will be remembered in

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consequence of several good and rare species having been taken, which had not been
met witli for many seasons, including PecUvia rivoxa, L., Ctenojihora ornala, Mg.,
Tahamis cordigei\ W., Atherix marginafa, P., A. crassipet, Mg., Eristalix cryp-
tarum, F., and Phortica varlegata, Scluir., but I regret to say only two of tliese
came to my net. From Mr. B. Piffard I obtained a specimen of E. cri/ptarum,
taken at the end of May, and several were taken later by Mr. Andrews, as reported
in the March number of this Magazine, but my own visits to the locality were un-
successful, the weather being unfavourable on each occasion Never having pre-
viously met with any of the genus Atherix, during twelve years' collecting, I was
surprised to find on July 13th a, "^ A. marginala in my garden, and later in the day
took a c7 at Brockenhurst Bridge, a much more likely place for it ; and on informing
Mr. Andrews of this he took up the running, which resulted in his finding the
species abundant on alders, &c., further up the stream. Quite at the end of Sep-
tember, and just before leaving Lyndhurst for the season, I found Phortica variegaia
swarming about a Co.s.^Ms-infected oak close to my cottage. The species was unknown
to me at the time, but recognising something new I netted a good many, which
were subsequently named by Col. Yerbury, who reminded me that this rather large
Drosophilid was recorded by Dr. Sharp as new to Britain, from specimens taken the
previous year also in the New Forest (see Ent. Mo. Mag., vol. xxxix, p 248). Other
captures included Leptomorphus wnlJceri, Curt., Ceroplatus tipuloides, F., Chilosia
hergenstammi, Beck., Spkegina clunijjes, Flih, Xt/Iota florum, ¥., Chryaochlamiis
ruficornis, F., Limnophora litorea. Fin. (?), Azelia aterrima, -^'Ig., Lispe tentacula,
Deg., Hydromyza livens, F., Trichopalpvs fratemu-i, Mg., Scoliocentra villosa, Mg.,
Acidia lychnidis, F., and another $ specimen of the still doubtful Palloptera. I
also obtained from Mr. Piffard two Oxycera trilineata, F. — Fkedk. C. Adams,
50, Ashley Gardens, S.W. : March 8th, 1905.

Occurrence of Pulex cheojii", Rothsch., at Plymuuth. — It may possibly interest
your readers to know that Lieut. -Col. G. M. Giles, I. M.S., captured an example of
Pulex cheopis, mihi (Ent. ^^o. Mag., 1903, p. 85), on Mus decumanus at Plymouth,
on April 16th last. This is the flea usually associated with the spread of plague,
and it has not previously been recorded from the British Islands. — N. Chakles
Rothschild, 118, Piccadilly, W. : May Ath, 1905.

Pulex cheopis, Rothschild, in England. — Wishing to obtain specimens of rat-
fleas to illustrate, in relation to their supposed connection witii the transmission of
plague, I had occasion to examine a number of rats {Mus decumanus) taken at
Plymouth, and amongst them came across a specimen of the above species. As this
flea is hitherto recorded as a pui-ely tropical form, I submitted the slide to the well
known authority on the subject, the Hon. N. C. Eothschild, who has been kind
enough to examine it and confirm the diagnosis. As a great naval port, Plyniouth
is in constant communication with all parts of the tropical world, through her war
ships, so that the importation, assuming it to be such, might easily be accounted
for, but on the other hand, this group of insect parasites has hitherto not received
the attention it deserves, and it seems possible that it may be merely a not very
common species, which has been overlooked. — G. M. Giles, I. M.S., Rtd., Byfield,
Mannamead : May Wth, 1905.

140 tJune,

Icuinu.

Queen-Rearing in England, with Notes on a Scent-peodttcing Organ
IN THE Worker-Bee. The IIoney-Bees of India and Enemies of the
Honey-Bee in South Africa By F. W. L. Sladen, F.E.S. Pp. i— vi and
1—56. London : Houlston and Sons, Paternoster Square, E.G. ; and " British Bee
Journal " Office, 10, Buckingham Street, Strand, W.C.

Tills little treatise gives a very interesting account of the most modern methods
of breeding queen bees, and gives illustrations of the contrivances used to induce
the workers to raise new queens, when from some reason the original queen has been
removed from the hive or shows signs of failure. It is arranged under eight head-
ings : 1. Queen rearing in Nature ; 2. Modern Queen rearing ; 3. Nuclei and
fertilization of Queens ; 4. How to save Queens reared under the Swarming im-
pulse ; 5. Drones and Drone rearing ; 6. Introduction of Queens and sending
Queens by post ; 7- Races of Bees ; 8. Breeding for Improvements ; followed by
the notes mentioned in the title.

We recommend this not only to Beekeepers, but to any Entomologist who
wishes to learn the adaptability of the Hive Bee to its surroundings. — E. S.

ituarji.

Br. Alpheus S. Packard. — On February 14th, 1905, Professor Alpheus Spring
Packard departed this life at Providence, Rhode Island. He was born in 1839 at
Brunswick, Maine, where his father at the time held a distinguished position in the
Faculty of Bowdoin College. Young Packard graduated with high honours from
Bowdoin in 1861, and after completing a course in medicine at Harvard in 1864, he
immediately entered the service of his country as an Assistant Surgeon in the United
States Army, in wliich capacity lie served until the close of the Great War of the
Eepublic in 1865.

Already in boyhood he had become deeply imbued with the love of Nature and
scientific research, and had made such progress along these lines that when he gave
up his commission in the army he was at once chosen to be the Librarian and
Custodian of the Museum of the Boston Society of Natural History. While
holding this position he entered enthusiastically upon advanced studies, guided in
some measure by the elder A gassiz, and being affiliated by his tastes and pursuits
with that company of choice young men who, deriving their inspiration from Louis
Agassiz, have left in their work the most enduring monument to their great teacher.
Great as have been the services which these have rendered to the cause of science
in America, none of them have exceeded in the amount of careful and original work
performed by the indefatigable efforts of A. S. Packard.

After holding the Custodianship of the Boston Society of Natural History for
some time he became Curator of the Essex Institute, afterwards Curator and sub-
sequently Director of the Peabody Academy of Science. From 1877 to 1882 he was
a member of the United Slates Entomological Commission ; and from 1878 until the
time of his death he was Professor of Zoology and Geology in Brown University,
Providence, R. I. He was elected an Honorary Fellow of the Entomological
Society of London in 1884.

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Professor Packard was one of llio founders of tlie " American Naturalist," and
edited this important journal for twenty years. lie was a most voluminous con-
tributor to Zoological literature, and more particularly to the literature of Ento-
mology. The bibliography of his writings upon our science includes many hundreds
of titles. From 1868 until 1872 he published a record of American Entomology.
His "Text-book of Zoology" has been widely used as a manual of instruction in
American Colleges and Universities. In 1869 he published the well known work
" A Guide to the Study of Insects," which ranks as a classic upon tiie subject, and
has passed through many editions. In 1870 he gave to the world in large quarto
as one of the volumes of Hayden's Survey issued by the United States Government,
his great work, " A Monograph of the Geometrid Moths or PhalxnidcB of the
United States," illustrated by thirteen plates. In 1895 appeared his " Monograph
of the Bombycine Moths of America north of Mexico ; Part I, Nolodontidse,"
illustrated by forty-nine carefully prepared plates, and numerous maps. In 1898
he published his " Text Book of Entomology," a work dealing with the subject
from the standpoint of the anatomist and morphologist. It reveals as no other of
his writings do, his vast capacity for original and minute investigation, and his mar-
vellous industry. One of his most recent publications is entitled " Lamarck,
the Founder of Evolution : his Life and Work."

Professor Packard was a man of most lovable character. The atmosphere of
controversy was not congenial to him, and he " studied peace and pursued it " in
his relations with his scientific brethren. lie was always ready to aid those who
required assistance in their labours, and young men beginning a scientific career
always found in him a sympathetic adviser and friend.

Among American Naturalists he held a very high place ; very few were
accounted his superiors in general knowledge of Zoology, and none in knowledge
of the anatomy of the Invertebrates.

By his death science, not only in America, but throughout the world, has sus-
tained a great loss. His place will not soon be filled, for it may truthfully be said
that very few men have ever possessed so wide and, at the same time, so accurate a
knowledge of all the manifold complexities of the anatomy at once of vertebrates
and invertebrates as was possessed by Packard.

[We are very much indebted to Dr. W. J. Holland, LL.D., P.E.S., for this
tribute to the memory of our distinguished American fellow-worker. — Eds.]

BlEMiNGHAM ENTOMOLOGICAL SOCIETY : February '20th, 1905. — Mr. G. T.
Bethttne-Bakeb, President, in the Chair.

Annual Meeting. '

The various Annual Reports were received and the Ofiicers of Council elected
for the ensuing year.

Mr. W. D. Collinge, The University, was elected a Member.

A resolution was carried to invite the following gentlemen to become Honorary
Members of the Society : Mr. II. St. J. K. Donisthorpe, F.Z.S., Rev. F. D.
Morice, M.A., F.E.S., Mr. E. Saunders, F.R.S., and Mr. J. W. Tutt, F.E.S.

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142 [June,

Mr. G. n. Keiirick exhibited a few insects collected by himself in the North of
Scotland last year in the intervals of shooting ; he said that the most interesting
perhaps were some silvery specimens of Larentia autumnata, Blch. They also
included Calocampa soUdaginis, \\h., which was not nncommon, Anaifis paludata,
,Thnb., var. imbutata, Hb., &c. Mr. J. T. Fountain, Adopsea thaumas, Hufn.
{linea, F.) and A. Uneola, Ochs., taken at the same time in the Wye Valley ; also
bred Actias nelene, Hb., reared in this country from Indian ova. Mr. A. H.
Martineau, a small spray of oak upon which were the galls of three different species
all close together ; they were probably made by Neuroterus lenticular is, 01.,
Andricus: fecundatrix, Hart., and Dryophanta divisa, Hart. He also showed
Pemphredon lethifer, kSchuck., bred from bramble stems gathered at Mai'ston Green,
together with its parasites, the Chrysid Ellampu-i auratua, L., and the Ichneumon,
Perithous divinator, Rossi. Mr. W. Harrison showed series of Eriogastev
lanentris, L., bred from a brood of larvae found at Ti'ench Woods, some of which
had emerged in 1902 and others in 1904.

March 20tk, 1905.— The President in the Chair.

Sir George Hampson was elected an Honorary Member of the Society.

Mr. A. H. Martineau exhibited Zeuzera pyrrina, L., taken at light at Solihull,
also an entirely black specimen of Formica rufa, L., from Hay Woods. Mr. G. II.
Kenrick, a fine lot of Pyralidse from New Guinea, including some new and many
rare species. Mr. H. W. Ellis, a specimen of the rare beetle Platydema dytis-
coides, L., from the New Forest. Mr. Colbran J. Wainwright, four specimens of
Ptilops nigrita. Fall., a species of the Tachinidm new to the British List, found by
Dr. J. H. Wood in Herefordshire in various localities. He said that since
receiving Dr. Wood's specimens he had seen one taken by the late Rev. T. A.
Marshall, near Teignmouth. Mr. H. W. Ellis, a number of the late John Sang's
exquisite colour drawings of insects. Mr. Gilbert Smith, a specimen of Callidium
violaceuni, with two tibiae and two tarsi on the left hind-leg, also the rare Longi-
corn, Mesosa nubila, from the New Forest. Also a number of an Ichneumon found
amongst the refuse stuff of an old stump, badly infested by Rhagium bifasciatum ,
upon which it had most likely lived, and huddled together for hibernating. —
Colbran J. Wainwright. Son. Secretary.

Lancashire and Cheshire Entomological Society :— The First Ordinai'y
Meeting of the Session was held in the Royal Institution, Liverpool, on Monday,
January 16th, Mr. Wm. Webster, M.R.S.A.I., in the Chair.

The Rev. Chas. E. G. Kendall, B.A., Ripon Street, Preston ; and Mr. Albert
Wade, F.E.S., French wood Street, Preston ; were elected Members of the Society.

Donations to the Library were reported by the Secretary from Messrs. H. St.
J, K. Donisthorpe, F.Z.S., G. R. Charnley, F.Z.S., and H. B. Score, F.R.G.S.

A paper was communicated by Mr. E. J. Sopp, F.R. Met. S., F.E.S., on the
Orthoptera of Lancashire and Cheshire. Mr. H. B. Score, F.R.G.S., F.K. Hist. S.,
then read a paper on " Ants, and their ways," which was copiously illustrated by
lantern slides. The lecturer treated of the general external anatomy of ants, and
on the uses of their various organs ; he then reviewed the habits of some of the

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better known forms, and tlie life-histories of such well known species as the " Driver
Ants " (Anomtna arcens) of West Africa, the " Grain sloring Ants " (Atta harhard)
of Palestine, &c., the " Parasol Ants " {(Ecocloma rephalotes), " Agricultural Ants"
{Atta molefaciens), anrl others. Passing to a consideration of Formica rufa, F,
fusca, F. sanguinea, Mi/rmica ni(jlnodit, and other T?ritish species, he recapitulated
what is known regarding the habits and life-history of the various species, and
mentioned that he had for many months had under observation in a Lubbock for-
micarium a nest of our common black house ant, Lanius niger.

Amongst exhibits shown wore a beautiful series of slides of larvoe by Mr. J. J.
Richardson ; Acronycta leporina, Aiiarta mt/rtilli, Liparis salicis, Fidonia atomaria,
Coenonympha davus,&c., by Dr. Cotton ; and Periplaneta americana and Leiicophcea
surinamenxis, from the Liverpool Pocks, by Mr. Sopp. — E. J. B. Sopp and W. B.
Harbison, Hon. Secretaries.

February 20th, 1905. — Mr. Rtciiabd Wilding, Vice-President in the Chair.

Mr. G-. Lissant Cox, of Oxton. was elected a Member of the Society.

Donations to the Library were announced from Messrs. J. W. Carter, F.E.S.,
H. B. Score, F.R.G-.S., and E. J. B. Sopp, F.R. Met. S. A paper was communi-
cated by Mr. Wm. Mansbridge, P.E.S., on " The Tortrice.9 of the Liverpool
District." Several allied groups of the Wicro- Lepidoptera were also discussed, and
notes of considerable interest relating to life-histoi-y given. Altogether 4 Pi/rales,
fi Cramhidm, 3 Pterophori, 43 Tortricex (of which 15 were bred), and 26 Tinese
were dealt with. A hearty vote of thanks was accorded the lectui'er. Amongst the
exhibits were the following: several cases of Micro- Le;?i<^o/)fera, to illustrate the
paper, including fine series of Phycix fusca = cnrhonarieUa, Fphestia elutella,
Teras contaminana, Dictyopferyx ierqmanniana —a very pallid form, Catoptria
semulana, &c., by Mr. Mansbridge. Varieties of Abraxas grossulariata by Mr.
Mountfield. Morpho cypris (Colombia), Caligo telamonius, Sypolimnas salmacis,
and Dhmorphia nemens (S- America), and a live specimen of Dermestes peruvianus
from Tjiverpool, by Mr. J. J. Richardson. Aitlonium sulcatum, Oliv., and Longi-
tarsus ceruginosus, recent additions to the British List, by Mr. W. E. Sharp, P.E.S.,
(Edemera virencens, L. (pair), and Malachius barnevillei, Puton, recent additions
to the British List, and the very rare Bagous lutosns, Gyll., by Mr. W. Thouless,
F.E.S. ; Anchomenns gracifipes, Duft., Quedius nigroccertdeus, Rey, and Bemhidium
quadripustulatum, Dej., all three captured and exhibited by Mr. E. C. Bedwell,
F.E.S. Triplax bicolor, Gyll. (with T. russica and T. eenea for comparison),
recently re-instated in the British List, by the Secretary on behalf of Mr Bagnall.
Leucophxa surin amen sis, an exotic cockroach from the Liverpool Docks, by
Mr. Sopp. — E. J. B. Sopp and J. R. le B. Tomlin, Hon. Secretaries.

Thk South London Entomological and Natural History Society :
February 23rd, 1905.— Mr. Hugh Main, B.Sc, F.E.S., President, in the Chair.

Mr. G. H. Briault, of Acton, was elected a Member.

There was a special exhibition of Hybernia progemmaria. Messrs. Harrison
and Main, series from (1) Epping Forest, mostly typical ; (2) neighbourhood of
Liverpool, including a number of v. fuscata ; (3) Delamere Forest, only a few

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V. fnscata. Mr. Tonge, series from Tilgate Forest, and Reigate, with some very
prettily variegated forms from tlic latter place. Mr. Pi-iske, a short series from
Richmond Park, including one specimen witli dark basal half to tlie fore-wings and
the only example of southern origin approaching v. faxrata. Mr. Adkiii, bred
series from Yorkshire, and read notes on the brood, together with series from
Rannoch, Kent and Surrey. Messrs. Dennis, Rayward, Edwards and Turner also
exhibited series from various southern localities. A discussion took place and it
was noted (1), that all the southern specimens had light hind-wings, while in all
y.fmcata forms they were dark; (2) all but v. /asca^a had the submarginal row
of light wedge-shaped marks on the fore-wing, and (3), a general absence of inter-
mediate forms between the general type and the dark var. Mr. Priske, a specimen
of Helops fstr'iatus, in which the left antenna was bifurcated about one-third of its
length from the apex. — U. J. Turner, Hon. Secretary.

March 9th. — The President in the Chair.

Mr. Harrison exhibited a living specimen of a large green Orthopteron found
among bananas imported from Jamaica. Mr. Main, a box in which a living Javanese
spider had been kept. A number of ova had been deposited and a brood of young
spiders had emerijed. These had spun a dense mass of web and then shed their
skins. FTe also showed a ])hotograph of the larva of Apatura iris in its hiberna-
ting position on a leaf of sallow.

March 23r(i.— The President in the Chair. •

Messrs. Harrison, Main, and Co wham, long bred series of Colias edusa from
ova deposited by a ? var. helice, sent by Dr. Chapman from South France in 1904.
79 were ^s, 71 ? s. Of the latter 19 were typical, 52 var. helice. Only one or
two specimens were in any degree intermediate in shade. Mr. Edwards, Pa/ji/io
peranthus from Java, P. qelon from New Caledonia, P. encelades from Celebes,
and P. acauda from the United States. Mr. West (Greenwich), some large species
of Somoptera and Reteroptera from South Africa. Mr. Kaye, preserved larvse of
Triphsena interjecta, and pointed out the distinguishing characters from the larva
of T. orhona, also exhibited. Mr. J. W. Tutt gave an address on " Our British
Plumes," illustrating his remarks on classification by a phylogenetic tree.

April l^th.- — The President in the Chair.

Mr. Winkworth, of Burdel t Road, E. ; Mr. Wright, of Woolwich ; and Mr.
Penn-Graskill, of Wandsworth Common ; were elected Members.

Messrs. Harrison and Main exhibited larvae of Nemeophila russula in their last
stage ; they were from ova laid by a Cheshire <J , and were feeding on dandelion ;
Mr. Cowham had reared a brood in the autumn from spring ova. Mr. Main showed
his method of holding a twig with a larva or imago in position for photographing,
by means of a compound clamp or test-tube holder and retort stand, as used by
practical chemists. Mr. Adkin read a paper on " Belated Emergences," and exhi-
bited various species in illustration.

April 11th. — The President in the Chair.

Mr. Bevis, of On gar, was elected a Member.

Mr. Harrison exhibited living larvse of Agrotis ashworthii from jST. Wales. Mr.

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West, Lehia cyanocephala and L. chlorocephala from Box Hill. Mr. Edwards, a
number of species of the S. American groups of Papilio, Endoporion, Hectoriden,
and Paridea. Mr. Kaye, long series of Jleliconius numafa, showing extensive vari-
ations, in the hind-wings particularly; and also pairs of H. sylrana and K. novatns
(?) ; all from British Q-uiana. Mr. Turner, cases of Coleophora saturntella on
broom. Mr. Sich read a paper, entitled, " The Spot we stand on," and illustrated
it with lantern slides. — Ht. J. Turner, Son. Secretary.

Entomological Society of London: May 3rd, 1905.— Mr. F. Merrifield,
President, in the Chair.

Mr. J. Butterworth, B.Sc., was elected a Fellow of the Society.

Mr. M. Jacoby exhibited a series of Xenarthra cervicornis, Baly, from Ceylon,
and drew attention to the curiously complicated structure of the antennae of the <? ,
those of the ? being simple. Mr. G-. T. Porritt, specimens of Tephrosia conso-
naria, ab. nigra, and melanic examples of Boarmia coiisortaria, from a wood in
West Kent, by Mr. E. Goodwin. These forms were exactly on the same lines as
the melanism in West Yorkshire, and it is curious they should occur in such
widely separate localities. The two genera, however, are evidently prone to me-
lanism, as Mr. F'orritt has now seen black or almost black specimens of all the
British species except Tephrosia punctulata. Mr. J. J. Walker, (1) two specimens
of the very rare Staphylinid, Medon ca.sfaneus, Grav., taken in the Oxford district
during the last week of April, 1905 ; (2) several examples of both sexes of the giant
flea, Systriehopst/lla talpie, Curtis, from field-mouse nests in the same district ;
and (3) the type-specimen of the Bostrichid beetle, Dinoderux ocellaris, Steph.
(taken by the late Prof. Westwood at "Little Chelsea" previous to 1830), from
the Hope Collection at Oxford. Prof. E. B. Poulton read a note on " Heliotropism
in Pararge and Pyrameis," communicated by Dr. G. B. Longstaff. Prof. L. C.
Miall communicated a paper on " The Structure and Life History of Psychoda sex-
punctata, Curtis," by John Alexander Dell, B.Sc. Dr. D. H. Hutchinson gave an
address on " The Three-colour Process as applied to Insect Photography," illus-
trated by lantern slides of British and Indian Rhopalocera ; the exhibits showing
a marked advance in excellence to anything yet shown at the Society's meetings.
The President at the close of the proceedings heartily congratulated Dr. Hutchinson
upon the results of his work. — H. Rowland Brown, Hon. Secretary.

ODONATA COLLECTED BY MISS MARGARET E. FOUNTAINE IN

ALGERIA, WITH DESCRIPTION OF A NEW SPECIES

OF ISCHNURA.

BY KENNETH J. MORTON, F.E.S.

Miss Fountaine, tbe records of whose butterfly-collecting ex-
periences in many countries must have been read with delight by all
entomologists, had the kindness to take for me in Algeria during the
past summer a large number of Neuroptera. These were sent forward
by post from time to time and the perfect condition in which they

146 [June,

arrived compares most favourably with almost anything I have seen
in the wav of Neuroptera sent from abroad, and speaks of most care-
ful collecting and handling, I would like to express here my thanks
to Miss Fountaine for the courteous and ready way in which she has
assisted me in this matter.

The collection proves to be of much interest, as it adds, as far as
I can ascertain, two or three species to the Algerian fauna, and es-
pecially it comprises a fine series of the genus Ischnura^ including a
species that is certainly new. I propose to describe this new species
now, and at the same time to give an annotated list of the other
species of Odonata taken— 22 in all.

In connection with the following notes it will be found useful to
refer to the paper by the late Mr, McLachlan, " Odonata collected by
the Eev. A. E. Eaton in Algeria," &c. (Ent. Mo. Mag., xxxiii, July,
1897, pp. 152 — 157). There is a considerable difference in the com-
position of the two collections. In point of numbers Miss Fountaine's
captures compare well with those of Mr. Eaton — considering that
they represent the result of but one season's collecting by one who
had no previous knowledge of the Order. There is, however, an
absence of some important forms of Mediterranean or North African
type. This may be due in part to the fact that Mr. Eaton's came
largely from the eastern province of Constantine, while much of
Miss Fountaine's collecting was done in the province of Oran, which
Mr. Eaton did not visit.

Subfam. Libellulinje.

St/mpetrum fonscolombn, Selys. — The (? of this species when fully udult is in
life a beautiful insect, and it much attracted Miss Fountaine, who sent a fine series
of it from Sebdou, taken from June 26th till August 8th. It also occurred at
Tlemcen, July 12th.

S^mpefrum striolatum, Charp. — T^niet-el-Haad, June 15th and 18th ; Sebdou,
July 1st ; evidently less commonly met with than the next species.

Sympetnnn meridionale, Selys. — Teniet-el-Haad, June 14th and 18th ; Sebdou,
from June 27th till August 9th ; also Tlemcen, July 13th.

Crocothemis erythrxa, BruUe. — Biskra, April 2nd and 3rd. McLachlan {I. c.)
remarks on the great variation in size and in intensity of colour. The latter no
doubt depends on age. These Biskra examples are rather small.

Orthetrvm ramhurii, Selys. — Biskra, April 2nd, and Hammam E'Irha, April
11th, about half a dozen specimens, all teneral but one. I think, however, they
are certainly all ramburii.

Orthetrnm nitidinerve, Selys. — Teniet-el-Haad, June 8th, 10th, and 17th ;
Sebdou, June 23rd to 3()th, and odd specimens on till July 23rd.

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Subfam. Gomphin^.

Onychogomphus furcipalus, L. — Sebdou, June 30th and July 2vA, 2 $ 9 •

Onychogomphus uncatus, Charp. — Teniet-el-Haad, June 13th ; Sebdou, June
24th, 25th, and 30tli. A species apparently of rather western distribution, not
taken by Mr. Eaton. On the other hand. Miss Fountaine unfortunately missed O.
costie and O. genei, which occurred to Mr. Eaton in the more eastern districts of
Algeria in April, May, and June, and which formed a very interesting feature of
his collection.

Oomphus lucasii, Selys. — Teuiet-el-Haad, June 14th and 18th ; two <J and
two ? . A ? from Sebdou, June 25th, remains a little uncertain.

Cordulegaster annulatus, Latr. — Sebdou, June 29th and July 9th ; Tleincen,
July 14th ; one S on each date. Believed to be new to Algeria, although previously
known from Morocco ; a striking form — jirobably the extreme of var. immacuUfrons,
Selys. They may almost merit a distinct name, but iny southern material is too
small to allow me to pronounce as to this, being confined to a few ^ $ from Digne,
Basses Alpes.

Subfam. ^schnin^.

JSschna mixta, L.^Teniet-el-IIaad, June 18th, one ? fully mature ; certainly
mixta, notwithstanding the early date.

Boyeria Irene, Fonsc. — Sebdou, June 26t]i till July 8th, a few S S and one $ ;
Tlemcen, July 18th, one c? ; a'so new to Algeria. An interesting insect, of build
somewhat like the tropical genera Qynacantha and Acanthagyna. Its known range
appears to be rather restricted ; Selys, in his 1887 list, gives Southern France, the
Iberian peninsula, and the Mediterranean islands. I am not sure what the last may
comprise, but the species occurs in Sardinia.

Subfam. Caloptertgin^.

Cahpteryx hsemorrhoidalis, Van der L. — Sebdou. A series in mature and
perfect condition, chiefly taken on June 25th, but single specimens are dated July
6th and August 6th and 13th.

Calopteryx exul, Selys. — Sebdou, June 25th. A single (J , slightly imperfect,
of this most interesting Algerian form.

Subfam. Ageionin^.

Platycnemis subdilatata, Selys.— Sebdou, June 25th, 26th, and 30th. A varied
series (compare Mr. McLachlan, I. c, p. 156, on the subject of the variation of this
species). Miss Fountaine was especially struck with the delicate beauty of the
white form, the $ of which has a reddish-brown head and thorax.

ISCHNURA FOUNTAINE!, 71. Sp.

(J . Head above bronzed black. Post-ocular spots moderate. Posterior
margin of prothorax with the central lobe small and rounded. Thorax bronzed
blackish, humeral lines obsolete or obsolescent. Abdomen above daj-k, blackish or
greenish-black : segments 1 and 2 with metallic sheen, sides of these segments pale
blue; segments 3 to 7 bronzed black, 8 pale blue, 9 and 10 black above. In

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segment 3 the bronze is broadest in front, then narrows, ex|jancUng again towards
the liind margin ; 4 and 5 rather narrowly black widening towards the hind
margin, and in 6 the black becomes rapidly broader, 7 being entirely black above ;
the lateral posterior part of 7 and tiie sides of 8, 9, and 10 blue ; under-side of
abdomen mainly yellow. The bronze on the upper surface of the middle segments
seems to be rather narrower than in the other species.

In the (f the dorsal tubercle of segment 10 is little raised, but tlie excision is
wide. The superior appendages are produced into a long process turned inwardly,
these processes being closely approximated but not crossing ; these appendages are
blackish above, but beneath they are whitish or pale testaceous. The inferior
appendages are large, nearly vertical, with an acute black tooth turned inwards, in
some aspects traces of one or two minute teeth ; excepting the teeth, all whitish.

In the only $ which can be associated with the $, the posterior lobe of the
prothorax is distinctly raised somewhat triangular, the apex, however, almost
truncate. Segment 1 of abdomen witli an almost square bronzed mark ; 2 with the
bronze sliglitly narrowed behind.

Abdomen, <?, 23 mm. Hind-wing, 15^ — 16 mm.

Biskra, 2nd April.

Apparently very distinct from all the other species of Isclinura
found in Europe and Northern Africa, the inferior appendages of the
cJ being especially different. It differs from /. graellsii in the
absence of the dorsal tubercle on the second segment of the abdomen,
this tubercle being a character of Isclinura maroccana also {cf. Kolbe,
Berliner Ent. Zeitschr. Ed. xxviii, 1884, p. 133). McLachlan (Ent. Mo.
Mag., XXV, p. 349), expressed the view that these two species were the
same. Be that as it may, neither has anything to do with the present
species, and I. lamellata, Kolbe, seems to be equally excluded.

Ischnura graellsii, Rbr. — Sebdou, various dates, June 23rd to 3Uth. The
examples are very similar to others before me from several Spanish localities
(received from Father Navas).

Ischnura sp. ?— Biskra, April 2nd. I am unable to satisfy myself with regard
to this form. I submitted two $ to Dr. Ris, who inclines to the view that they do
not differ specifically from graellsii. The appendages are very similar, yet I think
there are slight differences. Then the posterior margin of the prothorax shows
converging pale crests separated by a slight excision, in this respect different from
graellsii. The peculiar structure noticeable on the dorsum of the 2nd abdominal
segment is also much less pronounced than in graellsii {cf. McLachlan, Ent. Mo.
Mag., XXV, p 349). These must remain doubtful until an opportunity arises of
studying Isch. genei, to which species, it seems to me, they are allied.

Fyrrhosoma tenellum, Vill. — Sebdou, August 8th, I ^ .

Agrion mercuriale, Charp. — Sebdou, June 25th, 1 J .

Agrion cserulescens, Fonsc. — Sebdou, June 23rd, 2*ith, and 30th. Both sexes.
Personally I have not seen Agrion scitulum from Algeria, although it is recorded

Ent. Mo. Mag., 1905.— Plate V.

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Ent. Mo. Mag., 1905.— Plate VII.

DETAILS OF HASTULA HYERANA.

July, 1905.

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from that country. I have, however, received cmrulescens from Algeria under the
name of scitulum ; the two species are, without doubt, often confused.

Lestes viridis, Van der L. — Sebdou, August 3rd and 8th. A fine series of
both sexes.

Si/mpycna fusca, Van der L.— Teniet-el-ITaad, June 16th ; Sebdou, June 25th
and 26th.

Explanation of Figures (Ischmcra fountainei) .

1. Apex of abdomen from behind.

2. Superior appendage viewed more from above (more enlarged).

3. Apex of abdomen from above.

4. Apex of abdomen from side.

13, Blackford Road,

Edinburgh :
IWi February, 1905.

SOME OBSERVATIONS ON HASTULA EYERANA, Mill.
B¥ T. A. CHAPMAN, M.D.
{Continued from page 132).

Parasites.
I did not detect any ordinary parasite affecting H. hyerana.
No larva afforded any ichneumon cocoons or Dipterous pupse, and
apart from a few casualties, every larva that spun up produced a
moth.

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They had, however, a parasitic enemy of quite an unusual kind ;
this was a larva of a Syrphus fly, that preyed on the larvae, by
hunting and eating them, just as so many Syrphid larvse do with
Aphides. I was, of course, somewhat struck by this fact and made
various observations and experiments to satisfy myself that it was
not a mere accidental occurrence, or that I was not in any way
mistaken. I found the SyrpTius eating (sucking ?) the Tortrix larva,
I found remains of Tortrix larvae that had been eaten (partially eaten
or sucked). I found larvse in a plant disappear, and nothing to show
for it but their remains and a larva of Sijrplius. I searched
sedulousl}' for any Aphides or Coccids, or other possible prey of the
Syrphus, not only on my plants with hyerana larvae, but over many
plants at large, but could never detect any, nor could I find larvae of
the Syrphus except with H. hyerana. A few Syrphus larvae placed in
a box with some larvae of the Tortrix soon managed to catch and
demolish the latter. As soon, as by the lashing movement of its head,
the Syrphus touched a Tortrix, the latter was captured and unable to
escape, a position of affairs of which I was much reminded when,
later in the year, I fed some Myrmeleon larvae with caterpillars.

I found the Syrphus larva in the living tubes of hyerana, but
did not learn how they got in, and am unable to say whether their
entry is due to some accident, or whether the best defences of the
Tortrix are useless against the fly. These Syrphids pupated as soon
as full-fed, they began to emerge as imagines April 24th, and had all
come out in another week or two. I bred nearly a score. The fly is
Xanthandrus comtus, Harris, a species that I learn from Verrall's
work on Syrphidce is a rather rare British species, and is held to be
seen only in autumn.

Of course, the climate of Hyeres is so different from ours, that
no conclusions can well be drawn from the one to the other. One
thing, however, seems so probable that one may almost say it is
certain, and that is that the flies that emerge in April and early May
do not survive to lay eggs the following February or March on the
Asphodels, so that there must be an intermediate brood, one at least,
that lives on some other plant, and eats some other insect, aphis, or
larva.

I, reared, after I got home to Reigate, a number of Syrphus larvae
from eggs found on Veronica chamcedrys. These larvae throve well on
Aphides, amongst which the eggs were found, but also eat larvae,
when supplied with them and deprived of Aphides. Several other
captured Syrphus were experimented with, and some of them would

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not touch larvse, and others did so reluctantly. The Veronica
Syrphid duly emerged, and proved to be the common Melnnostoma
mellinum, its abundance is perhaps a proof (or result) that the
larva is more or less omnivorous, and capable of eating rather
varied viands. It showed me, however, that larvse were by no means
an extraordinary food for Syrphids ; the chief peculiarity in con-
nection with X. co7ntus being that the larva is its normal food, and
that its instincts are such as fit it for hunting the larva) into the
recesses of their burrows.

The larva of X. comtus is very like many other Si/rphus larvse I have casually
noticed. It is green, with lateral markings of yellow and central of brown,
which are due to items of internal anatomy, the skin seeming to be quite colourless
and transparent, or nearly so.

The pupa is very globular, more so than any other Syrphus pupa I have
observed ; there is, however, a short tail ending in the posterior spiracles. This
pupa illustrates more strongly than usual how the dried larva skin of Syrphus,
when forming the puparium, expands greatly at the narrow cephalic end and
shrivels to a mere scrap at the wide anal end. This " pupa " varies much in
colouring. It may be pale green without mark or with three pairs of black dots,
or it may be darker. It presents for a time much of the larval yellow and brown
markings. The darker pupse are more opaque, and have various actual skin
markings. These are a brownish or reddish dorsal and lateral line, the three pairs
of dots noticed, are produced obliquely backwards to the dorsal line, forming arrow-
shaped markings, and in some the markings suffuse over the whole surface ; the
lateral line and the three dots are most persistent. Towards emergence the paler
and more transparent pupae show the contained imago with its markings curiously
shortened in the nearly round case. The round portion of case is 5'5 mm. long,
4 mm. broad, and 3"5 mm. high. A little narrower and lower posteriorly than in
front.

On October 1st, 1904, I placed in a jar a ? H. hyerana, ordinary
form, with a dark (jnarginata) ^ , and some lupin leaves ; I did not
see them paired, but on October 4th I found two batches of eggs
laid on the side of the jar. They were not very conspicuous, and I
fancied one batch had been laid the previous night, and the other the
night before, but had escaped observation, as afterwards one batch
each night was the rule. The batches were each night smaller and
smaller, till the ? became exhausted.

These first two batches then were the largest, supposing the Ist
laid on the 2nd -3rd, it measured 17 mm. X 4 mm., and had about
30 eggs in length, and 6 or 8 in width. Its form was a little less
regular than this description perhaps implies. It contained 233 eggs.
The 2nd laid 3rd — 4th was more compact but smaller, and 113 eggs

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[July,

were counted in it. Thereafter each batch was noted the morning
after it was laid, on the 3rd (he 1st batch contained 233 eggs,

4th „ -Ind „ „ 113 „

5th „ 3rd ., „ 88 .,

6th „ 4th „ „ 77 „

7th „ 5th .,, „ 58 „

8th no eggs laid.

9th the 6th batch contained 52 „
(10th no eggs laid, moth fed).

11th the 7th batch contained 26 „

13 „

23 „

16 „

9 „

6 „

7 „
3 „

13th ,

, 8th

16th ,

, 9th

ISth ,

, 10th

20th ,

, 11th

21st ,

, 12th

24th ,

, 13th

25th ,

, 14th

724

The last were laid singly, and were small and misshapen, the
moth laid no more eggs, and died a day or two later.

The total eggs laid were thus 724, and my impression was that
the moth was not larger than half the bulk of some of the larger
specimens, which would certainly lay over 1000, possibly 1500, eggs.

Eggs.

The eggs are oval, 1"06 mm. long by 0*75 wide, and are rather
thin and scale-like. They are laid in patches, as with many Tortrices,
in an imbricated arrangement. The eggs have a network of surface
sculpturing, the cells of which are about 003 in diameter, and tend
to be arranged in rows parallel to the egg margin.

The overlapping of the eggs in a group is such that each egg
overlaps its neighbour by about i of its width, and the one in front
of it by nearly | of the length, but the lines are not directly acute,
but rather oblique ; the arrangement is not identical over the whole
of a patch, and the marginal eggs being somewhat radiating, there is
more open order towards the edges.

Plates Y and VI.

Oct. 28th.— ?, died.

Oct. 30th. — A few larvae hatched last night from the two first
batches of eggs, and a large number about 11 a.m. to-day, this after-
noon they are again quite quiescent. The 233 batch has afforded
about 50 larvse, the 113 one about 96. This batch was probably

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therefore laid a day before the other, i. e., on October 2ud — 8rd, and
not as the larger probably was, on 3rd — •Ath ; a conclusion the
reverse of that arrived at above. The young larvae are white, with
black head and plate, and are very active and capable of going through
very minute clinks, so that they rapidly disappear if not looked to.
A number are placed on an Asphodel about 6 inches high. The
greater proportion of these disappear downwards and bide them-
selves between the leaves where they arc in contact, a few, however,
remain singly in the hollow of the leaves, and cover themselves with
a little web of silk.

October 31st. — The larvae yesterday seen under webs (and some
others) are now in the substance of the leaves, having entered by a
minute but very obvious hole, the larvae themselves being in some
cases fairly well seen, and in others only apparent as shaded spots,
the leaf being at the spot too thick and the larva not close to the
cuticle ; other larvae are still external, but down between leaves where
they are in contact, and have made a little spinning, and produced
some frass.

Of some placed yesterday on some leaves of a common perennial
blue lupin, the only one visible without disturbing leaves has eaten a
minute trench in the leaf of about one-half his own length.

Oct. 7th. —Eggs laid October 3rd, now have the young larvae
apparently quite matured inside, and the black head and thoracic
plates are very distinct, and give a curious and interesting aspect to
the patch, each head pointing in one direction, except the marginal
eggs, in which all the heads are pointed outwards.

Nov. 2nd. — The larvae placed on lupin make a web, generally
of a tubular form, swung as a hammock, and eat the leaf at the front
end of this, but never apparently mine into the leaf, whilst those in
Asphodel nearly all burrow, one or two are still visible between the
leaves towards their bases, where their surfaces are closely applied,
only of course by separating the leaves.

Nov. 6th. — The larvae seem to have been placed too abundantly
on the Asphodel, as it is already looking sickly and yellow, and in
places even drying, not where the basal burrows are but beyond them,
several of the small leaves have many larvae in them.

The newly hatched larva is about 1"2 mm. long, but 20 mm. if
stretched, width of head 0"2 mm., white (or colourless), head and
thoracic plate black, the legs and anal plate and bases of prolegs are
also tinted dark, and more so some little time after hatching. The
tubercles on abdominals are i, ii, and iii in usual places, iv and v with

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front one highest, vi and three below. There is a well developed anal
comb with five large teeth, and in some cases apparently one or two
small ones at each end. The general skin surface is very finely
spiculated with sharp points, the spiracles are prominent raised rings,
faintly tinted brownish. The prolegs are circles of iiine hooks, and
the same number occur in the claspers, but are ranged along a semi-
circle.

Nov. 13th. — The eggs laid October 10th have finished hatching ;
those laid 15th are hatching, and those of l7th are apparently ready
to hatch ; larvae having cleared the egg of all surrounding material.

Nov. 20th. — Of eggs laid October 20th one is hatched, others
mature.

Nov. 22nd. — Three more of eggs laid October 20th have hatched,
of those laid later all are apparently mature, except one of the last
lot (October 24th — 25th), where the larva seems to have died when
half developed.

Dec. 26th. — Larvae preserved a few weeks ago in 2nd and 3rd
instars, some are preserved to-day in 3rd instar, at 3rd moult, and
in 4th instai'. Two or three larvae (not preserved) are a moult or
two beyond this, and seem healthy on lupin.

The larvae are whitish or yellowish-green, if not feeding, laid up
for moult, &c., but are a darker, dirty bluish-green when feeding ;
some seem darker than others, probably from the food not being so
fresh, and getting dark in the alimentary canal.

On February 4th nearly all the larvae kept in a warm room and
fed on lupin had spun up. Some half dozen in a cool room on
Asphodelus were only in 5th instar. Placed on lupin, they seemed at
first at a loss, but a few hours later had apparently made themselves
quite at home and were feeding.

In the 2nd instar the larva is 2'5 mm. long. Head nearly black, width
0"4 m., prothoracic plate dark, not quite black, anal comb blackish, 5 large teeth.
Each tubercle has a well-developed scutellum ; 15 hooks to ventral, 14 to anal pro-
legs. There is a very large development of tracheal branches in 8th abdominal
segment, spreading from spiracle or main trachea to the surface of the whole of the
alimentary canal in this segment. In two preserved specimens in which the trachese
remain filled with air this appearance is very remarkable, and suggests a great
demand for oxygen in some final digestive process occurring here. The skin surface
is covered with verj fine points, lying in transverse rows, about 60 to a segment,
the rows most distinct, i. e., most easily counted are those at posterior margin of
each segment.

In the 3rd instar the length is, when stretched, 6 — 8 mm. The head is
0*6 mm. wide, tinted brownish, with a darker (black ?) mark on either side. The
chief difference from previous skins is that each tubercle has the hair base black,

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marking out the positions of the tubercles by obvious black dots. The crochets,
instead of pale brown, as before, are now black and conspicuous, 16 on ventral,
and 19 on anal prolegs.

In the 4th instar (half grown) the length is 10 mm., the head pale rufous,
0'8 mm. wide, tubercles well marked by black dots, the base of hair and adjacent
margin of plate both black, i. e., each margin of the membrane forming the articu-
lation. The anal comb now presents 7 points, the marginal ones small, in this and
the previous skin the end of each prong of the comb is seen to be bifid, crochets
black, the legs brown, with margins of basal chitinous pieces black.

Dec. 29th. — Most forward larva in last (feeding) instar.

In the 5th instar the larva is much the same as in 4th,
tubercles not perhaps so conspicuous, its general appearance and tone
depend much on the intestinal contents ; the head is about 1'20 mm.
wide.

The full grown larva is very like that of some of our common
Tortrices, being green, tapering to each end, a little flattened. The
skin really colourless, or nearly so, with skin points dark, but a darker
or lighter green showing through, according to contents of larva, *'. e.,
amount of fat-bodies, and colour and amount of intestinal contents.
The head is very light brown, darker than straw colour, but not
black, as Milliere says, nor is the plate of prothorax, which is little
differentiated in colour from the rest of the larva, the spiracles are
hardly visible black circles. Otherwise Milliere's description is
correct.

Larva, last skin not quite full grown. Length, 20 mm. — 24 mm.

Colour, light bluish-green, with a darker tint on the back down to just below
the spiracles, just as if it had a light sepia wash over it, probably due to the minute
black skin points.

The lines of folds between the subsegments look dark, where of course the skin
points would be massed together. Tapers slightly forwards through the thoracic
segments, and more definitely backward from about the fifth abdominal.

Width about 2-5 mm., tapering to 2 mm. at prothorax and 1"5 or 19 mm. at
head, and about 1'9 mm. at ninth abdominal segment.

Head, very light oak-brown, with a very small dark line laterally not reaching
forward to the eyes. Width, 2*0 mm.

Eyes five on a black semicircle.

Ends of jaws deep brown.

There are very indistinct slightly darker markings on the head.

Prothoracic plate green like the rest of the larva.

True legs green, with a few darker markings on articulations along the margins.

Ends of the last joints and the claws brownish.

Subsegmentation. Thorax, 2nd and 3rd, a large central subsegment carrying
the tubercles narrowed at the dorsal line, with a spindle-shaped one widest, dorsally,
in front and behind this, these end in a point laterally about spiracular level ; a
very narrow one again in front and behind these.

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Abdominal, a very narrow fronl one, say width equal lo 1, then a broad one
carrying tubercles 1 and 3, width equal to 7, another, width equal to about 3, carry-
ing tubercle 2, and a posterior one nearly as wide ; these widths are only approxi-
mate, as they vary much according to the movements of the larva. These all end
at the lateral flange below the spiracle. In some attitudes this flange is invisible,
in others it stands up almost like a separate roll laid on. Relow this again there
are various rolls or flanges varying with the attitudes of the larva.

Prolegs have a rather thick base, followed by a short cylinder and ending in a
complete circle of hooks, which is a little weaker (almost interrupted) on the outer
edge. Ihe hooks are in two rows, or rather in one row witli alternate hooks of
different sizes, the inner and larger being twice as long as Ihe others, about 22 to 24
in number. On the inner edge where they are strongest they might be described
as in three rows or of three sizes, total about 56.

The anal prolegs have only the anterior margin armed with crotchets, in two
sizes, 40 crotchets.

The anal comb has five large prongs each ending in a double point ; there is
one smaller spine at either side, and a very minute one beyond, making really nine.
The ends look broken or bifid.

The anal plate is nearly circular and carries four hairs on either side.

The head of the larva is darkest when young, in first skin black
to the naked eye, about third skin it is really pale. The approximate
width of the head at each instar is —

1st 0'2 mm.

2nd 0'4 mm.

3rd 0'6 mm.

4th 0-8 mm.

5th 1-20 mm.

6th 2-0 mm.

in the 7th or sestivating instar it is just the same, or very triflingly
less. It seems the same in all particulars, except in being devoid of
chitinous brown colour or nearly so except the jaws ; it is remarkable
that the jaws are so well developed, as they do nothing but eat the
moulted larva skin, leaving the head. It is probably an instar that
in nearly related species is still an active feeding one.

It may be observed that some of my larvse hatched at Eeigate,
and kept indoors, were already full-fed in the middle of January,
nearly three months earlier than they would have been at Hyeres.
Mr, Powell tells me at this date (January 0th, '05) plants of Asphode-
lus have made hardly any progress in bis garden at Hyeres.

Pupa.

The pupa is light brown in colour and rather slender. It is much the same as
a whole group of pupa? found in the genera Tortrix, Cacoecia and Pandemis, but
most resembles those of the latter genus. Other species in Tortrix and Cacoecia

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have a more rounded posterior extremity ; in this group the creniaser is a flat
pen-like spine with a broad end ; in most of tlicse the end is square with the corners
rounded ; in S. hyerana the corners are notched. In the male pupa also the wing
and leg tips project bejond the third sibdominal segment, and without being attached
to fourth, are accommodated in a hollow of that segment, with weaker and thinner
integument. The maxillarj palpi are carried (on dehiscence) at the external angles
of the maxilla, whilst in other of these Tortrices they are apt to adhere to the top
of the first leg cases. Even in hyerana it is difficult to mount the head pieces
without breaking them off, so delicate is the portion of ehitin that forms their at-
tachment to the maxillae.

There is no other very definite point I have been able to seize that would make
a description of this pupa inapplicable to a considerable number of other species.

The maxillary palpus does I find adhere to the top of tlie first leg piece on de-
hiscence in a certain number of pupae, and to the face or eye-piece in others ; so
that probably there is similar variation in other species. When it is attaclied to
maxilla it is by delicate films marking the true organic connection ; in other at-
tachments it adheres by the proper sutures not having yielded. Before emergence
the halves of tlie proboscis are the merest threads in the wide maxilla cases ; still
the motlis use them readily and efficiently for feeding.

The characters of the larva and pupa not here noticed will
be more easily understood from the annexed diagrams than from
descriptions.

Plate VII.

EXPLANATION OP PLATES.

Plate II. — Plant of AspJiodelus microcarpus, ends of leaves remain fastened to-
gether (on right of plate) by Tortrix unicolorana, but plant is prac-
tically uninjured.

„ III. — Plants of A. microcarpiis, of which three, 1, 3, 3 are wi'ecked by
Hastula hyerana, 4 (in background) untouched.

„ IV. — Imagines of Hastula hyerana ; light males at top {hyerana), dark
males below them {marginata, Wlsm.), then light females and dark
females. This plate is not so successful as might be desired.

„ Y. — Group of eggs of K. hyerana, x 11 dianis.

„ VI. — Portion of same group, x 20 diams., from Photos by A. E. Tonge, Esq.

J, VII. — 1. Sketch (under camera) of tubercles and hairs of larva of H. hyer-
ana on prothorax, metathorax, 3rd abdominal, and 7th, 8th, 9th,
and 10th abdominal, with anal comb.

2. — Ventral view of pupa, S , with enlarged view of cremaster.

3. — Side view of 5th abdominal segment of pupa.

4.. — Pupal parts of head and thorax after dehiscence, showing maxillary

palpi attached to maxilla, and eye cover attached to dorsal head

piece.

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ON Tllli MOVEMENTS OF THE "JUMPING BEAN."
BY DAVID ROLLO, University College, Dundee.

In the bean of Croton collujuaja there is often found the larva
of Carpocapsa salt/fans, which by its movement inside produces the
peculiar jerking action from which the name " Jumping Beau " is
derived. The pale yellow larva is about 10 mm. long and 2 br'oad,
while the beau is about 9 mm. long by 7 mm. high. The contents of
the bean have been completely hollowed out, leaving a shell of about
5 mm. thick. The shell weighs '05 gr. and the larva about '025 gr.
In addition to the normal six thoracic legs, eight abdominal legs and
two claspers, the caterpillar has on the head a brown plate (clypeus)
which acts as a protective shield when the larva strikes the bean
a blow. By removing one side of a bean and replacing this with
a piece of micro-cover-glass, the movements of the animal were
observed. On gently warming the bean the larva is seen to creep
about in an excited manner. Sometimes it swings its head from one

A A^ B b'

side to the other, then by raising its body iuto position A, it delivers
repeated blows on the shell. In most positions this would only
produce a slight oscillation of the bean ; but when the larva causes
the bean to jump, it is not at the bottom but fixed to the upper side
of the bean, in position B. When its head comes in contact with the
shell, the larva is still curved, and the reaction seems to straighten it
when it again rears up to deliver more blows. A tap may be heard
when it strikes a blow, and the brown plate or clypeus appears
to be hard.

I have never seen the larva fixed to the part of the bean next
the support and trying to strike the top ; nor has it ever jumped
more than 3 mm. high and 6 mm. along. The larva appears to desire
to remain inside the bean : on removing the glass it was covered with
a web and all corners had been closed up.

I have had one for twenty-eight days in a small glass bulb, and
although no food has been supplied, it still moves about and tries to
cause a jump.

April, 1905.

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Gnorimus nohilis, L., al Woolwich. — I was fortunate enough to take three
epeciuiens of this rare beetle at Woolwich on May 20th last. They occurred under
the bark of an ancient cherry tree which has been dead some years ; a number of
the larvEe remain in the tree, and consequently I hope to obtain more of the perfect
insect another season. — E. C. Bedwell, Norbiton, Surrey : June 8tk, 1905.

Capture of Pselaphus dresdensis, Herhst, near London. — I took one specimen
of Pnelaphus dresdensis, llerbst, from moss at the edge of Wisley Pond, Surrey, on
May 30th, 19u5. I think this capture so near London worth recording, as in Canon
Fowler's " Coleoptera of the British Islands " it is said to be very rare, and northern
in its distribution.— G. E. Bryant, Fir Grove, Esher, Surrey : June 7th, 1905.

Farther notes on the capture of Amara anthohia. Villa, and the comparative mor-
phology of A. familiar is, A. anthobia, and A. ludda. — It was my intention to add
a note to that of Mr. W. E. Sharp in the April number of the Ent. Mo. Mag., in
which he announced my capture of A. anthobia, Villa, at Leighton Buzzard ; but I
waited in order to have time to make a careful examination of the beetle, as it
appears on this side of the English Channel, comparing it, in as many instances as
possible, with the closely allied species, A.familiaris and A. lucida, and with the
continental A. anthobia, if the latter were procurable.

Fortunately I have been able to get together a good deal of material for obser-
vation. I am indebted to Messrs. G. C. Champion, W. Holland, W. E. Sharp, J.
R. le B. Tomlin, and Dr. Chaster, for kindly lending me series of A. lucida for
examination, also to M. Bedel for twelve fresh examples of A. anthobia which he
kindly collected for me in the neighbourhood of Paris. Together with this my own
efforts in the field produced in a few days a larger number of A.familiaris and A.
anthobia than I anticipated.

On September 2nd, 190i, I turned up with my trowel, at the roots of grass, in
a sandy soil, a batch of a small red-legged Amara. I was attracted by the small
size of some of these (which subsequently proved to be A. anthobia), one or two
appearing only a little larger than a good sized A. tibialis, accordingly I took a few
for examination. On consulting Canon Fowler's " British Coleoptera,^' and ob-
serving the less projecting anterior angles of the thorax in my specimens, I separated
them by this character from the examples of A.familiaris, and put them away in
my relaxing tin labelled A. lucida, as I suppose others have done before. I had not
that species in my collection at the time.

The fact of these being inland lucida, as I thought, induced me to return two
days later to the same spot and take more, both days realizing eighteen specimens.
In February, 1905, when overhauling these beetles thoroughly, I observed the pre-
Bcutellary pore, and called Mr. Sharp's attention to this character — foreign to lucida
and constant in all my specimens, at the same time sending him two examples.

As already stated he most happily thought of the continental anthobia, and
Bent me Putzeys' description of it, which, in my opinion, agreed well with the new
Amara. At the same time Mr. Holland kindly sending me his series oi A. lucida
to compare, the difference being at once apparent, I labelled my beetle " A. anthobia,
VUla."

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Subsequently hearing from Mr. Sharp tliat V. Bedel had proiioutieetl it A.

anthobia, I set to work to collect fresh specimens, both of A. aiithobia and A.fami-

liaris for comparison, and, as no Geodephaga were as yet moving in these parts, I

resolved to dig for them in tlie spot in which I had last seen them in the previous

autumn. I came upon the two species at once, and my diary shows the following

entries of the occurrence oi A. anthobia with yainiliar is ; it also contains other

entries oi familiarls occurring in large numbers without anthobia, which I need

not record.

A. anthobia. A.familiaris.

Sept. 3rd & 5th, 1904 18 15

March 20th, 1905 32 65

;, 2l8t 67 42

„ 22nd 71 (within a space of 3 yards square)... 63

„ 23rd 35 32

„ 31st 21 30

April 3rd 21 50

„ 15th 2 15

May 5th 2 2

269 314

All these occurred in one place within 100 yards, and the majority within 30
yards of each other. Besides these I have made three other isolated captures in
difEerent directions with some considerable labour of search ; the latest of these,
May I7th, occurring among 92 familiaris.

I note that A.familiaris and A. anthobia thrive together in the above mentioned
spot, far outnumbering other Amaras taken with them, including A. apricaria,
Sturm, A. consularis, Duft., A. similata, Gryll., A. tibialis, Payk., and A. trivialis,
Gryll. A. fulva, De G., and A. bifrons, Gyll., which I took close by, did not occur,
nor A. infima, Duft., which is found a little further off. I have not seen A. lucida,
Duft., in this neighbourhood at all.

As to any previous occurrence of A. anthobia in Britain, it was anticipated
from the first, when attention was drawn to its identity, that it would be discovered
in British Collections confused with A. familiaris and A. lucida. This has proved to
be the case. 1 have contributed series to fifteen representative private collections, and
in five of these the beetle occurred ; also to the collections at the British, Edinburgh
and Oxford Museums, which did not contain it. Mr. Holland was the first to find
two examples in his collection, one of which, a ? , he took at Ogley Bog near
Oxford, probably on a sandy ridge bordering on the bog. This specimen is labelled
" Ogley, June 1.03, lucida ?" The second, a $ , labelled " New Forest, May, 02,
lucida ?" was taken by Major Robertson for Mr. Holland. Both beetles Mr.
Holland has sent me to see, and the New Forest insect proves of unusual interest as
an aberration exhibiting three pores in the scutellary region instead of the normal
two, one occurring at the base of the scutellary stria, and another at the base of the
Butural stria on the same elytron.

This is the only instance of the kind in 28-1' examples which I have examined,
and, if I add statistics of other A. anthobia given me by different British collectors,
in 325.

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Another isolated capture of A. anthohia at Cliatham lias been recorded by Prof.
Hudson Beare (Ent. Mo. Mag., May, 1905). Mr. Willoughby Ellis, of Knowle,
Warwickshire, informs me that he has taken the beetle in some numbers, and he
sends the following interesting particulars of his captures.

Specimens. Date of Capture.

Cannock Chase 1 May, 1882.

Hartlepool 1 May, 1892.

Hopwas Wood 5 April, 1895.

Leighton Buzzard , 1 March 3, 1898.

Sandown, Isle of Wight 1 May, 1899.

Woburn, Beds.

(8 miles distant from Leighton) ... 37 April 4, 1900.

Knowle, Warwickshire 1 June 1, 1903.

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Commander J. J. Walker has also discovered one specimen among his duplicates,
labelled" Chatham district," and taken by himself probably in 1898 or 1899, he
tells me. This gives eleven isolated occurrences of the beetle at least. The earliest
British capture that has come to my notice, if we may assume it to be so, is a beetle
in the possession of Mr. Tomlin. I have examined this specimen, and it is un-
doubtedly A. anthohia. It was found in the old British Collection of Sheppard, and
written underneath the mount in somewhat faded ink is the date " -5^," i- e., 29
years prior to Mr. Ellis's first capture in 1882. No locality is recorded. The insect
come to me with one example of A. lucida, of exactly the same date from the same
collection.

It will be interesting to see if time will bring to light the record of any eai'lier
British capture of A. anthohia than this, and now that the beetle is known to
collectors, to what extent it will betaken (to he continued). — G-EORGE A. Crawshay,
Leighton Buzzard : Mat/ I9th, 1905.

Acrognathus mandibularis, GylL, Sfc, near Woking. — Duv'mg the past week,
a week of very hot, dry weather, I and my boy have captured several specimens of
Acrognathus mandibularix, GylL, in this neighbourhood. They were caught on the
wing, just before sunset, in a damp, secluded lane, flanked on either side by a
nearly dry ditch filled with an accumulation of rotting leaves, from which they
appeared to be emerging. Triarthron mdrkeli, Schmidt, Thalycra sericea, Sturm,
and ThroKcus carinifrons, Bonv., were also taken on the wing at the same place.
The locality is a new one for Acrognathus, which I had not previously seen alive.
It may be noted, however, that Dr. Power once caught an example of it in a similar
manner at Claygate Lane, about twelve miles distant, and that Compsochilus and
Deleaster have both been captured flying in the evening at Horsell or Woking. —
G. C. Champion, Horsell, Woking : June 3rd, 1905.

Scymnus livldus, Bold, a synonym of S. testaceus, Mots. — By the courtesy of
the curator of the Newcastle-on-Tyne Museum, I have been enabled to examine
Bold's type of S. lividus. There can, I think, be no doubt that it is a small pale

162 [July.

example of S. testaceus, Mots., a very variable species in colour and punctuation,
and sometimes even in shape. Fowler (Brit. Col., iii, 17t\ Table), separates lividus
from testaceus by its black claws, but the claws of testaceus being black also, this
distinction will not serve. Bold (Cut. Northiinib. and Durham, 1871, p. 109)
gives " sea banks near Hartley " as the locality for lividus, and it must be noted
that he took S. mulsaiiti, Wat., also " on the sea banks," and presumably at the
same place. S. mulsanti is now regarded by most authoi's as a var. of testaceus, but
it was not so regarded in Bold's time, or he might have suspected the identity of
the two insects. S. mulsanti has apparently been a puzzle to foreign Coleopterists,
having been referred by them in turn to scutellaris, Muls., redtenbacheri, Muls.,and
testaceus, Mots., nor can its real place be considered as settled even now. — E. A.
Newbert, 12, Churchill Road, Darmoutli Park, N.W. : May 11th, 1905.

Epurwa longula, Er., and other Nitidulidm in the Derwent Valley. — On
September 26th, 1903, I took a strange Epiirxa from a lingering flower of meadow-
sweet (8pirxa ulmaria) in Gibside. At Mr. Tomlin's advice it was sent to
Mr. Champion, who kindly identified it as i^ Epursea longula, Er. Mr. Bold
took this species at Gosforth, but in consequence of having lost his specimens in the
Post Office, he records it as doubtful (?) (Nat. Hist. Trans, of Northumberland and
Durham, vol. iv, p. 56, 1871).

Meligethes obscurus, Er. (distinctus, Shp. Cat.), another species of our Nitidu-
lidcB doubtfully recorded by Bold (Nat. Hist. Trans., p. 57, " M. distinctus, Erich.,
/. e. 203. (.P). Rare. Seghill Dene. May."), has occurred at Winlaton and Rowlands
Gill, Autumn, 1903 and 1904, my examples of which were kindly named by Mr.
Newbery. These captures are interesting as confirmations of Mr. Bold's hitherto
doubtful records.

Srachypterus pubescens, Er., B. urticse, F., Cercus pedicularius, L., C. bipustu-
latus, Pk., C. rufilabris, Lat., Epursea xstica, L., E. melina, Er., E. deleta, Er.,
E. parvula, Stm., E. obsoleta, F., E. pusilla, 111., Nitidula bipustulata, L., Omosita
depressa, L., 0. colon, L., 0. discoidea, F., Meligethes rufijpes, Gyll., M. seneus, F.,
M. viridescens, F., M. erythropus, Gyll. (?), Cychramus luteus, F., C. fungicola,
Heer, Ips quadriguttata,^., Rhizophagus depressus, '^ .,E,. perjoratus, Er., -K. ferru-
gineus, Pk., R. dispar, Pk., R. bipusfulatus, F., and others not yet identified, have
occui'red in the Derwent Valley of late.

Cercus bipustulatus, local, from cherry blossom at Winlaton Mill, May, 1904 ;
Epursea melina, recorded by Bold as very rare, from meadow-sweet, July, 1902,
and hawthorn blossom, June, 1904, Winlaton Mill and HoUinside ; E. parvula
from beneath bark of oak, spring; and by beating oak and bracken, autumn;
Omosita depressa, Winlaton Mill, June, 1902.

Cychramus luteus, said to be rare with us, occurs in numbers each summer,
on meadow-sweet, hemlock, &c., Winlaton Mill, HoUinside and Gibside, whilst
C. fungicola — if indeed these be two species — has fallen to me but rarely, although
reported as common.

Ips quadriguttata, which Bold records as rare, from beneath bark of oak, bird
cherry, &c., was taken at Winlaton Mill in a like habitat, June, 1904, and again in
October and November of the same year, from a large hard fungus ( Polyporus

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radiatusj growing on elm in Gribside. RhizophaguK perforatux — an addition to our
List (Entom. Record, 1904) was taken from beneath the bark of a felled tree at
Lockliaugh, September, 1903, and at the same locality early last year. In October,
19 '4, I came across a very small example of what seems to be Ihis species from the
above mentioned fungus, P. radiatun.

Of course this short note is not in any sense a complete account of our local
NitlduUda;, but rather of a few things tliat have occurred to me by indiscriminate
and hapliazard collecting. — Richaed S. Bagnall, The Groves, Winlaton-on-Tyne :
January 13th, 1905.

Diptera in Scotland. — I have taken sijecimens of the following Dipfera during
the past two seasons, and though some of them have been recorded in the "Annals
of Scottish Natural History" (by Mr. Grimshaw in his "Diptera Scotica"), I
venture to send these notes for publication in the " Ent. Mo. Mag.," as records of
Diptera from Scotland are but few. I am greatly indebted to Mr. Grimshaw for
r. uch kind assistance given in the determination of my captures.

I collected at Aberfoyle for three weeks in July, 1903, and had one day's
collecting there last year on June 30th. Nearly 140 species have been deter-
mined, and I have a great many still to work out. In addition to Oxycera dives
and Microdon viutabilix, already recorded in this Magazine, several other interes-
ting flies occurred. Therioplectes xohtitialis, Mg., was a common species, and I took
Tabanus sudeticus, Zlr., g , July 7th, 1903, at rest on bracken. Paragus tibialis, Fin.,
occurred at » sandy bank at which I also took the bees Halictus tmeathmanellus
and H. leucopus, which interested me, as there appears to be some connection
between the Paragus and Halicti, at the same and similar banks Metopia leucoce-
pkala, Rossi, was in abundance ; and July 6th, 1903, 1 took a ? of Jf. amabilis, Mg. I
was glad to take a t? of VerraUia avcta, Fin., June 30th, 1904, my first capture of the
species. Both sexes of Pipizellajfavitarsis, Mg., were rather common in moist places,
and Chry Kogaiier solstitialis. Fin., Syrphus compositarum, Yerr., S. arcticus, Ztt.,and
several fine specimens (both sexes) of Eristalis rupium, F., were taken at wild rose
One morning, July 8th, 1903, I found Chrysotoxum arcuatum, L., in fair numbers
on bracken in wooded places, strangely the only occasion on which I saw the
species ; C. bicinctum also occurred. On July 1st, 1903, 1 took a fine S of Cynomyia
alpina, Ztt., this species has now been recorded from several localities in Scotland.
Some forty species of Anthomyidx were met with, including Sphecolyma inanit.
Fin., 2 (J , July 6th, 1903. Pegomyia transversa, Fin., Eomalomyia aerea, Ztt.,
and Caricea means, Mg., in coit4. Hyetodesia pallida, F., was abundant on
bracken and low shrubs, especially in the wooded shores of Loch Ard. I do not
know if my series (a long one) is aU the one species, as the S varies in colour, only
about half of those taken being entirely yellow or testaceous as described by Meade,
the rest having more or less of the thorax dark grey, and I notice that in most of
the dark specimens the eyes are not so closely touching as in the former. All the
females taken are entirely light coloured. A small bluish-grey Limnophora, which
Mr. Grimshaw thinks is solitaria, Ztt., was common on the Aberfoyle hills resting
on lichen-covered rocks, &c. In these situations it afforded a beautiful example of
" sympathetic "coloration. I also met with the species at Callander last September,

164 CJuly,

evidently a later brood, as they were in fine condition, while a great proportion of
them taken in July were ragged. I was also impressed by the colour adaptation
exhibited by the Tachinid Mylocera carinifrons, Fin., which I found in some
numbers, July 8th, 1903, sunning on a larch trunk, there was a great similarity
between the colour of the fly and the lichen-covered bark on which they rested.
In July, 1903, I was fortunate to take 4 ^ and 1 ? of Hi/drotxa pilipes, Stein, a
species new to the British List, and the ? previously unknown ; it has been recorded
with a description of the ^ by Mr. Grimshaw in " Annals Scot. Nat. Hist.," July,
1904, page 158. Other species of the genus also occurred, viz., H. impexa, Lw.,
several in 1903, and in numbers, but only in a limited area, June 30th, 1904.
ir. similis, Mde., was very common on bracken, &c., and R. palcestrica, Mg., 1 $ ,
June 30th, 1904. Though Mr. Verrall gives similis, Mde., as a synonym of
palsestriea, they appear to be distinct.

At Musselburgh Merodon equestris, F., was taken in my garden, while Chrj/so-
gaster splendens, Mg., Qymnochseta viridis, Fin. (sunning on trees), Mychophaga
fungorum, Deg. (on paling), Homalomyia manicata, Mg. («"» coit'O), H. incisu-
rata, Ztt., S. monilis, Hal., and Coelomyia mollissima, Hal., all occurred along the
banks of the Esk. Hydrotsea occulta, Mg., and H. armipes, F., were both common
on bramble leaves. On June 30th, 1904, I took a <J of Hylemyia prwpotens, W., a
fine species.

At Aberlady I took, in June, Dolichopus clavipes, Hal. (one of the few locali-
ties given by Mr. Verrall for this species), and at Callander in September, Arcto-
phila mussitans, F., Rhamphomyia spinipes, Fin., and Liancalus virens, Scop. The
last was in some numbers on the sides of a bridge over a stream near Loch
Vennacher, and I was greatly interested in watching the antics of the ^ , as it raised
itself on its long legs, lowered its wings, each with a silvery spot at the tip, and
displayed itself before the ? in much the same way as do certain spiders. — A. E. J.
Caetee, 4, West Holmes Gardens, Musselburgh, N.B. : April 4th, 1905.

BlEMINGHAM EnTOMOLOGICAI SOCIETY : April lOth, 1905. — Mr. Or. T.
Bethune-Bakee, President, in the Chair.

Mr. E. C. Rossiter was elected a Member of the Society.

Mr. J. T. Fountain gave an account of some winter collecting he had had
recently, and said that he thought Entomologists ceased work too soon in the year
and began again too late. On December 2nd he saw at Sutton more moths than he
had ever seen befoi'e, chiefly Cheimatohia brumata, L., but also including Scopelo-
soma satellitia, L., and Orrhodia vaccinii, L. On March 4th he sugared at
Chelmsley Woods and the two last named species came in numbers. Mr. W. E.
Collinge showed Collembola ; Sminthurus malmgreni, Tulbb., a species new to
Britain from Knowle, and Lipiira ambulosa, L., from Solihull, where it occurred in
thousands, in connection with some cauliflowers suffering from " finger and toe "

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disease. Mr. Gilbert Smith gave an account, of the Coleopterous genera Crio-
cephalux and Asemiim, illustrating his pajjer with some excellent drawings and
specimens of the beetles in all stages.

May \Uh, 1905.— The President in the Chair.

Mr. A. H. Martineau exhibited a specimen of the rare saw-fly, Sehizocera
furcata, ? , taken by Mr. C. J. Wainwright in Wyre Forest on May 26th, 1890 ; it
had been named for him by the Rev. F. D. Morice, who told him that only two
specimens had previously been known fi'om the British Isles ; he also showed a
specimen of Tenthredo Uinda, S , vrhich had only one antenna with the normal
white tip to it, the other being quite black ; likewise various other Hi/menoptera,
chiefly Kxotic AcuJeata. Mr. J. T. Fountain, a series of Biston hirtaria, CI., bred
from ova i-eceived from Yorkshire ; he said that the females were decidedly later
than the males in emerging, about ten days on the average ; he also showed a
beautiful series of Diantliaecia alhimacula, Bkh., from a locality he was not at
liberty to mention. Mr. G. T. Bethune-Baker, a collection of butterflies of the
Australian Lycsenid genus Offi/rix, which he had just described in a paper commu-
nicated to the Entomological Society of London ; he gave a very interesting account
of their peculiar habits and life-histories as far as known, chiefly dealing with their
I'emarkable association with ants. — Colbean J. Wainwright, Ron. Secretary.

Lancashire and Cheshire ENTOMOLoaiCAL Society : March 20th. —
Mr. Richard Wilding, Yice-President, in the Chair.

The Third Ordinary Meeting was held in the Society's Rooms, Royal Listitu-
tion, Liverpool.

Donations to the Library were announced from Messrs. B. H. Crabtree, F.E.S.
H. B. Score, F.R.Q.S., Jas. Fletcher, LL.D., F.L.S., and C. M. Adams, F.T.C.

This meeting took the form of a Microscopical, Lantern, and Greneral Exhibi-
tional meeting, and proved to be a most popular and successful innovation. Mr.
J. M. Williams' slides included the suckers of Dytiscus and the head of the
Jumping Spider, Salticus tardigradus. Mr. Garnett showed the Fairy Fly,
Anagrus inearnatus and the Hessian Fly. Mr. F. N. Pierce, the Chirping Drum
and File of the common House Cricket. Mr. D. Whittaker, the strigil of Corixa
geoffroyi and other slides of aquatic Hemiptera. Mr. J. E. Turner, head of plumed
gnat, and Ichneumon flies. Mr. E. J. B. Sopp, larva of Meloe proscarabxu.t and
spiracles of Dytiscus marginalis. The President, Mr. S. J. Capper, sent his well-
known educational collections representing all the orders of Insects. Mr. W. A.
Tyerman, a series of bred Selenia illunaria, and some beautiful moths from
Winburg, Orange River Colony. Mr. F. R. Dixon-Nuttall, specimens of the North
American Longicorn, Neoclytus erythrocephalus, found seven inches below the bark
of an ash supposed to have grown in the St. Helen's District. Dr. W. Bell, pre-
served larva of Noctua triangulum. Mr. Horton, larvae of Trochilium hembecifortne,
in willow stems. Mr. J. R. le B. Tomlin, a case of exotic Cetoniidie, and one of
Goliath beetles, including Goliathus druryi, G. giganteus and G. cacicus. Mr.

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R. S. Bagnall, Leptura puheacens, Sinoxi/lon anale, Chrynohothrh chrysostigma,
and a number of other foreign beetles introrlaced into the Hartlepool District in
timber. Mr. Sopp, British burying beetles, borings of Hylesinus fraxini in ash, and
locusts. Mrs. Sopp, the leaf insect, Phyllium scythe. Mr. Pierce, a large wasp,
probably J^espa niandarina, captured by Mr. Wm. Johnson in the district about
sixty yeai's ago. Among the photogra|ihs of insects shown by the lantern, one of
Selops striatus showing a bifurcated antenna, exhibited by Mr. Harrison, was
especially interesting. — E. J. B. Sopp and J. R. le Tomlin, Kon. Secretaries.

Monday, April Vlth, 1905. — Mi-. Richard Wilding, Vice-President, in the
Chair.

The Fourth Ordinary Meeting of the Session was held in the Royal Institution,
Liverpool.

Drs. Wm. Bell, J.P., of Rutland House, New Brighton, and P. F. Tinne, of
Mostyn, Aigburth, were elected Members of the Society.

A paper was read by Dr. Geo. E. J. Crallan, M.A., F.S.A., on "The Life
History of Ophiodex (PseiidopJiia) hinaris," illustrated with coloured figures by
the author, including the egg in three stages (actual size and magnified 32
diameters), larva in six stages, imago, upper and under-side of both sexes, &c., &c.
Dr. Crallan referred to the fact that this is the only species of the genus that has
been taken in Britain, the first specimen having been taken in Hampshire in 1832,
and several having occurred since. In Spain it is said to be common in the cork
woods, and in Austria occurs amongst oaks. In confinement the moth appears
from April to June from eggs laid on oak or poplar. When laid the egg is of a
beautiful green, but after a week the colour changes to red or plum colour, and still
later to drab. The changes in colour and appearance of the larva at the different
ecdyses were described, and much interesting information given on habits through-
out the life of the insect in all its stages. Among exhibits were a box of insects
from Trinidad, by Miss Birch, on behalf of her brother ; eggs of Tsenioeampa opima
on hawkweed by Mr. H. B. Prince, and on yarrow by Mr. Mallinson, who also showed
larv£e of Leucania littoralis ; Plusia moneta (bred) and Lyaena avion from South
Devon, by Mr. Pierce, and a hibernating queen wasp by Mr. Score.— E. J. B. Sopp
and W. D. Harbison, Son. Secretaries.

The South London Entomological and Natural History Society :
Thursday, May llth, 1905.— Mr. Hugh Main, B.Sc, F.E.S., President, in the
Chair.

Mr. Bevins, of Ongar, Essex, was elected a Member.

Mr. Sich exhibited the flowering spike of an Asphodel grown in his garden at
Chiswick. It originally came from the west of France, but Dr. Chapman said it
was not the same species which formed the pabulum of Hastula hyerana in the
Esterels. Dr. Chapman, a short series of a moth, Metoptria monogramma. Hub., allied

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to Euclidia glyphica. They were taken in Sicily at the end of April. Mr. Main,
enormous larvse in spirits from the West Coast of Africa, probably of some large
species of Ijongicorn. Mr. Gilbert J. Arrow, various species of Coleoptera to
illustrate an address which he afterwai'ds gave, entitled, " Some Social Beetles."
A discussion took place as to the use of sound apparatus in larvae, the suggestion
being that they were more or less directly protective.

Thursday, May 25th, 1905. — The President in the Chair.

Messrs. Harrison and Main, a large number of species of Lepidoptera captured
or bred this season, comparing those from South of England localities with those
from the neighbourhood of Liverpool. Mr. Carr, series of spring Lepidoptera from
the New Forest. Mr. Joy, a short bred series of Thecla rubi, from Folkestone, the
larvae of which fed on dogwood which had led him to think they were Cyaniris
argiolus. Mr. Hy. J. Turner, a short series of CucuUia lychnitis bred from larvae
taken at Box Hill in June, 1904. The larvae were fed up in the hottest sun in a
conservatory and grew extremely fast. When found they wei'e studded with ova
of ichneumons, but after considerable trouble they were successfully removed. He
also showed larvae of Leioptilus septodactylus (lienigianus) a local plume moth,
feeding on Artemisia vulgaris. They were found at Croydon feeding in the open.
Dr. Chapman, a series of Depressaria thapsiella bred by him from larvae obtained
in Sicily, where it fed in countless numbers on Thapsia gargania. Mr. Sich, larvae
and pupae of JVheeleria spilodactyla from the Isle of Wight, feeding on Marrubium
vulgare. Mr. Wright, a larva of a large Coleopteron, feeding in the wood of a
sugar box from the "West Indies. — Hy. J. Turner, Hon. Secretary.

\

LIST OF BRITISH BOLICROPOBIDM, WITH TABLES AND NOTES

BY G, H. VEEBALL, F.E.S.

{Continued from page 112).

22. XIPHANDRIUM Lw.

1 (12) Frons glossed with blue ; coxae (at least posterior) with black bristles.

2 (3) Cox£B all yellow ; abdomen with yellow coloration ; coxal bristles about

3 . 2 : 1 1. fasciatum Meig.

3 (2) Posterior coxae blackish-grey ; abdomen without yellow coloration.

4 (9) Hind femora with a preapical bristle.

5 (6) Outer lamellee ending in a single long hair ; coxal bristles 0 : 1 or 2 : 1...

2. monotriehum Lw.

6 (5) Outer lamellae without any single long terminal hair j coxal bristles 3 or

4 : 1 or 2 : 1.

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7 (8) Outer lainelliJD elongate lancet-shaped, with long (in some lights) pale

pubescence; antennae long 3. auctum'Liw.

8 (7) Outer lamellao broad lancet-shaped, with short black pubescence ; antennae

comparatively short i. lanceolatum Lw.

9 (4) Hind femora without a prcapical bristle.

10 (11) Inner lamellae ending in a long, simple, curved, pale hair...

5. caliginosum Meig.

11 (10) Inner laracllse ending in a long, compressed, slightly curved thread, which

breaks into a ciliation at its tip 6. appendiculatum Zett.

12 (1) Frons glossed with white ; coxae without any black bristles ; hind femora

with a preapical spine.

13 (14) Front tibiae with a spine and a tiny ciliation beneath, the spine being just

below the middle and rather turned back ; outer lamellae short...

7. brevicorne Curt.

14 (13) Front tibiae almost bare beneath, and, at any rate, with no distinct spine ;

outer lamellae long, hairy, and dilated at base 8. fissum Lw.

Several more species should occur in Britain. A small species
occurs in Norfolk amber.

1. X. fasciatum Meig. : very distinct in the male, because of its

yellow abdominal markings. Not uncommon at Tongue (on
the North Sea) in June, 1886, and Col. Terbury took it at
The Mound in Sutherland in June, 1901.

2. X. ononotrichum Lw. : occurring from the New Forest to Tongue,

but apparently more common in the North than in the
South.

3. X. auctum Lw. : I first recorded this as British from a male taken

near Lyndhurst on June 23rd, 1873, and I think a male
taken by Col. Yerbury at Ledbury in Herefordshire on
July 12th, 1902, is the same species. The specimens are
quite distinct from the other seven British species, but their
positive identification with Loew's species must await
further proof, because I can find no reference to the male
since Loew described the species in 1857 from Germany,
and in his description he says nothing about the coxal or
preapical bristles and only imperfectly describes the
lamellae ; my chief doubt is caused by the arista in the
British specimens being less than one-third the length of
the third antennal joint.

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4>. X. lanccolatum Lw. : this species is now recoi'cled as British for
the first time, and I have very little doubt about its identifi-
cation, even though only one record has been made since its
description by Loevv in 1850 from Germany. The nrista is
half as long as the comparatively moderately long third
autennal joint ; the outer lamellae are much shorter than in
X. auctmn as well as being much broader at the base.
Col. Terbury took four males and one female at The Mound
in Sutherland between June 17th and 24th, 1904.

5. X. Galiglnosum Meig. : apparently common as a Southern species

as my numerous localities lie in Hampshire, Sussex, Kent,
and Surrey, though I have taken it in Essex and Cambridge-
shire even up to Wisbech which is in extreme North Cambs.

6. X. appendiculatum Zett. : very common from Penzance to Arran

and Logie near Forres.

7. X. hrevicorne Curt. : apparently rare but widely distributed as

my localities are Penzance, Bournemouth, Arran, and
Muchalls near Aberdeen.

8. X. Jissum Lw. : apparently a Northern species as my localities

after Dovedale and Millersdale are all in the Scotch High-
lands and extend even up to Tongue.

23. SYSTENUS Lw.

1 (4) Cubital and discal veins strongly approximating before the tip.

2 (3) Tip of the wing with a conspicuous black spot 1. Scholtzii Jjw.

3 (2) Tip of the wing uncoloured 2. adpropinquans Lw.

4 (1) Cubital and discal veins almost parallel 3. bipartitus liw.

There are five known European species of this genus, all of which
were described by Loew from Germany, and all of which may well
occur in Britain. I introduced one in the list of species at the
commencement of this paper, and I now introduce two more, while
I think I have seen one or both of the others, but the material is
at present unsatisfactoiy. It is evident that the species live on the
ulcerative sap from trees, and Mr. E. Jenkinson and Dr. D. Sharp
caught two of the species I introduce at the sap of an elm (Vlmus) at
Cambridge, from which they bred *S^. adpropinquans, while S. SchoUzii
was bred this year from a beech {Fagus) fungus.

1. ^S. SchoUzii Lw. : Dr. D. Sharp has just sent me a beautiful male

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of this very distinct species, which was bred by hiiu on
May Sth, 1905, from a beech {Farjus) fungus found in the
New Forest. It is, I believe, the third known specimen, the
first having been bred by Scholtz in June, 1S49, from the
exuding sap of a birch tree in Silesia, while the second
specimen was recorded by Loew in 1859 as occurring in
Von Heyden's collection from the neighbourhood of Frank-
fort on the Main. The female is still unknown, and may be
very distinct from the male, as the black spot at the wing tip
is almost certainly sexual, but it ought to have very pale
antennae and coxae. Schiner's description contains two
gross errors.

2. S. adpropinquans Lw. : Mr F. Jenkinson first took this species

at elm sap in his own garden at Cambridge on July 22nd,
1901, and then two more females in 1902, from one of whicb
I recognised the species, though it was not easy to do so
from only a female of a genus new to Britain ; in 1903 he
caught another female, besides breeding four males and one
female from an elm tree at Aldenham, Herts, and in 1904
he bred a considerable number of females from the same
sap. Laboulbene had previously bred it from elm sap near
Sevres, and had given full details in A.nnales de la Societe
Entomologique de France for 1873. The species varies very
much in size, and in the reddish-orange colour about the
base of the antennae, which is sometimes almost absent ; but
it and S. Sclioltzii are the only ones of the five species which
have the cubital and discal veins strongly approximating.

3. S. hipartitus Lw. : I have come to the conclusion that four females

taken by Mr. F. Jenkinson at sap (one on Elm) at Cam-
bridge from July 10th to August 4th, 1904, must belong to
this species. It is again a difficult matter to recognise it
from the female only, but it is easily distinguished from
8. adpropinquans and 8. Scholtzii by the much more
parallel cubital and discal veins and by its entirely black
antennae, and by the latter character from 8. tener ; one of
Mr. Jenkinson's specimens (July 10th) has a black I'ing
before the tip of the hind femora, which makes me think it
is more likely to be 8. hipartitus than 8. leucurus. The
female of 8. hipartitus has not been previously recognised
and therefore the positive identification of this species must
await the capture of a male.

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24. SYNTORMON Lw.

1 (4) Tip of middle tarsi dilated.

2 (3) Coxae all yellow ; arista subdorsal ; basal joint of hind tarsi with two

bristles beneath ; tips of middle tarsi and hind tibiiB conspicuously
dilated 1. tarsatus Fall.

3 (2) CoxfE grey ; basal joint of hind tarsi with one curved thorn beneath ; tip

of middle tarsi inconspicuously and of hind tibiae not at all dilated...

2. monilis Walk.

4 (1) Tip of middle tarsi not dilated.

5 (6) Anterior femora with three bristles beneath near base ; squamse with dark

fringes ; basal joint of hind tarsi unarmed beneath...

3. pumilus Meig.

6 (5) Anterior femora witliout any bristles beneath ; squamae pale haired.

7 (8) Hind tibise not ciliated, nor dilated towards tip ; middle femora with two

rows of about twelve minute bristles beneath ; basal joint of hind
tarsi with two small curved spines beneath near base...

4. denticulatus Zett.

8 (7) Hind tibiae conspicuously ciliated or dilated towards tip ; (if eiliation in-

distinct) middle femora without rows of minute bristles beneath.

9 (10) Femora almost all black ; basal joint of front tarsi with a short blunt

prolongation at tip ; basal joint of hind tarsi armed with a bristly
process beneath close to base 5. Zelleri Lw.

10 (9) Femora all yellow, unless about tip of hind pair ; basal joint of front

tarsi simple.

11 (12) Basal joint of hind tarsi with one curved bifid thorn beneath near base ;

hind tibiae scarcely dilated ; abdomen often yellow about base...

6. paUipes Fabr.

12 (11) Basal joint of hind tarsi witli two long bristly hairs beneath ; hind tibiiB

blackened, dilated, flattened, and channelled 7. sulcipes Meig.

1. 8. tarsatus Fall. : a very distinet pretty species. Common in the

Highlands of Scotland and also in the Lake District.

2. 8. monilis Walk. : either uncommon or overlooked. I have taken

it in Hampshire, Sussex, Norfolk, and Cumberland.

3. 8. pumilus Meig. : occurring, though not commonly, from the

New Forest to Sutherland.

4. 8. denticulatus Zett. : more commonly known under the varietal

name of 8. biseriatus Lw. I have taken the yellow legged
form (= biseriatus) in Devonshire, Hampshire, Sussex, and
Suffolk, while Col. Terbury has taken it at Porthcawl in
Glamorgan. Col. Terbury took some specimens with dark
brown legs (= denticulatus) in Ireland in company with
Clinocera bistif/ma Curt. Mr. F. Jeukinsou took a male at

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Cambridge on October 16tb, 1902, and a female on October
29th, 1901, which are unsatisfactory ; they have the legs
very much blackened, and the male has the spines beneath
the middle femora fewer and shorter ; perhaps the remark-
able time of the year may indicate a seasonal variety.

5. S. Zelleri Lw. : I caught a male at Inveran on July 12th, 1886 ;

Dr. Sharp captured one in the New Forest in June, 1902 ;
Col. Terbury caught one at Golspie on June 22nd, 1904, and
another at Nethy Bridge on July 27th, 1904 Those are the
only males I have seen, but Loew named as this species one
of two females taken at Landport near Lewes on October
16th, 1867.

6. >S'. palUpes Fabr. : very common all over Britain, but very variable

in the colour of the hind legs and in the presence or absence
of pale coloration about the base of the abdomen.

7. S. sulcipes M.e\^. : a very conspicuousl}'^ distinct species. Common

in the Lake District, Arran, Eannoch, and Braemar, while
Col. Terbury caught a male at Barmouth.

25. ACHALCUS Lw.

1 (2) Tliorax cinereous 1. cinereus Walk.

2 (1) Thorax ferruginous 2. JlavicoRis Meig.

1. A. cinereus Walk. : according to Eaddatz this occurs in winter

amongst the dry stems of reeds, and I find that the only
satisfactory specimens which I possess were two females
caught at Chippenham Fen on March 27th and April 3rd,
1893, and one female at the " Eecd Pond " near Lewes on
May 12th, 1875. The species probably only requires to be
sought for in February in places where Arundo phragmites
exists in the form of dead stalks and leaves. I caught a
male which may belong to this species at Thetford on
June 17th, 18S0, but I do not give its identification vfith
any confidence.

2. A. flavicollis Meig. : Walker says " Eare. (E.I.)," and my

supposed specimens are most unsatisfactory. I may have
caught it at Fawley in Hampshire and at Three Bridges in
Sussex, and possibly at Ullswater, but more and better
specimens are wanted for certain identification.

{To be continued) .

August, 1905. 1 ]^73

ON THE TERMINOLOGY OP THE LEG-BRISTLES OF DIPTERA.
BY PEUCY H. GBIMSIIAW, P.E.S.

For .some little time I have felt the necessity for a definite system
of names for the bristles on the legs of flies, and this need became
more prorounced when a few months ago I commenced to prepare
descriptions of the British species of Hydrotcea, a task which, I am
happy to say, is now nearly completed. Upon comparing the de-
scriptions of various authors it will be found that there does not
exist at j)resent aiiy uniform nomenclature for the bristles and hairs
which are attached lo the various surfaces, and in some cases the
terms used are somewhat ambiguous, and, certainly to my mind, un-
satisfactory. In certain Families of iJipicra, such as for example the
Anthomijiidce, these bristles are remarkably constant in arrangement,
and in many cases, esj)ecially where the female sex is concerned, offer
the safest, and sometimes almost the only, characters by which a
species may be recogin'sed. It therefore seems to me highly desirable
that some uniform system should be adopted whereby the chsetotaxy
and pubescence of the legs may be described, so that the rows of
bristles or even individual hairs may be at once recognised and
differentiated.

In order to emphasize the want of uniformity above alluded to, I
quote a few examples, and in doing so must explain, that I do not
bring them forward in any spirit of carping criticism, but merely for
the purpose I have stated, and to serve as my apology for introducing
the system of names which follows. (1). Stein, in his valuable
paper on the European species of Hydrotcea (Verb, zool.-bot. Ges.
Wien, 1903, pp. 285-337) says, in his Latin diagnosis of H. similis,
"tibiis posticis intus in latere a corpore averso 5-6 setia instructis,"
and further, in his German description, says '' Die Hinterschienen
sind aussen abgewandt mit kurzen Bor.stchen bewimpert . . innen
abgewandt sind sie fast der ganzen Lange nach mit kriiftigen Borsten
versehen." (2). Meade, in describing the same species (Ent. Mo.
Mag., vol. xxiii, p. 251) says " the hind tibiae . . . differ from
those of II. dentipes by having a group of strong bristles in the
middle of their anterior or under surfaces." (3). The same author,
in his paper on the British species of Sarcophaga (Ent. Mo. Mag.,
vol. xii, 1875-0) speaks of the beard on the inner side of the hind
tibiae of the male. (4). Hough, in his description of a new species
of Faracompsomyia (Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, 1898, p. 186)
describes the bristles of the tibiae as follows : — " anterior tibia has on

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the mesal surface in the extensor row three prominent bristles . . .
and on the lateral surface in the flexor row one . . ; middle tibia
has on the anterior surface one ... on the posterior surface
three . . , and on the flexor surface one . . . ; hind tibia
has on the lateral surface in the flexor row two . . . and on the
mesal surface in the extensor row one." (5). Schnabl, who has
paid considerable attention to the chaetotaxy in Aricia (Cont. a la
Faune Dipterologique, St. Petersbourg, 1887) devotes more than five
pages to the description of the legs and their bristles, and in his
account of A. perdita (p. 400) thus describes the posterior tibiae : —
" Soies externo-anterieiires 3, dont 1 au dessus, la 2^ au milieu ; soies
externo-'posterieures 2 grandes, dont 1 au dessus du milieu, I'autre au
dessous de cette derniere ; une rangee de soies interno-medianes sur
le \ median du tibia composee de soies i)eu longues et rarement dis-
posees ; au hord posteripur un eperon court, un peu plus long que les
s. externo-posterieures, dans le I inferieurs du tibia." Lastly (G)
Yeurall, in describing Boliclwpus Inticola (Ent. Mo. Mag., 1904, p.
198) says : — " Middle tibiae with three bristles above towards behind
and three others alternating lower down above towards front, also
one bristle beneath below the middle."

In the first place I would suggest the use of the four simple
terms anterior, posterior, dorsal, and ventral, whose meaning is sufii-
ciently obvious, and which moreover are capable of easy combination
with each other. Being of Latin origin they can be used in a diafjnosis
given in that language with facility, and the only point which can
offer any difiiculty is that of exactly defining their application. Now,
if the leg of a fly be stretched out to the utmost, so that the tarsus
and tibia are as nearly as possible in a line with the femur and the
whole leg horizontal, then all the surfaces which face upwards I call
dorsal, those facing downwards ventral, those facing towards the head
anterior, and those facing in the opposite direction posterior. A
surface between any of the foregoing may be denoted by a combination
of the two concerned, and thus we get the terms antero-dorsal,postero-
ventral, and so on. Thus a series of eight surfaces of attachment
may be easily differentiated, and these are, I believe, quite sufficient
for all practical purposes. Taking them in order, and working round
in the same direction as the hands of a watch we get the following
succession, commencing at. the top: — dorsal, antero-dorsal, anterior,
antero-ventral, ventral, postero-ventral, posterior, and postero-dorsal.
If the leg of a specimen happens to be bent, then the ventral surfaces
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if the leg were entirely closed. Whatever the antjle made hy the
tibia with the femur, i. e., in whatever position the leg be set, the
dorsal surface can always be readily ascertained by turning the fly
round until these two portions of the leg appear to be in an exact
line with each other, in which ease the outside of the angle will be
dorsal. This surface once ascertained, the remainder can be found
without further difficulty.

When there is a row of bristles or hairs extending from the base
to the apex, i. e., along the whole length, of any segment (= joint)
the term complete may be used. Individual bristles or groups of
bristles can be localized according to their distance from the apex or
base of the segment in question. Thus we may have a " subapical
dorsal " bristle, a " ventral bristle at one-third from base," a " median
antero-dorsal " bristle, a " post-median postero-ventral tuft of hairs,"
and so on. By median is meant half-way between base and apex,
pout-median a little nearer the apex than the base, ante-mediaji a little
nearer the base than the apex.

To illustrate the method here advocated for dealing with this
branch of descriptive work in Dipfera, I conclude with a description
of the cha^totaxy of the legs in the common blue-bottle, Galliphora
erythrocephala, Mg. Of course, certain of these bristles are of generic
rather than specific value, and therefore in a Monograph should be
dealt with in the generic diagnosis and not mentioned in the specific
descriptions. The full details are given here so as to employ as many
terms as possible in illustration of my scheme.

Calltphora erytheocephala, Mg.

Front Legs. — Femora with complete rows of long dorsal, postero-dorsal and
postero-ventral bristles, several rows of long and fine posterior hairs, a row of some-
what shorter fine ventral hairs in basal half, and anterior surface covered with short
fine pubescence. Tibia: with the following subapical bristles : 1 dorsal, 1 postero-
dorsal, 1 (rarely 2) posterior and 1 postero-ventral ; a complete row of very short,
semi-erect, equidistant dorsal bristles, and a single long and conspicuous postero-
ventral bristle at one-third from apex ; posterior and postero-ventral surfaces fringed
throughout with short, regular and rather strong pubescence.

Middle Legs. — Femora with a group of about three subapical postero-dorsal
bristles, a single strong anterior median bristle with some shorter and less conspi-
cuous ones in basal half, a row of five or six long and stout antero-ventral bristles
in basal half, a row of still longer postero-ventral bristles in basal two-thirds, with
which are mingled some long fine hairs, ventral surface and apical portions of antero-
ventral and postero-ventral surfaces with moderately long, fine hairs. Tibise with a
whorl of 6-8 subapical bristles, of which those on the antero-dorsal and ventral

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surfaRes are the longest and stoutest ; 2 stout antevo-clorsal bristles in median third,
2 rather smaller postero-dorsal bristles opposite the latter, 1 posterior bristle at one-
third from apex, and 1 strong and conspicuous ventral bristle at one-thii-d from apex.
Hind Legs. — Femora with a single subapical dorsal bristle, a complete row of
antero-dorsal bristles, several rows of fine anterior hairs, a complete row of strong
antero-ventral bristles, becoming mingled with long, fine hairs towards the base, a
similar row of ventral bristles which, however, only extend along the basal half, and
a few fine postero-ventral hairs near the base. Tibix with a whorl of about 6 sub-
apical bristles, of which the strongest are those on the dorsal and antero-dorsal
surfaces ; a complete irregular row of antero-dorsal bristles, among which two
(sometimes three) in the median third usually stand out stronger and more con-
spicuous ; two postero-dorsal bristles at one-third and two-thirds from the base
respectively, sometimes a third (median) also present ; ventral surface bare.

Edinburgh : April, 1005.

THE EUROPEAN SPECIES OF THE GENUS TRIPLAX, WITH SOME
NOTES ON THE SPECIES WHICH OCCUE IN GREAT BRITAIN,
AND A TABLE OF THEIR DISTINCTIVE CHARACTERS.

BY PROP. T. HUDSON BEARE, B.Sc, F.R.S.E.

During the past few weeks, in my endeavours to settle the
synonymy of the new species of this genus introduced into our
fauna by Mr. Bagnall, T have been consulting most of the literature
on the genus Triplacc, and it occurred to me that there were interest-
ing points to which the attention of our present-day Coleopterists
might be drawn. Marsham in his Ent. Brit. (LS02), p. 121, described
four species as occurring in this country, rtissica, bicolor, Jlava, and
castanea ; the last three were then described for the first time, but
the first of these three we now know to have been csnea, Schal, the
last of them was only an immature variety of russica, and about the
second I can say nothing, as I have failed to identify it. Stephens
in his "Manual of British Coleoptera " (1839), p. 138, in addition to
russica, cenea, and birolor, introduced rufipes, F., and ruficollis, Steph.
Mr. G. R. Waterhouse iu his Catalogue (L861) corrected the mistake
of Stephens in regard to hicolor, and thus introduced for the first
time ruficollis, Lac. = lacordairei, Crotch ; he, however, retained the
last two species of Stephens' list, though correcting their synonymy,
and identified ruficollis of Stephens as nigriceps of Lacordaire.
Mr. Crotch again drew attention to these two doubtful species of
Stephens in his notes on the genus (The Entomologist, vol. v, p. 7),
but from that date onwards ruficollis, Steph. (now identified as

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melanoceplinla, Lat.), and rnfipes, F., have disappeared from our list.
1 am informed, however, by Mr. C. O. Waterhouse, who very kindly
carefully examined the species of Triplax in the Stephens collection
at the British Museum, that there are two undoubted specimens of
rufipes F., one with the label Windsor ; it is quite a distinct insect,
as Mr. Waterhouse says, more approaching Gijrlotri'plax in form ; of
ruJicoUis there is one undoubted specimen, without locality, but said
to have been taken near Windsor.

In view of the fact that the species of this genus are excessively
local, though when found they often occur in great numbers, and that
Mr. Bagnall has just discovered a species, new to our list, in great
abundance in a locality worked for many years by that well-known
collector, Mr. Bold, I have every hope that we may yet see the other
two doubtful species of Stephens restored to our list. It seems
desirable, therefore, to give a simple table for separating the European
species likely to occur in Great Britain.

In his " Monograph on the Erotylidse " (1842), Lacordaire
described eleven European species, and Bedel in his " Monograph "
[I'Abeille, vol. v (1868-69), p. 1], also described eleven species, but
he sank two of Lacordaire's species into varieties, namely, scutellaris,
Charp., as a var. of bicolor, Gyll, and clavata, Lac, as a var. of
rufipes, Fabr. ; in addition he added two new species to Lacordaire's
list, and made a few changes in synonymy.

In the European Catalogue, H.R.W., 189], the genus contains
fourteen species ; one of Bedel's species, cyanescens, Bedel, is sunk as
a synonym of marseuli, Bedel, and there are in addition four new
species not mentioned by Bedel. I propose to confine my table to
those species of the European list which might be expected, from
their distribution on the Continent, to occur in Great Britain.

I. Subgenus Tkiplax.

Base of thorax strongly bordered, or furnished with a strongly naarked furrow
before the scutellum, body more or less parallel-sided.

A. Head black.

(I) melanocephala, Lat., ■= ruficollis, Steph.

Easily distinguished by the fact that the antennoe are pitchy-red,
with the intermediate joints very close, moniliform, sub-equal,
and that the scutellum is black.

(Occurs in Western Germany, France, Italy, and Spain,
and was said by Stephens to have been taken near
Windsor).

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B. Read red.

(a) Under-side of the body entirely yellowisli-red.

(2) mnea, Schal.

Easily distinguished by the bluish-green colour of the elytra, and
the red scutellum.

(V^ery local, and usually rare, in Great Britain ; occurs
in Nortiiern and Central Europe).

(b) The breast beneath black, the abdomen yellowish-red.

(3) rusxica, L.

The scutellum of this species is black, and the antennae blackish
or brownish, with a black club.

(It is generally distributed throughout Great Britain,
but usually very local and not com'tion).

(c) The breast beneath and the abdomen black, but the apex of the latter

sometimes reddish.

(4) lacordairei, Crotch.

This species resembles russica, but is only about lialf the size,
and it is more parallel in shape. It is easily distinguished
by its black abdomen.

(Very rare : in this country only so far found in the
London district).

II. Subgenus Fla.tichna, Thorns.

Base of the thorax throughout very finely bordered, and never provided with a
transverse furrow, shape more or less ovate.

A. Head red.

(a) The whole of the under-side of the body yellowish-red.

(5) bicolor, Gyll.

The scutellum and the basal joints of the antennse are red.

(This is the species recently taken in numbers by Mr.
Bagnall at Gibside, Durham. On the continent it
occurs in the northern and central districts).

(b) The breast beneath and the abdomen black, the latter reddish at the apex.

(6) rufipes, Fabr.

The short ovate form of this species will at once distinguish it ;
the scutellum is black.

(It occurs all over North and Central Europe, and
Stephens apparently took it at Windsor. Thomson
records it as occurring all over Scandinavia).

The other European species are marseuli, Bedel ; emgei, Eeitt. ;
elongata, Lae. ; lepida, Fald. ; terqestana, Reitt. ; carpathica, Reitt. ;
pygmoBtt, Kr. ; coUaris, Schal. Most of them occur in the eastern or
eastern central parts of Europe, or in South Europe, and can hardly
be expected, therefore, to occur in (xreat Britain.

10, Regent Terrace, Edinburgh :
July, 1905.

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DESCRIPTION OF A NEW SPECIES OF OCLADIUS FROM PERIM.
BY MALCOLM CAMERON, M.B., R.N.

OCLADIUS WALKEKI, n. sp.

Convex, ovate, black, slightly sinning. Head small, convex, moderatelj coarsely,
but not very closely punctured, rostrum curved, quadrisulcate, sulci punctured.
Antennae ferruginous.

Thorax convex, subconical, sides rounded, coarsely punctured in distinct longi-
tudinal rows, punctures not confluent.

Elytra subglobose, with rows of large oblong punctures. Each elytron furnished
with three patches of whitish scales, two at the base (one at the shoulder, and one
near the suture) and one towards the apex.

Legs black, tarsi ferruginous. Length, without rostrum, 4 mm.

Found at roots of herbage in the ishmd of Perim by Mr. J. J.
Walker and myself.

This species is smaller and narrower than 0. salicomice, 01., and
0. setipes, Ancey. From the former it also differs in the much more
coarsely punctured thorax and elytra, and in the spots not being
united to form a fasciae.

From O. setipes it differs also in the punctuation of the thorax
not being confluent, the strongly punctured elytra, and the spots not
uniting to form a fasciae.

R. N. Hospital, Chatham :
April, 1905.

LYMEXYLON NAT'ALE, Linn., IN THE NEW FOREST.
BY G. C. CHAMPION, F.Z.S.

During a recent visit to this well-known locality I was extremely
surprised at meeting with several specimens of this peculiar Coleop-
terous insect. There has been in previous years much discussion as
to whether LymexyJon is really a native of Britain or an importation.
The only well-authenticated record in modern times is its capture at
Dunham Park, Cheshire, where it was found in considerable numbers,
by Mr. Chappell and others. In the New Forest it is at present
quite at home. I, together with Dr. Sharp, Mr. C. G. Lamb, and
Mr. F. M. Howlett, found the beetle at several trees, the first and
last of which were fully a mile apart, and Dr. Sharp captured one

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specimen on a heap of l()<;s. It was subsequently taken by Miss
M. A. Sharp, and 1 understand that Mr. Donisthorpe met with the
insect a few days earlier than we did, though in what part of the
Eorest 1 have no idea. The trees at which we found it had apparently
not been touched by an entomologist this season. Lymexylon is
attached to oak, and there seems no reason why it should not be an
old native in the Forest, though if this be the case it is somewhat
remarkable that the insect has not been met with before. According
to Canon Fowler, the species is common in oak forests in the north
of Europe, and it is said to have done considerable damage in the
dockyards of Sweden.

Horsell : July Vlth, 1905.

COLEOPTERA IN THE OXFORD DISTRICT.
BY JAMES J. WALKEH, M A., R.N., F.L S.

Having now resided in Oxford for rather more than a year, 1
find that my first impressions, as to its being an excellent and very
interesting collecting centre for all Orders of insects, are fully
confirmed. The following list of Coleoptera, almost without excep-
tion taken by myself within a radius of six miles from the centre of
the city, will show that this Order, at any rate, is well represented in
the district. To my friend Mr. W. Holland I owe my first intro-
duction to nearly all the places hereafter mentioned, and in many
cases to the actual and often very limited localities of uncommon and
interesting beetles which his persevering industry and acumen have
brought to light.

Commencing with the localities in Berkshire, the most productive
of these is at Tubney, about six miles south-west of Oxford, but more
easily reached from Abingdon by a pleasant walk of half that length.
Here a sandy soil, extensive woodlands and heathy commons, and a
luxuriant and varied vegetation, combine to make a very attractive
piece of collecting-ground ; and a nice bit of marshy thicket at
Cothill (the " Euskin Plot," now the property of the Ashmolean
Natural History Society of Oxford) may be taken on the way thither
from Abingdon. A remarkable feature of this inland locality is the

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number of insects, usually assDciatcd in our minds with seaside
conditions, to be met with here. Thus, At/rotis oestigiaJis {onlli(/era)
has occurred not rarely, as well as at Bt)ars' Hill on somewhat
similar ground not far distant ; and among the Golr.optera, Harpalus
anxius (recorded by Mr. Holland, Ent. Mo. Mag., vol xxxviii, p. 18)
Amai-a fulva, and A. tibialis, are among the commonest of their
res])ective genera ; Bledius opticus is found burrowing in the sand in
numbers in spring and autumn, and Heterocerus Jlexuosus in the
banks of ponds; Notoxus monoceros (in all its varieties) and Micro-
zoum tihiale swarm at times, and Ctf-niopiis sulphureus abounds on
the flowers of the yellow bedstraw {Gdlium verncm) in July; Ortho-
cerus tnuticus is sometimes not uncommon, and Cri/pticiis quisquilius
has been found in plenty by Mr. Holland, but I have not yet met
with it myself.

Among the species taken here by me are : Cychrus rodratus, occasionally in a
sand-pit ; Harpalus discoideus, at times Tery common under stones, and Amara
consularis, abundant under rubbish in sandy fields. Aleochara cuniculorum, found
in great numbers early in May by Mr. G. C Champion and myself in two large
and very strong-smelling rabbit-burrows on the common ; Lamprinus saginaius,
very sparingly by cutting tufts of grass infested with Myrmica ruginodis, in April ;
G-yrophxna strictula, very abundnnt in a hard Boletus on a stump, and Encepha-
lus cumplicans in tufts. Microgloxsa pulla, Engis humeralis (common), Cryptopha-
gus populi, TriphyUus suturalis, Tiresias serra, Hypophlaus bicolor, and Tetratoma
fungorum in plenty, in fungus and under bark on an old elm ; Pocadius ferrugineus,
numerous in puff-balls, and Trox sabulosus, under dry rabbit-skins. Ceuthorrhyn-
chus geographictts, on Echitim vulgare, and Ceuthorrhynchideus horridus, on
Carduus nutans, both common ; Coeliudes exiguus, in plenty on Oeranium pyrenai-
cum. Apion schonherri (another insect usually associated with sea-eoast con-
ditions), somewhat local, but almost, if not quite, the most abundant yellow-legged
Apion in the district, occurring plentifully even by the roadside throughout the
summer, as well as in tufts of grass in early spring. A. sanguineum, occasionally by
sweeping, but more frequently in a sand-pit, where Mr. Holland has taken it quite
freely in the late autumn ; A. pallipes on Mercurialis, and A. pubescens and spencei
by general sweeping. This latter method has produced, among many other species,
Callicerus obscurus, Homalota scapularis, Anisotoma rugosa (a fine example on
October 22nd last year), Catops sericatus, Saprinus virescens (by Mr. Champion in
May last), Heptaulacus viltosus (one each by Mr. Holland and myself on July 9th
last year ; I have also taken this species within the last few days at Wychwood
Forest and at Streatley, Berks) ; Trachys pumila, rarely in the sand-pit, and more
frequently by sweeping the shortest herbage on wrhich the net can be got to bear, in
open places among the bracken in the wood ; all the specimens that I have taken in
this way appear to come off Nepeta glechoma ; Limonius cylindricus (also
common under stones), Cryptokypnus A-pustulatus, Malachius viridis (common),

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Anlhoconius fasciuliis, I'lttjlaevia fi/Hiu/rica, Lorigilar-^ux agUia^ Bravliijiavsua variiis,
Orlhochaetes setiger, ISibinla priinila, Miariis 2}l'">i")'«ii>, Orubilis cyaneux, Phylo-
bius 'i-tuberculatus, and Hylesimts oleiperda. Mv. Holland has found here also
Panagieus 4-pustulafus (several), Paecilux lepidu.s, Amara patricia, Onthophilus sul-
catus (in the sand-pit in November last), &e.

Wylbiiui Park and Woods beiiisj; within an easy walk of my
residence, have been visited by me pretty regularly, and have
produced a good many interesting insects, chiefly by sweeping under
the fine beech trees on Wythain Hill, which consists of oolitic lime-
stone, and bears a flora almost as rich and varied as that of the chalk
downs.

The Coleoptera taken here include Hypocyptus aeminulum, Homalium septen-
trionis (also in fungi, with Oyrophsena manca,faxciata, &e.), H. cxsum var. tricolor,
and icplerum ; Megarthrus hemipterus, Agathidiuin nigripenne (under oak bark),
Liodes orbicularis, Anisotoma cinnaniomea (also at Sunimertown), dubia, ovalis and
ptinctulata, Cyrtusa pauxilla, Hydnobius punctaiissimus (black form), &xiA strlgosus
not rare; Bythinu.t curiisi, Eiuonnus denticornis, Crypdophagua pubescens, Diphyllus
lunntu.t, in plenty in black fungus (Sphxria) or ash ; Abraiis globosuf and Enicmus
testaceus in rotten wood ; Trnchys pumila, by sweeping as at Tubney, and adhering
to the viscid foliage of Hyoscyamux niger ; Longitarsiis exoletus, abundant on
Cynoglossum as well as on Echiurn, L. gracilis in the utmost profusion on riigwort,
and Epitrix atropx, almost equally common on Atropa belladonna ; Mantura
matthewsi on Selianthemum vulgare, and Psylliodes hyoncyami. This species
occurred sparingly in August last on a patch of seedling plants of henbane {Hyos-
cyamus niger) and more freely this year on the sanie plants, now grown to a height
of nearly a yard and flowering profusely. Collecting Psylliodes hyoscyami is about
the most disagreeable work of its kind that I know, as besides that half at least of
the specimens seen are lost, through their activity in leaping, the food-plant is most
unpleasantly sticky, and its heavy narcotic odour is very provocative of headache
under a strong sun.* Conopalpus testaceus, Mordella fasciata (not rare on small
Umbelliferous flowers), Mordellistena lateralis, Apion Jilirostre, Trachyphlwus
alternans, and many other species of less interest.

Bagley Wood is another very tempting-looking locality, but at the present
time is much too strictly preserved to be generally available for collecting. In my
occasional visits there I have met with Anisotoma badia, Colon brunneum, Neura-
phes angulatus, Trachys miiiuta, Throscus carinifrons, Apion cruentatum, &c., by
general sweeping ; llaplocnemus nigricornis, Mordellistena abdominalis, and Brachy
tarsus varius, by beating hawthorn blossom ; Chrysomela didymata, in abundance
on Hypericum, and Sitones cambricus sparingly, in company with Apion ebeninum,
on Lotus major in October ; Leptinus testaceus, Agathidium seminulum, varians,
coiivexum, and nigrinum, Amphicyllis globus, Choleva spadicea, Atomaria umbrina,
and Liosomus ovatulus var. collaris, in faggots ; Micrurula melanocephala, plenti-

* I have unset specimens of Psylliodes hyoscyami at the service of any Coleopterist who may
be ill want of the species. — J. J. W.

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fill oil blackthorn blossom ; and a small colony of Mehisis /ju^ire.sioides in tlecayed
hornbeam in February last. Crepidodera nilidula has recently occurred here on
aspen to Messrs. Collins and Holland.

At Boars' Hill, not far distant, vpith a more sandy soil, JIarpalux discoideus is
soinclimes fairly common, and I liave taken rterostichus oblonyopunctatus, rather
plentifully among dead boughs, &c. (also at Bagley), Mister purpuruscen-s, Rhyn-
chiles inferpunctatus, Apiori conjiuens and affine, &c.

Turning now to the Oxfordshire localities, at Ogley Bog, a very marshy valley
not far from the suburb of Cowley, Euhria palu.itris was taken sparingly in July,
1904, and again within the last few days, by sweeping on hot calm evenings in the
wettest places. Longliarsus holsaticus is common at times here (and at Cothill)
on Pedicularis palustrix, and Anthobium minidiun, Haltica lythri (abundant).
Limnoharis T-album, &c., have occurred by sweeping ; Lehia chlorocephala being
not rare in tufts of grass in the winter.

A marshy place near Yarnton has yielded, chiefly by cutting tufts and shaking
moss in early spring, Aleochara breoipennis, Myrmedonia collar is, llomalota
languida (small form) and itisecta, Conosoma pedicularium ; many species of Stenus,
of which longitarsis, atratidus, hifoveolatus, and circularis, are the best ; Lathro-
bium filiforme (common), quadratum, and longiilum, Bryaxis impressa (common),
Phalacrus caricis, Thryogenes festuece, &c. Ochthebius bicolun and llydroporus
granularis abound here in shallow water, and in May last I took, in company with
abundance of H. variegatus, a Haliplus which I refer to the var. pa/lens, Fowler,
of S. conjinis.

At Elsfield, Ceuthorrhynchus resedcB is not rare in Jnne on the Reseda luteola
growing in a small stone-pit, and I have taken here one C viduatus (and another on
the banks of the Thames near Grodstow), C. melanarius, Longitarsus Jlavicornis,
Apion vicinum, &c.

The JDonacice find a congenial habitat on the banks of the Thames and
Cherwell, the most abundant being D. semicuprea, which swarms on the tall river-
side grass Olyceria aquatica, of which it nibbles the leaves in a very conspicuous and
characteristic fashion. D. affinis is fairly common in early summer on the same
grass, with, occasionally, D. thalassina and impressa. Later on D. dentata abounds
locally on Sagittaria, and crassipes is often seen on the leaves of the water-lilies,
being apparently most partial to those of Isuphar luteum. It is, however, so active
and wary that it is difficult to secure a good series without the aid of a boat. Of
the very rare Hxmonia appendiculata, there are two examples in the British
Collection of Coleoptera in the University Museum, taken on water-weeds at
Binsey, on the Thames ; but it has so far baflied Mr. Holland's efforts as well as
my own to find it "at home."

" Aorangi," Lonsdale Road,

Summertown, Oxford :
July IZth, 1905.

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A NEW GEOMETER FROM HONG KONG.
BY G. B. LONGSTAFF, M.D., F.ll.C.P.

GEOMETBIDJE, BOABMIAN^.

OrSONOBA GHTIIOQKAMMAEIA, 11. sp.

$ Exp., 43 mm. Head grejish-ochreous, frons paler. Tliorax reddish-grej.
Abdomen pale oclireous, first segment and anal tuft ferruginous. Fore-wing grejish-
ochreous irrorated with reddish-grej, from the post-medial line to the termen darker;
base clouded with reddish-grey ; the cell brighter ochreous. The angulated ante-
medial line and nearly straight post-medial line edged internally with pale ochreous.
A pale triangular mark on the costa near the tip. Indications on the inner margin
of dai'k central and subterminal lines. Hind -wings greyish-ochreous, reddish-
ochrcous beyond the straight post-medial line, two dark central lines.

Keadily distinguished by the straight post-raedial lines on both
fore- and hind-wings.

Type in Coll. Hope, Oxford.

One specimen, ?, taken at light, Ai)ril 8th, 1904-, outside the
Peak Hotel, Hong Kong, c. 1400 ft. above sea-level. (G. B. Long-
staff).

Highlands, Putney Heath :

January thth, 1005.

Notes OH three species of Microglossa. — Micro(jlossa maryinalls, Gyll. : I took
two specimens near here in April last from an old woodpecker's hole in the trunk
of a beech tree recently blown down. The hole had evidently been used by
starlings for some years, and 1 think, since it had been blown down, by a mouse,
as it contained a quantity of fine grass. JJendrophitus punctatus, Herbst, a common
starling's nest species, was accompanying the Microglossa. I feel quite confident
that a specimen of this species also occurred in the old bat's nest out of which
I took Neuraphes carinatns, Muls., Choleva colonoides,J^r., &c., last year (Ent. Mo.
Mag., ser. 2, xv, 255), but unfortunately Mr. Tomlin, who took the specimen, has
mislaid it.

Microglossa pulla, Gyll. : 1 have found this species in every fresh titmouse's
nest I have examined this year, and it has sometimes occurred in abundance, but
1 have failed to find it in one or two old nests. I have also taken it in the fresh
nests of the flycatcher and starling. 1 have never discovered it in the nest of the
sand-martin, although 1 have searclied ior it carefully. 1 should suspect it inhabits
the fresh nest of any species of bird that builds in a hole in a tree.

Microglossa nidicola, Fairm. : very abundant in the fresh nests of sand-martins ;
it seems to disappear as soon as the birds desert their nests in the autumn.

These three species can be distinguished at once in life by the colour of the

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elytra, although this point is not nearly so distinct in cabinet spa imens. M. mar-
ghiaiis has the elytra bright I'ed, M. nidicola, distinctly, but not bright red, M. pulla,
dark brown. One of my specimens of M. marginalis has the margins of the
thorax only quite narrowly red. Tlie difference in the punctuation of the three
species is to my mind very distinct. — Norman H. Jot, Bradfield : Jult/ 3rd, 1905.

[I have taken Microglosxa gentilin, Maerk., as well as M. pulla in debris of
hollow elm trees occupied by owls, in the Isle of Sheppey. The former species is
as a rule associated with Formica fuliginofia. — J. J. W.]

Xanthandrun comtua, IJarri.t, occurring in May. — As Dr. Chapman suggests
(ante, p. 150) the probability of Xanthandrus comtux, Harris, being double brooded
in Britain it may be as well to record the fact that I took a specimen of this
Syrphid in the garden here on May 30th, 1903. It is a male, and v^as in such
perfect condition that it could only recently have emerged from the pupa. In my
experience the fly is rare here, only two other specimens having fallen to my net,
one ? on September I'nd, and one S on September 19th, 1902 — dates which are
much more in accordance ■with those given by Verrall. — C. R. Billups, Tower
House, East Grinstead : Julg 8tA, 1905.

Exotic Dennaptera wanted. — I am preparing a revision and monograph of the
Dermaptera {senm striclo, i.e., Forjicularia) of the world, and would very gratefully
receive any material ; earwigs from Central and South Africa and from Australia
and China are especially wanted. — Malcolm Btjee, 23, Blomfield Court, Maida
Vale, W. : June 24:th, lyOo.

Report of Woek of the Experiment Station of the Hawaiian Sugae
Planters' Association, Division of Entomology. Bulletin I, Pt. I, Leaf
Hoppers and theik Natural Enemies (Pt. i, Dryinidx). By R. C. L. Perkins.
Honolulu : May 21th, 19o5.

The above Association may be congratulated on the interesting Bulletin with
which they have commenced this series of Entomological publications. The Life
History of the Dryinidse and their habits in relation to the Leaf Hoppers, of which
they are the Natural Enemies, is given by Mr. Perkins in a very interesting way.
Their parasitism has been utilized as a means of ridding the sugar canes of the
hopper. The Dryinids lay their eggs in the hoppers, and the larvae when hatched
feed upon the bodies of their hosts. These parasite larvae in their earlier stages are
enclosed in cases which project visibly from the body of the hopper. Those who
collect Homoptera in this country must know well the black seed-like objects often
to be seen projecting from the under-side of the thorax in many species, especially
in the genus Athysanus ; these are the larva cases of Oonatopus, a, genus of the
same family. The Association have found that by breeding Dryinids in large
numbers and turning them out on the sugar canes the ravages of the hopper can be

186 [August,

largely checked, as a hopper which nourishes a Dryiniri, Mr. Perkins says, " is
practically dead, for in no case is it probable that it would be capable of reproduc-
tion, and usually it dies at the moment of the emergence of the larva."

The latter part of the Report is occupied in a comparative study of the generic
cliaracters of the Dryinidse and a synopsis of the genera and species considered in
the Eeport, with descriptions of numerous new genera and species. This part is
an important addition to our knowledge of these parasites.— E. S.

The South London Entomological and Natural History Society :
Thursday, June 8th, 1905.— Mr. Hugh Main B.Sc, President, in the Chair.

Mr. Kaye exhibited a bred series of Zonosoma pendularia, showing considerable
variation, with pupa cases in situ on the leaves, and referred to the variable position
of the girth. Mr. West (Greenwich) examples of the uncommon Cocclnella
distincta which he had taken at Darenth Wood, together with Mordellisfena
abdominalis, a Coleopteron parasitic in bees' nests. Mr. Sich, the exceedingly small
ovum of Lithocolletis querclfoUella. Mr. Main, the tracheal tubes of the silkworm,
which had been dissected out by means of a solution of potash ; he also showed a
case of insects from West Africa.

Thursday, June 22nd, 1905.— Mr. Alfred Sich, F.E.S., Vice-President, in
the Chair.

Mr. Rayward exhibited a larva of Theda w-album spun up for pupation and
also a pupa, and showed the remarkable mimetic resemblance to a crumpled
shrivelled leaf. Mr. Turner, a long series of Colias eurytheme vars., including
y. eriphyle,\.keeioaydin? sent to him by Mr. A. J. Croker, from Assiniboia, and
read a short paper on the species and its allies ; he also showed C. philodice,
C. falseno, C. eraie, C. hyale, C. edusa, C. electro, C. phicomone, and Meganostoma
csesonia. Mr. Edwards, a number of species of CoUas. Mr. Stonell (1) a specimen
of Euchelia jacohaix from Oxshott, with the apiciil hind marginal and costal streaks
united, (2) a very pale Amorpha populi, (3) Anrjerona prunaria ? s with $ colora-
tion, (4) Boarmia abietaria v. sericearia, (5) Acidalia humiliata from the Isle of
Wight, (6) larvaj of Nyssia lapponaria from Rannoch, and (7) larvse of Apatura
iris from North Hants. Dr. Chapman, larvae of Arctia villica from ova laid by a
female captured in April at Taormina in Sicily, and also imagines of Ora'ellsia
isabellw bred from larvae taken at Bronchales, together with ova laid by them.
Mr. Adkin gave a short account of the Annual Congress ot the S. E. Union of
Scientific Societies held at Reigate, June fith to 10th.— Hy. J. Turner, Ron.
Secretary.

Entomological Society of London : Wednesday, June 1th, 1905.— Mr. F.
Merrifield, President, in the Chair.

Herr Ludwig von Ganglbauer, of the Vienna Museum, was elected an Hono-
rary Fellow of the Society.

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Mr. Charles J. Grist, of " Apsley," Banstead, Surrey ; Mr. Vernon Parry
Kitchen, of the Priory, Watford, Herts; and the Eev. W. Mansell Merry, M.A., of
St. Michael's, Oxford, were elected Fellows of the Society.

Mr. F. Burr exhibited an earwig, Aptert/gida aravh'idis, Yers., found by
Mr. Annandale of Calcutta, in a bos of specimens received from the Andaman
Islands. When placed in a small box, it was alone, but next morning there were
five larvfe present; (wo disappeared, apparently being consumed by the parent ;
and the remaining tlu'ee were those exhibited. Mr. Burr also showed a Locustid of
the family Pseudopht/IIidce from Queensland, taken among twigs and plants which
it greatly resembled, together with a photograph of the insect in its natural posi-
tion. Mr. E. C. Bed well showed three examples of Onorimus nobilis, L., taken at
Woolwich on May 20th last under the bark of an old dead cherry tree, and a mal-
formed specimen of Lochmsea sufiiralis which had the left posterior tibia bifid for
about one-third of its length, and two tarsi, one of which had the joints consider-
ably enlarged. Mr. O. E. Janson, a living specimen of Omophlus betulx, Herbst,
a beetle not known to occur in Britain, found by his son near Covent Garden, and
probably imported. Mr. W. J. Lucas, one <? and three ? ? of Agrion armatum
taken this year by Mr. F. Balfour Browne and sent to him alive. Mr. G-. C.
Champion showed four specimens of the rare Acrognathiis mandibidarii, G-yll.,
captured on the wing towards sunset, near Woking, at the end of May. Mr. Selwyn
Image, two aberrations of Biston hirtarlus, CI., both females, taken by himself at
rest on tree-trunks at Mortehoe, North Devon, April 23rd, 1905. The first aberra-
tion was tolerably normal in general colouration, but the anterior half of the fore-
wings was much suffused with fuscous, and at the costa broadly emphasized with
rich black. The transverse lines on the hind-wings, all unusually distinct, were also
dark, and broad throughout. The second aberration was semi-transparent black all
over both fore and hind-wings, the veins strongly delineated with black, powdered
with ochreous. Mr. W. J. Kaye showed a number of empty pupa-cases of 7ono-
soma pendularia to demonstrate the wide variation of methods in the placing of the
silken girth round the pupa. Professor E. B. Poulton, leaves of strawberry,
Berheris jajionica, and cherry-laurel which had been sent to him by Mr. W. B.
Grove, of Handsworth, Birmingham. The leaves had been attacked by minute
fungi which, in the strawberry and Berheris, had been identified by Prof. S. H.
Vine, F.E.S., as Phyllostictafragaricola and Phyllostictajaponica, respectively. The
clean round holes in the laurel leaves had been caused by a fungus identified by
Mr. George Massee as Cercospora clrcumscissa, Sacc— the "shot-hole fungus."
The attack was local and followed by the death and disappearance of the central
portion of the leave-tissue of each patch, leaving a roundish or oval window outlined
with brown, sometimes in the form of a narrow line, sometimes spreading periphe-
rally into the leaf for a greater or less distance. In the strawberry the edges of the
windows were somewhat ragged, but those of the other two leaves had smooth
contours, and strikingly resembled the oval transparent areas upon the fore-wings of
Kallima inachi.i, paralekfa, &c. — surrounded most conspicuously with a marginal
zone of modified colour varying greatly in different individuals as regards both tint
and breadth. Professor Poulton had believed that these " windows " of Kallima
represented holes gnawed by larvae and that the altered marginal zone reproduced
the effect of the attacks of fungi entering along the freshly exposed tissues of the

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edge. But he now desired to withdraw his earlier hypothesis in favour of the more
probable and convincing suggestion made by Mr. Grove. Professor Poulton also
showed a photograph of the fungus-like marks on the wings of the Oriental Kalli-
mas, prepared under his direction by Mr. Alfred Robinson of the Oxford University
Museum. Dr. Karl Jordan communicated a note upon the Variability of the
Genitalia in hepido-ptera. Dr. G. B. LongstaiJ detailed his observations on scents
in the male of Qonepteryx, and mentioned that whereas in the male O cleopatra,
the odour was strong, he had been unable to detect any appreciable fragrance in
&. rkamni. Such a difference, he said, seemed to imply a physiological difference
between the two forms pointing to specific distinction. Dr. F. A. Dixey, in con-
nection with Dr. Longstaff's observations, exhibited the several forms of Gonepteryx
occurring in the Palaearctic region, and demonstrated the variation of wing colora-
tion in the respective fcrms ranked as species. Mr. H. J. Elwes read a note on the
Geographical Affinities of Japanese Butterflies, of which he also exhibited numerous
specimens taken by himself. Summing up his remarks, he said that during the
winter and spring months the plants and insects of Japan were, like the climate,
Palaearctic in character, yet during the summer and autumn th«y were tropical.
Professor Christopher Aurivillius communicated a paper on " New African Z/a.«/'o-
campidse in the British Museum." Mr. G W. Kirkaldy communicated a " Memoir
on the Bhynchota taken by Dr. Willey chiefly in Birara and Lifu." — H. Rowland-
Bbown, Hon. Secretary.

LIST OF BRITISH DOLICSOPODIDM, WITH TABLES AND NOTES.

BY G. H. VERBALL, F.E.S.

{Continued from page 17-).

26. MEDETERUS Fisch.
Small grey or greenish-grey flies, which sit iu a very upright
fashion on walls, tree-trunks, stones, &c., and which can run in any
direction without turning round.
. 1 (2) Scutellum with only two bristles 1. micaceus Jjw.

2 (1) Scutellum with four bristles.

3 (4) Middle tibiae with no bristle near base 2. rwMraZ/.s Meig.

4 (3) Middle tibiae with a bristle near base.

5 (12) Acrostichal bristles fairly large and distinct.

6 (11) Last portion of postical (fifth) vein longer than discal cross- vein ; smallish

species.

7 (8) Knob of halteres darkened (at least above) 3. tristis Zett.

8 (7) Knob of halteres clear pale yellow.

9 (10) Middle sized species with dark legs; all bristles on thorax black...

4. apivalis Zett.

10 (9) Small species with palish legs ; some of the small bristles on thorax pale

in certain lights 5. pallipes Zett.

1 1 (6) Last portion of postical (fifth) vein not longer than discal cross-vein ;

large species ; antennae reddish at base 6. obscurus Zett.

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12 (5) Acrostichal bristles very short.

13 (16) Legs yellow, at the utmost femora black or brown at the base only.

11 (15) Face shining metallic, dull at the suture only 7. diademaJj.

15 (14) Face all whitish-grey S. Jlaripes Mcig.

Ifi (13) Legs black with just knees yellowish.

17 (18) Face all whitish grey 9. jacufus Me\g.

18 (17) Face metallic, on at least lower part.

19 (20) Last portion of postical (fifth) vein longer than diseal cross-vein*;

hypopygiuni smallish ; smallest species of this group...

10. truncorum Meig.

20 (19) Last portion of postical (fifth) vein shorter or at least not longer than

diseal cross-vein.*

21 (22) First and second portions of diseal (fourth) vein about equal* ; smallish

species 11. dend robrenus J^ow.

22 (21) First portion of diseal (fourth) vein obviously longer than second* ;

largish species with handsomely striped thorax...

12. petrophilus Kow.

About thirty species of this genus are recorded from Europe,
of which at least a dozen more ought to occur in Britain ; T believe
that I possess about three unrecorded species, but my specimens are
not in sufficient quantity or quality for accurate identification.
Whenever a species occurs it is sure to be in abundance, but as most
of the species resemble each other so much they are not readily
recognised at the time of capture.

1. M. micaceus Lw. : my specimens were taken in Sussex, Surrey,

Suffolk and Norfolk, and T expect it is fairly common. At
present it is the only species recorded from Britain which
has only two bristles on the scutellum, although five are
known in Europe.

2. M. muralis Meig. : I have caught this species in Devonshire,

Hampshire, Sussex, Suffolk, and Westmoreland, and con-
sequently imagine it may be found anywhere if properly
looked for.

3. M. tristis Zett. : T feel no doubt but that I have correctly

identified as this species specimens from Cornwall, Hamp-
shire, Sussex, and Hereford, besides several from Rannoch
and Nethy Bridge, but yet the species seems to be un-
common.

4. M. apicalis Zett. : I do not think that the male of this species has

yet been described, but I believe I have correctly identified
numerous specimens of both sexes from the New Forest, as
well as stray specimens from Cornwall, Westmoreland,

* Not very satisfactory characters, thougb I believe the species are distinct.

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Ayrshire, and Arran. Two out of tliree specimens in
Kowarz's collection seem to me to be the same species as
my specimens.

5. M. palUpes Zett. : a well distinpjuislied little species which T have

taken in some numbers in Sussex (Lewes) and Kent (Lee).

6. M. ohscurus Zett. : T had long suspected this species to be "British

because of a specimen taken at Rannoch in 1870, but it
was not in good enough condition for identification ; T then
saw a specimen which was probably this species and which
had been taken by Dr. Sharp in the New Porest, but all
doubt was removed by a fine female taken by Col. Terbury
at Nethy Bridge on August 8th, 1904. This species may
usually be distinguished at a glance by its much larger size
than any other species of the genus.

7. M. diadema L. : one of the largest "British species. "Very

abundant on railings about " The Five Miles from Any-
where " near "Wicken Fen, and I believe over all the sandy
district past Brandon on to Yarmouth.

8. M. Jlavipes Meig. : abundant in company with the last species

near "Wicken Fen ; and also over a very large area in
East Anglia, as I have caught it in my garden here and
found it in abundance on Yarmouth beach, while tlie
Cambridge Dipterists find it common there ; and Mr. C. Gr.
Lamb has taken it at Padstow in Cornwall. It is a very
distinct but very little known species, which is so generally
supposed to be limited to the Mediterranean Fauna that
Kowarz in his Monograph of the European species of the
genus published in 1877 gave it as occurring in South
Europe and Asia Minor, and mentioned Constantinople,
Barcelona, and Lyons as localities, while he evidently con-
sidered Eoder's record from Wurtemberg as founded on an
error. He further states that it differs from M. jaculus
only by the colour of the legs, and that consequently it may
be only a variety of that species, while as a matter of fact
it is abundantly distinct.

It was recorded as British in Stephens' catalogue of
1829, and feeling a curiosity to know upon what Stephens
could have introduced it I many years ago sought out his
specimens in the British Museum, and found three speci-
mens so named ; two of them were specimens of a Psilopus (!)
but the third was the true M.Jlnvipes.

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9. M.JacuIusMeU^.: a rather large and well distinguished species,

fairly common from Penzance to Cambridgeshire and
Suffolk, or even to Norfolk (Brandon), and Col. Yerbury
took it at Porthcawl.

10. M. fruncorum Meig. : occurs by thousands everywhere and

consequently I have omitted to notice records, and mine
only extend from Cornwall to Suffolk and Cambridgeshire,
unless specimens taken by Col. Yerbury at Nairn and Golspie
belong to this species. It may be seen sitting in large
numbers in its peculiar upright fashion on the walls of
almost any house, but is easily overlooked until the eye
has become trained to detect it. Great care is necessary to
distinguish it from the next two species and from M. tenui-
cauda Lw., but I think its habits are different and it is
the smallest species of the group. M. truncorum prefers
houses and walls, M. dendrohcenus tree trunks in large
woods, and M. petrophilus such stones as occur on dry
beaches.

11. M. dendrobcenus Kow. : my records are from Hampshire, Sussex

and Norfolk, but I have never specially noticed it as a
distinct species when capturing it. I think I have seen it
from Cornwall and Somerset.

12. M. petrophilus Kow\ : Hampshire, Suffolk and Norfolk, and

I think from Cornwall to Sutherland. Usually taken by
me in miscellaneous captures without my recognition of its
specific distinctness at the time. Mr. C. G. Lamb has
taken a lot of beautiful specimens at Padstow in Cornwall,
and I expect it is universally common in suitable localities.

27. SCELLUS Lw.
S. notatus Fabr. : a very distinct and peculiar species, which
cannot be mistaken for any other species recorded for Britain, though
the allied 8. spinimanus Zett. is almost certain to occur with us.
*S'. spinimanus is distinguished by the absence of the blackish round
spot on the last portion of the discal (fourth) vein ; the third
European species S. dolichocerios Gerst. is known from only one male
taken in ffilaud. My records of S. notatus were from only Sussex,
Kent, and Essex, until 19U4, when I saw it from Cornwall and Inver-
ness, but I do not think it is rare, and it is certainly sometimes
abundant amongst marshy herbage near the sea-coast.

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28. HYDROPlIOliUS Whlbg.

1 (10) Wings quite unspotted.

2 (3) Scutellum with only two bristles \. bisetusljyf.

3 (2) Scutellum with four bristles.

4 (5) Face brilliant brassj on upper half 2. balticus M.sig.

5 (4) Face all whitish or orange.

6 (9) Face all whitish.

7 (8) Jowls obvious ..'. ^. prsecox liehm.

8 (7) Jowls absent 4. litoreus Fall.

9 (6) Face all orange 5. viridis Meig.

10 (1) Wings with at least a dark spot on last piece of discal vein.

11 (16) Wings with two rather faint dark spots.

12 (13) Face burnished blue-green on upper half 6. bipunctatus Lehm. .

13 (12) Face nearly all whitish or orange.

14 (15) Face ( (J ) silvery whitish 7. borealis Lvr.

15 (14) Face orange 8. rvjibarbis Gerst.

16 (11) Wings with numerous spots 9. nebulosusFa.il.

1. II. hisetus Lw. : apparently very common ou all the coast of

Britain, at any rate I have taken it at a great many locali-
ties, of which all except Coniston (where I have taken
several marine species) were on the sea-coast ; the most
divergent localities were Exmouth, Dyffryn, Aldeburgh, and
Grolspie. Although this species has been well known in
Britain for more than fifty years it has not yet been
recorded from the Continent. A female taken at Dyffryn
on July 21st, 1888, has a small extra bristle on the
scutellum.

2. H. balticus Meig. : not uncommon from Cornwall to Nairn,

preferring the coast.

3. H. prcBcox Lehm. : in various localities, from Cornwall to Suther-

land ; also occurring ou the sea-coast, but not at all un-
common on pools inland. A number occurred recently on a
newly-made pond in my garden, but most likely they arrived
as larvse in some Wicken Fen earth which had been placed
in the pond.

4. R. litoreus Fall. : I have taken this in Sussex, Middlesex, Suffolk,

and Norfolk, but in spite of its name never on the coast.

5. H. viridis Meig. : 1 took one female of this species at Hendon on

November 9th, 1867, and one male at Ormesby on June 22nd,
1881.

6. R. bipunctatus Lehm. : from Cornwall (Helston) to Inverness

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(Nethy Bridge), but stiJl not a common species, and
apparently a frequenter of fresh water for preference.

7. H. borealis Lw. : not uncommon at Rannoch, Braemar, Nethy

Bridge and Golspie, and therefore probably over all the
Scutch Highlands. The upper part of the face is usually
described as " tarnished," but to me the distinction is but
slight on the whitish face of the male or on the orange face
of the female.

8. H. rujibarbis Gerst. : I am compelled to assign this name to a

male taken at Callater, near Braemar, on July 20th, 1873, as
it certainly does not belong to any other known European
species. I believe I caught it on the little stream which
crosses the path just before the loch when approaching from
Braemar. Gerstaecker described the species in 1864 from a
female taken near Berlin and a male taken near Stettin, but
it seems to have not been noticed since by anybody.

9. R. nebulosus Fin. : I have taken this very distinct little species

in some numbers in the New Forest, at Reigate in Surrey,
and at Lairg, while Col. Terbury found it in numerous locali-
ties in North Scotland in 1904,

29. LIANCALU!S Lw.

1 (2) Legs all black ; scutellum with six bristles ; wing ( J ) snow-white at tip...

1. virens Scop.

2 (1) Legs black, with yellow knees and joints ; scutellum with four bristles...

2. lacustris Scop.

1. L. virens Scop. : common wherever water trickles down a perpen-

dicular surface, from Cornwall to Sutherland.

2. L. lacustris Scop. : much rarer than the other species, and I only

know it from Hampshire, Sussex, and Suffolk. The genus
Alloeoneurus is not worth adoption.

30. CAMPSICNEMUS Walk.

1 (14) Legs peculiarly formed or adorned (slight in C. pectimilatus) ; antennae

not pale at base.

2 (3) Only front legs peculiarly formed ; middle legs simple ; front tarsi with

extraordinai'y split up processes 1. magius Lw.

3 (2) Middle legs peculiarly formed or adorned, and sometimes front legs also.

4 (5) Front tarsi dilated at tip ; face and postocular cilia black ; middle

femora and tibiae finely ciliate and pectinate 2. pusillus Meig.

5 (4) Front tarsi not dilated at tip ; lower postocular cilia pale.

6 (11) Basal joint of middle tarsi much shorter than second joint (only a little

shorter in C. loripes).

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7 (8) Anterior femora pectinate beneath ; basal joint of middle tarsi tangled ;

middle tibia} remarkably dilated and ciliated 3. scambus Fall.

8 (7) Front femora not pectinate beneath.

9 (10) Posterior femora pectinate beneath 4. curvipes P&\\.

10 (9) Only middle femora pectinate beneath 5. loripes iia.\.

11 (6) Basal joint of middle tarsi much longer than second joint.

12 (13) Middle femora and tibiae with rather long pectination. ..6. armaiu/i Zelt.

13 (12) JVIiddle femora and tibiae minutely pectinate, almost simple...

7. pectinulatus Lw.

14 (1) Legs altogether simple (conf. C. pectinulatus) ; antennae orange at base...

8. picticoriiis Zett.
Several more species are likely to occur in Britain.

1. G. ma(/ms Lw. : on July 9tb, 1894, I took a pair of this extra-

ordinary species at Bawdsey, near Felixstowe. It was first
described by Loew from Sicily, and be was blamed by
Gerstaecker for making a new species from a fly whose legs
were deformed by fungoid growth ! It has also been taken
near Vienna, and is probably a very widely spread species,
but suitable localities tor it are very uncommon, such as
broad mud flats on which herbage and small pools exist at
low tide, while the sea covers them at high tide.

2. 0. pusillus Meig. : very uncommon. I caught a male at Lynd-

hurst on June 26th, 1872, and Haliday caught it in Ireland.

3. 0. scambus Fall. : not so common as some of the following species,

but I have taken it from Penzance to Aberdeen, and
Mr. F. Jenkiuson has taken it at Scilly. The middle legs of
the male are very remarkable.

4. C. curvipes Fall. : the commonest species of the genus, occurring

everywhere in suitable localities from at least Slaptou Leigh
to Aberdeen. Some specimens from Chippenham Fen are
large and very dark legged.

5. G. loripes Hal. : only less common than G. curvipes from at least

Lyndhurst to Sunderland. It is remarkable how seldom
this common British species has been observed on the
Continent.

6. C. armatus Zett. : I have not often met with this species, but I

have taken it from Bournemouth to Nairn, and always on
the coast near salt water. Some specimens taken at Aber-
lady on June 23rd, 1884, where it was very abundant, have
the legs almost black or black-brown, the front and hind
femora being brownish but the front coxae always luteous.

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7. O. pectinulafus Lw. : T caught several specimens of this species

near Brandon in Suffolk on July 1 0th, 1877, but was not
aware at the time that it was an interesting capture, and
althoue:h I have since searched at what I believe was the
original locality, T have not been able to find it again ;
Col. Terbury however caught two males at Erodie on
July 12th. IQOi, so its distribution seems to be a wide one.
T should have considered it to be C. pumilio Zett., only
he says "femoribus posterioribus parce ciliatis."

8. C. picticornis Zett. : T caught one male at Pitsea in Essex on

June 7th, 1894.

31. F.CTOMUS Mik.
E. alpinus Hal. : distinct from all species of Campsicnemus by its
silvery-white face, which practically disappears on its upper part just
below the antennae through the very close approximation of the eyes.
It is not uncommon in the New Forest and I have taken it at Eeigate
in Surrey, while Col. Ferbury caught it at Brodie.

32. TEUCSOPHORUS Lw.
A very distinct genus of tiny flies, easily known in the male by
the long black costal space.

1 (4) Hind tibiae bent before tip, apical part being dilated and hairy with

a long curved subapieal spine beneath.

2 (3) Hind tibiae with no long spine just before bending ...

1. spinigerellus Zett.

3 (2^ Hind tibiae with a long conspicuous spine just before bending...

2. monacanthux Lw.

4 (1) Hind tibiae not bent before tip, apical part not dilated and bearing no

long curved subapieal spine.

5 (6) Hind tibiae with a mamilla-like tuft of dark bristles behind about middle

followed by some long thin bristles ; middle tibiae with two con-
spicuous bristles beneath 4. pectinifer Kow.

6 (5) Hind tibiae with only an equal fine ciliation of about ten small bristles ;

middle tibiae with no conspicuous bristles beneath... 4. simplex Mik.

T. calcaratus Macq. is almost certain to occur in Britain, and is
allied to T. monacanthus and T. pectinifer, but the process about the
middle of the hind tibiae is spread out at its tip like a fan.
T. signatus Stseg. is not yet well recognised, as the most important
part of its description which is on page 309(5 of Zetterstedt's Dipt.
Scand., Vol. VIIT has been overlooked, being in Danish. It must be
very near T. monacanthus, but the long spine is apparently repre-
sented by two spines.

196 [August, 1905.

1. T. spinigerellus Zett. : I have numerous records from Hampshire

to Cambs., but I have never met with it in abundance.

2. T. ononacanilnis Lw. : one male at Wisbech on July 14th, 1881,

and another at Lyndhurst on July 17th, 1887. Neither
specimen vi'as recognised until many years after its capture.

3. T. pectinifer Kow. : so abundant about puddles on paths in

a small vs^ood near Three Bridfjes in Sussex on July 2Sth,
1872, that thirty or forty specimens mifjht be swept up in
one stroke of a net. Tt again occurred there and in other
small woods in the neighbourhood ten years later.

4. T. simplex Mik : not very uncommon in the middle glade-way

of the 40-Acre Wood in Chippenham Fen ; first taken on
August 26th, 1894.

33. SYMPYCNU8 Lw.

1 (') Legs mainly black 1 . f ?>r j/?m Walk.

2 (1) Legs mainly yellow.

3 (4) Front coxre blaekish-grey, at the utmost only just tip yellow...

2. annulipen Meig.

4 (3) Front coxae all yellow, or only a small portion of base blackish-grey.

5 (6) Third joint of hind tarsi with a depressed thorn-like bristle beneath at

tip; hind femora with a brown streak on upper-side...

3. spiculatnx Gerst.

6 (5) Third joint of hind tarsi clothed behind with stiff bristly hairs, like the

fourth joint; hind femora at most black at tip ...4. xneicoxa Meig.

1. S. cirripes Walk. : not uncommon in the Lake District and

at "Braemar.

2. S. annulipes Meig. : exceedingly common everywhere from Padstow

to Tongue.

3. S. spiculntus Gerst. : Mr. E. Jenkinson has taken this new species

to Britain in some numbers at Cambridge and Old Chesterton
from May 17th to August 2nd in 1901-2-3,

4. N. ceneicoxa Meig. : common in the Lake District and in the

Scotch Highlands, though I have taken it at Thetford in
Suffolk. I very reluctantly accept Meigen's name for this
species because he says " Hulfglieder alle schwarzlich " as
the name denotes, which would only refer to S. annulipes,
and consequently I should prefer to retain Zetterstedt's
name of nigritihialis.

(To he continued).

J. W. DOUGLAS

We again regret to have to record the death of
one of our Staff, and this time of our oldest member :
J. W. DOUGLAS died at Morningside, Craven
Park, Harlesden, N.W., on the 28th instant, in his
gist year.

A full Obituary Notice will be given in our next
Number, and in the meanwhile we must ask our
readers to accept this brief announcement.

August, 1905.

September, 1905. J X97

QUEDWS VARIABILIS, Heeb : AN ADDITION TO THE
BRITISH LIST OF COLEOPTERA.

BY E. A. NEWBERT.

Among some insects recently sent to me for examination by
Mr. Kidson-Taylor was a specimen of a Quedius unknown to me.
I was, however, able to refer it without difficulty to Q. variabilis,
Heer (teste Muls et Eey).

The moderate-sized eyes and bilobed labrum place the insect
in the second section of the genus (Quedius verus). The black elytra
will prevent its being mistaken for any British species in the section,
except mesomelinus, Marsh., and nigrocoeruleus, Key. From these it
may be separated thus : —

A. Thorax with two or more accessory punctures, placed obliquely on each side of
disc, in addition to the usual rows,
a. Elytra blue-black ; thorax with three or four accessory punctures ; first
joint of posterior tarsi subequal to last ; size larger...

Q. nigrocoeruleus, Rey.
aa. Elytra black without bluish tint ; thorax with two accessory punctures ;
first joint of posterior tarsi shorter than last ; size smaller...

Q. variabilis, Heer.
AA. Thorax without accessory punctures (elytra almost invariably pitchy, paler at
suture and apex) Q. mesomelinus. Marsh.

The following is a translation of Key's diagnosis (Brevipennes,
Staphyliniens, 505) : —

" Elongate, little convex, scantily pubescent, shining black, with the apex of
palpi and the tarsi more or less reddish. Head scarcely shagreened or punctured.
Thorax shining, suborbicular, rather narrowed in front. Scutellura smooth.
Elytra moderately, strongly and densely, abdomen a little more finely, punctured.
The first joint of the posterior tarsi a little less long than the last."

" Obs. — It is of the form of mesomelinus, from which it differs in its palpi, its
antennae, its darker legs and ventral abdominal segments, the dorsal segments being
less iridescent, and especially by the thorax having two punctures on the sides of
disc, and the temples punctured at the base."

Uanon Fowler refers to this insect as possibly mixed with
mesomelinus in collections (Brit. Col., II, 234). In the last European
Catalogue (1891) the insect is given as a var. of Q. ochripennis, Men.,
=puncticollis, Th. ; but in Mr. Kidson-Taylor's specimen, apart from
colour, the antennal joints are much less transverse than those of
Q. ochripennis. The punctuation of the elytra is very different to
that of Q. mesomelinus, being much closer and deeper. Q. variabilis
certainly appears to be as good a species as some others in the
section.

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The unique example was taken in Sherwood Forest by Mr. Kidson-
Taylor in October, 1904, in rotten fun<i;us, in company with Q. xan-
tliopus, Er.

12, Churchill Road,

Dartmouth Park, N.W. :
July 29th, 1905.

ANISOTOMA OBLONGA, Er. : SYNONYMICAL NOTES.
BT G. C. CHAMPrON, F.Z.S.

The insect somewhat doubtfully introduced into the British list
under the above name by Rye (Ent. Mo. Mag., vii, p. ISO, and x,
p. 149), whose description of the male was taken from a specimen
found by myself at Earnham, Surrey, in 1875, was incorrectly
identified, and is really referable to A. lucens, Fairm. It belongs, in
fact, to a different section of the genus, and is easily separable from
the members of the A. cin7iamomea-(rroup by the short row of punc-
tures at the base of the ninth elytral interstice (a character over-
looked by Rye) and the peculiar armature of the posterior femora of
the male. This last-mentioned structure is well shown in Jacquelin-
Duval's figure (Gen. Col., I, t. 36, fig. 179b) : the apical tooth is
obtuse (instead of being sharply hooked) and the median tooth is
very large and angular. In Mr. E. Saunders' collection (from that
of Dr. Capron) there is also a fine male of A. lucens, probably taken
near Shiere, Surrey, agreeing perfectly with my own example from
Earnham.

A. ohlonga, Er., and A. grandis, Eairm., are properly treated as
synonymous by Canon Eowler ; both are forms of A. cinnamomea,
Panz. The A. grandis of Rye appears to differ slightly from the
continental specimens, and the name anglica, Rye, is available for this
variety if required. A. cinnamomea and A. anglica occur constantly in
the same localities (Mickleham, Caterham, Cobham. Park, &c.), and
there can be no doubt that they are forms of one very variable
species. I am indebted to Dr. A. Fleischer, of Briinn, for calling my
attention to this matter, and also for a male specimen of the true
A. ohlonga, Er., for comparison.* He has, moreover, examined the

* Dr. Fleischer informs me that A. algirica, Rye (the type of which is in my possession
= A. heydeni, Ragnsa, differing from it merely In colour. Rye's name has five years' priority.
This insect is found in Algeria, France, and Sicily.

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genitalia of a British A. anglica and finds that they do not differ in
any way from those of A. cinnamomen.

Fairmaire's types of A. lucens (^ and ? ) were from the Forest
of Bondy. Gancrlbauer states that it is found very rarely in France,
Holland, the Eastern Alps, Bohemia, and Hungary.

Horsell, Woking :

Auffmt I6th, 1905.

NOTES ON TACEINID.E. No. 1.
BY COLBRAN J. WAINWEIGHT, F.E.S.

TVotes made upon various Tachinidts from time to time having
accumulated T have thought it better to bring them together within
the compass of a single paper. The final determining factor was the
opportunity afforded me of clearing up an interesting problem con-
nected with the genus MicropaJpus by means of a collection of those
insects specially made for the purpose by Col. Terbury in Scotland
last year. The result of my examination of his captures was to
enable me to decide with certainty that the northern representative
of the southern black species pudiciis, Edi., was quite distinct from
that species. The result is not an actual addition to the British list,
as Mr. Verrall included it under the name pictus, Mg., in his last
list (1901) on account, 1 believe, of my expressed opinion that a few
odd specimens taken by Col. Yerbury at Aviemore in 1899 were that
species. The question, however, remained in doubt, as there were
not suflScient specimens taken then to make its distinction from
pudlcus a certainty, and Col. Terbury himself believed them to be
specifically identical, so that he made a point of collecting a long
series of them last summer, in order that a decision might be arrived at.
When Verrall published his 1888 list there were but two cer-
tainly known British species of the genus, vulpinus, 'Fin., ?ir\d comptus.
Fin. {=1 fulgens, Mg.). Meade, in 1891, in his Annotated List of
British TacUnidcB (Ent. Mo. Mag., 1891, pp. 90-91), added a third
name — h(emorrlioidalis. Fin. ; this, however, was on the strength of
one specimen only without locality, which was but doubtfully British,
so that whatever species Meade had before him the record must be
ignored. Since then pudicus, Rdi., has become well known as British,
and has been recorded by Mr. E. E. Austen in the Ent. Mo. Mag.,
vol. xxxiv, pp. 36^ — 8 ; so that the present addition gives us four

s 3

200 [September,

clearly defined, properly known, British species of this genus. As
the works in which they are described are none of them English, and
some of them difBcult of access, it may be worth while giving a table
and short description of them here. They may bo arranged as
follows : —

Spenies with yellow femora and tibiae vulfinus, Fin.

Species with black legs (tibiae sometimes brownish) A.

A. Species with bright reddish middle streak on irons... comptus (Fall.), Rdi.
Species with black middle streak on frons B.

B. Species with 7 bristles on 3rd longitudinal vein near base ; with bristly
genae ; and with reddish genitalia in male. . .hfenwrrJioidali.s (Fall.), Rdi.

Species with 13 bristles on 3rd longitudinal vein near base ; with fine hairs
only on genae; and with black genitalia in male pudicun, Rdi.

Vulpiniis is the commonest of these species. I have seen it in
thousands in Wyre Forest, Worcestershire ; Col. Yerbury found it
commonly in the north of Scotland last year, and I have taken it or
seen it from Cornwall, Norfolk, and various intermediate localities,
and believe it to be generally distributed. It is unmistakeable, its
yellow legs and the general yellow effect of the insect proclaiming
it at once.

Gomptus I do not know. I believe it to be very rare. Mr. Austen
records two specimens only in the British Museum collection from
localities as far apart as Cromarty and Surrey (Ent. Mo. Mag., 1898,
p. 38). Meade and F. Walker both say rare, without giving localities,
and I have never come across it myself. It should be readily dis-
tinguished by its bright red or yellow central streak to the frons, in
this respect resembling vulpimis, from which, however, its black legs and
much darker appearance would at once separate it. Brauer and von
Bergenstamm say that it has orbital bristles in the male sex (Die
Zweifliigler des Kaiserl. Museums zu Wien, iv, p. 65) ; Meade (Ent.
Mo. Mag., 1891, p. 91) says it has not even hairs on the genae, which
would be a good character, if true, as vulpinus sxud pudicus have abund-
ance of fine long hairs, and hfsmorrlwidalis has bristles. This species
was known asfulffens, Mg., by Schiner, Walker, and Meade, and was
so called in Verrall's first list ; it seems now, however, to be considered
identical with compfus, Fall., and is certainly the same that Eondani
recognised as that species. Fallen spelt it covita by the bye, so that
some choice of names is open to us.

Pudicus is apparently not uncommon in the south, as I have it
from Colchester, Bexley, Farniiigham, and Lamorbey, and Austen

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(Joe. clt.) gives Felixstowe, St. Osyth, Essex, and Bearsted, Kent. It
seems to have been unknown to Schiner, Walker, and Meade, and
in fact Kondani appears to have been the only author who did know it|
so that there is no synonymy.

It and hcEmorrhoidalis are very closely allied, but there are
abundant and constant, though slight, differences. The most useful
and constant character of all lies in the number of fine setae at the base
of the 3rd longitudinal vein. These in hcBmorrhoidalis are normally
seven in number, and in pudlcus thirteen. It must not be forgotten
that frequently some of these get rubbed off, but still the character
will almost always be found sufficiently recognisable, especially as the
seven in hamorrlwidalls are packed closely together at the base of the
vein, and in pudlcus they are spread out almost to the small cross
vein. Another constant and good character lies in the fact that the
hairs on the genae of licBtnorrJioidalis are sufEciently robust to be
described as bristles, while in pudicus they are fine and down-like,
though long. In the male sex the possession of brown or reddish
genitalia in hcBmorrhoidalis and black ones in pudicus, is an instantly
recognised character. The length and width of the 3rd joint of the
antennae differs in the males of the two species ; in pudicus the length
is to the width as "1^ to 1, and in hcBmorrhoidalis as If to 1. The
palpi in pudicus are shorter and perhaps a little thicker than in
hcBmorrhoidalis ; in pudicus they are barely as long as the 3rd an-
tennal joint is wide ; and in hcBmorrhoidalis they are distinctly longer
(and in this species the 3rd antennal joint is also wider than in
pudicus). These characters, however, of the antennae and palpi are
less constant than the before-mentioned characters, and not so useful.

HcBmorrhoidalis is common in the north of Scotland, according
to Col. Terbury, and the specimens I have examined (which were
thirty-five in number) came from Aviemore, Nethy Bridge, and
Brodie ; in addition to which I took a couple of males myself at
Rannoch in 1902. The synonymy is most complicated and uncertain.
HcBmorrhoidalis was first described by Fallen, but his description by
itself is of course inadequate. The species which Schiner recognised
as hcBmorrhoidalis, Fall., is certainly not our species, but the one
which he describes as p ictus, Meig., is ; on the other hand, the species
which Eondani regarded as Fallen's species is almost certainly the
same as our own. Brauer and von Bergenstamm (Die Zweifliigler
des Kaiserl. jNIuseums zu Wien, pt. v, p. 104<) seem to consider that
Eondani is right, whereupon they proceed to mix up the synonomy
terribly by using the name pictus, Mg., for Fallen's and Eondani'a

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species with hcemorrhoidalis, Fall., as a synonym, and uain^' the name
hcemorrJioidalis for Schiner's species, which they consider the same as
Meigen's iKsmorrlioidalis and Rondani's impudicus. Now I am unable
to decide from the mere descriptions what species Fallen and Mei;j;en had
before them, but accepting B. and 13. 's interpretations, which certainly
seem to me to be the most likely ones (and I have carefully read all
the descriptions), then the name hcemorrhoidalis, which was Fallen's
original name, must remain for his and Kondani's species, and pictus,
Meig. and Sch., must sink as a synonym ; while for the other species
Eoudaui's name impudicus must stand ; 1 therefore work out the
synonomy in brief of the two species as follows : —

Hwmorrhoidalis^ Fallen, Rondani, non Meig., Schiner, = pictus,

Meigen, and Schiner ;
Impudicus, Kondani, = hcemorrkoidalis, Meig , Schiner ;
and our species will then be hcemorrhoidalis.

JRcBselia. I think 1 have also been able to clear up certain
doubts regarding the species in this small genus. Fallen, in his
Diptera Suecise " Muscides," p. 22, described the original species
pallipes, which had a complete 4th longitudinal vein, that is to say,
the apical portion which turns up to meet the 3rd longitudinal vein
was present, and fully developed. He referred to what he called
'• Var. ji ? . Monsfrosa," which had this apical portion of the 4th
vein missing, so that the vein ceased just before reaching the angle of
the upward bend. Meigen, in his " System. Beschreib. der bek.
europ. zweifliig. Insekten," vol. iv, pp. 411 — 2, copies Fallen's descrip-
tion of pallipes, and raises the var. to specific rank under the name
antiqua. He evidently knew the form with the restricted 4th vein
well, and did not know the other one at all. Since then most authors
seem to have believed that there was only one species (owing to the
fact that they have perhaps only met with one), but with so simple a
history it is singular how many mistakes have been made in the
synonomy. Kondani had it right, but Zetterstedt seems to have
started the mistakes, as in the Diptera Scand., p. 1050, he sinks the
earlier name pallipes under the later name antiqua, giving, however,
the correct references ; Schiner follows his example in the Fauna
Austriaca I, p. 516 : in his " Catalogue of European Diptera " he,
however, omits the name pallipes altogether, and actually assigns the
later name antiqua to Fallen. This mistake has been repeated by
Brauer and von Bergenstamm, who in the before-mentioned work,
vol. V, p. 410, in the list of the species of Tachinidce known to them,

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give only antiqua, Fall., and in the body of the work, vol. iv, p. 104,
quote antuina, Meij;-., as the type of the genus, vrithout in either case
referring to /j«///^^s, Fall., at all. Meade recognised the mistake in
his Annotated List before referred to, and corrected the synonomy ;
Verrall, in his first list, copies Schiiier, and refers antiqua to Fall.,
and ill his second list adds palHpes as a synonym, ascribing both to
Fallen. All this discussion, however, is somewhat by the way, as
in addition to the mistakes about the synonomy, I feel sure that
these authors are wrong in uniting the two species. I have for some
time had one or two odd specimens of Boeselia put on one side, with
notes to the effect that they might be the true pallipes, Fallen, and
the fortunate capture of a pair in cop. by Dr. J. H. Wood has con-
viuced me that we have two distinct species in this country, presumably
pallipes. Fall., and antiqua, Meig. Of these two species antiqua,
Meig. {i. e., the one with abbreviated 4.th vein), is fairly common, and

1 have a good series ; the other, pallipes, Fall, (with complete 4th
vein), seems to be very rare ; at present 1 have only seen 5 (^ (J, and

2 ? ? altogether, and as ill fortune will have it, both the females

happened to be greasy, so that one or two points remain uncertain.

The distinctions between the two species are as follows : —

Antiqua, Mg. Antennae in both sexes with 3rd joint black, and 2nd joint
bright fulvous ; abdomen in both sexes unmarked, excepting by the black dots
upon which the bristles stand ; scutellum with yellow edge ; base of wings bright
fulvous.

Pallipes, Fall. Antennae in the male same as in antiqua, but in the female
bright yellow throughout ; abdomen marked with a distinct dark band on hinder
edge of each segment, these are slightly interrupted, and about one-fourth the
width of the segments (unfortunately the females being greasy I cannot tell if they
are the same in this respect as the males) ; scutellum entirely grey (I anticipate
that this may not prove a constant character, but it is so in all I have seen) ; wings
not bright fulvous at base.

On the whole pallipes is a smaller insect, but the largest I have
is as large as the smallest antiqua ; moreover, it is a greyer and darker
insect, but here again extreme specimens of the two species are alike.

The seven specimens of pallipes referred to above come from : —
Stoke Wood, 6.5.03, Dr. J. H. Wood (the pair in cop. referred to
above); Ashperton Park, 30.4.04, <^ , Dr. J. H. Wood; Ipswich
District, 3.5.02, (^ , 9.5.01, ?, Claude Morley ; New Forest, 2 (J (J,
bred from larvae of Tceniocampa miniosa, F., April, 1897, J. W. Moore.
It will be noticed that all these dates are early, while antiqua, so far
as I know, occurs in July and August.

I think pallipes is probably a northern insect, and that since
Fallen originally described it no one else has met with it till now.

204! [September,

People who love to alter names have their chance here. The
f^enus Roeselia was founded by Kobineau Desvoidy (Myodaires, p.
145), the only generic character he gives being the nhsence of the
apical portion of the 4th vein. He ascribed four species to the genus,
all the names being quite new, in accordance with his usual custom ;
he afterwards (Ann. de la 8oc. Ent. de France, L>S4s, p. 447) con-
sidered his arvensis to represent antiqua, Meig., but probably all his
four species represent but one true species, being founded on trivial
individual differences. Under the circumstances no one could be
blamed for rejecting the name BcBsella, still it is probably more con-
venient to keep it. Moreover, the name pallipes, Fall., might be
rejected for my species, for Fallen sai/s that he is describing a. female,
and gives it a pale 2nd joint only to the antennae ; moreover, he says
the scutellum is testaceous. As I have already written the latter
character may prove inconstant, and as for the foruier one it is ex-
tremely likely that Fallen had a male before him, as the males in
this genus possess most of the characters usually confined to the
females in the Tachinidcs, and look very like females in every way, so
that he may be readily excused for making such a mistake ; anyway,
it is a nice point which is open to discussion ; in the meatinie, how-
ever, I prefer to retain the old names, the use of which can lead to no
confusion.

Genus Erigine. Mr. E. E. Austen's article on this genus in the
Ent. Mo. Mag. for Mai-ch (pp. 57—60) is very interesting; pectinata,
Girschner, is a very distinct and fine addition to the British fauna ;
and being an insect which is very little known at present, it is to
be hoped that Col. Yerbury or Dr. Wood will succeed in obtaining
further specimens, including males, so that we may get to know it
better. Truncata, Ztt., is another well marked species which, how-
ever, is not strictly speaking new to us. It is true that Dr. Meade
says that his appendiculata had an entirely black scutellum, but apart
from the fact that Dr. Meade unfortunately made many mistakes, dark
specimens of all these species occur in which the red apex is so
reduced as not to be noticeable ; moreover, nothing else is known
which his species could have been, so that in the absence of further
evidence it seems most probable that he had a specimen of truncata,
Ztt., before him. Truncata is well known to me, and I have always
considered it identical with the appendiculata of Meade and of
Verrall's list, so that I have not regarded it as new to Britain. My
own specimens (four females) were taken in Sutton Park at hawthorn
blossom. Dr. Wood has taken it in Herefordshire, and Mr. E. C.

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Bradley at Moseley. It is another question whether appendiculata,
Mcq., is the same as truncaia, Ztt. Mr. Austen quite correctly points
out that Macquart's figure of his species shows antennae quite unlike
those of our truucata, but Macquart's drawings are very bad, and his de-
scriptions are so short and insufficient that they might be applied to
almost any allied species ; and certainly his appendlculata is not
diagnosed sufficiently for identification. I should say that neither
his drawing in this particular case nor his description prove anything
one way or the other, and it is immaterial whether we regard ap-
pendiculata as a synonym of truncata, or ignore it altogether.

With regard to the species which Mr. Austen says he has been
calling rudis, Fall., and which he says is like the true rudis,fide B.
and B., but smaller, with slightly different fore tarsi, &c., this is
without doubt what I have been calling nemorum, Meig. In my
experience it is a rare insect, and I have but four females, which w'ere
taken at West Hide, Herefordshire, in May, 1899, and I do not
remember having seen any others. One ot* these specimens I sent to
Prof. Brauer, and he returned it to me confirming my identification
of it as Panzeria nemorum, Alg. They answer to Mr. Austen's de-
scription of the British Museum specimens, and like them have a
reddish scutella. Mr. Austen has perhaps overlooked Brauer's note
on p. 532 of the paper he refers to (S. B. K. Akad. Wiss. Wien,
math.-naturw. CI. Bd., cvii, 1898), in which he mentions this species,
expressing some doubt whether it is specifically different from rudis,
Fall., and remarking that the scutellum is often black, and was so in
Meigen's type specimen, and pointing out that the principal char-
acter lies in the difference in the shape of the fore tarsi ; nemorum
having the first joint much longer than broad, while rudis has it
about the same length as width, the other joints being all larger in
proportion to width in nemorum than in rudis.

While on the subject of the genus Erigone I may as well call
attention to the fact that this name cannot be continued for the genus,
but that we must now use Varichceta, Speiser. Nemoraea was the name
by which all those insects now included in Brauer and von Bergen-
stamm's section Erigone were known till recently. This name was
originally founded by iiobineau Desvoidy for half a dozen of his usual
new names, three of which have since been identified with pellucida,
Meig. {conjuncta, E.di.) ; Meigen (Sys. Bes. bek. europ. zweifliig. Ins.,
vol. vii, p. 221), and Macquart (Ann. de la Soc. Ent. de. France, 1848,
p. 104, et seq.), used the name not only for pellucida, but unite with

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it u great number of species now assigned to several genera. Scbiner,
Verrall, and others followed their example, but E-ondani (Dip. It.
Prodr., iii, p. 72) and Brauer and von Bergenstamm (Zweifl. des K,
Mus. zu Wien, iv, IIG) have restricted it to pellucid'/, Meig. {con-
juncta, Kdi.), and its allies, and as these are now separated widely
from the rest of Meigen's genus Nemorea, including the species now
under consideration, and do not appear to be British, we have done
with that name in this connection. Erigene, another of Robineau
Desvoidy's genera, which he founded for eight new species, six of
which are given as synonyms of radicum, Jb\, by Scbiner was selected
by Brauer and von Bergenstamm as the name to take its place, not
only for their restricted genus to which radicum belongs, but also for
the section or supergenus which includes rudis, Fall., ccesia, Fall., and
most of the species which ISchiner, Verrall, and other recent writers
put in the genus JVemorcea, sens. lat. This would have done nicely,
but unfortunately it had been used before for a genus of spiders,
and so 8peiser (Berl. Ent. Zeit., 1903, p. 69) proposes the name
Varichceta, which I suppose we must now use.

Since the publication of Mr. Verrall's last list of British Diptera
in 1901 I have already noted a considerable number of additions to
the British fauna ; some of these have been already recorded, and
a greater number 1 do not consider ripe for recording, but 1 take
advantage of this article to mention the following : —

Viviania cinerea, Fin., in italics in the list, has been taken by
Dr. J. H. Wood at Checkly, Herefordshire, 15.VIi.99.

Exorista. This is a vei'y difficult genus, and 1 have several
additions, but they may easily be wrongly identified, so that for the
present 1 will only just mention their names tentatively : grossa, B.
and B. ; intermedia, B. and B. ; glirina, itdi. ; fugax, Kdi. ; and an-
tennata, B. and B. ; and ugnata (lidi.), S., which is in italics, 1 can
confirm. As a matter of fact 1 believe all these to be correctly
named, but if preparing a list like Vei'rall's should adopt his plan of
*' italics " for the sake of caution.

Tricholyga major, liond. A distinct species, of which I have both
sexes, and half a dozen specimens bred from larvae of Saturnia pa-
vonia, L., found in Sutton Bark.

Ptilops nigrila, Fall., a distinct little species, similar to, but much
smaller than, chalybeata, Meig., which will probably prove not un-
common. 1 have not seen many specimens yet, but Dr. Wood seems
to find it not uncommon, as he has taken it on several occasions and
in several localities in Herefordshire (Cusop Dingle, Haugh Wood,

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Shobdon, Do ward, &c.), and to his kindness 1 owe four specimens in
my collection. 1 have also seen a specimen taken by the Jiev. T. A.
Marshall at Teigumouth.

Phytomi/ptera nitidiventris, Rdi., a distinct little species taken by
Mr. a. C. Bradley at Barmouth in 1901, and by Dr. Wood at Stoke
Wood, Herefordshire, on J 1.7.02.

Graspedothrix vivipara, B. and B. This species 1 have referred
to in my list of the Diptera of Warwickshire in the Victoria County
Histoj'ies, Mr. K. C. Bradley having taken it at Moseley. 1 have also
had it sent to me by Rev. W. J. Wingate from Bishop Auckland,
20.7.00, and by Dr. J. 11. Wood, who has taken nine specimens at
Tarrington and Stoke Wood, Herefordshire, at various times.

Thryptocera frontalis, Mcq. This species, which Dr. Wood re-
corded as British as recently as January, in the Eut. Mo. Mag., 1905,
p. 7, from specimens taken by him in Herefordshire, at Shobdon
Marsh, was taken by myself in Wyre Forest, in July, 1901, when 1
obtained a little series.

45, Handsworth Wood Road,

Handswoi'tli, Staffordshire :
March 26th, 1905.

lihopalomesites tardyi, Curt., in the lute of Alan. — I met with a auiuber of
specimens — both male and female, and of verj varying sizes — of this species at
Eallaclague, Kirk Arborj, Isle of Man, in June and July, I'JO'd, and May, 19U4,
under bark of dead ash trees. An example of the pupa occurred in the soft rotten
wood of one of the stumps, but I did not succeed in rearing it. At Eallakeigan in
the same parish there are numerous borings of the beetle in a row of old pollarded
hawthorn trees, and my friend Mr. R. W. Teare obtained one example of the beetle
in this locality.

The presence of this interesting wood-feeder in the Island suggests some reflec-
tion on trees in the Isle of Man from the point of view of the Coleopterist. We
can definitely commence our consideration of the present flora and fauna of the Isle
of Man subsequently to the Glacial period, during which some Geologists hold that
an immense ice sheet covered the Island, all traces of tiie pre-existing flora and
launa being scraped away and destroyed. Another theory postulates the presence
of an icy sea crowded with icebergs having covered the Island during the Glacial
period. In either case, a complete restocking of the flora and fauna must have
taken place after this period. The Irish Elk reached the Island — whetl-.er by land
connection or across an ice sheet is a hotly debated question amongst Geologists —
probably during the late Glacial or early post-Glacial periods, its remains having been
found in the basins of fresh water marl in the " curraghs," in every case underlying
the layers of peat. It may perhaps have lingered into the age of forests when the
principal peat bogs of the Island were accumulated. In the peat of the curraghs
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208 [September,

in the peat on some of the hillsides, remains of trees are found of the ancient
forests which succeeded the early post-glacial period. Oak and fir, in some cases of
large size, and hazrl are the commonest, but ash. walnut, hoUj, and black alder also
occur. There are likewise remains of an ancient submerged forest on the seashore
near Poolraish, oak, ash, and fir having been exposed at low tides after storms.
These ancient forests must have long ago disappeared— crtainly before historic
times. All evidence tends to show that in historic times trees have always been
very scarce in the Island. The oldest are some planted by Bishop Wilson at
Bishop's Court less than 200 years ago. Wood was always scarce for building
purposes, and until coal came into moi'e frequent use peat was the universal fuel.
In 1629 a statute was enacted entailing severe penalties for damaging any tree or
shrub. Trees play but little part in Manx folklore, and such superstitions connected
therewith may have been brought by the ancient Celtic wave of immigration from
forest covered lands, or in some cases to the later Norse influence. The Manx
place names are rarely connected with the presence of trees or woods ; there are
a {ew of Celtic origin, such as Glen Tramman (Eldertree Glen), Glen Darragh
(Oak Glen), and Glen Unjin (Ash Glen). Of the Scandinavian place names we
only have Dalliot (dalar-holt =Dale Wood) and Little London, supposed to be
a corruption of litill-lundr = Little Grove. Kirk Arbory at first sight suggests
trees, and in fact misled Governor Sacheverell, who, in " An Account of the Isle of
Man," 1702, explains that it was so called from the number of trees there formerly.
In reality it was called after Saint Carbery, the parish originally in Manx being
Skeeylley Carbre, Skeeylley being later on changed to Kirk, derived from the Scan-
dinavian " Kirkja," and the initial " C " being dropped in course of time.

At the present time there are but 826 acres of woodland out of a total acreage
of 145,235. Some of the mountain slopes in the north near Ramsey are well
wooded, both with conifers and deciduous trees. On the Crown lands on South
Barrule and Greeba Mountains and at ArchoUagan there are some few hundred
acres of Scotch fir planted in recent years by the Insular Government.

The sheltered sides of many of the glens are wooded, some, such as Glen
Rhenass and other pleasure resorts, having been planted in recent years. In the
neighbourhood of many of the larger farmhouses there are small plantations, chiefly
of ash — orchards as they are locally called— whilst i-ound every old cottage one
finds the trammon tree (elder) in accordance with the old belief in its powers of
warding off witchcraft from the inmates. What one misses in the landscape, as
compared with most English counties, is hedgerow timber, the boundary fences
usually consisting of stones, earth, and sod grown over with gorse and bramble,
whilst, owing to there being no very large estates with attendant parks, fox hunting
and game preserving, coverts for foxes and pheasants are not required.

Ash is the prevailing tree in the Island, beech and sycamore are frequent in
the glens, oak, elm, and mountain ash being less frequent, whilst birch, hazel, and
poplar are rare. Large willows are to be met with near some of the rivers, together
with an occasional alder. In the curraghs there are numbers of sallow bushes.
Holly, blackthorn, hawthorn, wild cherry, bird-cherry, and crab-apple are present,
but not in any numbers.

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impossible to say, or if so, whel her it afterwards made a precarious but continued
occupation is doubtful. It is very likely that it has been introduced with trees
from Ireland during the last century, just as Pissodes notatus, F., and Bhinomacer
attelahoides, P., and other species, liave been introduced into England since the
re-introduction of the Scotch fir during the last 200 years, this tree having in past
ages been indigenous both in England and Ireland, but afterwards having dis-
appeared.—J. Harold Bailey, Port Erin, Isle of Man: November \st,\QOi:.

Coleoptera from BerJcuhire. — On account of pressure of work this summer
T have had few chances of visiting my favourite districts of Streatley and
Wellington College, Aqathidium niqripenne, Kng., being the only species new to
the former district, and Pht/llohrofica quadrimaculata, L., and Amphotii mar-
ginata, Er., to the latter. I have, however, searched some small copses and water
meadows close to my house more systematically than before, and several species
new to the neighbourhood have been taken, mostly by evening sweeping, viz :
Anisotoma parvula, Sahib., Ci/rtuf^a pauxilln, Schmidt, Hydnobius strigosus,
Schmidt, Ephisfemus glohoxus, Waltl, AntheropJiagus pallens, Gryll., Telephorus
figuratus, v. scoticus, Sharp, and Liosoma oblongulum, Boh. Ergx afer, F., was
taken in July from a hollow ash tree, and BaJnninii/t betulx, Steph., a few days ago
crawling on the breakfast table.— Noeman H. Jot, Bradfield : August 1th, 1905.

Osphya bipunctata, F., near Peterhorovgh. — On May 19th, 1905, I captured
a fine Heteromerous beetle, which I took for a variety of Nacerdes melanura,
though without the black tip to the elytra ; but having referred it to Mr. W.
Holland, that gentleman greatly gratified me by returning it as a very large
example of the female of Osphya bipunctata, F.— C. T. Cruttwell, Ewelme
Rectory, Wallingford : July 2Qth, 1905.

Notes of Coleoptera captured during a tour through Sutherland shire and at
Aviemore, Invernesfi-shire, in the month of June, 1905.— The species, among many
others, kindly verified for me by Mr. W. Holland, are from Sutherlandshire, unless
otherwise noted. Cicindela campestris (not uncommon), Elaphrus uliginonis,
Nebria gyllenhalii, Amara lucida, Calathus Jiavipes, C. mollis, C. melanoce-
phalus, var. nubigena (Aviemore), C. micropterus, Pterodichus versicolor (dark
form), P. vitreus, Bembidium bipunctatiim, B. fuviatile, var. (Aviemore), B. tibiale,
B. saxatile (dark form, Aviemore), B. atrocoeruleum (Aviemore), B. paludosum
(Aviemore).

Among Staphylinidas I saw at Aviemore, but somehow lost, a specimen of
Staphylinus erythropterus ; Philonthus sanguinolentus (dark form, Aviemore), Stenus
guttula and S.cicindeloides (A.\iemore), Anthophagustestaceus, Oeodromicus globuli-
colUs (Aviemore), Parnus auriculatus (Aviemore), Cytilus varius, Coccinella oblongo-
guttata (Aviemore), C. W-punctata, var. confluens, Geotrupes putridarius (very
small), Aphodius depressus, A. foetidus, Roplia philanthus in profusion on June 4th,
Cryptohypnus mar itimus and C. dermestoides (both at Aviemore), Corymhites cupreus ,
C. quercds, with var. ochropterus (Aviemore), Podabrits alpimts, Telepliorus nigri-

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cans, T. hcemorrhoidalin (Aripmoi'e), Rhagonycha limhata, R. elongatn (Aviemore),
A-iemum xfriafum, Meloe riolaceus (Aviemore), Donacia sericea, Chri/somela
sfaphi/Isea, Prasocurix aucta, Polydrunun cervinus, P. pterygomaliii, Pht/Uobiiis
calcaratus, P. maculicollls, Dorytom'is tortrix, D. cosfirostrix, Orchestes xaliceii,
O. rusci, Cieliodes ruhicundus (Aviemoi'e), Ceuthorrliynchiii cyanipenni.i and C.
hirtiilus (botli at Aviemore), Pissodes pini (Aviemore).

My attention was mainly given to Lepidoptera, but the above list shows how
varied is tlie Coleopterous fauna of these northern regions, even in the beginning
of summer, when, owing to the keen N.W. winds, it was hard work collecting, and
fires within doors were indispensable. After the 10th the weather became much
warmer, and Lepidoptera began to appear in some numbers ; so the search for
Coleoptera was discontinued. — Id.

Apteropeda orbiculafa, Marsh., and its food -pi ants. — M. Bedel, in his excellent
work (Coleop. du bassin de la Seine, v, 283), gives Rhinanthus hirsutuft as the food-
plant of .4. orhiculata, and expresses his strong doubts as to the species being
polyphagous. Kaltenbach (Pflanzenf., 373) attributes the yellow larvse found on
Plantago and 'Fevcrinm to A. orhiculata ; but M. Bedel (op. cit., 201-, footnote), in
referring to this opinion, considers it to be a mistake. While searching for Ceuthor-
rhynchidius daiusoni on the coast near Plymouth, by pulling up and shaking
Plantago maritima, I found A. orhiculata in some numbers ; the larva was not to be
seen, but one specimen was found near a pupa^case, from which it had evidently
recently emerged. It would seem that Kaltenbach is correct as regards Plantago.
No species of Rhinanthus was to be seen. R. hirsntus is, I believe, not a British
plant. — E. A. Nbwbert, 12, Churchill Eoad, Dartmouth Park, N.W. : August
15th, 1905.

[My own experience with A. orbiculata is that it most frequently comes off
Nepeta glechoma, especially the short growth of this plant in woodland paths and
" rides."— J. J. W.]

Note on the Elater mthiops, Lac, of British collections. — M. H. du Buysson
in his work on the Elateridie (Faune Gallo-Rhenane, Elat., p. 192), now in course
of publication in the " Revue d'Entomologie," has pointed out that the Elater
asthiops of British collections is really referable to E. nigerrimus, Lac., and this
change will have to be made in our lists. A. sethiops is a larger and duller insect,
with the prothorax more coarsely and more densely punctate, and distinctly hollowed
down the middle posteriorly, the elytra less rapidly narrowed from the base, <fec.
E. nigerrimus has the prothorax somewhat sparsely punctate, with the interspaces
shining, and the disc scarcely hollowed down the middle posteriorly. E. sethiops
is mainly found in mountainous districts, in pine, spruce, or larch, thought it is said
to sometimes attack oak and beech ; I have found it in numbers in the Tyrol,
Switzerland, and North Italy, in decaying pines and in sawpits, sometimes in com-
pany with E. nigrinus. E. nigerrimus is found in decaying oaks, and the only
locality given by Fowler is Windsor Forest ; I have beaten it from oak at Bejar,
Spain.— G. C. Champion, Horsell, Woking : Angu.st I7th, 1905.

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Abraxas gro-isulariata var. varlet/afa at Huddersfield . — This magnifipent form
which was first bred at Huddersfield by tlie late Mr. James Varley, so long ago as
186t, has not been much seen or hoard of for a good many years. Last season,
however, a working man collected a large quantity of larvre from old gardens, and
was fortunate enough to breed eleven examples of it. This year the same man,
and a friend of his, have bred respectively four and fifteen, making thirty specimens
for the two seasons, i he man who bred the fifteen told me they were the produce
of some 4000 pupre, the immense majority of moths from which were of course
quite ordinary, though besides the varleyata there were some other very beautiful
and remarkable forms. T may add that a number of the varleyata have found
their way into my own cabinet, and one of them is more nearly a black specimen
than any I have ever seen, as the white streak near the base is exceptionally narrow,
and d'^es no^ extend through the wings as is usual in the variety. — G-EO. T. PoREiTT,
Edgerton, Huddersfield : August ith, 1905.

Dichrorampha flaindorsana, Knaffg'i,= D. qurpxfionana, Zelter, at Folkestone. —
On the evening of the 28th July, whilst being wheeled round my garden, I observed
a number of little Tortrices flying over a clump of Tansy, and, on securing some of
them, identified them as my D. flaindorsana, a decision in which Mr. Purday
subsequently agreed. I believe that this once overlooked species will prove to be
an abundant insect, and also ))robably widely distributed. — H. G-. Knaggs,
Folkestone : August, 1905.

Curious dates of emergence. — In August, 1904, I collected at La G-ranja
(Spain) a few larvae which were common on a beautiful species of Linaria growing
at some elevation in the woods there. These had a very Cucullia-Mke aspect, and are
very close to the figures of C. casta, Borkh. These duly produced moths that are not
Calophasia platyptera, Esp., but are very close to, if not identical with, C. hamifera,
Stgr., and are probably a local race of that species. The interesting point, however,
is, that four specimens emerged a few weeks after I got home, some six or eight in
May and June, 1905, when three remaining pup^ looked quite undeveloped, and
prepared to remain longer as pupae. Of these three, however, two have just
emerged, August 12th and 13th, 190'). The third is alive and well, but evidently
contemplates spending some further indefinite time as a pupa, probably till May or
June, 1906. What seems curious is, that with delayed emergences like this, there
should be in both the first and second year an attempt to produce a second brood
or emergence, the progeny of which would certainly at La Granja not succeed in
reaching full larval growth before winter set in, the insect being one that hibernates
as a pupa, and is probably quite incapable of passing the winter as a larva. I have
placed specimens in the Natui'al History Museum, — T. \. Chapman, Betula, Reigate :
August \Mh, 1905.

Formica fusca, race gagates, in the Neto Forest. — When collecting in the New
Forest this July, a friend called my attention to a peculiarly shaped ants' nest in
Matley Bog. In the part in which it was situated the ground was covered with

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tussock grass, each tussock forming a little hillock from one to two feet high, the
ground between and below tiie tussocks being wet and mossy. On the top of one
of these tussocks was a nest, in the shape of a cone, composed of very small bits of
dried grass. It was about 9 inches high, and 4—5 inches wide at the base, the
whole supported by the blades of tussock grass on the sides, while some of the
blades sprang out from the top, forming a sort of pillar in the middle of the nest.

The ants looked like ordinary Formica fusca, but were slightly smaller and
much more shining.

Mr. Saurders, to whom I submitted them, considers them to belong to the race
gagates of F. fusca. I think it is probable that the peculiar shape of the nest may
have been due to the nature of the surroundings, as the ants could not build except
on the tops of the hillocks, and in wet weather these would form so many islands
in a miniature lake. — G-. Arnold, Royal College of Science, South Kensington :
August^ 1905.

[This form of Formica fusca is an interesting one, as it is certainly rare in
Britain ; it is identical with the form which I considered to belong to the race
gagatex in my " Hymenoptera Aculeata," and which the Rev. W. Farren White
described as a new species under the name glahra in " Ants and their Ways."
I sent two of Mr. Arnold's specimens to Prof. Forel for his opinion, aud he returns
them as F. fusca race gagates " une peu fuscoide." — E. Saunders.]

Hgmenopfera and Hemiptera in the Mendips. — From June 22nd to July 13th
I collected at Glastonbury and Winscombe. The weather was brilliant and every-
thing seemed to be in a mood which one would have thought most attractive to the
Aculeate Hgmenoptera ; but although I was constantly searching the most favour-
able localities I found practically nothing worth recording. A single Agenia
variegata g, Crabro capitosus 1 ?, 2 Passalaecus monilicornis, a few Odynerus
melanocephahis, and 1 SteHs aterrima were the only species not actually common.
Not only were the number of species few, but even individuals of common ones
were scarce. On one occasion, about noon of the 5th July, I searched a bank
facing nearly due south, unusually gay with flowering plants such as ought to
attract any respectable bee, amongst them being the following : Ranunculus,
Selianthemum , Hypericum, Medicago ItipuUna, Trifolium pratense, Lotus, Poten-
tilla, Agrimonia, Heracleum, Daucus, Galium verum, Chrysanthemum leucanthemum,
Achillea, Senecio, Centaurea, Hypochceris, Crepis, Lapsana, and Prunella, all in
abundance; notwithstanding this combination of flowers, a few Bombus agrorum^ ,
Apix, and one Halichis leucozonius ? , were the only visible Aculeates.

No doubt the nature of the soil (limestone) is unfavoui-able to Hymenoptera,
but I do not remember a similar experience anywhere.

Hemiptera were represented by one or two better species, Macrocoleus hortu-
lanus and Asciodema fieberi being the best, the former common on Helianthemum
flowers and the latter rather rare on Ulmus montanus. Heterocordylus unicolor
swarmed on Genista tinetoria in several localities. — Edward Saunders, St. Ann's,
Woking : August \st, 1905.

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Psocidx at Wolclng. — In September, 1903, tlie late Mr. McLachlan asked me
to collect Psocids for hiin when I was at Margate, and gave a list of the few species
I captured in the October number of this Magazine for that year. This gave me
an interest in these minute creatures, and I have continued to collect them since.
In the neighbourhood of Woking I have found several interesting species, so I give
below a list of those that have occurred so far: —

Psoctis morio, Ltr., not uncommon on poplar trunks, very shy, and runs quickly
and hides in the crevices, refusing to jump, and is most difficult to catch. July —
August.

Psocus quadrimaculatus, Ltr., very common on palings beneath trees, and also
on spruce firs. July -October.

Psocus bipunctatus, L., four females on poplar trunks, 12.viii.04. I am
indebted to Mr. Morton and Mr. King for assistance in identifying this species,
which puzzled me.

Psocus bifasciatus, Ltr., on spruce and other firs. July — August.

Psocus fasciatus, F., on poplar trunks. June. This species jumps backwards
if the ends of its wings are touched.

Psocus variegatus, F., in the same localities as the preceding, but occurs later
in the season. July — October. It is now fairly common in my garden, August 1st,
whereas I have not seen a fasciatus since June.

Stenopsocus immaculatus, Steph.,on various trees and shrubs, common. June —
September.

Stenopsocus cruciatus. L., common on various trees and shrubs. June —
September.

Cxci/ius flavidus, Steph., common by beating, occurs on various trees through
the season.

Cxcilius {ohsoletiis group), two or three species? on firs, &c., but so far
I have not mastered the characters of this obscure section, and want more fresh
examples to help me in so doing.

Cxcilius pedicularius, L., not uncommon on various trees.

Cxcilius dalii, McL, Holly near Chobham, ll.vii.04.

Peripsocus alhoguttatus, Dhlb., on mint in my garden, lS.viii.04.

Peripsocus phceopterus, Steph., common on all sorts of trees and shrubs
throughout the season.

Ectopsocus briggsi, McL., common in many localities by beating, and among
dead leaves, &c.

Elipsocus unipunctatus, Miill., common on various trees. July —October.
Elipsocus westwoodii, McL., not uncommon on firs, &c.

Elipsocus hyalinus, Steph., not uncommon on firs, &c.

Elipsocus fiaviceps, Steph., not uncommon on firs, &c.

Elipsocus cyanops, Host., not uncommon on larclies. July — August.

Clothilla picea, Motsch., I have seen this species once or twice in my house.
Atropos divinatoria, Miill., common in old insect boxes, &c.
— Edwabd Saunders, St. Ann's, Woking : August \st, 1905.

214! [September,

Nole on Ledra aurita. — As this Hoinoptcron is not often rccorcled, a notice
of its capture on bracken at Ljclfortl, on August 12th, by Mrs. Glyde, of
Statsford, may be interesting to the readers of this Magazine. Curtis figures it on
plate 676 of liis " British Entomology," and remarks : " Whether tliese insects live in
their early stages in the frothy secretions that envelop those of kindred genera
I am ignorant, being unacquainted with their ceconomy."

I have taken this insect in an immature condition several times; in the larva
stage hibernating in moss at the end of November, at the foot of an old oak, and in
May, in the pupa stage, from the branches of tlie oak by beating. — G-. C. Bignell,
^aXiAiih: August lUh,\dO?>.

On Cimbex connafa, Schr. — On August 2Sth, 190), I was so fortunate as to
beat from fully grown alder trees in a bog in the centre of Cutler's Wood at
Freston, in Suffolk, a very large Tenthredinid larva, such as I had never before
met with.

The Larva was of a beautiful bright green, about two inches in length, with
a glabrous head, distinctly scabrous body with warty tubercles above the six true
legs, which were extended in so lateral a manner as to allow the coxeb to nearly
touch the surface upon which it walked. The grip is so tenacious that it is quite
impossible to dislodge it (consequently it rarely falls to the beating stick), and
copious clouds of tobacco smoke failed to affect it in the remotest degree. When
first touched brilliant green drops of liquid were exuded, like emeralds, from the
anterior spiracles ; and these, upon further provocation, were squirted in all direc-
tions to a distance of six or eight inches (reminding one of Formica rufa). It fed
upon alder leaves, supporting itself by twining its anal extremity around the edge
oP the leaf, till September 5th, when I found it had spun a cocoon within a leaf
which was lightly attached to the bottom of its cage.

The Cocoon is quite unmixed with foreign matter (unlike that of C. femorata
with which earth particles are mingled), and at first is bright golden in colour, but
in a few hours it becomes of a very distinct reddish type ; it is semitranslucent,
very tough (though far less so than that of the hedge Trichiosoma) and cylindrical
with the extremities subtruncate, somewhat compressed laterally — the roundness
depending probably upon the contour of the enveloping leaf— with a somewhat
smooth and very dull surface, pressed so closely to the envelope as to show the
impressions of the mid- and lateral-ribs of the leaf, to which it is attached only by
a few frail strands at either extremity and easily disengaged. Its length is 24 mm.

Within the cocoon is quite smooth and glittering, with the larval skin, which
is not entirely thrown off by the pupa, packed, together with the pupal envelope,
in the anal extremity. Between the cocoon and its encircling leaf is a single pellet
of frass. Doubtless the cocoon lies within the leaf, among other withei'ed leaves
the whole winter.

From this cocoon a ? Cimbex connata, Schr., issued early in the morning of
July 11th, 1905. In emerging the imago entirely removes the operculum by severing
the tissue with its powerful jaws.

This species has not before been noted in Suffolk, though there is an example

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of C. lutea, L., in the late Mr. Alfred Beaumont's collection which was taken near
Bury St. Edmunds some fifty years ago by the Rev. A. H. Wratislaw ; Paget found
the larvse of C. .vj/^warMw, Fab., commonly on birch in Lound Wood before 183 1 :
and in 1900 Mr E. J. G. Sparke bred C. femorata from a cocoon which he dug at
the base of a tree near Bury St. Edmunds.— Claude Mokley, The Hill House,
Monks Soham, Suffolk : August, 19o5.

#bituarn.

Thomas William Daltri/, M.A., F.L.S.—We much regret to have to record
the death of the Rev. T. W. Daltry, which event occurred so long ago as June 4th,
1904. Born at Hull on June 7th, 1832, he was educated at Sedbergh Grammar
School, and at Trinity College, Cambridge. In 1855 he was appointed to his first
curacy at Petworth, subsequently becoming curate to his father at Madeley,
Staffordshire, in 1861. This curacy he held for eighteen years, when, on the death
of his father, the Rev. J. W. Daltry, who had been vicar of the parish for forty-six
years, he was, on the practically unanimous requisition of the parishioner?, appointed
vicar, and held the living for twenty-five years, making a total of forty-three years
as curate and vicar, and seventy-one years for the father and son together. For
many years he was well known as an ardent Lepidopterist, and had an intimate
knowledge of our native species. He almost always spent his summer holidays
collecting in one or other of our well-known entomological localitie.=, and it was the
privilege of the writer to join him on many of these outings, notably in the New
Forest, Sherwood Forest, Wicken Fen, Abbot's Wood, Barnwell Wold, &e., where
his geniality and enthusiasm were most exhilarating. But it was as Secretary of
the North Staffordshire Naturalists' Field Club that Daltry was best and most
widely known. The Club was founded in 1865, and on March 2.Srd, 1866, Daltry
was appointed its Secretary, an office which he held continuously up to the time of
his death, a period of thirty-eight years, probably the longest time in which an
honorary secretaryship of any scientific society was ever held by one person. His
interest in the Club was unbounded, and it is safe to say that its great success was
attributable to his devotion and business-like management. He was President of
the Club for three years (in 1879, 1899, and 1900), but was not allowed to relinquish
the secretaryship even during the years of his presidency. He was also Chairman
of the Entomological section of the Club from its foundation to his death. The
appreciation of his work was shown in the fact that in 1893 he had the gratification
of being the first to receive the tribute of honour which the Club had to bestow
upon its Members in the Garner Memorial Silver Medal. His most important
published Entomological work was probably the " List of the Lepidoptera of North
Staffordshire," but many notes on Lepidoptera from his pen appeared in the
Transactions of the North Staffordshire Club, as well as in the Entomological
journals. He was elected a Fellow of the Linnean Society in 1875, and of the
Entomological Society of London in 1887. — G. T. P.

T 2

216 (September,

ANTIPODEAN FIELD NOTES.
Ill— A SKETCH OF THE ENTOMOLOaY OF SYDNEY, N.S.W.

BY JAMES J. WALKER, M.A., R.N., F.L.S.

As Sydney is the bead- quarters of the Australian Squadron, I
had, during the long period — nearly four years in all — in v\'hich I was
attached to H.M.S. " Ringarooma," frequent opportunities of collect-
ing and studying the insect fauna of the district surrounding this
great city. In the course of the ship's commission, we were at
Sydney at one time or other during every month in the year, and the
greater part of the early summers of three years, the best season by
far for collecting, was spent by me in Port Jackson. This enabled
me — with the assistance of several land friends interested in Ento-
mology— to amass a very considerable, and I think a fairly representa-
tive series of the insects of the Sydney district. As usual with me
the Coleoptera received the greatest share of attention, but several of
the other Orders were by no means neglected, and in the following
notes I propose to give some of my collecting experiences in this
productive and most interesting locality.

Port Jackson fully deserves its reputation as one of the most
beautiful and picturesque harbours in the world, as well as probably
the most secure and commodious of them all. Its entrance, less than
a mile in width, between wall-like cliffs of horizontally stratified
sandstone 300 feet high, is especially striking, as also are its bold and
well-wooded shores and snug little inlets, mainly on the north side.
Here in many places the " bush " remains nearly in its original con-
dition, though of late sadly cut into by building operations in a
rapidly growing suburb. A large extent of wild land, however, is
fortunately reserved for military purposes, and is thus not likely to
be interfered with for a long time. The land on the south side of the
harbour below Sydney is on the whole lower than that opposite, and
includes a considerable extent of shifting and almost bare sand-hills,
extending for nearly two miles eastward to the fine ocean beach at
Bondi.

The city of Sydney is built on undulating ground about six miles
from the entrance of the harbour, but its suburbs extend for a great
distance southward and westward, in the latter direction extending
almost to Parramatta, about twelve miles from the site of the original
settlement at Sydney Cove — now known as " Circular Quay," and one
of the busiest landing-places in the world. Still, even within the
city boundaries there are many fine open spaces and parks ; and the

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Botanical Gardens, situated on the soiith side of the harbour on a
gentle slope facing " Farm Cove " are, if not the most extensive, cer-
tainly the most flourishing and beautiful that I have ever seen. A
certain amount of collecting can be done here, and in the adjoining
" Domain," a fine park over 100 acres in extent, where many of the
larger Eucalyptus and other trees have been allovi^ed to remain ; and
a trip of a very few minutes by railway, electric tram, or ferry
steamer, will land the collector in highly satisfactory ground for an
afternoon's work.

The Australian Museum is a noble and commodious building, and
contains a magnificent representative series of the fauna of the great
island-continent of Australia, including an excellent collection of its
insects of all Orders. This latter is, however, far surpassed by the
splendid collections originally formed by the late Sir W. Macleay, and
deposited by him in the Museum built by himself, and attached to
the University of Sydney, under the care of the veteran Australian
Naturalist, Mr. George Masters. To the unfailing kindness and
courtesy of this gentleman, whose knowledge of the Australian
Coleoptera is probably unequalled, I am indebted for invaluable help
in identifying my numerous captures in this Order.

Of the localities within easy reach of Sydney, the famous
" Botany Bay " is within five miles of the city, and its shores offer to
the collector a large extent of rough bush and swamp land, as well as
some beautiful beaches of clean white sand. Along the Parramatta
Eiver there is still a good deal of untouched '' bush " on the north
shore, which towards the towns of Ryde and Parramatta eives place to
extensive orchards of orange and other fruit trees. Going farther
afield, the National Park of New South Wales is only 18 miles to the
southward of Sydney, and is reached by rail in less than an hour. This
Park is a Government reserve of 36,000 acres in extent, and consists
for the most part of dry sandstone uplands about 600 feet above sea-
level, covered with light " bush " and flowering shrubs, and intersected
with deep gullies or watercourses in which the growth of timber is
very fine and varied. The whole of this area has been opened up by
excellent roads, and forms a greatly needed sanctuary for the too
rapidly vanishing fauna and flora of New South Wales, which are
here strictly preserved. The Park may be regarded as the commence-
ment of the famous " Illawarra District," which farther south consists
chiefly of a narrow strip of lowland, shut in between the sea and a
range of very steep densely wooded hills, in parts meriting the name
of inland cliffs, 1500 to ISOO feet in elevation. The bulk of the trees

218 [September,

in the more open ground are the usual Eucalypti or "gum trees,"
which often attain to magnificent dimeiisious ; but in the numerous
gullies running up ijito the range, especially at Lilyvale and Otford,
some thirty miles from Sydney, the forest growth is much more varied,
and of perfectly tropical luxuriance Gigantic fig trees rivalling those
of the New Hebrides in dimensions, and often loaded with huge
masses of the ''stag-horn " fern, Platycerium alcicorne, are here mixed
with other fine broad-leaved trees, in which the beautiful and fragrant
" Sassafras," Afherosperma moschatum^ holds a conspicuous place ; tree
ferns of large size are abundant, as well as two exceedingly fine and
handsome species of palms These are the so-called "cabbage palm."
Livistona australis, which here forms groves of several acres in extent,
and was formerly common about Sydney, though very few remain
there now ; and the still finer and more elegant " Bangalow " (Archon-
toplioenix cunninf/hami, perhaps better known by its older and more
easily pronounced name of Senforthia eler/ans), which attains a height
of 7*' or 80 feet. These [)a]ms add greatly to the tropical appearance
of the forest, which is so matted together with a profusion of tangled
vines and creepers reaching to the tops of the tallest trees, as well as
with our common bramble in great abundance, as to be almost im-
penetrable. Access to the gullies is only to be obtained by the narrow
and often exceedingly muddy paths made by the timber-getters, along
which teams of bullocks haul huge trunks of trees to the saw-mills,
amid a great deal of highly ]ncturesque language from their drivers.
The operations of the timber-getters, as well as those of coal mining
and dairy farming, have greatly marred the appearance of this beautiful
district, but it stiil remains the most interesting and productive col-
lecting ground within easy reach of Sydney, and a long day may be
spent there with pleasure and profit at au}^ time of the year. The
chief drawback is the presence of land-leeches, larger than those
encountered by me in Tasmania, which abound in the damp gullies,
and are of the most bloodthirsty disposition.

A short distance to the north of Sydney, on the railway to New-
castle, is another extensive reserve of somewhat similar character to
the National Park, called " Kurringai Chase ;" and beyond the Hawkes-
bury River, renowned for the beauty of its scenery, is a large extent
of splendidly timbered country, in which, at Gosford and Ourimbah
especially, I have met with great success in collecting. To the west-
ward the Blue Mountains are within little more than forty miles
distance in a straight line, but these can hardly be accounted part of
the Sydney district, and my visits to them may deserve a separate
notice.

1906.] 219

Sydney enjoys on the whole a very fine and pleasant climate,
though the heat of the latter part of the summer, when the prevailing
wind is from the north-east, is often very o])pressive from the damp-
ness of the atmosphere. Eain falls in refreshing showers throughout
the year ; the westerly winds in winter are cold and dry, but in
summer, blowing from the parched and heated plains of the ' desert
interior, they bring an arid atmosphere laden with excessively fine
dust, and frequently raise the thermometer well above 100° in the
shade. These so-called " Brick-fielders " blow for two or three days
at a time, the temperature continuously rising, but the heat is not as
trying as might be imagined, owing to the dryness of the air. When
they subside they are usually succeeded by what is known as a
" Southerly Buster ;" the wind suddenly springing up from the south
with great violence, raising dense clouds of dust, and often bringing
with it a brief thunderstorm and heavy rain ; and it is always accom-
panied by a remarkable drop in the temperature, often to the extent
of 35°, or even as much as 40°, in less than an hour. These cold
southerly gales are very welcome, as they are in most cases followed
by several days of fine pleasant weather with slowly increasing
warmth ; but they are very destructive to insect life. The collector
may, however, take advantage of them by searching at high-water
mark along the sandy beaches, when numbers of common Coleoptera
in good condition, and some rare ones now and then among them, may
be found washed up by the waves, after having succumbed to the
sudden chill and fallen into the water.

The larger forms of butterflies are apparectly not very abundant
near Sydney, though the LycoBnidod and Hesperiidce (which have re-
ceived much attention from my friend Mr. G. A. VV^aterhouse, a rising
young Sydney entomologist) are much better represented, and are
numerous in individuals and species. In the following remarks on
the Sydney butterflies I confine myself mainly to the species I have
personally observed. Of the genus Papilio the one most frequently
observed is the swift-flying P. sarpedon, L., which is commonly seen
in gardens in the suburbs, and even in the city, from October to
March. Its larva feeds on the young foliage of the camphor-laurel,
which is extensively planted as a shade-tree, and thrives remarkably
well in New South Wales. P. lycaon, Westw., and F. sthenelus,
MacL, are much less common, the latter, indeed, being quite a rarity
at Sydney. The orange orchards are frequented by the fine P.
erechtheus, Don., and the plainly coloured but elegant P. anactus,
Westw\ ; the former is much more common iu some years than in

220 September, 1905.

others, and I saw it but seldom, bat the hitter was usually plentiful
enough, and its beautiful orange-spotted larva was to be easily found
on the young leaves of the orange and lemon trees. P. mncleayanus,
Westw., an insect of most elegant appearance on the wing as well as
in the cabinet, though sometimes to be seen in suburban gardens, i.s
more especially an Illawarra butterfly, and may be observed there
more or less commonly from October, when the first summer bi'ood
emerges, to as late as the middle of June. I found the curious slug-
like larva in May, 1903, at Otford, not rarely on the young foliage of
tbe "Sassafras" tree. So closely does its peculiar pale bright green
colour assimilate to that of its food-plant, that it was more easily
found by its strong and very disagreeable scent when disturbed than
by sight. This scent is totally unlike the pleasant nutmeg-like fra-
grance of the Sassafras, but resembles that of butyric acid or the smell
of the little malodorous ants of the genus Cremastogaster. Specimens
of P. macleayanus bred in confinement are much inferior in brightness
of colour to those taken at large.

Daiiais petilia, Stoll , Euplaea corinnn, Macl., and HypoUinnas
bolina, L., though occurring occasionally near Sydney, seem to be
always rare there, and I only once saw a. ^ oi H. misippus, F. — now a
common insect in North Australia and Queensland — on Garden Island
in the harbour. Anosia plexippus, L. (Danais archippus, F.) is com-
pletely established here, its first appearance at Sydney, 1 believe, being
noted about the year 1870. It may now be seen on the wing, more
or less commonly, on almost every fine day in the year. As its
natural food-plant, Asclepias curassavica, has apparently not followed
the butterHy to New South Wales, it finds an etficient substitute in
another imported weed of the same natural order. This plant, the
so-called "cotton-weed," Oomphocarpus fruticosus, originally a native
of Africa and Syria, is not unlike the Asclepias in its growth and
general properties, but bears white flowers, succeeded by large inflated
green capsules full of cottony down surrounding the minute seeds.
It grows commonly in waste places and by roadsides, and the con-
spicuous larva of Anosia plexippus may often be found on it in
numbers. For the first time in my long experience of this most
interesting butterfly, 1 found the larva to be here much infested with
the larva of a parasitic fly of the family Tachinidce, and often to such
an extent, especially in the autumn, that I failed to rear more than
one in a dozen to the perfect state. The butterfly is, as usual in its
new homes, of the ordinary North American tj^pe, and shows no sign
of deterioration in the Australian climate, the specimens being often
very fine and brightly coloured.

October, 1905. 1 291

J. W. DOUGLAS.

John William Douglas, the son of David Douglas, of Tranent,
near Edinburgh, was born at Putney on November 15th, 1814. He
was educated at a private school, remaining there until he w^as
fifteen, when he sustained a very serious injury, the result of
a thoughtless practical joke of one of his schoolfellows. He was
returning home on November 5th with a pocket full of crackers,
which his schoolfellow set alight ; they exploded and burnt his thigh
so severely that he had to keep his bed for two years. During this
time he turned his attention to Botany, drawing the specimens he
collected with great facility, and becoming so keen on his subject,
that when convalescent he applied for and obtained employment at
Kew in order that he might have the benefit of the best botanical
teachers. He was at Kew only for a few years, as his father, with the
help of Lady de Grey's influence, obtained for him a situation in the
Customs House, where he rose to a high position, retiring at the age
of seventj", after more than fifty years' service. Mr. Gladstone before
introducing his bill dealing with duties on light wines sent him on
a continental tour to report on the various grape cultures, and on his
return personally thanked him, and gave him a special Treasury grant
of £100.

The heavy cicatrix formed by his severe burn necessitated
numerous operations 'throughout his life, and the enforced leisure
enabled him to gain a proficiency in German and French, which
proved of extreme value to him, both in his ofiicial and Entomological
capacities.

He married in 1843, residing at first at Camberwell, but after-
wards for many years he lived at Lee and Lewisham.

He began collecting insects when at Kew, and published his first
paper in the Entomological Magazine for 1837, entitled, '" Handom
Thoughts on Entomology." For many years his attention was chiefly
directed towards the Lepidoptera, although he published papers on
Coleoptera and other Orders. Most of his early writings on Lepid-
optera, &c., are to be found in the pages of the Entomologist's
Weekly Intelligencer, and many of the younger generation of Ento-

222 [October,

mologists must look back with gratitude to bis kindness and assist-
ance. "Tbe World of Insects, a Guide to its Wonders," was
published in 1850, and he rendered very important assistance in the
production of Stainton's " Natural History of the Tineina," in which
his name appears as a coadjutor. Another, and perhaps the work
by which his name will be best remembered, was published by the
Ray Society in 1865, "The British Hemiptera, Vol I, Hemiptera-
Heteroptera.'" In this he was a joint author with the late John
Scott. It opened the eyes of British Entomologists to the large field
of little known forms which existed in this interesting Order, and
Douglas and Scott's "British Hemiptera" will always be regarded as
a classical work in this country. At the time it was written the
Hemiptern of Britain were practically unworked, and all flntomo-
logists owe a great debt of gratitude to the Authors of the " British
Hemiptera " for the excellent foundation which they laid, and also to
Dr. Fieber, of Vienna, for the assistance he rendered in determining
many of the unknown species. Additions and corrections to this
book were from time to time published in the Entomologist's Monthl}"-
Magazine, of which he became an Editor in 1874, and to which for
many years he was a constant contributor. In the early days of the
Entomological Society he was a very active member. He joined the
Society in 1845, became a Member of the Council in 1846, Secretary
from 1849 to 1856, and President in 1801. He retired from the Society
in 1802, but rejoined it in 1870, continuing as a Fellow to his death.
The writer of this will always have an affectionate memory of the kind-
ness of the deceased to himself ; he often had occasion to consult
him on questions connected with the determination of specimens, and
alw^ays met with the greatest kindness. On one occasion he borrowed
the type specimen of a Capsid, the identity of which he had called in
question, and whilst in his possession, one of his children finding a
nice looking little box, put some pens into it and shook them up, with
the natural result that the specimen was broken to atoms. Any one
can imagine the writer's feelings when he had to go and confess what
had happened ; but the situation was accepted in the kindest way,
and without a touch of reproach. For the particulars of the early
life of the deceased we are indebted to his son, Mr. Charles D.
Douglas.

It is many years since J. W. Douglas took an active part in
Entomology, and many of the younger Entomologists of to-day may
hardly realize how much he did for their Science ; but those who
knew him feel that another link with the past, and an important one,
has been broken. — E. S.

1905.] 223

TETROPIUM sp.? AT LEIGHTON BUZZARD.
BY THE REV. GEOEGE A. CRAWSHAY, M.A., F.E S.

A black form of Tetropium has occurred here this summer in
some numbers, and I take the ])resent opportunity of briefly recording
the first appearance in this district, so far as T am aware, of any
member of the genus.

It will be well to leave the question of its identity open for the
present.

On comparing my beetle with the two long series of Tetropium
in the British Museum I remarked that it was different in general
appearance from these species. A.t the same time, in considera-
ion of the variation in form, coloration, puctuation, and pubescence,
to which the different members of the genu.s seem liable, I took
the nearest description I could find to my insect, a very brief
one by Ganglbauer (Best. Tab. der Europ. Col.), and sent the beetle
out to Coleopterists as a Tetropium, nearest to T. castaneum, L., var.
fulcratum, F. At the same time not feeling satisfied with this, viewed
in the light of my long series of nearly 200 individuals presenting no
appreciable variation in their external structure and coloration, and,
thinking that my beetle might be a different species from any I had
seen, I referred it to M. Bedel, who informed me that Weise had
lately described a new species of Tetropium, and that it agreed with
the specimen I had sent him. I have accordingly communicated with
Herr Weise. Mr. Atmore's two recorded specimens (Ent. Mo. Mag.,
April, 1904), taken prior to mine, and a hitherto unrecorded specimen,
taken at Elsfield, Oxfordshire, by Mr. J. J. Walker, shortly after
mine (June 26th, 1905) appear to me, judging from their external
structure and coloration, to be identical with the Leighton Buzzard
form.

Subsequently hearing that Dr. Sharp is engaged in investigating
the genus, I have placed all my material at his disposal, confident that
I leave the matter in able hands. I hope, in a forthcoming issue of
the Magazine, to deal, at some length, with the capture and life history
of the imago and larva, by which time it seems probable that Dr.
Sharp will have determined what it is.

I am indebted to Mr. W. Holland for informing me that my first
specimen belonged to the genus Tetropium.

Leighton Buzzard :

September 12th, 1905.

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224 [October,

[In reference to Mr. Crawshay's note I should like to say that
great difficulty exists as to the species of Tetropium both in Britain
and on the continent. T am endeavouring to elucidate this, and should
like to be able to examine the specimens of the genus that may exist
in British collections. I have before me specimens of Tetropium taken
near Manchester in 1865, and I think I can say with a fair confidence
that we have two, if not three, species in England. Weise has just
described a T. gahrieli from Switzerland, Germany, &c. Mr. Craw-
shay's insect is either T. gahrieli, Weise, or a closely allied form.
If the second alternative prove to be correct I propose to call the
Leighton form T. crmoshayi. — D. Sharp.]

[T. gnbrie!i,W ehe (Deutsche ent. Zeitschr., 1905, p. 13(5), from the
Lower Engadine (Tarasp), Tyrol, and Silesia, is said to differ from T.
fuscum, P., and T. liiridum, L. (= castaneum, L.), in having the frons
somewhat convex and not canaliculate. I have taken various speci-
mens of what I suppose to be T. fuscum in the Engadine (at Guarda,
near Tarasp) and on the Simplon ; some of these have the frons
canaliculate, and in others the groove is wanting. — G. C. C.]

BARIS {LIMNOBARIS) T-ALBUM, Linn., and B. lULISTRIATA, Steph.
BY G. C. CHAMPION, P.Z S.

J. Sahlberg [Acta Soc. Pro Pauna et Plora Pennica, xix, 3, pp.
22, 28 (1900)] separates Bitris T-alhum into two species, B. T-album,
L, and £. mnrfuJus, Sahib. These two forms occur in Britain, and
were described by Stephens [Mand., iv, p. 10 (1831)]. They may be
separated thus : —

Larger and more elongate, the elytral interstices irregular! j uniseriate- punctate,
especially towards the suture, the punctures each bearing a rather long,

coarse, decumbent, whitish hair pilistriata, Steph.

(= T-album, Sahib., nee Linn.).
Smaller, more glabrous above, the prothorax a little more transverse, the elytral
interstices regularly uniseriate-pnnctate, the punctures each bearing a short,

fine, decumbent, whitish hair T-album, Linn.

(= atriplicis, Steph., martulus, Sahib.).

I have seen B. pilistriata from various southern localities,
Sheppey, Paversham, Arundel, Woking, Wicken, &c., and B. T-alhum
from Bearstead, Snodland, Oxford, Scarborough, Aviemore, and
Nethy Bridge, the latter apparently being the most widely dis-
distributed (Stephens gives near London, Bristol and Suffolk for

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B. pilistriatn, and Battersea fields, Hertford, Norfolk, Somerset
and Crvvmlyii Bog for B. atriplicis). M. Bedel iuforms ine that they
are sometimes found together in Franco, 5. ^;«7i.s-/r*rt^« alone occurring
in Algeria. Stephens, it may be noted (Manual, p. 216), subsequently
treated the larger insect as a " fine " form of B. T-album. His name
plUstr'mta appears to have been overlooked b}'^ Sahlberg and others,
and it is not quoted as a synonym in the last European Catalogue.
The Linnaean description applies better to B. T-albmn than it does to
B. pilisfriata, and there is no valid reason for transposing the names,
if the two forms are to be treated as distinct.

Horsell : August 26th, 1905.

ZEUGOPHORA FLAFICOLLIS, Maksii., AND ITS VARIETIES.
BY G. 0. CHAMPION, P.Z.S.

There are various discrepancies in the published descriptions of
this species, mainly due to Marsham's work not having been con-
sulted. Canon Fowler, for instance (Col. British Islands, iv, p. 280),
says that it has the posterior femora fuscous, vvherea.s in the insect
described by Marsham, and figured by Stephens, the legs are wholly
reddish-yellow. Weise, too (Naturg. Ins. Deutsehl., vi, p. 58), makes
the same mistake, and his variety australis (femoribus posticis rufo-
flavis),to which all the British specimens I have seen belong, is simply
typical Z.Jlavicollis. Marsh. The common form on the continent, at
least in mountainous districts, has the posterior femora black or
blackish. According to Bedel (Faune Col. Bassin Seine, v, p. 224),
the two varieties occur together in France ; but this is not always
the case, as a large number of specimens recently captured by myself
at Lautaret, Hautes Alpes, as well as many others taken several years
ago at Mendel, in the Austrian Tyrol, have the hind femora black.
The number of pale joints at the base of the antennae, again, is
variable (three in British specimens, as stated by Stephens, four in
the continental, according to Weise), as is also the shape of the tooth-
like prominence at the sides of the prothorax, it being sharply denti-
form in some of the continental examples. Weise describes yet
another variety, with the elytra reddish-yellow below the shoulders
(he notes a similar form of Z. subspinosa), but this I have not seen.
Our British insect, for specimens of which most of us are indebted
to Mr. Harwood of Colchester, is really very like Z. scutellaris, Suffr.,
but differs from that species in having the head, except in front, and

226 [October,

the scutellum black, and the head itself more coarsely and more irre-
gularly punctate. Z. scutellaris is attached to Populun nigra, and
should occur in England. Z. ftaoicollis I have only seen on Populus
tremula.

Horsell: Augud 2Stk, 1905.

OCOUERENCE OF ARGYRESTHIA ILLUMINATELLA, Zull.,
IN BRITAIN.

BY E. MEYKICK, B.A.., E.U S.

Two Specimens of this insect were recently sent uie for determi-
nation by Mr. Alfred Sieh of Chiswick, who (in company with his
brother, Mr. Leonard Sich) took them in the middle of June near
Hailsham, in Sussex. It does not seem to have been authentically
recorded from Britain before, so far as I know ; earlier records were
based on the species now known as atmoriella. The unicolorous
species of Argyresthia present difficulties which are probably not yet
fully understood ; and therefore when visiting Merton Hall, I took
the opportunity to compare these specimens with Lord Walsingham's
continental material, and to get his opinion on them. Lord Walsing-
ham and Mr. J. H. Durrant both agreed with me that they were
referab'e to the true illuminatella, and their identity may therefore
be taken as established.

The species is markedly smaller and more yellowish than atmori-
ella, but is especially distinguished from it by the much paler hind-
wings ; ahnoriella feeds on larch, illuminatella on pine (species
doubtful, or perhaps more than one). Ocnerostoma piniariella, which
might be confused with it, is abundantly distinct structurally by the
reduced neuration and shorter palpi, and is greyer. Mr. Sich reports
that the specimens were beaten from Pinus (spe. ies not ascertained)
in a wood which also included larch and other trees ; the insect was
common, but was regarded at the time as being O. piniariella, from
which, on subsequent examination, he found it to be distinct. 1 hope
that the discoverer will now complete his interesting record by finding
the larva and correctly identifyini; the food-plant.

1 may add that the description in my '" Handbook " is drawn
from the true illuminatella (not from atmoriella, to which Staudinger
in his Catalogue refers it), but the localities cited are erroneous.

Thornhanger, Marlborough :
August 15th, 1905.

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AN ADDITION TO THE BRITISH LIST OF DIPTERA.

BY W WESCIIB, F.Il.M.S., &c.

Ill July, 1902, I found a single specimen of the genus Ulidia at
BircliinL'ton, Kent ; this I placed in my cabinet without identification
of the species. In August of this year (1905) 1 obtained a number
on some weeds, w'ilh three pairs in cop., two of which I gave to the
British Museum, where Mr. E. E. Austen has identified them as
Ulidia nigripennis, Lw., and where they may be seen in the British
Collection.

There are only two species in Mr. Verrall's list, and this will
make a third. The fact of my finding it twice at an interval of three
years shows that it is without doubt an established inhabitant of these
islands, and not a wind blown insect from the continent, and it has
probably hitherto escaped notice owing to its small size.

139, Castellain Mansions,

Maida Vale, W. :
September Uh, 1905.

ANTIPODEAN FIELD NOTES.
IIL-A SKETCH OF THE ENTOMOLOaY OF SYDNEY, N.S.W.

BY JAMES J. WALKEE, M.A., E.N., F.L.S.

{Continued from page 220).

The handsome Charaxes sempronius, Fab., one of the finest of
the Australian butterllies, is said to be at times not rare near Sydney,
but I never succeeded in taking it, and indeed saw it only once or
twice. Pyrameis cardui, var. Jcershawi, McCoy, and Junonia vellida,
Fab., are both very plentiful in waste open places, especially in early
summer, when P. itea, Fab., is also fairly common, though less so
than in some other Australian localities that I have visited. Its spiny
larva may be easily found on the formidable stinging-nettle, TIrtica
incisa. The Sati/ridce are perhaps more in evidence than any other
group of butterflies in the Sydney district. Several closely allied

228 t October,

small fofuis of the genus Hypocista flit quietly about in shady spots
in the " bush " throughout the summer, and the larger and more
boldly marked H. euphemia, Westw., frequents open rocky places.
Melanitis leda, L., being almost or quite on the soutbern limit of its
distribution, is but rarely met with, and the little sober-looking
Ypthima arctous, Fab., though tolerably common, is somewhat local in
open grassy places. The most conspicuous of the group is the beau-
tiful brown and fulvous Tisiplione {Epinepltile) aheona, Don., which may
be found more or less plentifully throughout the summer in damp
gullies and watercourses where the food-plant of its larva, the "cutting-
grass," Cladium sp. abounds {cf. Mathew, Trans. Ent. Soc, 1888, p. 141).
It has a quiet floating flight, and is a very striking object as it sits with
expanded wings on the bright green Cladiutn. Heteronympha merope,
Fab., Xenica achanta, Don., and X. Mugii, Guer., are all three abun-
dant in the "'bush" surrounding Sydney, the first-mentioned appearing
early in October, though the females may be found in quite good
condition as late as February, long after the other sex has quite
disappeared. In the Illawarra district are found the pretty Hetero-
nyvipha hanksi, Leach, and the very remarkable H. mirijica, Butler, of
which the male {R. diyglesi, Miskin), so closely resembles, in its brown
and fulvous coloration, the same sex of H. merope as to be quite in-
distinguishable from it on the wing ; while the female, broadly banded
with white on a dark sooty-brown ground-colour, is quite unlike any
other Australian butterfly.

Of the numerous " Blues " 1 will here only allude to the beautiful
genus Ogyris, three or four species of which, including the finest of
all, O. genoveva, Hew., have been taken in the district by Mr. Water-
house, but I have only met with one of them, 0. abrota, Westw. ; the
larvae feed in companies on species of Loranthus growing on high
Eucalyptus trees. The very pretty silvery-blue lalmenus evagoras,
Don., is abundant, especially in the National Park, where the larvae
often strip the twigs of the " black wattle " {Acacia decurrens) quite
bare, and the pupse may be gathered from the low bushes almost like
currants. Both larvae and pupse are always attended, and very effi-
ciently guarded, by multitudes of ants of two or three species (some
of which bite and sting pretty severely), for the sake of a sticky and
rather sickly-smelling secretion which they exude (cf. Mathew, Trans.
Ent. Soc, 1889, p. 153). The darker-coloured I. ictinus, Hew., is less
common than its congener, but is not rare at Hyde on the Parramatta
E/iver, and is similarly guarded by ants in its earlier stages, which are
also passed on the Acacia decurrens.

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Among the Pieridw 1 may meiilioii Delias ni(jriiia, Ftib , whicli is
sometimes not uncommon, but usually flies round the taller trees, too
high to be readily caught ; the contrast between the white upper
surface and the richly coloured black, yellow, and st-arlet under-side,
give the butterfly a very striking aspect on the wing. Belenois Java,
Sparrm. (teutonia, Fab.) is here by far the most abundant species of
its family, and may be found plentifully throughout the summer on
some large bushes of the so-called " Native Orange " {Gapparis nohilis)
in the Botanical Gardens. In some years this butterfly multiplies to
an inordinate extent in the interior of New South Wales, and, like
other species of the group, collects in vast migratory flights. 8uch a
migration occurred on November 25th, 1903, and several succeeding
days, when absolute clouds of white butterflies, apparently all of this
species, were reported from various inland localities, travelling before
a hot north-west wind ; and thousands were to be seen crossing Port
Jackson, mostly from north to south. At the National Park on the
28th it was excessively abundant, and towards evening clusters of
twenty or thirty, consisting of both sexes in about equal numbers,
could be seen "camped" under the lee of almost every bush. The
butterflies had practically all disappeared by the 30th.

The Heaperiid^e include a good many species, some of considerable
beauty and interest, and one or two (as Netrocoryne repanda, Feld.)
of fairly large size.

As may be expected from so favourable a situation, the moths
are very numerous in species as well as individuals, but I can here
allude to only a very few, such as the conspicuous day-flying species
of Aqarista, one of which, A. glycine, Lewin, is very plentiful and
sometimes destructive in the larva state to the vines. The larval cases
of the PsychidcB are of great variety of construction, and are very
numerous and conspicuous in the " bush " as well as in the gardens,
where the large cases of the " bag-worm," Metura elongata, Saund.,
sometimes four inches in length, are among the first objects of their
kind to attract the attention of the new comer. The large and hand-
some green larva of Anthenea eucalypti, Scott, which reminds one
forcibly of that of the South European Saturnia pyri, is often common
on the young gum-trees, and has also adopted as a food-plant the
South American Schinus molle, extensively planted as a shade tree
along the suburban roads. One of the most objectionable insects in
the " bush " is the larva of the Limacodid moth, Doratifera vulnerans,
Lewin, which is often found in very undesirable profusion on young

230 [October,

Eucalyptus foliage in early sunimer. It is a t^tout, bright green, slug-
like creature varied with yellow, with rose-coloured tubercles, each
bearing a circular series of motile stiff hairs or spines. The slightest
touch of these hairs causes a sensation like that of the sting of a
nettle, only worse, which soon subsides, but remains perceptible for
sevei-al hours afterwards.

Another caterpillar possessed of very marked urticating powers
is the enormous larva of the line Bombycid moth Chelepteryx collesi,
Gray, which is found, but rather sparingly, on the foliage of Euca-
h/ptus at Botany Bay and elsewhere. This larva attains to nearly the
size of that of Acheronfia atropos, and is of a dull dark green colour
with several bright yellow tubercles on each segment, bearing fascicles
of stiff reddish hairs, which sting very severely when touched. The
cocoon, which is not unlike that of Odonestis potatoria on a large
scale, both in texture and colour, is often found (but usually empty)
under loose bark, and is also an undesirable object to handle, as the
stinging hairs of the larva are freely interwoven into its substance.

Among the Hymenoptera the ants are very much in evidence, es-
pecially the small evil-smelling species of Crematog aster, which swarm
under loose bark to the exclusion of more desirable insects, and the
large and formidable stinging species of the genus Mijrmecia. These
ants, which are much dreaded and disliked by the inhabitants of New
South Wales, are known by them under the names of "bulldogs,"
"inchmen " (in allusion to their length), '" jumpers," " soldiers," and
"joeys ;" the last name being applied especially to the bright red M.
gulosa, Fab., which is the most fierce and aggressive of them all, and
is endowed with the most severe and painful sting. It makes large
subterranean nests in dry sandy places, often at the foot of a particu-
larly inviting looking bush or tree, and I have more than once been
very disagreeably surprised by finding a string of these savage
creatures running up the leg of my trousers, having unwittingly
put my foot into one of these nests. This ant, as well as the larger
and stouter, but less active black M. forficata, Fab., and the smaller
M. pilosula, Sm. (black with bright yellow mandibles), is constantly
found ranging about a foliage, and all three frequently appear in the
umbrella while beating, and necessitate a good look-out being kept in
order to avoid being stung, A large harmless brown species of Cam-
ponotus^ which lives in strong colonies under logs and loose bark, is
known as the " sugar-ant," and is the host of the interesting Brenthid
beetle Cordus hospes, Germ., which is sometimes found in considerable

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numbers in the nest of this species. The numerous Fossores include
several handsome species of Mutilla, which occur under bark, as well
as walking about in sandy spots ; and the curious genus Thynnus, so
characteristic cf the Australian region, is represented in the vicinity
of ISydney by a very large number of species, which vary enormously
in size and appearance. Some of the males of the larger forms are
handsome and conspicuous iusects of somewhat wasp-like appearance,
which, when caught, go through the motions of stinging with great
vigour aud persistency, though they are of course perfectly harmless,
which is by no means the case with the apterous females. These
iusects frequent Uovvers, especially the attractive blossoms of the
Anffophora cordifolia (of which shrub i shall have much to say later
on), and are then almost invariably found paired, the females of some
of the species being ludicrously small in comparison with their part-
ners. Allied to these is Dlamma hicolor, Westvv., the female of which
is perhaps the worst stinging insect found about Sydney, or indeed in
Australia; it is a creature not unlike a stoutly built wingless ant
about an inch in length, deep shining chrome-green in colour with
coral-red legs ; it is occasionally found running actively in hot dry
places, and requires great caution and dexterity in capture. The
Angophora blossoms are frequented in their season by several large
and somewhat formidable looking Hymenoptera of the genera Scolia,
Ahispa, Priocnemis, &c. ; but these are by no means aggressive, and
are not to be feared while collecting. Among the Tenthredinidce are
several species of the curious genus Perga, including several fine and
highly-coloured iusects ; their larvse are found feeding in companies
on the foliage of the young gum trees, often stripping the boughs
quite bare, and when disturbed, raising their heads suddenly all
together in a very comical way. A small but very beautiful metallic-
green "carpenter bee," Lestis bombyliformis, Sm., passes its early stages
in the dry pithy flower-stalks of the quaint "grass trees" {Xan-
thorrhoea), and the perfect insect may be taken flying about them in
early summer.

One of the most striking features of the Entomology of Sydney,
as soon as the hot weather fairly sets in towards the end of October,
is the abundance of the Cicadas, or as they are invariably miscalled,
" locusts." Every suburban garden or cluster of trees then resounds
with their shrill, and (at times) somewhat annoying stridulation, and
in some of the wooded gullies the din they make is often positively
deafening. Comparatively very few of them survive beyond the end
of January ; in some years, as in 1903 (it is said every third year),

232 [October,

they occur in uiuch larger numbers than usual. Their screechnig
noise can then be heard on board ship anywhere in the harbour, and
the lower parts of the tree-trunks are crowded with the curious
horny-looking eni])ty and dry larva-skins from which the perfect
insects have escaped. In hot weather they are very active, and not
always easy to secure, flying off the tree-trunks readily when
approached. Several of the species are of large size, as the green
Cyclochila australasice, Auiyot, perhaps the commonest of all; the
reddish-brown Thopha saccata, Auiyot, the '"Double Drumuier " of
the Sydney boys, so called from the large development of the
"opercula" on the under-side of the body of the ^ ; and Psaltoda
moerens, Oerm., whose black body, powdered with small patches of
white hairs, suggests its popular name of " The Floury Miller." The
sweet and rather pleasantly-flavoured white secretion, much appreciated
by the boys under the name of " manna," is produced by much smaller
insects of the order Homoptera {Eurijmela spp.), rather gaily marked
with deep madder-brown, red, and white, which live in companies in
all stages of development on the young shoots of the Eucalyptus
shrubs. The Hemiptera are very numerously represented in species,
aud include some very curious and handsome forms, but few, if any,
of large size ; the most singular of all being Ptilocnemis lemur, a
small brown and fulvous Coreid bug found not rarely under loose dry
bark, with the largely developed hind tibiae furnished with a dense
growth of hair, so as to resemble a bottle-brush. Several active and
brightly-coloured Eeduviids are met with in the same situation, as
well as under stones, and some of them are able to give a severe and
painful bite if handled without due caution. A fine Ranatra occurs
in stagnant pools, and a species of Halohates is said to be found not
rarely on the surface of the water in some of the quiet upper reaches
of the harbour, but I never had an opportunity of looking for it.

By shaking out the dry leafy branches of Eucalyptus, lying on
the ground in bushy places — a very productive method of collecting,
especially as regards Coleoptera — a i^elatively enormous Thysanopod,
Idolothrips spectrum, Haliday (the life-history of which has been ably
worked out by my friend Mr. W. W. Froggatt, the Government
Entomologist of New South Wales),* may often be obtained in large
numbers. Very few, if any, Termite mounds of any size are to be
seen near Sydney, but a small species of Termes (lactis, Froggatt)
infests nearly every not absolutely fresh log or stump in the bush ;

* Proc. Linn. Soc. N. S. Wales, 1904, yy. 54 et seq.

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it is also exceedingly destructive to the woodwork of buildings in the
subui'bs of Sydney, and has at times wrought great damage in the
city itself. Mosquitoes and other Diptera, while sufficiently numerous
and annoying, do not constitute so great a pest as in the more tropical
regions of Australia, though the " sand-flies " in the National Park
are particularly venomous, as I have more than once found to my
cost. The Neuropfera and Orthoptern abound in species and indi-
viduals, but do not call for further remark, except perhaps the rare
and beautiful species of Psi/chopsis in the first-named Order ; and
a noticeable feature of the Entomology of the " bush " is the abund-
ance of large forms of Bin f tides (Panesthia, Poli/zosferia, &c.).
These are found under dead leafy boughs, stones, and logs, and
especially in decayed wood, which they reduce to a loose fibrous
state ; nearly all of them emit a very disagreeable odour, and a
species of the last-mentioned genus (I believe P. ferruffinea,\V Si\k.)
is certainly the most evil-smelling insect that I have ever encountered.
It is an apterous species about the size of our familiar kitchen
cockroach, of a rich glossy reddish-chestnut colour ; and when it is
revealed by turning up a log, it disdains to run away, but, like the
skunk, elevates its hinder end from which it protrudes two bright
orange-coloured vesicles, and emits an intolerably rank and pene-
trating odour that can be easily perceived at a distance of three or
four yards. For my part, I could never summon up enough resolution
to handle so repulsive a creature.

Some very pretty species of ForficuUdce occur under bark, and
a large pallid earwig with largely developed forceps, very nearly allied
to our Lahidura riparia, L., if indeed not a form of that insect, is
common in sandy places near the shore. The giant of the tribe,
Anisolabis colossm, De Borm., is not uncommon under damp logs in
the Tllawarra district. Adult examples vary much in size, the largest
specimens sometimes exceeding two inches in length. When dis-
turbed it turns up its tail in a very threatening manner, and it can
give so severe a pinch with its anal forceps as to break the skin of
the finger and draw blood. The bushmen seem to regard it with
much dread, evidently looking on it as a kind of scorpion. Our
familiar Forficula auricularia, L., does not appear to have reached the
Sydney district, at any rate I have never seen it there, though it is
abundant and fully naturalized at Hobart and other places in

Tasmania.

{To be continued).

234 [October,

Lsemosthenes complaHatua, Dej., Sfc, in the Isle of Sheppey. — During a visit
to the Isle of Slioppey in August I was induced to examine a very large heap of
decayed and condemned sacks from the Sheppey G-lue and Chemical Works, piled
up in an adjoining field. Here I was able to find all the Coleoptera, &c., hitherto
met with in the buildings, under vastly more pleasant conditions of working than in
the gloom and reeking atmosj^here of the " bone-house " ; and several additional
insects, evidently associated with the works, were found for the first time. The
most interesting of these, Lpsmosthenes complanatus, Dej., was very plentiful, mostly
hiding between the loose sacks on tlie sides of the heap, and running off very
actively when disturbed. This Carabid, which is in all probability indebted to
commerce for its very wide distribution, has been observed by iiie at such widely
separated localities as Gibraltar, Valparaiso (Chile), and Port Adelaide (South
Australia) ; and in New Zealand it occurs in abundance in the neighbourhood of
all the ports that I have visited. The usual Dermesles vulpinux, Necrobia ruji-
collis, rufipes, and violacea, and Alphitobius diaperinus were in great numbers
under the sacks at the base of the heap, especially those which retained traces of
grease, and in this situation I met with the following : Oligota infiata, common ;
Quedius fulgidus, common, varying much in size and development, with a few of
the var. ? mesonielinus ; Philonihus seneus, varius, and other common species j
Dendrophilus pnnciatus and Carcinops \A-striata in large numbers, and Ulster
carbonarius and \2i-striatus, Qnathoncus nannetensis, and Acintus mimitus, more
sparingly: Omosita colon and disco'dea, Monotonia xpinicollL'!, ritfa, and subquadri-
foveolata, the last-menlJoned species found in plenty by shaking the sacks over paper;
Trogosita mauritatiica, Dermestes lardarius, Atomaria w«H(/a, and Tribolkim ferru-
fflneum, sparingly, and Trox scaber, abundant. The two special earwigs Apterygida
arachi.dis, Yers., and Anlsolabis annulipefi, Lucas, were also present, the former as
usual in large numbers.

Under clods, pieces of wood, &c., in a clay-pit near at hand, I obtained a fine
and varied series of Anisodactylus poeciloides, a beetle I had quite lost sight of in
the Isle of Sheppey since 1874

Another interesting " find" to me was the beautiful larva of Cucullia asteris,
which occurred commonly on Aster tripoUum in the salt marsh not far from
Sheerness — a spot which I have known intimately for more than forty years, but
where I have never before seen the moth in any stage.

Neither Colias edusa nor C. hyale put in an appearance during my visit, though
I had expected to see the former species at any rate, as it was observed by my
friend, Mr. A. IT. Ilamm, near Oxford on June 2oth, and by myself (a large worn
example of the ? var. helice), on the chalk downs at Streatley, Berks, on July 3rd. —
James J. Walkee, Aorangi, Lonsdale Road, Summertown, Oxford: Sept. l^th, 1905.

Malachius vulneratus, Ab., in Sheppey. — Of this species, recently added to the
list of British Coleoptera, there are three specimens in the Power Collection taken
by Dr. Power at Sheerness on June 11th, 1859. — EiiWAED A. Waterhouse, 6,
Avenue Gardens, Acton : August 2\st, 19u5.

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[M. Bedel, to wliom I jim inclebted for speeimcns of both sexes, lias recently
found this species in abundance at Itteviile (Seine-et-Oise), France, at the end of
May, upon small rusiies : cf. Bull. Soc. Ent. Fr., 1905, p. 176. — G. C. C]

Coleoptera in the Neio Forest, Sfc. — In the New Forest, from April 23rd to
28th, I met with the following : — Elater lythropterus, in numbers, beech logs ; E.
pomonse, in small oak logs on ground (9) ; TS. elongatulus (1) ; 3Iesosa nubila (6),
with E. pomonse ; Cqrtotriplax hipustuJata, in fungoid growth on fallen logs. In the
same locality, on June 12th, 13th, and 14th, a friend, Mr. G. F. Zimmer, obtained,
chiefly by beating hawthorn bloom already going over and turning brown, sixteen
species of Longicornes, including CalUdimn alni (1), C. varidbile (1), C. violaceum
(2), G rammoptera prxusta,^ . (1), Clytus mysticus (1&), and var. hieroglyphica, Hbst.
(1), Mesosa nubila (3), Leptura sctitellata (2), Polgopsia prxusta (4), also Ischno-
mera caerulea (2) and /. sanguinicoUis (1).

In September, on the banks of the Wye near Ross I took a fine series of
Opilo mollis from a dead willow.* — G-tty S. Whitaker, 116, Trinity Road, S.W. :
September, 1905.

Recent Captures of Coleoptera.— Phi/tnsus nigriventris, Chev. I took two or
three examples of this species on the sandhills at the moufh of Poole Harbour, in
April, in company with P. balticus, Kr.

Qnorimus nohilif!, L. I took three examples of this in June on the flower
heads of a large Umbellifer at Mathow, in Ilerefoi-dshire, and saw others on the
wing.

Ceuthorrhijnchus viduatus, Gyll. One specimen, by sweeping on banks of river
at Upton-on-Severn, in July. Bembidium adustum, Schaum, was extremely plenti-
ful on the same date.— J. R. le B. Tomlin, Chester: August, 1905.

Myelophila crihrella on the Kentish Rag, near Ashford. — I have always
associated this insect with the Thames littoral, and records of its occurrence else-
where seem very few.

The capture of a specimen in July, 1904, on Hothfield Common, some three
miles to the west of this town, came as a surprise to me, and set me hunting for the
larva this last spring, when it was not only found there, but in several places to the
east and south of the town — indeed, in almost any waste place on drift sand where
the common spear thistles, Cniciis lanceolatus, were left undisturbed {Onopordon
acanthium, which is said to be its usual food plant does not seem to occur here).
The furthest locality to the west yet examined was near Lenham, about eleven
miles off, where it occurred freely, so that one cannot help thinking it might be
found in similar places further up the county, or even into Surrey. The publication
of this note may lead to its turning up in other inland districts where it may be as

* This insect was found in the old holes of Lyctus canalicuhUus (?), which is interesting in
reference to Mr. Champion's note on my capture of Turtostenus umviitatus (Ent. Mo. Mag.,
vol. xxxvii, p. 300).

236 [October,

little expected as it was in this neighbourhood.— W. R. Jeffrey, Ashford :
September llth, IOCS.

[JIf. cribrella is now known to occur in many inland localities. Barrett gives
eleven counties for its distribution in Britain, sis of which are inland. — G. T. P.]

Lophosia fasciata, Mg., in the New Forest. — On July 25th I again took in my
garden at Lyndhurst a specimen of this rare Dipleron, whicli I have not seen since
taking tlie three examples recorded in vol. xxxvii, page 212, of this Magazine. —
F. C. Adams, 50, Ashley Gardens, S.W. : September, 19U5.

Abundance of Lociista viridissima, tfv., at Deal. — During the last fortnight in
August this year I noticed a great abundance of the fine grasshopper, Locusta viridis-
sima at Deal. On the rank vegetation growing on both sides of the well known broad
ditch on the sandhills, nearly opposite the coastguard station, it was especially
plentiful, and alinost every night probably a hundred specimens might easily have
been picked off the thistles and other vegetation. In the day-time they were much
more difficult to see, as they usually dropped to the bottom of the thick hei'bage on
the least alarm, but with the aid of a lamp at night could be picked off without
any trouble. Near the ditch, too, the local Xi2}hidium dorsale occurred, and on the
drier parts of the sandhills Stenohothrus elegans was plentiful.

In Folkestone Warren Stenobothrus lineatu^ and Gomphocerus rufipes were
taken, but were not observed elsewhere. In the Warren, too, Platycleis grisea was
fairly common, but I saw nothing of Thamnotrizon cinerea, which in 1888 I found
of frequent occurrence there. Tlie various common species of Stenobothrus were as
usual abundant all over the district. — Geo. T. Porritt, Edgerton, Huddersfield :
September '7th, 1905.

Note on the Heteropterous genus Euloba, Westioood. — ^The genus Euloba,
Westwood, type M. pallida, Westw. (Thesaurus Entomologicus Oxoniensis, p. 191,
t. 3G, figg. 4, Aa, b (187'1)] = PhyUotingis, Walker, type P. arida, Walk. [Cat.
Hemipt.-Heteropt. vii, p. 3 (1873)], was omitted from Scudder's " Nomenclator,"
and in the " Index Zoologicus," published by the Zoological Society of London
(1902), it was incorrectly ascribed to Uhler, on the authority of Bergroth.
Lethierry and Severin, too, omitted the reference to Westwood in their Catalogue
(1896), also ascribing it to Uhler, who simply used the name Euloba pallida in his
contribution to Kingsley's " Standard Natural History." The same mistake was
made by myself in the " Biologia Centrali-Americana," Rhynchota, ii, p. 68 (1898),
following Lethierry and Severin. As the name Euloba must be dropped as a
synonym of PhyUotingis (the descriptions of Walker and Westwood having been
made from the same insect from Ega in the British Museum), and the species itself
having been previously named by Haglund, it is perhaps hardly necessary to call
attention to the matter. I only note it to show how easily a generic description
may be overlooked, even when accompanied by excellent figures, and published in a
well known work. — G. C. Champion, Horsell, Woking : September lUh, 1905.

1906.] 237

Entomologen-Addeessbuch. The Entomologists' DrEECTORY. Annuaiee
DES Entomologistes. W. Junk, Berlin, 1905.

This useful publication contains the addresses of about nine thousand entomo-
logists, arranged under their different countries, and in most cases the jiarticular
branch of entomology in which individuals are interested is mentioned ; the book is
well and clearly printed, and evidently great pains have been taken to secure its
accuracy ; there is also a complete index ; the size is large 8vo, and the work, with
the index, occupies about 300 pages. G-ermany comes first in point of numbers
with 2219 entomologists, the United States next with 1323, and Great Britain next
with 1252 ; and so these three countries contain about as many as the whole of the
rest of the world put together.

Since receiving the book we have found it of considerable use, and we strongly
recommend it to all who are working at foreign insects, as they can see at a glance
the workers at their particular subject in any country. The price is five francs, and
it is well worth tlie money.

W. Johnson. — It is with much regret that I have to announce the death jn his
90th year of my venerable and ralued friend Mr. W. Johnson, who passed away on
August 6th at his residence at Wigan.

About fifty or sixty yeai's ago there existed in Lancashire and Cheshire a well
known and enthusiastic band of Entomologists, among whom were W. Johnson,
Nicholas and Benjamin Cooke, C. S. Gregson, N. Greening, J. B. Hodgkinson, &c.
Mr. Johnson was one of the eleven who met at my house on February 24th, 1877,
when the Lancashire and Cheshire Entomological Society was founded. He always
took a deep interest in the Society, and was a regular attendant at the meetings ;
and on his removal to Wigan in 1899 he was appointed an Honorary Member.
Mr. Johnson was thorough in everything he undertook. I believe he was for thirty
years in the engineering department of the Mersey Docks and Harbour Board, and
since his retirement his services have been recognised by a pension. Mr. Johnson
leaves behind him a collection of Lepidoptera, which is now for sale. Among a
number of interesting specimens is one of Eromene ocellea, which is one of the
three recorded by Mr. C. G. Barrett, as captured near Liverpool, and I believe was
taken by himself.— Samuel J. Cappee.

238 [October,

The South London Entomological and Natural History Society :
Thursday, July \Wi, 1905.— Mr. ITuon Main, B.Sc, President, in the Chair.

Mr. Joy exhibited larvae of ThecJa ruin feeding on the berries of buckthorn.
He had also found them feeding on the huds of bramble and dogwood. They made
holes to extract the contents. Mr. Stonell, an Abraxas syloata (ulmata) taken
recently in the Clapham Road. Mr. Sich, the ova of Coleophora gryphipennella on
a rose leaf. It was an upright egg, and ahundantly supplied with gum. Mr. Main,
living larvae of Papilio machaon at different ages; and also an old stem of an
Umbellifer, containing cells of a species of "carpenter bee." Mr. Step distributed
copies of the phofograjjh of the members who attended the Field Meeting at Seal
Chart on May 27th.

July 21th, 1905.— Tlie President in the Chair.

Mr. Carr exhibited the larvae of Epione adiienaria from Seal. Mr. Stonell
a putty coloured larva of Odontopera hidentata from Yorkshire ; and reported that
he had taken a fair number of Cuenohia rufa at Worcester Park. Mr. Main,
a photograph of a woodcock's nest, taken in the New Forest; and also a photo-
graph of a colony of the larvaj of Eugonia polycliloros in the New Forest, from
which he had already bred more than sixty imagines. Mr. Noad Clark, photo-
graphs of (1) the ova Coleophora gryphipennella on leaves of rose, (2) a much-
magnified photograph of the micropyle of the same, and (3) the ova of .'Egeria
chrysMiformis. Mr. Sich said that tlie larva of C. gryphipennella was at first
a true miner, boring direct from the base of the ovum into the leaf.

August 10th, 1905. The President in the Chair.

Mr. Main exhibited the larvae of Hadena contigua, from ova laid by a New
Forest ? . The colour variation was extreme. Mr. Sich, living larvte of (1) Ni-
soniades tages, and (2) Syrichthus maJvce, both feeding well on garden strawberry.
They fed at night and retired in the day time into " tents " of leaves loosely spun
together. The former hibernated as a larva, the latter as a pupa. Mr. West
(Greenwich), two very local species of Hemiptera taken at Yarmouth in July ;
Gnathoconus picipes at roots of violets, and Chorosoma schillingi on Marram grass.
Mr. Turner, (1) a species of (Edipoda which was very common at Gavarnie in the
Hautes Pyrenees, and (2) a living specimen of Locusta vlridissima taken by him at
the sanie place. A discussion took place as to the habits of the latter species, and
it was considered to be carnivorous rather than vegetarian in its diet. Mr. R. Adkin
read a short note from Mr. Kirkaldy on " The Entomology of the Lowlands of
Oahu (Hawaiian Islands)." — Hy. J. Turner, Hon. Secretary.

1905.] 239

ON THE BRITISH SPECIES OP HYDROTMA, Dsv.
BY PERCY 11. GRIMSIIAW, F.E.S.

During the past few months I have made a detailed study of the
genus Hydrofcea, with the double object of ascertaining what species
undoubtedly occur in our islands, and of writing full and original
descriptions of such species, paying especial attention to the chsetotaxy
of the legs, a subject which has hitherto been much neglected, es-
pecially as regards the female sex. At the outset I made an appeal
in this and other journals for the loan of material, and was favoured
with a most generous response, receiving many hundi'eds of specimens,
most of them in beautiful condition. I had thus tlie advantage of
examining an unusually complete representation of the genus, and have
accordingly prepared a detailed account of our native species, with
drawings of the legs in nearly every case. As the length of such a
paper, however, would preclude its publication in a monthly magazine,
I have deemed it advisable to publish without further delay a short
preliminary account of the genus, limiting myself to the essential
characters only of each species, and reserving the fuller details for
some later publication, which may possibly take book form.

Throughout the work I have been largely dependent upon the
very valuable Monograph published by Herr P. Stein in 1903, entitled
" Die europaischen Arten der Gattung HydrotcBa, Rob.-Desv." (Ver-
handl. der k. k. zool.-bot. Ges. Wien, 1903, pp. 285-337), and although
all the descriptions I have written (with the exception of the females
of three species) are original and drawn up from specimens actually
examined by me, yet in the construction of the keys and in the identi-
fication of doubtful specimens I have derived invaluable hints from
Herr Stein's paper. At the same time I have described the females
of three species which were previously unknown, while that of one
species (if. cinerea, Dsv.) has yet to be discovered.

In the description of the leg-bristles I have followed the system
introduced by me in the present Magazine (1905, pp. 173-176), and
have paid moi'e attention to such bristles than perhaps other writers,
believing as I do that fairly easy and reliable characters can be
founded upon them, especially in the case of the female sex, where
identification in the AntJiomyiidce is usually a matter of some difiiculty.

It now remains for me to express my great indebtedness to the
gentlemen who have favoured me with the loan of specimens. Mr.
E. E. Austen, of the British Museum, very kindly entrusted me with
the examination of the specimens under his charge ; the Eev. E. N.

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240 [October,

Bloomfield, Messrs. A. E. J. Carter, C. W. Dale, Wm. Evans, J. Gordon,
J. Henderson, J. J. P. X. King, and E. E. Lowe, sent me the whole of
the examples in their collections ; Professor L. C. Miall, of Leeds Uni-
versity, allowed me the use of a fine set of specimens from the late
Dr. K. H. Meade's collection ; Mr. Claude Morley submitted a con-
siderable number of specimens from the Ipswich district ; Dr. R. E.
Scharff sent a very interesting collection of Irish specimens, mostly
collected and identified by Haliday ; Dr. David Sharp contributed all
the material in the Cambridge Museum collection ; Mr. G. H. Verrall
most generously lent me a complete and splendid series from his own
unrivalled collection ; Mr. James Waterston lent me many useful
Scottish examples; Dr. J. Wood, of Tarrington, sent a splendid set
of beautifully mounted specimens, chiefly from Herefordshire ; and
lastly, Col. Terbury allowed me the use of all the material in his
possession. To all these gentlemen I now tender my heartiest thanks
'—without their most generous aid the following account could cer-
tainly not have been written.

The genus Hydrotcea, in the male sex, is sharply differentiated
from the rest of the Anthomyiidce by the presence of peculiar teeth
on the ventral side of the front femora, and for the purpose of identi-
fication this character alone is quite suflicient. The female sex, on
the other hand, is not so easy to distinguish, but the combination of
all the following characters will readily remove any doubt : — Galyptra
large, the under scale projecting considerably beyond the upper, wings
with the Gth longitudinal vein rather long, but ceasing at a considerable
distance from the margin, frons always with a pair of decussating bristles,
thorax with four post-sutural dorso-central bristles, and two sternopleural
bristles, one of lohich is at the upper anterior angle and the other at the
upper posterior angle, in the majority of species the front tibice are
without bristles, and lastly, the abdomen is usually unicolorous or
without dorsal stripe, never spotted.

Thus the females of Hydrotcea may be distinguished from other
AnthomyiidcB by a variety of characters, most of which are found
singly in other genera. Only in Ophyra, as Stein points out, are the
whole of these found in combination as in Hydrotcea. It may be
helpful to emphasize these characters in another way, thus : the genera
of the Mydaea group, e. g., Eyetodesia, Mydcea, Spilogaster, &c., only
rarely possess decussating bristles, and on the other hand always
possess from 3-5 sterno-pleural bristles : those of the Anthomyia
group have only three post-sutural dorso-central bristles, while the
Gth longitudinal vein always reaches the margin of the wing ; Homa-

1906.] 241

lomyia and its allies have the 7th or axillary vein curved in a peculiar
manner round the end of the Gth, while here again and in the remain-
ing group {Coenosla and its allies) there are only three post-sutural
dorso-central bristles.

The species known to occur in Britain may be identified by Jneans

of the following keys • —

MALES.

1. Hind femora wilh a single or double ventral spine 2

Hind femora without ventral spine 5

2. Spine of hind femora near base 2. occulta, Mg.

Spine of hind femoi'a at or a little beyond middle 3

3. Eyes thickly haired \. cUiata,'Pab.

Eyes bare 4

4. Spine of hind femora single 8. armipes,'F\n.

Spine of hind femora double 9. albiputicta, Ztt.

5. Abdomen yellow and translucent on at least the two basal segments...

16. ctirvipes, Fin.
Abdomen nowhere yellow 6

6. Wings with a patch of niicroscopic hairs at end of discal cell...

10. militaris, Mg.
Wings without such patch 7

7. Basal joint of middle tarsi with a cushion of short, stiff bristles...

15. irritans, Fin.
Basal joint of middle tarsi simple 8

8. Middle tibiae with 1-2 anterior bristles 9

Middle tibiae without anterior bristles 11

9. Small species (3^ —4 mm.) 18. parva, Meade.

Larger species (6 — 8 mm.) 10

10. Eyes almost touching ; hind tibiae with a median postero-ventral tuft of fine

hairs 7. pUipes, Stein.

Eyes distinctly separated ; hind tibiae without such tuft...

6. palssstrica, Mg.

11. Small species (3 — 3^ mm.) ; abdomen shining black, and at least the two apical

segments without trace of tomentum 17. glabricula, Fin.

Larger species (5 — 9 mm.) ; abdomen always more or less covered with to-
mentum 12

12. Eyes thickly haired 3. cyrtoneurina, Ztt.

Eyes bare 13

13. Middle tibiae with regular fringes of fine hairs on anterior and posterior surfaces . . .

11. tuberculata, Rond.
M iddle tibiae without such fringes 14

14. Hind tibiae with 6 — 12 antero-ventral bristles 5. similis, M.ea.Ae.

Hind tibiae with 2 — 3 antero-ventral bristles 4. dentipes, Fab.

Hind tibiae with only 1 antero-ventral bristle 15

15. Teeth on front femora inconspicuous and blunt 12. velutina, Dsv.

Teeth on front femora long and very acute 16

16. Thorax entirely black ; abdomen dark, with the dorsal stripe very indistinct...

13. meteorica, L.
Thorax, when viewed from behind, with its posterior third distinctly cinereous ;
abdomen light cinereous ; with the dorsal stripe sharply defined ...

14. cinerea, Dsv

24,2 [October,

FEMALES.*

1. Abdomen witii sides of two or three basal segments yellow...

16. curvipes, Fin.
Abdomen nowhere yellow 2

2. Head of halteres yellow 3

Head of halteres black or dark brown 5

3. Thorax and abdomen shining blue-black; front tibiae with a postero-ventral

bristle at one-tliird from apes 1. ciliata, Fah.

Thorax and abdomen yellowish-grey or brownish-grey ; front tibioe witliout
postero-ventral bristle 4

4. Arista distinctly pubescent ; posterior transverse vein nearly straight, more

tlian its own length from the middle transverse vein ... 15. irritans, Fin.

Arista practically bai-e ; posterior transverse vein strongly flexed, not more than

its own length f?om the middle transverse vein 9. albipuncta, Ztt.

5. Middle tibise with an anterior bristle 6

Middle tibise without anterior bristle 11

6. Middle tibioe with a ventral bristle 10. niilitaris, Mg.

Middle tibiae without ventral bristle 7

7. Front tibise with a median dorsal bristle 8

Front tibiffi without median dorsal bristle 10

8. Thorax yellowish-grey, with a more or less distinct central stripe...

6. palivsfrica, Mg.

Thorax blackish, with slight grey tomentum and four (two broad outer and two
narrow inner) rather indistinct stripes 9

9. Hind tibiaj with two, rarely three, antero- ventral bristles ; calyptra whitisli...

4. dentipes, Fab.

Hind tibiae with four to six antero-ventral bristles ; calyptra more or less tinged

with yellow 5. sim His, Meade.

10. Size larger (6 mm.) ; calyptra strongly tinged with yellow ... 7. pilipen, Stein.
Size smaller (3 — 4 mm.) ; calyptra without trace of yellow... 18. ^ar«a, Meade.

11. Abdomen shining black or blue-black, with scarcely a trace of tomentum ... 12
Abdomen more or less covered witli grey tomentum 13

12. Frons all shining black ; size smaller (3 mm.) 17. glabricula, Fin,

Frons dull black, with a little grey tomentum ; size larger (4 — 5 mm.)...

11. tuherculata, Rond.

13. Ocellar triangle black and conspicuously polished 2. occulta, Mg.

Ocellar triangle dull greyish, or at any rate never conspicuously polished ... 14

14. Hind tibiae with four to five antero-ventral bristles 3. cyrtoneurina, Zit.

Hind tibiae with at most two antero-ventral bi'istles 15

15. Thorax shining black, with very little tomentum ; size larger (5 — 7 mm.)...

12. velutina, Dsv.
Thorax thickly covered with grey tomentum ; size smaller (5—5^ mm.) ... 16

16. Arista distinctly pubescent ; hind tibiae with three bristles about the middle...

13. meteorica, L.
Arista quite bare ; hind tibise with only two bristles about the middle...

8. armipes, Fin.

* As the female of H. cinerea, Dsv., is not known to either Herr Stein or myself, I have not
been able to include tliis species in the present key.

1905.] 243

l.-H. CILIATA, Fab. Male: TSyes dernteJy hairy ; arista distinctly pubescent
on basal half or two-thirds. Thorax shinincj black with a slight steely tinge ;
shoulders when seen from behind conspicuously silvery-ivhite. Abdomen shining
blue-black with three interrupted transverse bands of whitish tomentum. Front
tibiae with a postero-ventral bristle at one-third from apex ; middle femora with a
pair of very characleristic curved and upwardly directed apical dorsal bristles,
which are nearly half the length of the tibia and closely united with one another
except for a short distance at their base ; hind tibise with a ventral tuft of fine hairs
at the middle, which run out, but gradually diminish in length, to the apex. Ca-
lyptra conspicuous, whitish ; halteres brownish-yellow. Size, 7—8 mm.

Female : Eyes practically bare ; frons one-third of width of head, deep black,
orbits slightly shining above, highly polished near antennae, ocellar triangle large
and highly polished. Thorax blue-black, shining ; shoulders, and an indication of
a central stripe in front, ^/i.s/<?7i«»_5' white. Abdomen blue-black, shining and uni-
colorous, with a slight dusting on last segment. Front tibiie with a small hut
distinct median postero-ventral bristle ; middle femora with a decided bend upwards
in apical third ; hind tibiiB with one dorsal, two antero-dorsal, and three to four
antero-ventral bristles in apical half.

The female of this species may be distinguished from that of
Opliyra leucosfoma, Wied., which it much resembles, by its much
broader frous, its glistening white shoulders, its tnuch more silvery
cheeks, and the tomentum on the last abdominal segment.

Apparently common and widely distributed. I have seen speci-
mens from many localities, ranging from Devonshire and the New
Forest north to Arran and Edinburgh, also in Ireland. Mr. Verrall
reports it also from Cornwall, Sussex, and Aberdeen. The dates
range from June 4th to October 5th.

2. — H. OCCULTA, Mg. Male: Eyes thickly haired ; arista slightly pubescent
in basal half. Thorax dull black, -v/hen seen from behind with a very slight greyish
tomentum, which leaves three broad but very indistinct black stripes ; shoulders
cinereous. Abdomen bluish-cinereous, with a distinct almost continuous dorsal stripe
and the basal half of 1st segment black ; a transverse brownish band at bases of
3rd and 4th segments. Hind femora with a strong ventral spine near base ; hind
tibise with a complete antero-dorsal row of long, fine hairs, which gradually diminish
in length as they approach the apex, a similar row on the apical half of anterior sur-
face, and a sharply defined tuft on ventral surface at about one-third from apex.
Wings brownish-hyaline, halteres blackish-brown. Size, 4^ — 5^ mm.

Female : Eyes with a few short scattered hairs ; frons dull deep black ; ocellar
triangle black and highly polished. Thorax black, slightly shining and with a
slight greyish tomentum ; shoulders cinereous. Abdomen pointed at apex, black
and slightly shining, with a slight greyish tomentum, which is thicker on the last
segment. Front tihix hare, except for the usual subapical dorsal bristle. Hind
tibise loith two {rarely three) dorsal bristles, viz., a small one near apex, a large one
at one-third from apex, and sometimes a small one near middle, one anterior post-
median bristle, and two to three antero-ventral ones in apical half.

244 [October, 1905.

A common species. I have seen over thirty specimens, and have
records which extend from the extreme south of England to Gairloch,
Aberdeen and Gols])ie in the north. The dates range from April 20th
to October 17th. The male is easily recognised, but the female is
more diiEcult to identify. If careful attention be paid, however, to
the characters given in the key and those in italics in the preceding
paragraph, the latter sex may be identified with tolerable certainty.

3. — H. CTRTONEURINA,' Ztt. {silvicola, Lw.). Male: Eyes thickly haired
above, arista shortly pubescent in basal half. Thorax deep hlack, slightly shining,
shoulders shining black. Abdomen black wifh a slight olive-greenish tinge, thickly
covered with grey tomentum, which is much denser at the sides, giving an almost
tessellated appearance, and leaving a somewhat indistinct dorsal stripe. Hind
tibim with ttoo dorsal bristles in apical half, a complete but irregular row of antero-
dorsal bristles, a regular series of about six antero-ventral bristles, and an irregular
series of mixed bristles and hairs in the middle of the postero-ventral surface. Wings
strongly tinged with brotvn ; ealyptra strongly tinged with orange. Size, 7 — 8 mm.

Female : Unknown to me. The following particulars are taken from Stein's
description : Eyes only shortly and sparingly hairy, so that this sex is difficult
to distinguish from the female of deiitipes, which it much resembles. Thorax
dusted with grey, when seen from behind with a rather broad but indistinct
middle stripe. Sternopleural bristles, one anterior and one posterior, under
the latter never a second shorter one (which is always the case in dentipes).
Abdomen with slight tessellation and a trace of a dorsal line. Middle tibise without
anterior bristle ; mostly with three posterior bristles. Hind tibise with one dorsal,
two or more antero -dorsal, and four to five equally long antero-ventral bristles.

A rare species, and possibly confined to the south of England.
I have only seen five British examples, all males, viz. : two from Ivy-
bridge (12.6.83) and one from Lynton (19.6.83), Devonshire, in
Verrall's Collection, one from Ivybridge in the Brit. Mus. Collection,
obtained by Col. Terbury (4.5.93), and one from Felden, Herts
(13 10.97), captured by A. Piffard, and also in the Brit. Mus. Collec-
tion. Meade refers (Ent. Mo. Mag., xviii, p. 123) to a specimen
taken by C. W. Dale at Glanvilles Wootton.

4. — H. DENTIPES, Fab. Male : Eyes bare, separated by a narrow deep black
space ; arista distinctly thickened and pubescent at base. Thorax shining black,
with a very slight greyish tomentum, which \e&\es four rather indistinct longitudinal
black stripes, viz., two narrow inner ones and two broad outer ones, shoulders dis-
tinctly cinereous. Abdomen greyish-olive, covered with grey tomentum, which is
patchy and much denser at the sides, giviiig a slightly tessellated appearance, base
of 1st segment black, from which proceeds a slender dorsal black stripe, which is
continued quite to the tip of the abdomen. Front tibise loith two dorsal bristles,
one near the apex and a smaller one about the middle. Middle tibise with the
anterior surface furnished with a regular and characteristic fringe of tiny hairs.

Ent. Mo. Mag., 1905.— Plate VIII.

FIG. A.

FIG. B.

CERATOPHYLLUS FARRENI, Rothsch., ». sp.

November, 1905.1 245

lohich stattd off quite at right angles to the surface. Hind tihiss slightly prolonged
into a Hunt process on the ventral side of the apex, with two dorsal bristles (one
short subapical and one much longer at one-third from apex), a regular and com-
plete antero-dorsal fringe of fine long hairs, and only two to three antero-ventral
bristles. Calyptra whitish, lower scale with orange margin. Size, 7 — 8 mm.

Female : Eyes bare, frons deep black, orbits greyish behind, silvery in front,
ocellar triangle greyish, with the central portion immediately surrounding the ocelli
polished black. Thorax as in male, but the longitudinal stripes more distinct.
Abdomen olive-cinereous, with a very indistinct dorsal stripe. Front tibial with
two dorsal bristles as in male. Middle tibiee ivith a single anterior bristle at one-
fourth to one-third from apex. Hind tibix with two dorsal bristles as in male, one
median antero-dorsal bristle and two to three antero-ventral bristles in apical half.

Abundant in all parts of the kingdom.

5. — H. siMiLis, Meade. Male : Very like the preceding species, but the eyes
are sub-contiguous, and the abdomen very slightly longer and narrower, more
uniformly olive-cinereous, sometimes almost of a leaden hue, the patchy appearance
seen at the sides in H. dentipes being quite or almost absent. (This feature is best
seen when the apex of the abdomen is turned towards the light.) Middle femora
with about six strong bristles on basal half of ventral surface (absent in H. dentipes).
Middle tibise with a fringe of tiny hairs on anterior surface ; these, however, are
not erect, but stand at an angle of 45° loith the surface. Hind tibix without the
ventral apical projection ; antero-dorsal surface fringed with fine hairs, toith two to
three strong bristles in apical Aa//" (absent in H. dentipes), and a series oi six to
twelve or even more antero-ventral bristles in apical half. Calyptra with the lower
scale more strongly tinged with orange. Size, 8 — 9 mm.

Female : Like that of H. dentipes, but the hind tibise have four to six antero-
ventral bristles, which occupy the apical two-thirds. Calyptra much more yellowish.
I have not been able to discover any other good and constant character by which
the female of this species may be distinguished from that of the preceding. In
most specimens, however, the abdomen appears to be more uniformly olive-grey.

This is undoubtedly a distinct species, widely distributed, but no
doubt often passed over as H. dentipes. I have examined at least
fifty specimens from all parts of the country, but the majority (indeed
nearly all) of my records are from Scotland and the more hilly parts of
England. It ranges from Lynton, Devonshire (Verrall) to Golspie
(Terbury) and Lairg (Verrall) in Sutherland.

6. — H. PAL^STEiCA, Mg. (rojirfawu', Meade). Male: Eyes bare, separated by a
rather wide black space ; arista thickened and very distinctly pubescent in basal
half. Thorax black, toith dark slaty-grey tomentum, which in anterior half leaves
three about equally broad longitudinal stripes black, shoulders light cinereous. Ab-
domen yellowish-cinereous, or with a slaty-bluish tinge ; a narroio black dorsal
stripe usually reaching the apex and much broadened on Ist segment. Middle
coxz armed behind with three very strong spine-like bristles, which are closely
applied to one another and directed downwards and slightly backwards. Middle tibise

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246 [November,

in apical half with two to three posterior bristles, and two rather long curved antero-
dorsal bristles, the antero-dorsal surface also fringed throughout with fine, very
short, regular bristles, apical bristles very strong and conspicuous. Hindjemora
with seven long and very conspicuous antero- ventral bristles in apical half. Hind
tibicB with two long and conspicuous dorsal bristles, two to three long and fine
antero-dorsal bristles in apical half, a complete fringe of short regular bristles on
same surface, and three to four antero-ventral bristles in apical half. Wings strongly
tinged with brownish-yellow ; calyptra strongly tinged toith orange, lower scale with
a bright orange margin ; lialteres brownisli-black with somewhat yellowish stalk.
Size, 6|— 8 mm.

Female : Frons fully one-third of width of head, blacTc, in some lights with a
yellowish-grey tomentum ; ocellar triangle slightly shining. Thorax yellowish-
cinereous, toith three about equally broad blackish stripes, the two lateral ones more
distinct in front of suture, central one more distinct behind, but becoming oblite-
rated before reaching scutellum. Abdomen uniformly yellotoish-cinereous, with a
slight trace of a narrow dorsal black stripe. Middle tibise with bristles as in ^ ,
but the fringe on antero-dorsal surface not so conspicuous. Wings hyaline, but
strongly tinged with yelloio at base.

A very distinct but uncommon species. Meade's rondanii is
undoubtedly the same, and I have had the good fortune to examine
two males so labelled from Meade's own collection, thanks to the
kindness of Professor Miall. One of these is labelled, in Mr. Yerrall's
handwriting, " Lagg, 19/6/82," and the other was presumably taken
by Meade himself at Bastow, Derbyshire, in July, 1887.

In the same collection is a male labelled "■ palcsstrica'^ sent to
Meade by Kowarz from Austria. I cannot accept the distinguishing
characters given by Meade (Ent. Mo. Mag., xviii, p. 125, and " Descr.
List," p. 26) as of any value whatever. Stein also regards the two as
identical. Besides Meade's specimens I have seen males from Barton
Mills, Suffolk, and Aberlady (Yerrall) ; Stoke Wood, Pentelow, Cusop,
Pixley, and Westhide (Dr. J. H. Wood) ; and Aberfoyle (Carter). I
have not seen an undoubted British female, and my description has
been drawn up from a continental specimen in Meade's collection. A
specimen of this sex sent by Verrall I am quite sure was only dentipes,
F. The dates of these records range from May 31st to September 5th.

7. — H. PILIPES, Stein. Male : Fyes bare, cohering or only separated by an
exceedingly narrow space, arista distinctly thickened, but only slightly pubescent
at base. Thorax shining black, without any trace of tomentum or stripes. Abdo-
men black, with broad interrupted transverse bands of bluish-grey or yellowish-grey
at bases of 2nd, 3rd, and 4th segments. Middle tibise with two to three posterior
bristles in apical half, and one (rarely two) antero-dorsal bristle in apical third.
Hind femora with complete rows of antero-dorsal and antero-ventral bristles, and
complete rows of ventral and postero-ventral fine hairs. Hind tibise with two long

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and conspicuous dorsal bristles, antero-dorsal surface fringed throughout with short
regularly- disposed bristles, and with three long and conspicuous ones in apical half,
antero-ventral surface with a row of six to eight regularly disposed bristles of
moderate length in apical two-thirds, postero-ventral surface with a characteristic
tuft of fine hairs in median third, these hairs gradually decreasing in length towards
apex. Wings with a slight yeUowish-hroton tinge, calgptra distinctly tinged toith
orange, halteres with black knob. Size, 6—7 mm.

Female : Frons one-third of width of head, deep black, with a very slight
brownish-grey tomentum in certain lights, ocellar triangle polished black. Thorax
and abdomen uniformly shining fi/ac^", without tomentum. Front femora with eight
to nine postero-ventral bristles, of which those in apical half are about twice the
length of the rest. Middle tibiae as in $ ?. In the single female I iiave seen only
one middle leg is present, and the tibia has one posterior bristle at one-fourth from
apex, and two rather small antero-dorsal bristles in apical third. Hind femora with
antero-dorsal bristles as in (J , antero- ventral surface with only about four bristles
in apical third, ventral and postero-ventral surfaces only with short pubescence.
Sind tibise with dorsal bristles as in $ , three long antero-dorsal bristles, but no
fringe of short ones, and no bristles on the other surfaces. Wings hyaline, a little
yellowish at base, ca'yptra and halteres as in c? .

This species was first introduced by me as British in the "Annals
of Scottish Natural History," 1904, pp. 158-160. In addition to the
four males there alluded to, I have seen a single female taken by Mr.
Carter at the same place and time (Aberfoyle, July 4th, 1903), and
also a male taken by Col. Terbury at Porthcawl, Glamorganshire, on
June 6th, 1903. I suspect that the species has hitherto been over-
looked, and it should occur in other localities, [most likely in hilly
districts. The female was previously unknown.

(To be contnuedj.

LIST OF BEITISH DOLICHOPOBID^, WITH TABLES AND NOTES.

BY G. H. VERBALL, T.E.S.
{^Concluded from, page 196).

34. BATSYCRANIUM Strobl.

B. hicolorellum Zett. : I had only unsatisfactory specimens of
this species from Wicken Fen, and Plashet Wood near Lewes, until
Mr. C. G. Lamb took a male in perfect condition at Pad stow, in
Cornwall, in July, 1902, and he took it again in the New Forest, in
July, 1905. It is a very little known species up to the present time.

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24S [November,

35. CHRTSOTIMUS Lw.

1 (2) AnteniijE black 1. moUiculus 'FvW.

2 (1) Antennoe yellow, wilh the tip brownish 2. concinnus Zett.

1. C. molliculus Fall. : occasionally abundant. I have records from

Penzance, Three Bridges, Keigate, Brandon, and Whittles-
ford in Cambridgeshire.

2. C. concinnus Zett. : when I began this paper I had little expecta-

tion of including this species as one known to me, because
as far as I can trace there have been recorded only about
five specimens from Scandinavia and one from (I think)
Hungary, beyond Walker's record. In July, 1904, however,
Mr. C. G. Lamb and Dr. D. Sharp found it in abundance
in Aldridge Hill End, in the New Forest.

36. XANTHOCHLOBUS Lw.

1 (2) Thorax orange, with a green patch behind 1. ienellus Wied.

2 (1) Thorax shimmering metallic grey 2. ornatus Hal.

1. X. tenelJus Wied. : not uncommon in Suffolk and Cambridgeshire,

and I expect in many other places when searched for. A.
Miiller once found this species by hundreds on leaves of
shrubs at Shirley, near Croydon, but all of them dead from
a fungoid attack.

2. X. ornatus Hal. : much commoner than X. teneUus, and I have

seen specimens from Slapton Leigh to Nethy Bridge. Both
species have occurred in my own garden.

31. ANEPSIOMYIA Bezzi.
A. Jlaviventris Meig. : fairly common in the New Forest, and I
have also taken it at Buxted in Sussex, Weybridge in Surrey, and at
Dolgelley, and Mr. F. Jenkinson has taken it at Crowborough, in
Sussex. The male is easily distinguished by its peculiar antennae, but
beyond that the brilliantly polished, almost black, thorax and the pale
belly are striking characters.

38. MICROMORPBUS Mik.
M. alhipes Zett. : the tiniest European Dolichopid, but always
recognisable in the net from its unmistakable Dolichopid attitude.
Probably not uncommon, but overlooked because of its size ; I have
found it often common, and have taken it in the New Forest, Wicken
Fen, the Norfolk Broads, in various localities in Sussex, at Cromer,
and at Aberlady.

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39. TiriNOFHILUS Wahlbg.

1 (2) Legs mainly pale yellowish 1. ruficornis Jia\.

2 (1) Legs mainly blackish, knees and tip of tibiae ferruginous...

2. flavipalpis Zett.

1. T. ruficornis Hal. : not uncommon on the Hampshire coasts.

2. T. flavipalpis Zett. : "Walker says, " Inhabits the sea-coast and

about sale springs ; rare with us. In Mr. Walker's col-
lection. (E.)." It is strange that I have never seen a
British specimen of this large and remarkable species.

40. SCHCENOPHILUS Mik.
*S^. versutus Walk. : 1 have taken it freely at Lyndhurst and
Seaford.

41. APHROSYLUS Walk.

1 (4) Fair sized species ; antennae black.

2 (3) Hind femora with 3 — 4 small but distinct bristles above near base ;

normally slaty-grey ...1. celtiber'RsX.

3 (2) Hind femora without any distinct bristles above near base ; normally

ochreous-grey 2. raptor Walk.

4 (1) Small species ; antennae ferruginous at base 3. /eroa; Walk.

1. A. celtiher Hal. : this species was originally distinguished from
A. rapior by Haliday on account of its slaty-grey colour as
compared with the rather ochreous-grey of A. t^apfor, and
also by the front tarsi being more equally dilated. In A.
rapior the tip of the first joint of the front tarsi is distinctly
though only slightly dilated, and the extreme base of the
second joint is almost equally dilated ; in A. celtiher the
extreme tip of the basal joint is slightly dilated, and also the
second joint for about two-thirds of its length. This dis-
tinction of the tarsi appears to hold good, but a far more
easily distinguished character lies in the presence of some
short but obvious bristles above the hind femora near the
base in A. celtiher, which are entirely absent in A. raptor.
At one time I thought the colour character a good one, but
a series of specimens taken by Col. Terbury at Torcross in
August, 1903, completely disprove its value, unless they
belong to a third very closely allied species ; as a rule A.
raptor is somewhat ochreous-grey, with bright ferruginous
legs, as against the dark slaty-grey colour of A. celtiher,
vrhich usually, but not always, has more than the basal half
of the front femora distinctly black, and about the basal
third of the posterior femora indistinctly blackish, and all the

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ferruginous parts duller than in A. raptor ; on tbe other
hand, in the darker specimens taken at Torcross the struc-
tural characters agree with A. raptor, but the thorax is dark
slaty-grey, and the legs all blackish, except for a slight
ferruginous tinge at the tip of the femora, and on all the
tibise (unless at the tip), and on all (except the tip) of the
basal joints of the tarsi ; other specimens, however, exhibit
more ferruginous colouring, but never to any great extent.
If the Torcross specimens represent a distinct species, the
plainest character would lie in the much more blackish hue
of the wings as compared with the brownish tinge of the
two known species.

A. celtiber occurs in company with A. raptor at Ilfra-
combe, and Mr. 0. G. Lamb has taken it freely at Padstow,
in Cornwall ; Haliday recorded it from Smerwick Bay, Kerry.

2. A. raptor Walk. : common on the sides of rocks and about the

base of cliffs where washed by the sea on the coasts of
Cornw^all and Devon. The "dark form mentioned above may
represent an autumnal form. Walker (really Haliday)
records it from Torquay and Dundrum Bay, in Ireland.

3. A. ferox Walk. : in abundance at Totland Bay, in the Isle of

Wight, and also occurring at Torcross and Whitsand Bay,
near Plymouth, and at Padstow, in Cornwall.

ADDENDA ET CORRIGENDA.
Vol. XV—

page 165, add : Chrysotus femoratus 'Aett.
Thrypticus sp. ?
Porphyrops rivalis Lw.
Xiphandrium lanceolatum Lw.
Systenus Scholtzii Lvo.
bipartitus Lv3.
tener Lw.
leucurus Lw.
Medeterus obscurus Zett.
„ 166, line 14 from bottom : " 1 (70) " instead of " 1 (68)."
„ 170, „ 12 „ top : " C. G. Lamb " „ " F. Jenkinson."

„ 13 „ „ , add after 1903 : Dr. J. H. Wood has also taken both
sexes in Herefordshire.
„ 195, line 10 from top : " 23 (80) " instead of " 23 (82)."
Vol. XVI—

page 51, add to IL. atrovirens : Mr. C. G. Lamb took a male in the New Forest
in July, 1905.

1905.] 251

page 53, add to Lamprochromus elegans : It has been taken in numbers in the
New Forest in July, 1905, by Mr. C. G. Lamb.
, 111, „ P.fascipes : Mr. C. G. Lamb found this species not uncommon at

at Nethy Bridge in June, 1905.
„ 169, alter the table of Systenus as follows :

1 (4) Cubital and discal veins strongly approximating before the tip.

2 (3) Tip of the wing with a conspicuous black spot...

1. Scholtzii Lw.

3 (2) Tip of the wing uncoloured 2. adp r op inquans Jj-w.

4 (1) Cubital and discal veins almost pai'allel.

5 (8) Antennae entirely black.

6 (7) Third joint of antennae conical and broad, arista shorter than

the third joint ; genital lamellae very long, with the basal
part black and unusually long, the apical part short, but with
two long pointed black shafts ; outer lamellae long, thi'eadlike,
forked, and dirty whitish 3. bij)arti(us Ijw.

7 (6) Third joint of antenuiE very long and pointed, arista black,

scarcely half as long as the third joint ; genital lamellae with
the basal part brown and very short, the apical part large
and rather thick and all white ; outer lamellae very short,
white with a black tip 4. leucurus Ijw.

8 (5) Antennae with the basal joint conspicuously pale yellow...

5. tener Lw.
line 8 from bottom : " four " instead of " two," and dele after " more "
down to " unsatisfactory."
„ 170, line 14 from top : delete " in his own garden."

„ 19 „ „ , I'ead : " from a tree at Aldenham Park near Bridge-
north," instead of " from an elm tree at Aldenham, Herts."
„ 4 from bottom : omit paragraph after " leucurus " and add " a male
was bred from rotten wood debris in the New Forest in July,
1905."

4. jS. leucurus Lw. : a male was bi'ed by Dr. D. Sharp from rotting wood

debris in a. heech. tree on April 4th, and another on May 5th,
1905, in the New Forest, while Mr. C. Or. Lamb had previously
taken a male in July, 1904, which was emerging from a pupa; I
had seen this latter specimen, but (although I suspected it to be
<S. leucurus) thouglit it too immature to identify it as new to
Britain, but I have now no further doubt. The genital append-
ages are very conspicuously white, and the tiny black apical dots
stand out. The species is I believe only known from bred speci-
mens, as Loew described it from some specimens bred by Von
Heyden at Frankfort on the Maine from decayed wood about
1858, and it has since been recorded only by Beling, who also
bred it.

5. S. tener Lw. : a male was bred from similar debris in the New Forest

in July, 1905, and also a female of probably this species. The

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conspicuously pale basal joint of the antennae affords a strongly
distinctive character. The genital lamellaj have the basal part
long, thin, and black, the apical pari short, not much swollen and
broven, with its outer lamellEe whitish, threadlike, but broad at
tJie base, and not very long. I do not think that this species has
been recorded since Loew described it from Halle in 1859.

The adding of the genua Sf/stemcs and all its known species to
Britain in four years, through breeding them, is a remarkable occur-
rence, and shows how much may be done by distinct methods of
collecting.

page 171, add to S. tarsatus : It was taken in the New Forest in July, 1905, by
Mr. C. a. Lamb.

The British DolichopodidcB now include 41 genera and 204 species,
as against Walker's 15 genera and 138 species ; of course the number
of genera has been mainly increased by the breaking up of the pre-
vious large and in many cases heterogeneous genera, but (as six of
Walker's species have been omitted) there has been an increase of
over 50 per cent, in the species, and I think as many more may still
be added without much trouble. Of the 132 species described by
Walker I possess all but five, and I have seen specimens of all except
Hygroceleuthus latipennis, Jlercosfomus fulvicaudis, and Thinophilus
flavipalpis.

Sussex Lodge, Newmarket.

FURTHER NOTES ON MANX COLEOPTERA.
BY J. E. LE B. TOMLIN, M.A., F.E.S.

The following notes are in continuation of my paper in Ent. Mo.
Mag., 1904, pp. 177 — 9, and are the outcome of about a week's col-
lecting in the Isle of Man at the end of May, 1904. I group the
species geographically as before, and to these four districts I now add
a fifth — as the result of a visit to the summit of Snaefell, — and a
sixth for the high land of Bradda Head.

Though 1 only collected specimens of twenty-four species on the
top of Snaefell, there was quite enough material to confirm the alpine
nature of its fauna, as evidenced by such forms as Arpedium hrachy-
pterum, Gr. (common), Homalota eremifa, liye (very abundant),
Otiorrhynchus mau?'us, GylL, Patrohiis assimilis, Chaud., and PteroS'
tichus vitreus, Dj. (both common).

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I have added half a dozen species to the Curragh list which
were captured by Dr. Bailey. The asterisk, as before, denotes that
the insect has not hitherto been recorded for the Isle of Man.

I. — Kenteatjgh.
*Cercyon depressus, Steph. ; *IIomalota puncticeps, Th. ; *Olibrus xneus, F. ;
* Cri/pticus quisquilius, L. ; *Apion conjluens, Kirb., common on Matricaria.

II. — The Cuebagh.
*Acupalpus exiguus, Dj., var. luridus, Dj. ; *Bembidium mannerheimi, Sahl.,
also at Port Erin ; *Dromius meridional is, Uj. ; *D. melanocephalus, Dj. ; D. ni-
griventris, Th. ; *Cercyon obsoletus, Gryll. ; *C.flavipes, F. ; *C. unipunctatus, L. ;
*C. lugubris,Pk. ; *Ilydroporus nigrita,¥. ; * Fhilydrus coarctatus, Gredl. ; *Oxy-
poda longiuscula, Gr., also on Snaefell ; *I£omalofa luteipes, Er., a single example ;
*II. gyllenhali, Th. ; *S. volans, Serib., also in Colby Glen ; *II. graminicola, Gr. ;
*H. triiiotata, Kr. ; *H. muscoruin, Bris. ; *H. fungi, Gr. ; *Onypeta labilis, Er. ;
*Autalia rivularis, Gr. ; *Myllsena infuscata, Matth., abundant in drying Sphag-
num ; *Gymnusa brevicoUis, Pk., rare in Sphagnum ; *I'achyporus solutus, Er.,
also at Port Erin ; *T. brunneus, F. ; *3Iegacronus analis, Pk. ; Quedius matiro-
rufus, Gr., also at Colby ; *Fhilonthus nigrita, Nor., rather a widely distributed
species in Man ; *Actobius cinerascens,Gr.; Lathrobium terminatum, Gr. ; Crypto-
bium gtaberrimum, Hbst., common in Sphagnum ; *Psederus riparius, L. ; Evses-
thetus ruficapillus, Lac., common ; JE. Ixviusculus, Mann., one ; *Stenus nitidius-
culus, St. ; *Lesteva sicula, Er., pale and dark forms ; *Homalium aesum, Gr. ; *H.
rujipes, Fourc. ; *Fhlaeobium clypeatum, Miill. ; Clambus armadillo, De G. ; *Ani-
sotoma badia, Stm., one in moss ; * i^ euraphes angulatus, Miill., two in drying
Sphagnum; Fselaphus heisei, Hbst., not uncommon; Bythinus bulblfer, Reich.,
abundant ; * Euplectus ambigutis, Reich., not uncommon in the drying Sphagnum ;
*Micropeplus margaritce,J)uv. ; *3Ieligethes picipes, Stm. ; * Cry ptophagus cellar is,
Scop. ; *Donacia discolor, Pz. ; *Longitarsus atricillus, L. ; * Fhyllotreta Jlexuosa,
111., a single example of this rare "hopper," — Mr. Champion confirms my identifi-
cation ; F. exclamationis, Th. ; *Chsetocnema hortensis, Fourc. ; Rhynchites ger-
manicus, Hbst.; Casnopsis loaltoni, Boh., common in vex'y dry moss; Orobitis
cyaneus, L. ; *Bagous glabrirostris, Hbst., I'are ; * Balaninus salicivorus, Pk.

III.— Port Erin.
Fferostichus minor, Gyll. ; * Homalota vestita, Gr., also at Kentraugh ; *Leis-
totrophus nebulosus, ¥. ; *Staphylinus pubescens, De Gr. ; *Stenus declaratus, Er. ;
*IIomalium rivulare, Pk. ; *R. Iseviusculum, Gyll., not uncommon on the shore at
Spaldrick ; *Choleva chrysomeloides, Pz. ; Atomaria analis, Er. ; Aphodius pusil-
lus, Hbst. ; *Apion hydrolapathi, Kirb. ; Barypeithes sulcifrons. Boh., rare in moss.

IV.— Colby Glen.
*Ochthebius bicolon. Germ.; * Homalota hygrotopora, Kr. ; *H. elovgatula,
Gr. ; *II. cambrica, Woll. ; *Dianous coerulescens, Gyll., common ; *Blediusfracti-
co/-/u«, Pk., tlie blcick form ; * Lesteva jiuhescens, Maim.; *Ox,ytelus sculptus, Gr. ;
*Trogophlceus fuliginosus, Qr., one ; *V. pusillus, Gtr. ; *Micropeplus porcatus,Vk. ;
*Llmnius tuberculatus, Miill. ; Apiou punctigerum, Pk.

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V. — Snaefell.

* Pterostichus vUreus, DJ. ; *Bradycellu!i harpallnus, Dj. ; Notio2}hilus aqua-
ticus, L. ; N. palustris, Duft. ; *Patrobus ansimilis, Chaud., in great numbers ;
*Ocyusa incrassata, Muls. ; *Homalota eremita, Rye, abundant ; *Arpediuni
hrachypterum, Gr., common ; *Scijdmfenus scufellarit, Miill., also at the Curragh ;
*Byrrhus piliila, L. ; Aphodius lapponum, OryW. ; Corymhites cupreus, F., and var.
seruginosus, F. ; * Otiorrhynchus mauriis, Gjll., rare.

VI. — Bradda Head.

Notiophilus substrlatus, Wat. ; * Homalota gregaria, Er. ; *H. nigra, Kr. ;
*n. cauta, Er. ; *Olophrum piceum, Gjll. ; *Athous vittatus, F., under stones ;
*Dolopius marginatus, L., under stones; *Apion loli, TL'wh. ; *Acalles ptinoides,
Marsh., from dead heather.

Estyn, Chester :

September, 1905.

LYCMNA AEGUS, Kiebt, vab. HYPOCHIONA, Ramb., ON THE
NORTH DOWNS.

BY A. H. JONES, F. E. S.

On July 16th last I captured on the North Downs several small
specimens of a Lyccena which T at once recognised as different to the
usual form of L. argus {wgon) from Surrey and the New Forest. On
comparing them with my series of var. argyrognovion, Berg., from
Sierra in the Ehone Valley, I found they agreed so closely as to lead
me to suppose they were that species ; on submitting them, however,
to Dr. T. A. Chapman he pronounced them, upon examinatiou of the
genitalia, to be L. argus, and were the variety Jiypochiona , Ramb.

Dr. Staudinger, in his Catalogue, gives the distribution of this
form "Andalusia, Greece." I have taken it at Digne, and this year
at Montserrat in Spain ; the occurrence of this southern form in
England is interesting, and I have no doubt that Entomologists who
have collected this insect on the chalk downs between Cuxton and
Shoreham in Kent will find numerous examples in their series — the
type also occurs there.

The var. hypochiona is larger, the under-side whitish-grey, and
the spots more clearly defined than in the type.

Shrublands, Eltham :

October 6th, 1905,

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A NEW BRITISH FLEA: CERATOPHYLLUS FARRENI, Spec. Nov.
BY THE HON. N. CHARLES EOTHSCHILD, M.A., F.L.9.
Plate VIII.
This is a very pale species. It is nearest to 0. //allince, Schrank,
and fringillcB, Walk., but is easily recognised by the modified abdo-
minal segments and the legs.

The tubercle of the frons is prominent. The comb of the pronotum consists
of 26 to 28 teeth. The mesonotum bears two rows of bristles and a very few short
hairs in addition, besides a subapical row of slender spines, six on each side.

The abdominal tergites bear two rows of bristles, the anterior row being repre-
sented on the seventh tergite bj two or three bristles only. The first four tergites
have on each side respectively 2, 3, 2, 1 apical spines. The seventh tergite has one
long apical bristle, accompanied in the J by two minute hairs, and in the ? by two
shoi't bristles which are nearly equal in length, being about one-fourth the length of
the long one. The sternites of segments 3 to 7 have in the ^ three bristles on each
side, there being in addition a short hair proximally of them on the posterior ster-
nites ; in the $ the number of bristles on sternites 3 to 6 is usually four.

The fore femur has on the outer side eleven lateral bristles irregularly placed,
while there are two bristles on the inner surface, besides a subapical ventral one.

The mid femur bears a lateral row of sis bristles on the inner side and three
bristles on the outer side. The hind femur has on the outer side from two to four
bristles, while there is a lateral row of seven or eight on the inner side. The hind
tibia has on the outer side a subdorsal row of seven or eight bristles, the row not
being quite regular ; the inner side bears an oblique lateral row of six or seven.

$ . The large lateral lobe of the eighth tergite is nearly square, the distal
angles being rounded off. The lobe is a little wider distally than proximally. The
tuberculate area situated along the dorsal edge on the inner surface is narrower.
There are fourteen long bristles at the dorsal edge of the lobe and two on the
lateral surface, besides one standing near the ventral edge. The eighth sternite
resembles that of gallincB. It bears at the top about eight long bristles, and imme-
diately in front of them on eacli side one short bristle. The apical membranous
flap which projects dorsally is narrower, and is of the same shape as in gallincB. The
process of the clasper is long and narrow, while the finger is broad.

(Fig. A). The finger bears two long bristles at the distal (ventral) edge,
standing rather close together. There is also a short bristle at the apex, besides
some minute hairs ; and there is a row of short hairs near the proximal (dorsal)
edge. The vertical arm of the ninth sternite is broader than in galllncB and
J'ringillcB, while the proximal lobe of the ventral (horizontal) arm is broader, and
the bristles at the proximal angle of the distal portion of this ventral arm are more
numerous than in both gallince {rndfringillce.

? . The seventh sternite (Fig. B) is deeply sinuate. It bears a row of six or
seven long bristles, and proximally of them about fifteen short ones. The eighth
tergite has dorsally above the stigma on each side ten to twelve hairs arranged in
two irregular rows. Beneath the stigma, along the oblique dorsal margin of the

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broad lateral portion of the eighth tergite, there are two long bristles accompanied
by several short hairs, the second of these bristles being the longer. Further down
there are about fifteen bristles on the outer surface of the tergite, while the inner
side bears three or four short spine-like bristles, besides some long ones.
Length, <?, 1.7 mm. ? , 2-2 mm.

We have received a sinojle ,^ of this insect from Mr. William
Farren, of Cambridge, in whose honour the species is named. The
specimen in question was taken from the nest of a wood-pigeon
(Columba pnlumbu,^) in the summer of 1905, near Mildenhall in
Suffolk. Mr. J. Waterston also secured 7 (J fi^nd 7 ? of this species
from the nest of a house-martin (Chelidon urhica) taken near Dun-
laverock, Berwickshire, at the end of August, 1905.

EXPLANATION OF PLATE VII F.

CERATOPHYLLUS FARREN I, f:pec. nov.

A— c?. 9th Tergite.
B— ?. 7th Sternite.

148, Piccadilly, W. :

October, 1905.

The food 'plant of Dibolia rynnglossi, Koch. — Having taken Dibolia cynoglossi
again at Pevensey this year in some numbers, I was able to find out its true food
plant. It is said by Stephens (Man., p. 301, 1839) to be found on Cygnoglossum
officinale, and Kutschera gives Stachys recta, but in England, at any rate, it feeds
on Galeopsis ladanum, var. canescens, Schultz, a variety of the common red " Hemp
Nettle." The beetle is easily swept off the plant, on which it may be seen sitting,
but jumps very strongly when in the net. — Horace Donisthorpe, 58, Kensington
Mansions, South Kensington ; October I4:th, 1905.

Apian hrunnipes. Boh. (= Isevigatum, Kirby), in Suffolk. — Whilst searching at
the roots of Echium vulgare in the Lowestoft district on August 31st last for
Ceuthorrhynchus echii, F., I came across this Apion in some numbers, but as 1 did
not recognise it at the time I bottled only eight specimens, seven of them $ s, with
the bright violet coloured elytra peculiar to their sex, the solitary male being entirely
black, and extremely diminulive— almost as small as A. alomarium.

The species was described by Kirby from specimens taken by Sheppard near
Ipswich, and does not appear to have been recorded for the county since.

I do not know Filago gallica, the plant upon which the insect is said to pass
its early stages, but as it is recorded as occurring on sandy wastes in the south-
eastern portion of Britain, it is very likely to be found at the spot in question. My
specimens of the Apion may only have been sheltering under the Echium, the day
being a very cold and windy one. There is unfortunately a possibility of the
locality being destroyed by building operations in the not very distant future. — E.
C. Bbdwell, " Elmlea," Clevedon Road, Norbiton, Surrey : October lith, 1905.

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Occurrence of Amara anthohia, Villa, on the Lancashire coast. — On May 19th
I captured several specimens of Amara at Freshfield, near Birkdale. On comparing
them with examples of A. anthobia, Villa, which had been very kindly sent me
by the Rev. G. A. Crawshay from Leighton Buzzard, I found that one of mine, a
male, exactly corresponded with his insect, and this determination has been con-
firmed by him. The insect, therefore, is not confined to the hitherto recorded
southern localities.— J. Kidson Taylor, 35, South Avenue, Buxton : September
2\st, 1905.

Harpalus honestus, Duft., at Streatley, Berlis.— On an afternoon in the middle
of August I visited a favourite old spot of mine, the chalk hills of Streatley, near
Beading. The conditions being good for the purpose, I turned over many stones on
the hillside in search of Harpalus caspius, which proved, however, not to be about.
Licinus silphoides was there in the greatest abundance, and Bracldnus crepitans of
course " fired off " on the lifting of almost every stone. I picked up Amara patricia
and A. rufocincta, but, most noteworthy, also specimens of Harpalus honestus, 'Dnh.,
both sexes, the male of a very bright metallic green colour, the female of a silky green,
in fact, it is the most vividly brilliant beetle which we have in the genus. Fowler
speaks of it in " British Coleoptera " (vol. i, p. 53) as a continental form only.
The beetle looks so very difPerent from the ordinary coal-black ignavus that it has
been perhaps passed ovei' as the common Harpalus rubripes or mneiis. Possibly it
may turn out to be the only form occurring on the chalk.

Harpalus caspius I got a week or so later, just emerging and soft, on the
hills a few miles distant from this.— W. Holland, University Museum, Oxford :
October, 1905.

Apian astragali, Payk., af Oxford. — At Oxford Apion astragali has occurred in
fair numbers, in September, on Astragalus glycyphyllus, and the great abundance of
A. sanguineiun here in the late autumn is worth noting. I took over seventy speci-
mens in a limited space the last time I was in the field, in the belief that some one
would want what is usually looked upon as so rare a species. — Id.

A note on the Coleopterous genus Anisotoma, Illiger.— The economy of the
members of the genus Anisotoma and its allies is so hidden in mystery, any fact
that seems to give a glimpse into their life-history is worth recording. The best
known method of capturing them is by evening sweeping, especially in the autumn,
but large numbers of specimens have been sometimes taken in flood-rubbish.
A. cinnamomea, Panz., is known to inhabit tlie trufile, an underground fungus,
and I believe A. badia, Sturm, is sometimes found in plenty in moss. I
have taken a pair of A. punctulata, Gyll , during February, out of the same
tuft of grass away from any chance of flood. While digging up small holes in
the sand last August at Braunton Burrows, North Devon, I found at the bottom
of four of them three specimens of A. ciliaris, Schmidt, and one A. calcarata, Er.
In holes, exactly similar and close by, I took Bledius pallipes, Gr., Dyschirius
impunctipennis. Daws., and Bembidium pallidipenne, 111. Since then, when

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turning over small stones in a sand pit, I came across a pair of A. calcarala under
one stone, one of the beetles heiiio; in a small burrow. Most probably the natural
habitat of most of the species of Anitofoma is underp;round, and I think that their
occurrence in numbers in flood rubbish, in company with Qeodephaga, &c., points
to this.— NoEMAN H. Joy, Bradfield : September 29th, 1905.

Leptusa analis, Oyll, J^c.,in Teesdale, Co. Durham. — About the middle of June
I had the pleasure of spending a few days with Mr. Gardner at Egglestone in Tees-
dale, where, under my host's kindly guidance, T was enabled to add several good
things to my collection. The most interesting beetle wis undoubtedly Leptusa
analis, Gyll., of which I took two rather small examples from a fungus. So far as I
know this species has been taken but twice in England : in Dean Forest by the late
W. G. Blatch, and more recently in Devonshire, where Mr. J. H. Keys has captured
several examples. At Sharnbury Gill, a little known wooded dene in the heart
of the moors, Melasoma ceneum, L., occurred in plenty on alders, and the rare
Melandryid, Ahdera flmuosa, Pk., in a Polypnrus (P. radiatus) growing on the same
tree. In Teesdale proper we found Agathidium nigripenne, Kug., several species of
Epureea, and divers Staphylinidfp, in fungus ; Antliohium sorhi, Gyll., Cychramus
and Anaspis geoffroyi, Mull, {fasciata, Forst.), and its var. suofasrAata, Steph., on
hawthorn blossom ; Sinodendron cylindricum, L., in fallen ash trees, in great pro-
fusion ; Cis hidentatus, 01., and Tetratoma fungorum, F., in a large white fungus
growing on birch ; and Cis festivus, Pz., and C. nitidus, TTerbst, in a Polyporus,
attached to beech, beneath the bark of which Cerylon ferruginewn, Steph., and
various species of Rhizophagus occurred. Rhagium hifasciatum, F., was noticed in a
hard and apparently sound beech, and from the same tree we obtained not a few
Priohium castaneum, F., and Ptilinus pectinicornis, L., pairs of the former being
found in cop. beneath the beech bark. On the moors, Corymhites cupreus, ¥., and
the var. eeruginosus, F., were flying in plenty, and Calathus micropterus, Duft., was
fairly common running about the heath. Molanotus rufipes, Kerbst, Liodes hume-
ralis, Kug., Tropiphorus tomentosus, Marsh., A2:ihndius lapponum, Gyll., &c., were
also met with. Some Longicorn larvae found in alder in Sharnbury Gill we thought
to be those of Saperda scalaris, L., a biennial species. My thanks are due to
Mr. Newbery — to whose kindness I am indebted in many ways— for identifying
the XepiMsa.— RiCHAED S. Bagnall, Winlaton-on-Tyne : October 9th, 1905.

Lepidoptera in Scotland.—This year I was fortunately able to do a little col-
lecting, chiefly in the north of Scotland, during the month of June. The season
was too early for any great variety of species, at any rate in the higher latitudes.
But the following list will show that much might be done by assiduous work on the
high moors, especially as I was prevented by lameness from transgressing beyond
the roads or beaten tracks. On the north coast the following species were obtained :
Argynnis selene (one), Hadena glauca, Scodiona helgiaria, Ypsipetes impluviata,
Eupithecia castigata (with some fine varieties), E. nanata, Rumia cratsegata, Botys
fuscalis, Herbtda cespitalis, Dicroravipha politana, Cnephasia musculana, Toririx
ministrana, Phoxopteryx biarcuana, lundana, and m.yrtillana, Penthina dimidiana,
Eupcecilia ciliella, and what appears to be a very brilliant and unusual form of
Orapholitha ulicetana, which occurred on the cliffs near the sea, far from any gorse.

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Halonota pflugiana and a few Grapholifha campolilinna had just emerged. The
onlj Tortrix that was really abundant was Graphnlitha nxvana, var. geminana,
which occurred in multitudes wherever any bireh bushes could be found to grow.
P. mixtana was about, but much woi*n, and I took one Clepsis rusticana.

Moving southwards to Aviemore about the 12th of the month, insects were
much more in evidence. Argynriis selene and euphrosyne, Cosnonyvipha pawphilus,
and Lycwna alexis, wei'e as yet the only butterflies, if we except the two smaller
whites.

On the 16th, driving homewards through the forest of Kothiemurchus, about
an hour and a half before sunset, I came upon a patch of ground which was evi-
dently the chosen home in that district of Bomhyx richi. It was a fine sight to see
the males careering over the moor with their peculiar waving flight ; then suddenly
yielding to some impulse, one of them would every now and then soar straight up-
ward at headlong speed till the eye could no longer follow it ; and after a half
minute or so would swoop down as rapidly and subside beneath the thick heather.
During a drive of nearly a quarter of a mile fhis spectacle was renewed again and
again ; yet, strange to say, though we passed through similar scenery for at least
half an hour not another ruti presented itself ; nor did I see the insect anywhere
else during my tour. The day was an extremely hot one, and this may have
accounted for the strange antics performed by the insect ; but one could not help
marvelling at the prodigious vitality manifested, and the abandon of enjoyment
evidently experienced. I was forcibly reminded of the drumming snipe in Wicken
Fen at the same season of the year.

I expect a search for larvae would have well repaid the collector. The few that
I turned up were mostly common species : Poecilocampa p>opuli, Cheimatnhia brum-
ata and horeata, Hyhernia dejoliaria, Hypsipetes elutata, *Cdbera pusaria and exan-
themata, but I could not search at night, which is the best method of obtaining
them.

Among Noctuse, Cymatophora dnpJaris was common by beating, Xylophasia
rurea and Hadena dentina on posts. Among the Qeometrse, one specimen of Eupi-
thecia virgaureata, a few ahsynthiata, saiyrata, and helveticaria, the latter nearly
over. The beautiful white var. of Cidaria corylata, was rare. No other species
of interest was seen.

The Tortrices were beginning to appear in numbers. Besides most of the
Sutherlandshire species, T found Amphysa gerningana, Penthina sauciana and mar-
ginana, Coccyx vacciniana', C. ustomaculana, Mixodia, schulziana, Phoxopteryx
uncana, P. unguicana, Bicrorampha plumiagana, and tanaceti,' Stigmonota cogna-
tana and cosmophorana, Catoptria cana, Pcedisca bilunana, EpMppiplwra cirsiana
and a melanic form of Spilonota ocellana.

The Tineina were more interesting. Nemophora swammerdaynella, N. schwartz-
iella and pilella, all uncommon. Plutella dalella and annulatella. Gelechia solu-
tella, in splendid condition, G. ericetella, swarming everywhere ; 0. sequax, a very
fine form, and G. proximella. Jncurvaria muscalella and oshlmanniella, Swammer-
damia griseocapitella, CEcoplwra subaquilella, Gracilaria tringipennella and elongella,
Argyresthia conjugella and arceuthella, Glyphipteryx thrasonella, Pavcalia leuwenhoe-
kella, Elachista Mlmunella and eleochariella. Coleophora fuscedinella, ocJirea, junci-
* Surely, larvas of C. pusaria and exanthemata would not be found in the middle of June,— G. T. P.

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colella, and csespiiiUella, Ocnerosioma piniariella, Chauliodus chserophyllellus. Ornix
loganclla and scoticella, Lithocollctis faginella, pomifoUella, froelichiella, caledoniella,
spinolella, stettinensis, and heegerielJa ; and most surprising of all, a specimen of
what Mr. W. Holland has returned to me as Oxyptilus teucrii, from the extreme
north of Sutherlandshire.

Three days subsequently at Rannoch produced no additions of interest ; all
the species taken being well known inhabitants, unless Scnpula decrepitalis be con-
sidered worthy of remark. I am indebted to the kindness of Dr. McCallum of
Rannoch and Pitlochry for specimens of some of the local rarities, which I was too
late for, as Trochilium scoUcBforme, Asferoscopus nubeculosus, Nyssia lapponaria,
Fidonia carhonaria, and Anarta cordigera. Had I been able to sugar or collect at
night, I have no doubt the above list would have been largely increased. As it is,
it was sufficient to give one a very pleasant impression of the Scottish collecting in
the early summer. — C. T. Cruttwell, Ewelme Rectory, Wallingford : Oct., 1905.

Note on Eupithecia extensa7'ia.— Whilst on a ten days' collecting expedition
at Wicken Fen, in June last, in company with Mr. T. A. Lofthouse, on the 15th we
went over to Hunstanton to ascertain if Eupithecia extensaria was yet in evidence.
Though apparently not yet fully out, it was very satisfactory to find that the species
still held its own on the old ground. — Geo. T. Porritt, Edgerton, Huddersfield :
October 6th, 1905.

Cnephasia communana, S.-S., in Surrey. — On June 4th, 1904, wishing to find
for the late Mr. C. Gr. Barrett the almost (or quite) unknown larva of Tortrix osseana,
I walked over to a rough piece of ground some six miles from here where I had
noticed the imago commonly the previous summer ; after a vain search for two hours
I was coming away, but noticing some small things on the wing, I put up my net,
and soon beat from one of the scattered bushes a Cnephasia ? , which I was about
to throw away as " only virgaureana " when it struck me that it was an unusually
early date for this species to be on the wing, and upon closer examination I saw I
had netted something very different. I soon beat out five more, and having no
more boxes with me returned home. Luckily I had in my cabinet a single specimen
of communana taken years ago in Cambridgeshire, and by its aid was enabled to make
out my captures. I went again in the afternoon and took twenty more, nearly all
in the finest condition. Upon sending some to Mr. Barrett he at once confirmed
my opinion, and remarked that he had seen no freshly captured specimens for a very
long time. On June 3rd last I found it again, but owing to the strong wind could
only capture a very few ; then came a week of heavy rain and bitterly north-east
winds, quite preventing any collecting, and when I paid my next visit it was almost
over and in quite worthless condition. I may note two points of interest — (1) It is
apparently exceedingly local ; (2) Its (for a Cnephasia) exceptionally early appear-
ance, for in normal seasons it must begin to emerge the last week in May ! I was
unable to find the larva on April 20th, but hope to do so next spring ; it is I expect
polyphagous on low plants. — A. Thurnall, Thornton Heath : Sept. 25th, 1905.

T'anessa antiopa in Kent. — While cycling in the neighbourhood of Ash, near
Sandwich, on September 12th, I saw a very fine specimen of V. antiopa ; not

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having a net I was nnable to capture the insect, it flew very slowly in front of nie,
and settled on some dwarf elms by the roadside. I made a futile attempt to
capture it with my cap, with the usual result. I visited the place on the two
following days, but did not sec it again. It appeared to be a female and in fine
condition. — T. Dudley Willson, Dudley House, Ramsgate : October, 1905.

Sotne Welnh Hymenoplera, with note on Ovijbehis muci-onatua and its prey ;
also possible relationship of Osmia xanthomelana and Sapyga. — -While painting at
Aberdovey (Merioneth), in July, 190 + , I spent a few hours on the sandhills, &c.,
after Symenoptera. Tlie weather was as a rule suitable, but the commoner species,
with the exception of Pompilus pltimbeus, Mimesa unicolor, Mellinus arvensis and
Cerceris arenaria, were by no means abundant Oxybelns was, however, well
represented, and I obtained a good series in fine condition of both mucronatus and
mandibularis ; uniglumis being as usual most in evidence. I was much interested
watching the beautiful silvery ? s of mucronatus dragging the bodies of an almost
equally silvery ( (J ) fly (whicli Colonel Yerbury has kindly named as Thereva annu-
lata, Fab., to their burrows. I took them, however, with both sexes of this fly, and as
the ( ? ?) is brown it was not solely a question of " birds of a feather." O. nigripes
I searched for in vain. Tachytes unicolor occurred freely on flat patches of sand, as
did Agenia variegata on shale walls. The common Tachytes pectinijpes was less
abundant, but among the few I took was one with a golden face, the usual character-
istic of the rare lativalvis. Mr. Saunders has, however, relegated it to its proper
place as a var. of the humble pectinipes. ISapyga 5-pnnctata swarmed along all
the roads, and its behaviour in connection with a nest of the scarce Osmia xantho-
melana may be worth noting, since Sapyga's method of obtaining a livelihood
seems to be not definitely ascertained as yet. Though I watched the burrows of
the Osmia on many occasions, I was never able to see Sapyga enter one. The fact
remains however (for what it may be worth) that the Sapygas (all ? s) took, at
least, a violent interest in the Osmias (also ? s). I frequently saw the vicinity of
the burrows clear of Sapyga at one moment, while directly an Osmia returned
there were, as if by magic, perhaps half-a-dozen Sapygas flocking round the
burrow she had entered. Directly she left (but not until then) the Sapygas would
go to the mouth of tlie burrow and apparently peer into it — but, as I have said, I
did not see one actually enter. I can only say for certain that the Sapygas were
exceedingly interested in every movement of xanthomelana. Of Colletes daves-
iana, whose burrows swarmed all round that of the Osmia, they certainly took not
the smallest notice, and I cannot help thinking that something more than curiosity
prompted them to act as they did.— C. H. Moetimee, Holmwood : Oct. 10th, 1905.

Aculeate Hymenoptera in the Neio Forest. — I spent about two months this year
in the New Forest at Brockenhurst, from July 7th to the end of August. The
first three weeks proved very successful for collecting, but after that the weather
changed, and the rest of the time might be called distinctly bad. In the following
list the number of specimens is stated when less than half-a-dozen or more were
taken : Methoca ichneumonides, 3 $ . Mutilla europcea, 2 $ and 1 J . Pom-
pilus plumbeus, $ and J; P. pectinipes, 2 $; P. mi.nuttdus, 1 ?. Salius affinis,

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3 ? . Agenia hircaiia, ? only. Aslata stigma, $ and ? iilentifuUj- Spilomena
troglodytes, 1 ? . Sligmvs sohkyi, 1 ? . Pemphredon morio, 1 ? , nesting in a
decayed beech-stump. Passaluecus comiger, 3 9 . Miniesa shuckardi, ? and (J ;
M. equestris, 1 c? and 1 9 on wild carrot ; M. dahlbomi, 3 9 , nesting in a decayed
and dry beech slump. Cerceris lahiatn, ? and $. Oxybei'tts mandibular 1.1,^ 9-
Crabro cetratus, 3 9 ; C". anxius, 1 9 ; C". dimidiatus, 9 and S • C. signalus, 2 9 ;
C. ncutellatus, 9 s only ; C. interruptus, 1 9 ; C'- Utnratus, 2 9 and 1 <? ; C. vagus,
9 and (? ; C. panzeri, 9 and (? . Eumenes coarctata, 1 9 • Odynerus reniformix,
1 9; O. trifasciatus, \ 9, O. trimarginatus, \ '^•, O. gracilis, \ 9 audi ^: /Ta-
lictus prasinus, 9 and (J. Andrena dentlculata, 9 and <? . Nomada obtusifrons,
1 9 • Ccelioxys acuminata, 1 9 j Stelis phaeoptera, 2 ^ ; S. octomaculata, 1 9 •
Osmia leucomelana, 1 9 • — Gr- Arnold, University of Liverpool : October, 1905.

Pocota apiforviis, Schrank, at Colcltester. — On May 9th I took a fine speci-
men of this rare Syrpliid flying round a birch tree ; this is the first example
recorded from Essex. — Bernard Smith ITarwood, 9t, Station Road, Colchester:
October Uth, 1905.

Tropideres sepicola, F., at Colchester. — On September 7th I was fortunate in
benting an example of this rare beetle from hazel in a wood near here. Subsequent
visits failed to produce another. I am indebted to Mr. G-. C. Champion for
naming the insect, which had not previously been recorded from P'ssex. — Id.

Libellula fulva at Colchester. — I captured a fine specimen of this rare dragon-
fly on June lUth ; I netted it when it was on the wing, supposing it to be L.
depressa ! — Id.

Macropterous Nabis, Sf'c.,at Colchester. — During the present season I have taken
macropterous specimens of three usually brachypterous Hemiptera : Nabis brevi-
pennis, N. lativentris, and a 9 Leptoplerna dolobrata ; the macropterous 9 of '^^is
last has not I think been previously recorded from Britain. All the specimens
were taken within two miles of the town. — Id.

The late J. W. Douglas as a writer on Coccidse. — I am indebted to Mr. C. W.
Dale for pointing out that in the obituary notice of Mr. Douglas in our last Number
no mention was made of his connection with the study of Coccidce. This I much
regret, especially as the pages of this Magazine have so often contained valuable
papers from his pen on the subject ; beyond this, as Mr. Dale suggests, his work
has encouraged many others to take up the study of this difiicult group of insects,
so that whereas at the time he began writing he was practically alone the Coccidce
have since been ably studied by Messrs. Newstead, Comstock, Green, Maskell, and
others. — E. Saunders, St. Ann's, Woking: October 12th, 19u5.

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A Study of the Aquatic Coleopteea and theik Surroundings in the
Norfolk Bhoads District : by Frank Balfour Browne, M.A., F.R.S.E.,
F.Z.S. (Reprinted from the Transactions of the Norfolk and Norwich Naturalists'
Society, vol. viii).

We have much jDleasure in callint; attention to this important paper, which is a
valuable contribution to the bionomics of an interesting and, at present, perhaps
rather neglected section of our native Cnlenptera. The district investigated has
long been known to be more than usually rich in water-beetles, and the thorough and
exhaustive manner in which Mr. Balfour Browne has done his work is evident from
the number of " collections "—no fewer than 1079 in ten months -from which his
data and observations have been drawn. 7fi species of Hy^radephaga (not including
the Gyrinidce), and 41 species of the more aquatic forms of Palpicornia, comprising
all but a very few of those known to occur in Norfolk, have been observed ; and the
elaborate tables on pp. 70 and 71 show at a glance the distribution and relative
abundance of each species in the different sub-districts. A large proportion of our
rarer water-beetles are included in this list, and the finding again, after so many
years, of Hydroporus scalesianus in the county whence the original specimens
described by Stephens carae, is of exceptional interest, as is also the re-discovery of
the long-lost fen species, Rhantus adspersus and Graphoderes cinereus. The notes
on distribution and dispersal, and the table of associated species, are of very high
value, and the paper as a whole is well worthy of careful study by every one
interested in our Coleopterous fauna.

Report of Work of the Experiment Station of the Hawaiian Sugar
Planters' Association : Division of Entomology. Bulletin I, Pt. I, pp. 90-111,
Pis. 1 — V, Leaf Hoppers and their Natural Enemies (Pt. iii, Shfopidce).
By R. C. L. Perkins.

The first of these interesting Bulletins on the Enemies of the Leaf Hoppers
was noticed in the August Number of this Magazine, and dealt with the Dryinidce
a family of parasitic Hymenoptera. This 3rd Part deals with the Stylopidoo, a
parasitic family of the Coleoptera. In this country Stylopidce are rare, and chiefly
represented by the genus Stylopa which attacks Aculeate Hymenoptera ; the other
. known genera, Elenchus, parasitic on " Leaf Hoppers," and Halictophagits, of
doubtful habits, being of extreme rarity. In America, Elenchus and Halictophagus
appear to be more or less abundant and constant parasites on Leaf Hoppers, and it
is suggested to employ them as a means of checking the spread of the " hoppers."
Mr. Perkins observes that " lioppers " which have nourished a ^ parasite invariably
die after the emergence of tlie Stylopid, partly, he thinks, because the hole left in
the integument lets in the air, and partly because round the orifice a fungoid
growth forms ; this fungus has also been noticed round the protruded head of
the ? , and is invariably fatal. So that to effect a satisfactory check on the
Hoppers, he thinks the fungus should be introduced as well as the Stylopid. In
his remarks on the genus Halictophagus, Mr. Perkins inclines to the belief that this
genus is a Jassid parasite and not a Hymenopterous one, and as he says he has
not the literature with him to deal with this point, I quote the account of the
original capture of the S by J. C. Dale, as quoted by Curtis in his British
Entomology from Mr. Dale's letter : —

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264 rNovember,

"I took Halictophagus curtisii the 15th of Inst Au£;u8t, in company with the
males of Halictus leratus, whieli were in plenty, by brushing some long coarse grass
and thistles close to the sea on a rock called Durdle Door at Lulworth Oove ; in one
of the Halicii I found a pupa, so exactly at the apex of the abdomen, that T mis-
toot it for an appendage and killed the bee ; otherwise I should have bred the
imago as it was nearly matured."

As the locality is just such as would have abounded in Homopterous life,
Mr. Perkins' belief is, I think, very probably likely to prove coi'reet. The treatise
ends with a classification of the f^tylopiilce and a Bibliogrnphy. and is illustrated
with four excellent uncoloured plates It is altogether a most interesting and
instructive pamphlet. — E. S.

The South London Entomological and Natubal History Society :
Thursday, August 2Uh, 1905.— Mr. Hitgh Main, B.Sc, President, in the Chair.

Mr. Carr exhibited Trmna {Acronycia) tridevs, ? from Clandon with larvae,
and bred specimens of T. p.ti. Mr. Harrison, a short series of Phorodesma smarag-
daria bred from Essex larvse. Mr. Main, a large exotic Longicorn beetle taken
alive at Silvertown. Mr. West (Greenwich), ordinary undeveloped forms and
developed forms of the Hemipteron, Nahis hrempennix from Darenth.

Thursday, September \Uh, 1905.— The President in the Chair.

The President referred in suitable terms to the death of Mr. N. E. Warne, for
years an active Member of the Society.

Mr. South, a series of Ac'idalia virgularia (incanaria) bred about the end of
April, and pointed out that the specimens were unusually dark and large, whereas
a series bred in July from parents in the April brood were small and light like the
? from whose ova the April brood originated ; (2) Rhacodia emargana, with
V. caudana, v. effractana, and v. excavana ; and (3) a bred series of Coremia
unidentaria, and contributed notes. Mr. Goulton, excellent photographs of Lepi-
dopterous larvse. Mr. Smallman, a beautiful xanthic variety of Ccenonympha
pamphilus, taken on Wimbledon Common in August. Mr. Kaye for Mr. Eichards,
(1) series of Acidalia dihifaria, one of normal forms, the other of darker and
yellowish specimens; (2) Macaria lifnrata, v. nigrofulvata ; and (3) pupae of
Anarta myrtilli. Mr. West (Greenwich), a large collection of butterflies from
West Africa. Mr. Main, a photograph of a larva of Phorode.ima smaragdaria .
Mr. Sich, larvse and cases of Coleophora laripennella on Chenopodium. Mr. South,
larvse and case of C. Umosipennella from birch at Oxshott. Mr. Penn-Gaskell, ova
clusters of Ocneria dispar from San Sebastian, where they were abundant in early
September. Dr. Chapman, examples of JErehia scipio from the Basses Alpes, and
the white glistening cocoons of the Coccid Eriopeltis festuccp, and contributed
notes. — Hy. J. Turner, Hon. Secretary.

Entomological Society of-London: Wednesday, October 5th, 1905.— Mr.
F. Meheifield, President, in the Chair.

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Mr. J. R. Davidson, of Drumsliengh Gardens, Edinburgli, was elected a Fellow
of the Societj.

The President said that since the last meeting the University of Oxford had con-
ferred upon Commander J. J. Walker, R.N., one of the Secretaries, the degree of
M.A , honoris causa, for services to Entomological Science.

Mr. Kdward Harris showed living larvae of the Longieorn beetle, Cordylompr'i
suturalis, Chevr., taken from a log of mahogany imported from the Setondi district
of the Gold Coast, together with the perfect insect, which was dead at the time the
discovery was made. Mr. A. T. Rose, a remarkable melanic specimen of Catocala
mipta, taken by Mr. Lewis in his garden at Hornsey, in September. The colo-
ration of the lower wings was of a dull brown, and all the markings of the upper
wings strongly intensified. Dr. Norman H. Joy, Coleoptera taken during a three days'
trip to Lundy Island in August, including M elanophthalma (Listing uenda. Com., a
species new to Britain ; Stenus ossiuni, var. insularis, a variety apparently new to
science ; and a series of Ceuthorrhynchus contractus, var. pallipes, Crotch, a form
peculiar to the island. Mr. Alfred Sich, examples of Argyresthia illumino.tella, Z.,
two of the four specimens taken near Hailsham, Sussex, on June 15th this year.
They were beaten off Pinus, and until examined with a lens were supposed to be
< tcncroatoma piniariella, of which species two were also exhibited for comparison.
Mr. W. J. Lucas, the larva, cocoon, and the subsequent imago of an " ant-lion,"
Myrmeleon formicarius, from two Spanish larvfje given him by Dr. T. A. Chapman
last autumn. The difference in size between the small larva and the large perfect
insect was remarkable. He also showed a living ? of Stenohothrus rufipes, taken in
the New Forest at the end of August, and kept alive feeding on grass. Mr. G. C.
Champion, several examples of Lymexylon navaZe, L.,from the New Forest, whence it
had not been previously recorded. Mr. A. H. Jones, series of Lycoena argus var. Tiypo-
chiona, Ramb. (osgon, Schiff.), taken on the North Downs this year, approaching the
form L. argyrognomon, taken not uncommonly in the Rhone Valley. Together with
these he had arranged for comparison typical British L. argus, L., L. var. Corsica
from Tattone, Corsica, and a series of L. argyrognomon, Brgstr. (argus, auctorum),
from Chippis near Sierre. Col. J. W. Yerbury, specimens of Hammerschmidtia
ferruginea,¥\n-, the first authentic British specimens taken at Nethy Bridge this year ;
Microdon latifrons, Lw., wrongly identified as M. devius, and under this name
recorded in Verrall's "British Flies"; Chamcesyrphus scoevoides, Fin, a single
specimen swept on June 15th, 1905, in the Aberncthy Forest near Forest Lodge;
and Cynorrhina fallax, L., which insect occurred in some numbers at Nethy Bridge
during the same month. Mr. H. J. Turner, series of four species of the genus Coleo-
phora, C. alcyonipennella, C. lixella, C. alhitarsella , and C. hadiipennella, together
with the larval cases mounted in situ on the ruined leaves of their respective food
plants ; also, living larvse and their cases, of Qoniodoma limoniella on Statice limo-
niuni, Coleophora ohtusella on Juncus maritimus, and C. glaucicelella (?) on Juncus
glaucus , which three species he had just received from Mr. Eustace R. Bankes, who
had obtained them in the Isle of Wight. Commander J. J. Walker read a paper
by Mr. A. M. Lea entitled " The Blind Coleoptera of Australia and Tasmania," and
exhibited specimens of Illaphanus stephensi, Macl., from Watson's Bay, Sydney,
N.S.W., and Phycoclms graniceps, Broun, and P. sulcipennis. Lea, from Hobart,
Tasmania. — H. Rowland Brown, M.A., Hon. Secretary.

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ANTIPODEAN FIELD NOTES.

III. -A SKETCH OF THE ENTOMOLOGY OF SYDNEY, N.S.W.

BY JAMES J. WALKKR, M.A., R.N., F.L.S.

{Continued from page 233).

We now come to the Coleoptera, the Order of insects perhaps
best represented of all in the Sydney district ; and my experience
there enables me to state that, outside the more luxuriant regions of
the Tropics, there are few if any localities where a really fine and
handsome series of beetles can be so readily brought together in a
short time by a diligent collector. The number of species occurring
within a radius of twenty miles from Sydney can hardly, at the lowest
estimate, fall short of 2000, and all the leading groups, with possibly
the exception of the Brachelytra, are more or less conspicuously re-
presented ; while the Sternoxi, the PhytopJiaga, the Longicorns, and
especially the weevils, present an almost endless variety of curious
and interesting forms. Most of these are, however, not readily to be
found by the newly-arrived Coleopterist, unless he happen to arrive
at Sydney in the early part of the summer, when the number of large
and showy beetles to be seen everywhere in the " bush " will not fail
to compel his admiration.

At the time of my first visit to Sydney, in the middle of February,
1900, very many species of Coleoptera were over for the season, and
comparatively few were in evidence in the open. But after a few
preliminary excursions beetles were found abundantly enough ; and
I found that the most remunerative method of collecting, at this time
of year and for several months afterwards, was to pick off the flakes
of exfoliating b:irk from the trunks of the gum-trees into a net, or
still better, into an inverted umbrella. The quantity and variety of
insect life revealed in this way is at times quite startling, and it is as
well to " stand from under " when an unusually large piece of bark
is pulled off, or the collector may find himself in a veritable shower-
bath of beetles, cockroaches, centipedes, and spiders little and big ;
some of the latter with legs extending over a space of five or six
inches in diameter, are it is true harmless enough, but are none the
less somewhat unpleasant creatures to get down one's back. The very
poisonous scarlet and bliicl< spider, Latro(hctus hasselfi (identical with
the notorious " Katipo " of New Zealand), is sometimes found in this
situation, but is more frequently seen under logs and stones in dry
places, where it preys chiefly on large terrestrial weevils and other
beetles. Scorpions, too, are often rather common under bark, especially
in the Tllawarra district, but are of small size and sluggish habits ; and
more than once T have met with venomous snakes lurking under the
large sheets of loose bark on fallen trees.

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It is here possible to rcifer to only a few of the multitudinous
forms of beetles which hide, during the day, under the flakes of bark
on the Eucalypti. The most numerous individually are several species
of the Elaterid genera Monocrepidius and Lacon^ the latter varying
in size from that of a small Cryptohypnus up to nearly an inch in
length. Next in point of numbers come a very interesting series of
Garabidx, whose flattened bodies are admirably adapted to their some-
what conflned quarters. The smaller members of the genera Trigono-
thops, Xanthophcea, Sarothrocrepis, Ecfroma, Philophloeus, Agonocheila,
etc., are always to the fore, with more rarely a rather fine species of
Demetrias {brachinoderus, Chaud.) ; and in early summer the larger
and exceedingly beautiful blue Enigma iris, Newm., and Helluosoma
cyaneum. Cast., are met with rather sparingly. All these are remarka-
ble for their activity, especially the two last-mentioned, but in this
respect they are far surpassed by the species of the characteristic
Australian genus SiJphomorpha, v/hich. look like miniature cockroaches,
and run even faster ; and the yet more anomalous Adelotopus, almost
like a Oyrinits in facies, and with similarly divided eyes. A good
many interesting small Glavicorns are found iu this situation, with an
endless variety of Coccinellidcs, mostly of the genus Rhizohius, some
of them of relatively large size, and several species of the curious
and very sluggish Lamellicorn genera McBchidius and Epholcis ; various
interesting forms of CleridcB, of which the flat brown Nafalis porcata,
F., is the largest ; and a goodly number of Heteromera {JVycfobates,
Adelium, Menephilus, Fterohelceus, ApeUatus, Ananca, and the bril-
liantly metallic but evil-smelling species of Amarygmus and Ghalcop-
teriis). Our Tenebrioides maiir it aniens, L., more than once surprised
me by turning up under bark in the "■ bush " far away from any
habitation. A few Longicorns are also to be got in this way, including
several species of PhoracantJia, and the largest Prionid of the district,
Mallodon Jiguratuin, Newm., is sometimes to be found at the end of
summer. The very remarkable Paussid, Artkropterus brevis, Westw.,
is common, even in the Domain, where 1 first had the satisfaction of
witnessing its well-marked power of "' crepitation ;" the volatile liquid
which it emits is deep yellow in colour, has exactly the same smell as
that given off by our familiar Brachinus crepitans, and stains the
fingers in the same manner. Two or three other Faussidce, one, Fky.
matoperus piceus, Westw., being a very fine form, occur sparingly in
the lilawarra district, but i have never found any of the species in
the company of ants.

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produces another equally interesting set of beetles, especially in the
lUawarra. Here I have found, among many other species, the large
and handsome Carabid, Homalosoma cyajieum, Cast., and the smaller but
equally interesting Lacordairia cychroicles, Cast., Moriodema parra-
viattensis, Cast., and Siagonyx mastersi, Macl. The very fine Oucujidce,
Ipsaphes bicolor, Olliff, and /. mcerosus, Pasc, are both rare, as are also
Hectartkrmn brevifossum, Newm., and the curious linear Gempylodes
tmetus, Oil. ; but Brontes lucius, Pasc, and B. milifnris, Pasc, Den-
drophagus australis, Er., various species of Meryx, Bot/irideres, Dere-
taplirus, Brnchypeplus, Teretrius, Platysoma, and other Clavicorus are
more or less plentiful. A very handsome bronzy Heteromeron, with
curiously spiked thorax, Blepegenes aruspex, Pasc, sometimes occurs
rather commonly, with Platydema and the allied blue Ceropria pere-
grina, Pasc, and the rarer black C. valga, Pasc. Many species of
weevils, too, are found iu this way, notably several forms of Poropterus,
not unlike Acalles on a large scale ; also the interesting Brenthidcd,
Ceocephalus internatus, Pasc, C. tenuipes, Pasc, and Trachelizus Jiowitti,
Pasc, as well as the pretty little red and black Cosaonus p>'>'(sustus,
Redt., and some interesting small forms of Scolytidce.

Turning over stones 1 have never found very productive, but logs
always repaid examination, when not too much infested vi^ith Termites.
The fine ScaritidcB so plentiful in some parts of the interior of
Australia are not well represented near Sydney, only one Carenum
(honellii, Brulle) having occurred to me ; but the large and robust
black Scaraphites macleayi, Westw., is still sometimes taken on the
same ground near Darling Point, now part of the city, where it was
first found fully forty years ago. The Garahidoe to be obtained under
logs include the pretty red spotted Episcomius australis, Dej., the
large and handsome Carahus-Yike Pamhorus alternans, Latr., the flat
brown Helluo costatus, Bon. ; Morio australis, Cast, (usually on heaps
of sawdust at the Illawarra sawmills), several species of Notonomus
(allied to Pterostichus) , one or two of them, as N. regalis, Cast., and
N. triplogenoides, Chaud., being very fine and conspicuous beetles ;
Eutoma IcBve, Cast, (rare), and several species of Clivina, of which
some, as C. procera, Sloaue, are of quite respectable size. Pheropsophus
verticalis, Dej., is not uncommon in rather damp places, and is a very
efiicient " Bombardier ;" and the singular sluggish dull black Mystro-
pomus suhcostatus, Chaud., whose facies somewhat recalls that of
Blaps, also possesses a well-marked power of "crepitation." It is
found not rarely under deeply embedded logs in the National Park
and Illawarra. In wet places under logs, GJtlcenius marginatus, Dej.,

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and austrnlis, Dej., Dicrochile gori/i, Bdv., and the fine 7). gif/ns, Cast.
(in the National Parli), and the beautiful green HololeitiK nitidulus,
Dej., occur, but the last-mentioned is very rare. Three or four species
of PassalidcB of considerable size, belonging to the genera Aidacocycliis
and Mastochilus, are met with under the larger logs, with the fine
stag-beetles Lissonotus nebidosus, Kirby, and Lamprima cenea. Fab.,
the last-mentioned being often seen on the wing, or walking about in
the sunshine. The curious small Coprid, Cephalodesmius armiger,
Westw., is also somewhat diurnal in its habits. In the Illawarra in
April, 1903, I found the females of this beetle busily engaged in
filling their burrows under the logs with fresh minced-up leaves of
clover and other low-growing plants, presumably as food for the
larvae ; a habit which recalled to my recollection the proceedings of
the still more singular Lethrus, which I had observed in Turkey many
years ago provisioning its burrow with vine leaves. Liparochrus
silphoides, Harold, allied to Trox, but having the power of rolling
itself up like an Aqathidium, only in a lesser degree, and a fine species .
of Bolboceras(proboscidiutn, Schreib.),are met with but rarely. Among
the Heteromera may be mentioned the curious cylindrical Achthosus
westwoodi, Pasc, and A. laticornis, Pasc, the latter usually found on
the sawdust heaps in company with Morio nustralis ; one or two fine
species of the genus Gardiofhorax, and especially the lovely little
velvety scarlet Lemodes coccinea, Bohem., of which closely packed
companies of a hundred or more may be sometimes seen on the fungoid
growth beneath damp logs, looking almost like patches of fresh blood.
The large terrestrial weevils of the genera AcanfJiolophus, TaJaurliinus,
and Psalidura, the last rem.irkable for the conspicuous earwig-like
armature of the abdomen in the male, are most frequently taken under
logs, though occasionally they are found walking about in the open.
Fungi on decayed timber produces some very pretty forms of Erotylidce
(Episcnphula, ThalJis, &c.) with Platydema and the other small
Reteromera. On stripping off bark, especially when it is rather fresh,
one constantly meets with larvse of Buprestidw, Longicornes, &c., and
huge grubs of Lamellicorn beetles abound under the larger logs, but
it is not often that the perfect insects are found in these situations.

Eucalyptus \)0\xg\i^\y\\\g on the ground in the "bush" which
retain their dried leaves for an almost indefinite time, are, as already
stated, excellent " traps " for Coleoptera. Several species of GarahidoB,
including the prettily embossed little forms of Homothen, and the
Heteromera, Adelium geninle, Pasc, and porcatum, Fab., the rough
black Seirotrana cateniilata, Bdv., and the little red-spotted Platydema
4i-spilotum, Hope, are always to be found under such boughs, and by

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shaking them over paper many pretty little StapJiylinidcs, Clnvicomes,
GleridcB (not^'bly the lovely little Lr.midia hihtris, Newm., most vividly
coloured with vermilion atid blue-bhtck when alive), Lonrjicornes, and
vi'eevils, including the very remarkable Methj/phorn postica, Pasc, are
to be obtained.

The sandy beaches at Botany Bay, Bondi and Manly yield their
quota of interesting beetles, the Heteromerous genera Sohns, Lngri-
oidn, Saraqus, Mecynotarsus (alheUus, Pasc, almost entirely white in
colour), and numerous pretty little species of Anthicus, being found
at the roots of maritime plants, while Scymenn, TrachysceHs, Bledius,
Cafiiis, Acritus, and the singular weevil Ap^iela algarum, Pasc, occur
on the sand under seaweed at and below high-water mark. The large
red-headed Creophilus erythrocephalua, Fab., and the brilliant green
Sapriniis ausfralics, Blaekb., abound equally on carrion inland and
under dead fish on the beach, and in the latter situation the very
singular pallid Nitidula-Yxke Staphylinid Sartallus siynatm, Sharp
(Ent. Mo. Mag., vol. vii, p. 217), sometimes occurs in abundance.
Early in the summer Cicindela ypsihn, Dej., makes its appearance on
the shore in large numbers, its pale ochreous-white colour matching
that of the snnd with such marvellous accuracy that the beetle is often
most easily detected by its shadow, nnd even when seen its wariness,
and the promptitude with which it takes to wing when approached,
render it very diflScult to capture. The only other Cicindela observed
by me near Sydney, C. mnsfersi, Cast., a small dark bronzy species, was
met with on one occasion only (March 24th, 1900) at El vers ton near
Parramatta, on wet mud by the roadside, where it was as well pro-
tected as its seaside congener by its activity and assimilation to ils
surroundings.

Coprophagous beetles are on the whole not very much in evidence,
though some nice forms of Onthopliagus and allied genera are to be
found in their usual habitat, and our Aphodius granarius^ L., and
lividus, 01., are the commonest species of their genus. Two or three
species of Trox may be met wnth under dry carrion, &c., with occa-
sionally the large and handsome brown Silpha-]\ke PtomapMla lachry-
mosa, Schreib. On one occasion I made a great haul of Trox
australasicB, Er., under an old felt hat lying in bare hot sand. The
water-net yields a good variety of Hydradephaga and Pliilhydrida,
mostly of small forms, and of course including the very widely spread
Rhantus pulverosus, Steph., but the fine large Homcdodytes {Ci/hister)
scutellaris, Grerm., I have only taken flying to the electric arc lamps
near the Botanic Gardens. Several Gyrinidce, some, as Macrogyrus
ohlongus, Bdv., of considerable size, are abundant on the surface of
running as well as standing water.

("To be continuedj.

1905.] 271

THE SPECIES OF TETROPIUM THAT HAVK BEEN FOUND IN

BRITAIN.

BY D. SIIAEP, M.A., F.R.S.

Tetbopium crawshati, sp. n.

Fere angustum, suhdepressum, nigrum, antennis tihiis tarsisque piceis ;
vertire in medio hand, vel vix, depresso ; prothorace vix transversa, vhique
crehre, fere cequaliter punctato (i.e., areis IcBvigatis fere nulUs), margine
basali ohsulete elevata. Long. 12-16 mm.

? T. gabrieli, var., Weise, Deutsche ent. Zeitscbr., 1905, p. 136.
T.fuscum, Sharp and others, Eiit. Mo. Mag., 1903.

In addition to the obvious, though slight, characters of form,
colour, and punctuation, this species is distinguished from T. luridumhj
the more imperfect articulation of the sternal pieces between the middle
coxae, and by the (^ genitalia. The thorax is more uniformly punc-
tate than in any other of the species, there is no definite longitudinal
depression on the front of the head, and the basal margin of the
thorax is more obsolete than in either of the other species that are
generally known in Europe. There is a slight, but only a slight,
difference in the breast of the two sexes, due to the fact that the
mesosterum is a little less convex or protuberant beneath in the
female. Hence the junction between the meso - and metasternal
processes is not so visible in the male as it is in the female ; but in
each of the sexes the junction is but imperfectly effected, more
imperfectly in the male than in the female.

This species is named in honour of the Eev. G. A. Crawshay, who
has reared a very fine series of it from larch {Lnrix europoea^ at
Leighton Buzzard, and who has most liberally presented specimens to
the British Museum, and to various individuals in Britain and on the
Continent. It is the species recorded by myself as T.fuscum., and
has been taken in various localities in this country lying between
Norfolk (Atmore) and the New Forest (Sharp, Crawshay, and E. Gr.
Smith). The extensive series obtained shows that it is but little
variable. It appears to be quite confined to the larch.

In endeavouring to distinguish the species of Tetropium, there
are two characters that should be first examined, viz., (1) the basal
margin of the prothorax, and (2) the concavity or the convexity of
the front of the head. The species of the mountains of Central
Europe, T. hiridum, L., has (1), the basal margin of the thorax

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turned stron<^ly upwards in consequence of ;i deep depression ex-
tending all across the pronotuin, and (2) the front of the head eon-
cave and canaliculate.

T. craioshnyi belongs to a group of three species, distinguished
by the obsolete basal margin of the pronotum. The three species
are : T. gracilicorne, Heitter, T. gnhrieli, Weise, and T. crawshayi, sp.
n. T. gracilicorne is an inhabit'int of Eastern Siberia; it is extremely
like T. crawshayi, but the thorax has shorter and less densely punctured,
and the middle part of the head is longitudinally concave. I am in-
debted to Herr Reitter for communicating seven individuals of his
species ; they are all 1 have seen, the insect being represented
neither in my own collection nor in that of the British Museum.
The specimens sent by Herr E-eitter are unfortunately all females,
but I have no doubt of the distinctness of these two forms.

T. crawshayi is really nearer to T. gabrie.li, though the two look
very different on account of the bright red legs of the second of these
species. This being a variable character in T. luridum I should
have supposed T. crawshayi and gahrieli to be mere forms of one
species, were it not that the splendid series of crawshayi obtained by
Mr. Crawshay shows that the colour of the legs is quite constant.
In addition to this the punctuation of the thorax is rather coarser in
T. gahrieli. and the thorax is a little longer and narrower. The male
genitalia offer both in the parameres and aodeagus some distinctive
characters in the species of Tefropium, but in consequence of in-
sufficient material I am not able to fully appreciate these differences
in the case of T. gahrieli, and I must leave this point for subsequent
investigation.

Teteopium parctjm, sp. n.

^ Sat angustum, haud depressum,, prothorace parum transversa, sat
nitido, suhtiliter punctata, areis IcBvigatis parum magnis, margine hasali
parum elevata. Long. ] 4-15 mm.

The male, compared with the same sex of T. crawshayi, is a little
more robust and convex, with thicker legs and antennae, has the
vertex canaliculate and the thorax less densely and less uniformly
punctate and rather shorter in proportion to its width, and the colour
is different.

The female of T. parcum differs from the male by its more slender
legs and antennae, and by a more punctate thorax, with only very small
and vague smooth areas on the disc. The female differs from the

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female of T. luridum by the rather shorter thorax, and the longitu-
dinallj depressed vertex, as well as by the form of the base of the
pronotum, and by other characters.

The important character by which this species differs from
T. luridum, is the imperfect condition of the centre of the breast.
'I'his exists iu both sexes, although (as is usually the case in this
genus) there is a sexual difference in the structure at this point, due
to the female having the meso-and prosterna more flattened than they
are in the male. In the male the front of the mesosternum slopes
upwards and no junction with the mesosternal process can be seen.
In the female the mesosternal process is broader than in the male,
and there is a considerable gap between its apex and the most promi-
nent part of the metasternum.

T. parcum is allied to both T. luridum and T. fuscum. It is well
distinguished from the former by the sternal structure, by the much
less developed basal margin of the thorax and by the more dense
white pubescence on the base of the elytra. It is larger than
T. fuscum, and has not the peculiar granular sculpture on the thorax
that distinguishes T. fuscum from all the other species.

T. parcum is at present known only by two specimens in the
Crotch Collection of British Coleoptera iu our Museum at Cambridge.
They are labelled '" near Manchester, 1865." Inquiry at Manchester
has failed to elicit any further information as to their history.

In addition to 7'. crawshayi and T. parcum, two other species, if
not more, of Tetropium have been found in Britain. One of these
I believe to be T. gabrieli, recently described by Weise from three or
four specimens coming from different localities in Central Europe.
It has been captured by Messrs. Bouskell and Donisthorpe, and
recorded as T. castaneum (= luridum).

The other forms were found at Hartlepool in connection with
imported timber, by Mr. Gardner, and four specimens have been sent
to me by Mr. K. 8. Bagnall. My information as to the forms found
beyond Central Europe is at present not sufficient to warrant my
dealing with them, and they can only be labelled T. luridum, var. ?
They appear to be nearer to specimens from East Siberia than to
those that occur in Central Europe.

A singular confusion has prevailed as to the genus Tetropium,
of which only three species from the Palsearctic, and two others from
the Nearctic regions have been recognised until the present year. It
is therefore worth recording that Mr. Champion has found T. craw-

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shnyi at the Siiuplon in Switzerland, and at Macugnaga in Piedmont.
He has also met with T. gabrieli in the Mendel Pass, Tyrol, and at
Guarda in the Lower Engadine and at the Simplon in Switzerland.
T. fuscum has occurred I'ecently in plenty, near Paris, in Abies
exceha, and Mr. Chauipiou has met with it in the Lower Engadine.

I have the pleasure of thanking Herr E. Keitter, Mr. Crawshay,
Mr. Champion, Mr. Bouskell, Mr. Donisthor[)e, Mr. Bagnall.^
Mr. Saunders, and M. Paul Estiot for their assistance in communi-
cating specimens.

University Museum of Zoology,
Cambridge :

November 4th, 19l»5.

THREE SPECIES OF COLEOPTERA NEW TO BRITAIN,
BY NORMAN H JOY, M.E.C.S., F.E.S.

Dacne rowLEiii, sv- n.
Of the same size and shape as D. humerali.i, F., shining black, with head
thorax, antenna", and legs dark ferruginous; the thorax suffused with black, the
elytra with a spot at the shoulder reddish -yellow ; thorax and elytra punctured as
in D. humeralis, the thoi'ax with the lateral margins much broader, making the
anterior angles more prominent ; leirs distinctly longer an! more robust than in
D. humeralis and D. rufifrons. Length, 3 mm.

In colour this species is somewhat intermediate between
D. humeralis and Z>. rwfxfrons, but the legs, and especially the
antennae, are darker than in either. In the structure of the thorax
it more nearly resembles D. humeralis, but the reflexed margins are
more than twice as broad as those of the best developed specimen
of the latter I can find. But besides these colour and structural
differences the present species differs considerably in habits from its
British allies. The latter are decidedly sluggish insects. They are
generally found in fungus or under bark, and when shaken out lie
" possum " for a short time and then walk slowly away. D. fowleri
is much more active. I found four specimens of it at Bradfield,
Berks, in June this year in a hole in a large oak log, where a rotten
branch had been broken off. I disturbed them out of the dry wood,
and when they fell down they rapidly ran off, so that I was only able
to capture tw^o of them. I did not for a moment suspect that my
captures belonged to this genus, their habits and general appearance
in life being so different from those of D. humeralis and D. rufifrons.

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The only othei- allied Continental form seems to be D. humeralis,
Mvr. Jekeli, Reitt., to which my insect cannot be referred..

LiEMOPHL(E[JS MONILIS, F.

[Er. Nat. Ins. Ueutschl., 111,316, = denticulatus, Preyssl.]

A large and broad species, compared with other members of the genus.

S ■ Depressed, shining, head and thorax reddish, elytra pitchy, each with a
reddish-yellow spot on the disc, antennae ar^d legs reddish-yellow ; head large,
broader than thorax, finely punctured ; mandibles bifid, prominent ; antennae long,
with the joints longer than broad ; thorax very transverse, and strongly contracted
behind, as broad as elytra, finely punctured, with a deep stria on each side parallel
with margin, sides slightly denticulate ; elytra minutely punctured, with three
finely punctured striae and a slender raised line near margins ; legs rather short.

$ . Similar to the ^ , but with the reddish-yellow spots on the elytra con-
siderably larger ; the head narrower than thorax ; the antennae shorter, with the
joints as broad as long ; the thorax not nearly so strongly contracted behind and
considerably narrower than the elytra. Length, 2"5 — 5 mm.

Mr. Chitty and I took ten specimens of this most striking
species near Streatley, Berks, on October 8th last, and I have
subsequently taken two more examples at the same tree. They
occurred under beech bark, in company with Litargus hifasciatus, F.
(upon which it was probably feeding), Diplocoelus fagi, Chevr., Enic-
mus brevicornis, Mann., &c. It appears to be not uncommon on the
Continent under beech and plane bark.

Melanophthalma distinguenda, Comolli.
[Coleopt. Nov. 38, = angulata, Woll., Cat. Canar. Col., 148].
Rust-red with black-brown * or black elytra, or entirely rust-red or reddish-
yellow ; thorax considerably narrower than elytra, more abruptly narrowed in
front than behind, with sides somewhat angulated in middle, strongly punctured,
transverse depression not strong ; elytra oval, with strongly punctured striae and
rows of rather long hairs. The S 'i^is the last joint of the front tarsi, on the inner
side near the middle, armed with a distinct spiniform tooth. Length, 1'5 — 2 mm.

This species is most nearly related to M. transversalis, but differs
in being shorter and in having the hairs on the elytra longer ; the
tooth on the anterior tarsi of the male is also characteristic.

The hairs on the elytra are longer than in any of the other
British representatives of the genus.

I took four specimens of this insect on Lundy Island in August
last, and I have little doubt it will prove to be common there.

Bradfield, Reading, Berks :

November 2nd, 1905.

* My specimens are coloured thus.

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TORTRIX PRONUBANA, Hb. : A SPECIES NEW TO THE BRITISH
LIST, IN SUSSEX.

BY W. H. B. FLETCHER, M.A., F.E.S.

About 10 :i m. on Monday, October 23rd, one of the frosty
but bright sunny iiiorningB which have distinguished the latter part
of the present month, I flushed in my garden a small moth, the
bright colouring of which suggested as it flew that it might be Py-
rausta purpuralis. Wondering what that species could be doing on the
wing at such a time of the year, I followed it up. After two short
flights it pitched on a twig of Coronilla glaucn, from which I boxed it.
On examination it has proved to be a specimen of Tortrix pronubana
Hb., a male in fine condition, evidently fresh from the pupa.

1 have to thank my friend Mr. E. E. Bankes for his kind assis-
tance in identifying it.

Aklwick Manor, Bognor :

October 27//*, 19U5.

[A further notice and description of this very interesting addition
to our Lepidopterous fauna by Mr. Eustace ii. Bankes will appear
in the next number. — Eds.].

A DIPTEROUS ENEMY OF ENGLISH HOTHOUSE GRAPES.
BY EKNEST E. AUSTEN.

I have recently hud submitted to me for identification by Mr. G. S.
Saunders, of Wandsworth Common, some small Diptera, accomjjanied
by the statement that the larvae from which the flies were bred were
"injuring a crop of grapes grown under cover at Thongsbridge, near
Huddersfield." The sender added that '' Lady Downe's Seedling " was
the only variety attacked, and that there were several larvae in each
grape. Comparison with specimens already in the Museum collec-
tion soon showed that the insects belong to the species well known
on the Continent and in the United States under the name Droso-
phila ampelophila, Lw , which was originally described from Cuba.
Further study, however, led to the interesting discovery that (at least
so far as can be judged from the descriptions of Meigen, Schiner, and
Loew) D. ampelophila, Lw., is undoubtedly identical with D. melano-
gaster, Mg., a species recognised as British in the first edition of
Mr. Verrall's "List of British Diptera " (1888). This synonymy
is new.

In length Drosophila melanogasfer measures from 1^ to 2^ mm.;
the colour of the head, thorax, and base of the abdomen is ochraceous ;

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tlie basnl lialf of tlie abdomen is banded wit!; bi-ovvn, while the apex
is shining bhick or blackish-brown. The males are readily recognisable
owing to the presence of a peculiar strncture at the tip of the first
joint of the front tarsus, on the inner side. Under an ordinary
plalyscopic lens the structure in question looks like a speck of black
dirt, but when examined under a compound microscope it is seen to
consist of a comh comjjosed of some twelve or thirteen stout black
teeth, and set obliquely to the long axis of the tarsal joint. This
peculiar organ is figured by Howard in '• The Principal Household
Insects of the United States" (U. S. Dept. of Agriculture. Div. of
Entomology. Bulletin No. 4. New Series, Kevised Edition : 1902),
p. 110, fig. 51, where also the adult insect and its transformations
are shown. The full-grown larva is an active yellowish-white maggot,
about 4 mm. long, with the usual conspicuous black mouth-hooks, and,
at the hinder end of the body, a pair of prominent posterior spiracles,
orange in colour, and situated upon a backwardly directed protuber-
ance from the upper edge of the terminal segment. The puparium is
yellowish, about 3 mm. in length, with the larval posterior stigmata
prominent at the hinder end, and at the anterior extremity, on the
upper side, a flattened depression, truncated in front, with the
branched larval cephalic spiracles projecting from its angles.

Like other species of Drosophila, D. melanogaster breeds in
decaying or fermenting fruit and other vegetable matter ; it is also
attracted by, and breeds in, fermenting liquids, which perhaps
accounts for its having been observed flying in swarms round a
brewery chimney in Essex, in September, 1892. Similarly, Dr.
Williston (Canad. Ent., vol. xiv, 18S2, p. 13S) mentions that he has
seen " DroHophila ampelopliila, Lw.," in " clouds " about heaps of
cider refuse : the same writer remarks that he has never known
"perfectly sound fruit" to be attacked by the insects, "but the
slightest indication of fermentation attracts them in great numbers."
Mr. G. J. Bowles, of Montreal, calls this species " The Pickled Fruit
Fly," and gives {ihid., pp. 102-103) an account of its breeding in
raspberry vinegar. Under the name of '' The Vine-Loving Pomace-
Fly," J. H. Comstock (Report on Insects for the Tear 1881, pp. 6-9,
PI. XV: — extract from the Report of the U. S. Department of Agri-
culture for the year 1881) describes and figures all stages of the
insect, and gives inter alia an especially good figure of the comb on
the front tarsi of the male. Dr. Melichar, of Vienna, records (Wien,
Ent. Z., XX, Jahrg., 1901, pp. 7-8) the breeding of " Drosophila ampe-
lophila, Low," in countless myriads in an open barrel half-full of

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rotten iiiid ffruiciitin<^ fruit ; and Conistoi-k, who bred the species
in the United States from apples attacked by the Apple Ma^^j^ot,
Bharjoletis pomonella, Walsh (Faoi. Trypetidce), states {loc. cit., p. 7)
that " under ordinary circumstanees, the Poinacc-Flies feed only on
decayiiifj; fruit in an orchard. . . ." According to Aldrich (Cata-
logue of North American Dipfcra, L905, pp. 04 1- (542 *), Cockerel 1
gives (Bulletin 32, Arizona Experiment Station, pp. 290-294) an
account of the larvae " injuring oranges — not, however, until they had
been attacked by rot;" while Lintner (1st N.T. Report, pp. 216-221)
records the occurrence of the larva? in pickles and jam. Tlie species
was reared by Howard (Proc. Wash. Acad. Sei., ii, 1900, p 589) from
human excrement at Washington, US. A. So far as I am aware, the
insect has not before been observed to be a pest in English vineries,
but two cases of attack on gra[)es in the United States have been
published. Mr. W. L. Devereau, of Clyde, N.Y., quoted by Comstock
{loc cif.), writes: "Ihe larvse of this fly completely eat out the
inside of gra[)es which, while hanging on the vines, have first been
picked open by birds. 'J he decaying juices running out on the other
berries of the cluster spread decay, and thus give more foothold for
the larva;. Indeed, the larvae bore from one grape to another, while
the images are constantly, by eggs, jiutting in new i olonies until the
cluster is nearly or quite destroyed, nothing remaining but the empty
grape-skins." The second instance is that recorded by Forbes (Trans.
Illinois State Horticultural Society, 1884), who, as reported by
Howard {loc. cit.), refers to "the damage done by D. ampelophila to
the grape crop at Moliue, HI. He states that they attack most
frequently grapes which have been mutilated by birds or damaged by
rot, but once having commenced on a cluster are likely to pass from
one berry to another, the flies meantime constantly laying eggs."
Within the last few mouths the British Museum has received speci-
mens of this species from West Australia, and since Loew, at the end
of his description of IJ. ampelophila (Dipt. Amer., septentr. indigena,
Centuria secunda, pp. lOi-102), states that, besides being found iu
Cuba and Central Europe, and being very abundant in Southern
Europe, it also oc-curs in South Africa, it is evident that its area of
distribution is extremely wide. There can be little doubt that the fly
has been carried about the world in cargoes of unsound fruit.

British Museum (Natural History),

Cromwell Eoad, London, S.W. :
September 2.%th, 1905.

I am indebted to this valuable Catalogue for all the references here given.

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ON TWO SPECIES OF DOLICIIOPODID.E TAKEN IN SCOTLAND.
I3r G. H. VEKEALL, F.E.S.

Since the coiieluaion of my paper on the Brititih Dolichopodidod,
two species have been taken by Col. Terbury in Scotland which
require notice.

DoJichopus argyrotm-sis Wahlb. : Col. Yerbury caught one male of
this species at Nethy Bridge on June 19th. It is very closely
allied to D. pemiafus and D. signatus, but is readily distinguished
by having the last three joiuts of the middle tarsi silvered in the
male.

Porphyrons gravipes Wlk. : when searching for more specimens of P.
patula, Col. Terbury, besides taking that in considerable numbers
also caught a 1 )t of a species which I have little doubt is the true
P. gravipes Wlk. (= long ilamellalus Kow.). It differs from P.
patula by its slightly smaller size, simple arista, shorter genital
lamellae (though still very long), and quite black hind femora,
which latter character seems to be constant. lie took P. gra-
vipes at Nairn and Nethy Bridge from May 30th to June 16th.
P. patula occurred at the same localities and also at Brodie. P.
rivalis was abundant at Nairn, Brodie, and Nethy Bridge from
June 3rd to 17th.

Newmarket : November, 1905.

Se-occurrence of Quedius nigrocaeruleu.i, Rey, in Suffolk. - On September 1st
last I again captured this species, four ? specimens turning up in a woody fungus
on an elm in a hedgerow near Oulton Broad. The fungus was full of the larvae of
Orchesia micans, Pz., upon which the Quedkis was probably preying. I should
very likely have obtained more specimens if I had not knocked the fungus off the
tree trunk so as to scatter it in the hedge, the piece from which I obtained the
beetles having formed but a small portion of the whole. The four specimens
previously recorded for this country were found in bees' nests, or in or about
rabbit burrows, and Rey considers it a cave and cellar species, so it appears to have
very diverse habitats. — E. C. Bedwell, " Elmlea," Clevedon Road, Norbiton :
October I8th, 19u5.

Megacronun fonnosus, Gr. — While on the subject of Bold's insects, it is as well
to mention that no specimen oi Slegacronusformosus is to be found in the Newcastle-
on-Tyne collection. The name appears with a " ? " in Bold's Catalogue, and this note

280 [December,

of iiiterroKMlion was reproduced in all tlic Britisli catalogues of the lime, and also
in tliat of Fowler and Matthews (1883). As mentioned bj' Canon Fowler (Brit-
Col. II, 209) the species does not occur in France or the Netherlands. It is thus
a very unlikelj" insect to occur in Britain. — E. A. Newbebt, 12, Churchill Road,
Dartmouth Park, N.W. : November 9(h, 19U5.

Oxytelus fulvipe.i, Er., in Sherwood Forest. — In May of the present year, I
took two specimens of this local species ; they were found in very damp rotten saw-
dust beneath a small yellow fungus. This is, I believe, a species hitherto un-
recorded from Sherwood. I am indebted to my friend Mr. E. A. Ncwbery for its
verification.— J. Kidson Taylor, 35, South Avenue, Buxton : October ^Ist, 1905.

Captures of Coleoptera. — During the past season I have had scarcely any
opportunities for collecting ; but I find that the following captures, made for the
most part in previous years, have not hitherto been recorded : Fhilonthus fucicola,
Cleonus sulcirodris, and Chrysomela goettlngensis, Lyme Regis — the latter strolling
casually about the roads ; Platystethas nitens, Dulwich ; Amara curta and Sa-
prinus metalUcus, Deal ; Malachiua rujicollls, Erith ; Cistela atra, Tooting
Common ; Onoomera femorata, in some numbers, clinging to the lower surface of
big stones in a small hollow near Niton, Isle of Wight, while one specimen came to
light ; Nacerdes melanura, on the platforms of Clapham Junction and Wands-
worth Common Stations, having evidently travelled up from the coast by train ;
Longitarsus agilis, a single specimen at Baldock, Herts, by sweeping. Elater san-
guinolentus seems to have been uiiusu lUy common in the New Forest during the past
summer, as a Lepidopterist friend brought back quite a large number which he had
beaten out of furze bushes. Lgctus hrunneus still continues to breed in the
drawing-room table of a house near here in which it was first taken in 1896
(c/. Ent. Mo. Mag., xxxii, 259) ; Cls bilamellatus has been multiplying freely in my
own study from specimens captured at West Wickham fourteen months ago. —
Theodoeb Wood, The Vicarage, Lyford Road, Wandsworth Common, S.W. :
October Wth, 1905.

Bledius femoralis, Gyll., near Wellington College.— On September 19th, in
company with Dr. Joy, I went to look for Bledius femoralis near Wellington
College, and we found about thirty specimens ; it seems to be well established along
one side of a shallow lake, which appears, however, to be of comparatively modern
construction. It is probable, however, that the ground has been more or less
marshy from time immemorial ; the casts of the Bledius are sometimes very
difficult to find, but when found, are rarely empty, unless occupied by the larva or
imago of a Dyschirius which I have before referred to, but which I have not yet
satisfactorily identified. This larva is about 6 mm. in length and is very active ;
it is parallel-sided, with the head large and subquadrate, slightly rounded at the
sides, smooth, with the anterior furrow not strongly marked ; the pronotum is con-
siderably larger than the mesonotum ; the legs and antennae are short, the tibiae
and tarsi of the former being of equal length ; the anal process is very short and
small, and the cerci long ; the colour is pitchy with the legs partly testaceous.

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Tfc differs considerably from that of Dyschirlus thoraciciis, in which tlie pro-
iiotuni is much longer in proportion, and (he anal process is large and longer
than the very short eerci. Superficially it much more closely resembles (in minia-
ture) the larva of Svarites Itevigalus, F., which also has the short anal process and
long cerci. I did not, unfortunately, take a larva of the Bledius, but I hope to
describe it at some future time. The larvae in some of these genera differ very
considerably, and it would be a very good thing if more attention were paid to
them ; that of Blediuft talpa, Gryll., for instance, which is allied (o B. sub-
terraneus, differs very much from that of B. unicornis, the former being stout and
comparatively parallel-sided, and the latter much more slender and much contracted
in the thoracic region. In time to come many of these characters will probably be
used for generic purposes ; there is no reason why they should not be as much
taken into account as in the Lepidoptera. — W. W. Fowlkk, Earley Vicarage,
Reading : November 4t/i, 1905.

The British variation of Nebria gyllenhali, Sch. — I have recently been able to
examine a considerable number of specimens of this insect from various localities in
England, Wales, Scotland, and Ireland, and find the amount of variation in the
species, whether as regards proportion of individuals, or divergence of direction,
apparently unusually large. These aberrant forms have been differently named by
various authors, either as species or varieties, resulting in great uncertainty and
confusion in their synomymy, and it is impossible now to refer each degree of varia-
tion to its appi'opriate specific or varietal name Mr. Donisthorpe, however, has
already pointed out (Entomologist's Record, xvii, \0'X) that we possess the variety
rufescens, Stroem = N. arctica, Dej. {= N. marshallana, Stcph. ?) This form, at
any rate, that in which the legs are rufescent as well as the elytra, seems to be
generally represented by what are probably merely inmature examples of the type
and at best is what might be called a persistent inmaturity of it, that is to say, its
difference from the type seems to consist only in an arrested pigmentation and
represents a stage included in the normal ontogeny. Many similar instances will
occur to the student of Coleoptera— it will suffice to cite the var. brunnea, Herbst,
of Silplia atrata, L. Such cases are perhaps comparable with the " undeveloped
forms " of the Hemiptera, and hardly seem to merit the name of variety which is
more strictly a deviation from the normal, not an antecedent, stage of it. Another
form (perhaps N. rufescens, Stroem, with black legs), which occurs in Scotland and
in Wales, is of the shape and size of the type, with the thorax and legs black and
the elytra distinctly rufescent, especially towards the apex. This is known on the
Continent as var. besseri, Fisch., and is probably the var. c. of N. hyperborea, Gyll.
This is undoubtedly perfectly mature, and in some localities quite as common
as the type. A third form is the " variety with red legs " alluded to by Canon
Fowler (Brit. Col. I, 16) as common on Siiowdon. There it is certainly the pre-
dominant form. It differs from the type in its rather smaller size and distinctly
narrower shape, and so far as my experience extends, in the slightly narrower and
more convex elytral interstices. I have only seen it from the Snowdonian moun-
tains. Dawson refers to this form as a variety " common on Snowdon, not
noticed, with body black and legs entirely red." That this may be the N. nivalis

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of Paykull is perhaps not impossible. Hear says of it (Faun. Col. Helv. 3fi)
" PrEBecdenti {N. gi/llenhali) minus affinis, elytrornm siriis paulo profundioribus,
interstitiis convcxioribus, femoribus riifis di^noscitui'." Finally, it must be admitted
that connecting links exist between all these forms and the type, and the case
perhaps does but furnish one more example of the futility of attempting to nomi-
nally differentiate between the varied forms of an inconstant species such as this. —
W. E. Sharp, South Norwood, Surrey : October, 1905.

ituarn.

Oeorge Boiodler Buclcton, F.R.S., died on September 25th, in his 88th year,
having been born in London on May 21th, 1817. He was privately educated,
having been incapacitated by an accident in early life from all active pursuits.
His friendship with Thomas Bell, F.R.S., first turned his attention to Natural
History, but his earliest serious studies were devoted to Chemistry and Physics, and
in 1867 he carried out some important original work, in recognition of which he
was elected a Fellow of the Eoyal Society. Tn 1865 he married the widow of
Professor Odling, Professor of Chemistry at Oxford, and bought the estate of
Weycombe at Haslemere, and built the house which he occupied to the day of his
death. At Haslemere he soon began to get together material for his monograph in
four volumes of the " British Aphides," published by the Eay Society, 1876-'.883.
In 1890 his illustrated "Monograph of the British Cicadas or Tettigidse" was
published by Macmillan, and was followed in 1895 by " The Natural History of
JEristalis tenax" and by various papers. His last work was a " Monograph of the
Membracidse." Most of the plates in these works were drawn, and, in some cases,
lithographed, by himself. The original drawings of the Membraciche have been
presented to the Hope Museum at Oxford.

Mr. Buckton was a Fellow of the Linnean Society (1845), the Chemical
Society (1852), the Royal Society (1867), and the Entomological Society (1883), and
was also a Member of the Fntomological Society of France, a Corresponding
Member of the Royal Academy of Sciences in Philadelphia, &c.

Apart from his scientific pursuits, he was a good musician and artist, and a
man whose mind never lay in one groove ; his great energy and. will-power were
shown by the fact that, although quite crippled from early years, he travelled alone
in Italy, France, and elsewhere, and managed to frequently attend the council and
general meetings of the various societies to which he belonged. It is not for us to
speak of what he was to his family at home, but by his kindly courtesy and self-
effacing hospitality he endeared himself to all with whom he was brought into
contact.

Mr. Buckton will be much missed in Haslemere ; he was a strong supporter of
the Parish Church and Schools, and also took a great interest in all movements for
the good of the pai-ish generally, without regard to denomination. The funeral took
place in Haslemere Churchyard on Saturday, September 30th, the remains having
been previously cremated, and the large attendance showed in how great esteem the
deceased was held by his friends and fellow townsmen. — W. W. F.

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,§ofictn.

Entomological Society of London; IVednesdai/, Octuhcr ISffi, 1905.—
Dr. T. A. Chapman, M D., F.Z S.. Vice-President, in the Chair.

Mr. Charles William Bracken, B.A. (LonrL), of 18, Wliiteforrl Road,
Mannamead, Plymouth, and Mr. William Hubert ^t. Q.uentin, of Scampton Hall,
Rillington, Vork, were elected Fellows of the Society.

Mr. H. Rowland- Hrown exhibited series of Erehias taken this year in the
Pyrenees, including Erebia lefebnrel, with the varieties pi/renea, Obth., from
Mount Canigou, E. Pyrenees, and var. intermedia, Obth., from Gravarnie. He
also showed for comparison E. glacialis var. nichuUi from Campiglio, which at
one time was supposed to be identical with lef^hrrei, th'3ii eonsidji'd to be the
Pyrenean form of E. melas. With them were also shown specimens of E. (forgone
and E. gorge from the Lac de Grande, Cautarets, and fron G-avarnie, with short
series of Lgcaena orbitulux from the Central .-V-lps, L. orhitiilu^ var. oherfhuri,
Stgr., L. pt/renaica and L. pheretes from tho Brenner and Cortina districts. It
was remarkable that as between the species ennmLM*ated there seemed to be a
greater superficial afEnity between pijrenaica and pheretes (not reported from the
Pyrenees) than between pijrenaica and orbittilu^. Mr. R. C. Bedwoll, eight speci-
mens of Apion lipvigatum, Kirby, one of the rarest indigenous Apions, found on
August 31st, sheltering under plants of Echiiim vulgare in the Lowestoft district.
Mr. R. Shelford, a Lygseid bug, the fore limbs of which were well adapted to
fossorial habits and comparable with those of the mole cricket ; a Brentliid beetle
which had a deep channel along the dorsal part of tlie protiiorax, and occupied by
Acari ; and an Anthribid beetle with a crescentic sulcus also for the reception of
Acari on the prothoras. All I he specimens were from British North Borneo.
Mr. C. J. Galian, on behalf of Mr. C. O. Waterhouse, a living example of Phane-
roptera qttadripunctata, which species had been found in some numbers in a
vinery near Chester. Mr. W. J. Kaye, a long variable series of Heliconius numata
from the Potaro River, British Guiana, clearly proving that these very variable
forms were only aberrations, and were not sub-species, at least in this locality, as
had been described by Riffarth, Weymer, and others. He also showed a pair of
Heliconius silvana with two rare aberrations, in wliich the black area of the hind-
wing was divided ; and examples of Heliconius vetustus, it being remarkable that
although similar to numata it was nevertheless a distinct species. Mr. A. H. Jones,
a collection of Lepidoptera made by him in Majorca during the first half of last
June, and remarked upon the almost total absence of Lepidopterous life in the
island. Only thirteen species of butterflies were observed, all of the commonest
kinds and without any indication of variation, with about six species of moths (all
occurring in Britain), including Agrotis saucia, Acidalia ochrata, and A. degener-
aria, the latter, interesting in point of colour, being much redder ; also Melanargia
lachesis, var. canigulensis from Vernet-les- Bains, showing on the under-side in the
males a strong resemblance to M. galathea, also Melitxa aurinia var. iberica,
Obth., froni Montserrat, near Barcelona, and a melanic specimen of Erebia stygne,
taken by Mr. R. S. Standen last June at St. Martin de Canigou, Vernet-les-Bains.
Mr. Frank P. Dodd communicated a paper " On a parasitic Lepidopteron from
Queensland, Australia." Commander J. J. Walker read a paper by Mr. E. G. R.

284 [December, 1905.

Meade -Waldo, " On a Golleotion of Butterflies and Moths made iu Maroceo, 1901-
02." The species enumerated included a Cttnonympha and a Sati/rus new to
science.

Wednesday , November Id, 19u5.— The President in the Chair.

Mr. J. W. H. Harrison, B.Sc. (Lond.) of The Avenue, Birtley, was elected
a Fellow of the Society.

The Rev. F. D. Morice exhibited (1) Panurgus mnricei, Friese, a species of bee
new to science, taken by him near Gibraltar, of which it was remarkable that
whereas species of this genus are entirely black, in this insect the S face was entirely
and that of the "i^ partly briglit yellow, the legs partly yellow, m\A the abdomen spotted
down each side very much as in Avthidium ; and (2) the unique type specimen of
Heriades fascial us, Friese, a c? of the Chelostnma group, taken by him at Jericho in
1889, in which again, while all its congeners are practically unicolorous, the abdo-
men is brightly banded, not unlike that of a wasp. A discussion followed as to the
reason of the peculiar coloration in the species under review, the exhibitor pointing
out that the colour mimicry in this insect could not be due to parasitism, both
Panurgus and Heriades being industrious genera. Professor E. B. Poulton, F.B..S.,
expressed his opinion that the species shown were mimics, though industrious. He
also remarked that in the case of some Algerian Aculeates the bright pubescent
colouring of the head might assist as a protection to the insect when looking out of
its hole in the sunshine. Mr. C. O. Waterhouse mentioned that with some Bupres-
tidpp the front of the head in the S was bright, but unicolorous in the $ ; a pecu-
liarity also observed by Mr. AT. Jacoby in the genus Oryptncephalus. Mr. W. J.
Lucas showed a ^ specimen of the earwig Forficnla auricularia taken at Warwick
in September last, with a drawing of the cerci (forceps), which were very abnormal,
the broader basal part of the two appearing to be more or less fused together, while
the forceps themselves were jointed to the basal part. The case, he said, was
interesting because in cockroaches, &c., the cerci are regularly jointed. Mr. G. C
Champion, various interesting insects from Guatemala recently received from Sefior
Rodriguez, including Heterosternus rodriguezi, Cand., Pantodinus hlvgi, Burm.,
Plusiotis adelaida, Hope, and a species of Orthoptera greatly resembling a dead
withered leaf, possibly a new species of Mimetica. Mr. Norman H. Joy, two
species of Coleopt.pra new to the British Islands : Lfemophlosns monilis, F., taken
in the neighbourhood of Streatley, Berks, and Dacne fowleri, n. sp., from Bradfield,
with specimens of D. humeralis and D. rufifrons for comparison. Mr. H. St. J. Donis-
thorpe, a specimen of Agathidium (badium, Kr.), discovered last year in Cumberland,
and since taken by him in Durham, and examples of Prionocyphon serricorvis, the
larva of which he had found under water in the boles of trees in the New Forest.
Mr. F. A. Dixey, preparations of the scents of some African butterflies collected by
him, with the assistance of Br. G. B. Longstaff, during the recent visit of the British
Association, together with specimens of the species investigated. A discussion on the
presence and use of scents in various Orders of insects followed, in which the Pr'isi-
dent, Professor Poulton, Col. C. T. Bingham, Dr. Longstaff, and other Fellows joined.
Mr. P. I. Lathy, F.Z.S., communicated " A Contribution towards the knowledge of
African Rhopalocera." Col. C. T. Bingham contributed a paper entitled " A New
Species of the Hymenopterous genus Megalyra, Westwood, by J. Chester Bradley,
Ithaca, N.Y., U.S.A." — H. Rowland Beown, Hon. Secretary.

END OF VOL. XVI (Second Series).

INDEX.

coniributors .
General Index

Special Index —

Aphaniptera vi

Coleoptera vi

Diptera viii

Hemiptera "x

Hymenoptera x

Special Indkx {cnntinued) —

Lepidoptcra x

Neuroptera xiii

Orthoptera : xiii

Genera and Species new to Britain xv

,, „ ,, ,, ,, Science xiv

Explanation of Plates xvi

I Errata xvi

INDEX TO CONTRIBUTORS.

Adams, P. C, F.Z.S 94,138,236

Andrews, H. W 71

Arnold, G 211,261

Attlee, H. G 69

Austen, E. E 57, 276

Bagnall, R. S., F.E.S 86, 135, 162, 258

Bailey, J. H., M.B 21,90,207

Bankes, E. R, M.A., F.E.S 70, 71, 89

Barraud, P. H., F.E.S 43

Barrett, C. G.,jun 117

Beare, Prof.T. Hudson, B.Sc, F.R.S.E., &c.

18, 19, 117, 176

Bed well, E. C, F.E.S 67, 159, 256, 279

Bignell, G. C, F.E.S 214

Billups.C.R 185

Bloomfield, Rev. E. N., M.A., F.E.S 41,

43,93

Bryant, G.E. 69,159

Burr, M., B.A., F.L.S 84, 185

Cameron, M., M.B., R.N., F.E.S 179

Capper, S. J., F.E.S 237

Carter, A. E. J 163

Champion. G. C. F.Z.S 15,66,88, 161,

179, 210, 224, 235, 236

Chapman, T. A., M.U., F.Z.S. ...18, 100, 129,

149, 211

Chitty, A. J., M.A., F.E.S. 47,66,91

Crawshay, Rev. G. A., M.A 8, 159, 223

Cruttwell, Rev. Canon C. T., M.A.,

F.E.S 209, 259

Day, F. H., F.E.S 20

Distant, W. L., F.E.S 94

Donisthorpe, H. St. J., F.Z.S 19, 256

EUiman, E.G 20

PAGE

Fletcher, W. H. B., M.A., F.E.S 276

Fowler, Rev. Canon W. W., D.Sc, M.A.,

F.E.S 280

Gibbs, A. E 117

Giles, Lt.-Col. G. M., I.M.S 129

Green, E. E., F.E.S 28

Grimshaw, P. H., F.E.S 173, 239, 245

Harwood, B. S 262

Harwood, P. H 117

Holland, W 257

Jeffrey, W. R 235

Jones, A. H., F.E.S 254

Joy, N. H., M.R.C.S., F.E.S 16, 184, 209,

257, 274

Knaggs, H. 0., M.D 211

Long.staff, G. B., M.D., F.E.S.

.44, 69, 112,
184

Mann, Mrs. H.E 10

Mathew, G. F., R.N., F.L.S 77, 132

Meyrick, E., B.A., F.R.S 226

Morice, Rev. F. D., M.A., F.E.S 63

Morley, C, F.E.S 47, 118, 214

Morse, E. W 93

Mortimer, C. H 261

Mot-ton, K. J., F.E.S 1, 33, 145

Nevinson, E. B., F.E.S 21, 22

Newbery, E. A 69, 93, 115, 162, 279

Porritt, G. T., F.L.S 47, 211, 236

Reuter, Prof. 0. M 64

Rollo, D 158

Rothschild, Hon. N. C, M.A., F.L.S...60, 139,

255

Rowland-Brown, H., M.A., F.E.S. .23, 49, 76,

98, 122, 145, 186, 264, 282

PAGE

Saunders, E., F.R.S 212,213,262

Sharp, D., M.A., M.B., F.R.S lis, 271

Sharp, W. E., F.E.S 87,92,280

Sopp, E. J. B., F.E.S 46, 49, 142, 165

Taylor, J. K 27,4(3,257,280

Thuniall, A 260

Toiiilin, J. R. le H., M.A., F.E.S. . 20, 37, 69,
142, 165, 235, 252

Turner, H. J., F.E.S 22, 74, 98, 123, 143,

166, 186, 237, 264

Verrall, G. H., F.E.S 50, 81, 1U8, 167,

ls8, 247, 279
Waiuwright, C. J., F.E.S 48, 72, 141, 199

PAGE

Walker, J. J., M.A., H.N., F.L.S. ...138, 180,
216, 228,234,265

Walsiughaui, Rt. Hon. Lord, M.A., LL.D.,

F.R.S 37, 124

Waterhousc, E. A 234

VVaterhouse, G. A., F.E.S 13

Wesch^ W., F.R.M.S 227

VVhitaker, G. S 235

VVillsou, T. I) 260

Wood, J. H., M.B 5

Wood, Rev. Theodore, F.E.S 280

GENERAL INDEX.

PAGE
211

Abraxas grossulariata var. varlejata, at Huddersfield ...

Acrognathus niandibularis, Gryll., &c., near Woking ... ... ... ... 161

Algeria, Odonata from ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 145

Algerian Micro-Lepidoptera ... ... ... ... ... ... 37, 124

Amara anthobia, Villa, a British insect, 87 ; at Chatham, 117 ; compared with

familiaris and lucida, 159 ; on the Lancaohire coast ... ... ... 2o7

Anisotoma, Illig., On the Coleopterous genus ... ... ... ... ... 257

Anisotoma furva, Er., at Skegness, 93 ; oblonga, Er., Synonymical notes ... 198

Antipodean Field Notes, III : a sketch of the Entomology of Sydney ... 216,

228, 265
Apion astragali, Payk., at Oxford, 257 ; brunnipes. Boh. (^^ laaviyatum, Kirby),

in Suffolk 256

Aphodius, 111., The genus, in the Isle of Man ... ... ... ... ... 90

Aplecta nebulosa, Hufn., two pupse in same cocoon ... ... ... ... 71

Apteropeda orbiculata. Marsh., and its food-plants ... ... ... ... 210

Argyresthia illuminatella, Zell., in Britain ... ... ... ... ... 226

Atenieles emarginatus and Claviger testaceus in N. Wales ... ... ... 20

Baris T-album, Linn., and B. pilistriata, Steph. ... ... ... ... ... 224

Berkshire, Coleoptera from... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 209

Bledius femoralis, Qyll-, near Wellington College ... ... ... ... 280

Callimyia elegantula. Fall., and Agathomyia boreella, Zett., in Herefordshire... 5

Ceuthorrhynchus cochleariae, Gyll., with 6-jointed funiculus ... ... ... 69

Cimbex connata, Schr. ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 214

Clinocara tetratoma, Thoms., in Dei'byshire ... ... ... ... ... 46

Cnephasia communana, H.-S., in Surrey ... ... ... ... ... ... 260

Coccidae, Some Javanese, with descriptions of new species ... ... ... 28

Coenonympha pamphilus, Note on larva of ... ... ... ... ... 18

Coleophora lixella, Z., remarkable larval case ... ... ... ... ... 70

Coleoptera, Captures of, 280 ; Recent captures of, 235 ; at Kannoch, 18 ; in
Sutherlandshire and at Aviemore, Inverness-shire, 209 ; in the I'lan-
nan Islands, 19 ; at Tring, 20 ; casual captures in 1904, 67 ; in the
Oxford district, 180 ; Manx, 252 ; from Berkshire, 209 ; in the New

Forest, 235 ; Three species new to Britain... ... ... ... ... 274

111.

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Cncpliasia communana, H.-S., in Surrey ... ... ... ... ... ... 260

Criocephalus rusticus, ]Jej., another new British Longicorn ... ... ... 15

Dermaptera, Dcvscriptions of five new, 84 ; Exotic, wanted ... ... ... 185

Diboha cynoglossi, Kocii, Food-plant of ... ... ... ... ... ... 256

Dicliroramiilia flavidorsana, Knaggs, ^ D. questionana, Zeller, at Folkestone... 211

Dlptera, an addition to the British list, 227 ; in New Forest, 93 ; in 1904, 71,

138 ; rare, in 1903, 72 ; Terminology of the leg bristles of 173

Dipterous enemy of English hot-house grapes, A ... ... ... ... 276

Dolichopodidee, List of British, with tables and notes ... 50, 81, 108, 167, 188, 247

Dolichopodidae, two species taken in Scotland ... ... ... ... ... 279

Douglas, The late J. W., as a writer on CoccidsD... ... ... ... ... 262

Dragon-fly iiunting in Eastern Switzerland ... ... ... ... ... 1,33

Ectropis (Tephrosia) consonaria, lib., ab. nigra, nov. ab. ... ... ... 89

Editorial 27

Elater ajthiops, Lac, of British collections ... ... ... ... ... 210

Emergence, Curious dates of ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 211

Erigone, Two additional British species of the Dipterous genus ... ... 57

Epursea longula, Er., and other Nitidulidaj in the Derwent Valley ... ... 162

Euloba, Westwood, On the Heteropterous genus ... ... ... ... 236

Eupitheeia estensaria, Note on ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 260

Flannan Islands, Coleoptera in the ... ... ... ... ... ... 19

Flea, A new British, Ceratophyllus farreni (spec, nov.), with a plate ... ... 255

Formica fusca, race gagates, in the New Forest ... ... ... ... ... 211

Geometer from Hong Kong, A new ... ... ... ... ... ... 184

Gnorimus nobilis, L., at Woolwich ... ... ... ... ... ... 159

Gyrophaena pulchella, Heer, in Scotland ... ... ... ... ... ... 92

Harpalus discoideus, F., and Metcecus paradoxus at Leighton Buzzard, 45 ;

honestus, Duft., at Streatley, Berks ... ... ... ... ... 257

Hastula hyerana. Mill, (with plates). Some observations on ... 100, 129, 149

Heniiptera in Miller's Dale, Buxton, and Sherwood Forest ... ... ... 27

Herefordshire, Diptera in ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 5

Hertfordshire, Notes on a light-trap in ... ... ... ... ... ... 43

How insects fade ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 118

Hydrobius fuscijjcs, L., var. ajneus, Sol. ... ... ... ... ... ... 138

Hydroporus bilineatus, Sturm, British form of ... ... ... ... ... 66

Hydrotaea, The British species of ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 245

Hymenoptera, Some Welsh, with note on Oxybelus mucronatus and its prey ;

also relationship of Osmia xanthomelana and Sapyga ... ... ... 261

Hymenoptera and Hemiptera in the Mendips ... ... ... ... ... 212

Hymenoptera Aculeata at Lyme Regis, 21 ; during 1904, 117 ; in the New

Forest 261

Jumping beans, The movements of ... ... ... ... ... ... 158

Lsemosthenes complanatus, Dej., in Sheppey ... ... ... ... ... 234

Larva of Coenonympha pamphilus ... ... ... ... ... ... 18

Ledra aurita, Note on ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 214

" Lepidoptera of the British Islands," The late Mr. C. G. Barrett's ... ... 117

Lepidoptera. Micro-, in Algeria, 37, 124 ; taken in a moth-trap at Ditching-
ham, Suffolk, 10 ; iu Hertfordshire, 117 ; at Mortehoe, North Devon,

in 1904, 69 ; Suffolk, in 1904, 41 ; in Scotland 259

1U4, 132 ; and

Dinosus, Er.,

the flowers it

Leptothoras tiiberiiin, Note on the behaviour of. ..

Leptusa aiialis, GjlL, &c., in Teesdale, Co. Durham

Leucania favicolor, Barrett, Life history of, and notes on, 77,

Epichnopteryx reticella, Newni, in Suffolk

Libellula fulva at Colchester ... ... ...

Libythea geoffroyi nicevillei, Ollifl

Limnophilus elegans in the Isle of Man ...

Limotettix stactogala, Fieb., at Ryde

Locusta viridissima, &c.. Abundance of, at Deal ...

Longitarsus curtus. All., in Kent ...

Lophosia ftisciuta, Mg., in the New Forest

Lycsena argus, L., var. hypochiona, Ramb., on the North Downs

Lymexylon navale, Linn., in the New Forest

Macropterous Nabis, &c., at Colchester ...

Malachius barnevillei, Put., an addition to the British list, L^i ;

66, 88 ; vulneratus, Ab., in Sheppey
Manx Coleoptera, Further notes on
Medon castaneus, Grav., near Oxford
Megacronus formosus. Or. ...
Meligethes obscurus, Er., in the Isle of Man, with notes on

frequents

Microglossa, Notes on three species of

Myelophila cribrella on the Kentish Rag near Ashford ...

Nebria gyllenhali, Sch., The British variation of...

Neoclytus erythrocephalus, F., in Lancashire

Neuroptera in Switzerland ...

New Forest, Coleoptera in, 235 ; Diptera in

Obituaeies :— Barrett, C. G., F.E.S., 25 ; Beaumont, Alfred, F.E.S., 95 ;

Brauer, Prof. F. M., Hon. F.E.S., 73 ; Buckton, G. B., F.R.S.,

282 ; Cambridge, Frederick O. Pickard, 97 ; Daltry, Thos.

Wm., M.A., F.L.S., 215 ; Douglas, J. W., F.E.S., 221 ;

Fry, Alexander, 119 ; Johnson, W., 237 ; Saussure, Henri

L. F. de, Hon. F.E.S., 119 ; Walker, Rev. F., D.D..

Ocladius from Perini, Description of a new species

Ocyusa maura, Er., and O. picina, Aubd ...

Odonata collected by Miss Fountaine in Algeria, with description of a new

species of Ischnura ...
Orchestes sparsus, Fabr., as a British insect, 115 ; in the New Forest
Osphya bipunctata, F., near Peterborough
Oxytelus fulvipes, Er., in Sherwood Forest
Phytobius muricatus in Cumberland
Pocota apiformis, Schrank, at Colchester .. .
Pselaphus dresdensis, Herbst, near London

Psocidse at Woking ... ... ... ...

Ptinus pilosus, Boield., Synonymic note ... ...

Pulex cheopis, Rothsch., at Plymouth ...

Quedius xanthopus, Er., at Sherwood, 80 ; variabilis, Heer, an addition to the

British list, 197 ; nigrocoeruleus, Rey, Re-occurrence of, in Suffolk

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236

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179

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234

252
138
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... 21

... 184

... 235

... 280

... 92

... 1,33
71, 93, 138

97

179

91

145

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209

279

20

262

159

213

93

139

279

Reviews : " PracHeal Hints for the Field Lepirlopterist, part iii :" by J. W.
Tiitt, F.R.S., 73; "The Hemiptora of Suffolk:" by Claude
Morley, F.K.S., 120; "Monograph of the Anopheles Mos-
quitoes of India :" by S. P. James, M.B., I. M.S., and W. Glen
Listen, M.D., I. M.S., 122; "Queen Hearing in England, with
notes on a Scent-producing Organ in the Worker Bee. The
Honey Bees of India, and Knemies of the Honey Bee in
South Africa :" by F. W. L. Sladen, F.E.S., 140 ; " Report
of Work of the Experiment Station of the Hawaiian Sugar
Planters' Association, Division of Entomology. Bulletin i,
pt. 1. Leaf Hoppers and their natural enemies (Pt. i, Dry-
inidsB) :" by R. C. L. Perkins, 185 ; Ditto, ditto (Pt. iii,
Stylopidse), 2H3 ; '' Entomologen-Addressbuch. The Ento-
mologist's Directory, Annuaire des Entotnologistes ;" W.
Junk, 237 ; " A Study of the Aquatic Coleoptera and their
surroundings in the Norfolk Broads District," by Frank
Balfour Browne, M. A., F.R.S.E.. F.Z.S 263

Rhamphomyia tenuirostris. Fall., taken in the New Forest ... ... ... 94

Rhizotrogus ochraceus, Knoch, a good species, 16 ; solstitialis, L., Flight of 46

Rhopalomesites tardyi, Curt., in the Isle of Man ... ... ... ... 207

Satyrus semele. The attitude of, at rest ... ... ... .. ... ... 44

Sawflies, Three new British ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 63

Scents of the males of some common English butterflies ... ... ... 112

Schizoceros furcatus, Vill., at Chattenden Roughs ... ... ... ... 47

Scotland, Coleoptera at Rannoch, 18 ; in Sutherlandshire and at Avieniore,

209; Diptera in, 163 ; Lepidoptera in ... ... ... ... ... 259

Scymnus livid us, Bold, a synonym of S. testaceus. Mots. ... ... ... 162

Silvanus mercator, Fauv., a species of Coleoptera new to Britain, 37 ; at

Merton, Surrey ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 69

Societies : Birmingham Entomological Society, 48, 141, 164 ; Entomological
Society of London, 23, 49, 76, 98, 123, 145, 186, 264, 283;
Lancashire and Cheshire Entomological Society, 48, 142, 165 ;
South London Entomological, &c., Society, 22, 74, 98, 122,

143,166,186,237 264

Stephanocircus dasyuri, Skuse, and simsoni, sp. n. (with a plate) ... ... 60

Strangalia aurulenta. Fab., in Devonshire ... ... ... ... ... 69

Stratiomyiidse, Larvae of the : an appeal ... ... ... ... ... ... us

Suffolk Lepidoptera in 19U4, 41 ; at Ditchingham, 10 ; Leucania favicolor and

Epichnopteryx reticella in ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 43

Switzerland, Neuroptera in... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 1^33

Tachinid, Note on a... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 72

Tachinidae, Notes on, I ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 199

Tenthredinidse, Three new British ... ... ... ... ... .. 53

Tetropium castaneum at Esher, 69 ; sp. ?, at Leighton Buzzard, 223 ; Species

of, that have been found in Britain ... ... ... ... ... 271

Tortrix pronubana, Hb., a species new to the British list, in Sussex ... ... 276

Triplax bicolor, Gyll., a species of Coleoptera new to the British catalogue,

86, 135 ; The European species of the genus, with notes on the British

species ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 175

Tropideres sepicola, F., at Colchester ... ... ... ... .. ... 262

Urostylinse, Dr. Reuter on the ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 94

Urostylis instructivus, a new species of the family Urostylidae... ... ... 64

Vanessa antiopa in Kent ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 26O

Vespa vulgaris, A large community of ... ... ... ... ... ... g

Xanthandrus comtus, Harris, occurring in May ... ... ... ... ... X85

Zeugophora flavieollis. Marsh., and its varieties ... ... ... ... ... 225

GENERAL INDEX.

APHANIPTERA.

PAGR

Ceratophj'llus favreni (sp. n.), 255 ; hilli.. 60

Pulex clieopsis 139

Stephanocircus dasyuri (sp. ii.), simsoni .. 61

COLEOPTERA.

Abdera flexuosa 258

Achthosus westwoodi, laticornis 269

Acrognatbus mandihnlaris 161

Adelium geniale, poi'catum 269

Enigma iris 267

Agathidium convexum, &c., 182 ; nigri-

penne 182, 209, 258

Aleochava brevipennis, 183 ; cuniculorum,

67, 181
Amara antbobia, 87, 117, 159, 257 ; con-
sularis, 181 ; curta, 279 ; patricia,

182, 257

Ampbicyllis globus 182

Amphotis marginata 209

Anisodactylus pojciloides 234

Anisotoma algirica, anglica, 198 ; badia,
182; ciliavis, &c.,257 ; cinnamomea,
182, 198 ; furva, 93 ; grandis, heydeni,
lucens, oblonga, 198 ; punctulata,

182: rugosa 181

Anitys rubens 68

Anobium denticolle ... 67

Anoplodera sexguttata 68

Anthaxia nitidula 68

Antheropbagus pallens 209

Apbela algarum 270

Apbodius granarius, 271 ; lapponum, 68,

258 ; lividus, 271 ; porcus, &c 90

Apion affine, 183 ; annulipes, 20 ; astra-
gali, 257 ; brunnipes, 256 ; filirostre,
182 ; limonii, 68 ; pallipes, pubescens,

sanguineum, schonberri 181

Apteropeda orbiculata 210

Arthropterus brevis 267

Asemum striatum 19, 210

Atemeles emarginatus 20

Badister sodalis 20

Bagous glabrirostris 253

Balaninus betulse 209

Baris pilistriata, T-album . : 224

Bembidium fluviatile, &c 209

Bledius femoralis, 280 ; talpa 280

Bolboceras proboscidium 269

Bracbytarsus varius ...., 182

PAGK

Bryaxis wiiterbou>;ei 68

Bytbinus curtisi 182

Calliceru'; obscurus, 181 ; rigidicornis, 69, 235

Callidinm variabile, &c 235

Carabus glabratus 68

Catops sericatus 181

Ceocepbalus interiiatus, 268 ; tenuipes .. 268

C'epbalodesmius armiger 269

Ceuthorrbyncbidius borridns, 181; daw-

soni 68

Ceuthorrbyncbus cochlearia% 69 ; hirtu-

lus, 210; resedae, viduatus 183

Cbffitocnema sablbergi 68

(!Iholeva grandicollis, 20 ; spadicea 182

Chrysninela didymata, 183; goettirigensis 280

Cicindela ypsilon, mastersi 270

C'is bilamellatus 280

Cistelaatra 280

Olaviger testaceus 20

Cleonus sulcirostris 279

Clerus foi'inicarius 19

Clinocara tetratonia 46

Coiiopalpus testaceus... 182

Creopbilus erythrocephalus 270

Crepidodera nitidula 182

Criocepbalus rusticus 15

Cryptophagus populi, 181 ; pubescens,

182; vuficornis 68

Cychrus rostratus 181

Cyrtotriplax bipustulata 235

Dacne fowleri (sp. n.) 274

Dendropbilus punctatus 184, 234

Dibolia cy noglossi 256

Dicrocbile gigas, goryi 269

Donacia tbalassina, &c 183

Dorcatoma flavicornis ... 68

Elater n?tbiops, 210 ; elongatulus, 68,

lythropterus, 235 ; nigerrimus, 210 ;

pomonae, 235 ; sanguinolentus 280

Elmis volkmari 68

Encepbalus complicans 181

Enicmus testaceus, 182 ; brevicornis 275

Epicosmius australis 268

Epitrix atropse 182

Epuraea longula, obsoleta, parvula, 162 ;

pusilla 19

Eryx ater 209

Eubria palustris 183

Euconnus denticornis 182

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Eiiplectus ainbignns 253

Gempylodes tmetus 268

Geodiomicus globulicollis 209

Gnathoncus nannetensis 234

Gnorimus nobilis 159,235

Graphoderes ciiiereus 263

Gyranusa bvevicollis 253

Gyrophaena pulchella, 92 ; strictula 181

Ha}nionia appendiculata 183

Haliplus confinis, var. pallens 183

Haplocnemus nigricornis 182

Harpalus discoideus, 45 ; honestus 257

Helluo costatus ... 268

Helops coeruleiis 67

Heptaulacus villosus 181

Hololeius nitidulus 269

Homalosoma cyaneum 267

Honiffiodytes scutellavis 269

Homalota cambrics, 253 ; clavigera, 20 ;
insecta, 183 ; intermedia, 20 ; lan-
guida, 183 ; scapularis, 181 ; vali-

diuscula 20

Hydnobius puiictatissimus, stiigosvis..l8'2, 209

Hj'drobius fuscipes, var. aeiiens 138

Hydroporus bilinea'us, var. hopffgarteni,

6'^; scalesianus 263

Hylesinus oleiperda 182

Hypocyptus seminulum 182

HypophloBus bicolor 68, 181

Ilybius fenescens 67

Ips quadriguttata 162

Ipsaphes bicolor, mserosus 268

Ischnomera ccerulea, sanguinicollis 235

Lfemophloeus bimaculatus, 68 ; monilis... 275

Laemosthenes complanatus 234

Lampriraa .senea 269

Lamprinus saginatus 181

Lathrobium filiforme 183

Lebia chlorocephala 183

Lemidia hilaris 270

Leptinus testaceus 182

Leptura scutellata 235

Leptusa analis 258

Liparochrns silphoides 269

Liosomus ovatulus, var. collaris 182

Lissonotus nebulosus 269

Litargus bifasciatus 68, 275

Longitarsus agilis, 182 ; curtus, 92 ; dis-
tiuguendus, 20 ; flavicornis, 183 ;

holsaticus, 182 ; tabidus 20

Lyctus brunneus 280

vn.

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Lymexylon navale 179

Macrogyn;s oblongus 271

Malachius barnevillei, 15 ; ruficollisi, 280 ;

spinosus, 66; vuliieratus 88, 234

Mantnra matthewsi 182

Mecynotarsus albellus 270

Medoii castaneus 188

Megacronus formosus 279

Megatoma undata 67

Melanopbthalma distingueiida 275

Melanotus castanipes 19

Melasis buprestoides 183

Meligethes obscurus 21,162

Mesosa nubila 235

Methypbora postica 270

Metoecus paradoxus 45

Miarus plantarum 182

Microglossa gentilis, 185 ; marginalis,

nidicola, 184 ; puUa 181,184

Miscodera arctica 68

Monotoma rufa, &c 234

Mordella fasciata 182

Mordellistena abdominalis, lateralis 182

Myrmedonia collaris 183

Mystropomns subcostatus 268

Nacerdes melanura 280

Nebria gyllenhali, and vars 68, 280

Neoclytus caprea, 93 ; erythroceplialus .. 92
Neuraphes angulatus, 253 ; elongatulus . . 20

Ocladius walkeri (sp. n.), Cameron 179

Ocypus pedator 68

Ocyusa maura, picina 91

Omosita depressa lf'2

Oncomera femoi-ata ■■ 280

Onthophilus sulcatus .. 182

Opilo mollis 97,235

Orchesia micans 279

Orchestes sparsus 20,115

Orobitis cyaneus 182, 253

Orthocbsetes setiger 182

Osphya bipunctata 209

Oxytelus fairmairei, 20 ; fulvipes 280

Pamborus alternans 268

PanagDeus 4-pustulatus 182

Patrobus assimilis, 68, 254 ; septentrionis 68

Pheropsophus verticalis 268

Philonthus corvinus, 20 ; fucicola 280

Pliyllobrotica quadriraaculata 182

Phymatopterus piceus 267

Phytobius muricatus 20

Till.

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Phytoecia cylindrica 18'2

Phytosus balticus, iiigriventris 235

Platydema 4-spilotuin 269

Platystethus nitens 280

Pselaphus dresdensis 20, 159

Psylliodes hyoscyami 182

Ptinus tectus 93

Ptomaphila lachvymosa 270

Quedius lateralis, 20; nigrocoeruleus, 279 ;
variabilis, 197 ; ventralis, 67 ; xan-

thopus 80

Rhagium indagator 19

Rhantus adspersus, 263 ; pulverosus 270

Rhizophagus dispar, 162; perforatus 163

Rhizotrogus ochraceus 16

Rhopalomesites tardyi 207

Rhynchites interpunctatus 182

Rhyncolus ater 19

Saprinus australiifi, 270 ; metallicus, 279 ;

virescens 181

Sartallus signatus 270

Scaraphites macleayi 268

Scymnus lividus, 161 ; mulsauti 162

Seirotrana catenulata 269

Silvanus mercator 37,69

Staphylinus fulvipes, 18 ; pubescens 253

Stenus atratulus, civcularis, loiigitarsis .. 183

Strangalia aurulenta 162

Telephorus figuvatus, var. scotieus 209

Tetratoma fungovura 46, 181

Tetropium castaneum, 69 ; crawshayi (sp.
n.), fuscum, gabrieli, 271 ; gracili-
corne, 272 ; luridum, 271 ; parcuin

(sp. n.), 272; ? sp 223

Thalycra sericea 161

Throscus carinifrons 161, 182

Trachys minuta, 182; pumila 181, 182

Ti-iarthron markeli 161

Trichius fasciatus 19

Triplax senea, 178 ; bicolor, 86, 135, 178 ;

lacordairei 178

Tropideres sepicola 262

Tropiphorus elevatus 19

Trox australasiae, 2.0; sabulosus 181

Trypodendron lineatum 19

Tychius scbneideri 68

Zeugophora flavicollis 225

niPTERA.

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Acbalcus ciiiereiis flavicollis 172

Acidia lycbnidis 7,139

Actia frontalis 7,207

Agatlioniyia boieella, 6 ; viduella 5

Alloeoneui'us 193

Aiiepsiomyia flaviveiiti'is 248

Anthrax civcumdata 72

Aphrosylus celtiber, 249 ; forox, raptor .. 250

Argyra, 82 ; argyria, atriceps, confinis,

elongata 83

Atlierix crassipes, 72, 139 ; inarginata...71, 139

Atylotus fulvus , 71, 93

Bathycranium bicolorellum 247

Callimyia dahlbomi, 8 ; elegantula 5

Callipbora erythrocephala 175

Cauipsicnemus, 193 ; annatus, curvipes,
loripes, magius, 194 ; pectinulatus,
picticornis, 195; pusillus, scambus .. 194

Ceroplatus tipuloides 139

Chilosia bergenstammi 139

Chrysochlamys ruficornis 139

Chrysotimus concinnus, molliculus 248

Chrysotoxum arcnatum, 163; elegans ... 94
Chrysotus, 53; amplicornis, 55; anguli-
cornis, 56 ; blepharoscelis, 55 ; cilipes,
54 ; cupreus, 55 ; feraoratus, 54 ; gra-
mineus, 56; laesus, 55; melampodius,
microcerus, monochsetus, 66 ; palus-
tris, 55 ; pulchellus, 54 ; varians ... 57

Ccelom^'ia moUissima 164

Conops ceriiformis, vesicularis 94

Craspedothrix vivipara 207

Ctenophora ornata 139

Cynomyia alpina 163

Diaphorus cyanocephalus, dorsalis, 81;
halteralis, 82; hofFmanseggii,- nigri-
cans, oculatus, tripilus, 81 ; winthemi 82
Didea alneti, 72 ; fasciata, intermedia ... 94

Dolichopodidai 50, 81, 108, 167, 188, 247

Dolichopus argyrotarsis, 279 ; clavipes ... 164
Drosopbila ampelophila, melauogaster ... 276

Ectomus alpinus 195

Erigone, 57, 204 ; appendiculata, 58, 204 ;
consobrina, 60 ; intermedia, 58 ; ue-
morum, 205; pectinata, 57; rudis, 60,

205 ; strenua, 69 ; truncata 58, 204

Eristalis cryptarum, 72, 94, 139 ; rupium 163

Exorista agnata, antennata, fugax, gliriua,

grossa, intermedia 206

Gymnopternus assimilis, 62 ; clialybseus,
metallicus 53

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Hercostomus atrovirens, 51, 250 ; chry-
soz3'gos, 51 ; cretifer, 50 ; fulvi-
caudis, germanus, 51 ; gracilis, 50 ;
nigriplantis, parvilainellatus, plagia-

tus 51

Hoinalorayia difficilis, 7 ; monilis 164

Hydi-ophorus bipunctatus, bisetus, 192 ;
borealis, 193; litoveus, 192; nebu-
losus, 193; pi-iEcox, 192; rufibarbis,

193; viridis 192

HydrotsBa, 239; ciliata, 243; cyrtoneurina,
deiitipes, 244 ; occulta, 243 ; palius-
trica, 245; pilipes, 164, 246; lon-

daiiii, 246; similis 164,245

Hyetodesia pallida... 163

Hypoderma lineata 94

Hypophyllus discipes, obscurellus 52

Icterica westennanni 94

Lainpro';broraus elegaus 53,251

Leptomorpbus walkeri 139

Leucostola vestita 83

Liancalus lacustris, 193; viiens ... . 164, 193

Limnobia aiiDuIus 93

Liraiiophora solitaria 163

Lophosia fasciata 236

Macbaeriura maritimsB 108

Machimus rusticus 72

Maci'ostomus 94

Mallota cimbiciformis 94

Medeterus, 188; apicalis, 189; dendvo-
bsenug, 191; diadema, flavipes, 190;
inicaceus, 189 ; obscurus, 190 ; pal-
lipes, 189; petrophilus, 191; tristis. . 189

Melangyna quadrimaculata ... 94

Melanostolus melancbolicns 81

Melanostoma mellinuiu 151

Metopia amabilis, leucocephala 163

Micromorphus albipes 248

Micropalpus coraptus, fulgens, 200 ; lia;-
morrhoidalis, 201 ; irapudicus, 202 ;
pictus, 199,202; pudicus, vulpiiius .. 200

Mydffia longitarsis 7

Myiocera carinifrons 164

Myiolepta luteola 94

Nemoraja 205

Oncodes gibbosus 94

Orthochile nigrocccrulea 52

Oxycera pulchella 93

Palloptera laetabilis 7

Paragus tibialis 163

Pedicia rivosa 93, 139

Phortica variegata 139

IX.

TAOB

Phytomyptera nitidiventiis 207

I'ipizella flavitarsis 163

Pipunculus arimosus 7

Pocota apifovrais 262

Porphyrops, 109; antennata, 110; consob-
riiia, 112; cvassipes, 111; discolor,
112; eloiigatula, 111; fascipes, 111,
251 ; gravipe.s, 110, 279; longilamel-
latns. 111, 279; micans, nasuta, 112;
nemorum, patellitarsis, patula, pec-
tinata. 111 ; peiiicillata, prserosa,
riparia, 110; rivalis, 111,279; simp-
lex, spinicoxa, 110 ; tenuis 112

Prosopaja sp 72

Ptilops nigvita 206

Rbamphomjda tenuirostris 94

Uliapbium loHgicorne 108

Roeselia, 202 ; antiqua, pallipes 203

Scellus dolichocerus, notatus, spiniraanus.. 191

SchoBnopbilus versutus 249

Scoliocentra villosa 139

Sphegiiia clunipes 139

Sympycnus ajneicoxa, cirripes, nigriti-

liialis, spiculatus 196

Syntormon biseriatus, denticulatus, 171 ;
sulcipes, 172 ; tarsatus, 171, 252 ;

zelleri 172

Syrpbus arcticus, compositarum 163

Systenus, 169, 251 ; adpt'opinquans, bi-
paititus, leucui-us, 170, 251 ; scholtzii,

169, 251; teller 251

Tabanus cordiger, 71, 139; sudeticus 163

Teuchophorus calcaratus, 195 ; monacan-
thus, pectiuifer, 196 ; signatus, 195 ;

simplex 196

Thereva annulata 261

Thinopbilus, flavipalpis, ruficornis 249

Thrypticus bellus, 83 ; divisus, smarag-

diiius, sp 108

Thryptoccra frontalis 207

Tricbolyga major 206

Ulidia nigripennis 227

Varichaita 205

Viviania cinerea ... 206

Volucella inanis 94

Xantbandrus coratus 94, 150, 185

Xantliocblorus ornatus, tenellus 248

Xanthogramma citrofasciatum 94

Xiphandrium aiictura, 168 ; brevicorne,
169; fasciatum, 168 ; fissuin, lanceo-

latum 169

Xylota floriim, 139 ; lenta 94

HEMIPTERA.

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Aonidia javaneiisis (sp. n.), Oreeu 31

Asciodeina fieberi -. 212

Aspidiotus piistulans (sp. 11.), Green 31

Chioiiaspis dilatata, 29 ; hedi'otidis, litzese,

30; vavicosa, vitis 29

Calocoris striatus 27

Euloba 23G

Hemichionaspis aspidistias, drac83iise 29

Ledra aurita 214

Lepidosaphes ciawii. lasiantbi, pinnas-

formis, 28 ; ungulata (sp. n.), Green 29

Leptopterna dolabrata 262

Limotettix stactogala 47

Macrocoleus bortulaiius 212

Nabis brevipeiinis, lativenfcris 262

Opuiitiaspis javanensis (sp. n.), Green ... 28

Pentatoma juniperinura 27

Urostylis iustructivus (sp. n.), Reuter ... 64

Zicrona coerulea 27

HYMKNOPTKRA.

Agenia bircana, 263 ; variegata 212, 261

Amauronematus inoricei 63

Andrena battoifiana, 21 ; lapponica, 117 ;

Ulceus, 21 ; proxima 117

Astata stigma 262

Calicurgus byalinatus 21

Cilissa baemorrboidalis 117

Ciinbex connata 214

Crabro capitosus, 212 ; cetratus, panzeri,

signatus 262

Didineis lunicornis 21

Formica fusca, race gagates 211

Panurgus moricei 283

Leptothorax acervorum 22

Lygseonematus psedidus 64

Methoca icbneumonides 261

Mutilla epbippium 261

Mimesa dahlbomi 262

Noniada obtusifrons 262

Nysson trimaculatus 21

Odynerus melanocephalus, 212; reni-

formis 261

Osmia xanthomelaua 261

Oxybelus mandibularis, 261, 262 ; mucro-

natus 261

Painphilius gyllenbali 63

Pemphredon morio ■■ 262

Heriades fasciatus 283

Prosopis dilatata, 21 ; genalis 117

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Sapyga quiuquepunctata 261

Schizoceros furcatus 47

Stelis octomaculata, 22, 262 ; pb;coptera.. 262

Vespa vulgaris .. 8

LEPIDOPTERA.

Abraxas grossulariata var. varleyata, 211 ;

ulmata 238

Acentropns niveus 42

Acidalia emarginata, 12 ; emutaria, 12,

42; iramutata 12

Acherontia atropos 42,70

Aciptilia galactodactylus, 117 ; spilo-

dactylus 44

Acronycta tridens 11, 26t

Agarista glycine 229

Aglossa cuprealis 98

Agrotis agatbina, 42; aquilina, 11; asb-

wortbii, 75, 123 ; cinerea 44

Alloclita francoeuria; (sp. n.), Wlsm.,

126; vecisella 127

Amphysa gerningaiia 259

Anaitis paludata 142

Anesychia decemguttella 13,43

Anosia plexippus 220

Antberaea eucalypti 229

Anticlea rubidata, 12 ; sinuata (cucul-

lata) 117

Apamea ophiogramma ^4

Apatura iris 34,282

Apbomia sociella 12, 44

Aplecta advena, 11 ; nebulosa 71,74

Aponoea (gen. n.) Wlsm., obtusipalpis ... 125

Aproaerema acantbylHdis (sp. n.), Wlsm.,

40; deverra; (sp. n.), Wlsm., 124;

raitrella (sp. n.), Wlsm., 39 ; thau-

malea (sp. n.), Wlpm., 41 ; zona-

riella (sp. n.), Wlsm 39

Argyresthia arceutbella, 259; curvella,
43 ; illuminatella, Zell., 226, 265 ;

mendica 43

Asteroscopus sphinx 44

Aventia fiesnla 44

Biston hirtarius, vars 187

Boarmia repandata var. conversaria 74

Bomby X rubi , 259

Bradyepetes amataria 12

Calamia phragmitidis 11

Calligenia miiiiata 11

Calopbasia baraifera 211

Caiuptogramma fluviata 24,42

Catocala iiupta, 265; fraxini 42

Catoptria expallidana, fulvaua 13

Ceriira furcula 11

Cliaraxes sempvonius 227

Chelepteryx collesi 230

Chrysoclista flavicaput ... 43

Chrysophanus phlaaas var. eleus, vir-

gauveffi var. miegii 76

Cidaria picata, 42; sagittata, 12, 42; si-

terata 117

Cledeobia angustalis 12,42

Cnepliasia altevnaiia, 13; communana,

260; pascuana 13

Coenonymplia pamphilus 18

Coleopliora fabriciella, 13, 43; laricella,

22 ; liraosipennella, 264 ; lixella, 70 ;

ochrea, 259 ; vibicella, 22 ; virgau-

reae 23

CoHas edusa, 70, 74, 234 ; eurytheme var.

eriphyle, 186; hyale 74

Coremia quadrifasciaria 12, 4!

Cosmia difBnis, pyralina 44

Crambus alpinellus, 42 ; falsellus, 12, 42 ;

geniculeus, 12; selasellus 12

Cucullia asteris, 234 ; lychnitis 167

Cupida minima 122

Cymatopliora duplaris 23, 75, 259

Danais petilia 220

Dasycampa rubiginea 42

Dasydia tenebravia var. wockearia 124

Delias nigrina 229

Deilephila livornica 42

Depvessaria ciliella, liturella, 13; pul-

cherrimella, 43 ; thapsiella, 1 67 ;

yeatiana 43

Diaseraia literalis 26

Dianthoecia albimacula, 23 ; capsophila,

25; carpophaga, 11; conspersa, 11,

42; cucubali, 11; luteago, 25, var.

ficklini 23

Dichelia grotiana 12

Dichrorampha flavidorsana, 211 ; plumba-

gana, 259 ; saturnalia, 42 ; tanaceti .. 259

Doratifera vulnerans 229

Dyschorista ypsilon 11

Ectropis (Tephrosia) consonaria ab. nigra,

89, 145
Elachista eleochariella, 259 ; luticomella,

43; kilmunella, 259; taeniatella 13

Emmelesia unifasciata 12

Euicostoma lobelia 13

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Ennomos alniaria, 12 ; erosaria, 12 ; fus-

cautaria .12, 42

Epliestia ficulella 12,42

Epigrapliia steinkellneriana 43

Epione advenaria 238

Erebia ffitbiops, 282 ; alecto var. nicboUi,
124; evias, 49; glacialis. var. nicholli,
gorge, gorgoiie, lefebvrei, 283 ; melas,
121; palarica, 49; scipio, 264; stygne 49

Eromene ocellea 237

Eucbelia jacobene var 186

Eudorea angustea (coarotalis), 70, 117:
cembra;, pallida, 12; resinea, 42;

ulmella 12

Eucbeira socialis 124

Euplrea corinna 220

Enpoecilia degreyana, ciliella, 13, 43;
seyeriana, 43 ; mussebliana, 26 ;

vectisana 43

Enpitbecia expallidata, 23; extensaria,
258 ; belveticaria, 259 ; irria:uata, 12 ;
satyrata, 259 ; succenturiata, val-

erianata, 12; virganreata 259

Eurymene dolobraria 44

Entbemonia russula 75

Euzopbera pinguis 44

fialleria mellonella 44

Oa^itropacba quercifolia 11,44

Gelechia fraternella, fugitivella, berman-
ella,43; lutulentella, 13,43 ; mouffe-
tella, muscosella, rufescens, 43 ;
solutella, 259; tseniolella, 43; tar-

quiniella 25

(rpometra papilionaria 12,44

Gracilaria eloneella, 259 ; tringipennella.. 259

Graellsia isabellse 186

(rrapbolita campoliliana, 259; naevana,

13, 259
Hadena contis:ua, 238; genistas, 44;

glanca, 258 ; suasa 11

Harpipteryx scabrella 43

Hastula byerana, 100, 129, var. margi-

nata 131, 149

Hecatera Serena . 11

Heliconius numata, silvana, vetusta 283

Heliopbobus cespitis 11

Hemeropbila abruptaria 24

Hesperia lineola 142

Heteronympba banksi, merope, mirifica .. 22'*

Homceosoma nebulella, nimbella 12

Hydrilla arcuosa 11

Hylopbila bicolorana 44

Xll.

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Hj'pochalcia ahenella 44

Hypocibta euphemia 228

Hypolimnas bolina, 220; niisippus ...99.220

Hyponomeuta vigintipunctatus 43

lalmenus evagoi-as, ictinus 228

Incurvaria oehlmanniella 2^9

Junonia vellida 227

Larentia autumnata 142

Laverna ochraceella 13,43

Leioptilus lienigianus, 42, 167 ; micro-

dactylus 13,42

Leptogvamma literana 42

Leucania favicolor, 24, 42, 43, 77, 104,
description of larva, 106, 132; ob-

soleta 42

Libythea geofFroyi nicevillei 13

Ligdia adustata 12

Limenitis sibylla 34

Limnas chrysippus 124

Lithocolletis frolichiella, hegeeriella, spin-

olella, stettinensis 260

Lithosia caniola, 25 ; griseola var. stra-

mineola, 11 ; quadra 42

Lobopbora viretata 42

Luperina cespitis 44

Lycsena argus var. hypocbiona, 254; orbi-
tulus, var. obertburi, pberetes, py-

renaica 283

Madopa salicalis 2)

Melanargia lachesis var. canigulensis, Me-

litaea aurinia var. iberica 283

Melanitis leda 228

Mesosemia eumene 76

Metoptria monogramraa 166

Metura elongata 229

Morpbo adonis 124

Myelopbila cribrella 12, 235

Nemophora piliella 259

Netrocoryne repanda 229

Neuria saponariffi (reticulata) 11,42

Nola centonalis, strigula 42

Nonagria geminipuncta 42

Notodonta dictaeoides 44

Nudaria senex 11

Ocbsenheimeria vacculella 96

fficopbora subaquilella 259

Ogy ris abrota, geno veva 228

Opbiodes lunaris 166

Ornix loganella, scoticella 260

Orsonoba ortbogrammaria (sp. n.). Long-
staff 184

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Ortbosia suspecta 44

Ortboticiiia antiquaiia, 13, 42 ; sparga-

nella, 13, 43 ; striana 13,42

Oxyptilus teucrii 60

Papilio anactus, 219 ; bluinei, 122 ; erech-

tbeus, 219 ; besperus, 99 ; lycaon,

219 ; maoleayaiius, 123, 220 ; sar-

pedon, sthenelus 219

Paraponyx .^tratiotalis 12

Pentbina diinidiana, 258; marginana,

259; ocbroleucana, 44 ; sauciana ... 259

Pericallia syringaria .. . 12, 42, 44

Peronea mixtana 259

Pbibalapteryx fluviata, vitalbata 12

Pboxoptei-yx biarcuana, myrtillana, 258 ;

uncana, unguicana 259

Phycis betube .. 44

Pleurota bastiforrais (,sp. n.), Wlsm., 128 ;

nitens 127

Plusia moneta .42,44

Plutella annulatella, dalella, 259 ; por-

rectella 43

Poecilocampa populi ... 259

Pcfidisca sordidana 42

Polia flavocincta, 11 ; xanthomista 23

Pseudacraia poggei 124

Psyche reticella .. 43

Pterophorus tetradactylus 71

Pterostoma palpina 11

Pygaera curtula 44

Pyralis glaucinalis 12

Retinia piiiicolana 42

Rbodopb;ea advenella, 42, 44 ; formosa,

12, 42, 4t ; marmorea, suavella 12, 42

Rivula sericealis 11

Sarotbripus uiidulanus 44

Saty rus semele 44, 70

Scardia arcella, 43 ; cloacella 13

Scodiona belgiaria 258

Scoparia (Eudorea) angustea (coarctalis),

70,117; ceiubras, pallida, 12; resinea,

42; ulmella 12

Scopula decrepitalis 260

Selenia lunaria 12,44

Scboenobius forficellus, mucronellus 12, 42

Spbinx convolvuli, 70 ; pinastri 42

Spilodes palealis 44

Spilosoma (Arctia) urticae .. 75

Stigmonota cognatana, cosmophorana ... 259

Strenia clatbrata 11

Swammerdamia comptella, spiniella 43

PAGE

Symmoca calidella (sp. n.), VVlsni., 37 ;

molitor (sp. ii.), Wlsiu., obliterata

(sp. n.), Wlsm., 38 ; ponerias (sp.

n.), Wlsm 37

Tephrosia consonaria ab. nigra, 89, 115 ;

consortaria 145

Tethea retusa 1 1 , 42

Theclarubi 167,238

Tinea granella, 117 ; lapella, 43 ; seini-

fulvella 13,43

Tisiphone abeona 22S

Tortrix diversana, 42 ; pronubana, 276 ;

unicolorana 100

Trichiura cratsegi 41

Vanessa antiopa, 260; c-album, 25; car-

dui, polycbloros 70

Xanthia gilvago 44

Xenica achanta, kliigii 228

Xylina petrificata, 70; seraibrunnea 117

Xylocampa lithoriza 11

Yponoraeuta vigintipunctata 13

Ypthima arctous... 228

Zouosotna pendularia var. subroseata 74

NEUROPTERA.

^schna isosceles, 2; mixta 75, 147

Agrion armatum, 187 ; ccerulescens, 148 ;

hastulatuui, 2, 36; mei-cuviale 75

Anax imperator, 2, 33, 75 ; parthenope ..2, 33

Boyeria irene 147

Csecilius dalii 213

Calopteryx exul, hsemorrboidalis .. 147

Chrysopa dorsal is 96

Cordulegaster annulatus, 35, 147 ; biden-

tatus 4

Cordulia aenea 3

Ectopsocus briggsi 213

Elipsocus westwoodii 213

Epitheca bimaculata 34

Gomphus lucasii, 147; pulchellus, 3, 34;

vulgatissimus 34,75

Ischnura fountainei, sp. n., 147 ; graellsii,

genei, 148 ; purailio 4,75

PAGE

Lestes diyas, 34 ; viridis 149

Lt'ucorrbinia albifrons, 3, 34; candatus,

34; dubia, 35; pectoralis 34

Libollula fulva 31,262

Liniiiopbihis elegans 47

Nelialennia speciosum 1

Onychogomphus forcipatus, 4, 34, 117;

uncatus 4,147

Ophiogomphus serpentinus 34

Oi'thetrum brunneum, 34 ; canccllatuni,

2,34; nitidinerve, ramburii 146

Panorpa cognata 98

Peripsocus alboguttatus 213

Platycnemis pennipes, 75 ; subdilatata ... 147

Psocus bipunctatus, morio 213

Pyrrhosoma tenellum 3, 148

Sympetrura fonsoolombii, 3, 146 ; meii-

dionale, 36, 146 ; sanguineura 134

Somatochlora alpestris, arctica. 3 > ; flavo-

maculata, 33 ; metallica 34

Sympj'cna fusca 149

ORTHOPTERA.

Acridium aegypticum 76

Anechura torquata 85

Anisolabis colossea, 233 ; annulipes 234

Apterygida aracliidis, 187, 234; media

(albipennis) 22

Chaitopsania capella 84

Porficula auricularia, ab., 2:i4; davidi,

interrogans 85

Gomphocerus rufus 22,136

Labia laminata 84

Labidura viparia 233

Leucopbiea surinamensis 143

Locusta viridissima 236,238

Periplaneta americana 143

Phaneroptera quadripunctata 283

Platycleis grisea 236

Polyzosteria ferruginea 233

Stenobothruselegans,lineatus,236; rufipes 265
Xipbidium dorsale 236

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APHANIPTERA.

PAGE

SPECIES.

Ceratophyllus farreni, 2ioi/;scA 255

Pulex clieopeis, „ 139

COLEOPTERA.
SPECIES.

Amara anthobia, Villa 87

Anisotoma lucens, ^airw 198

Baris pilistriata, S^epfe. (reinstated) 224

Crioeephalus rusticus, DeJ 15

Dacne fowleri, Joy 274

Lajmopliloeus inonilis, J?'a6r 275

Malachius barnevillei, Futon, 15 ; vulner-

atus, Ab 88

Melanophthalma distinguenda, Com 275

Quedius variabilis, iZeer 197

Silvanus mercator, Fauv. 37

Tetropiura crawsliayi, Sharp, 271 ; par-

cum, Sharp 272

Triplax bicolor, Gi/ll 86,135

DIPTERA.
SPECIES.

Agathom^'ia boreella, Z<f 6

Callimy ia elegantula, -FZ/i 6

Chry sotus femoratus, Ztt 64

Craspedothrix vivipara, B. if* B 207

Dolichopus argyrotarsis, Wahlb. 279

Erigone pectinata, G^JrscA 57

Exorista antennata, 5. (f- .B 206

J, fugax „ 206

„ glivina „ 206

„ intermedia „ 206

Homalomyia difficilis, S^eiji 7

PAGE

Medeterus obscurus, Ztt 190

Palloptera Isetabilis, iitt. .. 7

Phytomyptera nitidiventris, JBraci 207

Porpbyrops gravipes, SflZ 279

,, rivalis, iw Ill

Ptilops nigrita, PZn 206

Roeselia pallipes, ,, 203

Systenus bipartitus, Lw 170, 251

„ leucuriis „ 251

„ scholtzii „ 169

„ tener „ 251

Tachytrecbus ripicola „ (1904, p. 243).

Tricholyga major, Und 206

Ulidia nigripennis, ii« 227

Xipbandrium lanceolatum, Tiw 169

HYMENOPTERA.
SPECIES.

Amauronematus moricei, ^o»oM> 63

Ijj'gffionematus paididus, jE'onow 64

Pamphilius gyllenbali, Dablb 63

LEPIDOPTERA.
SPECIES.

Argyresthia illuminatella, Zell.
Tortrix pronubana, Hh

226
276

LIST OF NEW GENERA AND SPECIES, &c.,
DESCRIBED IN THIS VOLUME.

APHANIPTERA.

PAGE
SPECIES.
Ceratophyllus farrcni, Rathscli., Britain.. 255
Stephanocircus simsoui, ,, Tasmania 61

COLEOPTERA.
SPECIES.
Ocladius walkeri, Cameron,

Island of Perim 179

Dacne fowleri, t^o.y, ^er^s/aVe 274

Tetropium cra\vslia3-i, Sharp, Britain ... 271.
„ parcum, „ „ ... 272

HEM IPX ERA.
SPECIES.

Aouidia javaneusis, Grreew, Jat>a 31

Aspidiotus pustulans, „ „ 31

Lepidosaphes ungulata, „ „ 29

Opuntiaspis javeiiensis „ „ 28

Urostylis iiistructivus, Renter, India ... G4i

LKPIDOPTERA.
GENUS.
Aponoea, Wlsm 125

SPECIES.

Atloclita francoeui'ia!, Wlsm., Algeria

.. 126

Aponoea oljtusipalpis, „ „

.. 125

Api-oacreina acanthyllidis, Wlsm. „

.. 40

„ deverrae, „ „

.. 124

„ mitrella, „ „

.. 39

„ thaumalea, „ „

.. 41

„ zonariella, „ „

.. 39

Orsonoba ortliograrainaria, Lnngstaff,
Song Kotig

.. 184

Pleuvota hastifonnis, Wlsm., Algeria

.. 128

Syinmoca calidella, „ „

.. 37

„ molitor, „ „

.. 38

„ obliteiata, „ „

.. 3S

„ ponerias, „ „

.. 37

NEUROPTERA.
SPECIES.

Ischuuia fouiitainei, Morton, Algeria ..

147

ORTHOPTERA.
SPECIES.

Anechuia io\\\Kxa.ia,, Burr, Tonkin 85

Cli!eto.spania capella, „ Madagascar... 84

Foificula davidi, „ Mou Pin 85

„ iiiterrogaus, „ India 85

Labia laminata, „ Java 84

EXPLANATION OF PLATES.

Plate I. — Stephanocircus simsoni, Rothsch. ^see pages 61, 62).
II. — Hastula hyerana, Mill, (see page 157).
III.—
IV.—
V.-
VI.—
VII.—
VIII. — Ceratophyllus farreni, Rothsch. (see page 256).

ERRATA.

12, col. 2, line 4 from top, for "Timadra," read " Tiinandra."

12, ,, 3, ,, 7 „ bottom, _/or "contammana," read "contaminana."

19, li

44,

49,

75,
117,
142,
181,
182,
204,
210,
210,
223,
232,
232,
235,

lie 17 from top,/or " ezample," read " example."

19 .. ,, „ " spilodact^la," read " spilodactylus."
bottom, for " spain," read " Spain."
top, ,, " Amphydasis" read " Anvphidasys."

,, ,, " literata," read " siterata."

,1 „ " pyrrina," read " pyrina."

>, „ " Sypophlxus," read " Hypophlaeus"

„ „ " Enconnus," read " Euconnus."

,, ,, "Erigine," read " Erigone."

„ „ " maculicollis,' read " maculicornis."

bottom, „ " A. xthiops," read " E. sethiops."
top „ " puctuation," read " punctuation."

1, for " screechnig," read " screeching."
22 from top, for " Coreid," read " Reduviid."
21 „ „ „ " Mathow," read " Mathon."

19
25
18
23
17
23
4
11
12

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Obituary— Charles Golding Barrett.

Dragon-fly Hunting in Eastern Switzerland. — Kenneth J. Morton, F.E.S 1

The occurrence in Herefordshire of Callimyia elegantula, Fall., and Agathomyia

boreella, Zett.— J. H. Wood, M.B 5

A large community of Vespa vulgaris. — Rev. G. A. Crawshmj, M.A. ... 8

Lepidoptera taken in a Moth- trap at Ditchingham, Suffolk. — Mrs. H. E. Mann.. . 10

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Malachius barnevillei, Puton, an addition to the British list. — G. C. Champion,

F.Z.S 15-

Khizotrogus ochraceus, Knoch, a good species. — Dr. Norman H. Joy, F.E.S. ... 16

Note on larva of Ccsnonympha pamphilus. — Dr. T. A. Chapman, F.Z.S 18

Coleopteraat Eannoch. — Prof. T. Hudson Beare, B.Sc, F.R.S.E 18

Coleoptera taken in the Flannan Islands by Mr. W. Eagle Clarke. — Id 19

Phytobius muricatus, Ch. Bris., in Cumberland. — F. H. Day, F.E.S 20

Atenieles emarginatus, Pk., and Claviger testaceus, Preys, in N. Wales — J. R.

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Coleoptera at Tring. — E. Geo. Elliman 20

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Societies. — South London Entomological Society 22

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List of British Dolichopodidse, with tables and notes (continued). — 6. E.

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Ernest E. Austen 57

Notes on Stephanocircus dasynri, Skuse, and Stephanocircus simsoni, sp. nov.

(with a Plate).— Hon. N. Charles Rothschild, M.A., F.L.S 60

Three new British sawflies.— Rev. F. D. Morice, M.A., F.E.S 63

Urostylis instructivus, a new species of the family Urostylidse. — Prof. 0. M.

Renter 64

Malachius spinosus, Er., an addition to the British list. — 0. C. Champion, F.Z.S. 66
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cutty, M.A., F.E.S 66

Casual captures of Coleoptera in 1904.— iS. C. Bedwell, F.E.S 67

Strangalia aurulenta, Fab., in Devonshire. — H. Q. Attlee 69

Tetropium castanenm, L., at Esher. — 0. E. Bryant 69

Silvanus mercator, Fauv., at Merton, Surrey. — E. A. Newhery 69

Ceuthorrhynchus cochleariae, Gyll., with six-jointed funiculus. — Id 69

Notes on Lepidoptera observed at Mortehoe, North Devon, in 1904, — G. B.

Longstaff, M.D., F.E.S 69

Remarkable larval case of Coleophora lixella, Z. — Eustace R. Bankes, M.A.,

F.E.S 7a

Two pupsB of Aplecta nebulosa, Hnfn., in the same cocoon. — Id 71

Notes on some Diptera from the New Foreat, 1904. — E. W. Andrews .. 71

Rare Diptera in 1903.— Id 72

Note on a Tachinid. — Colhran J. Wainwright, F.E.S 72

Review.— Practical Hints for the Field Lepidopterist, Part III: by J. W.

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Obituary. — Professor Friedrich Moritz Brauer, Hon. F.E.S 73

Societies. — South London Entomological Society 74

Entomological Society of London 76

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Odonata collected by Miss Margaret E. "Fountaine in Algeria, with description

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Some observations on Hastula hyerana, Mill, [with three Plates], (concluded). —

T. A. Chapman, M.D., F.Z.S 149

On the movements of the " Jumping Bean." — David Rollo 15S

Gnoriraus nobilis, L., at Woolwich. — E. C. Bedwell, F.E.S 159

Capture of Pselaphus dresdensis, Herbst, near London. — 6. E. Bryant 159

Further notes on the capture of Araara anthobia, Villa, and the comparative

morphology of A. familiaris, A. anthobia, and A. Incida. — Rev. Geo. A.

Crawshay, M.A 159

Acrognathus mandibularis, Gyll., &c., near Woking. — G. C. Champion, F.Z.S .. 161

Scymnus lividus, Bold, a synonym of S. testaceus. Mots. — E. A. Newhery 162

Epursea longula, Er., and other Nitidulidse in the Derwent Valley. — Richard 8.

Bagnall, F.E.S 162

Diptera in Scotland — A. E. .7. Carter 163

Societies. — Birmingham Entomological Society 164

Lancashire and Cheshire Entomological Society 165

South London Entomological Society 166

List of British Dolichopodidae, with tables and notes (continued). — G. H.

Verrall, F.E.S '. 167

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Quedins variabilis, Heer : an addition to the British list of Coleoptera. — E. A.

Newlery 197

Anisotoma oblonga, Er. : synonymical notes. — O. C. Champion, F.Z.S 198

Notes on Tachinidae, No. 1. — Colhran J. Wainwright, F.E.8 199

Rhopalomesites tardyi, Curt., in the Isle of Man. — J. Harold Bailey, M.D 207

Coleoptera from Berkshire. — Norman H. Joy, M.D., F.E.S 209

Osphya bipunctata, F., near Peterborough. — Rev. Cation C. T. Cruttwell, M.A.,

F.E.S 209

Notes on Coleoptera captured during a tour through Sutherlandshire and at

Aviemore, Inverness-shire, in the month of June, 1905. — Id 209

Apteropeda orbiculata, Marsh., and its food-plants. — E. A. Newhery 210

Note on the Elater sethiops, Lac, of British collections.— 0. C. Champion, F.Z.S. 210

Abraxas grossulariata var. varleyata at Huddersfield. — Geo. T. Porritt, P.L.S. 211

Dichrorampha flavidorsana, Knaggs, = D. qusestionana, Zeller, at Folkestone.

— H. Guard Knaggs, M.D 211

Curious dates of emergence. — T. A. Chapman, M.D. , F.Z.S 211

Formica fusca, race gagates, in the New Forest. — Q. Arnold 211

Hymenoptera and Hemiptera in the Mendips. — Edward Saunders, F.R.S 212

Psocidso at Woking.— Id 213

Note on Ledra aurita.— G. C. Bignell, F.E.S 214

On Cimbex connata, ^chr.— Claude Morley, F.E.S 214

Obituary.— Thomas William Daltry, M.A., F.L.S 215

Antipodean Field Notes. III. — A sketch of the Entomology of Sydney, N.S.W.

—James J. Walker, M. A., R.N., F.L.S 216

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Baris (Limnobaris) T-album, Linn., and B. pilistriata, Steph. — G. C. Champion,

F.Z.S 224

Zeugophora flavicollis, Marsh., and its varieties. — Id 225

Occurrence of Argyresthia illuniinatella, Zell., in Britain. — E. Meyrick, B.A.,

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Laemosthenes coniplauatus, Dej., &c., in the Isle of Sheppey. — Id 234

Malachius vulneratus, Ab., in Sbeppey. — E. A. Waterhouse 234

Coleoptera in the New Forest, &c. — Ouy S. Whitaker 235

Recent captures of Coleoptera.— J. R. le B. Tomlin, M.A., F.E.S 235

Myelophila cribrella on the Kentish Rag near Ashford. — W. R. Jeffrey 235

Lophosia fasoiata, Mg., in the New Forest. — F. C. Adams, F.E.S 236

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J. J. WALKEE, M.A,, E.N., E.L.S.

LOED WALSINGHAM, M.A., LL.D., E.E.S., &c.

SECOND SERIES-VOL. XVI.

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CONTENTS. PAQE

On the British species of Hydrotsea, Dsv. (continued). — Percy H. Orimshaw,

F.E.8 245

List of British Dolichopodidae, with tables and notes {concluded). — 0. H. Verrall,

F.E.S 247

Further notes on Manx Coleoptera. — J. R. le B. Tomlin, M.A , F.E.S 252

Lycaena argus, Kirby, var. hypochiona, Ramb., on the North Downs. — A. H.

Jones, 'f.E.S 254

A new British flea : Ceratophyllus farreni, spec. nov. (with a Plate). — Hon. N.

Charles Rothscldld, M.A. , F.L.S 255

The food-plant of Dibolia cynoglossi, Koch. — Horace Donisthorpe, F.Z.S 256

Apion brnnnipes, Boh. (= lagvigatum, Kirby), in Suffolk. — E. C. Bedwell, F.E.S. 256
Occurrence of Amara anthobia, Villa, on the Lancashire coast. — J. Kidson Taylor 257

Harpalus honestus, Daft., at Streatley, Berks. — IV. Holland 257

Apion astragali, Payk., at Oxford. — Id 257

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