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THE

ENTOMOLOGIST'S

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MONTHLY MAGAZINE:

CONDUCTED BY

G. C. CHAMPION, F.Z.S. J. E. COLLIN, F.E.S.

W. W. FOWLER, D.Sc, M.A., F.L.S.

G. T. POEEITT, F.L.S. E. SAUNDERS, F.E.S.

J. J. WALKEE, M.A., E.N., F.L.S.

LOED WALSINGHAM, M.A., LL.D., F.E.S., &c.

SECOND SERIES-VOL. XVIII.

[VOL. XLIil ]

" The more I observe, the more I find the necessity for observation ; and
the less I rely on vrhat I liave observed." — Sau.imre.

LONDON :

GUENEY & JACKSON (Mr. Van Voorst's Successors),

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10, PATEENOSTEE EOW.

1907. i^s^'^

DEC 13 19,

LONDON :

NAPIER, PRINTER, SEYMOUR STREET, EUSTON SQUARE, N.W.

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/•.^ontribdtors ...
-General Index

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Special Index—
Aphuniptera .
Coleoptera ....

Diptera

Hemiptera ....
Hymenoptera

INDEX.

Special Index [continued)—

Lepidoptcra xi

Neuroptera xiv

Orthoptcra xiv

Genera and Species new to Science iv

,, ,, ,, ,! Britain . ... xvi

Explanation of Plates xvi

Errata xvi

INDEX TO CONTRIBUTORS,

PAGE

Adams, F.C., F.E.S 185

Atmore, E. A., F.E.S 13, 65, &t, 68

Austen, E. E 176

BagTiall, R. S., F.E.S 234

Bailey, J. H., M.B 3

Bankes, E. R., M.A., F.E.S 66, 83, 85,

104, 137, 181, 204, 208, 209,
236, 244, 257

Barton, L. F 253

Bayford, E. G 82

Beare, Prof. T. Hudson.B.Sc, F.R.S.E.,
F.E.S 234, 235, 237, 272, 275

Bedwell, E. C, F.E.S 62, 275

Bignell, G. C, F.E.S 260

Bishop, T.G 251

Bryant, G. E 208

Burr, M., B.A., F.L.S 60, 178, 260

Butler, E. A., B.Sc, F.E.S. .14, 245, 253,

254

Cameron, M., M.B., R.N., F.E.S 226

Carter, A. E. J 110, 160

Champion, G. C, F.Z.S. ...52, 63, 102, 110,
135, 184, 233, 234, 250

Champion, H. G 254

Chapman, T. A., M.D., F.Z.S 31, 71,

210, 258

Chitty, A. J., M.A., F.E.S 164

Cruttwell, Rev. Canon C. T., M.A.,

F.E.S 235, 251, 256

Day, F. H., F.E.S 63, 136, 137

de la Garde, P. H., R.N., F.E.S. ...124, 136,

158

Distant, W. L., F.E.S 10, 246

Douisthorpe, H. St. J., F.Z.S 275

Edwards, F.W 255

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. 202

Elliott, E. A., F.E.S

Fowler, Rev. Canon W. W., M.A., D.Sc,
F.L.S 12,30

Prisby, G. E 159, 238

Gahan, C. J., M.A., F.E.S 121

Gorham, Rev. H. S., F.Z.S 53, 54, 205

Guermonprez, H. L. F 110

Howlett, Milburn 229

Jackson, P. H 251

Jeffrey, W.R 13

Jenkinson, F., M.A 13, 14

Joicey, J. J. 255

Jones, A. H., F.E.S 35, 227

Joy, N. H., M.R.C.S., F.E.S 6, 27, 79,

81, 134, 135, 225, 250, 271, 275

Keys, J. H., F.E.S 102

Longstaff, G. B., M.D., F.R.C.P.,

F.E.S.. .241, 270

Luff, W. A., F.E.S 39

Malloch, J. R 43,86

Mausbridge, W. R., F.E.S 17, 43, 89,

117, 138

Mathew, G. F., R.N. , F.L.S 13

Meyrick, E., B.A., F.R.S 146, 161, 235

Morice, Rev. F. D., M.A., F.E.S. ...21, 76,

141, 247

Morley, C, F.E.S 45, 85, 159

Mortimer, C.H 211, 237, 258, 259

Morton, K. J., F.E.S 1, 107

Nevinson, E. G. B., F.E.S 277

Newbery, E. A 4, 103, 123, 136, 172,

208, 223

Noakes, A 255

Petersen, Esben 15

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Porritt, G. T., F.L.S 12, 02, 237, 276

Purdey, W 258

Richardson, N. M 85, 105

Eothschild, Hon. N. C, M.A., F.L.S... 11,

12, 41, 175

Rowland-Brown, H., M.A., F.E.S. ...20, 70,
92, 118, 140, 163, 263, 279

Saunders, C. F 208

Saunders, E., F.R.S 40, 66, 67, 196

Saunders, II. A., B.A 233

Scott, H., B.A 160

Sharp, D., M.A., F.R.S 58

Sharp, W. E., F.E.S 252

Sweeting, H. R 17, 43, 89, 117, 138

Thouless, H. J 64, 110

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Thurnall, A .42,110

Tian-Shansky, A. S 232

Tomlin, J. R. le B., M.A., F.E.S 6, 27,

136, 276

Turner, H. J., F.E.S. .18, 44, 90, 118, 139,
163, 186, 211, 239, 262, 278

Waiuwri^ht, C. J., F.E.S. .17, 70, 89, 116,
138, 185, 239, 277

Walker, J. J., M.A., R.N., F.L.S ...82, 83,
93, 130, 137, 154, 158, 184, 205, 208

Walsingham, Rt. Hon. Lord, M.A.,

LL.D., F.R.S 6, 55, 125, 147, 177,

187, 210, 212, 219, 265

West, W 83

Wood, J. H., M.B 228

Wood, Rev. T., M.A., F.E.S 42

GENERAL INDEX.

PAGE

Abraxas grossulariata, var. varleyata. Heredity, and sexual dimorphism in,

12,62; further experiments in the breeding of ... .. ... 276

African Siphonaptera, Some new (with plate) ... ... ... ... ... 175

Agapanthia lineatocoUis, Don., at Oxford ... ... ... ... ... ... 184

Aleochara discipennis. Mills, and Rev : a British Insect, 1('2 ; maculata, Bris.,

near Oxford and in Berkshire ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 83

Algerian Micro-Lepidoptera ... ... ... ... 6,55,125,147,187

Anthocoris limbatus, Fieb. : an addition to the British Hemiptera ... ... 233

Aphodius sturmi, Harold, not a British insect ... ... ... ... ... 30

Apion kiesenwetteri, Desbr., a British insect, 52 ; semivittatum, Gryll., at St.

Margaret's Bay, 235 ; filirostre, Kirby, the food-plant of ... ... ... 276

Arena octavii, Fauv., on Dawlish Warren ... ... ... ... .. ... 124

Aristotelia palustrella, Dgl., Pupating habits of, 85 ; stipella, Hb., Occurrence

in Britain of the typical form ... ... ... ... ... ... 66,85

Asemum striatum, L., at Chobham ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 135

Bamboos in India, Description of a pest to ... ... ... ... ... 10

Bembidium 4-pustulatum, Dcj., and Platystethus alutaceus at Sittingbourne ... 136

Carpophil us sexpustulatus and other beetles near Doncaster ... ... ... 82

Carrion, Ten years' work among vertebrate .. ... ... ... ... 45

Cartoderc argus, Reitt., in Britain, 136 ; elongata, Curt., &c., from N. of

England 234

Cerafcina cyanea at Red Hill... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 238

Ceroplatus lineatus, F., a rare fungus midge re-discovered in London, 176 ; at

Lyndhursl .. ... ... ... ... ... .. .., ... 185

Ceuthorrhynchus pilosellus, GylL, &c., near Oxford ... ... ... ... 137

Choleva watsoni, Spence, A note on the habits of... ... ... ... ... 250

Chrysomela marginata, L., on Arthur's Seat ... ... ... ... ... 274

Chrysopa dorsalis, Burm., in Norfolk ... ... ... ... ... ... 67

Cicadidse : Description of a new genus and species from S. Africa ... ... 246

Cis punctulatus, Gyll., in England 136

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Coleophora marginatella, H.-S. (?), in Scotland ... ... ... ... ... 257

Coleoptera in Cumberland, 1906, 63 ; Herefordshire and Shropshire, Records
wanted, 12; the Highlands, 251 ; Isle of Wight, 253 ; in Lundy Island,
Further notes on, 27 ; Moles' nests, Oxford, 82 ; Surrey, 63 ; New Forest,
July 1907, 205; North Wales, 251; Royston Heath, &c., 208 ; Surrey

and Hants, 253 ; at Aviemore at Easter, 272 ; additional SufPolk ... .. 275

Cryptophagus, Notes on the genus, with a table of the species, 164 ; cylindrus,
Kies., at Chobham, 234 ; pallidiis, Sturm : a new British beetle, 271 ; sub-
depressus, Gyll. : a new British beetle, 225; etc., in Suri'ey, 250; from

Cumberland ... .. .. ... ... ... ... ... ... 275

Cumberland, Coleoptera in ... ... ... ... ... .. ... ... 63

Dale Collection, Some notes on the Lepidoptera of the ... ... 93, 130, 154

Dermatoptcra from Portuguese West Africa ... ... ... ... ... 60

Dimorphism, sexual, and heredity, in Abraxas glossulariata, var. varleyata 12, 62

Diptera in Dumbartonshire, 1906, 86 ; in Scotland, 1906 110

Dorytomus tremula?, Payk., near Guildford ... ... ... ... ... 110

Earwig, A new British ? ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ••• 173

Elaterid genera, Hypnoidus, Steph., and Cryptohypnus, Esch. ... ... ... 121

Empis borealis, Note on the coupling of ... .. ... ... ... ... 229

Enarmonia ratzeburgiana, Rtzb., bred from Picea morinda ... ... ... 208

Enicmus fungicola, Thoms., a species of Coleoptera new to Britain, 103, 104,

137; from the county of Durham ... ... ... ... ... ... 234

Epiblenia costipunctana, Haw., an aberration of E. trigeminana, Steph. ... 181

Epursea oblonga, Herbst, at Chobham .. ... ... ... ... ... 184

Eumicrus rufus, Miill, &c., near Guildford ... ... ... ... ... 233

Evetria buoliana, SchifE., feeding on Pinus pinaster ... ... .. ... 209

Exaleochai-a, a genus of Coleoptera new to science ... ... ... ... 102

Exartema latifasciana, Hw., ab. vineana, n. ab. ... ... ... ... ... 104

Fleas, New British (with figures), 11, 41 ; African 175

Forficulce species nova ... .. •■ ••• ••■ ••■ ••• 232

Formica exsecta, Nyl., in the Isle of Wight ... 254

Gelechia solutella, Z., ab. cruttwelli, n. ab., 244 ; streliciella, H.-S., in Britain,

236 ; the Highlands 235

Glyphipteryx thrasonella. Scop., ab. nitens, n. ab. ... 204

Grouse fly, Ornithomyia lagopodis, sp. n. ... ... .. ... ... ... 58

Gyposoma incarnana, Haw., ab. alnetana, Gn., near Folkestone 258

Hsematobia irritans, L., Habit of ... ... ... ■• ■• ■■■ ■•• 13

Halictus brevicornis, Schrank, an addition to the list of British Hymenoptera... 40
Haliplus immaculatus, Gerh., a species (or variety) of Coleoptera new to the

British list 4

Hastula hyerana. Mill., further notes on progressive melanism 31,71

Hemiptera in the Isle of Wight 253

Hemiptera-Heteroptera, Additions to the list of British, since 1892, 196 ; Mi-
gration of Aquatic ... ... ... ••■ •■• ••• ••• ••• 105

Henoticus serratus, Gyll., from Scotland 234

Heriades truncorum, Linn., near Chobham, Suri'ey 277

Hydrajna britteni, Joy, a new British beetle, 79 ; from Central France, 134 ;
longior, Rey, in North Wales, 252 ; and Ochthebius viridis, Peyron, addi-
tions to the list of British Coleoptera 172

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Hydrochus nitidicollis, Mills., in the Eiver Teign ISfi

Hymenoptera Aculeata, Guernsey list, additions to, 39 ; at Tlolmwood, Surrey,
258 ; Porthcawl, lOOfi, fifi ; Redhill, 159 ; Swanage, Dorset, 259 ; in West
Suffolk and at Eastbourne, 67 ; parasitica in West Suffolk and at East-
bourne ... ... ... ... ... ... ... .. ... ... 85

Hypera tigrina. Boh., at St. Margaret's Bay 234-

Hypocyptus ovuluni, Heer, and laeviuseulus, Mann. ... ... ... ... 81

Hypopbylius crinipes, Stseg., in the Forth district ... ... 160

Ichneumonidce, A few Irish, 159 ; On two new to the British fauna ... ... 273

Idiocerus scurra. Germ., a species of Homoptera new to the British list ... 245

Laccobius sinuatus, Mots., an unrecognised British species, 6 ; description of a

species apparently new to science .. ... .. ... ... 54

Lathrobium lasvipenne, Heer ... .. ... ... ... ... ... 136

Lepidoptera of Arosa and the Spliigen and San Bernardino Passes, 35 ; at
electric light at Herculcsbad, Hungary, 227 ; at Glenshian, Inverness-
shire, in July 1907, 255 ; Micro-, in the Highlands, 256 ; at Lundy Island,
241 ; in North Sussex, Noteworthy captures of, 83 ; from Street Lamps at
Guildford and Woking, 254; further notes on, observed at Mortehoe ... 270
Loxotrochis sepias, Meyrick, Correction of locality for ... .. ... ... 161

Lundy Island, Lepidoptera of. First notes on the... ... ... ... ... 211

Lygaeus equestri*, Linn., at St. Margaret's Bay ... ... ... ... ... 237

Macrocentrus marginator, Nees ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 260

Medon castaneus, Grar., in Moles' nests, near Oxford, 82 ; dilutus, Er., in the

New Forest . . . ... ... . . ... ... ... . . 208

Meesia richardsoni, Wlsni., n. syn., ^ Tinea vinculella, Wlsm 210

Melanism: Progressive, Hastula hyerana, Miill. .. ... ... ... 31,71

Melanotus rufipes, Herbst, and castanipes, Payk. ... ... ... ... 123

Meloe rugosus at Broadstairs and Margate .. ... ... .. ... 42

Micro-Lepidoptera, Algerian, 6, 55, 125, 147, 187; in the Highlands, 256:

Spanish and Moorish ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 212

Migration of Aquatic Hemiptera .. ... ... ... ... ... 105

Myeetanlus bipunctatus. Fin. (Sepsidre), Note on the life history of 160

Myelois cirrigerella in Wilts .. ... ... ... ... ... ... 235

Nabis hoops, Schiodte, in Sussex ... ... .. ... ... ... no

Nephrocerus flavicornis, Zett,, at Cambridge ... ... ... .. 14

Neuroptera collected in Corsica by Miss Fountaine ... ... ... j

Nonagria sparganii reared from the egg ... ... ... ... 13

Nothochrysa capitata, F. .. ... ... .. ... .. gg

Obituaries :— Boyd, William Christopher, 16 ; Chaney, William, 16; Linnell,
John, 69; Robson, John Emerson, 88; Moore, Frederic,
D.Sc, A.L.S., 162 ; Harrison, John ... ... ... 2II

Ochthebius margipallens, Ltr., and O. viridis, Peyr. ... ... ... 2O8

Ocypus cyaneus, Payk., in Scotland ... ... ... ... ... 251 275

Q5domera virescens, L , and Malachius barnevillei. Put. ... ... ... 64

Onthophilus sulcatus, F., in a Moles' nest... ... ... ... ... 62

Ornithomyia lagopodis, sp. n.. Grouse fly ... ... ... ... ... 53

Orthoptera, Rare, near Dover ... ... ... ... ... 26O

Orthosia ocellaris, Bork., and other species at Cambridge ... ... 255

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Osmia pariefcina in Wales ... ... .. ... ... ... ... ... 237

Osylaemus variolosus, Duft.., at Darenlh Wood ... ... ... ... ... 83

Oxjpoda metatarsalis. Thorns., as a new British species ... ... ... ... 53

Paltodora striatella, Hb., in East Devon ... ... ... ... ... ... 137

Panagseus crux-major, L., A new locality for ... ... ... ... ... 12

Pezomacluis, Notes on the genus, in Morlcy's British Ichneumons .. ... 202

Peritrechus gracilicornis, Put , and other llcmaiplerii. and Coieoptera in the

Isle of Wight 253

Phalaerus hybridus, Flach : an addition to the list of British Coieoptera, with

a revision of the British species of Phalaerus ... ... ... ... 223

Pliora gracilis : a new species belonging to Becker's Group I ... ... ... 228

Piezostellius flavipes, Reut., at Carmarthen ... ... ... ... ... 14

Plecoptera (Perlidffi), The British 107

Plusia moneta, I*'ab., in the Oxford district ... ... ... ... . 158

Pompilus sanguinolentus in Surrey ... ... ... ... ... .. 211

Psamotis pulveralis, Hb., in Sussex... ... ... ... ... ... ... 110

PsychodidsB in Dumbartonshire, 1906 .. ... .. ... ... ... 43

PterophoridR", A now European species of... ... .. ... ... ... 146

Reviews : — " The Victoria Histoi-y of the Counties of England. A History of
Devonshire. Insecta," Edited by H. Gross, F.L.S., &c , 15;
" A Study of the Aquatic Coieoptera and their Sui-roundings
in the Norfolk Broads District," by Frank Balfour Browne,
M.A., F.R.S.E., F.Z.S., 16; " William John Burchell : The
Materials of a Lecture delivered before the British Associa-
tion in the Town Hall, Cape Town, August 17th, 1905," by
Edward B. Poulton, M.A., D.Sc, F.R.S., &c., 68; " Dlus-
trations of British Blood Sucking Flies, with Notes," by
E. E. Austen, 87 ; "A Natural History of British Butter-
flies, their World-wide Variation and Geographical Distri-
bution. A text book for Students and Collectors," by J. W.
Tutt, F.E.S. Vol. i, 112; " Catalogus Coleopterorum
Europae, Caucasi et Armenise Rossicse," by Dr. L. von
Heyden, E. Reitter, and J. Weise. Edited by E. Reitter.
Editio Secunda, 114, 138 ; " Preliminary List of Coleptera
observed in the neighbourhood of Oxford from 1819 to
1907," by James J. Walker, Hon. M.A., R.N., F.L.S, 114;
" The Victoria History of the Counties of England : A
History of Yorkshire Insects." Edited by George T.
Porritt, F.L.S. , &c., 115; "Catalogue of British Orthop-
tera, Neuroptera, and Trichoptera," by the late C. W. Dale,
F.E.S., revised and corrected, 116 ; " A Natural History of
the British Lepidoptera," Vol. T, by J. W. Tutt, F.E.S. , 161 ;
" Indian Insect Pests," by H. Maxwell Lefroy, M.A., F.Z.S.,
F.E.S., Imperial Entomologist, 238 ; " Butterflies of Hong
Kong and South- East China," by J. C. Kershaw, F.Z.S.,
F.E.S. Pts. I — VI. 4to, pp. i— xiv. la, 5a, 260 ; " Austra-
lian Insects," by Walter W. Froggatt, F.L S., Government
Entomologist N.S. Wales. 8vo. pp. 449, with 37 plates,
containing 270 figures, also 180 text blocks, 261 ; " The
Insect Hunter's Companion," by the Rev. Joseph Greene,
M.A. Revised and extended by A. B. Earn. Fifth
Edition 277

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Rhizopliagus cceruleipennis, Sahib., in Devon, 158 ; al Woking, 1:^5 ; paral-

lelocollis, Er., in buried corpses ... ... ••• ... ••• ••■ ^

Salius notatulus ?, Identification of ... .. ... ... ... ••■ 237

Scoparia dubitalis, is it a moss or a root feeder ? ... ... ... ■.■ 42

Scotland, Coleoptera in, 251 ; Diptera in, 43, 8(J, 110 ; Lepidoptera in... 255, 256

Sesia vespiforniis at Woking ... ... ... ... ... ... ■•• 208

Shropshire, Records of Coleoptera wanted ... ... ... ... ■ 12

Siniplocaria, on a species apparently distinct from S. semistriata ... ... 205

Siphonapfera, New African (with plate), 175 ; New British (with figures) ... 11
Societies — Birmingham Entomological Society, 17, 70, 89, 116, 138, 185,
239, 277 ; Entomological Society of London, 20, 70, 92,
118, 14.0, 163, 263, 279; Lancashire and Cheshire Entomo-
logical Society, 17, 43, 89, 117, 138 ; South London

Entomological Society ... 18, 44, 90, 118, 139, 163, 186, 21 i,

239, 262, 278

Spanish and Moorish Micro-Lepidoptera .. ... ... ... ... ... 212

Stagmatopliora, IL-S., Description of New Species of ... ... ... ... 177

Steganoptycha pygmoeana in Surrey, 110; rufimitrana, H.-S., bred from

Euphorbia amygdaloides, L. ... ... .. ... ... ... 66

Stenoptilia graphodactyla, Treitschke, a new Britisli " Plume " ... ... 13

Stenostoma, Description of a New Species from Malta ... ... ... ... 226

Stenus niveus, Fauv., at Chobhani ... .. ... ... ... ... 110

Tenthredinida;, Help Notes towards the determination of British, (17) 21,

(18)76,(19)141,(20) 247

TeretriuB picipes, F., is it parasitic on Lyctus canaliculatus as well as on

L. brunneus ? ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 275

Thiodia maritiraa, Westw. (Lep. Tin.), versus Epiblema candidulana and

Semasia wimmerana, Stgr. Reb. Cat. ... ... ... ... ... 219

Tinea flavescentella, Hw. {nee Stn.), n. syn. = Tinea merdella, Stn. {nee Z.) ... 265

Tortricodes chapmani, Wlsm., Note on the Life-History of ... .. ... 210

Tortrix semialbana in Argyleshire, 258 ; at Doncaster ... ... ... ... 237

Wasps killing Hive Bees .. ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 259

Xanthia occllaris, Bkh., in Norfolk, 13 ; at Norwich ... ... ... 65, 110

Xylomyia marginata, Mg., at Cambridge ... ... ... ... ... ... 14

SPECIAL INDEX.

APHANIPTERA. I COLEOPTERA.

Ceratophyllus borealis 11 I Abdera bifasciata 251

Ctenocephalus rosniarus 175 j Acanthocinus u'dilis 64

Ctenophthalmus eugis 176 Acidota cieuata 2/3

Hystrichopsylla talp;u 63,83 [ Acroguathus maucUbularis 251

Listropsylla dolosus 175 i ^gialia rufa 251

Fulex gouiocephalus 86 | Agabus affinis 03

Tricliopsylla galliua', uewsteadi 86

Typhlopsylla agyrtes, 86 ; isacanthus ... 41

Agapauthia lineatocollis 184

Agathidimu confusuui, 233 ; convexuni,
64; uignpeuue, 206 ; semiuuluni ... 64

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Agrilus laticornis, viridis 207

Aleocliara cuniculorum, 200 ; discipennis,
102 ; niaculata, 83 ; inycetophag'a,

206 ; spadicea 02, G3, 83, 275

Alexia pilif era 04

Amara alpina, 252 ; iiifima 184

Anchomenus versutus 251

Anisotoma. nigrita, parvula 206

Anisoxya fuscula 207

Anitys riibens 207

Anoplodera sex-guttata 207

Anthaxia uitidula 207, 208

Antherophagus silaceus 184

Aphanisticus emarginatus 254

xVi)ion coido, 6i ; filirostre, 276; immnue,
2!> ; kicseuwetteri, 52 ; seniivittatum,
208, 235; spencei, &c 64

Aphodius nemoralis 273

Arena octavii 124, 261

Asemum striatum 135

Aspidophorus orbiculatus 206

Astyuomus u'dilis 273

Atemeles emarginatus 28, 206

Athous rhombeus 207

Atomaria badia, umbrina 64

Bseocrara variolosa 135

Bagous claudicans, glabrirostris var. nigri-

tarsis, 04; limosus 29

Bembidium audrea' (anglicauum), 252;

quadripustulatum 130

Bibloporus bicolor 64

Bradycelhis cognatus 252

Brachytarsus varius 1 77

By thiuus curtisi 206

Cffinopsis fissirostris, 253 ; waltoni 29

Callicerus obscurus, 28 ; rigidicornis 04

Callidium variabile, 253 ; violaceum 04

Calodera riparia 63

Calosoma inquisitor 251

Carabus glabratus, violaceus, var. exas-

peratus 251

Carpophilus sexpustulatus 82

Cartodere argus, 136 ; elongata 234

Cassida sauguinolenta 251

Caulotrypis ;pueopiceus 29

Ceuthorrhynchidius chevrolati 137

Ceuthorrhynchus pilosellus 137

Choleva angustata, 63 ; spadicea, 275 ;

watsoni 250

Chrysomela fastuosa 251 ; marginata ... 274

Cis alui, 233 ; punctulatus 136

Cistela ceramboides 207

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Clinocara tetratoma, 252 ; undulata 207

Codiosoma spadix 207

Colon serripes 206

Colydium elongatum 206

Coninomus constrictus 136

Conopalpus testaceus 207

Corticaria denticulata, 22 ; fenestralis ... 04
Corymbites impressus, 252 ; pcctinicomis 64

Coryphium angusticoUe 63

Cryphalus abietis, 184, 207, 234, 250;

tilia- 234

Cryptocephalus bipunctatus, var. liueola 251

Cryptoliypnus maritimus, &c 122, 252

Cryptophagus bicolor, 29, 64, 170 ; cyliu-
drns, 170, 234 ; fumatus, 168 ; pal-
lidus, 271 ; populi, 168 ; subdepres-
sus, 225, 250, 275 ; subfumatus, 169 ;

umbratus, 170 ; validus 169

Cymindis axillaris 46

Dacne humeralis 206

Dasy tes niger 207

Deleaster diclirous 135

Dendrophagus crenatus 273

DiplocoBlus fagi 207

Donacia impressa 251

Drypta dentata 254

Dyschirius nitidus 251

Dorytomus costirostris, tortrix, tremulic. 184

Elaphrus lapponicus 252

Elater elongatulus, lythropterus 207

Enicmus fungicola 103, 104, 137, 234

Epurasa angustula, 234 ; 10-guttata, 207 ;

oblouga 184, 234

Eryx ater 207

Eubria palustris 185

Eubrychius velatus 64

Euconnus hirticollis 276

Eumicrus rufus 233

Euplectus ambiguus, 29 ; piceus 64

Euryptilium saxouicum 135

Euthia schaumi 206

Exaleochara morion 102

Geodromicus nigrita 252

Gnathoncus nanneteusis 206

Hallomeuus bumeralis 263

Haplocnemus impressus 64

Harpalus discoideus 184

Hedobia impeiialis 135

Helophorus arvernicus 63

Henoticus serratas 234

Heterothops nigra 62, 63, 83, 275

vm.

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Hister marginatus 63, 82, 184

Homaloplia ruricola 208

Honialiuni monilicorne 273

Homalota aiigustula, 28; cusiiidata, 137 ;
eremita, 110; exilis, 28; fallaciosa,
110; hepatica, (54 ; longicornis, &c.,
28; orbata, &c., 47; paradoxa, 63,
83, 275 ; parallela, 272 ; testaceipes 137
Hydra'na britteni (sp. u.) Joy, 79, 134 ;

longior 172,200, 252

Hydrochus Mitidicollis 136

Hydroporus discretus, longuhis, 28 ; ob-
scurus, 252 ; septentrionalis, 63 ;

umbrosus 252

Hylastinus obscurus 27

Hylesinus oleiperda, 137; vittatus ...135, 184

Hypera tigriua 234

Hyperaspis roppensis 206

Hypuoidus riparius 122

Hypocyptus oviiliim 81

Hypophlti'us bicolor, linearis 234

Ips quadripustulatus 273

Ischnomera sanguinicollis 208

Laccobiup oblongus (sp. n.), Gorhani, 54;

sinuatus 5

Lamprinus saginatus 28, 206

Larinus carliuii^ 251

Lathrobium lii'vipeuue, 136; quadratuiii 64

Leptinus testaceus 63

Leptura scutollata 207

Limnius troglodytes 207

Liodes orbicularis 206

Longitarsus agilis, 137 ; gracilis var.

powori, holsaticus 29

Lyctus bruuiieus, canaliculatus 275

Magdalis duplicata 252

Malachius baruevillei 64

Megacronus cingulatus, 137, 206 ; iucli-

nans 251

Medou castaneus, 82 ; dilutus 208

Melanophthalma distingueuda, 28 ; simi-

lata 250

Melanotus castanipes 123, 252

Melasis buprestoides 20"

Melasoma iuueum 251

Meloe rugosus 42

Miarus plantarum 137, 252

Microglossa puUa J84

Microrrhagus pygiiKi'US 207

Miscodera arctica 252

Mycetochares bipusUilata 207

Mycetoi>hagus piceus, quadripustulatus... 207

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My]la>ua inf uscata 64

Nanophyes gracilis 207

Necrophorus ruspator, vestigator 49

Neuraphes augulatus 29, 64

Nitidula rufipes, 48, 184 ; 4-pu.stulata .. 48

Notothecta anceps, flavipes 63

Nudobius lentus 2/3

Ochthebiu.s luargipallens, 208; viridis .

173, 208

Ocypus cyaiieus 251 , 275

OdoutiL'us inobilicornis 252

QSdemera virescens 64

Onthophilus sulcatns 62

Orchestes iota 207

Otiorrhyuchus maurus, nionticola, sep-

tentrionis 252

Oxylii'mus variolosus 83

Oxypoda formiceticola, 64; longipes, 273;

metatarsalis 53, 83, 273

( )xy telus f airmairei 83

Pa'derus caligatus 206

Pauaganis crux-maior 12

Fentarthrum huttoni 27

Phalacrus caricis, 47, 225 ; championi,

substriatus, 225; hybridns 223

Phheocharis subtilissima 63, 206

Phkeotrya rufipes 207

Philonthus corvinus, &c., nigriventris,

63; splendidulus, 206 ; umbratilis . 63

Phyllodecta cavif rons 184

Phyllotreta siuuata 251

Phytobius quadrinodosus, waltoni 207

Pbytd'cia cylindrica 137

Pissodes uotatus, 252, 253, 273; piui, 252, 273

Platystethus alutaceus 136

Plegaderus dissectus 206

PogouochiErus f ascicularis 252

Psylliodes luridipemiis 27

Ptiliuui inargiuatum, rugulosum 135

Ptiuella britaimica 135

Ptinus genuanus ," 135

Pytho depressus 273

Quedius cruentus, var. virens, 206; lon-

gicornis, 63, 275 ; nigrocd'ruleus, 63 ;

ventralis, 206 ; vexaus, 62, 83, 275 ;

xanthopus 206, 252, 273

Quediouuchus Uuvigatus 262

Rhagium indagator 273

Rhinomacer attelaboides 137, 252

Rhizophagus cdnuleipennis, 135, 158,

250; dispar, 252; parallelocollis...3, 252
Rliyncolus ater 184, 278

Salpingus aratus, 64, 207 ; castaneus . 252

Saperda scalaris 64

Saprinus rugifrons 49

Scraptia t'uscula 207

Scydma'uus exilis 206

Simplocaria ? picipes 205

Sitoiies caiubricus, 29, 207 ; lineellus ... 29

Sphindus flubius 206,233

Stenostoma inelitense (sp. n.), Cameron 226

Steuus iucrassatus, 251 ; iiiveus 110

Stilicut; fragilis 185

Strangalia quadrif asciata 184

Tachiuus elongatus 252

Telephorus obscurus, paludosius 252

Teretrius picipes 275

Tetratoma aucora, 252 ; fungorum .12, 207

Throscus cariiiifrons 207

Thymalus limbatus 207

Tiresias serra 207

Tomicus acuminatus, 234 ; laricis 135

Tomoxia biguttata 207

Trachys pumila, 137 ; troglodytes 207

Trechus micros, 275 ; secalis 206

Tricliouyx sulcicollis 206

Tropiphorus obtusns 64

Trox sabulosus 47

Trypodendron domesticum, liueatum 234

Tychius 5-punctatus, 207; venustus 252

Xyleborus saxeseni 135, 184

Xylopliilus oculatus 207

Zeugophora subspinosa, 184 ; turneri . . . 252

DIPTERA.

Allocotocera pulchella 86

Allophyla atricornis 87, 111

Aphrosylus f erox 87

Arctophila mussitans Ill

Argyra atriceps, 110 ; leiicocephala Ill

Azelia aterrima, 87 ; triquetra, 87, 110 ;

zetterstedti Ill

Beris geuiculata 110

Bibio pomonie Ill

Blepharoptera inscripta, 87 ; modesta,

86; ruficauda 50

Bolitophila cinerea 86, 111

Borborus nitidus , pedestris 50

Calliphora erythrocephala, 50 ; vomitoria 3

Calobata cibaria Ill

Ceratinostoma ostiorum 87

Ceroplatus lineatus 176, 185

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Chersodromia cursitans 87

Chilosia lougula, 111 ; proxima 87

Chirosia albitarsis 87

Chortophiln billbergi, curvicanda, sepia.. 87

Chrysonotus bipuiictaliis 87

Clytocerus ocellaris 43

Cielopa pilipes 87

Couicera atra 87

Conops flavipcs 111

Culex pipieus Ill

Cynomyia mortuorum 14

Cyrtoneura stabulans 3

Diadocidia ferruginosa Ill

Dolichopus discifer, longicornis, penna-
tus. 111 ; pha^opus, planitarsis, 87 ;
signatus, vitripennis Ill

Dyuatosoma nigricoxa Ill

Eccoptomera longiseta 87

Elgiva lineata Ill

Empheria compressa 86

Empis boreali.'i, 229 ; bicida 87

Erioptera flavescens Ill

Glaphyroptera fascipennis 80,112

Gymnopternus asrosus Ill

Ha-matobia irritans 13

Helomyza flavifrons 86

Hemerodromia oratoria 87

Heteromyza atricornis, ocidata 8/

Hercostomus germauus 87

Hilara maura 231

Homalomyia armata HO

Hydrophoria anthomyiea 87

Hydrophorus borealis HI

Hy drot:«a irritans 50

Hyetodesia dispar, pallida, 87 ; sp. ? ... 50

Hylemyia flavipennis HI

Hypophyllus crinipes, 87, 160; obscu-

rellus 111,161

Ischyrosyrphus glaucius Ill

Lasioptera rubi 86

Lasiosoma hirtum HI

Lepidomyia melanocephala HI

Lencopis griseola 87

Limosina nivalis 87

Loxocera albiseta. 111; sylvatica HO

Macrocera lutea 110 ; stigma HI

Mallota Cimbiciformis 14

Micropalpus vulpiuus HI

Micropeza lateralis IH

Morellia simplex HI

Mycetaulus bipunctatus 160

Mycetophila lineola, 86, 111 ; limata Ill

Mycophaga f ungorum 87

Myd;i;a nigi'itella 8/

Nephrocerus flavicornis 14

CEdalia holmgreni , stigmatella 8/

ffidoparea buccata 8"

Ophyra sp 3

Oreogeton flavipes Ill

Oroithomj'ia avicnlaria, lagopodis 69

Orphuephila tostacea 86

Oscinis sp 50

Pachygaster ater, leachii 1-1

Pachyrrhina imperialis Ill

Palloptera usta Ill

Pegoniyia beta> 87

Pericoma advena, auriculata, blandula,
caliginosa, cognata, exquisita, fallax,
morulus, mutua, neglecta, notabilis,

palustris sulcata, tiit'asciata, trivialis 43

Phora aterrima, 3 ; carinifroiis, 87, 228 ;
femorata, gracilis, 228 ; lagubris,
lutea, rufipes, thoracica, 87 ; uni-

spinosa 228

Phorbia cilicrura 87

Pipiza luteitarsis 110

Pipunculus campestris, 111 ; confusus,

110; xanthopus Ill

Platypeza f urcata 87

Platyura atrata 86

Porphyrops riparia Ill

Psyclioda albipennis, phabwioides, 43 :

sp. ? '. 50

Ptyclioptera lacnstris 110

Pyroplia'iia rosarum Ill

Rhaniphomyia gibba 87

Sapromyza inusta, 111 ; loiigiseta, lupu-

lina, 87 ; pra-usta, rorida Ill

Scatophaga macnlipes Ill

Scatopse albitarsis, brevicornis, fiavicollis,

halterata 86

Sceptonia nigra 86

Sciara thoma' 86

Sciomyza glabricula, scutollaris 87

Sciophila fasciata. Ill ; iiiarginata 86

Sphxrocera monilis, subsultans 87

Spilogaster trigonalis, quadrum 87

Stegaua coleoptrata 14

Synipycnus a'ueicoxa 87

Syntormon nionilis, puinilus 87

Syrplms cinctellus, ciiictus, guttatus Ill

Tabanus siidcticus Ill

Tachinid 32

Tachydromia cursitaus, 111 ; poctoralis... 110

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Tephrochlamys flavipes 87

Tetragoueura sylvatica 86

Thamnodromia vocatoria 87

Themira putris 50

Tricliomyia urbica 43

Tricbopticus pulcber . '"^7

Trixii cestridea HI

Ulomyia fuliginosa 43

Xantliandrus comtus 32

Xanthochlorus ornatus Ill

Xiphandriulu brevicorne, fasciatum 87

Xylomyia niaculata , uiarginata 14

Xylota floriim Ill

Zygomyia uotata 86

HEMIPTERA.

Anthocoris limbatus 233

Brachysteles parvicornis •. 253

Calocoris seticornis, ticinensis 253

Cixius scotti -... 253

Corixa geoffroyi 105

Deltocephalus striif rons 253

Idioccrus scurra 245

Ledra aurita 253

Lyga!us equestris 237

Nabisboops 110, 253

Oliarus leporiniis 253

Orthotylus marginalis 253

Pediopsis nanus 253

Peritrechus gracilicornis 253

Piezostethus flavipes 14

Sehirus niorio 253

Stictocoris pressleri 253

HYMENOPTERA.

Adelogua thus brevicornis 274

Agenia hircana 67

Andrena lucens, 259 ; niveata, 67, 86 ;

proxima 259

Anilasta ruficiucta 86

Anthophora furcata 159

Ardis 142

Aritranis caruifex 86

Astatus stigma 67

Centeterus opprimator 160

Ceratina cyauea 238, 259

Chalcis niinuta 86

Oilissa ha'niorrhoidalis 159

Ccrlioxys afra, 39, 40 ; mnudibularis 67

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Crabro gonager, panzeri, 259 ; pubescens,

styrius 67

Ciyptus tuberculatus 1(50

Diodontus friesei 39,40

Entodecta 247

Eriocanipoides 2.'i

Formica exsecta 254

Gory tes bicinctus, 159 ; campestris 67

Halictus brevicoruis, 40, 67 ; pimcticollis 67

Heriades truncorum 277

Ichneumon gracilentiis, termiuatorius .. 160

Kaliosyphiuga 248

Macroceutrus margiuator 260

Meloboris crassiconns 86

Mesoleius virgultorum 86

Mesoneura 78

Mesostenus transf'uga 273

Methoca ichneumouideK 259

Microplitis sordipes 86

Nysson iuterniptus 259

Osmia leucomelana, 259 ; parietina 237

Oxybelus maudibularis, mucrouatus 67

Pareophora 79

Periclista 141

Pezomachus 202

Phaiogenes rusticatus 160

Phymatoceros 78

Pimpla ocidatoria 160

Polyblastus piiiguinis 86

Pompilus miuutulus, 67 ; sanguiuolentus. 211

Prenolepis lougicoruis 159

Prosopis coruuta, 67, 259 ; dilatata 259

Pseudodineura 248

Rhadinocerina 79

Salius notatulus 237

Scoliououra betuleti, vicina 247

Stelis aterrima 269

Tomostethus 142

LEPIDOPTERA.

Abraxas grossulariata var., 263, var.

varleyata 12, 62, 276

Acalla cristana 119

Acidalia deversaria, 227 ; emutaria, 19 ;

promutata 242

Acherontia atropos 242

Acontia luctuosa 70

Acronycta euphorbiic, 38 ; leporiua, 256 ;
var. melauocephala, 18 ; nieuyan-
thidis, 256 ; myrica^ 38

^dia funesta 227

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^geria apif onnis 19

Aleucis pictaria. 254

Agriades corydou var. obsoleta 263

Agrotis agathina, 90; asbworthii, 18, 91 ;
caudelariun, 18; cinerea, 254; luni-
gera, obelisca 241

Amauris egialea .118

Auaphaula gaditella 213

Anarta fnnebris, 227 ; nielanopa 256

Ancylis sopbrouiella (sp. n.) 150

Authocharis belemia, charlonia, dainone,
eupheus, eupheiioides, falloui, gruueri,
pechi, tagis 92

Anticlea rubidata 44

Antithesia sauciana var. staintoniana,

sororculana 257

Apamea ophiogramma 255

Apatura iris 19, 98

Apina callisto 240

Aplecta tiucta 254

Aporia cratsegi 95

Apostibes griseolineata (sp. u.) 57

Arctia f asciata, 263 ; villica 241

Argynuis aglaia, 100, 255; amathusia, 37,
dia, 130 ; lathouia, 37, 101 ; napiua,
niobe, pales, thore 3"

Aristotelia lucidella, 255 ; palustrella, 85 ;

stipella 66, 85

Asteroscopus nubeculosa 91

Asthena sylvata 256

Bankia argentula 262

Beleuois severiua 119

Boarmia abietaria, 17 ; consortaria, 227 ;
repaudata var. conversaria, 90 ; ro-
boraria 89, 227, 239

Boletobia fuliginaria 118

Callophrys rubi 91

Calocampa exoleta 186

Catocala nupta, 21, var. 254 ; uyinpha-

Cerura furcula 17,254

Chierocampa celerio, 157 ; elpeuor, 239 ;

nerii 156

Cliaraxes jasius 91

Chelonia plautaginis 255

Chortobius davus 256

Chrysoclista linneella 70, 255

Chrysophauu.s alciphron, 2()4 ; chryseis,
dispar, 131, var. rutilus. 264; hip-
pothOe, 280; var.eurybia, 38; phlsas,
185, var. schmidtii, 131 ; salustius,
20; virgaureie 38,131

Cirrh(L'dia xerampeliiia 254, 255

Cuephasia chrysautheaua, commuuana,

83 ; politaiia, 257 ; wahlboiuiaua 84

xu.

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Coccyx cosmophorana, distinctana, ne-
morivaga, 257 ; ochsenheimeriana,

255; vacciniana 257

Ccenonyrapha cloius, 20; mathewi 19,20

Coleophora acauthyllidis (sp. n.), 127;
a'gyptiana (sp. n.), 148; albicosta,
2-10; argenteonivea (sp. n.), 128;
argeiltifinibriata (sp. n.), 125 ; dis-
cordella, 18(5 ; euphreta (sp. n.), 126 ;
gymnocarpella (sp. n.), 148 ; hippo-
dromica (sp. u.), 127 ; marginatella,
257; niicroxantha (sp. n.), 125;
murinipenella, 257; pa'cilella(sp.n.),
12U; poteutilhe, 16; pr;t"cipua(sp.n.),
129; principiella (sp. n.), protecta
(sp. n.), 147 ; subcastanea (sp. n.) .. 125

Colias pabuno, 37, 263 ; phicomone 37

Conchylis alternana 90

Cosmia paleacea 116

CucuUia asteris 263

Cymatophora duplaris, 140; or 256

Dasydia teuebraria 38

Deilephila euphorbia^ 156, 227, 264; galii,
270; livornica, 44, 156, 255 ; por-

cellus 270

Delias agauippe 240

Depressaria cuprinella (sp. n.), 214;

inarcella, marcidella 215

Dianthaecia nana 254

Dichelia grotiana 83

Dicrauura bicuspis, 92; bifida, furcula... 254
Dicrorampha flavidorsana, 19; saturnana 90

Diaphora nieudica 256

Ebulea catalauualis 16

Eidophasia messingiella 83

Elatobia fuliginosella 188

Enarmonia ratzeburgiana 208

Endromis versicolor 242

Ennomos f uscautaria 254

Euuychia octomaculata 256

Ephestia semirura 83

Ephippiphora siguatana 83

Epiblema candidulaua,, 219 ; costipunc-

tana 181 ; trigeniinana 42,181

Epuuda lichenea, 241 ; lutulenta, nigra .. 255

Erebia alecto var. nicholli, 264 ; eriphyle,

36; curyale; 37; glacialis, 36; gorge,

lappona, mebampus, 37 ; mebis, 264;

leme, 36 ; palarica, 19 ; pliarte,

pluto, stygne, tyndarus 37

Eremobia ochroleuca 19

Eretmocera niicrobarbara (sp. n.), no-

madica (sp. u.) 149

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Erigethes strobilacei (sp. n.) 56

Eriopsela quadrana 257

Euchromia arbutana, mygindana 257

Eupithecia consignata, 163 ; debiliata,
254 ; dodoneata, 240 ; indigata, 257 ;
oblongata, 240 ; pimpinellata, 256 ;

satyrata 257

Euplocera maculata (sp. n.) 187

Eutelia adulatrix 227

E vergestis extimalis 270

Evetria buoliana, pinicolana, resiuana ... 2o9
Exartema latifasciana ab. viueana (ab. n.) 104
Fidouia atomaria var., 264; carbonaria.. 256

Galleria mellonella 270

Gastropacha quercifolia 17

Gelechia a-thiops, 257 ; fumatella, 236 ;
notatella, politella, similis var. con-
finis, 257 ; solutella ab. cruttwelli
(ab. n.), 244; streliciella (sp. n.) ..

235, 236, 257

Geometra papilionaria 254, 256

Gorydus chiueusis 261

Glyphipteryx thrasonolla var. nitens 204

Guophos cffilibraria, myrtillata 38

Gracilaria auroguttella, 257 ; coruscans
(sp. n.) 151

Grammodes algira 227

Gyposonia incarnana ab. alnetana 258

Hadena dissimilis, 256 ; glauca, 257 ;

protea, 118; rectilinea 256,257

Hastula hyerana, 19, 21, 31, var. alpha,
74, var. marginata, 71, var. mar-
ginula, 32, 71, var. nigro-puuctata... 74

Heliconius amaryllis, hydara 91

Heliothis iirmigera, 18; dipsacea 255

Helotropha leucostigma 116

Hemerophila abruptaiia 242

Hesperia alveus 38

Heteronyniplia merope 140

Homouosoma biuaivella, 270 ; sinuella ... 255

Hydrelia unca 256

Hy loicus piuastri 227

Hyria auroraria 240

Larentia incultaria, lugubrata, mollu-
ginata, 38 ; multistrigaria, 19 ; nebu-
lata, 38 ; olivata, 256 ; silaceata . . . 239

Lasiocauipa (luercus 21

Leioptilus carphodactylus 92, 119, 164

Leucania 1-albuni, 227 ; straniiuea 19

Linienitis populi, 280 ; ab. tremuLe, 280 ;

Sibylla 19

Limnas chrysippus 118

Litbosia cauiola, 241, 262; pygma;ola ... 19

Lobophora hexapterata 257

Loxotrochis sepias 161

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Lycii'nai acis, 38, 132 ; ii'gon, 19 ; alcoii,
132 ; aiiou, 38, 117 ; argiades,
ba'tica, 132 ; bellargus ab. ceronus,
264 ; corydou ab. syngrapha, 263 , 279 ;
dorylas, 132 ; eros, 38; eumedoa,38,
240; hylas, 38; idas, 19; minima,

36, 254; pheretes 38

Lycajnesthes iuous .... 240

Lymantria mouacha 89,239

Macaria liturata var. uigrof iilvata 185

Mamestra abjecta ... 19

Mecyna polygonalis 240

Meesia richardsoni 210

Melanargia galathea var., 37, var. ful-

vata 93

Meliaua flaiumea 91

MelitiBa artemis vars. hibernica and prae-
clara, 130; athalia, 243, var. pyronia,

130 ; dictynna, parthenie 37

Micropteryx cyaneochrysa (sp. n.) 154

Myelois cirrigerella, 235 ; cribrella 89

Mylothris agathina, chloris 264

Myrmecozela deserticola (sp. u.) 192 ;

diacona (sp. u.) 152

Nematois algeriensis (sp. 11.) 153

Nemeobius lucina .. 254

Ncmeophila russula 256, 257

Nepticula fulgens, 255 ; miuusculella, 16 ;

woolhopiella 257

Noctua castanea, 138 ; ditrapezium, 256 :

glareosa, 18 ; neglecta var 1 16

Nonagria canuiB, 264 ; sparganii 13

Notodonta chaonia, 254; dictiea, 254, 256;

dictieoides, trepida, trimacula 254

Ochsenheimeria vacculella 255

Odezia atrata 119

Odonestis pruiii 227

Opadia f unebrana 257

Oporina croceago 163

Orobena extimalis 255

Orthosia ocellaris 255

Paltodora striatella 137

Pammene ochsenheimeriaua 256

Panolis griseovariegata 138

Papilio podalirius 95

Pararge hiera, m;ura 38

Parasia neuropterella 255

Parnassius delius 36, 263

Pieris chloridice, 91 ; daplidice, 96, var.
bellidice, 91 ; ergaiie, 2t)S ; iiapi
var. bryoniiu, 36, 264, var. flaves-
cens, 91 ; rapa^ 20

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Platyptilia ochradactyla 243

Plu.<ia aurifera, 117 ; bractea, 38, 118 ;

uioueta 158

Polia xaiithoiiii.sta 278

Polygouia c-album 138

Psamotis pulveralis HO

Pterostoma palpiiia 254

Pygiera curtula 254

Pyrausta flavalis 70

Retiiiia pinivoraua, resiiiella 257

Sarrothripiis reveyana 83, 138

Satyrus seinele 17

Sciaphila penziana 90

Scoparia angustea, 270 ; basistrigalis, 83 ;

dubitalis 18, 42

Scythris anthracodes (sp. 11.), 7 ; bubaniii!

(sp. n.), 6; camelella (sp. n.), comp-

.■<ias (sp. n.), 9 ; erminea (sp. n.), 8;

eucharis (sp. n.), 7 ; marionella (sp.

II.), 55 ; plumbeogrisea (sp. n.), 8 ;

pura (sp. II.), 10; talpella (sp. n.) .. 8

Selidosema ericetaria 70, 256

Semasia wimmerana 219

Seuta uiaritinia 19, 255

Sericoris latifasciaiia 104

Sesia andremefoimis, 20, 158, 264 ; asili-

fonnis, 158, 208 ; philanthiformis,

244 ; vespif ormis 158, 208

Spatalia argeutina 227

Sphinx convolvuli, 242 ; pinastri 156

Spilodes palealis 255

Spilosoma mendica, var. rustica 185

Spindasis lohita 261

Stagmatophora beata (sp. u.), 180 ; sa-

repteusis (sp. n.), sumptuosella, 178 ;

thaumatella (sp. n.), 150 ; teucrii

(sp. u.) 179

Stauropus fagi 239, 255

Steganoptycha pygmiuana, 110 ; rufimi-

trana 66

Stenoptilia graphodactyla (sp. n.), 13 ;

zalocrossa (sp. n.) 146

Stigmonota cognatana, coniferana, 257 ;

pallidifroutana I7

Strymou w-album 91

Symmoca petrogenes (sp. n.), 213 ; stiu-

chadella 216

Synemon parbhenoides 140

Syrichthus alveolus var. taras 134, 186

Titniocampa iucerta var., 138, 185;

opima 17

Tecmerium (gn. n.), 215; aiithophagnm,

216 ; iiiiiemosynelluin. rosmarinel-

lum, 218 ; spermophagia (sp. n.) ... 217

Tephrosia bistortata 185

Teracolus achiue, 119; oinphale, 21;

regiua 20

Tethea retusa, 254 ; subtusa 18

Thecla ilicis!, 227 ; w-album 91

Thiodia maritima 219

Tinea corticella (emortuella) , 83 ; dubi-

ella, 268; flavescentella, 265, 268;

fuscescentella, 268 ; fuscipunctella,

267 ; frusiigerella(sp. n.), 193 ; gera-

tocoma (sp. u.), 190; medea (sp.

n.), 189; nigropluviella (sp. n.), 190;

pallescentella, 269 ; punctigera (sp.

n.), 191; vinculella 210

Tineola autochthones (sp. n.), 191 ; pajpal-

pella(sp. n.), 192; sp. ? 270

Tortricodes chapmani (sp. n.), 195, 210;

eremica (sp. n.), polita (sp. n.) 194

Tortrix pronubaua, 19, 20, 186, 240 ;

semialbana 237, 258

Toxocampa cracca;, 240 ; pastinum 254

Tril'urcula imraundella 263

Trochilium mnscif orme 244

Trypha'na coine.s var. ciirtisii 256

Vanessa antiopa, 99 ; c-album, 100, 243;

huntera, 99 ; polychloros 243

Venusia canibricaria 256

Xanthia aurago, 254 ; gilvago, 254, 255 ;

ocellaris 13, 65, 110, 255

Ypsipetes impluviata 19

Zouosoma porata 256

Zygama filipenduliu var. chrysanthemi,

155; miuos 117

NEUROPTEEA.

Ascalaphus corsicus 2

Ciucilius pedicularius 50

Caloptcryx hii'inorrlioidalis 2

Capnia atra, nigra, vidua 108

Chloroperla grammatica, rivulorum 108

Chrysopa dorsalis 67

Cordulia ffinea 18

Creagris v-nigrum 2

PAGE

Crocothemis erythra^a 1

Dictyopteryx niicrocephala, 107 ; mor-

toni, recta, 108 ; rectangiila 107

Formicaleo tetragranimicus 2

Hemerobius quadrifasciatus 116

Hemianax ephippiger 1

Isogenns nubecula 108

Isopteryx apicalis, burmeisteri, tripunc-

tata, torreutium 108

Leuctra albida, geniculata, handlirschi,
var. iuermis, hippopus, klapaleki

(fusciventris), nigra 109

Libellula cj'cnos, depressa 1

Macronemurus appendiculatus 2

Nemoura avieularis, cambrica, cinerea,
inconspicua, lateralis, marginata,
meyeri, pictetii, pnucox, standfussi 109

Nothochrysa capitata 68

Orthetrum brunneum, ciwulescens 1

Palpares hispanus, libelluloides 2

Pei'la cephalotes, marginata, maxima ... 108

Pyrrhosoma teuelhim 2

Sympetrum flaveolum, 15, 18, 19 ; san-
guineum, 19, 279 ; scoticum, striola-

tum, 19 ; vulgatum 18, 20

Tajuiopteryx risi, uebulosa, trifasciata ... 108
Theleproctophylla barbara, variegata ... 2

ORTHOPTERA.

Acridium iugypticum 18, 140

Apterygida albipennis 260, 279

Blabera gigantea, marmorata 90

Dacnodes wellmani (gen. and sp. n.) 60

Decticus verrucivorus 260, 279

Epilampra burmeisteri 18

Forficula burriana (sp. n.), 232; deci-

piens, 173 ; vicaria 232

Hemimerus talpoides 141

Panchlora virescens 18

Periplaneta australasise 18

Phoraspis leucogi"imma II7

Platycleis rujselii 279

Steuobothrus elcgaus 18

Thamnotrizon ciuereus 280

LIST OF NEW GENERA AND SPECIES, &c.,

DESCRIBED IN

APHANIPTERA.

GKNUS.
LiSTROPSYLLA, Ruthschild

PAGE
175

SPKCIKS.

Ceratophyllus borcalis, Rothsch.,

Is. of St. Kilda... 11

Ctenocephalus losmarus, ,, E. Africa 175

Cteuophthalmus eugis, ,, Abyssinia 1/6

Listropsylla dolosus, ,, E. Africa 175

Typhlopsylla isacanthus ,, England 41

COLEOPTERA.
GENUS.
ExALEOCHARA (n. g.),Keys 102

SPECIES.

Hydnt'ua britteui, Joy, England 79

Laccobius oblongns, Gor/ia/«, ,, 54

Stenostoma melitense, Cameron, Malta 226

DIPTERA.
SPECIES.

Ornithomyia lagopodis, Sharp, Scotland 59
Phora gracilis, Wood, England 228

HEMIPTERA.
GENUS.

I Bv^iSA, Distant 246

SPECIES.

Buyisa umtata?, Distant, South Africa.. 246

LEPIDOPTERA.
GENERA.

Apostibes, Walsingham 57

Erigethes, ,, 56

Tecmerium, ,, 215

SPECIES.

Ancylis sophroniella, Walsingham,

Algeria 150

Apostibes griseolineata, ,, ,, 57

Coleophora EBgyptiace:e, ,, ,, 148

,, acanthyllidis, ,, ,, 127

,, argenteonivea, ,, ,, 128

,, argentifimbriata, ,, ,, 125

„ euphreta, „ ,, 126

THIS VOLUME.

Coleophora gyiiiiiocarpella, ,,

, , hippodromii-.i, , ,

,, niicroxantlia, ,,

„ pcecilella, ,,

,, pra'cipua, ,,

,, principiella, ,,

,, protecta, ,,

,, subcastanea, ,,

Eretmocera microbarbara, ,,

,, nomadica, ,,

Erigethes strobilacei, ,,

Gracilaria coruscans, ,,

Micropteryx cyaneochrysa, ,,

Myrmecozela deserticola, ,,

,, diacona, ,,

Nematois algeriensis, ,,

Scythris anthracodes, ,,

,, bubania;, ,,

,, camelella, ,,

,, corapsias, ,,

,, erininea, ,,

,, eucharis, ,,

,, marionella, ,,

,, plumbeogrisea, ,,

,, pura, ,,

,, talpella, „

Stagmatophora beata, ,,

„ sareptensis, ,,

„ sumptuosella ,,

,, thaumatella, ,,

,, teucrii, ,,

Steuoptilia zalocrossa, Meyricli
Siui

Tecmerium spermophagia, Wals

Tinea f rustigerella, , ,

,, geratocoma, ,,

,, media, ,,

,, nigropluviella, ,,

,, puuctigera, ,,

Tineola autochthones, ,,

,, pa-palpella, ,,

Tortricodes chapmani, ,,

,, eremica, ,,

,, polita, ,,

PAGE

148
127
125
129
129
147
147
125
149
149
57
151
154
192
152
153
7
6

10

8
„ 180

Russia 178
Asiatic
Twrlcev 178
Algeria 150
Morocco 179

tzerland 146
ingham,

Spain 217

Algeria 193

190

189

190

191

191

192

Sicily 195,

210

Algeria 194

., 194

ORTHOPTERA.

GENUS.
Dacnodes, Burr 60

SPECIES.
Dacnodes wellmani. Burr, Portuguese

West Africa 60
Forficula burriana, Semenov, China ... 232

ADDITIONS TO THE BRITISH INSECT FAUNA
BROUGHT FORWARD IN THIS VOLUME.

APHANIPTERA.
SPECIES.

PAGE

Ceratophyllus borealis, Rofhach 11

Typhlopsylla isacanthus ,, 41

COLEOPTERA.
SPECIES.

Aleochara discipennis, Muls. ef Reij 102

Apion kieseu wetteri, Deshr 52

Cryptophagus subdepressus, Gyll 225

,, pallidus, Sfwrm 271

Enicmus fungicola, Thorns 103

Haliplus imniaculatus, Gerh 4

Hydnena britteni, Joy 79

,, longior, iic]/ 1/2

Laccobius oblongus, Gorham 54

Ochthebius viridis, Peyr. 173

Oxy poda metatai'salis, Thom.s 53

Phalacrus hybridus, FJac/i 223

Simplocaria ? picipes, OZ 205

Apliodius sturmi, Har., to be omitted

from the Britisli list 30

DIPTERA.
SPECIES.

Eccoptomera lougiseta, Mg 87

Oruithomyia lagopodis, Sharp 59

Phora gracilis, Wood 228

Sapromyza lougiseta, Ltt' 87

HEMIPTERA.
SPECIES.

PAGE

Anthocoris limbatus, Fieher 233

Idiocerus scurra, Germ 245

HYMENOPTERA.
SPECIES.

Adelognathus brevicornis, iIoJ»i(7r 274

Halictus brevicoruis, Schrank 40

Mesostenus transfuga, G-rav 273

LEPIDOPTERA.
SPECIES

Gelechia streliciella, H.-S 235, 236

Stenoptilia graphodactyla, Tr 13

NEUROPTERA.
SPECIES.
Nemouramarginata, Pict., A'. J. Morton 109
standfussi, Ris, ,, 109

EXPLANATION OF PLATES.

Plate I.— Sketch Map of Vicinity of Hyeres (see page 35)
J, II. — liastula hyerana, Mill, (see page 76).
,, III. — New African Siphonaptera (see page 1/6).

Page

12,
40,
47,
59,
63,
64,
69,
87,
87,
96,

97,
99,
100,
101,
186,
191,
195,
205,

ERRATA.

line 13 from top, for " Hereditary," read " Heredity."
,, 13 ,, bottom, /o?- " Schrank," rcfui " Schenck."
,• 12 ,, ,, /or " Angust" read "August."
>, 15 ,, ,, ,, " C avicularia " read " 0. avicularia."

,, 1 of footnote, for " species " read " specimens."
,, 16 from bottom, for " clandicans " read " claudicans."
,, 11 ,, toY), for " anderso7ii" read " anderssoni."
,, 19 ,, hottom, for " JEdoparea" read " CEdoparea."
), 21 ,, ,, ,, " Chilosia" read " Chirosia."

lines 26 and 27 from top, for " brought to Kent by the birdstuffer " read

" brought to Kent, the birdstuffer."
line 17 froui top, for " London's " read " Loudon's."
,, 14 „ „ ,,

bottom, /or ,,
top, ,, ,,

bottom, ,, " Amphydasis" read " Amphidasys."
,, ,, " grass " read " graves."

:laucus " read " glaucous.

16
18
18
14

lines 7 and 9 from top, for " Gyllenhall " read " Gyllenhal."

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NOTES ON NEUROPTERA COLLECTED IN CORSICA BY
MISS FOUNTAIN E.

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

During a part of the summer of 1906 Miss Fountaine was in
Corsica, and amassed a considerable number of Odonata, Ascalapliidee
and Myrmeleonidce , which she kindly presented to me. These speci-
mens were in first rate condition, and although the majority of the
species are probably known already from the Island, yet there are one
or two of quite exceptional interest, notably two fine males of Remia-
nax ephipjnqer, Burm., an insect whose status as a European species
seems to be still somewhat uncertain.

The Odonata are represented by the following species : —

LibeUula depressa, Linn. — Both sexes; Evisa, June 4th, and La Plana,
June 23rd.

Orthetrum hrunneum, FonscoL— Both sexes ; La Piana, June 24th. A most
interesting form, and the specimens are of great value as serving to throw light on
the LibeUula cycnos of de Selys, regarding which there existed considerable un-
certainty. These Corsican specimens agree with do Selys' description, and Dr. Ris
to whom I submitted them considers that they represent a good geographical race.
Orth. hrunneum has a wide range (I have seen it from Spain, Southern France,
Switzerland, Austria, Asia Minor, and even from Quetta in N. W. India) ; and Eis
says that none of the examples seen by him from any other country have shown any
marked distinctness from the Central European type, while the Corsican form
certainly does so. I leave Dr. Ris to deal further with this subject in the great
work on the Libellulinas which he has in pi-eparation.

Orthetrum caerulescens, Fab. — La Piana, June iilth ; also tenerals from Corte
and Barchetta appear to belong to this species.

Crocothemis erythrxa, Brulle. — La Piana, June 24th and 25th.

Hemianax ephippiger, Burm.— Luri, Cap Corse, May 3rd ; 2 $ S • McLachlan
(Ent. Mo. Mag., xxxix, p. 9G), in connection with the capture of a ? of this

Jakuabt, 1907.

2 [January,

species at Devonport gives some information as to its previous occurrences in
Europe, both sporadically and in migratory swarms, and states that there is no
evidence that it breeds in Europe. It is probably most at home in countries on the
confines of desert regions in Africa and Asia. Specimens I liave seen from N. W.
India have that decolorate aspect which seems to be characteristic of desert dragon
flies, an aspect which these Corsican specimens do not possess. The latter are in
excellent condition, quite mature but not old. Miss Fountuine informs me that the
species was only fairly common at Luri. There was nothing about their movements
when taken to indicate that they were on migration. They flew about the banks of
wooded streams apparently quite at home. Miss Fountaine also mentions that she
believes tlie same species was seen by her in the Oasis near Biskra, Algeria, but she
failed to take it there.

Calopleryx Jnemorrho'idaHs, V. de Lind.- Barchetia, May 28th, and La Plana,
June 24th. A beautiful form of extreme southern type. The dark colour of the
wings of the $ goes practically to the very apes of the wing, even more distinctly
so than in a series of Algerian males from Scbdou. The well defined apical dark
patch in the hind-wings of the 9 is of nearly uniform density throughout, in contrast
to the Algei'ian examples in which the patch becomes paler towards the apex, a
character noticeable in a less degree in females from the Pyrenees. In one specially
dark female from La Plana a faint trace of the apical patch appears also on the
fore-wing.

Pyrrhosoma tenelhim, Villers. — La Piana, June 24th.
AscalaphiDjE.

Ascalaphus corsictts, Ramb. — Evisa, June 9lh to 17th, and La Piana, June
24th to 30th.

TheleprocfophifUa harhara, L. — 1 ? , La Piana, June 29th. Van der Weele
has recently shown that this species and King's T. varier/ata are good and distinct
species. (Notes from the Leyden Museum, vol. xxv, Note III, pp. 95-98).

Myrmeleonid^.

Palpares libelluloides, Linn. — La Piana, June 27th and 2Sth. McLachlan
(Ent. Mo. Mag., vol. sxv, pp. 346, 7) has pointed out amongst the distinctive
characters of this form (when compared with P. hixpamts, Ilagen) the small size of
the sub-basal spot of the hind-wings, and the less numerous irrorations of the
fore-wings. In the Corsican examples taken by Miss Fountaine the sub-basal spot
is much larger than in specimens from Greece and Asia Minor, and the irrorations
also recall P. hispanus. The specimens are in these respects intermediate, but the
markings of the body are those of P. libelluloides.

Formicaleo ietragrammivitx, Fab. — Evisa, June 17th, one.

Macronemurus appendiculatus, Latr. — 1 ^ , La Piana, June 24th.

Creagris v-nigrum, Ramb. — Evisa, June 18th. Apparently identical with a
specimen from Spain which I have under this name. But there is still a good deal
of uncertainty about the smaller southern Myrmeleonidae.

13, Blackford Road, Edinburgh :
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1907.]

THE OCCURRENCE OF RHIZOPSAQUS PARALLELOCOLLTS, Er.,
IN BURIED COEPSES.

BY J. HAROLD BAILEY, M.B.

Dr. Joy's note on the occurrence of dead specimens of this
species in a grave (Enr. Mo. Mag., vol. xlii, p. 256) prompts me to
forward some extracts from a medico-legal work, which throw con-
siderable light on its life-history. The work in question is " La
Faune des Cadavres," " Application de I'entomologie a la medicine
legale," par P. Megnin, 1894.

Chap. II. Faune des cadavres inhumes, ou des tombeaux, p. 98.

" M. le Professeur Brouardel avait fait faire des exhumalions pendant I'hiver de
1886 — 87, an cimitiere d'lvrj pour se rendre conipte de I'etat de decomposition de
certains cadavres inhumes dans des conditions speciales, et nous avait procure
1 'occasion d'assister a ces exhumations.

" Les cadavres en question avaient ete enterres k des epoques connues, variant
de deux h trois ans, et sur chacun d'eux, nous avons pu faire une ample re'colte de
larves, de coques de nyraphes et meme d'individus adultes de diverses especes
d'insectes. Apr^s leur determination, nous avons reconnu que, si le nombre des
larves qui devorent les cadavres inhumes est tres considerable en individus, par
centre celui des especes est Ires limite, beaucoup plus que sur les cadavres a I'air
libre ; plusieurs sont les memes dans les deux cas, mais il y en a de speciales aux
tombeaux, dont les moeurs, jusqu'ici inconnues, sont extremement interessantes pour
les entomologistes.

" Les especes d'Insectes que nous avons recueillies dans les bieres exhumees,
soit k I'e'tat parfait, soit a I'etat de larves, sont les suivantes. Quatre especes de
iJipteres : la Calliphora vomitoria, la Curtoneura stabulans, la Phora aterrima et
une Anthomyide du genre Ophira ; deux especes de Coleopteres : le Rhizopliagus
parallel ocol lis et le Philonthus ebeninus. I^es larves des Coleopteres et celles des
Dipteres ont un role tres actif dans la decomposition des cadavres inhumes.

" Q.uant aux larves de Rhizopliagus, elles etaient encore en pleine activite et
nous eu avons recolte un grand nombre des tres vivantes, ainsi que quelques
individus, k I'etat parfait. Comment ces divers insectes arrivent ils sur des
cadavres inhumes k deux metres de profondeur et enfermes dans des cercueils aux
planches assez bien jointes ?

" Nous devons dire tout de suite, relativement k ces cercueils, que I'humidite
et la poussee des terres provoquent tres vite un voilement des planches et que de
larges voies de penetration se produisent promptement ainsi que nous I'avons
constate. Un fait curieux nous a fait decouvrir de quelle maniere les larves de
Calliphores et surtout de Curtonevres qui sont bien plus abondantes que les
pr(^,cedentes, arrivent sur les cadavres : les cadavres inhumes pendant Tete, seuls
en presentaient des restes, tandis que ceux inhumes pendant I'hiver en etaient
totalement depourvus, bien qu'ils presentassent en abondance, des chrysalides
d'Anthomyies et surtout de Phoras, et de nombreuses larves tres actives de
Bhizophages.

4 [January,

" Quant aux Plioras et aiix Rliizophages trouves en pleine vie sur des cadavres
inhumes depuis deux ans, il fatit forcement admettre que leurs larves proviennent
d'cBufs pondus a la surface du sol par ces inseetes, attires par des emanations
cadaveriques particulicrcs, pcrceptibles a leurs sens si delicats ; que les larves qui
sent sorties de ces oeufs ont traverse' toiite la couche de terre qui les separait du
cadavre, en se servant peut-ctre des galeries des vers de terre, et, dirig^es par leur
odorat, elles sont ainsi arrivees a la surface du cadavre, corame d'autres larves de
niouche arrivent, ainsi qu'on le sait, sur les truffes en decomposition cachees aussi
dans la terre.

" Un fait de mceurs tres curieus nous a aussi ete revele par nos recherches ;
c'est que les Phoras s'addressent de preference aux cadavres maigres, tandis que
les Rhizopliages ne se trouvent que sur les cadavres gras ; la larve de ce dernier
insecte parait, en effet, ne vivre que de gras de cadavre, et nous ne I'avons trouvee
que sur des amas de graisse rancie qui avait coule au fond de la biere en s'y moulant
et provenant des cadavres tres gras.

" Cette derniere larve etait, jusqu'a present, tout a fait inconnue des entomo-
logistes, aussi bien que celle de la Phora, du reste, et Ton ignorait comment et ou se
passait la premiere phase de la vie de ces inseetes. Le lihizojjhagus parallelocollis
est un petit Coldoptfere tres rare dans les collections, et on I'avait rencontre esclu-
sivement dans I'herbe des cimetieres ; on voit maintenant pourquoi : c'est qu'il
etait la pour y pondre, ou bien il venait d'accomplir son voyage souterrain "k la
suite de sa metamorphose et revenait a I'air libre pour s'accoupler."

Port Erin, Isle of Man :

November hth, 1906.

HALIPLUS IMMACULATUS, Gerh. ; A SPECIES (OR VARIETY) OF
COLEOFTERA NEW TO THE BRITISH LIST.

BY E. A. NEWBERY.

In bringing forward a new British species of Haliplus in the
difficult rujicollis group, it is necessary to make a few observations.
The views of continental authorities are very diverse as to the
specific value of many of the known forms. To take two of the most
important modern authors, M. Bedel (Fn. Seine, 1S81, 1, 222 and 226)
admits but two forms as species, i.e., ruficoUis, De Gr., and fluviatilis,
Aube. In the above work he considered lieydeni, Wehncke, and
immaculatus, Gerh., as varieties of ruftcoUis, but he has recently
returned to me specimens sent to him for corroboration, as fluviatilis,
var. immaculatus, Gerh., having evidently altered his former opinion.
Seidlitz (Fauna Trans., 1891, Arten, 84-5), is much more analytical,

1307.J 5

and considers the above named four forms to be good species ; he
also includes many others not yet recorded from Britain in the
ritficollis group. I will offer no opinion on these conflicting views
beyond remarking that if immaculaius is not considered worthy of
specific rank, that of JluviatiUs can hardly be maintained.

In all the British species of the group the males have the first
three joints of the anterior tarsi dilated, each joint being slightly
produced forward on the outer side; the intermediate tarsi are also
dilated. The females have the elytra alutaceous.

The British forms may be distinguished thus : —

I. — Thorax very short, more than double as broad as long, with strongly con-
verging sides ; elytra short and broad, with the greatest breadth just behind
shoulders, from thence narrowed to apex. 2-3 — 2"5 mm....

S. rujicollis, De Or.

II. — Thorax less shoi't, at most twice as broad as long, with sides less convergent ;
elytra having its greatest breadth nearer middle, with the shoulders more
gently rounded ; body more oval and narrower than in rujicollis.
A.— Elytra broader, with sides more parallel for four-fifths of their length,
then rather abruptly narrowed to apex. 2'5 — 28 mm...

H. immaculatus, Gerh.
A A. — Elytra narrower, with sides more convergent, gradually narrowed to
apex from about the middle.
a. — Black lines on elytra never interrupted near base, nor dilated into

spots. 2 — 2*3 mm H. striatum, Sharp.

aa. — Black lines on elytra interrupted in places, notably near base.
2 — 2"5 mm H.Jluviatilis, Aub^.

//. immaculatus is far removed from rujicollis by being the most
parallel-sided of the group. The dark lines, in which are placed the
punctures, are broader and more conspicuous than those of striatus
and fluviatilis, and are very rarely interrupted ; the punctures them-
selves being larger and less closely placed than those of the two
latter species. Sometimes the dark lines are slightly dilated in
places giving an appearance of vague spots. According to Seidlitz
the species is more common than Jiuviatilis. The only British
specimens 1 have seen were taken by Mr. W . H. Tuck near Bury
St. Edmunds.

12, Churchill Road,

Dartmouth Park, N.W. :

November \4th, 1906.

Q [January,

LACCOBIUS SINUATUS, Mots., AN UNRECOaNISED BRITISH

SPECIES.

BY NORMAN H. JOT, M.R.C.S., F.E.S.,

AND

J. E. LE B. TOMLIN, M,A., F.E.S.

When critically examining the Coleoptera we took on Lundy
Island last April we came across four specimens of a Laccohius
which was evidently distinct from any recognised British species.
On consulting Ganglbauer's " Die Kafer von Mitteleuropa " we easily
identified them as L. sinuntus, Mots. In our catalogues this name is
given as a synonym of L. nigriceps, Thorns., but it has long been
given to a distinct species on the Continent, Prom L. nigriceps,
which it resembles in the punctuation f)f the elytra and the smooth-
ness of the interspaces of the thorax, L. sinuafus may be easily
distinguished by its more oblong form ; it is also on the average
rather smaller. The male characters are of importance. In the (^
of L. niqriceps the under-surface of the intermediate femora close to
the trochanters has a small patch of short, stiff, somewhat closely set
bristles, which are not found in the ^ of L. sinuntus. As the ^ ^
may be easily recognised by the dilated anterior tarsi, this character
is a very useful and distinct one. From the other three British
species L. sinuotus may be distinguislied by its less rounded form.
We have also seen specimens of it from Cambridge (Gorham)
and North Wales (W. E. Sharp) ; it is probably, however, not a com-
mon species in Britain as it is not represented in the Power collection.

December, 1906.

ALGERIAN MICRO LE PIDO PTERA.
BY THE RT. HON. LORD WAL8INGHAM, M.A., LL.D., F.R.S., &c.
(Continued from Vol. XLI, p. 128).

3478 : 1. — SCYTHEIS BUBANIAE, sp. n.
Antennae {\), tawny fuscous. Palpi slender, projecting; hoary, with sooty
suffusion towards the apex. Haustellum very long, clothed with hoary scales
toward the base. Head purplish fuscous. Thorax purplish fuscous, mottled with
brownish cinereous. Foreioings rather stunted, lanceolate, with rounded cilia ; dark
purplish fuscous, evenly speckled with brownish cinereous and hoary whitish scales,
these indicating no pattern, except one obscure spot at the end of the cell ; toward
the apex and termen they become somewhat elongate, partially projecting over the
base of the long dark smoky grey cilia. Exp. al., 11—12 mm. Eindwings nar-

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rower than the forewings ; dark tawny fuscous, with long dull smoky grey cilia.
Abdomen brownish fuscous, banded with whitish cinereous at the sides. Legs pur-
plish fuscous, with broad whitish cinereous bands on the tibiae and tarsi.

Type, (S (96576) ; ? (96577). Mus. Wlsm.

Hab. : AL(5ERTA.— Hammam-es-Salahiii ; Larva Limoniastrum
(Bubania) feei, 3.IV. cxel., 15.1V— 2.VI. 1903. Five specimens.

Larvae and pu[)ae in loose webs at the base of the stems and on
root-crowns of Limoniastrum feei. The young larva begins by mining
down the leaf.

3i78 : 2. — SCYTHRIS ANTHRAOODES, Sp. %.
Antennae testaceous. Palpi short, slender, projecting ; dark testaceous. Kead
and Thorax testaceous, mixed with fuscous. Forewings testaceous, evenly sprinkled
with dark fuscous scales, sometimes tending to coalesce ; at the tornus is a rather
square black patch, occupying half the width of the wing, followed at a little
interval by a black angular streak embracing the apex, the space between these
being somewhat paler than the general ground-colour and becoming almost ochreous
on the cosla ; cilia pale hoai-y testaceous, with a dark greyish fuscous shade running
through them in their outer half. Exip. al., 8-9 mm. Hindioings tawny greyish,
the scales appearing somewhat fugitive and disclosing the transparent texture of the
wing, especially in a small, narrow, fenestrum at the middle of the base ; cilia
tawny grey. Abdomen greyish fuscous, anal tuft paler. Legs blackish, with pale
hind tarsal annulations.

Type, ? (97189) ; ^ (97190). Mus. Wlsm.

Sab. : ALGERIA— Biskra, 1-28. III. 1895 {Eaton) ; Hammam-
es-Salahin, 25.111. -26.1V. 1904 {Wlsm.). Fourteen specimens.

In the ? the dark scaling is more distinctly speckled, the ground-
colour appearing somewhat whiter, while the abdomen is distinctly
pale ochreous on its anal half and beneath.

■ 3523 : 2. — SCTTRHIS EUCHARIS, Sp. n.

Antennae stone-whitish. Palpi stone-whitish, the median joint shaded ex-
ternally with fuscous towards its apex. Read and Thorax pale brownish cinereous.
Forewings stone-whitish, sprinkled throughout with blackish scales, with faint
brownish ochreous lines along the fold and margins of the cell ; the black speckling
is dense in a small patch before the middle, which reaches from the lower edge of
the cell, also in a small spot at the end of the cell, it is otherwise evenly distributed,
but does not extend into the pale brownish cinereous cilia. Exp. al., 15 mm.
Hindioings pale brownish grey ; cilia pale brownish cinereous. Abdomen and Legs
pale brownish cinereous.

Larva stone-grey, with longitudinal, ochreous, dorsal stripes and a broad, paler,
lateral stripe ; spots black. Head and pronotal plates honey-brown, the latter
blackish posteriorly, suture white. Legs brownish olivaceous. Long. (infl. 21.III.),
16 mm.

g [January,

Type, ? (96400) ; $ (96401) ; Larva (97305). Mas. Wlsm.

Rah.: ALGERIA— Biskra, 16.1V.1895 (Eaton), 28.III-3.IV.
1903 {Wlsm.); Hammam-es-Salahiii, 13-16.IV.190t ; Larva Traga-
num nudatum, HI— IV. excl , 29 IV. 1904, 8-14.V.1903. Twenty-two
specimens.

The larva was found from March 13th to April 4th on Traganum
nudatum, forming sand-galieries near the base of the stems ; the moth
was bred in April and May. Most nearly allied to alhidella, Stn.
(Stgr.-Ebl , 3537), which should be numbered 3523 : 1, and removed
to the neighbourhood of dissimilella, H.-S.

3523 : 3.— SCYTHEIS PLUMBEOaRISEA, Sp. 11.

Antennae, Palpi, Head, and Thorax pale bi'ownish oclireous. Foreiuings pale
brownish oclireous, almost entirely suffused, except along the margins, with leaden
grey; cilia pale brownish cinereous. ISxp. a^., 12 — 1 1 nun Hindwings shining,
pale rosy-grey ; cilia pale brownish cinereous. Abdomen pale brownisli oclireous.
Legs pale oclireous, the tarsi slightly suffused with leaden grey.

Type, ? (96520) ; S (89398) ; Mus. Wlsm.

Hah.: ALGERIA— Biskra, 3-6.IV. 1895, 21. V. 1891 {Eaton),
7.I1I— 30.IV.1903 {msm.); Ilammam-es-Salahin, 12.1V-I.V. 1904
{Whin.). Twenty-two specimens.

Varying slightly in the tendency of the ochreous colouring to
encroach on the darker portion of the fore-wings. In the hind-wings
veins 4 and 5 are stalked.

3523 : 4. — kSCYTHRIS TALPELLA, Sp. n.
Antennae leaden grey. Palpi short, slender, recurved, smooth ; leaden grey,
with a few whitish scales. Head and Thorax leaden grey. Forewings dull leaden
grey, sprinkled with white scales, these somewhat concentrated in a twice-interrupted
streak along the fold, and along the outer half of the eosta ; cilia greyish brown.
Exp. al., 11 mm. Hindwings pale grey; cilia pale brownish grey. Abdomen
pale leaden grey. Legs pale brownish grey.

Type, S (97309) ; ? (96243). Mus. Wlsm.

Rah.: ALGERIA— Ilammam-es-Salahin, 15.111.1904; Biskra,
14-25. IV. 1903. Four specimens.

Allied to plumheogrisea, Wlsm., but smaller and darker. V^eins
4 and 5 of the hindwings are stalked.

3523 : 5. — SCTTHKIS ERMINEA, Sp. n.

Antennae brownish white. Palpi white. Head white, with a black spot in
front. Thorax white, with a black spot posteriorly. Forewings white, thickly be-
strewed with elongate jet-black spots, of which the outlines are not hard nor clearly
defined, some of them being partially joined together by intermediate black scales j

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none of these spots actually touch the costa, although three or four assume the form
of length-streaks parallel to it ; others are ranged obliquely across the middle of
the wing, nearly to the flexus, others again parallel to the termen, which is itself
also narrowly hlack-pcaled ; costal cilia white, apical cilia smoky, dorsal cilia pale
brownish cinereous. Ejcp. a/., \0—12 mm. Sindwings pale brownish grey ; cilia
yiale brownish cinereous. Ahdomen pale grey. Legs whitish, the tarsi smeared
with smoky grey.

Type, $ {QQ^IS) ; ? (96336). Mus. Wlsm.

Hah.: ALGERIA— Biskra, 6. 1V.1891 {Eaton), 31.TII-30.IV.
1903 {Wlsm.)- Hamiiiam-es-Salahin, 16-18.IV.1903 {Wlsm.); El-
Kantara, 22.1V— 25. V. 1903 {Wlsm.). Thirty-two specimens.

3523 : 6. — SCTTHRIS CAMELELLA, Sp. 11.
Antennae greyish, basal joint pale brownish ochreous. Palpi., Head, and
Thorax pale brownish ochreous. Foretuings pale brownish ochreous, mottled with
black, of which there is a conspicuous oblique spot, on the middle of the dorsum,
diffused upward and outward in a smoky shade containing two darker streaks, one
on the cell, the other below the costa beyond its middle, a similar shade occurs
below the costa before the middle ; there is also a conspicuous black spot below the
fold at one-fourth from the base ; cilia at the apex pale brownish ochreous, below
it dark smoky grey, appearing almost blackish in some lights. Exp. al., 9 — II mm.
Hindwings pale leaden grey; cilia rather smoky, dark brownish ochreous. Ahdo-
men pale leaden grey. Legs pale brownish ochreous, terminal joints of the tarsi
smoky.

Type, S (89974) ; ? (89972). Mus. Wlsm

Rah.: ALGERIA— Biskra, excl. 8.1V.1895 {Eaton), 7-19.IV.
1903 {Wlsm.). Five specimens.

The species appears to be somewhat scarce, as I met with very
few examples, and can at present say nothing about its habits. It is
distinct from anything with w^hich I am acquainted. Mr. Eaton bred
a single specimen from " a cocoon which was found in the angle of a
string-course of one of the pillars of the colonnade of an hotel " at
Biskra.

3538 : I. — ScTTHRis compsias, sp. n.

Antennae brownish grey, the basal joint white. Palpi porrect, slender, white,
tipped with brownish grey. Head dirty white, with a yellowish brown tinge.
Tliorax dirty white, mottled with pale brownish grey. Forewings white, speckled
and smeared with brownish grey, shading to greyish fuscous in an outwardly angu-
lated transverse fascia before the middle, and in an irregularly scattered oblique
band of spots l^eyond the middle, with a few scales of the same dark colour about
the apex ; cilia brownish grey, with some white scales overlapping their base.
Fxp. al., 9 — 10 mm. Hindwings shining, iridescent rosy grey ; cilia bronzy grey.
Abdomen greyish ; (J with conspicuous, long, recurved anal claspers. Legs greyish
white, with small darker tarsal spots.

10 [Jaauai-y,

Type, S (96519) ; ? (9G201). Mus. WIstn.
Hah.: ALGERIA — Biskra, 23.III-1G.1V.1903. Eighteen
speciineiis.

Flying freely at dusk over a small annual Mesemhryanthemum on
a low hill near the cemetery.

Most nearly allied to acanthcUa, Gd<., but much smaller and
quite distinct. In the forewings vein 4 is subobsolete ; and in the
hindwings there are only 7 veins, 4 and 5 being coincident, and the
discoidal obsolete between 3 and 5.

3538 : 2.— ScTTHuis pura, sp. n.

Antennae cream-white. Palpi, Head, and Thorax cream- white. Forewings
and cilia rather shining, cream-white, with a slight brownish tinge toward the apex ;
underside slightly tinged with oclireous. Exp. al., 12 mm. HindwingH very pale
bluish grey ; cilia brownish white. Abdomen and Legs white.

Type, ? (96539) ; ^ (97188). Mus. Wlsm

Hab. : ALGERIA- Hammam-es-Salahin, 26.IV.1901, 17.V.1903.
Two specimens.

A small pure white species, quite distinct from anything with
which I am acquainted.

fTo be eontinuedj.

DESCRIPTION OF A PEST TO THE BAMBOO IN INDIA.
BY W. L. DISTANT.

Mr. Charles B. Antrim, Entomologist to the Indian Tea Associa-
tion, has forwarded me some specimens which Dr. H. H. Mann had
found attacking bamboos at Darjiling. They represent an undescribed
species of FulgoridcB, belonging to the subfamily Delphacin(S,?irid con-
stitute a second described member of the genus Purohita, which I
founded on a Ceylonese form, P. cervina (Faun. B. I., Ehynch.,
Ill, p. 470).

PUROHITA ARUNBINACEA, Sp. n.

Body and legs ochraceous ; antennae fuscous ; face carmine-red to posterior
margin of eyes, thence cretaceous- white to clypeus ; lateral margins of prosternum
carmine-red, inwardly margined with cretaceous-white ; anterior and intermediate
legs striped with black, apices to tarsi black ; the carinations to vertex, pro- and
mesonota greyish, as is also the apical area of the latter, which has a dark apical
spot ; abdomen above with the three posterior segments purplish-red with the
margins ochraceous ; legmina creamy-white, all the veins spotted with black, the
marginal spots largest, and commencing at end of radial area, terminating at apex

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of claval area ; wings hyaline, the venation pale fuscous ; vertex strongly ridged at
lateral margins, and with a faint central pale carination ; pronolum angularly emar-
ginate at posterior margin ; face strongly tricarinate ; clypeus medially and laterally
carinate ; first joint of antennae long and broad, broadly centrally ridged on each
side, second joint more than half the length of first ; apical spine to posterior tibiae
long and robust ; (egminal veins more or less granulose.

Long. excl. tegm., 4 to 5 mm. ; exp. tcgin., 11 to 14. mm.
Hah : Darjiling, 3100 feet. Found attacking Bamboos.

Steene House, Selhurst Road,

South Norwood, S.E. :
December Qth, 1906.

V/<r/

A NEW BRITISH FLEA.
BY THE HON. N. CHARLES EOTHSCHILD, M.A., F.L.S.

Ceratophyllus borealis, sp. nov.
A pale species. The rostrum reaches to the apex of the fore coxa. The meso-
notum has numerous small hairs between the base and the
post-median row of bristles. The mesothoracic epimerum bears
four bristles (2, 2), the metathoracic epimerum having five
(2, 2, 1), a small hair in addition standing at the stigma.

The first abdominal tergite, like the metanotum, has three
rows of bristles, and anterior of them there are a few more
hairs.

The other abdominal tergites bear three rows of bristles
on each side, the anterior one consisting of four or five bristles
only, on each side, there being anteriorly of it one or two more
hairs representing a fourth row.

The sternites of segments 3 to 5 bear a row of three or

four bristles and a row of a few small hairs. The sternite of

the sixth segment has a row of five bristles. The hind femur

bears a lateral row of three or four bristles on the inside, besides the subapical bristle.

The principal differences between this species and its allies are in the shape of

the seventh sternite (fig. VII st.). This is truncate, with the upper angle produced

into a lobe.

We have one female specimen of this species, for which we are
indebted to Mr. Nurmau H. Joy. It was taken on the Island of St.
Kilda iu July of this year, and probably came from the nest of a
gannet {Sula hassana).

Tring Park, Tring :

December, 1906.

12 r January,

Records of Coleopterafor Herefordsldre and Shropshire wanted. — I should be
very much obliged if Entomologists who have collected Coleo2}tera in Herefordshire
or Shropshii'e would send me any records (of common or uncommon species) during
January for the Victoria County History. The late Mr. Blatch and Mr. Horner
took a good many interesting species in Shropshire, and Stephens recorded many
rare ones ; but Herefordshire appears to have been practically unworked, although it
is probably exceedingly rich in this Order. — W. W. Fowler, Earlcy Vicai-age,
fieading : December 18th, 1906.

A neio locality for Panags^us crux-major, L. — It may interest your readers to
know that Mr. F. Palin took a specimen of Panagaeus crux-major at the village
of Ashton, near Oundle, on November 10th last. — N. Charles Rothschild,
Tring: December \8th, 1906.

Hereditary and Sexual dimorphism in Abraxas grossulariata, var. varleyala. — •
At the end of June last year I was fortunate enough to obtain a pairing from fine
specimens of the variety varleyala of Abraxas grossulariata, and was of course ex-
trsmely interested to see what the result in the progeny would be. Exceptional
care was taken of the brood of larvae, and consequently the losses from deaths
during the winter were very few. All the moths (a considerable brood) emerged
dui'ing June of this year, and every specimen, without a single exception, was of the
extreme form of varleyala. 1 had of course never anticipated such a result, for it
was altogether contrary to my previous somewhat extensive experience in breeding
melanic forms of other species. As a rule, in captivity, it has taken three genera-
tions to produce an almost entirely melanic race, and even then there have almost
always been a few reversions to the type. But in the case of varleyala, although
the parents were bred from wild larvae collected from gardens in this neighbourhood,
the assumed first generation produced a brood as absolutely uniform as could occur
in the most constant of true species. I have written " assumed first generation "
because the variety is so excessively rare in a wild state that it is highly improbable
that both the parents of my last year's moths were of the variety, and possibly
neither of them were.

Another interesting fact revealed by the brood was that the variety is sexually
dimorphic. Probably none of us had expected such a thing in Abraxas grossulariata,
and even when the first dozen or fourteen moths emerged, all males, and possessing
more or less of the white rays on the hind- wings, it did not occur to uie that the
rays were a male characteristic. But when the females began to emerge, and showed
no trace of any white rays, the fact was of course apparent, and was at once con-
firmed by an examination of the seven specimens in my cabinet series of the moth,
the three males being rayed, and the four females withoul rays. These white rays
give a very pretty effect to the males, and are generally present on the hind-wings
only, and usually varying in number from two to five, although I possess two speci-
mens in which there is only one, and then merely a white spot ; and one single male
only out of the entire brood shows no trace of a white ray. Occasionally the while
rays extend to the fore-wings, but usually not more than two on each wing, though
I have one very beautiful example, bred in 1905 from a wild larva, which has six
rays on each fore-wing, and seven and six respectively on the hind-wings. — Geo. T.
POEEITT, Edgerton, Huddersfield : December lllh, 1906.

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Occurrence of XantUa ocellarh, Bkh., in Norfolk. -Uv. R. S. Smith, Jun., of
Downham Market, has recently submitted a Noctuid to me for identification. I
saw at a glance that it might be Xanthia ocellarU, and a reference to Barrett's
" Lepidoptera " convinced me that I was right. This specimen is a ^ , and in very
fine condition. Mr. Smith tells me that he captured it in West Norfolk the first
week in September of this year ; he also states that he has another specimen, not
in such fine condition, which was taken by himself in the same district two years
ago. I am aware that this rare species has been taken in Suffolk, but I believe this
is the first record of its occurrence in Norfolk ; it will, therefore, be a very welcome
addition to our county list.-K. A. Atmork, King's Lynn, Norfolk : November,l906.

Stenoptiliagraphodactyla, Treilschlce,anew British" P/«me." -While collecting
in East Dorset during the past summer I had the good fortune to discover the larvae
of this pretty little moth feeding in the flowers of the Marsh Gentian {Gentiana
pneumonanthe), and several of the perfect insects were bred. T also beat one or
two of them from amongst mixed herbage, but they seem to be sluggish in their
habits, and only fly for a short distance after having been disturbed. It occurred
in boggy places on heaths, and unless the larvse feed on other plants it is never likely
to be very numerous, as the Marsh Gentian appears to be local. This form of gra-
phodactyla is near to var. pneumonanthes, Schleich. - Gervase F. MatheW,
Dovercourt, Sussex : November 22nd, 1906.

Nonagria sparganii reared from the ^.^^.-Though other Entomologists have
frequently reared this species from larvee, I am not aware that it has been bred in
captivity 'through all its stages before. This was done in a glass tank during the
past summer. The eggs were laid by bred moths in August, 1905, as described in
a previous notice (see Ent. Mo. Mng., vol. xiii, p. 67). The beautifully concealed
eggs passed the winter, hatching as before May 10th-12th, 1906, the perfect insect
emerging end of August. Though the ^ moth was watched depositing her eggs on
the edge of Iris leaves, I regret not being able to satisfy myself exactly how it was
accomplished. The eggs were laid after dark, so the moths had to be observed
through the glass by the aid of a lamp, and it was not very easy to see how the
parent moth managed to gum the margin of the leaf down in this marvellous
manner. This is a point which requires further elucidation in the life-history of
the insect.— W. R. Jeffrey, Ashford : November nth, 1906.

Habit of JT^matobia irritans, L.-On July 25th I met some cows coming
home from the common called Coe Fen, and I at once noticed that at least one had
a band of flies round the base of each horn. Then and also subsequently on
August 20th I had difficulty in catching specimens from the horn. But I have no
doubt that they were specimens of H. irritans, which were plentiful about the
cows. I do not know whether this peculiar habit has been noticed in England ;
but Dr. Sharp at once gave me a reference to Riley, Insect Life, II (1889), p. 101.
In America, it seems, it is known as the " Horn Fly." I found them again common
on September 9th in the cow sheds of a friend, and was told they have often been
noticed to form a dense ring on the horns.-F. Jenkinson, Southmead, Chaucer
Road, Cambridge : November, 1906.

24 [January,

Nephroeerus ftavicorni.t, Zett., Sfc, at Cambridge. — On July 2fitb, about
6.30 p.m., I went to my brother-in-law's bouse at Newnbam. The entrance faces
the Newnham mill pool, beyond which is the rough grassy pasture called Sheep's
Green, enclosed by the two branches of the river and intersected by old water-
courses, dry in summer. The east wind blew from the pasture straight to the door
of the house. There is a window on each side of the door. On these windows
were three flies : Pachygader ater, P. leachii, and Xephrocerus flavicornis. This
last was a fine female. T at once carried it off to show to my friend Dr. Sharp,
who beheld it with surprise and delight. It sat in the pill-box very much like the
male I took in the New Forest in June, 1903 (Ent. Mo Mag., vol. xxxix, p. 227).
Tiie head was close to the surface on which the insect rested, the body was curved
(the back concave) and sloped up at something like an angle of 45°. On July 16th,
at 3 p.m., the sun being hot, I found Mallota cimliciformis asleep in my green-
house, where Xylomyia maryinala and Steyana coleoptrata again occurred. On
September Rth my garden was visited by Cynomyia movtuorum. On the 27th of
the same month I moved to my present address.— Id.

Xylomyia marginata, Mg., at Cambridge. — J)r. Sharp asks me to mention that
about July 24th he began to find Xylomyia marginata, Mg. (females), commonly
at Newnham among Lombardy poplars and felled walnut trees. He has obtained
larvffi from the latter, which have since been cleared away. — Id.

[With reference to Mr. Jenkinson's note I may add that all the specimens of
Xylomyia marginata captured by me — about 50 — were of the female sex. More-
over, those found subsequently by Mr. Verrall in the same way were also all
females. This is of some importance as regards the habits of the species of the
genus ; for X. macidata, the allied form, is not very rare in the larval state in
the New Forest, and yet, so far as I know, but one specimen of the imago (and that
one a female) has been captured there. These facts seem to indicate that the
imago has some peculiar habit, perhaps that of ascending the trees immediately
after emergence, so that only females, which descend for the purpose of oviposition,
are met with by the Entomologist. — D. Sharp.]

Plezostethus flavipes. Rent., at Carmarthen. — While on a visit to the town of
Carmarthen last August I had the opportunity of looking over a corn mill and
warehouse, and amongst some of the usual granary Coleoptera I found a living
brachypterous specimen of the Ilemipteron, Piezostethus flavipes, Rent., a species
not hitherto recorded from this country. I learn from the proprietors of the ware-
house that they receive grain from abroad, and amongst other places from the Black
Sea Ports. The insect is therefore probably an importation from those regions.
This is not however its first occurrence in England, as I find that Mr. Edward
Saunders has a specimen quite similar to mine, which is labelled " in Persian wheat
from Bussorah, found living in a warehouse in England." Nothing more definite
is known as to the locality of this specimen.

It would of course be premature to claim this as an addition to our British
fauna, as there can be no doubt that it is an introduced species, and the evidence is
not yet sufficient as to its naturalization. But I am publishing this note in the hope

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that other collectors who have an opportunity of searching corn warehouses may be
on the look out for the insect, and so determine whether it is merely a casual im-
portation or has succeeded in establishing itself amongst us.

Piezostethux flavipen is a small species \\ mm. in length, of a light pitchy
colour, with recumbent pale pubescence. The hemielytra, together with the an-
tennae and logs, are wholly flavous. The pronotum is shining and narrowed in front,
and the abdomen is widest behind the middle. In the brachypterous form the
hemielytra reach the base of the third segment of the abdomen. Renter (Monogr.
Anthocorid. orb. terr.) gives this species as the only representative of the subgenus.
Arrostus, which differs from Piezostethus proper, inter alia, in the absence of ex-
serted setae at the end of the abdomen. This character, together with the above
colour distinctions and the narrower pronotum, will easily distinguish it from P.
cursitanx. In its macropterous form it is said to be most like P. formicetorum. It
is recorded by Eeuter from France (Eouen, in naviliit:), and from North Italy.
According to Dodero it lives on Sesamum — K. A. Butlek, 53, Tollington Park, N. :
November 1th, 190t).

A correction.— In Ent. Mo. Mag., vol. xlii, p. 254 (November, 1906), line 19
from top, should read " Si/mpefrum Jlaceolum, L. Fa. Fr., No. 551." — E&BEN
Petersen, Silkeborg, Deimiark : November 2ith, 1906.

Jleuintrs.

The Victoria History of the Counties of England: a History of
Devonshire. Insecta. edited by Herbert Goss, F.L.S., &c. pp. 82 folio.
London : A Constable and Co., Limited. 1906.

Devonshire, the third in size of the English counties, and one of the most
beautiful and interesting of them all, is not less fortunate than those already treated
of in the "Victoria History," in the number and ability of the Entomologists,
resident and otherwise, who have aided in compiling the list of its rich Insect
fauna. All the Orders are well worked out, and we would call attention to t he section
on the Lept'doptera by our late esteemed colleague, Mr. C. G. Barrett, and that on
the Hymenoptera by Mr. G-. C. Bignell, as especially well and fully executed ; the
introduction to the list of the Parasitic Hymenoptera, by the last named veteran
Entomologist, is a masterly account of the life-history of that deeply interesting
group. In the list of the Coleoptera, due in great measure to the energetic work
of Mr. J. H. Keys in the Plymouth district, just over 1700 species are enumerated,
a number which is sure to be largely augmented by the more complete exploration
of many parts of the county as yet almost unworked. In the list are included the
interesting records in this Order by Dr. Leach, made in the early part of the last
century, and of which many have only been confirmed quite lately ; as well as the
important recent captures of Coleoptera in Lundy Island by Messrs. Joy and Tomlin
recorded iu our pages. The list of the Biptera by Mr. E. E. Austen, though it
includes as yet only one-sixth of the total number of the known British forms, ia
noteworthy for the fulness and precision of the data, mainly due to Col. Yerbury,
attached to each species, and may well sei-ve as a model for future lists of the
same kind.

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A Study of the Aquatic Coleoptera and their Surroundings in the
Norfolk Broads District: by Frank Balfour Bkiw-ve, \f.A., F.R.S.E.,
F.Z.S. Second Paper (Reprinted from tlie Transactions of the Norfolk and Norwidi
Naturalists' Society, vol. viii).

The fireseiit paper is in continuation of one noticed by us in vol. xli, p. 243,
aud like it is of very high bionomic interest and value to the students of our
" water-beetles." It embodies the further researches of the author in the rich
district of the Norfolk Broads in the season of 1905, and is written on the same
lines and the same thoroughness as its predecessor. A large amount of addilional
information as to the life-history and distribution of many species has been obtained,
and the re.sulls of the writer's assiduous collecting and observation are presented
graphically in two very interesting charts, in which the work of the two years
covered by both papers may be compared at a glance.

i)bituarn.

William Christopher Boyd. — It is with deep regret that we heard of the
death, on September 18th last, of Mr. W. C. Boyd, who was head of the firm
of Messrs. J. and C. Boyd, Manchester Warehousemen, of Friday Street, London,
E.G. He was elected to the Entomological Society of London as long ago
as 1867, at which time he resided at Cheshunt, though for some years past The
Grange, Waltham Cross, has been his home. Deeply interested in all the
British Lepidoptera, including even the minutest of the sadly neglected Tineina,
our friend made the most of his opportunities of studying them, and the notes from
his pen that are scattered through many volumes of this Magazine testify to iiis
keen powers of observation, and his consequent success as a collector ; the earliest
of these is to be found in vol. v (1868-9), and the latest in vol. xl (1904.) ! In
proof of the valuable work for which we are indebted to him, it will be sufficient to
mention that Cohophora pofentiUx (Boyd MS.), Stn., was new to science when he
discovered it, and that his additions to the British List include the extremely rare
Ebulea catalaunalis, and the very local Nepticula minusculella. Mr. Boyd was, in
addition, an ardent sportsman, equally proficient, with his gun and with the cricket
ball, and his interest in philanthropic work is shown by the fact of his being one of
the Governors of St. Bartholomew's Hospital. A most cheery and pleasant com-
panion, blessed with a strong vein of humour, he will be much missed by those of
us who were privileged to enjoy his friendship. — Eustace R. Bankes.

William Chayiey. — We regret to learn of the death of this veteran Entomolo-
gist, who passed away peacefully in his sleep on November 3rd, 1906, at the ripe
age of 78 years. A native of Chatham, and employed in the Royal Dockyard there,
he became interested in Entomology at an early age, and contributed many notes on
the Lepidoptera of his neighbourhood to the " Entomologist's Weekly Intelligencer "
and other periodicals. The knowledge which he acquired of the insect fauna of
that beautiful and productive portion of the County of Kent was most thorough,
and his " List of the Macro- Lepidoptera of the Rochester District," published in
the quarterly " Rochester Naturalist" (1S84— 1889) is one of the most valuable and

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interesting productions of its kind ever issued by a local Natural History Society.
About 1869 he was transferred to the Admiralty, and shortly afterwards took a
prominent part in the foundation of the South London Entomological Society, with
which he retained his connection until his death. Latterly he took up the study of
the Coteoptera and Hemiptera, and amassed good collections of these Orders, which
he disposed of a few years ago, though to the latest he retained his interest in
Entomology. Mr. Chaney was a man of fine physique and of wide and varied
reading, and a genial and hearty companion in the field ; and the writer of this
notice, whose deceased friend was his earliest Entomological instruclor, recalls many
pleasant days spent with him among the insects of the woods and chalk-downs of
the Chatham district.— J. J. W.

Societies.

Birmingham Entomological Society: October \bth, IDOfi. — Mr. G-. T.
Bethpne-Bakeb, President, in the Chair.

Mr. J. T. Fountain showed living larvae and imagines of Hadena unanimin, Tr.,
found on the canal bank at Marston Grreen and also at Earlswood, at both of which
places they were abundant. Mr. E. C Rossiter remarked that he had recently
come across two broods of Smerinthus populi. L., one of which occurred on common
poplar, and the whole brood was of the dark variety of the larva ; and the other
brood was upon an aspen with whitish under-side to the leaves, and all the larvae
belonged to the light form, and it seemed as if the larvse had followed the colour of
the under-side of the leaves they happened to have lived upon. Mr. G. H. Kenrick,
however, said that he had found both forms, the light and the dark, side by side
upon the common poplar. Mr. G-. H. Kenrick showed some Lepidoptera taken on
the Cotswolds during a short visit paid to them early in August. They included
Lycaena corydon. Fab., Drepana oultraria, F., Boarmici abietaria, Hb., Botys
hyalinalis, Hb., a nice series, &c. ; also a number of Lycsenidse from Java and the
Malay Archipelago. Mr. G. T. Bethune-Baker, various Lepidoptera taken in Devon-
shire last July. Whilst I here he had carefully observed Satyrus xeniele,!!.. o\\^os.\t\ng,
with the result that he had discovered that its eggs were never laid upon the fresh
green grass stems, but upon the broken stems of the previous season, near the top.
Mr. Simkins, various Lepidoptera, including a fine series of Oastropacha querci-
folia, L., bred from Surrey ova. Mr. W. Harrison, Cerura furcula, L., bred from
larvffl obtained near Sand well Park.— Colbban J. Wainwright, Eon. Sec.

Lancashire and Cheshire Entomological Society: The usual Monthly
Meeting of this Society was held at the Royal Institution, Liverpool, on Monday,
November 19th, Mr. R. Wilding, Vice-President, in the Chair.

A paper was communicated by Mr. J. Collins of Oxford embodying his
observations upon the habits of Sitaris muralis, a beetle associated with the mason-
bee Anthophora pilipes, with specimens of both taken near Oxford. Mr. Collins
also sent for exhibition Apion astragali, A. sanguiyieum, Panagseus i-puttulatus,
and Lebia chlorocepAala, as well as the Tortrix Stigmonota pallidifrontana from

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Oxford. Mr. W. Mansbridge read a paper entitled " Notes on a melanic race of
Aprotis ashworthii" and exliibited a long series of moths bred in 1905 in illustra-
tion of his remarks ; a discussion ensued, and in further illustration !\lr F. N.
Pierce, F.K.S., exhibited A. candelanim, together with microscopic preparations of
the genitalia of both insects, and Dr. Bell showed the preserved larva of A. ash-
worthii. Mr. Mansbridge reviewed the evidence for and against the view that
ashworthii and eandelarum are the same species, and suggested the name xtthsfriata
to distinguish the now form. The opinion of the meeting was to fhc efPect- that
more evidence of identity was required, especially as regards early stages and
structural detail of eandelarum. Other exhibitors were Mr. W. A. Tyernian, a box
of Lepidoplera. including Pygiera pigra from Ireland, Eupithecia isogrammata
and Plnsia fesfvcx from Lathom ; Noctua stigmnth-a and A'. glareof:a, one of the
latter a very rosy s]iecimen, from N. Wales ; .4croni/('/a lppori»a,\av. melanocephala.
Notodonta dro med a rius and N. dictsenide-i from Kirby, Lancashire. Mr. K. Wilding,
species of the Coleopteron Amara anthohia from the Liverpool district. Mr. E. J. B.
Sopp, F.E.S., the scarce cocl<roach Epilampra hiirmeisteri taken in the Manchester
Docks and identified by Mr. R. Shelford ; VanchJora vireacens from the Manchester
Docks, Iloylake, and Warrington ; Acridium xqiipficum from Birkdale ; also, on
behalf of Mr. W. J. Lucas, the scarce Stenohothrns elegans from the New Forest^
and, on behalf of Mr. W. E. Sharp, a nymph of the cockroach Periplaneta
australasise from Brockenhurst. — H. E. Sweeting and Wm. Mansbridge,
Hon. Sees.

The South London Entomoiogical and Natural History Societt :
Thursday, November Sth. 190B.— Mr. R. Adkin, F.E.S., President, in the Chair.

Messrs. Harrison and Main exhibited bred and variable series of (1) Tethea
subtusa from Fermanagh, and (2) Numeria pulveraria from various localities, and
pointed out the characteristic forms prevailing in each. Mr. Newman (1) Anthro-
cera purpuraJis (minos) from N. Wales ; (2) a dwarf example of A. exulans ;
(3) a pale .4. filipendulre ; and (4) a very variable series of Bnmicia phlseas, the
pick of some SOflO third brood specimens passed through the net at Bexley.
Mr. Moore, a specimen of Aglais urticas veay nearly approaching var. polarls.
Mr. Goulton, a specimen of the rare Heliothis armiger taken at light at Sutton,
and a series of JFgeria mgopa'formis from the same locality. Mr. Edwards, some
large species of Coleoptera from Sierra Leone. Mr. Rayward, ova of Strymon
(Tkecla) w-album found in -titii on bark and twigs of wych elm. Mr. R. Adkin,
a series of Scoparia dubitalis from Eastbourne, including some exceedingly pale
forms, and also the very pale form from Mr. C. G. Barrett's collection, and read
notes on this local race.

Thursday, November 22iid, the President in the Chair.

A Special Exhibition of Varieties. Mr. South exhibited the very large Chinese
Vanessa urticae, var. chinensis, to compare with the very small /'. urticas, ab.
urticoides, bred from larvoB led on hop. Mr. Lucas, for Messrs. F. W. and
H. Campion, (1) a (J of the very rare dragonfly Sympetrum vulgatum ; (2) a series
of S. flaveolum, including a 9 ; and (3) a series of Cordulia fenea. All were
taken in Epping Forest. Messrs. Harrison and Main, (1) a brood of Pieris

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brassicas, including examples of the female in which the two rliscal spots on both
upper and under-sides were more or less united into a band ; (2) series of Aplecta
nehulosa from Delamere, Kpping. and New Forests for comparison ; (3) bred series
of Tephrosia biundularia from tlie New I'orest and from Delamere, the former
light, tile latter dark and intermediate ; (4) bred examples of Dianthcecia csesia
from the Isle of Man ; and (5) Acronycta alni from the New Forest. Mr. Kaye,
a captured specimen of Apatura iris from the New Forest, measuring 3f^ inches in
expanse, much larger than any bred specimen. Mr. Dobson, four species of the
genus Siimpefruin taken in one place in Surrey on September 3rd, S. striolafum,
S. flapeolum, S. sanguineum, and ..S. scoiieuin ; he also showed series of sixteen
species of Bees of the genus Bombus. Mr. G. B. Brown, his captures during a ten
days' holiday at Deal, in late July, including Liihosia pi/ffmasola, Calamia phragmi-
tidis, Agrotis fritici, Eremobia ochroleuca, Dianthcecia cucubali, &c. Mr. P. J.
Barraud, a series of dark and intermediate forms cf Xylophasia monoglypha from
St. Bees', Cumberland. .Mr. -"^outh, a short series of Divrorhampha Jlavidorsana
from his garden, and read notes on its distinctness and occurrence. Mr. Tonge, the
Lepidoptera taken by him on the Suffolk coast in July, including JEgeria
apiforme, Maiiidsfra aJtjecta, Leucania straminea, Senta maritima, Acidalia
emutaria, &c., together with a series of admirable photographs of the natural
resting positions of numerous species of butterflies and moths. Mr. Goulton,
Taried series of Oporabia dilutata, Melanthia ocellata, and Ypsipetes sordidata
(elutalu) from Eanmore Common, the last comprising black-banded, green,
wainscot, and other forms. ilr. Lucas, to illustrate Mr. Campion's exhibit,
<S. vuJgatum (J s from Richmond Park and from Denmark, and also drawings of the
(J genitalia of <S'. utriolatum and jS. vulgatum, as well as photo-micrographs of the
former $ . Mr. Chittenden, melanic Larentia mult istrig aria from Yorkshire, dark
Hadena adusta from Rannoch, dark Ypsipetes impluviata from Arran, &c.
Mr. Clark, the Ichneumon Ophion Ititeum, taken on November 21st. Mr. R.
Adkin, a series of Tortrix pronubana, reared from larviB collected at Eastbourne
from Euonymus in September last, only two specimens having been obtained
previously in this country ; he also showed an asymmetrical specimen of Macro-
glossa stellatarum, the transverse lines of the left fore-wing uniting into an
irregular patch. Mr. Sich, two imagines with cases, of what he thought were
Coleophora milvipeiinis, and also German examples of Valeria ole.agina, Catephia
alchyuiista, &c. Dr. Chapman, (1) a long series of a recently described species of
CcBiwnympha from Galicia, Spain, viz., C. mathewi, Tutt, closely allied to C. dorus ;

(2) a series of Lycwna idas ; (3) a series of L. segon with red on the hind margin of
the hiud-wings ; (4) a number of Erebia palarica, all three species from Galicia ;
and (5) a representative exhibit of Hastula hyerana and its forms from Hy^res.
Mr. T. W. Hall, white blotched varieties of Arctia villica and a Eupithecia,
showing the characters of both E. minutata and E. assimilata. Dr. Hodson,
(I) Agriades corydoa with light outer margins ; (2) Polyommatm icarus with large
blotches of black replacing the orange on the under-side of the hind-wings ; and

(3) Aricia agestis with the markings along the outer margins conspicuously
wedge-shaped. Mr. Garland, for Mr. Pickett, (1) a gynandrous Angerona
prunaria ; (2) an Ematurga atomaria with six wings ; (3) a long series of
Hemerophila abruptaria showing many melanic forms ; (4) fine aberrations of

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Agriades corydon from Dover this year ; (5) a light Melitsea cinxia ; and
(6) a very pale Pararge egeria. Mr, West, Greenwich, cabinet drawers containing
his collection of Uriixslx Chry so inelidK, Endomychidx, CoccineUid3e,kc. Mr. G-adge,
a wire arrangement to affix to flower-pots for breeding purposes, which could bo
folded up when not in use. Mr. West, of Ashtead, under tlie microscope, the
curious Y-shaped scales of Pseudoponti i paradoxa, received from Mr. Moore. —
Ht. J. TuENKR., Hon. Sec.

Entomological Societt of London: Wednesday, November 21v/, 1906. —
Ml'. F. Meeeifield, President, in the Chair.

The Secretary read a list of the Fellows nominated to serve as Officers and
other Members of the Council for the session of 1907-8.

Mr. Walter E. Collinge, 55, Newhall Street, Birmingham, and .Mr. H. S. A.
Guinness, of Balliol College, Oxford, were elected Fellows of the Society.

Mr. H. W. Andrews exhibited specimens of Odontomyia angulata, Pz., from
the Norfolk Broads, a species of which few captures have been recorded of recent
years, and Icterica westermanni, Mg., a rare Trypetid, taken by him in the New
Forest. Dr. F. A. Dixey, specimens of South African Pieritur. demonstrating that
the wet-season form of Teracolus regina. Trim., was in mimetic association with an
undescribed species of Belenois, intermediate between B. calypso and B. thysa.
Mr. William John Lucas, on behalf of Messrs. 11. and F. Campion, a male specimen
of Sympetrum vulgatum taken in Epping Forest on Sept. 4th last, of which species
only three other authentic British specimens are known. Mr. R. Ad kin, a short
series of Tortrix pronubana,\\h.,i\\c\\.i(\inghot\\ sexes, which he had reared from
larvtE and pupa; collected from Euonymus at Eastbourne in September last. The
only previous records for the species in Britain are single male examples captured
at Eastbourne and at Bognor respectively in the autumn of 1905. Dr. T. A.
Chapman, a long series of Ccenonympha mathewi, Tutt, from an examination of
which he concluded that it must be regarded as a geographical or subspecific variety
of C. dorus and not as a fully established species. I'rofessor E. B. Poulton, F.R.S.,
communicated " A Permanent Record of British Moths in their Natural Attitudes
of Rest," and " Further Notes on the Choice of a Resting Site by Pieris rapx," by
Mr. A. H. Hamm ; Mr. R. Shelford, M.A., F.L.S., " Studies of the Blattidce"; the
Hon. N.Charles Rothschild, " Notes on the Life-History of Sesia andrxniformis,
Lasp. ;" and Mr. Hubert W. Simmonds, " Notes on an Unusual Emergence of
Chrysophanus salustiv.s in New Zealand."

Wednesday, December 5th. — The President in the Chair.

The Hon. Secretary announced that the Entomological correspondence of the
late Mr. A. H. Haliday had been presented to the Society by Dr. E. Percival
Wright, of Trinity College, Dublin.

Mr. H. C. Pratt, Government Entomologist, Federated Malay States, Kuala
Lumpur; Capt. H. J. Walton, M.B., F.R.C.S., Indian Medical Service ; Mr. Arthur
Ernest Gibbs, F.L.S., Kitchener's Meads, St. Albans ; Capt. James Bruce Gregorie-
Tulloch, King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry ; Mr. John Ashburner Nix, Tilgate,
Sussex ; Mr. Herbert W. Southcombe, J.P., 16, Stanford Avenue, Brighton ; and
Mr. Roland E. Turner, 21, Emperor's Gate, N.W. ; were elected Fellows of the
Society.

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Mr. A. W. Bacot exhibited a specimen of Catocala nupta, taken at rest at
Hackney, November 9th, 1906, remarkable for having two well developed tarsi on
the left fore-leg ; also three ? specimens of Lasiocampa querciln, L., bred from larvae
from Cornwall in 19U6. One of these larvae had been submitted to a pressure of
from 10 to 30 atmospheres (105 to 450 lbs. per square inch) on two occasions ;
a pressure which had proved fatal at once to a frog, used as a control experiment.
A discussion followed in which Dr. F. A. Dixey, Dr. Greenwood, and other Fellows
joined. Dr. T. A. Chapman, a long series of Hastula hyerana, Mill., bred this
year from larva) collected at Hyeres ; and a diagrammatic map of the neighbour-
hood to explain the distribution of the species in that area. Dr. F. A. Dixey,
specimens of Terauolus omphale, Grodt., bred by Mr. Q-. A. K. Marshall. The
exhibit showed that under arranged conditions of moisture and warmth the wet-
season phase might be artificially induced. Mr. L. B. Prout read a paper entitled
" Xanthorho'eferrugata, Clerck, and the Mendelian Hypothesis." Dr. F. A. Dixey
communicated a paper " On the Diaposematic Resemblance between Huphina corva,
Wallace, and Ixias baliensis, Friihst." — H. Rowland-Beown, Hon. Sec.

[lELP-NOTES TOWARDS THE DETERMINATION OP LmiTISH
TENTEREDINIDM, &c. (17).

BY THE KEV. P. D MORICE, M.A., F.E.S.

H0PL0CAMPIDES = rHYLLOT0MA, Fall., HEPTAMELUS, Hal.,
ERIOCAMPOIDES, Knw., ROPLOCAMPA, Htg.

The Hoplocampides, as defined by Konow, include four British
Genera. One of these, Heptamelus, contains but a single species, H.
ochroleucus, Haliday. I know it only from the specimens in the
Cameron Coll. at 8. Kensington ; but any one fortunate enough to
find it should be able to identify it at once, as it possesses the unique
character of seyew -jointed antennae. A figure which, though un-
coloured, gives a good idea of the insect's general appearance, will be
found on Plate 13 of Mr. Cameron's Monograph (vol i). The other
three Genera contain insects having some resemblance to certain small
Nematids, and agreeing with that group in one important point — the
situation and direction of the discoidal (= basal) n. in the fore-
wings. They may be known from these, however, by combining three
characters, which do not appear together in any Nematid, viz., (1)
the radial cell is " divided," (2) the two medial nerves are received in
different cells, (3) the humeral area in the fore- wing is not " peliolate,"
but either " contracted " {Roplocampa) or " with oblique cross ner-
vure " (^Fhyllotoma, Eriocampoides).

Phtllotoma, Fall.
These are small and inconspicuous insects, not above 5 mm, long,

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with a considerable expanse of wing, and long, very filiform antennae,
which have alwa3^3 more than nine joints, and sometimes as many as
fifteen. Thomson (followed in this by Mr. Cameron) sometimes
gives " antennis 10-12-articulatis," " antennis 15-articulatis," &c ,
among the characters for distinguishing particular species ; but per-
sonally I have more often found this character a snare than an
assistance, and Herr Konow, to whom I referred my difficulties, tells
me that he does not consider these differences in the number of joints
to be specific. This was also Hartig's view, who says that in all the
species the number of joints is normally from 12 to 14, but in par-
ticular specimens may fall as low as 10, or rise as high as 15. (It is
well known that in multi-articuhite structures there is usually much
variability in the precise number of the joints).

Really satisfactory characters for distinguishing Phyllotoma spp.
have still, it seems, to be discovered. Their coloration is far from
constant, the antennal characters cannot (as we have seen) be
trusted, nor — as Herr Konow assures me— those derived from the
clearness or infuscatiou of the wings. Still, propei'ly prepared ex-
amples of such species as occur in this country can usually be named
without much difficulty.

I possess British examples of four out of the five species
described in the Monograph. Of the fifth {ochropoda, Thorns.), I
have only seen the specimens in the Cameron Coll. at S. Kensington.
The locality recorded for them is Worcester. I am glad not to have
to propose any changes in our present names for the species belonging
to this genus.

SYNOPTIC TABLE OF BRITISH PHYLLOTOMA spp.

1. Abdomen black, with or witliout white markings at the sides or on the venter.

Humeral cell in hind-wings complete {i.e., the humerus and brachius join
before approaching the apes of the wing) 2.

— Abdomen entirely or in great part reddish. Humeral cell in hind-wings open

at the apex (i.e., the humerus does not run into tlie brachius) 4.

2. Pronotuni and tegulse black ; legs, "pale-yellow verging to testaceous" (Cam.)

with black bases ochropoda, Thorns.

— Pronotum and tegulse white (or partly so) ; ground colour of legs white ... 3.

3. Abdomen with distinct white markings at the sides. Wings hyaline with

(generally) a rather conspicuous fuscous streak below the stigma...

iiemorata, Fall.

— Abdomen immaculate at sides. Wings darker than in nemorata (blackish), but

not definitely streaked below the stigma aceris, Kalt.

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4. (? witli breast and pleurae largely white ; $ with the face broadly bordered
with white along the eyes, and the apes* of the saw-sheath pilose or
pibeseent. (Antennae, according to Thomson [but see above], 9 14-articulate,
S 1 5-articulate) microcephala, Klug.

— 9 with breast and pleurae black ; ? , generally at least, with the sides of the

face black, apex of saw-sheath " neai-ly glabrous" (Thorns.). Also, according
to Thomson, the antennae in both sexes are shorter and have fewer joints
(9 10 — 12, S 11—12) vagans, Fall.

Eeiocampoidks, Knw.

The species forming this genus have been separated by Konow
from Eriocampa, Htg., and removed to the Roplocampides, because of
the situation of their " discoidal " (= basal) nerve in the fore-wing.
They are all very similar in general appearance — shining black insects,
with short broad bodies, and heavy-looking antennae, which are much
thicker in the middle than at the apices, and not, as in Phyllotoma
and HopJocampa, thin and filiform throughout.

All my own specimens of Eriocampoides (and, I believe, all that
have reached me from other collectors) belong to one or other of the
four species tabulated below. I subjoin to the Table some remarks
as to the other species recorded as British in the Monograph, but, at
present, more or less enigmatical to me for various reasons.

SYNOPTIC TABLE OF BRITISH ERIOCAMPOIDES spp.

1. Clypeus truncate ; wings evenly (slightly) infuscated throughout; humeral area

in hind-wing appendiculute — i.e., the humerus and brachius meet long before
the areal nerve enters the latter sethiops, F. (^ rosae, C).

— Clypeus excised ; wings unequally infuscated ; humeral area in hind-wing not

append iculate, but receiving the areal nerve into itself at (or a little before)
its apex 2.

2. Hind tibiae black, not ringed with white at the base ; wings clear at base and

apex, slightly clouded in the middle limacina, Retz.

— Hind tibiae broadly ringed with white at the base 3.

3. Wings with only a fuscous streak under the stigma, clear at base and apex. The

cJ may be known at once by having hind-wings with " continuous external
neuration." (See Ent. Mo. Mag., 1903, p. 53) varipes, Kl.

— Wings with dusky bases, their apices only clear ; ^ with neuration of hind- wing

normal anntdipes, Kl.

Further remarks as to British Eriocampoihs spp. — Of the three
remaining species described by Mr. Cameron under Eriocampa two,
viz.. cinxia, Klug, and testaceipes, C, are referred by Konow to the
n. g. Eriocampoides.

* This character seems to be reliable, but it needs a good lens and a good light to see it
satisfactorily.

24 (Jamiary, 1907.

T Iiave examined two specimens called cinxia, and one called
tesfaceipes. in the Cameron Coll. at S. Kensington. Of the former
one is carded, and its clypeus invisible. The other seems to me to
have a truncate clypeus and tibiae ringed at the base with white.
These are characters of cinxla, Klug ; but having no knowledge of
that species, except from descriptions, I do not venture either to
assert or deny that the S. Kensington specimens really belong to it.
I have thought it safer accordingly to omit them from my Table. As
to the festaceipes — specimen — which T suppose to be the author's
" type "—I am in still greater uncertainty. It appears to be an
Eriocnmpoides, though even as to that I dare not be quite positive ;
and it certainly differs from the species known to me in having entirely
yellowish hind tibiae, and in other points. But there is obviously
something abnormal and monstrous about this particular specimen.
The abdomen is thoroughly deformed (so that neither Mr. Waterhouse
nor T could make out whether it was a (^ or a $ ), and appears to
consist of at most five segments. Further, the specimen is "carded,"
which ma,kes a thorough examination of it almost impossible. Ac-
cordingly, without further material, I prefer to express no opinion as
to the validity or otherwise of the supposed species.

According to Thomson and Cameron the species with excised
cly|)eus have generally* "two middle cellules " {i. e., the cubital n. is
present) in the hind-wings, those with truncate clypeus " only one."
This may be true as a rule ; but I have thought it best not to include
in my Tables a character which is admittedly inconstant, especially as
specimens of Eriocanvpoides have not unfrequently occurred to me
having the cubital n. present in one hind-wing, and absent from the
other !

HopLOCAMPA, Hartig

The species of this genus are more elongate in form, and brighter in
coloration than those of Eriocampoides. They are easily distinguished
also, both from that genus and from Phyllotoma, by the " contracted "
humeral area, and the filiform but 9-jointed antennae. Some of them
{e. g.^pectoralis and testudinea) might be hastily mistaken for Dineura
spp., but the medial nn. in their fore-wings are not, as in that genus,
" received in the same cell," nor is the humeral area " petiolate." I
tabulate such species only as I know for certain to be British.

* Thomson says ";3lentnig«e." From the expressions used in the " Monograph," vol. i, p.
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Notes on Nenroptera collected in Corsica by Miss Fontaino. — Kenneth J. Morton,

F.E.8 1

The occurrence of Bhizophagus parallelocolHs, Fr., in buried corpses. — J.

Harold Bailey, M.B 3

Haliplas immacnlatus, Gerh. ; a species (or variety) of Coleoptera new to the

British list. — E. A. Newhery 4-

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W. W. Fowler, D.Sc, M.A., F.L.S 12

A new locality for Panagsens crns-niajor, L. — Hon. N. Charles Rothschild, M.A.,

F.L.S 12

Hereditary and sexnal dimorphism in Abraxas grossulariata, var. varleyata. —

0. T. Forritt, F.L.S 12

Occurrence of Xanthia ocellaris, Bkh., in Norfolk. — E. A. Attnore, F.E.S 1&

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Ent. Mo. Mag., 1907.— Plate I.

Sketch Map of ticinity of Hyeres, showing —

A, supposed distribution of H. liyerana.

B, locality referred to as " La Plage " on coast.

C, „ „ „ " Les Maurettes " on liill.
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Scale, about one inch to a mile.

February, 1 907.] 25

SYNOPTIC TABLE OF BRITISH HOPLOCAMPA spp.

1. Clypeus deeply emarginate or excised. Head never entirely black above, thorax

with at least the pronotura pale, dorsum of abdomen black only at the base
(except in testudinea) 2.

— Clypeus scarcely emarginate. Head, thorax, and abdomen, except its extreme

apex, black above 5-

2. The largest of the species (6—7 mm. long). Stigma black at base, pale at apex.

Body pale fulvous-brown, with the vertex and the dorsal surface of the thorax
and abdomen for the most part black and shining testudinea, Klug.

— Smaller species (3 — 5 mm. long) stigma unicolorous or only a little darker at

its base 3.

3. Stigma slightly darker at base ; ? with a large mark on the breast and the apex

of the saw-sheath black. (Above, the thorax is mostly black ; the abdomen
80 only at the extreme base ; the head testaceous in the $ with a black spot
enclosing the ocelli, blackish in the ? with two little yellow spots between
the ocelli and the antennae) pectoralis, Thorns.

— Stigma unicolorous. Body beneath entirely pale 4.

4. Clypeus roundly excised. Head and mesonotum very shining, practically

impunctate. (Colour above very variable— thus the thorax may be mostly
black, or black at the sides and testaceous in the middle, or streaked with
black on the side lobes only, or testaceous altogether) cratxgi, Klug.

— Clypeus angularly excised. Head and mesonotum dull, strongly and very

densely punctured. (Thorax generally almost immaculate, sometimes, at

any rate in the <?, with black markings on the mesonotum)...

ferruginea, Pz.

5. Abdomen testaceous beneath. Antennae, at least above, and stigma brownish.
(Breast red in the <?, black in the ?) chrysorrhoea,'K\\xg.

— Abdomen black beneath, testaceous only at apex. Antennse distinctly reddish-

yellow above and beneath. Stigma yellowish, rather darker at the base.
(Breast, in both sexes, black) riitilicornis, 'K\\xg.

Mr. Cameron records also as British species — gallicola, Cam.,

from Devonshire, alpina, Thorns., from various Scotch localities (and

also from England, " in Mr. Marshall's collection "), and (in vol. ii,

pp. 221-2) plagiata, Klug, from Weybridge. Of these, (1) gallicola

is not represented in the South Kensington coll. Konow believes it

to be identical with pectoralis, and to have been probably only a

chance visitor in the galls from which Mr. Parfitt reared it : and in

fact Mr. Cameron himself says that these galls were " undoubtedly

c

2g [February,

those of a Nematus.'" (2) Alplna, Thorns., is {teste Konow in lift.) a
good species, differing from cratcer/i not only in its paler coloration
but in certain points of structure. I have seen the specimens called
alpina at South Kensington, and am not prepared to say that they do
not belong to that species, with the description of which they cer-
tainly agree at least in colour. But as I have no first-hand knowledge
of Thomson's species, and have seen specimens of crntcerjl (determined
as such by Konow), which, to the bes*^ of my recollection, were as
pale as the South Kensington insects, and otherwise resembled them,
I do not feel that I ought to tabulate alpina among the species
positively known to me as British. (3) Plarjiata, Klug, has long
been familiar to me as a continental sjiecies (Austria, Switzerland, &c.),
but I never saw a British specimen, and it is not recorded by Thomson
from Scandinavia. Herr Konow tells me it is pretty widely distri-
buted in Central Europe, but more particularly in its southern parts.
In recording it from Weybridge, Mr. Cameron himself speaks doubt-
fully as to its distinctness from craice(ji, from which he separates it
only by small colour-chni'acters, which are certainly quite unreliable.
As I have myself taken specimens of cratcegi in the Weybridge dis-
trict, coloured in accordance with Mr. Cameron's description of
plagiata, I feel pretty sure that plagiala, C, is not King's species.
The reti\ plagiata is to be identified, not so much by its colour, as by
certain points of structure. The excision of its clypeus is more
angular (less rounded) than that in cratcegi, and it has a very deep and
conspicuous fovea on its " frons " between the antennae, whereas in
cratcegi, though a corresponding fovea exists, it is much shallower
and often hardly noticeable.

I may say that while cratcegi in our southern counties is a very
common and a very variable species, it seems to be rare in the North.
(Only one specimen represents it in the Cameron Coll.). Hence it
would not be surprising if some of its extreme aberrations should
have been referred by Mr. Cameron to other species, owing to the
absence in his district of the intermediate forms with which we are
here (in Surrey, Hants, Sussex, &c.) so familiar.

{To be continued).

1907.] 27

FURTHER NOTES ON THE COLEOPTERA OF LUNDY ISLAND.
BY NORMAN H. JOT, M.R.C.S., F.E.S.,

AND

J. R. LE B. TOMLIN, M.A., F.E.S.

When we set sail from Instovv on April 12th last year for Lundy,
there were none of the usual misgivings, as to whether the sea was too
rougli for our small craft, but rather whether there was enough wind
to take us across. Nor were they entirely without foundation, and
eventually we had to set to and row for the last three or four miles,
taking about seven hours for the journey of 21 miles. Consequently
little collecting could be done that da}'', but we were afield early the
next morning. Our cottage was beautifully situated on the edge of
a sloping clifE over 400 feet high on the east side of the island, and
commanded a splendid view of the lauding place and of Eat Island,
made familiar by the photographs in the illustrated papers in con-
nection with the " Montagu " disaster.

Beetles were soon found in plenty, and we did not get further
than 100 yards away from home the whole of that first morning.
Examining moss and the roots of grasses, and turning over stones,
was the chief work done both then and during the eight days we were
on the island. In this period we found time to examine practically
every part of Lundy, although some of it would no doubt have repaid
further search. There were of course many more damp places than
in August, 1905, and they produced a good many interesting species,
but over the actual water-beetles we spent very little time. It was
interesting to find several of the waterfall species. A few things
such as Hylastinus obscurus, Marsh., were specially and successfully
sought for, and. the last morning was spent in examining rubbish from
the cellar of the " General Stores " — the only shop on the island.
Our mackintosh sheets monopolised the counter, and soon many of
the islanders were enthusiastically pointing out such small fry as
Enicmus or OUgota, and marvelling at their characters under a platy-
scopic lens ! About eight species were thus added to the list, in-
cluding Ptinusfur, L., and Pentarthrum huttoni, Woll.

Of the special local species, Psylliodes luridipennis, Kuts., was
rather uncommon on the wild cabbage, but CeutJiorrhynehus contractus,
Marsh., swarmed on this plant, quite three-quarters of the specimens
belonging to the var. pallipes, Crotch. The degree of redness in the
legs and rostrum of this form is very variable.

0 2

OO [February,

After two or three days'search, MelanopJithalma distinquenda, Com.,
was discovered in great abuudance at the roots of a kind of coarse
grass, and several colour varieties occurred (cf. Ent. Mo. Mag., 2nd
series, ivi, p. 274). The capture of the new^ British Cardiophorus,
erichsoni, Buyss., has already been recorded {ibid., xvii, p. 156), as
also has Laccohius sinuafus, Mots. {Hid., xviii, p. 6) We took a
great many examples of Sfenus ossium, Steph., to ascertain whether
they all belonged to the var. insularis, Joy, but curiously enough not
a single one is quite as small and narrow as the two from which the
variety was described ; the series, however, shows a perfect gradation
from the variety to the type form. One specimen of Scydmcenus
remains unidentified, and appears to be different from any on the
British list.

On critically examining our captures, we find that we have added
as many as 201 species to the list already published {Hid., xvii, p. 1).
This brings the total up to 4G2, a surprising number for a small island
of just over one thousand acres. Considering the number of species
of which only single specimens occurred, and that there are 43 of
Wollaston's and Smith's captures which we have not confirmed, it is
fairly safe to assume that there are still a good many unrecorded
species inhabiting the island.

The following is a list of beetles new to Lundy, and we have
thought it convenient to mark those of special interest with a f-

Notiophilus palustris, Duft. ; Lei.stus fulvibarbis,!)].; Loricera pilicornis,Y.;
Dyschiriiix globosus, Hbst. ; Acupalpus exiguus, v. htridus, Dj.; Bradycellus
distinctus, Dj., B. verbasci, Duft., S. similis, Dj. ; SarpaJus latus, v. erythro-
cephalui, F., H. attenuatux, Steph., H. anxius, Duft., H. neglectus, Dj. ; Stomis
pumicatus, Pz. ; Pterosfichu.i minor, GjlL, P. diligens, Stm. ; Amara ovata, F.,
^A. liinicoUis, Scbiocl., A. famUiaris, Duft. ; Pristonychus terricola, Bbst. ; Ancho-
menus fuliginosus, Pz. ; Bembidium mannerJieimi, Sahl. ; Dromius melanocephalus,
Dj. ; fHydroporus longuUis, Muls., \II. discretus, Fairm. ; Colymbefes fuscits, L. ;
Oyrinus natator, Scop. ; Philydrus melanocephalus, 01. ; Anacsena globulus, Pk. ;
Selochares lividus, Forst. ; fLaccobius sitiuatus, Mots.; Chsetarthria seminulum,
Pk. ; Sphseridium scarabseoides, L., iS. bipustulatum, v. semistriatum, Cast. ;
Cercyon depressus, Steph., C. hiemorrhous, G-yll., C. melanocephalus, L., C. fiavipes,
F., C. granarius, Er. ; Cryptopleurum atomariuni, 01. ; Oxypoda longiuscula, Gr.,
0. ha;morrhoa, Sahl. ; fAtemeles emarginatus, Pk. ; \Myrmedonia limbata, Pk. ;
Callicerus obscurus, Gr. ; Alianta plumbea, Wat. ; Homalota hygrotopora, Kr.,
S. angustula, Gyll., H. exilis, Er., S. trianguluni, Kr., S. palustris, Kies.,
II. nigra, Kr., H. sordidula, Er., S. longicornis, Gr. ; Oligota inflata, Mann.,
0. pusillima, Gr. ; Myllasna infuscata, Mat., M. brevicornis, Mat. ; fHypocyptus
Igeviusculus, Mann. ; Tachyporiis pallidtis, Shp. ; ^Lamprinus saginatus, Gr. ;

1907. 1 29

Megacronux analis, Pk. ; Mfjcetoporua lepidun, Gr. ; fUeieroihopx prxvia, Er.,
H. dissimili.i, Gr. ; Quedi.ux meaomelinus. Marsh., Q. fuliginosus, Gr., Q. molo-
rhinux, Gr., Q. maurorufus, Gr., Q. aftenuatus, Gyll. ; Leistotrophiis murinus, L. ;
Staphylinus erythropferux, L. ; PMIonthus splendenx, F., P. laminatus, Creutz.,
P.Jimetarius, Gr., fP. alhipex, Gv.,fP. vernalis, Gr., P. nigrita, Nordm., P. micanx,
Grr. ; Actobins cinerascenx, Gr. ; XanthoUnux punctulatux, Pk., X. longiventris,
Heer; Othius fulvipennis,F., 0. melaiiocephalus, Orv. ; Lathrohium elongatum, Jj.,
L. fulvipemie, Gr., L. brunnipes, F. ; Crt/ptobium glaberrimum, Hbst. ; Stilicns
affinis, Er. ; Medon brunneus, Er. ; Sunius angustatux, Pk. ; Psederut riparius, L. ;
Evxsthetus scaler, Gr., S. rujtcapillus, Lac. ; fStenus guynemeri, Duv., S. providvs,
V. rogeri, Kr., ^V. bupkfhalmux, Gr., <S. brunnipex, Steph., iS. Jlavipes, Steph.,
<S. nitidiusculux, Steph., S. paganus, Er. ; Oxytelus rugosus, F. ; Trogophloeus
elongatulus, Er. ; Lesteva punctata, Er. ; Philorinum sordidum, Steph. ; Somalium
lasviusculum, Gyll., H. concinnum, Marsh. ; Proteinus ovalix, Steph. ; Megarthrus
affi}iis, Miill., M. depresxtis, Pk. ; Phlrxobium clypeatnm, Miill. ; Calyptomerus
duhiux, Marsli. : Clambux armadillo, De G. ; -fAgathidium lasvigatum, Er. ; fSilpha
opaca, L., S. rtigosa, L., S. atrata, L. ; Choleva agilis, 111., C.fusca, Pz., C nigrita,
Er. ; Catops serieatus, Chaud. ; Neiiraphes angulatus, Miill. ; Scydmxnus scutel-
larix, Miill., S. sp. ?; Pselaphus Jieisei, Hbst.; Tychus niger, Pk. ; BytMnus
puncticoHis, Den., B. biilbifer, Keich. ; Bryaxis juncorum. Leach; fEuplectus
amhiguux,l^eich. ; Tri.chopteryx grandicollix, Wann., T.fascicularis, Hbst.; Pteni-
dium evanescens, Marsh. ; Orthoperus atonius, Gyll. ; Corylophus cassidioides'
Marsh.; Olibrtts particeps, Wills. ; Slilbus textaceus,Vz. ; Coccinella hieroglyphica,
L. ; Coccidula rufa, Hbst. ; Sister bimaculalus, L. ; Nitidula bipustulata, L.,
N. riiftpes, L. ; Omosita discoidea, F. ; Meligethes xneus, F. ; Monotoma brevicollis,
Aub. ; Cartodere ruficollis. Marsh. ; Corticaria denticulata, Gyll., C. fulva, Com. ;
Cryptophagus saginatus, Stm., C. cellaris, Scop., C. bicolor, Stm. ; Atomaria
fuscata, Sell., A. ruficornis, Marsh. ; Typhsea fumata, L. ; Cytilus varius, F. ;
Simplocaria semistriata, F. ; Aphodius Jimetarius, L., A. pusiUus, Hbst.,
A. punctatosulcatux, Stm., A. luridus, L., and var. nigrijjes, F., A. depressus, Kug. ;
Qeotrupes mutator, Marsh. ; fCardiophorus erichxoni, Buyss. ; Athous hxmorrhoi-
dalis, F. ; Agriotes obscurus, L., A. pallidulus, 111. ; Necrobia violacea, L. ; Ptinus
fur, L. ; Phytodecta olivacea, Forst. : Phsidon cochlearise, F. ; Lochmasa suturalis,
Th. ; Longitarsus hol.xaticus, L., L. atricillus, L., L. membranaceus, Foudr.,
\L. gracilis, v. poweri, All. ; Pxylliodes cuprea, Koch. ; \Crypticus quisquilius, L. ;
Opatrum sabulosum, L. ; Apio}t immune, Kirb., A. loti, Kirb. ; Otiorrhynchus
scabr0sus. Marsh., 0. picipes, F., 0. muscorum, Bris. ; Trachyphloeus scaber, L. ;
\T. laticoUis, Boh. ; Csenopsis waltoni. Boh. ; Sciaphilus muricatus, F. ; fSitones
cambricus, Steph., S. regensteinensis, Hbst., fS. lineellux, Gyll., <S. tibialis, Hbst.,
S. suturalis, Steph. ; Sypera variabilis, Hbst., H. trilineata. Marsh. ; Liosoma
ovatulum, Clair.; fBagous limosus, Gyll.; ■fGymnetron beccabungse, L. ; Cionus
pulchellus, Hbst. ; Acalles ptinoides, Marsh., A. turbatus, Boh. ; CeuthorrJiynchus
pollinarius, Forst. ; Ehinoncus pericarpius, L. ; ^ Pent arthr urn kuttoni, Woll. ;
Caulotrypis xneopiceus. Boh. ; fRglastiniis obscurus. Marsh.

January, 1907.

QQ [February,

APHODIUS STURMI, Harold, NOT A BRITISH INSECT.
BY THE REV. W. W. FOWLER, D.Sc, M.A., V.P.L.S.

In the Entomologists' Record, xv, p. 92, Mr. Frank Bouskell records
a specimen of an Aphodius taken near Plymouth by Mr. J. H.
Keys, as A. sturmi, Harold, and says that Herr Eeitter had confirmed
its determination. Mr. Keys has kindly sent me the specimen for
examination, and it is nothing, I feel sure, but a very small and some-
what immature example of A. nitldulus, F. ; I have one in my own
collection which is only a little larger. It is certainly not A. sturmi,
which is narrower, more compact and parallel-sided and subcylindrical,
and differs in punctuation, in the denticulation of the anterior tibiae
and in the spurs at the apex of the intermediate tibiae. In all these
respects Mr. Key's insect agrees with A. nitldulus, except that the
punctuation of the thorax is rather more reuiote ; in A. sturmi,
however, it is closer than in typical A. nitidulus. A. sturmi, there-
fore, cannot claim a place in the British list.

I think that all Coleopterists interested in the British fauna will
airree, firstly, that no species should be introduced on a single speci-
men, except under exceptional circumstances, and never in the case
of closely allied species, where any doubt can possibly exist ; and,
secondly, that the determination of continental authorities should
not be accepted as absolutely final, without being verified, as is too
often the case.

While writing on this subject I should like to point out that
Lathrohium Idevipcnne, Heer, has quite recently been introduced on a
single female specimen, which has been confirmed by Herr Gangl-
bauer ; the male characters of the species are very peculiar, and had
it been a male, there might have been no need, perhaps, to wait for
further captures, but any Coleopterist might be deceived by a single
female specimen of the closely allied species of the first group of
the genus Lathrohium, and, although the record may very likely be
correct, still it would be well if it received further confirmation.

Earley Vicarage, Reading :

January lUh, 1907.

[Since the above was written, I find that the male of Lathrohium
Icevipenne has been taken, and therefore the species is authenticated
as British.

This does not, however, overthrow my point, that it was in-
troduced as British on a single female specimen, and that we ought
not to be so ready to take the ipse dixit of a single continental
authority without verification ; at any rate in the case of obscure and
easily confused groups.]

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PROaRESSIVE MELANISM :

FURTHER NOTES ON HASTULA SYERANA, Mill.

SY T. A. CHAPMAN, M.D., F.Z.S.

{Continued from Vol. XLII, p. 246).

Plate I.

One of the interesting points that arise from my 190G experience
with Hastula hyerana concerns the larva. My observations on the
larvas at Hyeres in 1904- and in Sicily in 1905, went to show great
differences in the larval economy in the two habitats. I correlated
this with the very different habits of its food-plant at the two places.
Therein, I believe, I was quite right. In 1906, however, I found that
both the plant and the larva at Hyeres were less markedly of the
Hyeres habit observed in 1901, and partook in some degree of the
Sicilian peculiarities noted in 1905. It follows of course that I was
wrong in supposing that the differences were racial as between the
hyerana at Hyeres and that in Sicily. The conclusion the 1906 facts
point to is, that the larval habits are probably very nearly the same
at both places, and are variable from year to year according to the
luxuriance or otherwise of its food-plant.

It would seem that in 1904 I hit upon a year when the Asphodel
grew very rankly at Hyeres, and on precisely opposite conditions at
Taormina in 1905. At Taormina the preceding winter had been un-
usually severe, there having been frost intense enough to grievously
damage the lemon trees and in places to kill the Opuntias, so that,
though I do not know what is the normal aspect of Asphodel at Taor-
mina, its wretched condition in many places in 1905 may not have
been an ordinary one, but due to the plants having made less growth
than usual through the winter.

However this may be, the Asphodel was not so luxuriant at Hyeres
in 1906 as in 1904 ; large plants conspicuously damaged by the pre-
sence of ten to twenty larvae of H. hyerana were not seen, single
larvae were common, and three or four to a plant was a maximum
rarely exceeded, and indeed infrequent.

When there was only one larva to a plant the effect was incon-
spicuous, although the presence of the larva was almost always evident
on a careful look at the plant, and it was quite unnecessary to handle
it. A majority* of the plants flowered freely, and it was very com-
mon to find the solitary larva that the plant afforded burrowing
in the flower-head, which consequently showed a good deal of de-
formity when sufficiently advanced.

32 [February,

In this respect the conditions of lOOG were much nearer than
those of 1904 to those Milliere describes ; he found his larvae appa-
rently altogether in the flowering stems.

These differences in the larval habits had one other very curious
result. The parasites affecting the larvae in 1904 were confined to
Xanthandrus comtus. Of this fly I had more than a score against 56
imagines of //. liyerana. The Sicilian larvae produced Tachinid and
Hymenopterous parasites and no X. comtus, though that fly existed
there.

In 1906, instead of X. comtus being in number about one to three
of the bred moths, only four or fi.ve larvae were met with, although
several hundred moths were bred. The liyerana larvae were not
sufficiently gregarious to attract, or if attracted to permit of the
rearing of the fly. On the other hand several Tachinid flies emerged
as well as two Hymenopterous parasites, all of common species of
omnivorous habits.

That X. comtus could not thrive on more or less solitary larvae is
obvious, but why should these be moi^e readil}^ found by Tachinids
and Ichneumons ? Possibly a plant capable of entertaining a number
of larvae also enabled them to hide more deeply.

Without attaching much importance to, or expecting any serious
result from, the procedure, it occurred to me to keep separate the
larvae of R. liyerana collected from two localities at Hyeres. These
localities happen to be almost exactly three miles apart, and have
belween them in any moderately direct route a gap of at least a mile
and a half absolutely without Asphodel. The result, however, was
very remarkable, and is the first definite fact offering the possibility
of a clue to the significance of melanism in the moth.

From the one locality the dark specimens were only 14 per cent,
of the moths bred, in the other 48 per cent. There were a sufiicient
number of moths bred to make these figures thoroughly trustworthy.
In the one case 169 moths with 23 dark specimens, and in the other
246 moths with 1L7 dark ones.

In the first set were five ab. marginula, in the second only one.
If these be called dark ones, then the percentage would be 17 per
cent, and 48 per cent, (in round figures).

The first locality with few dark specimens was " La Plage," the
sea shore opposite Hyeres ; the second with many dark specimens was
the " Maurettes," the low hills behind Hyeres.

The interval separating the two localities, together with the

1907.] 33

different constitution of the moths, suggests that there is some effective
segregation of the two colonies from each other. By any direct route
they are a mile and a half apart, by some long roundabout way they
may be still further, but for all 1 know may be in more immediate
relationship to each other. The picture I frame for myself of them
is that the hill form desires to be entirely dark, the shore form to be
entirely light, but that they are not separated from each other strictly
enough to allow this tendency its full force, but the shore form affects
that on the hills and keeps it more or less pale, whilst in return it
affords material for producing the smaller proportion of dark forms
that occur at La Plage. It is not, however, necessary to assume
that the tendency at either place would, if undisturbed, produce a
pure dark or light race. At the same time, I think the shox'e form
left to itself would be light, but the hill form w^ould not be entirely
dark, not at any rate whilst the pale form is still probably entrenched
in a vigorous heredity.

A tolerably coherent picture results from taking this view, in
connection with my hypothesis of recent immigration, and combining
therewith a careful analysis of Milliere's report of how and where he
found his larva;. The little detail given by Milliere was passed over
by me as a mei-e gossiping account of how he met with the larva ; it
may have been so meant by Milliere himself. It is, how^ever, very
clear and lucid, and tits in admirably with the other facts to support
the hypothesis of immigration. He says —

" In April, 1865, I pursued Entomology in the neighbourhood of
Hyeres. In exploring places near this town I was struck by the
quantity of Asphodclus ramosus {= micro carp us) spread over all parts
of the country, but chiefly on the stony hills when warmly exposed.
This lily, whose appearance was a novelty to me, interested me in the
most lively way. It exhibited tufts of leaves, long and slender and of
a splendid green, from the middle of which rose a thin, branched stem,
ending in a large spike of white and purple rayed flowers. Such was
the Asphodel as I saw it under the beautiful skies of Provence, amongst
a flora that seemed untouched by any winter. I suspected that some
larvse ought to be found on this green, healthy and strong plant. I
searched for many an hour without result."

This is the item which I think important. Having, though fifty
years later approached the country round Hyeres, in much the same
spirit as did Milliere himself, I entertain no doubt that the district in
which he made this vain search was on the Maurettes, the low hills

34 [February,

behind the town ; it is the nearest and most attractive ground, and
one where the As[)hodel would first attract attention. Here Milliere
could find no fl. Jiyerana. I submit that the reason was that at that
date it did not exist there. He proceeds -

" Yet, when I got to the top of a little hill lying between the
town and the arm of the sea which separates the ' lies d'Hyeres '
from the continent, I met, at a place called I'Ermitage, with a further
large quantity of this elegant lily so pleasing to the sight. I quickly
observed several stems pierced near their summits, &c."

As soon as he examined a locality where liyerana actually existed
he found it at once. Knowing the ground and species as I do, I cannot
for a moment believe that Milliere could have missed the insect on
the Maurettes had it been there, and there is in my mind no doubt
that the Maurettes was the district over which he failed to find it.
It is difiicult, indeed impossible, to suggest any other place where he
could spend " the long hours " during which he says he searched in
vain.

Now the Hermitage, better known now as Costebelle, is an outlier
of the Plage (shore) area, and is separated from the Maurettes by
nearly two miles.

My view is that H. hyerana had not very long before (10, 20, 30
years ?) reached La Plage and w^ts now well established there, but
had not yet succeeded in crossing over to the Maurettes, which it did
shortly after, either directly or by a route much longer, but possibly
with shorter gaps, via Bormette and the Maures mountains. On
reaching the Maurettes, or probably on x'eaching the Maures, if it
came that way (it may, if so, have been on the way at Milliere's date),
melanism appeared, and was found so useful that it reached its present
high percentage.

I am indebted to Mr. Raine and Mr. Powell for some detailed
information about the distribution of Asphodel at Hyeres, which ex-
tends my more limited knowledge, and entirely confirms the picture I
had, on fewer data, formed of it.

I have made a rough map of the vicinity of Hyeres, in order to
show the relations to each other of the " La Plage " and " Les
Maurettes " localities of liyerana, the position of Milliere's locality
" I'Ermitage," and their relation to the probable range of the insect
at Hyeres, which is very much the area of Asphodelus microcarpus
there.

1907.] 35

It shows A (upright lines) the supposed distribution of H.
hyerana at Hyeres ; B (wide cross lines) the source of the " La Plage "
specimens ; C (close cross lines) the habitat of the " Les Maurettes"
race. Except that I know that the insect occurs some miles further
to the east, the facts represented by B and C are all that I can posi-
tively assert, but the blank portions of the map as uninhabitable by
H. hyerana, except perchance by a stepping stone here and there, may
be accepted as fairly trustworthy.

{To be continued).

NOTES ON TUE LEPIDOPTERA OF AROSA AND THE SPLUGEN
AND SAN BERNARDINO PASSES.

BY A. H JONES, F.E.S.

From what 1 can gather, Arosa, lying at au elevation of 5900
feet, has been little worked entomologically ; from the evidence of
a resident friend of mine that a butterlly net is seen on rare occasions,
it may therefore be of interest to place on record the species of
Lepidoptera I noticed during my sta}'^ between July 7th and 26th last.
One great attraction to this district is the pine woods, intersected
by various paths which lead up to the tree limit in one direction, and
down to the river Plessur in another, giving an endless variety of
localities to explore. The country somewhat reminds one of the
Upper Engadine, from which, as the "crow flies," it is distant about
•10 miles in a north-westerly direction. Arosa is reached from Coire
by diligence and being a climb of 4000 ft. is a very tedious business
and it is better to walk by the old road taking the diligence as far as
Tschiertscheu, but to this route I will refer later.

Although the country is so truly beautiful, the mountains in the
immediate vicinity are disappointing as the highest does not reach
10,000 feet ; there are no glaciers and in the summer practically
little snow, only here and there small patches on the mountain sides.
Such was the appearance of Arosa when I reached it on July 8th,
but in a few days how all was changed ! Clouds for several days had
been sweeping up and down the valley, the temperature fell on July
12th, and for two days the snow fell intermittently, covering the moun-
tains, trees, and meadows, presenting the appearance of the depth of
winter ; although the snow lay six inches deep in the meadows,
it had all disappeared in two days under the influence of the warm

36 [February,

sun : butterflies were then disporting themselves as usual and Arosa
was again as I found it on my arrival.

The locality does not appear to be so rich in species as the Upper
Engadine. Erehias were not plentiful and I saw but one specimen
of Parnassius, probably delius. Pieris napi, var. hryonice, was ex-
tremely numerous in one spot near the river Plessur where its
food-plant, Biscutella Icevigata, grew in great abundance ; another
butterfly, Li/ccena oninima, was to be seen in hundreds together,
resting on the muddy roads. I have seen L. argus and corydon in
countless numbers in the Alps under similar conditions but never
minima.

On July 18th, a cloudless day, I walked over the Furkahohe Pass
(8020 ft.) to Davos Platz, which is 1000 ft. lower than Arosa. At
the top of the Pass a dark form of Erebia glacialis was not uncom-
mon flying over the screes and some of the specimens were distinctly
V. pluto. The following day I returned by way of the Strela Pass
(7800 ft.) and Laugwies, but did not meet with anything of particular
interest.

I returned to Coire by the old road already referred to. Oa
reaching Tschiertschen Erehias suddenly became very abundant and
that local species oeme was in great numbers, but I dared not linger, as
storm-clouds were gathering in every direction and I reached the
inn only just in time for shelter.

On July 28th J left Coire for Spliigen, by way of Thusis.
Having the day before me I collected along the Via Mala. Butter-
flies, such as Argynnis paphia and other species met with at a low
elevation, were extremely numerous. At Spliigen I stopped at the
Bodenhaus and Post, a most comfortable hotel for a prolonged
stay. Just beyond the village the road bifurcates — to the left over
the Spliigen Pass, and to the right over the San Bernardino Pass — -1
made excursions to the top of both passes, but did not meet with any
particular species. The best collecting ground, during my short stay,
I found to be on the Spliigen Pass, just beyond the first tunnel.
Here Erehia eripliyle was fairly common, and Parnassus delius in
considerable numbers. I also took a specimen of Plusia hractea
flying in the sunshine. I left Spliigen on August 4th.

The following is a list of the Lepidoptera met with ; I am
indebted to Mr. Louis B. Prout for kindly naming the more obscure
species.

On one or two nights at Arosa the electric light proved very

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attractive, but the lamps being suspended out of reach of the net
only a small portion of the specimens seen were cai)tured.

Papilio machaon. — Arosa, occasional specimens.

Parnassius apoUo.— Sufers, 4fi73 ft., near Spliigen, common ; delius, Spliigen
Pass, common.

Pieris brassica;. — Arosa ; napi, ab. hryonix. — This species was extremely common
at one spot near the river Plessur. At first I could not account for its abundance,
having hitherto only taken a few specimens in a day, but the mystery was solved
by finding that the ground was carpeted with the plant Biscutella laevigata, upon
which I detected the females depositing their ova. I collected about iCO, which I
forwarded to my friend, ilr. Charles Fenn, in England, and he has successfully
obtained about 30 pupae. He states that the larvse fed freely on " Garden Rocket."
The rapidity with which the larvae fed up seemed to be amazing, foi' they were all in
pupae by the beginning of August. I may mention tliat no imagines have appeared
this autumn.

Euchloe cardamines, occasionally, Arosa, July 8th to 15th.

Leptidia sinapis, occasionally, Arosa.

Colias palseno, scarce, San Bernardino Pass ; phicomone, rather common,
Spliigen.

Oonepteryx rhamni, occasionally, Arosa and Spliigen.

Limenitis sibylla, Via Mala.

Pyrameis cardui, very worn, Spliigen, August 2nd.

Vanessa polychloros, one specimen, Arosa, 5500 ft. ; io, urticx, fairly common,
Arosa.

Melitasa parthenie, athalia, and dictynna (dark specimens), not uncommon,
Arosa.

Argynnis selene, euphrosyne, a few, Arosa ; pales, Spliigen Pass, common,
August 1st; ab. napwa, several fine examples; thore, Arosa: a very beautiful
series, including three females ; this butterfly was very local, only occurring at
one spot on the " Waldweg ;" I was very anxious to find the food-plant of the
larva, and I watched the females for some time, but failed to detect them
depositing ova; amathusia, Arosa, and Spliigen, fairly common ; lathonia, Sufers,
Spliigen, a few, August 3rd ; paphia, very abundant, Via Mala ; I took two ab.
valezina : these differ from the New Forest specimens in that the ground colour is
slightly lighter ; aglaia, niobe, and adippe, fairly common, Spliigen.

Melanargia galathea. — I took a very beautiful variety of the ? , the markings
on the under-side of the hind-wing being very pronounced and spreading over
the wings.

Erebia epiphron, melampus, Arosa, a few ; eriphyle, one or two at Arosa, fairly
common on the Spliigen Pass, mostly females ; pharte, Spliigen, not common ; ceme,
very abundant, but local, Tschiertschen, 4430 ft., July 26th ; stygne, Arosa, not
very common ; glacialis and ab. plido, Furkahohe, 8020 ft., Arosa, July 18th, not
uncommon ; gorge, Spliigen Pass ; lEthiops, Via Mala ; euryale, Arosa, a few, but on
the Spliigen Pass they were simply in hundreds, arising in clouds from the muddy
places in the road ; ligea, Via Mala, common ; lappona, common on the lower slopes
of the Furkahohe ; tyndarus, Strela Pass, a few.

38 [February,

Pararge Jiiera, two fine ; vifera, occasionally, Arosa.

Coenonympha pamjjhilus, Sufers, August 3rd ; arcania, v. satyrion, Arosa.

Chrygophanus virgaureas, Spliigen ; hippothoe, v. euryhia, San Bernardino Pass ;
dorilis, v. suhalpina, Spliigen.

Lycsenn pheretes, Strela Pass, July 19th ; astrarche, ab. allous, eros, icarus,
Arosa ; hylas, Spliigen ; corydon, Sufers ; eumedon, semiargus, fairly common ;
minima, very abundant, Arosa ; orion, a very small form, Arosa, not common.

Hesperia alveus, Arosa. scarce.

Stilpnotia salir.ia, Esp., electric light, Arosa.

Acronycta euphorbias, Hb., and myricse, Gn., several, electric light, Arosa.

Agrotis exclamatinnis, Esp., electric light, Arosa.

Maynestra pisi, Esp. (similar to S'coteh specimens), electric light, Arosa ; dentina,
Esp. (small), electric light, Arosa.

Dianthaecia nana (cnnspersa, S. V.), electric light, Arosa.

Hiana strigilis, Esp., electric light, Arosa.

Rhizogramma detersa, Esp., electric light, Arosa.

Caradriva cinerascens, Tgstr., v. rougemonti, one specimen, electric light, Arosa.

Plusia braciea, J b., flying in the sunshine, Spliigen Pass ; this is the second
time I have taken the species flying in the daytime; pulchrina (v. aureum, Gn.),
electric light, Arosa.

Cymatnphora duplaris, Gn., electric light, Arosa.

Acidalia fumata, Steph., electric light, Arosa.

Anaitis prseformata, Hb., electric light, Arosa.

Larentia fiuctuata, Hb., montanata, Schiff., spadicearia, Schiff. (ferrugata), ver-
berata. Scop., nebulata, Tr., incultaria, H.-S., all at electric light, Arosa ; lugubratn,
Stg. Cat., Maran, Arosa; molluginnta, Hb., electric light, Arosa; affi,nitata, Steph.,
electric light, Arosa (interesting aberration, note Mr. Prout).

Stlenia lilunaria, Esp., electric light, Arosa.

Gnophos ivyrtillata, Thnb., rather common, .^rosa ; cselibraria, H.-S., Arosa.

Dasydia tevehraria, Esp. : this interesting species was not uncommon on the
Furkahohe Pass, 8020 ft., flying in company with Erebia glaci'ilis,ah. pluto : curious
in the neighbourhood of so much snow to find only two species both perfectly
black.

Ematurga atomaria, L., a few, Arosa.

Diacrisia sannio {russula, Hb.), several, electric light, Arosa.

Arctia, caja, Esp., not uncommon, electric light, Spliigen.

Endrosa aurita, a few, Arosa, also at light.

Hepialus humuli, L., Arosa.

Titanio sclirankiana, Hochenw., Arosa.

Pyrausta uliginosalis, Steph., Arosa.

Shrublands, Elthara :

November imh, 1906.

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ADDITIONS TO THE LIST OF HYMEN OPTERA-ACULE ATA
OCCURRING IN THE ISLAND OF GUERNSEY.

BY W. A. LUFF, F.E.S.

In this Magazine for June and July, 1902, and October, 1903,
Mr, Edward Saunders published a complete list of the Hiimenoptera-
AcuJeata ihen known to occur in the Islands of Jersey, Guernsey and
Alderney. During the present year Mr. E. L>. Marquand has devoted
a great deal of time and energy to collecting the Guernsey species.
The specimens captured have been submitted to Mr. E. Saunders for
examination and naming, the result being that 26 species are additions
to the list. The most interesting of these are Diodontus friesei. Kohl,
a non-British species, which had, however, been previously taken in
Jersey by Mr. Saunders, a species of Halictus of the suhaurotus group,
but worn and difficult to determine for certain, and Coelioxys afra,
Lep., which Mr. Saunders informs me is quite a southern species,
common in Algeria, Spain, &c. In Guernsey they were flying in
company with Megacliile arrjentata, Eab.

The following are the additions to the Guernsey list: —

MrdiUa rujipes, Ltr., taken by Master Cecil Marquand at St. Martin's. Pom-
pilus tingui'cularis, Thoms., Saints' Bay, June 2nd ; P. cinctellus, Spin., Moulin
Huet Bay, July 17th. Salius pusillus, Schi5dte, L'Ancresse Common, June 5th.
Asiafus hoops, Schr., two specimens, Moulin Huet Cliffs, July 17th. Tachysphex
itnicolor, Pz., Icart Cliffs, July 28th ; T. pectinipes, L., L'Ancresse, June 19th.
Diodontvs friesei, Kohl, Creux Mahie, June 12th, L'Ancresse, June 19th, Saints'
Bay, June 28th. Qoryies tumidus, Pz., Petit Port Cliffs, August 1st; Nysson
diniidiaivs, Jur., Petit Port Cliffs, August let; N. spinostts, Fab., Saints' Bay,
July 14th. Crabro albilahris, Fab., Saints' Bay, June 28th. Halictus quadri-
notatus, Kirb., Saints' Bay, June 2nd, Creux Mahie Cliffs, June 12th, Saints'
Bay, June 28th ; H. brevicornis, Schk., Icart Point, May 19th, Fermain Bay
June 4th, Petit Bo, June 13th ; H. nitidiusculus, Kirb., Saints' Bay, April 11th,
Petit Bo, April 12th, Moulin Huet, April 17th, Saints' Bay, April 21st. Halictus?
near subauratus, Boss., Moulin Huet Cliffs, July 17th. Andrena pilipes, Fab., Vazon
Bay, July 18th; ^./h/w^'o, Chr., Petit Port, June 9th, St. Martin's Point, June
26th, Petit Bo, June 23rd and 30th ; A. nana, Kirb., Petit Bo, June 23rd and 30th,
Fermain Bay, May 15th and June 4th ; A. minntula, Kirb., Petit Bo, June 23rd ;
A. wilkella, Kirb., Moulin Huet Bay, June I7th, Saints' Bay, June 21st. Dasypoda
hirtipes, Ltr., Vazon Bay, July 18th. Nomada fucata, Pz., Icart, July 28th.
Cce/ioo;^* a/ir«, Lep., four specimens, Vazon Bay, July 18th. MegacMle circum-
cincta, Lep., L'Ancresse Common, June 19th. Podaliriits quadrimaculatus, Pz.,
L'Ancresse Common, July 12th.

The following species taken by myself in Sark have not been
recorded from any of the other Islands : —

40 [February,

Salius oltuslventris, Scliiodte, August 20th, 1902. 'Ntisson inierruptus, Fab.,
July 10th, 1906. Andrena humilis, Imh., July 12th, 1906.

Brock Road, Guernsey :

November, 1906.

NOTE ON THE ABOVE.

The occurrence of Diodontus friesei, Kohl, in the Channel
Islands is o£ great interest. I took a few in Jersey, hut did not
record it, as at the time I thought it was only minufus ; the ^ may
be easily known from that species by the form o£ the intermediate
metatarsi — in miniitus these are much produced and widened towards
the apex, in friesei they are bent but hardly widened ; like miniitus it
has the mandibles yellow. Hitherto friesei has only been recorded
as a South European and Mediterranean species.

The capture of Coelioxys afra is I think still more interesting.
In this country I have sought in vain for any of the small red tailed
Coelioxys associating with MegncMle argentata. I was much pleased
to find Coelioxys hrevis with 31. argentata in Jersey, and now C. afra
turns up with it in Guernsey.

It is curious that in each island 3Iegachile argentata should have
a different species to associate with it ; possibly, however, both of
them may yet be found in the two islands. These little species belong to
a group of which we have no exponents in Britain, and which is peculiar
in having the white bands of the abdomen formed of scale-like hairs.
They are both common in South Europe ; C. hrevis has occurred in
Central Europe, but I have always looked upon C. afra as quite a
southern form. — E. Saundeks.

HALICTUS BREVICORNIS, Scheank,
AN ADDITION TO THE LIST OF BRITISH HYMENOPTERA.

BY EDWAED SAUNDERS, F.R.S.

I met with both sexes of this insect some years ago somewhat
plentifully in Jersey, and since then have kept a careful look out for
brevicornis in this country. It was not, however, till last summer,
when collecting at Southbourne, near Christchurch, Hants, that I suc-
ceeded in meeting with the species. On the wing it so closely resembles
villosulus, K., in the ? sex (the only one I wos able to get) that it might
be very easily passed over, and I feel sure that had I not made it a rule,
since my visit to Jersey, to examine suspected villosulus pretty care-
fully before rejecting it, I should have failed to recognise brevicornis.
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look of the insect. Further examination shows several other characters, but these
are not recognisable in the net. In the first place the hairs of the thorax are paler
than in villosidus and rather more abundant, and the puncturation is finer. The
wings are unusually pellucid, and their nervures, especially the stigma, are very
pale ; the propodeum is rather longer and more rounded posteriorly, and its sculp-
ture rather finer ; the posterior margins of the abdominal segments are pale, and the
abdomen is clothed at the sides and on the apical segments with greyish-white
hairs ; the whole insect appears to be less densely black than villosulus. The (J is
quite distinct from villosulus, resembling more closely that of breviceps ; it is, how-
ever, generally a trifle larger, its face is rather longer, and the joints of the flagellum
are wider than long. The wings are pellucid and pale-veined as in the $ .

Eight $ obtained after many hours' collecting along the coast
between Southbourne and Hengistbury Head on Sypochoeris radicnta
amongst numbers of villosulus, July, 1906. During the last few days,
I have seen two or three females, sent to me by Major Nurse o£
Bury St. Edmund's, taken at Eastbourne in August, 1906.

St. Ann's, Woking :

January bth, 1907-

A NEW BRITISH FLEA.

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

Ttphlopstlla isacanthus, sp. nov.
Allied to Typlilopsylla pentacanthus, but differs in the following
characters : —

The fifth genal spine, instead of being short and broad as in T. pentacanthus, is
the same shape as the others, being about equal in length to the second. This fifth
spine in isacanthus is not placed so far dorsally as it is in pentacanthus. The frontal
notch of the head is more developed in the present species. In T. isacanthus the

Fig. 1 — peniacantkus. Fig. 2 — isacanthus,

bristle placed at the anterior edge of the antennal groove is larger than in T.penta-

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canthus ; while the single long bristle situated on the side of the frontal portion of
the head is nearer to the genal spines, and the pronotal comb consists of twenty-two
teeth instead of fourteen, the most ventral spines being small in both species.

Only the ? of this species is known. A single specimen was
taken from a Bank Vole {Hypudceus gJareolus) at Lyndhurst in the
New Forest by Mr. F. J. Cox, in December, 1900. Some years since
another example (also a $ ) was taken from the same host by Mr.
Greorge Tate at Lyndhurst, but was unfortunately destroyed before it
had been described.

148, Piccadilly, W. :

December, 1906.

Meloe rugosus at Broadxtairs and Margate. — I have again met with this species
both in spring and autumn — on the former occasion in a cutting in the cliff near
Margate, in company with M. cicatricosus, and on the latter in the old locality on
the road between Broadstairs and St. Peter's. I suppose there can be no doubt
that it Iiibernates, as a rule, probably, without leaving the burrow of the bee in
which it has passed the earlier stages of its existence. — Theodore Wood, The
Vicai-age, Ljford Road, Wandsworth Common : October 22nd, 1906.

Is Scoparia duhitalis a moss or a root feeder ? — Until comparatively recently
all the larvae of this genus were supposed to feed on moss or lichens only, but thanks
to Dr. Wood (Ent. Mo. Mag., sxv, p. 126) we now know that one of them (cembrai)
is entirely a root feeder. Little or nothing seems to be known about the laiva of
dubUalis, common as the imago is in many places. Mr. Eankes, to whom I recently
wrote for information, tells me that he knows practically nothing of the larva or its
habits. Some years ago he confined ? $ in pots containing sorrel roots, moss, &c.,
but all to no purpose. It is true that Leech (" British Pyralides "), quoting Hart-
mann, says the larva feeds on moss and lichen growing on tree trunks in March and
April, and Meyrick (" Handbook," p. 423), says " larva on mosses, iii, iv." Many
years ago Machin (Entom., viii, 81) records the breeding of a specimen of the var.
ingratella from sori'el roots dug up in Folkestone Warren when searching for Tro-
chilium chrysidiforme Iarva3, and he again alludes to it in Ent. Mo. Mag., xxvi, 22.
This larva of course may have crept into the roots to spin up, as probably it would
be full fed at that period of the year. Now for my own experiences. In November,
1884, wishing to breed some Epiblema trigeminana, I dug up some roots of Senecio
jacobxie near Brentwood, shaking out all the earth and debris collected round the
base of the stems (which I cut off just above the root stocks), and replanted them
in fresh clean earth in flower pots; the trigeminana duly appeared in June, 1885,
and on the 14th of the same month two dubitalis (followed by another the next
day) appeared ! I am quite sure there was no moss for their larvae to feed upon,
and if moss feeders, it seems unlikely that they would have been full fed in
November, knowing that the larvae of those species which are known to us are not
full fed until the spring ; so, coupling Machin's experience with my own, it seems

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quite feasible that it may be, like its relative cembrse, a root feeder. The imago is
usually much more common in rough open fields than in woods, and as Mr. Bankes
suggests, the larva may perhaps feed on the ground mosses which usually grow in
such places, just as I strongly suspect the larva of pallida does in its boggy haunts,
but I have never been able to find it. If any reader could give me any information
about the larva of either or both the above-named species I should be very grateful.
— A . TntTRNALL, Thornton Heath : Januarij 10th, 1907.

PsycTiodidx in Dumhartonshire in 1906.— When the West of Scotland list of
Biptera (B. A. Handbook) was published in 1901 there vyere only two species of
Psifchodidx included. As I was aware of the fact that there must be many more
species in the district than these two, I resolved to do something towards obtaining
a better idea of the number of species occurring at least in this locality during the
past summer, and, thanks to the kindness of the Eev. A. E. Eaton in identifying
my specimens, it is now possible to extend the list to twenty-one species, one of
which is not included in the following list as it has not yet been described, although
already known to Mr. Eaton. The species marked with an asterisk are those not
included in previous list: — Pericoma *exquisita, Etn., very common in many
different places, but more especially in Murroch Q-len ; P. fallax, Etn., not
uncommon; P.*hlandula,E\:,n., sawce ; P.*mutua, Etn., not uncommon on tree
trunks at Bonhill ; P. *cognata, Etn., one specimen, Bonhill ; P. trimalis, Etn.,
not uncommon, Bonhill ; Ulomyia fuUginosa, Mg., common throughout the district ;
Pericoma *neglecta, Etn., scarce, Bonhill ; Clytocerus *oceHaris, Mg., very common
everywhere ; Pericoma Hrifasciata, Mg., very common in one or two spots at
Bonhill ; P. *aiiriculata, Curt., very common throughout the district ; P. *notahilit,
Etn., fairly common in many marshy parts of the district ; P. *ealiginosa, Etn.,
common in one part of Murroch Glen ; P. *m.orulus, Etn., two specimens, Bonhill ;
P. *sulcata, Hal., common where it occurs, Bonhill ; P. *advena, Etn., two speci-
mens, Bonhill ; P. paltistris, Mg., common, Bonhill ; Psychoda *phala;noides, L.,
common everywhere and all year round ; P. *alhipennis, Zett., common ; Trichomyia
*urUca, Curt., three specimens at Strathleven. The undescribed form is also
common at Bonhill. As the species here enumerated are the result of only occa-
sional collecting of the group, owing to the fact that each specimen requires a tube
to itself, unless the tube is very large, to prevent the specimens destroying them-
selves, I believe that the list might easily be much enlarged by careful work. —
J. R. Malloch, Bonhill, Dumbartonshire, N.B. : January, 1907.

Lancashire and Cheshire Entomological Society: The Annual Meeting
of the Society was held in the Royal Institution, Liverpool, on 17th inst.,
Mr. Richard Wilding, Vice-President, in the Chair.

Lieut, the Hon. R. O. B. Bridgeman, R.N., of Salop, was elected a Member of
the Society.

The following OfSce Bearers were elected for the ensuing year :— President,

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S. J. Capper, F.E.S. ; Vice-Presidents, Dr. J. H. Bailey. M.B., Port Erin, E J. B.
Sopp, F.R.Met.S., Prof. E. B. Poulton, D.Se., M.A., F.R.S., J. R. Charnley, F.Z.S.,
F.E.S., Dr. H. H. Corbett, Wm. Mansbridge, F.E.S. ; Treasurer, Dr. J. Cotton,
F.E.S. ; Secretaries, H. R. Sweeting, M.A., Wm. Mansbridge, W. D. Harrison ;
Editor, J. R. le B. Tomlin, M.A., F.E.S. ; Librarian, F. N. Pierce, F.E.S. ;
Council, J. Kidson Taylor, W. Webster, M.R.S A.I., F. R. Dixon-Nuttall, F.R.M.S.,
Dr. P. F. Tinne, M.A., MB., the Rev. T. B. Eddrup, M.A., C. E Stott, R. Tait,
Junr., Dr. P. Edwards, J. Collins, R. Wilding, 0. Whittaker, Dr. W. Bell, J.P.

After the formal business of the Meeting, the retiring Vice-President, Prof. T.
Hudson Beare, B.Sc, F.E.S., of Edinburgh, communicated his address to the
Society. The Professor, after detailing the chief scientific achievements of Ento-
mologists during 1906, made a number of interesting and valuable suggestions for
individual as well as collective furtherance of our studies, and instanced the
remarkable work accomplished by such diligent investigators as Dr. Joy and
Mr. H. St. J. K. Donisthorpe and others among the rarer or least known Coleoptera
occurring in Great Britain. A vote of thanks to the author was proposed by
Mr. Wilding, and seconded by Mr. E. J. B. Sopp, F.R.Met.S., and it was resolved
to print the paper in the Society's proceedings.

The following exhibits were made by the Members : — Dr. Cotton, a long series
of C. typlion, var. rothliebii, from Witherslack, a series of Li/emna asirarche, var.
salmacis, from N. Lancashire, and a series of Noctua glareosa from Delamere. By
M. R. Sweeting, a number of Cynthia cardui from Eastbourne, a specimen of
Deilephila livornica taken at light in Knowsley Park last June, Macaria liturata
and its var. nigrofulvata from Delamere, and Lyesena iearus and L. corydon
from Eastbourne. Mr. F. N. Pierce, F.E.S., a box of Lepidoptera from India.
Mr. J. J. Richardson brought moths collected in the neighbourhood of Bidston,
Cheshire, at ivy bloom :^A series of Himera pennaria, Cerastis vaceinii, Ltiperina
testacea, the last from Wallasey, and Hyhernia defoliaria from Sefton Park, Liver-
pool. Mr. W. Mansbridge showed Carpocapsa nimbana and SciapMla communana
from the London district, received from Mr. A. Thurnall of Croydon.

The Hon. Treasurer's report showed the Society to be in a satisfactory position. —
H. R. Sweeting and Wm. Mansbridge, Son. Sees.

The South London Entomological and Natural History Society :
Thursday, December \Zth, 1906.— Mr. Hugh Main, B.Sc, Vice-President, in the
Chair.

Messrs. Harrison and Main exhibited (1) series of Anticlea rtibidata from N.
Cornwall and from Devon, the former less red and generally greyer ; and (2) a bred
series of Chesias spartiata. Mr. Goulton, photographs of larvae in their feeding
and resting positions. Mr. Garrett, series of Euchloe cardamines, Agriades cory-
don, Urblcola cotnma, TrypJixna fimbria, and Limenitis sibylla, the last named
from Arundel. Mr. Kaye,a number of Syntomid moths from British Guiana, which
showed strong constriction, or colour simulating constriction, in the basal segments
of the abdomen, thus much resembling species of Hymenoptera, of which many
were also exhibited. Messrs. Rayward and Tonge, ova of Bithys (Thecla) quercus
in situ below the winter buds of oak ; they were from Ranmore Common. Mr.

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Turner pointed out interesting eases of Coleophora lutipennella on the same buds,
all extremely small. Mr. Sich, specimens of Tinea pallescentella, a,\\A ^&ve noies
on its occurrence, exhibiting Oelechia pinguinella and Borkhausenia pseudospre-
tella, which much resemble it in general appearance. Mr. Newman, (1) a long bred
series of Laphi/gma exigua wilh captured specimens for comparison, and a living
Stauropus fagi, which emerged on December 9th. Mr. Jennings, a series of Otior-
rhynchus hlandus from the Isle of Man. Mr. Carpenter, (1) a Pieris brassicse, with
the discal spot connected with the apical patch ; (2) a bred series of MelUsea
athalia ; and (3) a series of Plusia moneta bred from larvae found in his own
garden.

Thursday, January lOlh, 1907.— Mr. R. Adkin, F.E.S., President, in the
Chair.

Mr. John Alderson, of Balham ; and Mr. B. Eichard, of Rotherhithe, were
elected members. .

Messrs. Harrison and Main exhibited a long series of Cidaria miata, bred
from New Forest ova, and showing much variation in tone and mottling. Mr.
Newman, a large number of bred Notodonta chaonia, showing a good deal of
variation in colour and banding. Mr. Dods, Lepidoptera from Africa, including
Papilio demoleus, Deiopeia pulchella, Danais dorippus, &c. Mr. R. Adkin, a
specimen of Epinephele Janira, in which the usual tawny markings were of a straw
colour and somewhat extended. Mr. Turner, a number of remarkable Eemiptera
from S. America, including mimics of beetles, seeds, thorns, &c., and the interesting
moth-like species, Poeciloptera phala'noides ; he also showed a Ccenonympha pam-
philus from Chipstead, having pale patches on all four wings ; and a series of Aglais
urticw, showing restricted blue lunules in specimens from Engelberg and Lapland.

Reports of the various Field Meetings of the Society held during 1906 were
read.

Mr. Adkin read a paper, entitled, " Further Notes on the Occurrence of
Tortrix pronubana in England." — Ht. J. Tcrneb, Hon. Secretary.

TEN YEARS' WORK AMONG VERTEBRATE CARRION.
BT CLAUDE MOELEY, P.E.S.

There is by no means a fixed idea in the minds of most British
Coleopterists as to what may be regarded as a " carrion beetle,"
though the average Collector would say that the number was a very
large one, including perhaps half the Brachelytra, a hundred species
of Glavicornin, as well as such genera as Trox and Necrohia in the
bones and some Teredilia upon the fur and feathers. This, at least,
was my own conception till, looking through my diaries, I was
astonished to find that, in the course of slightly over ten years'
assiduous collecting (in winter, which is almost the best time for
carrion beetles, as well as in summer), I had taken hardly more than
a hundred species altogether. In this total is included everything

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found among carrion, even to three GeoJephaga, a pine-feeding
Rhizopliagiis, some Cryptophac/i and an Atomaria, whose presence in
such a pabulum is surely accidental.

The actual figures are 113 species of CoJeoptera, and these may
be divided into four classes :— (1) Those who are simply sheltering
beneath carrion, or have possibly been attracted to it in order to prey
upon carrion-feeders — as the last mentioned kinds ; (2) Those which
will devour any decaying animal -and in some cases, as in Cercyon
and Phalacrus, vegetable— matter ; (3) Those occasionally found in
this situation, though much more frequently in some others ; and
(4) The genuine burying-beetles and scavengers, whose eggs are
protected by and larvae subsist upon decaying vertebrate animals.

1. — In the first class I place Calathus fuscu.i, Bemliidium ohtusum and
Cymindis axillaris, all of which have occurred to me in April, February and
July respectively, beneath a crow, a rabbit and a gull ; Chilopora longitarsis
I have seen approaching a mole, though I have never taken it in carrion ; three
Quedii, impressus, fuUginosus and mesomelinus, have each occurred to me once in
a crow in March and April (the first-named also in pigeon in May and rabbit in
September), but I incline to think, on account of their usually subterranean habits,
that their presence was accidental, especially as Q. impressus is often abundant in
sheep's dung. Trogo^Maus rivnlaris was certainly once found on a dog in April,
but the latter was lying in a very swampy place, and the specimen was probably
but a casual wanderer. Perhaps Rhizophagus depressus should be classed with the
fur-and-feather species, but since this — seven specimens — were but once found (on
a hung-up jay in April) in a fir wood where they are common in their natural
habitat, they more probably belong here. Single specimens of Monotonia picipes in
rook in May, Atomaria ruficornis in horse's skin in June, Shinosimus planirostris in
a " bird " in June, Cryptophagus dentatus in mouse in May, and C. lycoperdi (so
named by Newbery) in crow in April — all these are certainly accidental, unless the
first should prove to be a " bone species."

2. — The second class embraces sixteen of my species, and to it may certainly
be referred the three Cercyons, analis, littoralis and unipunctatus, all found in
a dog on the beach of a salt-water river in the middle of April ; the second species
was in hundreds and was also found in the same situation during the following
March ; the last was also taken on a cow's head in a ditch at Lyndhurst in August.
On the same dog was Cajius xantholoma , which appears pretty omnivorous if the
food be but flavoured with sufiicient salinity. Platystethus arenarius in the cow's
head at Lyndhurst, Oxytelus inustus in a pigeon in May, O. rugosus and 0. sculptu-
ratus in dogs in April, have each only occurred upon one occasion ; 0. sculptus has
twice turned up in rats in the middle of April, 1895 and 1904; and O. tetra-
carinatus twice, in a crow and a pigeon in March and May. Lathrimieum and
Iloinalimn are found in such a variety of situations that they cannot be claimed as
true carrion feeders, although L. tmicolor and H. rivulare have both occurred upon
four occasions, the former always in birds (crows in March and April, pigeon in

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May) and the latter upon rabbits in May and November, crow in March and stoat
in May ; I liave twice met with both L. atrocephalum on rabbit in February and
crow in Marcli, and H. oxyacanth-A' in dog in March and horse in June. Proteinus
ovalis is sometimes abundant in these situations, though even commoner on vegetable
refuse ; it has occurred upon eight occasions : — in crow, dog and mole in March,
dog, crow, and rabbits in April, and pigeon in May. A drowned dog in a reedy
ditch produced seven specimens of Phalacnis caricis on April 16th, and two more
on May 1st, 1895.

3. — I am not of opinion that any Homalota is exclusively found in carrion ;
certainly all those I have noted, with the possible single exception of H. divisa,
which has occurred thrice in rabbit, horse and lamb in May and June, are more
usually met with elsewhere; those noticed are S. aquatica in rabbit in May,
S. atramentaria in rat in April and pigeon in May, H. succieola twice in crows in
March and April, H. fungi once in rabbit in April, H.fuvgicola upon six occasions
in crows in March and April and in rabbits and rook and stoat in May, H. gagatina
once in rook in May, H. marcida in rabbit in February, H. nigricornis in jay in
April and stoat in May, H. orbata in pigeon in May, R. trinotata thrice in crow
and jay in April and stoat in May, H. vestita on dog in April, H. vicina on crow in
March, and H. xanthoptera on rabbit in April. I am not perfectly sure that the
Oxypoda3 were actually taken in carrion, though I am of opinion that I found
O. lividipennis in a pigeon in May, 0. opaca on a crow in April together with
O. umbrata ; I am, howevei', quite sure that I beat Microglossa pulla from
a hung-up stoat in the middle of May, 1901. Another of the occasional species is
Tachinus niarglnellus in a dog in March, probably because all sheep's dung was too
wet for its habitation. Very few species of Philonthus appear to constantly occur
in dead animals, those least often met with being P. ebeninus once in hedgehog early
in May, P. succieola in partridge in the middle of August, and P. sanguinolentus
in rabbit in middle of May ; twice only I have met with P. fimetarius in pigeon
and crow in April and May, P. politus in mole and rat in June and July, 1893,
P. varians in hedgeh ig on May dth and 8th, P. varius in dog in April and rabbit in
September, and lastly P. umbratills in crow in April and cow at Lyndhurst in
August. The only other kinds I consider occasional are the coprophagous genera
Aphodius and Onthophagus, all of which (with the exception of O. fracticornis in
dog in April and partridge in August) have occurred but once : — O. ovatus in
rabbit in August, A. tristis in a cod's head in June, A. erraticus in rabbit in April,
1893, and A! inquinatiis in rat in March.

4. — Among the genuine carrion beetles a few of the genera are, I believe,
(a) never carnivorous, but act as final dissoluters to the ancient carcase. Of these
Trox sahulosus has appeared twice in crow and rabbit in April, and T. scaber once
in a rabbit (though often seen flying) in early June. Necrobia rufipes has only once
turned up, in a scare crow early in August, though N. violacea has been taken on
seven occasions in April, May, June, July and September in sheep, cat, owl, crab,
calf, and in the New Forest in unidentified bones. The species of Dermestes
demolish the skin, and D. murinus is probably the most common of all the beetles
noted, having been observed upon no fewer than twenty-one occasions (of which
thirteen were in April, four in May, two in August, and one each in March and

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June) in moles nine times, crows Lhrice, rats twice, and once each in rabbit, weasel,
stoat, pigeon, cod, " bird " and in Berks, on kestrel; D. vulpinus is much rarer
and only four times observed, in August and September, in crows and a calf. The
Nitidulie and Omositx, too, prefer the feast when the carcase has become desiccated,
when N. brpustulata is always common from March to May, though found in no
other month, on seventeen occasions in rats, moles, cro«s, hedgehog, pigeon, jay
and in Berks, on kestrel ; N. 4:-puNtulata is rarer and seems to affect the seashore
where it has occurred in fish and a gull in July, as well as inland in pigeon in June
and calf in September ; N. rufipes has only occurred to me singly in dog, sheep,
fish, calf and stoat in March, May, July and September, except early in June, 1902,
when it was common in a horse-skin. Of the second genus, Omosita colon is
slightly the commoner species (with twelve appearances against nine) and is found
from April to August in moles, rats, rabbit, dogs, rook, owl, fish, horse and at
Eastbourne in sheep's head ; 0. discoidea appears to extend from April only to
June, in mole, rabbit, dogs, crows, hedgehog and horse. Pthius fur is the only
hair-eating species I have seen actually on carrion ; one $ and four ? $ were
beaten from suspended weasels at the end of March, 1891.

The foregoing enumeration leaves but thirty-seven species of (/3) genuine flesh-
eating burying beetles captured in the course of ten years. One is inclined to
regret thei-e is no comparative list of the same creatures in the old days of fat,
sleek wolves and unharassed foxes, who only gutted half they killed ; even a note
on the subject by Mouffet in 1634 might have helped us to some compai'ative
estimate of the destruction to these, our friends, wrought by remorseless civilization.
The seven kinds of Aleochara that have been found were certainly in their element
in carrion, especially A. fuscipes, which was noted on sixteen occasions, usually in
April and May, though it extends thence to September 28th ; it occurred four
times in rats, five in rabbits, thrice in moles, and once in spari-ow-hawk, hedgehog,
pigeon and fish. A. lanuginosa put in but five appearances in March, thrice in
April and in September, in rat, dog, rabbit and two crows ; A. nitida has been
slightly less common in crow in April, fish in July, " bird " in August and calf in
September ; while A. succicola was thrice seen in owl in April, crow in August and
rabbit in September. The three remaining species are much rarer both here and in
other situations ; one A. hipunctata was in a " bird " early in August ; A. lata in
hedgehog in May and rat in September; and A. morion once in a rook at the
beginning of May. Some species of Tachhius, Creophilus, Leistotrophus and
Staphylinus must, I think, be regarded as true carrion feeders, though sometimes
found in hotbeds, dung and decaying vegetable matter ; at least T. humeralis,
witli three occurrences in rabbits, one in crow and one in pigeon in April and May,
as well as T. subterraneu.t in mole, pigeon and two rabbits, should be placed here ;
the latter is found in February, April, June and September. C. maxillosus has six
appearances, all in April and May, preferring larger animals, sheep and dog, though
also sometimes in rats, rabbit and pigeon. L. murinus was common in a foal at
Brockenhurst in May, 1895 ; I have taken it from hedgehog in the same month.
S. stercorarius has only occurred once, in a rabbit in the middle of September.
Only three Philonthi are of frequent occuiTcnce, and of these P. seneus has
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in rabbit, dog, hedgehog, once in sheep and once in crow ; the second species is
abroad during the same months and in Angiist, in cow, dog, rat, rabbit, pigeon and
owl ; the last kind is found in hedgehog, crow and pigeon in April, May and
September.

Four kinds of Necrophorus have occurred in carrion, and it is still a mystery
to me what N. vespilJo feeds upon ; the commonest kind is N. humator with eight
appearances, four in April and two each in Augu^^t and September, in rabbits thrice,
mole, weasel, sparrow-hawk, crow and pigeon, nearly always when suspended.
iV. mortuorum has also been noted eight times from April to September, in mole,
rabbit, jay, sparrow-hawk, twice in pigeon and thrice in hedgehog, with no preference
for the keeper's trees. N. rtixpator I have seen six times, but only from June l7th
to September 23rd in rat, jay, sparrow-hawk, pigeon, gull and rabbit. N. vestigator
is much more uncommon and has only occurred singly, four times in May, June and
August in rat, mole, rabbit and "bird." In Suffolk, Necrodes Uttoralis has not
occurred since 1862 ; but I once took it abundantly in a foal of the New Forest
ponies in May. None of the rare carrion Silpha: have fallen to my lot ; 8. rugosa
is our commonest species with nineteen appearances varying from March to
September, four times in moles, four in rabbits, once in slow-worm, twice in rats,
once each in sparrow-hawk, hedgehog, sheep, pigeon, fish and thrice in crows ;
<S. sinuafa and 8. thoracica have been equally common with eleven appearances
apiece ; but as regards individuals the former is far more prevalent, in moles thrice,
crow once, rabbits four times, hedgehog twice and fish once ; 8. thoracica has been
found in rabbits twice, crows four times, mole once, sparrow-hawk once and hedgehog
twice ; both are commonest in April. Eight kinds of ChoJeta have been noted,
though four of these, C. Icirby! in crow in April, C. fumata in pigeon in May,
C. morio in dog in April and C. nigr'da in rabbit in September, have only put in
a single appearance ; C. tristis, noted seventeen times, seems the commonest spe-
cies, abounding in November, January and February (not noted in June or
August), in eight rabbits, four crows, and single weasels, rats, pigeons, cats and
" bird." C. chryaomeloidex is a good second, with thirteen appearances mainly in
May, though a few were taken in November and February, in nine rabbits, two pigeons,
a rat and a cat. C.grandlcolUs I have thrice seen, always in rabbits, in May and June
and September. There are seven records of C. ivatsoni, in two rabbits, a rat, two
pigeons, a crow and a " bird." Equally common is Ptomophagus sericeus, from
March to May only, in three rabbits, a mole, two crows and on April 29th, 1895,
investigating a dead earth worm.

The "mimic " beetles, Hister and Saprinus, are the last of the group ; they are
often seen abundantly, indeed, H". cadaverinus has put in thirteen appearances from
April to August, in six rats, three rabbits, a hedgehog, cat, sparrow-hawk and fish; the
only other Hister noted (four times) is IT. succicola, from April to June, in rabbit,
mole, pigeon and crow. iS. a^.neus was thrice common in rabbits and a cod's head
in May, June and August, and «S. rugifrons once turned up in a hedgehog in the
middle of May, though iS. nitidulus is by far the most abundant of the genus, being
always common, on four occasions in rabbits in May and September and once in a
hedgehog.

50 [March,

Turning to the other Orders of insects, four kinds of Hetehoptera have been
secured: — Tropica ri^ ritjipes on a suspended sparrow-hawk in the middle of
August, Acanthoftoma hxmorrhoidafe and A. inlerstinetum in a crow's head towards
the end of April, and Derephysia foliacea in a rabbit early in August. Lepidoptera
are represented by a single Tinea tapetzella, beaten from a suspended mole, whose
fur perhaps it fancied, towards the end of September. The only Neueopteron is
Cwcilius pedicularius in plenty from a calf in the same month (cf. Ent. Mo. Mag.,
1899, p. 273). DiPTERA are far less commonly noticed than the mass of their larvae
in the carrion would warrant ; I have only taken one Borhorus nitidus in a crow in
March, a dead Hyetodesia sp. in dog in April, one Borhorus pedestris in the
skeleton of another in April ; an undetermined species of Oscinis commonly on a
dog in June, and two more of the same genus on a suspended jay in April ; a pair
of Blepharoptera ruficauda in cop. in a suspended jay in the middle of April and
three others (all dead) in a suspended hawk during the same month, together with
Themira putris, ? , and two small Ephydridse. Of those flies whose larvae so
beneficially consume carrion, I have taken a single Calliphora erythrocephala and
Sydrotsea irritans, J , on a pigeon early in May ; and once at Lyndliurst found a
Psychoda swarming about a cow's head in a ditch. Few Hymenoptera are found
in carrion ; the commonest is a Braconid, Alysia manducator, which is parasitic
upon both the Dipterous and Coleopterous larva? {cf. Marshall, Braeon. d'Europ.,
ii, 377) ; I first took it on a foal at Brockenhurst in May and subsequently on a
rabbit in June, also on a horse's shin bone and a cow's head in the same month. An
Ichneumonid, Atractodes bicolor, which may be hyperparasitic on the last species
{ef. Morley, Ichn. Brit., i, 291 ct ii) was taken in a rabbit in September, 1895, in a
oow's head at Lyndliurst in August and in a mole in June ; its cousin, A. gilvipest
was once found in a rabbit eai'ly in June, 1903. A second kind of Braconid
(? Rhogas sp.) was taken in the same kind of animal at the end of September,
1899 ; and a third, 3Ieteorus filator, in a rabbit in November. I have once or
twice noticed wasps (J'espa vulgaris) attracted to fish, and upon one occasion took
four specimens of some Proctotrypid from a rabbit early in November.

All the above insects were taken, unless otherwise stated, in Suffolk, and it
would be interesting to put upon record similar experiences of collectors in other
parts of the country ; in fact, one's own observations are far too meagre to form
the basis of many facts, though it will, I think, be seen from tlie following table
that the various classes into which I have divided the beetles are ]-)retty evenly
distributed, and the fourth of them by being bisected will show approximately the
condition in which the carrion was found. Moreover it will be seen from what
I have said that no beetle appears to have the least preference for any particular
carcase, though the birds seem rather more attractive than the mammals (compare
crow and rat in the table). It is necessary to add that I have paid not the least
especial attention to the subject, though, like every collector, 1 never pass carrion
without at least a casual inv(>stigation of its tenants.

1907.]

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TABLE.

T. 1 1 .-a -73 fi. a £ g

Pabulum. « -^ P- 3 S ^

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Hedgehog (E'riwacews ei«ro/),B«*, L.) ..3 16 59

Mo\e (Talpaeuropxa,!,.) 20 17 161

Weasel (Pnforius nivalhfjj.) 3 4 14

Stoat {Putorins erminea,Jj.) 2 7 13

Cat (Feliii domeslicus,!!.) 3 4 6

Dog (Canisfamiliaris, Jj.) 10 22 131

Mouse {Mus .iy I vat icus, Bel.) 1 1 1

Rat {Mus decumanus, 7^1) .. 17 20 92

Rahhit {Lepus cu>i>cuIus,Jj.) 35 46 334

Horse {Equus cabalf us, Jj.) I 6 13

Foal (Do., immature) 3 2 33

Cow {Bos taurus, Tj.) 1 4 4

Calf (Do , immature) 1 5 13

Sheep (Ovis aries, Jj.) 4 6 15

Lamb (Do., immature) 1 1 1

"Bones" 2 19

J\ estrel (Falco tinntinculus, Tj.) 12 6

Sparrow-hawk {Accipiler nisusylj.).. . 3 6 18

Owl (Strixjlammea,!!.) 2 4 6

Crow (Corvus corone, Ij.) 15 40 134

Rook {Co rvtisfrugileguSfTj.) 1 5 8

Jay {Garrulus fflandarius, Jj.) 3 7 17

'Pigeon {Columba palumbusjli.) 5 27 55

Partridge (Pert^ix cinerca, Lath.) ... 1 2 2

Gull {Larus canus, L.) 1 3 3

"Bird" 4 8 9

Slow-worm {AngulsfragiliSjL.) 113

Cod {Morrhua vulgaris, L.) 12 7

"Fish" 2 8 9

Cr&h {Cancer pagurus, Jj.) 1 1 1

Worm ( Lumbricus terrestris, L.) 1 1 1

Monks' Soham House, Suffolk :
November \Zth, 1906.

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52 [March,

APIOX {EXAPION) KIESENWETTERI, Desbr., A BRITISH INSECT.
BT G. C. CHAMPION, F.Z.S.

A few months ago Mr. W. Holland, of Oxford, sent me for ex-
amination a single specimen of an Apion, taken by himself at Sandown,
Isle of Wight, on August 4th, 1906, and suggested that it was pro-
bably a species new to the British list. As this insect agreed perfectly
with two others from Chattenden, standing as A. fascirostre, (^ , in my
cabinet, I paid no further attention to the matter at the time. Sub-
sequently, however, on seeing various others from the same Kentish
locality, including both sexes, in Commander Walker's collection, I
re-examined the whole of them, and soon found that they were per-
fectly distinct from A.fuscirostre. Herr J. Schilsky has now given
me his opinion on the insect, and pronounces it to be A. kiesenwetteri,
Desbr., a species new to our list and apparently rare on the continent,
Bavaria and Hungary being the only recorded localities for it. [cf.
Schilsky, in Kiister's " Die Kiifer Europa's," xxxix, Heft 11 (1902)].

The following diagnosis of the species is taken from this work :

A. nigrum, opacum, supra griseo pnbescens, pertore laterihus liensius
alhirlo-'pubescente, pube elytrorum cequaJi, antennarum basi pedibusque rufo-
testaceis, his genubus, tibiis apice tarsisque nigris, capite valde transversa,
crebre punctata, oculis magnis modice prominulis, rostro subrecto, thoracis
longitiidine, basi fortiter dilatato-dentato, deinJe cylindrivo, tenui, nitido,
antennis basi sitis, apicem versus nuirivant'ibus, thorace suhtransverso, laterihus
rotund ato-ampliato, confer iim profundeque puiictato, basi stria brevi inscuJpta,
elytris ellipticis, striato-punctatis, interstitiis planis, subtiliter punetatis. —
Long, 2'1 — 2"6 mm.

Mas. : oculis magnis, elytris subparallelis, tarsorum posticorum articulo
1° intus dentiforme producto ; funiciili articulis 3° — 7° transversis.

Fern. : fronte latiore, elytris ovatis, fvniculi articulis 2° — 5° haud trans-
versis, gracilioribtis.

A. Jciesenivetteri is of about the same size and shape as A.
semivittatum, except that the prothorax is more rounded at the sides,
and the rostrum is more slender and dentate on each side near the
base. Compared with A.fuscirostre (as noted, in part, by Desbrochers
in his original description*), it is smaller and less elongate ; the ros-
trum is shorter ; the prothorax is rounded at the sides, and more
transverse ; the elytra are not compressed at the sides ; the finevesti-
ture of the upper surface (soon abraded) is closer, more uniformly
distributed, and wholly white, and condensed into a short oblong

* Mittheil, Schweiz. ent. Ges., iii, p. 204(1870).

1907.

53

patch at the base of the suture (the oblique streak running down
from the shoulder being altogether absent), &c. From A. genistcB it
may be known by the stronger rostral tooth, the more dilated pro-
thorax, &c. A. monticoln, Schilsky (for specimens of which I am
indebted to Herr J. Schilsky and Dr. J. Daniel), and A. difficile,
Herbst, are still more closely related forms, but as they are not found
in England, it is not necessary to call further attention to them.

The present species is not uncommon at Chattenden, Kent, on
Genista tinctoria. It was first taken there by myself on September
I5th, 1872, and by Mr. Walker in the following year. He found it
in numbers at the same locality on July 7th, 1894.* Four members
of the genus have previously been recorded as attached to the same
plant, viz., genistce, elongatuUun, flavofemoratum, and difficile {cf.
Schilsky, op. cit., xliii, p. cii).

Horsell, Woking :

February \9,th, 1907.

OXYPOBA METATARSALIS, TaoMS., AS A NEW BRITISH SPECIES.
BY THE EEV. H. S. GORHAM, F.Z.S.

While examining some siftiugs from a mole's nest at Mathon
with Mr. Tomlin on January 21st last, I was struck by a few OxypodcB
which had very much the appearance of O. vittata, but seemed rather
fine examples if they were that species.

These are O. metatarsalis, Thomson (Skand. Col, ix, p. 247), an
addition to the British List, unless they should prove to be identical
with an example taken in Scotland by Dr. Sharp, and recorded by him
as 0. longipes. Considering the difference in locality and the peculiar
habitat, this seems very doubtful.

O. metatarsalis is distinguished at once from both 0. vittata and
all the large species at the head of the genus by the structure of the
tarsi, especially the hind tarsi. These in O. metatarsalis appear much
longer than in the preceding species, owing to their second joint being
not much shorter than the first ; whereas in those species the first
joint is three times longer than the second. Other differences exist :
the antennae are longer and thinner, the legs are more infuscate (in
O. vittata they are clear yellow), the abdomen is quite black, except

» Recorded in Ent. Mo. Mag., xxx, p. 208, as AjMcirostre.

(j^ [March,

at the tip. The colour of the elytra is more sharply defined, the vitta
not being so oblique and of a deeper yellow tint (at least it is so in
the few examples I have yet taken).

The parish of Mathon, at any rate the part of it where the moles'
nests occurred, lies just in Herefordshire near West Malveru. The
moles' runs were very abundant there, and this insect occurred in
company with Heferothops nigra {quadripunctula,^v\i. Cat.),oE which
several were found.

Higlicroft, Malvern :

February 6th, 1907.

DESCRIPTION OF A SPECIES OF LACCOBIUS APPARENTLY NEW

TO SCIENCE.

BY THE REV. H. S. GORHAM, F.Z.S.

Laccobius oblongus, n. sp.

Ohlongo-ovattis, nigcr ; elylris tcstaceis, parum qrisco-variegads, confertim
irregulariter seriatim punetatis ; capite prothoraceque crebre punrtatis, hand
alutareits, hoc laterihus late testaceis ; pcdibus pallidis, hasi, prcescrtim an-
teriorum, infuscatis. Long., 4 mm.

Closely allied to L. nigriceps, Thorns., from which it appears to
differ in being more oblong and a little less convex, and by the series
of punctures on the elytra being less irregular. In L. nigriceps, Th.,
these series often run into a constellation of punctures and are lost
as a row, whereas in L. oblongus they usually maintain their integrity.
The head is wholly black. Three or four specimens were captured by
myself in Bottisham Fen, near Cambridge.

Ur. Joy, to whom I sent my specimens, informed me they were
identical with the insect taken by him and Mr. Tomliu in Lundy
Island, and which he has recorded as being the siniiatus of Motschulsky
(following continental authors). It is to be observed, however, that
Dr. Joy does not allude to Dr. Sharp's determination of L. sinuatus,
and of the other species of this genus, in his note in the Ent, Mo.
Mag. for 1884, p. 85, in w'hich Dr. Sharp remarks that the determina-
tion of L. sinuatus, Mots., as synonymous with L. nigriceps of Thom-
son " is pretty certainly correct." For my own part I think the
identification of either of these species with sinuatus. Mots., is pro-
blematical, and quite useless, as the characters of these nearly allied
forms are not brought out by a reference to his description, which was
probably drawn from a medley.

AV^ith regard to the male characters, I admit I cannot quite follow

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the distinction given by Gatij^lbauer ; in my series (of over thirty
specimens of all species) the dilatation of the front tarsi seems to me
very slight, and confined to the first joint ; and the " bristles " on the
femora to be represented by a short golden pubescence, to be seen,
though in a less degree, in what I take to be the female examples.
The punctuation of the elytra appears to me to be the most easily
seen character. I have lately, by Mr. G. Lewis' kind permission,
studied the types of the Japanese species of this genus described by
Dr. Sharp. They are of the L. minutus type, ^. e., the punctures are
strong, in distinct regular rows ; there are none of the alutaceus
type from that country. Indeed, L. minutus (auct.) seems to be the
universally distributed form ; the others to be more or less local in
the Palsearctic region.

It is scarcely correct to say that the sinuatus of Motschulsky
has long been identified with this species on " the continent," as the
species itself has not long been discriminated. It must not be for-
gotten that Stephens (111., Mand. ii, 133) attempted to differentiate
the species of Laccohius (^Hydrohius) twenty years before Motschulsky,
but relied too much on colour. Thomson, by his names, indicates the
character he thought most striking or easily seized, as I have done for
L. ohlongus, but though the blackness of the head is a very true and
usual character of L. nigriceps, it must not alone be depended upon.
In examples I have there is a tendency to paleness on each side im-
mediately in front of the eye, which in L. minutus (auct.) becomes a
yellow line. The result appears to be that the punctuation of the
upper surface combined with the form of the insect, and secondarily
its colour, are the characters to be relied upon, if they are indeed to
be distinguished as species {cf. Mulsant, Palp., p. 129, 1841 ; Thoms.,
Skand. Col, ii, 93 ; x, 310, 313 ; Sharp, Ent. Mo. Mag., xxi, p. 85).

Highcroft, Malvern :

February 10th, 1907.

ALGERIAN MICROLEPIDO PTERA.

BY THE RT. HON. LORD WALSINGHAM, M.A., LL.D., P.R.S., &c.
{^Continued from page 10).

3539 : 1. — SCYTHRIS MABIONELLA, sp. n.

Antennae minutely ciliate in the <? , with moderate basal pecten ; whitish
ochreous at the base, glaucous beyond. Palpi pale ochi'eous ; smooth, the terminal
joint equal to the median ; basal joint with projecting ochreous scales. Haustellum
very long, scaled with ochreous at the base, naked, fuscous beyond. Head smooth,

56 [March,

brigiit pale oclireous. Thorax and tegulae cream-white. Forewings ereain-wliite,
a few glaucous scales before the apex, a small glaucous spot at the eurl of the long
median cell and some glaucous scales in the outer half of the apical cilia ; terminal
cilia bright ochreous. Exp. al. 25 mm. Hindwings with a conspicuous elongate
fenestrum below the base of the cell ; shining, tawny grey, with paler tawny grey
cilia. Abdomen ochreous, lawny grey at the base ; underside pale ochreous. Legs
whitish ochreous, the hind tarsi suffused with tawny grey.

Type, S (<S8703j. Mus. Wlsui.

Hah. : ALGERIA— El-Kantara, 10.V.1903. Unique.

A single ^J of this very distinct and conspicuous species taken
at El-Kautara on May lOtli by Mrs. Gwytherne- Williams, after whom
I have named it in acknowledgment of the assistance she has fre-
quently given me in entomological excursions. The species appears
to be allied to inertella, 7i., but the absence of the distinct spots, and
the differently coloured cilia at once distinguish it. It must be very
similar to monochreella, Rgt., but this is a much smaller species
{Exp. al. 16 mm.).

38i : l.-ERIGETHES, gn. n.

{' €pLyr]6r]<i = very joyful).

Tl/pe, ^ ? , EllIGETHES STEOBILACET, Wlsm.

Antennae (f) shortly biciliate ; basal joint with strong pecten Ocelli absent.
Saustellum long, scaled at the base. Maxillary Falpi short, porrect. Labial
Palpi i-ecurved, terminal joint not longer than median, smooth, acuminate, reaching
about as high as the base of the antennae ; median with a few rough scales beneath
at its apex. Head clothed with long scales, ranging forward and covering the face.
Thorax smooth. Forewings elongate, lanceolate, rather acute, the apex slightly
bent down and subfalcate : Neuration 11 veins, 7 and 8 coincident, to costa ; 6
and (7 + 8) stalked ; rest separate, 3 subobsolete ; 1 furcate at base. Hindwings
narrower than the forewings, acutely lanceolate, apex slightly depressed : Neuration
8 veins, all separate ; 5 about midway between 4 and (i, but slightly approximated
basally to 4 ; at about half the length of the cell the radius bends up to the sub-
costa, becoming anastomosed with it for about half the remaining length of the cell,
thence descending to the discoidal ; media weak, furcate to 5 and 6 between which
the discoidal is subobsolete. Abdomen moderate. Legs : hind tibiae slightly hairy
above.

Allied to Apostibes, Wlsm., and Scythris, Hb., but differing from
both and from any genus of the Tineina with which I am acquainted
iu the anastomosis at about half the cell-length of the radius and
subcosta of the hindwings, in which respect it shows a tendency to
approach the type of neuration of the Pyralidina, although certainly
not related to them. A somewhat analogous character is found iu the
^ of Pammene, Hb. {Olethreutinae) .

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3539 : 1. — EUIGETHKS STltOBILACEI, sp. tl.

Antennae yellowish white, annulate with pale olive-grey. Pafpi whitish,
shaded with olive-grey. Head whitish. Thorax dull yellowish white, mottled with
pale olive-grey. Forewings yellowish white, speckled and mottled with olive-grey,
becoming darker or more fuscous in certain spots ; these are indistinctly separable
from the profuse speckling which commences a little beyond the base, three are
placed on the line of the fold at equal distances, the outer one being a little beyond
the middle of the wing ; there is also a small spot about the flexus, another beyond
the end of the cell, and the speckling about the end of the termen is somewhat
grouped, with intermediate pale spaces at and below the apex, it is also partly dis-
tributed through the pale whitish cinereous cilia. Exj). al. 10 — 13 mm. Kind-
wings very pale bronzy grey ; cilia shining, pale bronzy cinereous. Abdomen
olivaceous fuscous, anal tuft shining pale cinereous. Legs whitish, faintly banded
witii olive-grey.

Ti/pe, J (96199) ; ? (96500). Mus. Wlsru.

ITab. : Biskra, 25.III — 21.IY.1903 ; Hammam-es-Salahin, 16.III.
— 25.1V.1904, 25.III. — 14.V.1903. Larva Ralocnemon strohilaceum,
16.11. excl., 22.IV.1908 (96500). Thirty-two specimens.

The species is extremely abundant toward the latter end of
March and in the beginning of April amongst Ralocnemon strohi-
laceum, on wliich the larva feeds.

The larva was not described at the time, and having since failed to
breed other specimens, I cannot be sure that larvae found abundantly
in 1904 on the same plant belong truly to this species.

384 : 2. -APOSTIBES, gn. n.

('aTToo-Ti/Siys = solitary).

Tgpe, (^ $ , Apostibes griseolineata, Wlsm.

Antennae (|) <J shortly biciliate ; basal joint enlarged and thickly clothed, with
a well-developed pecten. Ocelli absent. HausteUuni moderate, scaled. Maxillary
£alpi short. Labial Palpi slender, smooth ; terminal joint erect, shorter than
median. Head and Thorax smooth. Foreioings lanceolate, evenly tapering to an
acute apex : Neuration 11 veins, 7 and 8 coincident, to costa ; 6 and (7-1-8) stalked ;
the rest separate ; 1 furcate at base. Hindwings (i) evenly attenuated to a some-
what less produced apex than in the forewings : Neuration 8 veins, all separate ; 5
straight, midway between 4 and 6 ; discoidal angulated inward to media between 5
and 6, nearly obsolete between 6 and 7. Abdomen smooth. Legs : hind tibiae
hairy.

Allied to Scythris, Hb., but differing in tbe veins of the hind-
wings being all separate, thus agreeing with the Australian species
which Meyrick refers to Scythris.

It is possible that Scythris may present such variation of neura-
tion within the same species, but until this has been ascertained it

gg [March,

seems better to eliminate species that can be separated by structure
rather than to extend the generic definition to include species which
differ from the type. The genera belonging to the Elachistid group
of the Hyponomeutidae are in a plastic condition, and one of the
difBculties in appreciating what the variation really means is, that
such descriptions as " 4 and 5 sometimes stalked or coincident
(Meyr. HB. Br. Lp., 6S5) do not inform us whether this variation
occurs in the same species, or whetlier different species included in
the genus differ in these respects. If tlie former, the generic de-
scription must obviously be extended, if the latter, the variation is,
if not actually generic, tending to become so. It is really important
that the actual nature of such variation should be exactly indicated
in each case.

3539:2. — Apostibes oriseolineata, sp. n.

Antennae bone-grey, the basal joint paler. Palpi bono-whitish. Head and
Thorax bone-grey. Foreioings pale bone-whitish, shading to bone-grey towards the
dorsum, this colour cut longitudinally by slender pale bone lines following the
neuration to the apex and termen ; there is also a line along the middle of ihe
cell, which, together with those coming from tlie base along its upper and lower
margins, gives to the wing-surface an appearance of indistinct radiating and diverg-
ing lines running through a shady ground-colour which fades out along the costa ;
cilia bone-grey, with a sliglit brownisli tinge. Exp. al. 14 — 17 mm. Ilindwings
rather rosy grey ; cilia pale brownish cinereous. Abdomen bone-grey. Legs bone-
whitish.

Type, S (96185) ; ? (5832). Mus. Wlsm.

Hab.: Biskra, 9.III. — 30.IV.1903 (Wlsm.); 1 — 2.V.1894
(Eaton); Hammam-es-Salahin, 19-15. 1V.1904, 16-17. V.1903 (Wlsm.).
Eleven specimens.

CTo he continued).

THE GROUSE-JLY, OENITHOMYIA LAGOPODIS, sp. n.
BY D. SHABP, M.A., F.R.S.

I Lave always supposed that the grouse-fly was the same as the
common bird-fly that one meets with occasionally in various parts of
the country ; but I have never till recently received specimens that I
knew to come from the grouse. I was, therefore, very glad to take
advantage of an offer made to us by Mrs. L. Duff Dunbar (by the
intermediary of Dr. Jenkinson) to send us specimens from the grouse.
On receiving a good series sent by her from Caithness, I was very
much surprised to find them the same as a specimen I had myself

1907]. ^^

captured in Inverness-shire, and had considered to be a new species,
and not Ornithomyia avicularia, the common bird-fly. Very soon
after the reception of the Caithness specimens Mr. Shipley returned
from Blair AthoU, i.i North Perthshire, where he had been making
some investigations in connection with the grouse disease, and he
handed over to me a small series of grouse-fly, which proved to be
the same as those sent by Mrs. Duff Uunbar.

On investigation of the literature I find no record of the occur-
rence of any species of Ornithomijla on grouse other than O. avicu-
laria, and I have, therefore, no hesitation in giving a name to the
form that occurs in the northern parts of Scotland in connection with
the peculiar bird, Lagopus scoticus.

Oenithomtia laqopodis, sp. n.
Supra nigricans, siihtus pallide testacea, pedibus fusco-tcstaccis ; pectore^
utrinquejusco-nigro-hiplagiato. Long, corp., 5 mm.; expans. alarum, \l\

7 / ■ c „„, Hah., Scotia,

mm., long, alee sing., 5 mm.

Smaller than 0. avicularla, distinguished by its peculiar lurid blackish colour,
without a.iy trace of green even on the feet or legs ; the rostrum is black, and the
hairs of the body and appendages are shorter than in the better known form ; on
each side of the thoracic pleuron, between the front and middle legs, there is a very
large dark patch extending as far towards the middle as the base of the front coxa,
and divided into two parts by an oblique pallid line. The head is considerably
smaller and narrower than that of O. avicularia, and has beneath a very large area
of smoky colour on each side.

f4i:. Mr. Collin has pointed out to me that the segments, or abscissae,
of the costa afford a good character; the relative lengths of the
outer two being in O. la<jopodis as 9-8, and in C. avicularia about
12 or 12i-8. The bristles on the scutellum are usually more
numerous, as well as larger, in 0. avicularia.

There is very little information as to the variation of O. avicu-
laria in connection with the birds it dwells on, and great difference of
opinion exists as to the value of species that have been proposed, but
scarcely established. This subject has recently been discussed by
Dr. Speiser, and I need not refer to it further than to say that Bezzi,
in the recent catalogue of Palsearctic Diptera, recognises O.fringil-
lina, Curtis, as a distinct species, so that with 0. lagopodis we have
now' in Britain three forms that can be fairly well discriminated.
Mr. G. H. Verrall tells me that he thinks we have even a greater
variety than this, but that he has not been able to progress with their
discrimination for want of series of specimens and of information
about them.

60 [March,

1 do not know whether other Ornithoinyias may be found
in connection with Lagopus scoticus, though the point is of some
interest. I believe, however, that O. Jagopodis is not confined to
the species (or race) Lagopus scoticus, but will be found to occur in
Scandinavia on the willow grouse, L. albus ; there being specimens
in the British Museum of Natural History found on the willow grouse
in Norway that are, I believe, O. lagopodis.

Mrs. Duff Dunbar informs me that the Ornithomyia lagopodis
may be found freely in larders where freshly-killed grouse has been
placed, and that after a short time they leave the birds and may be
found on the windows. This fly will bite human beings.

All the British specimens of O. lagopodis I have seen come from
the northern half of Scotland, and the fly occurs there apparently
from June to October ; the following being, however, all the records
I can give : —

Nethy Bridge, end of June, 190G, by swee])ing, one specimen,
D. S. ; Boat o'Garten, 28. VII. 1902, Miss A. AUard, and 30.V1I.1902,
Dr. Jenkinson, one specimen each ; Caithness, Mrs. L. Duff Dunbar,
freely in September, rarely in October, 1906 ; Blair Atholl,in August
and September, 1906, A. E. Shipley. In all, 26 specimens ; the
males in this series being much fewer than the females.

Cambridge : February 9th, 1907.

ON A EEMAKKABLE NEW EAEWIG {DERMATOPTERA) FROM
PORTUGUESE WEST AFRICA.

BY MALCOLM BUEE, B.A., F.L.S., F.E.S.

Dacnodes, nov. gen.
In faniiliam Pygidicraiiidarum locandum ; antenncc 3o-segmentat(B,
segwentis cylindricis ; cajnit depressum ; pronotum planum; elytra alceque
desunt ; mesunotum amplum, planum, humeria liaud carinatis ; metanotum
amplum ; j)cdes comp)resf<i ; tarsi compressi, segmento prima elongato, secundo
hrevi, cylindrico ; forcipis bracchia rohusta, vaUda.

Superficially closely resembles certain Pygidicrana in form, size,
and uniform, but differs in the total absence of any rudiments of
organs of flight. It is perhaps related to Karschiella and Bormansia,
but lacks many of the remarkable characters of those genera, includ-
ing the thickened antennae.

Dacnodes wellmani, sp. n.
Statura magna, robusta ; colore {in speciminihus siccis) testaceo, atro-

1907. 1 61

variegato ; antennce graciles, So-seamentattB, ci/lindrica ; pronotum suh-
quadratum, angulis rotundatis ; mesonotum amplissimum ; metanoUim magnum,
postice sinuatum ; pedes compressi ; abdomen valihim, Iceve ; segmentum
ultimuin dorsale magnum, quadratum ; forcipis bracchia $ basi contigua,
valida, triquetra, haud dentata, margine interno prope basin crenato, apicem
versus attenuata, mucronata. $ .

Long, corporis $ 23'5 — 28 mm.

„ forcipis (? 4— 4'5 mm.

Large and powerful, almost smooth, excessively finely punctulate, shining, with
a dense yellowish pubescence and numerous bristles.

Antennae with 35 segments, all cylindrical ; the first is long, the second quite
short ; the third about twice as long as the second ; from 4 to 10 are short, and the
rest longer ; reddish-browu.

Head broad and flat ; smooth, the sutures not very distinct ; testaceous above,
with a black border all round, and a black median stripe in the anterior part, and
a small black spot just inside the eyes, which are large and black ; under-surface of
the head shining reddish.

Pronotum flat, subquadrate, but somewhat longer than broad, the angles all
rounded ; pro- and metazona scarcely differentiated ; testaceous, with two very
irregular black bands and black humeral markings.

3Iesonotum very ample, a little longer and distinctly broader than the pronotum,
the shoulders bent down over the pleurae like elytra, but not keeled there and
scarcely folded ; testaceous, with black irregular markings, of which the main
pattern is a pair of black bands, remote anteriorly, converging posteriorly, nearly
meeting, and then suddenly diverging near the posterior margin.

Mefaiwttnn formed and coloured like the mesonotum, but posteriorly strongly
sinuate.

Elytra and wings entirely absent.
Prosternum distinctly narrowed posteriorly.

Sternal plates and first few ventral plates all shining reddish-testaceous.
Femora and til)ix compressed, testaceous, sometimes marbled with black.
Abdomen smooth, broadening gently towards the apex ; first four segments
yellowish, marked with black ; then gradually darker, till the apical segments
are all black.

Last dorsal segment large, square, very finely punctulate, with a median longi-
tudinal sulcus ; posterior border obtusely convex, depressed over the insertion
of the forceps, and the outside angles produced to form a small angular projection.

Penultimate ventral segment very large, smooth, and shining ; strongly convex
in outline, and rounded apicaliy, just showing a corner of the last ventral segment
at the angles.

Pygidium not visible.

Forceps with the branches very stout, triquetrous, contiguous and broad at the
base, not toothed, but strongly crenate on the inner margin near the base ; about
half way down attenuated, the apices fine and hooked, the rigiit branch bent
over the left.

$ . 9 unknown.

62 [March,

Hah. : Portuguese West Africa : Ochileso (about 250 miles
to the interior of Benguella) at about 5000 feet.

Three males of this remarkable insect were very kindly sent tome
for identification by Dr. F. C. Wellman, of Benguella, who forwarded
them W'itli the accompanying note :— " My attention was called to
them by the fact that the blacks fear them and scramble out of their
way in the same manner they avoid scorpions, centipedes, &c. I'hey
state that the creature ' bites at both ends ' and is very poisonous."
Mr. Wellman adds that he did not personally see any one bitten by
one of them.*

The specimens arrived in alcohol, but even then the contrast
between the deep black and the pale testace.ous made them very
striking in appearance ; probably when fresh the bleached .testaceous
is a bright yellow. Superficially, in size, form and pattern, they
resemble some of the larger Asiatic Pygidicrana, but a glance shows
the entire absence of even rudiments of any organs of flight. They
lack the thick antennae of the KdrscJiiellidce, and do not resemble
Bormansia in any respect except their winglessness ; I have therefore
felt obliged to erect a new genus for them.

Koyal Societies' Club :

February Uh, 1907.

" Heredity and Sexual Dimorphism in Abraxas grossulariata, var. varleyata :"
a correction. — As is obvious from the wording of the note (Ent. Mo. Mag.,
January, 1907, p. 12), the first word of tlie heading should be " Heredity," not
" Hereditary." The word was written rightly in the MS., and was also distinctly
corrected in the proof copy, but for some reason the printer insisted on giving the
wrong word. — G. T. Poeritt, Huddersfield : February, 1907.

Onthophilus sulcatus, F., in a mole's next — Since the publication of Dr. Joy's
paper on the species of Coleoptera found by him inhabiting the nests of moles (Ent.
Mo. Mag., vol. xlii, p. 198) I have investigated some of the numerous nests on the
Downs in niv immediate vicinity. The most interesting species I have yet met with
(in addition to Heterothops nigra, Kr., and Quedius vexans, Epp., which occur in
almost every nest) are Onthophilus sulcatus, F., and Ateochara spadicea, Er. ; of
the former seven specimens occurred in the foulest nest I have yet unearthed, and
three more in another close by. My experience of Aleochara spadicea, Er., differs
from that of Dr. Joy as regards the number of specimens in a nest ; he remarks that
he has " never taken more than two in one nest," whereas my tally at present
stands 1, 3, 7, 4, 1, and 3. All the nests in this locality appear to be made entirely
of grass. — E. C. Bedweii, Coulsdon, Surrey : February 6th, 1907.

* Cf. Ent. Mo. Mag., vol. xli, p. 223 (1905), as to the dread with which the white inhabitants
of the lUawarra district near Sydney, N.S.W., regard the large earwig Anisolabis colosaea,
Dohrn.— J. J. W.

1907.] 63

Coleoptera in moles' nests in Surrey. — Acting on Dr. Joy's hint (Ent. Mo.
Mag., xlii, pp. 198—202), my sons have recently dug up a number of moles' nests,
both at Woking and Guildford, in search of Coleoptera. Altogether thirty nests
have been opened : the first on January 21st and the last to-day, most of which
contained Coleoptera, as well as many Hystrichopsytla talpas. All the species enu-
merated by Dr. Joy under his Class A have been met with, and some others in
addition. The following is a list of the beetles taken -.—Aleochara spadicea, Er.,
fairly numerous in both localities, the largest number found in one nest being 13
(Woking). Homalota paradoxa, Rey, one specimen only, Guildford, January
30th ; H. analis, Grav., Woking. Heterothops nigra, K\\, the commonest species
in the nests in both localities. Quedius nigrocceruleus, Rey, two specimens only,
Woking, February 2nd ; Q. vexans, Epp., and Q. lonqicornis, Kr.,in both localities,
not rare, the last-mentioned being the commoner of the two at Guildford, as many as
six occurring in one nest there ; all three species were found in one nest at Woking
on February 2nd. Medon propinquus, Bris., and Oxytelus sculptiiratus, Grav.,
frequent in both localities, and evidently at home in the nests. Leptinus tesfaceus,
Mull., sparingly, Woking. Choleva angmtata, F., rarely, in both localities; C.
nigrita, Er., one specimen, Guildford. Lathridius nodifer, Westw., Woking. As
most of this collecting has been done during hard frosty weather, additions to the
list may be expected during the coming spring.* The nests examined so far have
been in marshy ground, and, with one or two exceptions, made of grass. — G. 0.
Champion, Horsell, Woking : February 9th, 1907.

Coleoptera in Cumberland in 1906. — I did less collecting than usual during the
past season, but was fortunate enough to meet with several species of interest, some
few being now recorded for the first time from the county, such being indicated by
an asterisk.

Agahus affinis, Pk.,* can now be definitely recorded as occurring in Cumber-
land ; I took it in a boggy pond near Carlisle, from wlience a number have been
obtained in former seasons, but erroneously referred to unguicularis, Th. I have
lately examined other undoubted ajffinis from various parts of the county, and have,
as yet, failed to find a single specimen of unguicularis. Sydroporus angustatus,
Sturm,* abounded in some fresh water pools on the fringe of Newton Regay Moss.
On the sandy banks of the Irthitig Helophorus arvernieus ,M.u\s., was also to be had
in plenty, with a few Sydroporus septentrionalis, GylL, in the shallow back waters
of the stream. On the few occasions when I tried for water beetles, they seemed
to be abu!idant. In a cow-shed, early in the year, Microglossa suturalis, Sahib.,
was very common, while in a similar shed on the same day Heterothops prxvia^
Er.,* was in just sufficient numbers to yield a nice series. Under bark occurred
Homalota cuspidata, Er., H. immersa, Er., Cort/phium angusticolle, Steph., and
Phloeocharis subtilissima, Mann. In moss I met with Calodera riparia, Er.,*
Homalota exilis, Er.,* Philonthus micans, Gr., P. nigrita, Nordm., P. umbratilis,
Gr., and P. corvinus, Er. ; a single P. nigriventris, Th., occurring in carrion. A
few hours' steady work among ants' nests near Keswick in April met with a fair
measure of success. No fewer than seven species of Staphylinida; were added to
the county list, viz. : Notothecta anceps, Er.,* N. Jlavipes, Er., Thiasophila angu-

* Five species of Hister marginatus, Er,, have since been taken, on Febniary 23rd, out of twa
nests near Woking.— G. C. C.

64 [Marcli,

lata, Ev.,* Oxtfpoda formiceticola, Mark.,* Homalota parallela, Mann.,* Dinarda
>«a/-^e/«, Kies.,* and Leplacinus formicetorum, Mark.* Two additional Clavicorns
also occurred, viz. : Monotoma coniciculli.i, Aube* (fairly connnon), and H. formice-
torum., Til.* (one only). Homalota analls, Gr., was very common in tliese nests,
H. circellarls, Gr., less so. The only nest which produced Myrmedonia humeralix,
Gr., was a discarded one, but a year or (wo ago I took a number in this locality in
moss on the ground some short distance from active nests. On the sides of streams
and ponds I took amongst others CaUicerim rigidicornis, Er., Homalota hepatica,
Er., Mylliena infuscata, Matth., Steiius 2}usillus, Er., Lathrobium quadratum, Pk.,
Trogophlaeiis fuHginosufi, Gr., and Hygronoma dimidiata, Gr. Among tiie debris
under haystacks, and in hay sheds, I met with Monotoma longicollis, Gyll , Mycetsea
hirta, Marsh., Cryplophagus bieolor, Sturm, Atomaria munda, Er.,* A. nigripen-
nis, Pk.,* and Cartodere ruficollis. Marsh. Atomaria umbrina, Gyll., and A. badia,
Er.,* were swept, the latter beneath fir trees. I beat a single Corticaria fenesfralis,
L.,* from birch. A few Alexia pilifera, Miill., were found in moss in a fir wood,
also Agathidium convexum, Shp. A. seminulum, L.,* which I took some years ago
but orerlooked, is worth mentioning, as it does not appear to have been recorded
hitherto from the north of England. At the roots of coarse grass a good find was
Neuraphes angulatua, Mull.,* which also is apparently new to the north of England.
In rotting wood I secured Euplectus piceus, Mots.,* Bibloporiis bieolor, 'Denny, wwA
Pteryx suturalis, Heer. I noticed a few Cory mi ites pectinicortiis, Jj., in the sum-
mer, also Sericofsomus brunneus, L., and Athous vittatus, F., and Haplocnemtts im-
pressus, Marsh., was found under bark on a fallen oak.

The most interesting Longicorns to occur were Acanlhocinus xdilis, L., pro-
bably introduced in timber, Saperda scalaris, L., and Callidium violaceum, L., of
which I captured what is probably the second Cumberland example, the first being
recorded from Eskdale by Canon Fowler (Ent. Mo. Mag., 1899, p. 292).

Amongst the weevils Litodactylus leucogaster. Marsh.,* Eubrychius velatus.
Beck.,* and Phytobius canaliculatus, Fahr.,* were taken at Edenhall among
aquatic plants washed up on the margins of a large pond. The last named species
was very abundant. Bagous clandicans. Boh.,* occurred sparingly in the same
way, B. glabrirostris, var. nigritarsis, Tii.,* being swept on Newton Moss. Several
Apion's were unusually common. I never went out without coming across A.
spencei, Kirb., and A. ebeninum, Kirb., as well as, of course, other more generally
common species of the genus. I swept a single A. cerdo, Gerst., from a rough
hedge bank. Sweeping also produced Hypera variabilis, Hbst., Tropiphorim
obtusus, Bonsd., &c. A good series of Salpingtis icratus, Muls., was obtained by
beating some partially burnt and blackened hawthorn and birch bushes. This
species is, I believe, usually found under bark and in dead twigs. It is likely, how-
ever, that the bushes here mentioned were dead before being burnt, and the beetles
already in possession. Later in the year I took a single specimen in another part of
the county by evening sweeping.— F. H. Day, 151, Goodwin Terrace, Carlisle :
February \st, 1907.

Notes on (Edemera virescens, Linn., and Malacldus barnevillei, Puton. — The
fact that these two species of beetles are at present only known as British from their
occurrence, each in one locality in Norfolk, has made me anxious to further investi-

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gate tliem in their respective haunts. This I have done during last summer with
some amount of success.

(Edemera virescens was originally taken by Mr. James Edwards and myself in
a damp wood a few miles from Norwich on June 2nd, 188 !•, bub at the time was
passed over as CE. lurida. Marsh., a species wiiieli appears to be almost absent from
tliis part of Norfolk. It was not until 19U3 (Ent. Mo. Mag., xxxix, p. 64) that
Mr. Edwards was able to record it aa a species new to Britain. Since that year
I have paid several visits to the wood from which the beetles were originally
obtained about the date they were originally taken, but a most careful search failed
to reveal the insect. It was therefore with particular pleasure that on June 5th
last I again met with it in the old locality. It appeared to be extremely local, and
was found in one corner of the wood only. Even here it was not plentiful, and
several hours' search produced twelve specimens only, nine ^ s and three ? s. It
occurred exclusively in the flowers of Stellaria holostea, in the bright sunshine.
I did not find it in any other flowers, nor could I obtain any specimens by general
sweeping.

Malachlus barnevi/lei was originally taken by myself on June 2 1st, 1899, on
the sandhills in the neighbourhood of Hunstanton. I did not again go to the
district until June 26th last, when I paid a special visit to look for this insect.
The weather was most favourable, and I met with the species on the exact spot
I had taken it seven years before. This beetle was also extremely local, and all my
captures were made on a strip of sandhill not twenty yards long. In this one spot
it was not uncommon, and I took a good series, and could without difficulty have
obtained more ; but the coloTiy was so restricted in its range that I feared to collect
them too closely. Most of the specimens occurred in the flowers of Convolvulus
arvensis, but a few were swept from the grass and rough herbage. When in the
flowers they were generally found clasping the stamens, &c., showing the striped
under-side of their bodies, under which circumstances they were not so easily seen
as one would expect in the case of comparatively large and brilliant insects. Unlike
most of the species of the genus the sexes are very difiicult to distinguish, and it
was not until I examined them at home that I found to my disappointment that
almost the whole of the specimens were females. Perhaps I was a little late for the
males, but when I took them in 1899 the females also predominated.

I can scai'cely think but that these two species occur in other places, and I have
little doubt that if suitable localities were investigated at the times and under the
circumstances I have indicated that further captures of these most interesting
species would be made. — H. J. Thouless, Corfe, College Eoad, Norwich :
January \lth, 1907.

Occurrence of Xanthia ocellaris, Bkh., at Norivich. — The capture by Mr. R. S.
Smith of X. ocellaris in Norfolk (recorded by Mr. E. A. Atmore on p. 13 of this
month's Ent. Mo. Mag.) reminded me of a Xanthia which I took in a garden at
Norwich in September, 1903, and which at the time 1 was unable to determine, and
put on one side for further investigation. This has now been done with the help of
the Rev. A. Miles Moss, and I am pleased to be able to record that it is without
doubt Xanthia ocellaris. — E. A. Atmore, King's Lynn, Norfolk : January, 1907.

F

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Occurrence in Britain of the typical form of Aristotelia stipeUa, Rb. — Of tho
t.ypieal form of Aristotelia stipella, Hb., which has a broiid yellow fascia towards
the base, a large triangular yellon' spot on the dorsum just beyond the middle, and a
still larger yellow costal spot rather before tho apes of the fore-wing, Staiiiton [Ent.
Mo. Mag.jXxiii, 101 (1886)] wrote, — " I do not seem to possess any British represen-
tative," whilst in Meyrick's HB. Brit. Lep., 574 (1895), we read, — " Only the variety
nseviferella .... occurs in Britain ; tiie typical stipeUa, which has the yellow
markings much more largely developed, is South European." The object of this
note is to call attention to the facts that the typical stipeUa, Hb., has since been
proved to occur in Britain, and that the idea of its being confined to Southern
Europe is, consequently, no longer tenable. In July, 1898, Mr. W. H. B. Fletclier
took the type form commonly, together with a few examples of var. nxviferella,
Dup., amongst Atriplex portulacoides in Uayling Island, and, from larvae sub-
sequently found there, mining in the leaves of this plant, he bred a beautiful series,
including both the type and the variety, in the following year, many of the speci-
mens agreeing precisely with Hiibner's figure 138 {^'stipeUa"). Mr. Fletcher's
interesting discovery has already been briefly recorded in the List of Hampshire
Lepidoptera published, in 19UU, in the Victoria History of Hampshire (where the
locality happens to be entered as "near Havant"), but since the Lists of the
Insecta cannot be obtained separately, and the Volume containing them is probably
in the hands of but very few Lepidopterists, it seems advisable to make it more gene-
rally known. — Eustace R. Bankes, Norden, (Jori'o Castle : February I2th, 1907.

Steganoptycha rufimitrana, H.-S., bred from Euphorbia amygdaloides, L. —
My friend, Mr. W. H. B. Fletcher, has kindly given me permission to put on record
the following interesting, yet startling, facts. On August 2nd and 9th, 1884, he
collected in Folkestone Warren, near the entrance, some larvae of Polychrosis
euphorbiana, Frr., on Euphorbia amygdaloides, and from the shoots of this plant
then obtained he bred, in the course of that same month, two moths, which appear
to him, to Lord Walsingham, and to myself, absolutely inseparable from Steganop-
tycha rufimitrana, H.-S., and each re-examination of them has only strengthened
my previous conviction that they are genuine representatives of this very variable
Tortrix, which is only known to feed upon certain species of Pinus, and has an
extremely limited distribution in Britain. The posterior margin of the basal patch
is, in the specimens in question, not acutely angulated near the middle, but experi-
ence in breeding <S. rufimitrana has pi'oved that individuals, precisely identical with
these in this and in every other respect, occur by no means infrequently. It is
certain that tlie two imagines bred by Mr. Fletcher must have been collected as
pupsB, spun up on Euphorbia amygdaloides, and it is equally certain that there was
no species of fir or pine growing anywhere near the spot. Presumably, therefore,
the larvae had fed upon this Euphorbia, for the only alternative is to suppose that
two larvae of <b\ rufimitrana, when full-fed, had wandered from some neighbouring
plant : nothing else growing there, however, would appear any more likely to have
afforded this species sustenance. — Id.

Hymenoptera Aculeata at Porthcawl, 1906.— During last season Col. Yerbury
spent some time at Porthcawl, and amongst his numerous captures which with his

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usual generosity he has handed over to me are the following, which are of interest
either for their rarity or for the sake of the locality : — Tiphia minuta,Y. deJj.,
$ and 9; Pompilus ruflpes,li., ?; Snliiis parvulus, Dhlb., ? ; Tachyten unicolor,
Pz., ? ; Psen bicolor, Fab., ^ ; Pneniilus paflipes, Pz., S 2 ; Crahro vagun, L., S ;
C. tibialis, Fab., <? ; C. clavipes, L., ^ ; C. sfi/ritis^, Kohl, <?,?,! was very pleased
to see more specimens of this species, Od'./neru-i trifasciatus, Oliv., ^ ; Colletex
marginata, Sni., g ; Prosopix confma, Nyl., g ; P. brevicorni.t, Nyl., V ; Andrena
cineraria, L., ? ; A. nit.ida, Fourc, 9 ; A. angustior, K., ? ; A. humilis, Nyl., (? , ? ,
Cnelioxi/s mandibularis,'Ny\., <? , ? , nice specimens of this rarity; Megachile cir-
cumcincta, Lep., <S ; Osmia leaiana, K., <? ; Bombus sglvarum, L., 9 ■ Of these
the most noteworthy are Tiphia mimita, which is more or less rare in most places,
Crabro xtyriux, which at present has only been found in a few localities, and was
taken by Col. Yerhury at Porthcawl also in 1904, and Ccelioxt/a mandibularis, ^ ,
this sex has only occurred twice in this country, Mr. G. Arnold having also taken
it on the Wallasey sandhills. The female has been taken several times on the coast
of Wales, Lancashire, and Cheshire.— Edward Saunders, St. Ann's, Woking:
February, 1907.

Hgmenoptera Aculeata in West SuffolTc and at Eastbourne.— lAeat.-CoX. Nurse,
of Timworth Hall, Bury St. Edmund's, who has collected Humenoptera assiduously
in West Suffolk, has asked me to prepare a list of those of his captures which
I think should be recorded. Many of the species met with are of considerable
rarity, and three are not mentioned in Mr. Morley's list of Suffolk Bymeyioptera,
but of these, one, Halictus fidvicornis, K., has probably been recorded under the old
name of sub/asciatu.t. which is now removed from our list, having been split up
into fulvicornis, K., and freygessneri, Alfk. The others, Prosopis cornuta. Smith,
and Avdrena nireata, Friese, are new to the list. The following are the rarer and
more interesting among his captures: — Pompilus minutulus,'Dh\h.,l ^ , Tudden-
ham, vi. Agenia hircana. Fab., Tuddenhara, Timworth, and Livermere, vi, vii.
Astatiis stigma, Pz., Tuddenham and West Stow, vi, vii. Qorytes campestris, L.,
1 9 , Timworth, vii. Oxybelus mandibularis, Dhlb., 1 <? , Elvedon, vii. O. miicro-
Mfl/ws, Fab., 1 (?, Tuddenham, vii. Crabro pubescens. Shuck., <? , 9 . Ampton, vi.
C. podagricus, V. d. L., Timworth, vii and viii. C. palmarius, Schreb., very common
on Bramble at Livermere, vii, Timworth, vii. Odynerus antilope, Pz., 9 , Ingham, vi.
Prosopis cornuta, Sm., 1 9 , Timworth, vii. Halictus fulmcornis, K., Timworth and
Cavenham, viii. H. prasinus, Sm., 1 9 , Tuddenham, vi. Andrena bintaculata, K.,
Ampton and Timworth, iv. A. ambigua, Perk., 1 9 , Tuddenham, vi. A. cetii,
Schr., 2 9 , Cavenham, vii.Oo, and viii.06. A. niveata, Friese, Timworth, Tudden-
ham, and Ingham, vi to viii. At Eastbourne Col. Nurse had the good fortune to
meet with Halictus brevicotmis, Schk.,&nA\ng it just about the same time as I found
mine at Southbourne ; he also took several of H. imncticollis, E. Saund. (Mor. ?),
a new locality for this far from common species. — Id. : January 2'7th, 1907.

Occurrence of Chrysopa dorsalis, Burm., in iVor/bZ^.— Early last year I sent
some Neuroptera to Dr. Cassal for determination, and some of these specimens
were forwarded by him to Mr. K. J. Morton. Amongst them was one specimen of
Chrysopa dorsalis, which I took near King's Lynn in June, 1904. Recognising the

68 [Marcli,

speeies as one which I beliered T had repeatedly seen diiringf the last twenty yeavs
or more in a very restricted area near this town, T worked specially for it in June
and July last year, and was fortunate enough to obtain a good series. Many of
these specimens hare since been submitted to Dr. Cassal and Mr. Morton, and have
been returned by them as C. domalis. In the one restricted locality in which I
obtained nearly all my specimens by beating Scotch fir trees, I did not find a single
specimen of C. perla. In another promising locality some sis or seven miles
distant, I obtained two C. doi'xaUx (both, I believe, from Scotch fir), whereas
C. perla simply swarmed in the old sallows and birches A description of
C. domalis is given by McLachlan in the Ent. Mo. Mag., vol. xxxvii, p. 39,
when the species was added by him to the British list on the strength of a single
specimen taken in 1900 at Oxshott, Surrey, by Mr. Beaumont. C. dorsali.s is much
like C. perla, as McLachlan states, and is liable to be confounded therewith,
and at first I had some diiBculty in separating the two species, but on further
examination of a long series of both species, I now find little or no trouble. The
black sub-costa and the broad unbroken black margin on either side of the pronotura
of C. dorxalis, with other differences given by McLachlan in his description,
will, I think, enable any one to distinguish between these two closely allied species.
My thanks are due to Mr. Morton and Dr. Cassal for the assistance they have so
kindly given me by determining this and other Neuroptera sent to them. — E. A.
Atmoee, King's Lyini, Norfolk : January \Uh, 1907.

Isole on NothocTiri/sa capitata, F. — I had the good fortune to take a single
specimen of this somewhat scarce insect in West Norfolk on June 8th, 1904, and
another on June 7th, 1906. The first was obtained from Scotch, and the second
from Spruce fir. It is strange that this conspicuous species should continue to be
so uncommon with us. I have been on the look out for it for some years ; indeed,
ever since Mr. C G-. Barrett captured two specimens here some years ago, but
I have never met with more than the two .specimens which I now record. — Id.

William John Burchell : the materials of a Lecture delivered before the
Bi'itish Association in the Town Hall, Cape Town, August 17th, 1905 : by Edwaed
B. PouLTON, D.Sc, M.A., F.R.S., &c., Hope Professor of Zoology in the University
of Oxford. With a Portrait (Report of the British and South African Associations,
1905, vol. iii, pp. 57-110). London : Spottiswoode and Co., Ltd. 1907.

In this able and deeply interesting discourse, Prof. Poulton has done good
service in reviving the almost forgotten memory of a man who was not only " one
of the most learned and accomplished travellers of any age or country," but also an
Entomological observer of a very high order. William John Burcliell was born at
Fulham in or about the year 1782, and was already an assiduous collector of British
insects when he left England for St. Helena in 1805. In this remote oceanic island,
made classic ground in later years by the researches of Wollaslon, he found solace
in his troubles in forming collections of the endemic plants and insects. The original
example of the fine and very remarkable Carabid beetle, Haploihorax burchclU,

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Wat., taken by him, still exists in perfect condition in the Oxford University
Museum. Proceeding to Cape Town at the enl of 1810 the next two years were
occupied in his great and adventurous journey of 4500 miles in the wilds of South
Africa, far beyond the limits of civilization in Cape Colony. The narrative of this
expedition, " Travels in the Interior of South Africa" {2 vols 4to, Longmans, 1822
and 182i), is one of the classics of English travel, and is eminently worthy, in these
days of cheap re-issues, of being made more accessible to the general reader. Many
Natural History Notes of the highest value are embodied in this great work, and
among them Prof. P'oulton draws attention to one of singular interest to the student
of " protective resemblance ;" a large and sluggish Acridian grasshopper, Met/ione
anclersnni, Stiil, was observed by Burchell associated with a small species of the genus
of succulent plants, Mesemhryanthemum, both plant and insect bearing a striking
superficial resemblance to the small pebbles among which they were found. In those
of his note books that still exist are numerous entries testifying to Burehell's excep-
tional powers of observation ; among these, the notes on the close superficial resem-
blance of the Longicorn, Amphidesmus analis, to the Lycid beetles in company with
which it was found, and that of Promeces viridis, another beetle of the same group,
to a Fossorial wasp, are perhaps the earliest allusions to the now vast subject of
Mimicry in Nature. In 1825, soon after the completion of his book, Burchell once
more left England for South America, and after staying more than a year in Rio de
Janeiro, set out on his second great expedition through the heart of Brazil, from
Santos to Goyaz (being the first Englishman to visit the last named city), and down
the great river Tocantins to Para, It is much to be regretted that no narrative of
this journey was ever published, but Burehell's remaining Brazilian note books, like
those of his former travels, are full of valuable observations on the Natural History
of this prolific region. As a single instance bearing on our Science we may cite his
notes on the stridulation of Passalid and Prionid beetles, a habit until recently
quite overlooked ; and his observation of the same habit in a scorpion, of which no
American species was known to have the power of making a noise, led to the dis-
covery by Mr. Pocock in 1904 of an entirely new sound-producing organ in the
group. After his return to England in 1830 Burchell lived in retirement at Fulham,
occupied with the arrangement of his vast collections, until his sad death by his own
hand in 1863, in his eighty-second year. His entomological collections, which even
now are unapproached in the fulness and accuracy of the data attached to every
specimen, form one of the chief treasures of the Hope Department of the
Oxford University Museum, where they were deposited in 1865. An excellent
reproduction of a rare etclied portrait of the great traveller and naturalist forms an
appropriate frontispiece to this valuable paper.

Dbituarg.

Jolm Linnell, Jun. — The death of John Linnell in May last year has removed an
Entomologist who for many years was a very active collector in the neighbourhood
of Reigate and Redhill. The writer of this notice has often accompanied him on
excursions in search of Coleoptera, and especially of the species which occur in
sandpits, in which the locality is rich. The species of Ilyobates, Lamprinus, Calli-

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cerus rigidicornis, Tachinus elongat-uliis, and other rare species, often rewarding our
endeavours. His list of tlie species of Coleoptera taken in the Eeigate district was
published by the Holmesdale Natural History Society ; the last part as far as
the Staphylini(he, was published in 1899. The carefulness of liis work delayed the
publication considerably, but the result is most complete and reliable. John Linnell
was a good artist, taking after the genius of his celebrated father, and as a teacher
he was most patient and painstaking. His collections are now in the hands of his
nephew, Mr. A. H. Palmer, of Cam Towan, Sennen, Cornwall. — E. S.

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ocicttcs.

BiBMiNGHAM ENTOMOLOGICAL SOCIETY : November 10th, 1906. — Mr. G. T.
Bethfne-Baker, President, in the Chair.

Mr. L. Doncaster, of the University, Birmingham, and Mr. Hubert Langley,
Marlborough House, Leamington, were elected Members of the Society.

Mr. E. C. Kossiter exhibited a box of Lepidopfera taken by himself at Brading,
Isle of Wight, last August. The most interesting species was Pyraunta flavaJin,
Schiff., which occurred in hundreds ; there were also Acontia luctuosa, Esp.,
Agrotis ventiffiaJis, Rott., Selidosema ericetaria, Vill., Acidalia marginepiinctata,
Goze, &c. Mr. J. T. Fountain, a nice series of Lyaena arlon, L., from Cornwall.
Mr. Q-. H. Kenrict, four species of Ert/cinidas from New Guinea, and pointed out
the great difference which existed in general appearance between them and the more
familiar American representatives of the family. Mr. W. Harrison, various Noctuse
bred from dug pupse, including Agrofis plecla, L., which species, he said, had
emerged in his breeding cages without any forcing. Mr. W. B. CoUinge, living
unnamed Hymenopterous parasites, some bred from larvce of Afjrotix xegetum,
Schiff., and others from the ova of Smerinthus ocellafu.i, L. Mr. A. H. Martineau,
the galls made by the gall-fly Xestophanes pofentillie on PotentiUa reptanst. He
said that they were only known in Devonshire so far as this country was concerned,
and there he had found them in abundance. Mr. Hubert Langley, ChryxocUsta
linneella, CI., from Leamington, where he had found it on the limes in the greatest
abundance. So numerous were (he moths, that on one occasion he counted fifty-
seven on one tree trunk. He also showed Zygirna lonicerpR, Esp., which is common
at Southam, near Warwick. — Colbean J. Wainwright, Hon, Sec.

Entomological Society of London: Wednesdai/, Januart/ 2Srd, 1907.

At the Annual Meeting of this Society it was announced that the following
Officers and other Members of the Council had been elected for the Session 1907-8.
President, Mr. C. O. Waterhouse ; Treasurer, Mr. A. H. Jones ; Secretaries,
Mr. H. Eowland-Brown, M.A., and Commander J. J. Walker, M.A., R.N. ;
Librarian, Mr. G. C. Champion, F.Z.S. Mr. G. J. Arrow, Mr. A. J. Chitty, M.A.,
Dr. T. A. Chapman, M.D., Mr. W. J. Kaye, Dr. G. B. Longstaff, M.D., Professor
Raphael Meldola, F.R.S, Mr. F. Merrifield, Mr. G. A. K. Marshall, Mr. L. B. Prout,
Mr. E. Saunders, F.R.S., Mr. R. Shelford, M.A., and Mr. G. H. Verrall.

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The outgoing President, VIr. F. Merrifield, tlieii delivered his address, in which
lie discussed some of the causes of the persistent abundance or scarcity, generally
or locally, of species and varieties of insects, and the relative imjiortance of the
consumption of their food, and the attacks of their enemies. Reference was made
to striking characters, that seemed of no biological importance, to habits and
activities not directly concerned with nutrition or reproduction, and the manner in
whicii they are affected by externa] conditions ; and to structure and fixed habits
indicating tiieir ancestral history and affecting their present capabilities. —
H. Rowland-Brown, Hon. Secretary.

PROaRESSIVE MELANISM :

FURTHER NOTES ON HASTULA STERANA, Mill.

BY T. A. CHAPMAN, M.D., F.Z.S.

{^Continued from page 35).

Plate II.

]f we assume that Melanism is provided by Les Maurettes and
resented by La Plage, and that the difficulty of intercrossing between
the two localities is considerable, it seems that the proportions of
melauic specimens in the two places is hardly so different as one
would expect. It is probable, therefore, that the hyerana form is
still not much less adapted to the Maurettes than marginata. As
regards La Plage it must be remembered that the Costebelle locality
is fairly extensive, and is nearly, if not quite, continuous with the La
Plage locality, yet its conditions are very nearly the same as those of
the Maurettes, and differ from those of La Plage proper in much the
same way as do the Maurettes themselves ; therefore, as regards the
question of La Plage getting rid of the melanic marginata, the exis-
tence of a powerful traitor in the camp must be taken into account.

A census of moths at Costebelle would be veiy useful in further
elucidating this, but it is not available.

Whether the different tendency as regards producing melanism
in R. hyerana, between La Plage and the Maurettes, be as great as I
suspect, or be merely moderate, it unquestionably exists. ^Some con-
dition is found in the Maurettes that is absent, or, at any rate, much
weaker at La Plage.

To reach this conclusion is a distinct advance in our knowledge.
At present, I think, we can go very little further, but it may be well
to survey the ground in front and make some sort of working
hypothesis, if possible.

72 [March, 1907.

The typical habitat for K. hyerana is a more or less dry hill
slope, which is pretty well burnt up when the moth emerges in
August and September. The Asphodel itself, and most herbaceous
material, is represented by dry and dead stems and leaves, and it is
at once evident that the dominant influence on the colour of the
moth will be very similar to that exercised by dead reeds on our
" Wainscots " and other marsh insects ; H. hyerana, as regards colour,
might very well be one of these. At La Plage the habitat is not the
actual shore, but open spaces amongst wooded sandhills, intervening
between the beach and a marshy country within. This would afford
very fair " Wainscot " coloration. The hill country at Costebelle
and the Maurettes is different, the plants here also affect open spaces,
but the open spaces are well grown up with a shrubby undergrowth
of cistus, heath, lentisk, &c. I suggest, therefore, thac here the
moth finds a resting place on stems of various shrubs or amongst
their leaves, most of them being evergreens, largely to the exclusion
of the dead and dry grassy and herbaceous material, which it finds
abundantly enough at La Plage, and almost exclusively at most of
the habitats atTaormina, Capri, &c., where I have found it. At Capri,
where the palest form occurs, there are no trees or shrubs anywhere
near the locality in which I took the larvae, and where the moths pro-
bably rest on dead Asphodel leaves, grass, &c., of the palest hay-
colour.

I have asked Mr. Eaine and Mr. Powell whether there is any
recognised difference of climate between La Plage and the Maurettes.
One would expect that there should be some of the nature one usually
finds between the actual coast and hills five miles or so inland. Mr.
Eaine tells me that there is no " recognised difference in the climate
of La Plage and Hyeres, except that the air near the sea is said to be
more exciting than that of Hyeres. * * I think it is always cooler
along the sea-shore than inland." Mr. Powell (Nov. 8th) says : " The
Maurettes get a little more rain than La Plage, and rather more
cloud ; I cannot find any weather and temperature records of La
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Coleoptera in moles' nests in Surrey. — G. C. Champion, F.Z.S 63

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April, 1907.] 73

Rade d'Hyeres. In July and August rain is very rare anywhere
down here As a rule we get a heavy storm at the end of August,
but this year no rain fell between July 0th and October llth, except
a slight shower about September 20th."

The weather seems to be a negligeable factor. When the moth
emerges, high summer reigns in both localities The storms of the
end of August, breaking up the long summer drought, do not appre-
ciably differ at tlie two localities ; they may, however, make the dark
stems of shrubs, &c., in the Maurettes temporarily darker. So far as
climate goes, then, it is always a little cooler at La Plage, this should
make La Plage specimens darker ; there is more rain at Hyeres, but
this does not affect the period when the moth is out ; I wondered if
the August storm made the later emergences darker. I think the few
earlier emergences are generally pale.

A census of 48 consecutive dark specimens showed that 54 pale
ones emerged against the first 24, and. 71 against the second, so that
here the results are the other way. The moths emerge at all hours,
but the mass about 6 — 8 p.m. ; there is a second maximum about
8 a.m. I tabulated these for a time and found that the morning
emergence showed 34 light to 9 dark, the evening 92 light to 39 dark ;
the difference is considerable, but I do not see what conclusion we
can derive from it.

Taking note of Mr. Powell's report that the weather at Hyeres
usually remains fine and dry during August, but is usually broken by
a thunderstorm about the end of the month, I have tabulated all the
emergences of liycrana from the Maurettes, with a view to learn if
there is any tendency for the darker moths to be more frequent later
in the season. It must of course be remembered that these dates
refer to moths at Reigate, not at Hyeres. The figures are —

PALE.

merged Aug. 14 — 31....

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. 6 ...

?
... 16

Sept. 1—15....

. 18 ...

.., 12

Sept. 16— 30....

.. 31 ...

... 19

Oct. 1—15....

9 ...

... 6

Oct. 16—31....

. 6 ...

... 4

70 ...

... 57

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6 ...

?
... 7

12 ...

... 22

26 ...

... 23

8 ...

... 6

2 ...

... 5

54 63

Taking the tabulation in another way, it appeared that of each
form half had emerged at dates as below : —

Pale... [ | -^^'P*^- 22- j gept. 19. Daek... [ \ ;;;S'^P^- J^;;; ] Sept. 18.

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74 [.^Vnl.

There i;?, therefore, no difference to note between the two forms,
but so far as there is any, it is the dark tliat is the earlier. As reo;ar<ls
both it appears that the females emerge a day or two earlier than the
males. It may also be deduced that the emer'j;eni-es do not ap[)a-
rently take place freely, until nature has been refreshed by the
downfall that marks the late summer.

The photoj2;raph of the moths bred presents at a glance the ])ro-
portions of the two forms reared from the larvte from each of the
localities. They show —

N. hyerana Ityerana. marginata.

Les Maurettes 128 118 246

La Plage 141 28 169

269 146 415

In the large number bred in 1906 there is of course a larger
number of varieties (aberrations) than I have met with before. In
the first place ab. alpha. Mill., is represented by 38 specimens in the
shore and by 36 in the hill group, being in each case about half the
total number of male specimens of the pale type. It is altogether a
male aberration, as no female specimen shows any definite indication
of it. Of these 70 odd specimens about seven show the dark dash more
markedly on one side than the other, two at least being typical on the
one side, ab. alpha on the other. Tli/erana hi/ernna with more or less
dark dotting and shading are represented by about 14 from La Plage
and 20 from Les Maures amongst ^ specimens ; these are often asso-
ciated with the ab. alpha marking, but not by any means always, the
commonest form is a dark shading between the veins, wnth scattered
dark scales over the whole of the wing, none are of the definitely
spotted form nigro-piinctata from Taormina.

Amongst the females about 18 from La Plage show definite dark
shading, but none of this form in any decided degree occurs among
the females from Les Maurettes. This is somewhat curious, the males
varying in the contrary proportions. The row of black dots along
the inner margin is more or less associated with this darkening, but
occurs separately, and is a purely ? variation.

As regards the dark males of type race, it is to be noted that
the mass of the specimens had emerged at the end of October, but
on November 23rd two males emerged, both these were very dark ; on
December 'lQt\\ a ,^ emerged, again very dark, a further specimen
emerged on 27th, a (^ of an extremely dark form not previously met

1907. 1 75

with, the discii] spot beinj; a great broad dash reaching nearly to the
base of the wing, with a broad black patch on the costa opposite it,
much blackening of the wing beyond the discal spot, and a distinct
black line on the fringe, where it occurs in marqinata and marginuJa,
a line however of black (not purple) scales. This line was also
present in the specimen of the 2(Jth. The only two specimens of the
Jij/erana form in which 1 have met with it. These specimens were no
doubt nearly two months in the pupa state owing to the colder
weather, and to this more than anything else their extreme darkness
may be due. Altogether 15 specimens emerged in November, De-
cember, and January, and of these 13 (10 Jii/erana and 3 viarginata)
were darker than any specimens among the whole 400 odd emerging
up to end of October. One ? made a slight approach to being ab.
alpha, as well as being very dark. There is one other remarkable
specimen amongst the hijerana section, this is a (J specimen with ricb
orange tinting of no less than 26 mm. in expanse, the next largest I
have (except one of 24 mm.) being under 23 mm., and the average
less than 22 mm. ; 26 mm. is about the expanse of the largest ?
specimen, the average being well under 25 mm.

Turning to the marqinata section. There is a remarkable differ-
ence between the hill and shore sections. I have classified 23 speci-
mens from La Plage as marqinata and 5 others as marginula, but in
the Les Maures series 128 as marginata and 1 only as marginula.
There is a much larger proportion of golden-orange forms amongst
the marginata than was the case two years ago, but less perhaps than
amongst those bred from eggs laid by them. There are all gradations
between the orange and purple specimens, so that a strictly accurate
census is impossible,- but drawing the line as well as I can I should
tabulate the marginata as under : —

Les Maures. La Plage.

^ ? (? ?

Orange forms 19 26 2 3

Ordinary purple forms 32 32 10 8

Very dark, with fringe darkened

in addition to marginal line.. 2 6 — —

53 64 12 11

The discal spot is usually invisible in marginata, but it can be
made out in some of the most orange specimens, and two of these are
distinctly Milliere's var. alpha so far as the spot is concerned.

G 2

76 tApril,

EXPLANATION OF PLATE II.

To exhibit graphically the proportion of light (hi/erana) and dark {marginala)
specimens occurring at each of the two stations (hill and coast).

1. H. hyerana hyerana from hill.

2. U. hyerana marginata from hill.

3. H. hyerana hyerana from coast.

4. n. hyerana marginata from coast.

The one separate specimen in 2 and the 5 in 4 are hyerana marginata ab.
marginula.

Betula, Reigate :

January, 1907.

HELP-NOTES TOWARDS THE DETERMINATION OF BRITISH
TENTEREDINIDM, &c. (18).

BT THE REV. F. D MORICE, M.A., F.E.S.

BLENN0CA3IPIDES = MESONEUEA to PAREOPHORA.

After the HopJocampides we come, fcjllowing Konow's arrange-
ment, to the Blennocampides. And at this point it will be well to
refer to my Table of Generic Characters (Ent. Mo. Mag., August,
1903) in order to correct certain errors and misprints, which might
otherwise become troublesome as we proceed.

Page 191 (line 17). — After the words " in different cells," read (to meet the
ease of the Dolerides) " or else the humeral area is not petiolate."

Same page (lines 30 and 32). — For " gradually tapers to a point iit apex," read
" cultriforni, broad at base and short, constricting rapidly to a sliarp point
at apex ;" and for " suddenly acuminated at apex," read " elongate, taper-
ing gradually towards the pointed apex." (I seem to have said just the
reverse of what I intended ! ) .

Same page, last line. — Here is an important omission, a genus having been
overlooked. The line should be altered as follows : —
" — Prsesterna not defined (a) H. w. with a medial n....Monophadnu!i.
(i) II w. without a medial n 51."

Page 193, line 21. — " Tarsal " is a misprint for " dorsal."

The Blennocampides are divided by Konow into almost as many
geiiera as the Nematidcs ; few, however, of these genera contain any
considerable number of British species, and several no more than one.

In all Bleniiocnmpides the humeral area of the fore-wing is
" petiolate," and this character separates them from all other tribes

1907.] 7?

of the Sub-family Tenthredinini, except the Nematides. Froui most
genera of this latter tribe they may be distiiiguished at a glance by
the radial cell, which is always " divided." Some Nematides, however
{Dineura, &c.), have also a "divided " radial cell ; and from such we
cannot separate the Blennocampides by characters of the fore-wings
only, but by the absence of some other point essential to the defini-
tion of a true Nematid, e.y., well-developed gense, complete neuration
in the hind-wing (humerus, cubital n. and medial n. all present), &c.,
for which see Ent. Mo. Mag., August, 1904, p. L7G. Two of Kouow's
Blennocampid genera consist of insects which were formerly reckoned
among the Nematides, and which still stand in our British lists as
Dineura, spp. These are Mesoneura and Pseudodineura. The rest
of the tribe is made up of species classed hitherto under three genera
only {Blennocampa, Fenusa, and Fenella), but now broken up into
no less than fourteen.

The coloration of Blennocampids is generally sombre, black or
(very rarely) black and red, never green, nor ochreous, nor conspicu-
ously variegated with yellow or white. Their form is usually stout
and clumsy looking, and their movements in life rather slow and
sluggish. When alarmed they often feign death, dropping to the
ground or to the bottom of a collector's net and remaining motionless.
While fresh their bodies are soft and plump ; but after death they
shrivel up and lose shape greatly, so that they seldom form attractive
objects in a collection, either by their colours or their shapes. Their
average length of body may be stated at from 4 to 6 mill., a few
species reach to a length of 9 mill., aud some are not above 2 mill,
long, or even less. Naturally with old aud shrivelled specimens
it is difficult to take more than approximate measurements. The
wings are broad, but weak, and liable to creasiugs and crump-
lings, which make a careful examination of their neuration rather
troublesome work. Still, there is seldom much ditficulty, after a
little practice, in ascertaining the specific identity of a Blennocampid ;
provided it be so prepared as to be accessible all over to a lens.
Carded specimens, of Tomostethus especially, are sometimes exces-
sively troublesome, because their chief characters lie in those parts of
the head aud thorax which are rendered invisible by that mode of
preparation.

By way of clearing the ground, before we attempt to tabulate
the longer genera, it may be well to dispose of some containing only
a single British species each, which ought therefore to be determin-

78 [April,

able by inj Table of Generic Characters* alone, but as to which,
notwithstanding, a few additional remarks may be of service to
beginners.

Mesoneuea, Htg.
Our only species is opaca, F. (= Dineura vernn, C.). This insect,
when once known, is easily recognised. It is fairly large for a
Blennocampid, about 6 — 7 inm. long ; black, with dull reddish-orange
markings of variable extent — usually the pronotum, the side lobes of
the mesonotum, the scutellum, a mark on the pleurae, and more or
less of at least the ventral surface of the abdomen, are of the latter
colour. The neuratiou is peculiar in several ways. In the fore-wing
the nerve dividing the radial cell is nearly or quite interstitial with
the second cubital n., and that again with the second medial (or
" recurrent ") n., so that the three foroi roughly a single nerve at
right angles to the axis of the wing. Also the discoidal or basal n.
strikes the subcosta not (as is usual in the Blennocampids) at or near
the origin of the cubitus, but far before it. Again, whereas most of
the tribe have at most one " closed cellule " (medial) in the hind-wing,
and many have none at all, Mesoneura has two (cubital and medial).
These latter characters are among those which have led authors since
Hartig to treat the insect as a Nematid. But they belong also to the
HopJocampides ; and the position of the eyes (almost touching the
mandibles), and the form of the mandibles, associate our species much
better with that group than with the Nematides. On the whole,
therefore, Kouow considers it to be an aberrant member of the
Blennocampid tribe, linking the latter more or less to Roplocampa,-\
and through that to Selandria, &c., with which we shall deal later.

Phtmatoceeos, Dhb.
Konow has changed the last syllabic of Dahlbom's generic name
from -a to -os. The genus is very distinct, though containing only
one species — the well-known aterrima, Klug. Alone of all Blenno-
campids this insect has the 3rd antennal joint distinctly shorter than
the 4th, the antennae are long, filiform, and ciliated— very unlike those
of any other member of the tribe. It is about the largest of the
Blennocampides (9 mm. long or so), deep black and shining, with

* See Ent. Mo. Mag., August, 1903, I. c.
t 111 p. 187 of hi.s vol. iv Mr. Cameron gives what I think is a mistaken account of Konow's
reasons for removing Mesoneura from the Nemotides to the Blennocampides. The position of the
tr. basal iiarvure in its front-wing would rather have induced him to leave it in the former
tribe, of which, and not of the lilennocanipides, thi.s neuiation is characteristic. But finding
that a .similar neuratiou occurred in the yyo^j/oatmpic/ej, and that in other points of structure
il/eso/icitra seemed nearer to these tli.aii to the NtnuU'uUs, Konow felt himself justified in allowing
the latter consideration to outweigh the former, and removed Mesoneura into the Blennocampides,
not because of but in spite of its neuratiou.

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very dusky wings. The structure of the antennae readily distin-
guishes it from anything with whicii it might otherwise be possible to
confuse it.

KiiADiNOCER^A, Knw.

Our only species is micans, Kl. (not to be confounded with the
Blennocampa micans of Cam., vol. i, which the author states in vol.
iv to be a Tomostethus) . It is superficially very like P. aterrima,
having nearly the same size and quite the same funereal appearance
(black body, dusky wings, &c.), but the antennae are not ciliated, and
their 3rd, 4th, and 5th joints are approximately equal. It differs
also from aterrima^ and from other similarly coloured Blennocampid
spp. (e. g., Tomostethus nif/ri,tns, &c.) by having the eyes distinctly,
though not very widely, remote from the bases of the mandibles.

I first found British specimens of this insect in Mr. McLachlan's
collection, and afterwards one in my own (mixed with aterrima). The
latter was taken here, i. e., at Woking.

Pareophoba, Knw.
In this genus the eyes are very remote from the mandibles, and
the claws are quite simple, not bifid or toothed, as in nearly all the
Blennocampides. Our only species is niqripcs, Kl. It is brightly
coloured for a Blennocampid, and of slenderer build than is usual in
that tribe, measuring about 5 mm. in length, and hardly more than
1 m. in breadth. The head and thorax are black, the abdomen pale
red, and there is a closed (medial) cellule in the hind-wings. Super-
ficially it resembles a much commoner British Blennocampid, vizi^
JS. ajpnis. Fall, {assimilis, C). But in affinis the eyes are close to
the mandibles, and the hind-wings have no closed medial cellule, ao
that the two insects ought not to be confounded ; and we have no
other British Blennocampid for which nigripes could possibly be
mistaken.

(To be continuedj.

HYDR.ENA BRITTENI, sr. Nov., A NEW BEITISH BEETLE.
BY NORMAN 11. JOT, M.R.C.S., F.E.S.

Some months ago Mr. Britten sent me several specimens of a
Hydrcena which he told me were regarded by the north country
Coleopterists as H. nigrita, Germ., but they appeared to him to differ
in several respects from the south counti-y form of this species. At
the time I only had in my collection specimens of this north country

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form given to tiic by Ur. Chaster in 1902, but later I took the other
form in South Devon, and on examining them saw at once that Mr.
Britten was right iu supposing that they were distinct species.

There can be no doubt that the southern one is the true H.
nigrita, Germ. With regard to the other I have been at some pains
in trying to find out to which of the European species it might belong,
Herr Ganglbauer among others being unable to identify it for me,
and I have come to the conclusion it has not yet been described. I
have much pleasure in naming it after Mr. Britten, to whom the whole
of the credit of its discovery is due, although he was not the first to
capture it.

The following is a description of the species : —
Rather elongate, pitchy or reddish-brown, with head pitchy-black ; head
shining, somewhat diffusely and strongly punctured ; antennse reddish-testaceous,
club darker ; maxillary palpi reddish-testaceous, tip of the last joint black, differing in
the sexes: in the (J the first and second joints are swollen at the apex, the tiiird arcuate,
gradually broader for three-quarters of its length and then abruptly cone-shaped
to the tip, having a small smooth tubercle on the inner or convex side at tiie junction
of these two parts; in the $ all the joints are simple, the last rather short, narrow,
and broadest in the middle ; thorax transverse, somewhat obsoletely impressed at
sides and base, disc shining and diffusely punctured, punctuation thick near the
margins ; sides of thorax dilated in middle in a rounded obtuse angle, contracted
in a straight line to base, post angles distinct, but obtuse, opposite 8th or yth row
of punctures on elytra ; elytra sub-parallel, not dilated behind, broadest about
middle, with nine or ten rows of closely set square punctures between the suture
and humeral angle, sutural angles separately rounded ; legs reddish-testaceous.

Long., lj-2 mm.

* H. hritteni is most closely allied to H. riparia, Kug., but differs
from it in being smaller and not quite so parallel-sided, in the shape
of the thorax, and in the structure of the maxillary palpi of the ^.
In H. riparia the thorax is more strongly and evenly punctured
throughout, the sides are more distinctly angled in the middle and
more strongly contracted behind, being slightly sinuate just before the
hind angles, which are very sharp and exactly right angles, and are
opposite the 7th row of punctures on the elytra. The first two joints
of the maxillary palpi in the (J R. riparia are simple, the last joint is
not curved, but is gradually dilated for just over half its length and
from thence gradually narrowed to the apex ; in the ? the last joint
is proportionally longer than in H. hritteni, and is broadest nearer
the apex than the base.

From a. nigrita, which it resembles in size, H. hritteni may be
distinguished by its distinctly more parallel form, lighter colour, less
strongly and more diffusely punctured thorax, which is much less

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strongly contracted beliind. In H. nigriia the posterior angles of
the thorax are rigl)t angles, and the last joint of the maxillary palpi
is simple in both sexes. The curved last joint of the maxillary palpi
in the $ H. hritfeni distinguishes this species from all the allied
European members of the genus.

The specimens Mr. Britten has sent me are labelled Newton
Moss, 30-5-05, Eadenhall, ISfrOS, Ballycastle (Tomlin). I believe it
has been taken in several localities in the north of England and
Ireland.

Bradfield, near Reading :

February 3rd, 1907.

Since writing the above Herr Ganglbauer has very kindly sent
me specimens of K. iiwrlo, Kiesw. (a species taken no nearer here
than Dalmatia), and suggests that H. hritteni
may be identical with this species. //.
onorio has the last joint of the maxillary
palpi slightly curved in the (J, but not to
the same extent as in H. hritteni^ and the
small tubercle on the inner side of this
» tr,'rr,«; h. rr^,^u. joint is further from the apex. The thorax

is punctured as in R. hritteni, but is more
strongly narrowed behind, and the posterior
angles are right angles. It is apparently
a rather larger species.

H. hritteni does not seem confined to
the North of England and Ireland, as Mr.
Champion has a specimen taken at Ean-

» mtri a ^.nifr/rt. •\vorth.

As the shape of the last joint of the maxillary palpi is so hard
to describe accurately, I have thought it best to give a sketch of this
joint in the males of the four species named above.
March Hth, 1907.

Sypocyptus ovulum, Heer, and H. Iseviusculus, Mann. — Having two specimens
of Hypocyptus with dark antennae, obviously belonging to two distinct species, and
yet answering equally well to Fowler's description of S. ovulum, Heer, I sent them
to Mons. Fauvel, together with several other specimens with dark antennae, kindly
lent me by friends, which they also had regai'ded as H. ovulum ; he has identified
all but one of the specimens sent as H. Iseviusculus, Mann., the exception being a
specimen I took in a wine cellar here, as recorded in Ent. Mo. Mag., vol. xlii, p. 40,

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It is evident, therefore, that the majority of specimens of II. ovidum recorded
from Britain are realij H. Ixvivsculus. The mistake seems to have arisen from the
fact that Fowler describes H. Iseviusculns as being ratlier a light coloured species,
whereas in colour it appears to only differ from H. ovuliim in having the elytra
pitchy-black instead of quite black. I have not the original descriptions of the two
species before me, but think it worth while giving the points of distinction I notice
between the two species from the speciniens kindly identified for me by Mons.
Fauvel. In both the antennae are dark-pitcliy black, but in H. ovulum the club is
much narrower and longer, the last joint being particularly thin and long. In R.
Iseviusculus the thorax is distinctly but diffusely punctured, in H. ovulum it is
almost impunctate. The elytra in H. la?viusculus are obviously longer than the
thorax, and are rather thickly and distinctly punctured and pubescent ; in S.
ovulum they are only as long as the thorax, very finely and diffusely punctured and
more shining. — NoRMAN H. Jot, Bradfield, near Heading : Jauuaiy lOfh, 1907.

Further captures of Carpophilus sexpuslulatus, F., and other beetles uear Don-
caster. — On the afternoon of February 28th, the weather being warm and genial,
Dr. Corbett, his son, aiid myself, paid a visit to Wheatley Wood. Some much-
weathered carcases of hooded crows which had fallen from a " keeper's tree "
attracted the attention of Dr. Corbett, and a little beating over a sheet of paper pro-
duced four specimens of the above-named rare insect ; further assiduous beating by
his son and myself resulting in our each obtaining two specimens more. 'J'he species
has thus been taken in three localities near Doncaster, this latest locality being very
near to Sandal Beat Wood, where Dr. Corbett took his first specimen in 1904-, as
noted in Ent. Mo. Mag., vol. xlii, p. 179. Apparently the occurrence of C. sexpus-
tulatus in carcases has not been recorded, although its congener, C. hemipterus, L.,
has been found in such pabulum.

Amongst other species noted either on the move or in hibernation the follow-
ing may be mentioned : — Dermestes lardarlus, L., D. murinus, L., Nitidnla bipus-
tiilata, L., Necrobia violacea, L., Omosita diseoidea, ¥., in carcases ; Xiljjha atrata,
L., and Phyllotreta nemorum, L., hibernating in rotten wood; Tetratoma fan-
gorum, F., in profusion in fungi on an old bii'ch tree ; and Rhizophagus bipustula-
tus, F., under bark. — E. Gt. Bayford, 2, Rockingham Street, Barnsley : Mar., 1907.

Medon castaneus, Grav., and other Coleoptera in moles' nests near Oxford. —
Dr. Joy's very valuable notes on the Coleoptera associated with the mole, :it p. 198
of our last volume, have induced me to devote some time (and no small amount of
labour) to the investigation of the numerous moles' nests in the neighbourhood of
this city. To the growing list of beetles already recorded from them, I have much
pleasure in adding Medon castaneus, Grav. Of this rare species, already met with
at large in the district (Ent. Mo. Mag., vol. xli, p. 133), I found two specimens on
March 2nd, in a nest made chiefly of beech leaves in very sandy soil on the summit
of Shofovcr Hill, in company with a couple of Hister marginatus, Er. — another
very welcome " find." My friend Mr. A. H. Llamm also took Medon castaneus on the
same day, on sandy ground near Cowley, where, on the 9th, Mr. A. J. Chitty and
I again succeeded in finding it, apparently quite " at home " in the nests. The

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other mole's nest beetles taken liere by Mr. Hamra, Mr. J. Collins, and myself,
include Aleochara spadicea, Er., widely distributed and not rare, varying greatly
in size and development ; Oxypoda metatarsal it, Thorns., and Homalota paradoxa,
Rey, as yet rarely ; Quedius vexans, Epp., fairly common, and Q. longicornis, Kr.,
more sparingly ; Oxytelus fairmairei, Pand., taken not rarely by Mr. Collins ; and
Heterothops nigra, Kr., as usual the most abundant species in the nests — a large pro-
portion of which, however, are here entirely untenanted by beetles. The giant flea,
Hystrichopsylla talp:r, until recently so rarely met witli, turns up constantly, often
to the number of a dozen or more in a single nest, but it is by no means active, and
is easily secured when wanted, or as easily avoided. — James J. Walkeu, Aorangi,
Lonsdale Road, Summertown, Oxford : March \^th, 1907.

Aleochara maculata, Bris., near Oxford, and in Berkshire. — On March 16th
I turned a bright and distinct-looking Aleochara out of a tuft of grass at the side
of Hen Wood, about three miles from Oxford. This I at once suspected to be
A. maculata, Bris., a suspicion which was confirmed on reaching home, when it was
found to agree exactly with an unrecorded example of this rare species in my col-
lection, taken by sweeping in a beech wood near Streatley, on May 6th, 1905. — Id.

Oxylaimus variolosus, Duft., at Darenih Wood. — A specimen of this species,
captured by myself at Darenth Wood, Kent, on August 2nd, 1903, has been over-
looked till recently, when Mr. Champion detected it amongst some Coleoptera he
was looking over for me. — W. West, Lewisham : March iSth, 1907.

Noteworthy captures of Lepidoptera in North Sussex. — Among yaxions Lepido-
ptera taken at East Grinstead, Sussex, during the last two seasons, by Miss A. D.
Edwards, for whom I have had the pleasure of identifying them, the following rare
or local species seem worthy of special mention : — Sarrothripus revayana, Sc.
{undulana, Hb.), one, in 1906 ; t^coparia basistrigalis, Knaggs, the only individual
met with was an example, caught in 1905, of a handsome melaaic aberration that
is occasionally found with the typical form in other localities, and to which I hope
to refer again shortly in a note on the variation of this species ; Ephestia semirufa
(Hw. ?),Stn., a single specimen was captured in 1906 ; Dichelia grotiana, F., one, in
1905; Cne})hasia chrysantheaiia,J)vi^.,l\\VQe ^live secured in 19o5, and a similar
number last year ; Cn. communana, H.-S., one, in 1905 ; Ephippiphora signatana,
Dgl., a solitary specimen was found among the captures made in 1905 ; Tinea corti-
cella, Crt. [emortuella, Z.), one was taken in 1906 ; and Eidophasia messingiella,
E. R., of which an example occurred in 1906.

Of the above, neither E. semirufa nor Cn. communana is included in the List
of Sussex Lepidoptera published last year in the Victoria History of Sussex.

As regards E. semirufa, it seems impossible, without a sight of Haworth's type
specimen, which I have failed to trace, to decide for certain whether his " semirufa,"
described in Lcp. Brit., 496 (1812), was merely a -variety oi elutella,lib., or whether
it was the unquestionably distinct but little-known species, captured by Miss
Edwards, to which Stainton (Man., ii, 168) applied the name semirufa, and in
which the more oblique first line reaches the dorsum markedly further from the base

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of tlie fore-wing than in elutella. The special characteristics of seniirufa^ Sin.,
which is extremely local, usually rare, and apparently confined to England, have
been pointed out with more or less detail (though with some minor discrepancies,
which are probably due, in great measure, to differences in the condition of the
specimens examined) by Stainton (^. c), by Barrett [Ent. Mo. Mag., xi, 270 (1875)],
by Ragonot [Ent. Mo. Mag., xxii, 24 (1885)], and, most fully and i-eliably, by Dr.
J. H. Wood [Ent. Mo. Mag., xxiv, 250-2 (1888)], who bred the insect from the
egg, and contributed some valuable notes on its life-history. In spite of such an
accumulation of evidence, this thoroughly distinct species is omitted from Meyrick's
Handbook Brit. Lep. (1895), in which semirufa, Hw., is entered (whether correctly
or incorrectly seems uncertain) as unquestionably identical with elutella, Hb.

It seems advisable to mention that the Cnephasia referred to above as commu-
nana is the excessively local species, with long and peculiarly narrow grey fore-wings,
to which Barrett and Ragonot used to apply the name [_vide Ent. Mo. Mag., xx, 243
(1884)]. I agree with them in this application of it, for the insect in question, which
was the subject of an interesting note by Mr. A. Thurnall in Ent. Mo. Mag., ser. 2,
xvi, 260 (1905), is probably the one from which Herrich-Sohaffer's figure "114"
was made, and we must assume that his figure " 113," also named " cominunana" on
the Plate, likewise represents this species, for th > shape of the wings supports this
idea, although I have never yet seen a specimen of it nearly so dark us that sliown
in the figure, in which the ground-colour is fuscous, and the grey hue is reduced to
two costal and two dorsal, nearly opposite, spots. Such a form may, however, exist,
in spite of the only pronounced melanic tendency, known to me, in British examples
of communana being shown by the markings and not by the ground-colour ; and
although the posterior margin of the basal patch is strongly and acutely' angulatcd
in fig. 113, whereas the corresponding margin is hardly angulaled in fig. 114, this
by no means militates against the assumption that the figures represent the same
insect under different forms, for this is a detail in which our communana, in common
with various other Cnephasire, shows great individual variation. In Staudinger and
Rebel's " Catalog," part ii, p. 92 (1901), communana, II. -S., is sunk as a synonym of
wahlbomiana, L., but the Cnephasia in question, which we believe to be conimttnana,
H.-S., is certainly distinct from wahlbomiana, L. (unless every interpretation that I
have seen of Linne's conception* is quite erroneous), and from some, and probably
from every one, of the various other forms included by Rebel under the all-embracing
term "wahlbomiana." Jjikc E. semirufa, Sin., it is, unfortunately, omitted from
Meyrick's " Handbook," where " communana, H.-S.," is merely entered as a doubtful
synonym of conspersana, Dgl., which latter species, however, although extremely
variable, is abundantly distinct in ail its forms from the one under notice. Moreover,
whereas conspersana appears in July and August, communana, of which both larva
and food-plant seem to be unknown, should be sought for, as pointed out by .\lr.
Thurnall {I. c), in the end of May and tlio beginning of June. The following
characteristics of commMwana together render it so unlike all its British congeners
that there is but little chance of its being confused with any of them : — (1) the
sliape of the fore-wing, which is remarkably narrow in comparison with its length,
in both sexes, and has a very oblique tcrmen j the largest of the thirteen ^ J before

* I liave not as yet been able to consult the original notice of wahlbomiana, L., which was
published in the tenth edition of Linnd's " Systema Matui-aj."— E. E. B.

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me show an al. exp. of 22 mm., but the greatest breadth of any fore-wing, which, by
itself, measures lO'TZ mm. in length, is only 4 mm., while the smallest expand
19 mm., witli a greatest breadth of 3'3 mm. ; the four ? ? in my collection expand
18-19 mm. ; (2) the unifoim tone, in all ordinary specimens, of the medium grey
ground-colour ; (3) the narrowness of the fasciae, which are also more or less
clearly defined. — Eustace R. Bankes, Norden, Corfe Castle : February \Sth, 1907.

Fupat.ing habits of Jrisfofelia palustrella, Dgl. — In Ent. Mo. Mag., ser. 2, xvii,
145 (1906), I stated, with reference to my experience when rearing Aristotelia pa-
lustrella, Dgl., that in every instance the cocoon was made, not in the crown of the
root where it is said, in Mr. Barrett's note in Ent. Mo. Mag., ser. 2, xv, 278 (1904),
to be found as a rule, but in a chamber formed among the young leaves and stems
that had sprouted tiierefrom after the shoot had been cut off, and had then died
away. For " in every instance " I should have written " in every instance that has
come under notice," and the statement, as it stands, requires modification. It
correctly embodies the results of the original seai'ch that was made for the cocoons,
which were by no means easy to find, but a recent and more thorough one, while
clearly establishing the fact that the great majority of larvae, out of about fifteen
that spun up, had selected the site I mentioned, revealed the following exceptions.
Two cocoons were ensconced in chambers formed inside the thickened bases of stems
springing from the rootstocks of the food-plant, while two others were situated in
the centres of the basal portions of small shoot-stems. Besides these, a single ex-
ample was detected in a chamber hollowed out just beneath the bark of a Rumex
stem, at 2^ inches from its base. The material so much utilized by my larvae, when
preparing for pupation, would never exist in normal wild plants, and it may well be
that their desertion of the rootstocks, when full-fed, was largely due to these having
become somewhat dry, and consequently tough for excavation. — Id.: March Wth.

Occurrence in Britain of the typical form of Aristotelia stipella, Hb. — Mr.
Bankes' interesting note (p. fi6, ante) has made me look at my series of this species,
as I felt sure that I had bred the typical form commonly here from Atriplex
portulacoides. I find that I have six well-marked specimens of the typical stipella,
bred in June, 1891, from this plant on the shore of the Fleet Backwater here, and
two labelled " bred apparently from Althxa palustris " (but doubtless from Atriplex
gathered with it, or from individuals pupating in it) from the Fleet shore at Langton
Herring, about three miles off, also in June, 1891. I have also one, slightly less
clearly marked, taken here May 27th, 1887, and two of the nseviferella form taken
here and at Weymouth in 1889 and 1891, besides some from other localities.

To the best of my recollection the stipella form was the commonest amongst
those which I bred from this neighbourhood. --Nelson M. Eichaedson, Monte-
video, Chickerell, near Weymouth : March 12th, 1907.

Hymenoptera Parasitica in, West Suffolk and at Eastbourne. — In continuation
of Mr. Saunders' Note (Ent. Mo. Mag., 1907, p. 67), I may say that Lieut.-Col.
Nurse has been so good as to send me for determination some very interesting
parasitic Hymenoptera from the districts there mentioned. The Ichneumonics;

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comprised Microcryptus labralis, Gr., a (? at Timworth, viii ; Acanthoeryptus
■flagitator, Gr., one ? from Fornliam, 22. ix ; ? ? of Glyphicnemis vagabunda, Oct.,
at Eastbourne, riii ; a fine ? of the local Arltranii carnifex, Gr., from Tuddenham
(where I have taken it sparingly myself), IS.vi.lGOG ; two Cryptus obscurtm, Gr , from
Timworth ; one Pimpla scanica, Vill., 17.iv, doubtless after hibernation ; a couple
of ? $ P. turionellse, Linn., from Ampton and Timworth in iv ; a c? ^- examinator,
Fab., from Timworth ; both sexes of the abundant Collyria calcitrator, Gr., from
Ampton, 30. V ; a single ? of the uncommon Mesoleius virgultorum, Holmgr., from
Ingham, 9.vi.06 ; a ? FoJyblastus pinguis, Gr., from Tuddenham, 22.Ti.06 ; ? ? of
Bassux iKtaforms, Fab., and Promethus sulcatus, Gr., from Timworth ; a 9 Exe-
tastes guitatorius, Gr., at Eastbourne, yiii, with Henicospilus merdai-iux, Gr. ; a <J
Faniscus testaceus, Gr., at Bury St. Edmunds, vi ; two ? ? Anilasta (TAmneriaJ rufi-
cincta, Gr.," from larvae of H. dipsacea from Tuddenham, 2.viii.0fi," and from larvae
of D. irregularis from Tuddenham, emerged 3.viii Ofi "; a ? Meloboris CLimneriaJ
crassicornis, Holmgr., from Timworth, viii.05. Among the Beaconid.e were Bracon
minutator, Fab., from Timworth, viii.05; Microgaiter globatus, Linn., from East-
bourne, viii ; M. tibialis, Nees, from Timworth ; four (J c? of Microplitis sordipes,
Nees, " from larva of D. zVre^w^a;-/,?, Tuddenham, 8 and 16. viii. 06 " ; two (? ^ of
Microdus tumidulus, Nees, from Eastbourne, vii.OO, and Timworth, viii.05 ; one $
Macrocentrus marginator, Nees, from Timworth ; and Alysia manducaior, Panz.,
from the same locality. Chalcids were represented by the uncommon Chalcis
minuta, Linn., from Tuddenham, 26.vii.06; and the Evaniib^ by the curious and
common $ $ of Oasteruption jacidator,lArm.

Reverting to Mr. Saunders' Note {Ic), it is well to put on record that Andrena
niveata, Friese, was taken in Suffolk even before it was first recorded as British ;
since Mr. R. C. L. Perkins captured it at Brandon in May, 1899, and thought there
was little doubt of its local frequency there. All the specimens recorded as Salictus
subfasciatus, Nyl., in my " Symenoptera of Suffolk " are referable to H. fulvi-
cornis, Kirby.— Claude Moelet, Monks' Soham House, Suffolk : March \st, 1907.

Diptera in Dumbartonshire in 1906. — The year 1906 proved to be a good one
for Diptera here, although other Orders were for the most part conspicuous by their
absence. During the eai'lier months some good species were turned up, including
Blepharoptera modesta, Mg., and Helomyza flavifrons, Ztt., both of which are new
to the Clyde list. Among other additions to our list the following are perhaps the
most notable : PuJex goniocephalus, Taschb., seven specimens from dead rabbits ;
Trichopsylla gaUinse, Schrk., from starlings' nests ; T. nevisteadi, Rothschild, from
nests of grey wagtail ; Typhlopsylla agyrtes, Heller, from nest of field mouse ;
Lasioptera rubi, Schrk., two specimens ; Sciara thomse, L., common in Murroch
Glen, &c. ; Mycetophila lineola, Mg., common ; Sceptonia nigra, Mg., two speci-
mens, in December ; Zygomyia notata, Stan., scarce ; Allocotocera pulchella, Cart.,
one specimen at Bonhill ; Glaphyroptera J'ascipennis,'M.g., common; Empheria
compressa, Wlk., rare ; Tetragoneura sylvatica. Curt., scarce ; Sciophila marginata,
Mg., not uncommon ; Platyura atrata, F., one specimen, evidently belonging to
this species ; Bolitophila cinerea, Mg., one specimen, at Bonhill, in November ;
Scatopse Jlavicollis, Mg., common ; S. albitarsis, Ztt., rare ; S. halterata, Mg., com-
mon ; S. brevicornis, Mg., common ; Orphnephila testacea, Euthe., not uncommon

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on the hills ; Chrysonotus bipunctatus. Scop., one specimen, at Bonhill, in July ;
Rhamphomt/ia ()ibba,'P\n., common ; ISmpis hicida, Ztt., common on late sallows
on Ihc hills ; CEdalia stigmatella, Ztt., one specimen, at Bonhill ; (E. holmgreni,
Ztt., common ; Hemerodroniia oratoria, Fin., scarce ; Thamnodromia vocaforia.
Fin., scarce ; Cher.sodromia cursitans, Ztt., not rare on the shore at Cardross ;
DoJichoptis phxopus, Hal., two specimens identified as this by Mr. Verrall were
taken in 1905 at Bonhill ; D. planitarsis, Fin., one male taken on the hill above
Murroch Glen iti May ; HypophyUus crinipes, several in Murroch Glen in
June; Hercostomus germanus, W., not rare ; Syntormon piimilus, Mg., locally com-
mon ; S. monilis, Wlk., occurring along with the last named ; Xiphandrium fascia-
turn, Mg., one male ; X. breoicorne, Curt., scarce ; Sympycnus seneicoxa, Mg., not
uncommon ; Aphvosylus ferox, Hal., not uncommon at Cardross ; Platypezafurcata,
Fin., abundant on the under-sides of a large tree-growing fungus at Strathleven ;
Chilosia proxima, Ztt., not scarce ; Hyetodesia pallida, F.,not rare on tree trunks ;
H. dispar, Fin., one ^ at Bonliill ; Mydiea nigritella, Ztt., possibly not uncommon,
but easily overlooked ; Spilogaster trigonalis, Mg., not scarce ; S. quadrum, F.,
common ; Trichopticiis pulcher, Mde., rare ; Hydrophoria anthomyiea, Rnd.,
scarce ; Mycophaga fungorum, Deg., scarce ; Chortophila curvicauda, Ztt., not un-
common on the hill in early summer ; C. sepia, Mg., not rare ; C. billbergi, Ztt.,
scarce; Phorbia cilicrura, Rnd., scarce; Pegomyia hetse. Curt., one (J , Bonhill ;
Chilosia albltarsis, Ztt., one S ^ Bonhill; Azelia triquetra, W., common ; A. ater-
rima, Mg., o:'e S on fungi in autumn ; Ceratinostoma ostiorum, Fin., common at
Cardross ; Caelopa pilipes, Hal., Cardross ; AUophyla atricornis, W., on fungi in
August ; Eccoptomera loiigiseta, one specimen at Bonhill ; Blepharoptera in-
scripta, Mg., common ; Heteroniyza oculata. Fin., scarce ; S. atricornis, Mg.,
scarce ; Tephrochlamys flavipes, Ztt., one specimen at Bonhill ; Mdoparea buccata,
Fin., Cardross ; Sciomyza glabricula, Fin., one specimen in Murroch Glen ; S.
scutellaris, two specimens at Strathleven ; Sapromyza longiseta, scarce ; <S. lupu-
liiia, F., one specimen at Cardross ; Leucopis griseola, Fin. ; Sphserocera monilis,
Hal., two specimens ; iS. subsultaus, F., common ; Limosina nivalis, Hal., one
specimen on fungi in December ; Conicera atra, scarce ; Phora lugiibris, Mg., P.
fAoraci>a, Mg., scarce ; P. carinlfrons, Ztt., P. lutea, Mg., and P. rujipes, Mg.,
common. This list gives only a selection of the more interesting species met with,
and only includes a few of those species that have not previously been recorded
from the West of Scotland, Where no locality is mentioned, Bonhill is the place
of capture. I have to thank the Hon. N. C. Rothschild for naming the Pulicidw,
and also Mr. J. E. Collin for examining several of the Acalypterate Muscidx in the
list given. — J. R. Malloch, Bonhill, Dumbartonshire : February, 1907.

Illustrations of Bbitish Blood-sucking Flies, with Notes : by
E. E. Austen. Printed by Order of the Trustees of the British Museum.
London, 1906.

The special importance that all blood-sucking Flies have acquired owing to the
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diseases, induced the Trustees of the British Museum to have prepared for
exhibition in the North Hall of the Museum coloured drawings of many of the
British blood-sucking species, and Professor Ray Lunkester rightly considered that
the sphere of usefulness of these drawings would be very materially increased if
they were published in a convenient form. The result is a volume of 34 plates
reproduced by the three-colour process from the drawings, carefully prepared by
Mr. A. J. Engel Terzi, and 74 pages of letter-press, by E. E. Austen, Assistant in
the Department of Zoology.

The drawings, more especially of the largei- Tahani, T. hovlnus, sudeticus, and
autumnalis, and some of the Pupifara, do great credit to the artist and to Messrs.
Witherby and Co., the colour printers ; but in several cases the predominance of
a greenish tinge in the plate (a fault in the reproduction") spoi's an otherwise
excellent figure. It is a pity that in some cases the species should have been
figured with the wings at rest overlapping the body, because it prevents a com-
parison of the abdominal and wing markings with allied species. As the intro-
duction states that it is only intended to give a popular account of the insects, one
does not look for or expect details of the characters by which the genera and species
are recognised ; but the more important characters are mentioned, and the dis-
tribution and date of appearance are given in considerable detail. The impression
left upon one by an examination of the work is, that by its aid, very little difficulty
should be experienced in naming the majority of the species, with the exception of
those belonging to the genera Ceratopogon, Culex, and Simulium.

iiiiarn.

John Emmerson Robson.—lt is with great regret we record the death, on
February 28th last, at the ripe age of 74, of Mr. John K. Robson, of Hartlepool.
For a very long period Mr. Robson has been known in the North of England as an
ardent and successful Lepidopterist, and since kis connection with the " Young
Naturalist" (afterwards the " British Naturalist"), equallj' so throughout the country.
Mr. Robson edited the "Young Naturalist" and "British Naturalist" for the
fourteen years from 1879 to 1893, the first several years in connection with Mr. S. L.
Mosley. The journal was very popular and did much good, and will long be
remembered on account of the lively, but thoroughly good natured discussions
between prominent Lepidopterists of the time on various Entomological problems.
Mr. Robson also issued "A List of British Lepidoptera and their named Varieties";
and at the time of his death was engaged in the concluding part of " The Lepi-
dopfera of Northumberland, Durham, and Newcastle-on-Tyne." He had been
engaged on this work for some years, and three parts had already been issued,
completing it to the end of the Tortrices, thus leaving only the Tineina and
Pferophorina to be dealt with. ilr. Robson was an enthusiastic and genial
companion, as we know from experience, and a charming correspondent. He had
been a Fellow of the Entomological Society of London since 1890. Besides his
business, and Entomological pursuits, Mr. Robson took great interest in Public
vFork, especially Educational, and was formerly on the old School Board, and more
recently on the Education Committee at Hartlepool. He was, too, until his death

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a member of the Borough Council ; and as illustrating the interest of his family in
such matters, it may be mentioned that his father was Mayor of Hartlepool so long
aso as 1855.— G. T. P.

BIRMI^fG^AM; Entomological Society : January 2.\d, 1907. — Mr. G. T.
Bethcne-Baker, President, in the Chair.

Mr. J. T. Fountain showed a beautifully varied series of Hiihernia de foliar la, CI.
It included specimens, almost unicolorous, of a dark umber colour ; otiiers with the
same dark umber colour as a ground colour with dark bands or bars, in some cases
broad, dark, nearly black and sharply defined ; then there were the usual light
brown ones ; tlie usual ones with light ground colour and cross-bars of various
widths and intensity, including some the bars on which were nearly black, broad,
and sharply defined. Mi*. Hubert Langley, various Lepidoptera from near
Leamington, including Lyinantria monacJia, L., which is not uncommon in one or
two woods, Boarmia rohoraria, Schiff., Myelois crihrella, Hbst. Mr. L. Doncaster
made an appeal for help in connection with the Royal Society's enquiry into pro-
gressive melanism. iMr. W. E. Collinge showed an unknown Dipterous larva
supposed to have caused damage to currant bushes, but which he believed to be
carnivorous, and only accidentally associated with the currants ; it had been seen
by Mr. G. H. Verrall and Dr. Sharp, but seemed to them to belong to a previously
unknown type of larva. Mr. G. T. Betliune-Baker, a beautiful series of Pieridx
belonging to tlie genus Delias from New Guinea and Australia, and including
several new species.

February 28th, 1907. — Annual Meeting. The President in the Chair.

Mr. J. T. Fountain showed living Pieris rapx, L., and Larentia multistrigaria,
Haw., the former captured on the wing on February 15th, the latter bred. Mr. H.
Willoughby Eliis, the following Coleoptera :—Barijnotus schonherri, Zett., fr»m
Knowle, a species new to the Midland list; Anchomenus pnellus, Dej., a species
which he had taken several times in frozen reeds near Birmingham, but could get in
no other way ; and two or three specimens of a form of OUsthopus rotundatus, Pk.,
he had taken at Bewdley, which differed from the normal form in the much lesser
proportional width of the thorax in relation to the elytra and also the more
slender build of the whole insect— it looked quite a different species. Mr. G. T.
Bethune-Baker, a box of gorgeous moths from New Guinea, chiefly belonging to the
Geometrid genus Milionia, though others belonged to the Agaristidse. They
included several new species.— Colbean J. Wainweight, Eon. Sec.

Lancashiee and Cheshire Entomological Society: The usual Monthly
Meeting of this Society was held in the Royal Institution, Colquit Street, Liverpool,
on Monday, January 21st, 1907, Mr. W. Mansbeidge, Vice-President, in the Chair.

Mr. A. J. Wightman, of Reigate, was elected a Member of the Society.

A paper was read by Mr. F. N. Pierce, entitled " Notes on the Structure

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of Malacosoma lijbrid schaufussi {M. castrensis x M. neustria). The paper was
admirably illustrated by microscope preparations of the insects named, as well as of
M. franconica, shown by the aid of the micro-lantern. The author pointed out
that, unlike the usual mixture of male and female genitalia obtaining in the case of
hybrids, the sexes of schaufunsi possessod unmixed organs proper to the respective
sexes. From a consideration of the details of the structure of the hybrid moths
they are seen to combine the distinguishing features of ea^h of the parent species,
though perhaps leaning more towards neudria. The scales also showed modifica-
tions, being intermediate in form and size between those of the parents from the
same part of the wing. Mr. Fred. Bircli gave a most interesting address upon his
experiences in Trinidad wlien in quest of tropical Lepkloptera, with original
observations upon the habits and peculiarities of the butterflies of the island Tlie
following exhibits were made, viz. : l>y Mr. Oulton Harrison, an album of plioto-
graphs of Lepidoptera in tlieir various stages, taken by Mr. Hugh Main, of London;
also on behalf of the Rev. T. B. Eddrup, of Horbury, melanic Agrolis agathina
from the West Riding, Boarinia repandata from Horbury, and its variety con-
versaria from Barmouth. The Hon. Secretary showed, on behalf of Mr. R.Hancock,
of Birmingliam, a number of photographs of Lepidoptera, and read a letter relating
to the exhibit. By Mr. W. Mansbridge, a short series of Triphaena comet, var.
curtisii, from Aberdeen, and a series of the chocolate form of Hemerophila abruptaria
from the London area, together with examples of the type for comparison ; also
melanic specimens of A. agathina from Delamere for comparison with Mr. Eddrup's,
more smoky in ground colour than the West Riding specimens. Mr. Oscar
Whitaker, lantern slides of the exotic cockroaches Blabera giganlea and B.
marmorata from the collection of Mr. E. J. B. Sopp.

February ISth, iyo7. — Mr. W. Mansbkidge, Vice-President, in the Chair.

The Chairman communicated a paper entitled " Micro- Lepidoptera captured
in Lancashire and Cheshire during 19(i6," and illustrated his remarks by specimens
of all the moths referred to ; there were no rare species among them, but about
thirty additions to recent records were mentioned. In illustration of the Tortrices
of North Lancashire, Mr. C. H. Forsyth, of Lancaster, sent a box of some ninety
species, collected mainly in the neighbourhood of Lancaster, including Sciaphila
penziana from^' Avonside, Conchylis alternana, Aphelia osseana, Grapholitha pen-
kleriana, and Dicrorampha satnrnana from Lancaster. This exhibit proved a very
useful contribution to our records for the northern part of the county. Mr. Robert
Adkin, of London, sent for exhibition a pair of the Tortricid moth, Tortrix pronu-
bana, one of the most recent additions to the British list. Other exhibits were a
series of beautiful water-colour drawings, illustrating protective coloration in
butterflies and moths, by Mr. Newall, of New Brighton ; and by Mr. Richardson,
several cases of insects for educational purposes.— H. R. Sweeting and Wm. Mans-
BEIDGE, Hon. Sees.

Tub South London Entomologicaz and Natural History Society :
Thursday, January 24-th, 1907. — Mr. R. Adkin, F.E.S., President, in the Chair.
Annual Meeting : The Treasurer's balance sheet was read, and showed that

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the Society was satisfactory financially. The Council's report of Ihe position and
progress of tlie Society was Ihen read, and showed that its position of usefulness
was still maintained. 'I'he President then read his Annual Address, including in it
remarks on the progress of Entomology generally during the past year. Votes of
Thanks were unanimously passed to the retiring Officers and Council. The follow-
ing is a list of those gentlemen elected to serve as Officers and Council for the
ensuing year : — President. R. Adkin, F.E.S. Vice-Presidentx, W. J. 'Kaye,¥.^.S.,
aiul H. Main, B.Sc, F.E.S. Treasurer, T. W. Hall, F.E.S. Librarian, A. W.
Dods. Curator, W. West (Greenwich). Hon. Seereiaries, Stanley Edwards, F.L.S.,
and Hy. J. Turner, F.E.S. Council, F. B. Carr, T. A. Chapman, M.D., F.Z.S.,
A. Harrison, F.L.S., A. L. Eayward, F.E.S., A. Sich, F.E.S., R. South, F.E.S., and
E. Step, F.L.S.

Ordinary Meeting: Miss Margaret Fountaine, F.E.S., of West Hampstead,
was elected a Member.

Messrs. Harrison and Main exhibited a series of Boarmia repandata, mainly
from Tsle of Man parents, with series from Cornwall, Delamere, and Isle of Lewis,
and contributed notes on their occurrence and variation. The captured Isle of Man
specimens were taken settling on rocks. Mr. Main, a living larva of Charaxes
jasius, received from the South of France, and called attention to its wonderful
coloration, shape, and to the fact that the curious mask of the head is shed as a
whole.

Thvraday, February \Ath, 1907.— The President in the Chair.

Mr. Goulton exhibited a series of Hybernia defoliaria, bred from Ranmore
Common larvae, most of the imagines being dark and more or less uniform.
Mr. Newman, pupse of Asteroscopus nubeculosa of a ti-ansjiarent green colour, just
like pupse when first changed, and also spun-together tufts of reeds containing pupae
of Meliana flammea. Mr. Eayward, a young living larva of Strymon w-album,
which he had cut out of an egg in mid-January ; it was still alive, although
normally perfectly quiescent. Mr. Tutt noted that the species hibernated as a
larva within the egg shell. Dr. Chapman, a large very brown Callophrys rubi from
the Riviera, with antennae brown beneath, and two examples of the same species
set to show position of " tails " of the wings when resting. Mr. Adkin, a series of
Eubolia eervinata reared from Eastbourne larvae, and stated that the larvae could
only be found at night. Mr. Kaye, a long series of Heliconius hydara, sub sp. colum-
Una, with a pair of JT. amarylUs, sub sp. rosina, from Colombia to show the extra-
ordinary colour resemblance of the two species. Mr. Harrison, for Mr. Mansbridge,
a long series of Aqrotis ashtoorthii, bred from North Wales larvae, and read notes on
the breeding, habits of the larvae, and variation of the resultant imagines, of which
about 24 °j^ were very dark. Mr. Hy. J. Turner read a paper entitled, ' Our Authori-
ties. An Introduction to Entomological Literature," illustrating his remarks by a
number of volumes issued previously to 1800, exhibited by Messrs. Adkin, Edwards,
Sich, and himself. Miss Fountaine exhibited (1) the very local form of the summer
brood of Pieris napi, var.Jlavescens, from Modling, near Vienna ; (2) P. daplidice,
var. bellidice, from Aix-en-Provence, and ab. raphani from Algeria ; (3) P. ehloridice
from Asia Minor ; (4) Anthocharis cardamines and its allies, A. gruneri from
Greece, A. damone from Syria, A. euphenoides from South France, A. etipheno from

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Algeria, A. helemia and A. falloul from the desert dial riot in Algeria, A. pechi
and A. charlonla i'rom Sont.h Algeria, A. fagii<i,va.v. Mlezina, from Aix-en-Provence,
nd var. insuJaris from Cor.-ica.

Thursday, February 28(h, 1907.— The President in the Chair.

Mr. H. W. Barter and Mr. F. D. Coote, of Cam berwell, were elected Members.

Dr. Chapman exhibited (1) a pupa of Hastula hyerana showing the jaws;
(2) a specimen of Capinn alia with a triple tarsus to the right hind leg ; (3) a
short series of T,eiopfilu>t carpliodactyhts, a plume new to Britain, taken at Folke-
stone by Mr. Purdey ; and (4) some fine varieties of Peronea eristana. Mr. South,
an extremely pallid specimen of Satyriix semele taken near Canterbury. Mr. Lucas,
specimens of Hyhernia lencopliearla from Oxshott. Mr Rayward, ova of a
" thorn " laid in a row on a twig of blackthorn. Mr. Newman, cocoons of
Dicranura hicuspis on birch bark overgrown with lichen from Tilgate Forest.
Mr. Turner, Coleoptera from Waroona, West Australia. Mr. Adkin, long varied
series of Dianthoecia carpophaqa from the South Downs, and gave notes on them.
A large number of lantern slides were exhibited by Messrs. Lucas, Main, West
(Ashtead), Dennis and Tonge, illustrating life-histories, protective resemblance,
egg capsules of Blatta, spp., ova of Lepidoptera, &c. — Hy. J. Tttrnku, Hon. Sec.

Entomological Society of London : Wednesday, Felruary Cith, 1907.—
Mr. C. O. Waterhouse, President, in the Chair.

The President announced that he had nominated Mr. Fi-ederick Merrifield,
Mr. Edward Saunders, F.R.S., F.L.S., and Mr. George Henry Verrall to be Vice-
Presidents for the Session 1907-8.

Mr. Charles Kimberlin Brain, of 23, Burnside Road, Tamboers Kloof, Cape
Colony; Mrs. Catherine Maria Moore, of Holmefield, Oakholme Road, Sheffield ;
and Mr. Alfred Ernest Tonge, of Aincroft, Reigate ; were elected Fellows of the
Society.

Mr. E. A. Cockayne brought for exhibition a collection of Lepidoptera made
by him at Tongue, North Sutherlandshire, between June 30th and July 13th, 1906
comprising many species not hitherto reported from the county. It was noticeable
that the several species showed little tendency to melanism. Dr. T. A. Chapman
exhibited fifteen specimens of Hastula hyerana. Mill., to demonstrate how it may
vary under the circumstances of late emergence. The majority of those he had last
year emerged in August, September and October, to the number of over 400 speci-
mens, in the pale {hyerana) and the dark {marginal a) form. In November four
pale and three dark specimens emerged ; these are very decidedly darker than the
darkest of the earlier emergences. Four specimens came out in December, all of
them hyerana. Three of these were males, and were remarkably dark forms, like
nothing amongst the preceding specimens. The effect of cold, he said, is to produce
darkening as it appears to be the case in a majority of temperature experiments.
Miss M. E. Fountaine, a number of Anthocharid and ilelitaeid butterflies from
various localities in Europe, Asia Minor, and North Africa, showing a wide range
of variation. The President, a female example of the genus Dorylus, sent to the

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Museum from Mergo in Uganda. There were with it in the same tube one small
and two large Workers, which he thought would probably be the means of identify-
ing the species at some future time. The Workers closely resembled specimens in
the Museum named D. arcenx, which is said to be the same as nigi-icanx. The
Rev. F. E. Lowe, various aberrant forms of Swiss butterflies, including Melanargia
galatea, ab. fulvata, Lowe, from Martigny ; Lyciena arion, ab., from Pontresina,
with the black spots on the under-side of the wings almost entirely absent, save one
very large kidney-shaped, slightly tinged with white at the centre of each wing ;
and a pair of Pieris napi, var. bri/onis-, taken in cop. at Caux, the $ not only
suffused as in hryonise, but also having the ¥ markings. Colonel Charles T.
Bingham, tlie pupa of a Tineid moth, probably of the genus Binsitta, from Upper
Burmah, presenting with its surroundings a remarkable mimetic resemblance to the
head and body of a small snake ; and a case illustrating the curious habits of
butterflies of the genera of Gerydus and Allotintif, which join with ants in attending
Aphidx for the sake of their sweet excretions. TJie Rev. F. D. Morice, a very
remarkable gynandromorphous specimen from Silchester of the common fern-
visiting Saw-fly, which, originally described by Fabricius as Kylotoma cingulata,
was generally known afterwards as Tenthredo cingulaia, and is now called — the
generic name being Dahlbom's — Strong ylog aster cingulatus, F., the dividing line
between the (J and ? portions running longitudinally, not transversely, from end to
end of the creature ; a form stated by the President to be unique. Mr. Percy I.
Lathy communicated " Notes on the Indo-Australian Papilionids?," and Mr. Ernest
A. Elliott and Mr. Claude Morley "On the Hymenopterous Parasites of Coleoptera."
— H. Rowland-Beown, Hon. Secretary.

SOME NOTES OIS THE LEPIDOPTERA

OF THE "DALE COLLECTION" OF BRITISH INSECTS, NOW IN THE

OXFORD UNIVEHSIIY MUSEUM.

BY JAMES J. WALKER, M.A., R.N., F.L.S.

I.— RHOPALOCERA.

In the history of British Entomology during the second quarter
of the nineteenth century, three names— those of James Francis
Stephens, John Curtis, and James Charles Dale — stand pre-eminent;
and the great collections of all Orders of our indigenous insects,
formed by these pioneers of our Science, fortunately still exist in their
entirety. One of these, that of John Curtis, is now at the Antipodes,
and thus no longer within our reach, but Stephens's insects have long
formed a valuable item in our National Collection ; and within the
last few months, the extensive collections commenced by the elder
Dale in the opening years of the last century, and since his decease
in 1872, continued and augmented by his son, have through the
munificence of the last-named Entomologist, found a final and per-

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manent resting-place, in which they will be accessible for study and
examination by all workers who may desire to consult them. Under
the will of the late Charles William Dale, the whole of the collec-
tions, as well as the entomological diaries and other records made by
his father and himself, are bequeathed to the Delegates of the
University Museum at Oxford, subject to the condition that they
shall be permanently kept separate under the name of the "Dale
Collections."

The value of this generous bequest can scarcely be over-
estimated, as besides the personal and historical interest attached to
very many of the specimens, some of which have been handed down
from Haworth's and other classic collections, and the number of rare
and now extinct British species, and of fine and remarkable varieties
which they include, these collections formed the source whence Curtis
derived a great part of the material used in his splendidly illustrated
" British Entomology." They thus contain many of Curtis's '" types ;"
and others of his species, which may be more or less open to doubt,
may be verified by reference to the Dalean collections. The journals
and records, which are continuously carried on from 1808 — the first
definite date in J. C. Dale's "Entomological Calendar," May 2nd,
1808, recording the capture of " Pontia cardamines " at Enborne,
Berks — nearly up to the tinne of C. W. Dale's death early last year,
form an entomological narrative of very great interest and value.
The above-named MS. volume, indeed, takes us even further back in
time, as Dale's " Calendar " is preceded b}^ one on the same lines
compiled by him from the notes of the Kev. Charles Abbot, D.D.,
F.L.S., one of the Masters of Bedford Grammar f-chool, in which
the earliest entry bears date May 8th, 1798. Thus we have consider-
ably over a hundred years of continuous entomological records
embodied in these volumes, in which the date and other particulars
of the capture, &c., of nearly every specimen in the collections has
been entered, and the exact history, of at least every important
insect, could be traced by its original possessors. It is, however,
much to be regretted that, at any rate in the case of Macro-Lepi-
doptera, a large number of specimens bear no label of any kind, and
thus they cannot be connected with the records with any degree of
certainty.

Complete summaries of the species represented in the collections
were drawn up by C. W. Dale after the death of his father, a separate
volume being devoted to each of the larger Orders ; the particulars
relating to the Lepidoptera being entered in a copy of " The Lepi-

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dopterist's Register, compiled by T. J. Carrington." This has proved
of great service to me in preparing the following notes on the
Macro-Lepidoptera, a task which I have undertaken at the suggestion
of my friend Prof. E. B. Poulton, F.R.S., who now has the Dale
Collections under his care. I have also found the two works by
C. W. Dale "The History of Glanvilles Wootton, including its
Zoology and Botany" (London, 1878) and "The History of our
British Butterflies" (London, John Kempster and Co., 1900) of con-
siderable assistance.

In these notes I have adhered to the nomenclature and sequence
under which the insects now stand in the collection, and under which
they will remain ; but these names, if perhaps hardly " up to date,"
will at any rate be familiar to Entomologists. The abbreviations
"J. C. D." and " C. W. D." refer to the labels attached to the speci-
mens, in the handwriting of James Charles Dale and Charles William
Dale respectively, though it must be said that in the case of the latter
the MS. is not always very legible.

The Bhopalocera, as finally arranged by C. W. Dale, are repre-
sented by 1944 specimens, occupying 16 drawers in a 24-drawer
cabinet of modern make, and include : —

Papilio podalirius, L. — One specimen in somewhat poor condition, without
antennsE, but with the tails perfect. The hibel attached to the insect is as follows :
" Clapham Park, wood, May, 1803 ? nr. Bedford. Dr. Abbot ? Mus. Dr. Abbot "
(J. C. D.). This corresponds with the entry in Dr. Abbot's "Entomological
Calendar " as to the capture of this very doubtful British species in that locality.

P. machaon, L.— A series of 21 specimens, including specimens labelled,
" Whittlesea Mere, Hunts., Aug. 7, 1820. B. Standish." " Larva found at Bar-
dolpli Fen, Norfolk, July 28th, 1819, turned to lly July 4, 1820, J. C. Dale."
" Whittlesea Mere, Hunts., July 24, 1819, J. C. Dale." A fine, large, rather light-
coloured ? is labelled, " Newlands Common, Glanvilles Wootton, Dorset, Aug. 17,
1815, J. C. Dale," and appears to be the last specimen taken in that locality, where
it had previously occum-ed not rarely. Two examples, " Whittlesea Mere, 1821 "
(C. W. D.). A curious variety of the <? , normal, except the right foi'e-wing, which
is much bleached, the ground colour being of a pale dull ochreous tint, and the
usual black markings replaced by light brownish -grey. "Bred by Mr. S. Fortescue,
of Worcester Park, 1839. Larva from Wicken Fen." (J. C. D.). Three examples
in moderate to poor condition, in two of which the yellow colour is greatly darkened,
apparently by age, while the third and best may possibly be a dark variety. This
has a label, " 1893, Cooke, E. Coll., Pritchard, Reigate ;" and another, " The whole
3 are specimens given me by C. R. Briggs " (C. W. D.).

Aporia cratmgi, L. — A series of eleven good specimens, the first, on an enor-
mous common pin, is labelled at side, " May, 1808, G-lanvilles Wootton" (C. W. D.),
another, " June 18, 1815, Glanvilles Wootton." There are also specimens from
Heme Bay (one very small), the New Forest, Hereford, and Bridgend.

96 [April, 1907.

Pieris bras.iicK, L. — Nine examples of the var. ckariclea, Steph.

P. rapx, L. — 2 ^s, exceedingly small ; 3 Js nearly immaculate, one entii-ely
so ; several very deeply cream-coloured ? s, and one ? (Glanvilles Wootton, Oct.i
1870) very broadly suffused with dark grey at the base of all the wings.

P. napi, L. — A varied series, including some fine dark Irish and Scotch speci-
mens ; 2 ? 8 with all the markings exceedingly faint, and one small and well-
marked ? , with the left fore-wing rounded at the apex, so as to give the hind-
margin a regularly semicircular outline.

P. daplidice, L. — Thirteen specimens stand under this name, of which, how-
ever, the first two are unquestionably $ examples of the South European Euchlo'e
belia, F. The first of these, on a modern English gilt pin, has no label ; the
second is labelled " From J. 0-. Ross collection 1882, Brighton " (C. W. D.).
y very aged and shabby-looking ? example of P. daplidice is of peculiar interest, as
it is possibly the oldest specimen extant of this, or of any British butterfly. The
label, in C. W. Dale's handwriting, reads on one side " Griven to Rev. Henry Burney
by J. C. Dale, bought at his sale 1893 by C. W. Dale." On the other side " Bought
of Latham, one of Petiver's, probably taken at Gamlingay." At the side is a printed
label " 1702, Cambridge. (Petiver's folio work '' Papilionum Britanniae Icones,
Nomina, &c.," in which P. daplidice is figured, bears date 1717, and he died in the
following year, so if the specimen be really one of his, the date is probably correct).
A faded J , under-side, is labelled " Mus. Dr. Abbot, White Wood, Q-amlingay,
Camb. June 1803, Dr. Abbot " (J. 0. D.), and another very aged-looking S example
'' From R. llindeof York. Taken at Dover." Five other examples hail from Dover,
among them one fine ? (under-side) " Bred at Dover, Aug. 2, 1835," and another
" Dover, Aug. 1835, A. Ijeplaistrier," one from Folkestone, one " Taken by a poor
boy at Margate in 1859," and one J " Taken at St. Leonards in 1S59, brought to
Kent by the birdstuffer from whom obtained."

Anthocharis cardamiiies, L. — Several very small c? ; one or two of tiiis sex with
the centi'al black spot in the fore-wing evanescent, and one in whicli it is quite
absent. One remarkable ? , with an orange dash along the costa, and another in
tlie dark apex of the right fore-wing. This is labelled " Or. Baker, Burton-on-Trent,"
and was obtained by Mr. C. W. Dale in 1905 at the dispersal of the collection of
the late Dr. P. B. Mason.

Leucophasia sinapis, L. — The series includes several specimens from Glanvilles
Wootton, three quite immaculate examples from the New Forest, labelled at side
" V. ^ erysimi, Bdv.," and three labelled '' v. diniensis, Boisd."

Ooneptert/x rhamni,\j.~^ome deeply coloured $ s, and one example apparently
of this sex, broadly and irregularly suffused with orange-red at the margins of the
fore-wings, and of the left hind-wing. This has, however, an unconvincing appear-
ance, and suggests a " cyanide bottle " variety. It is labelled at the side " Wareham,
1902."

Colias eduxa, L. — A very fine series of the ordinary form, and of var. helice,
with three fine intermediate lemon-coloured forms. One of t.he helice has the dark
border immaculate "From J. Q-. Ross coll., 1879" (C. W. D.). Three dwarf ex-
amples (2 (J, 1 ?, the latter with very dark border), resembling specimens of the
late autumn brood which sometimes occurs iiere, are labelled '" Chrysotheme, Steph.,
Dover," and agree well with the figure of that form in 111. liaust. I, pi. II, figs. 1, 2.

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Colias hyale, L — Thirteen examples, but no noteworthy variations.
Arge galathea, L.— One S , with the ground-colour rather dark ochreous-
yellow, perhaps due to age ; one very dark example, corresponding closely with the
South European var. jn-ocida, Hubn., on a large common black pin, labelled " From
J. G. Ross, 1879 " (C. W. D.). (There is a similar specimen, ex coll. Spilsbury, in
the fine collection of Britisli butterflies in the Oxford University Museum). An
exceedingly beautiful and striking variety of the (? , in fine condition ; the fore-wings
above being entirely deep black, except for the large basal and inner-marginal
white spots, which are nearly normal, and tlie submarginal spots, which are much
reduced. The basal spot and submarginal spots of the hind-wings differ but little
from those of the ordinary form, but the broad central wliite band is obliterated to
the middle of the wing by the black ground-colour, and its inner marginal portion
is much suffused with black scales. The under-side of both wings is also strongly
suffused with dark grey, except on the hind-margins, all the usual markings being
smudged and nearly obliterated, and the ocelli on the hind- wings fairly distinct.
Of this fine variety, which bears the label, " Dover, by Le Plaistrier, figured in
London's Mag. 1832" (C. W. D.), there is a brief description by the Rev. W. T.
Bree, as well as a beautiful and accurate woodcut representing the upper and under-
sides, in " London's Magazine of Natural History," vol. V, p. 335, fig. 73 (1832).

Sati/rus nemele, L. — A fine and varied series of 42 examples, including one $
with no trace of the usual ocelli on either side, except a minute black dot at the
apex of the fore-wings beneath ; four very brightly-marked specimens, one ?
especially so, approaching the S. European form aristaeus, Bon., " Derry, 1889,
Curzoii." Some pale but well-marked examples from Rannoch, and several under-
sides from Cornwall (Bude and the Lizard), very like the finely-marked form found
in the West of Ireland.

Satyrus xgeria, L.— One S with the dark brown ground colour replaced by
a rather pale sepia shade ; one <? in poor condition, almost without markings above,
"Goodman Sale, Stevens, 25 Nov., 1890 " (C. W. D.), and a nearly similar <?
example, but in better condition, " P. Bouchard, 1860 " (C W. D.).

Satyrus megasra, L. — Some very pale ? specimens, one from " Rev. F. O.
Morris, Charmouth, July, 1831," and another labelled at side " var. lyssa, Bdv."
(C. W. D.),and bearing a label "near Sandsfoot Castle, Aug., 1836, A. Pretor."
This remarkable variety is above almost exactly like a small ? of Pararge msera
var. adrasta, Hb ; the under-side is that of rather pale but otherwise typical
megwra.

Satyrus hyperanthus, L.— Six fine examples of the ab. arete, O., one of these
from "Glanvilles Wootton, July, 1895 " (C. W. D.), and two of the fine ? variety
with the ocelli beneath enlarged and elongated (var. lanceolata, Shipp), labelled
" Middlemarsh, Aug. 5th, 1816" (C, W. D.). Mr. C. W. Dale's register shows
this specimen to have been taken by his father.

Satyrus janira, L. — An exceptionally fine series of varieties and aberrations,
of which the following may be noted :

One (? , almost uniform pale warm brown above, the sexual brand on fore-wings
slightly darker, and the apical ocellus indicated on both sides by a white-pupilled
light greyish-brown spot ; the under-side of hind-wings pale fawn-colour. Labelled

98 [May,

" Newport, 18G1." One <? , similar to the preceding, but brighter and richer in
colour, clear fawn or cinnamon-brown on both sides, with slightly darker sexual
brand and apical ocellus. "Glanvilles Wootton, C. W. Dale, 1864 " (C. W. D.),
and at side " June 22, 1864." An old specimen of this form from Dover. Two
fi'TC! c? S , rather pale brown above, with large symmetrical whitish blotches in fore
and hind-wings, one having a dark transvei'se bar in the pale centre of the left
fore-wing ; this is labelled " Glanvilles Wootton, C. W. Dale, 1864" (C. W. D.),
and dated June 2nd, 1864. Four (? <?, unsymmetrically blotched with whitish-
brown or bone-colour, and a ^ from the Isle of Harris, having the fore-wings
almost entirely dark-brown beneath. A 9 from the same locality is vei-y dark and
rich-looking, the fulvous suffusion in fore-wings being singularly deep in tone. Of
this sex, the finest variety is one entirely pale fawn-colour above, with the central
fulvous blotch nearly normal. " C. Blomer, 1857 " (C. W. D.), and at side,
"Dartmoor." Another ? is normal except the right fore-wing, which is entirely
pale whitish-brown or bone-colour, the apical ocellus just visible as a faintly darker
shade, "Glanvilles Wootton, C. W. Dale, 1871 " ; and one "From Briggs coll.,
1896 (C. W. D.), has in each fore-wing a large suffused pale fulvous blotch enclosing
an elongate whitish spot below the cell, and the hind-wings largely and symmetrically
suffused with whitish-brown above and below. Nearly all these fine varieties are
in good condition.

Satyrus tithonus, L. — Two of each sex, with well-marked supplementary black
spots in fore-wings, and in one, " Tcignmouth," the lowermost spot is wliite-centred.
A <J with the left fore-wing completely bleached except at the base, and a very
fine 9 aberration, in which the fulvous colour is replaced by bone-white, ." From
Kev. H. Burncy's coll., 1893 " (C. W. D.).

Chortobius pamphi/us, L. — One S strongly tinged with purplish-brown, and
a beautiful example of the same sex, with the ground-colour clear pale ochreous-
yellow without any fulvous tint, the margins cool grey, and the apical spot very
dark and conspicuous. Labelled at side, " Langport." Two or three specimens
with the ground-colour partially bleached, and others with the dark margins
obsolete.

Erehia medea, W. V. — A fine series, but only one marked aberration, a very
light-coloured ? , " Forres, Salvage, 1890" (C. W. D.).

Erehia efvphron, Knoch. — Also well represented by series from Westmoreland
and Perthshire, and including a very fine variety of the $ , deep sooty or umber-
brown on both surfaces, with no trace of fulvous anywhere, but with the ocelli of
the fore-wings represented by black spots in elliptical pale greyish rings. '"' J. G-
Eoss, 1880 " (C. W. D.).

Chortobius davits, F. — A very fine series of 66 examples, exhibiting the great
range of variation for which this species is so remarkable, and including examples
from North Wales, Cheshii'e, Lancashire, Yorkshire, Newcastle, Cumberland, Kil-
larney, Armagh, and Orkney.

Apatura iris, L. — A series of 23 specimens, some of which were taken by
J. C. Dale at Enborne, Berks, in the early years of last century. A very fine
(? var. iole, Schiff, in which, however, the right hind-wing is somewhat abbreviated.
"From J. G.Ross coll., 1879 " (C. \V. D.), and a ? in fine order, in which the
ground-colour is quite a light sepia-brown.

1907.] 99

Limenitis sihi/lla, L. — A very fine example, with the usual white bands faintly
indicated by a few suffused grey blotches, " J. G. Ross coll., 1879 " (C. W. D.),
and anotlier under-side of the same form, not so fine, " N. Forest, 1897." Both
these are labelled at side " v. ohlitenc."

T'anessa cardin, L. — An exceedingly fine Tariety, in markings corresponding
almost exactly with the lower figure "Painted Lady, var. 1," on page 64 of
Newman's " British Butterflies" ; indeed, the specimen may well be the identical
one, formei'ly belonging to Mr. Ingall, from which the figure was drawn. It is on
a rather ancient pin, but is in excellent condition, and is labelled " S. Stevens coll.
1900 " (C. W. D.), and at the side, " New Forest."

Vaiies.ia liuntera, F. — A small and dull-looking specimen, in rather poor condi-
tion, of this well-known Nortli American insect. It is labelled " Pembrokeshire,
Capt. Blomer " (J. C. D.), and at the side, " Haverfordwest." The capture of this
specimen is recorded by J. C. Dale in " London's Magazine of Natural History,'
vol. Ill, p. 332 (1830) as follows : " I beg to announce (should not Captain Blomer
have previously given you the particulars) for the first time the capture of Vanessa
huntera in Britain, by Captain Blomer, at Withybush, near Haverfordwest, South
Wales (about ten miles from a seaport) in July or August, 1828; which was, till
very lately, considered by him as a small and odd variety of V. cardui (or Painted
Lady Butterfly), and which he has very handsomely added to my cabinet. Dr.
Turton describes it as a native of North America (alone, I believe), from which
place it might have been imported, but that remains to be proved, as I never yet
heard of the importation of a Papilio in this way. . . ."

Vanessa antiopa, L. — Nine examples ; one " From Latham, who had several
brought to him about 1793 — taken nr. I;ondon " (J. C. D.), also labelled at side,
" Camberwell." Tliis and a second specimen apparently from the same source, but
with no label, are in good condition, considering their age. Two, rather old and
faded, but still fairly good, " Kirkman's sale, 1847 " (C. W. D.), and two "from
J. Q-. Ross coll., 1882" (C. W. D.). Two old and much-faded specimens, one
labelled " Barnsley " (C. W. D.), the second bearing a small triangular label with
" Coley, sen." on one side, and "known to Weston, Yorks " on the other. The
best example was " Caught by A. C. Jarman Frith at Lichfield, Aug. 30, 94."

Vanessa io, L. — Two examples (labelled at side " var. Belisarius, Obtli.) with
the ocellus on the hind-wings represented only by a large pale brown blotch. One
of these bears a label " From Mr. Young of Hull, Feby., 1837 " (J. C. D.). and on
the other side, in different handwriting, " Took this, 1836, at Cottingham." Two
with the rich chocolate-red ground-colour replaced by a peculiar madder-purple
tint with a shade of grey, otherwise nearly normal ; one of these is labelled " Bought
of Pratt, sen., Brighton, 1872" (J. C. D.). A large but much faded specimen
" Enborne, 1808 " (J. CD.).

Vanessa urticx, L. — Two very fine examples of the var. ichnusoides, De Selys ;
the first, which is unlabelled, is practically a black insect with a broad, somewhat
triangular streak of orange-red occupying the centre of the fore-wings, and with only
traces of the red band towards the inner margin of the hind-wings. The second,
labelled " Mr. Ross, 1880, Cardiff" (C. W. D.), has all three costal black spots on

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fore-wings fused into a long black blotch, and the black dorsal blotch much elon-
gated towards the hind-margin, which is broadly dark, the subraarginal blue spots
being entirely absent ; the hind-wings, except for a narrow pale hind-niai-gin, are
quite black. A very pale example, " Hudleigh Salterton, May, 1863, E. R. Dale,"
and anotlier, very old and in worn condition, with pale ochreous-brown ground-
colour, " From Rev. H. Burney coll., 1893 " (C. W. D.). One with the ground-
colour pale madder-brown, the usual yellow costal spots of the same tint, " Newport,
1900."

T'anessa e-album, L. — A very fine variety, quite parallel with var. ichnusoides
of V. urticm, having the two outer costal spots of fore-wing enlai'ged and confluent,
the discal spots absent, and the hind-wings much suffused with black. This appears
to have been taken by the Rev. F. O. Morris in 1810 at Retford, Notts. A ? is
as pale above and beneatli as the S. European /'. egea, Cr. One specimen is
labelled " Glanvilles Wootton, Oct., IS16," and another, a ? , " I of W., 1860."

Vanessa poli/ch7oros, Jj. — One 9 ; '""ch suffused and irroi'ated with brownish,
giving the insect a rather dull ajipoaraiice, and with the usual black spots of the
fore-wings replaced by dark brown. " From J. Q-. Ross coll." (C. W. D.).

Argynnis paphia, L.— Two S S from the New Forest, with pale blotches in
the centre of all the wings ; one <? , rather crippled, much suffused with blackish
towards the hind-margins. A very fine ? aberration, having the black markings
(with the exception of the one nearest the base) in the cell, and the whole of the
central spots of the fore-wings suffused into a large irregular black blotch. This
butterfly, which is in wonderfully good preservation considering its age of over
a century, bears two labels, "From Donovan's Colin., taken in ISOi"; and
''S.Stevens coll., 1900" (C. W. D.). An extraordinary aberration, recorded by
the late Mr. J. Jenner Weir as having been taken in the New Forest by Charles
Gulliver in 1880 (Entom., vol. xiii., p. 206). In this specimen both gynandro-
morphism and dimorphism are combined, the left side being quite normal c? , the
right side V > with both wings, especially the fore-wing, a little crippled and reduced
in size. The ground-colour of the fore- wing is rather pale olive-brown (as in some
of the lighter examples of valezina), with a bright fulvous dash along the costa for
about one-third of its length from the base. The hind-wing is longitudinally
divided through the cell and along the fourth nervure into two sharply defined
areas, the costal area being of the bright fulvous colour of the <J , the inner marginal
area being of normal valezina colour. The under-side, though exhibiting the
corresponding sexual differences as above, otherwise departs but little from the
normal type. Labelled " From J. G. Ross collection " (C. W. D.).

Argynnis adippe, L. — Two examples of the var. cleodoxa, Ochs., one old, on
very old pin, but in good condition, without label ; the other. " e mus. Dr. Abbot "
(J. C. D.), and labelled also " Bedford " at side. Dr. Abbot's insects were purchased
by J. C. Dale in 1817 ( cf. London's Magazine of Natural History, vol. Ill, p. 333).

Argynnis aglaia, L. — One $ with the spots in cell enlarged, and the central
area of foro-wings rather strongly suffused with black ; labelled at side, " n. Bed-
ford," and probably one of Dr. Abbot's specimens. A curious small, suffused-
looking (J , m rather poor condition. " Arg. charlotta, var. Blackpool, Aug., 1843,

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J. G. E." It is not, liowever, of that distinct Tariety, of which there are two
specimens in the colleclion, a fine S under-side, " Mus. Ur. Abbot" (J. C. D.), and
at side, " Bed'ord," nnd another not so well marked, " Peterborough." Perhaps
tlie most singular variety in the entire collection, indeed, of any butterfly that
I have ever seen, is a '^ of full size and well-developed, but with the body much
bloated, and presenting generally a diseased appearance. On the upper-side the
whole of the black markings and suffusion are replaced by a very peculiar tint,
difficult to describe exactly, but perhaps best expressed by the term, "pale leaden-
fuscous " ; tlie fulvous ground-colour being slightly paler than in the ordinary form,
and the distribution of the two colours is normal. On the under-side, the fore-wings
are nearly as above, and the hind-wings are pale uniform leaden-brown, with no
trac-e whatever of green ; the usual silver spots being present and normal, but
rather ilull. There is not a trace of black pigment in any part of the insect, which
is in good condition, hut a little damaged at the anal angle of both hind-wings. It is
labelled "Dover, Leplaistrier " (J. C. D.), and is thus referred to by the Rev.
W. T. Bree in London's Mag. Nat. History, vol. V (1832), p. 331, footnote J :—
" A singular variety (of A. aglaia), pale buff -coloured, and with the black spots
and markings very faint. It was taken, as I am informed, in a remarkably wet
season. Tlie specimen reminds me almost of some plant which, having grown in
the dark, has in consequence produced its flowers nearly colourless."

Argynnis lathonia, L. — A series of 14 specimens ; a ? , " Mus. Dr. Abbot,
White Wood, Gamlingay, Camb., June, 1803, Dr. Abbot " (J. C. D.), is fairly good ;
a rather poor specimen, " Halvergate, Norf., A. H. Haworth Gr. S," is dated at side,
" 1818," and two good under-sides, " Birch Wood, B. Standish," bear the same date.
A ^ is " From Mr. Curtis," and two very good under-sides "Dover, Leplaistrier" ;
a better $ , " Gray, Junior, Dover, 1880 ; others are " Dover, 1826," " Kirkman's
sale, 1847," and "From J. G. Ross" (C. W. D.).

Argynnis euphrasy ne, L. — A varied series, among them an old specimen with
the basal black spots enlarged and confluent, and the marginal silver spots on the
hind-wings beneath absent, " n. Bedford," probably one of Dr. Abbot's specimens.
One with hind-wings and apex of fore-wings deeply suffused with olive-brown,
" G. King, July 20/59." Two exceedingly fine dark varieties, " Taken near
Colchester." The first is almost entirely dark rich brown on both sides, the black
spots scarcely visible except on the hind-wings, in which each spot of the sub-
marginal row stands in a dark fulvous ring. The silver spots on the under-side
are normal, and stand out very brilliantly against the dark ground-colour. The
second is even more singular, being above somewhat similar to the preceding, but
more suffused with fulvous; on the under-side, the black basal spots on the right
fore-wing are much enlarged and confluent. The basal half of the hind-wings is
pale yellow, the marginal half red-brown ; there is a large silvery longitudinal
costal dash, and the central and marginal silvery spots are much enlarged, and the
latter elongated towards the base of the wings.

(To he continued).

102 [May,

EXALEOCHARA: A GENUS OF COLEOPTERA NEW TO SCIENCE.
BY JAMES H. KEYS, F.E.S.

While recently examining some examples of the small Staphylinid,
Aleochara morion^ Grav. {Baryodma morion, Muls. et Rey), I was
much surprised to find that their anterior tarsi were four-jointed only.
To make sure on all points 1 forwarded a specimen to Mens, A. Fauvel,
and asked his opinion on the matter. He has been good enough to
reply to me as follows :— " Je suis de votre avis. Cet insecte n'a que
4 articles aux tarses anterieurs et ne pent rester dans le genre Aleo-
chara. II faudra sans doute en faire le type d'un nouveau genre."

From its tarsal formula (4-5-5) it is evident that the insect
should not be classed with the Aleocharina, which are 5-jointed in all
tarsi, whilst the minute accessory joint of the palpi renders its re-
moval to the Myrmedoniina equally undesirable. It is apparently an
intermediate form connecting the two tribes, and is therefore on that
account extremely interesting. It would perhaps be better to allow
the insect to rest for the time in its present position iu our list, but
to provide it with a new generic name. I propose Exaleochara as an
appropriate word for that purpose, as it would be suggestive of the
location of the insect; and, if the synoptical table including the
genus be provided with au explanatory note, there should be no great
difficulty to a student in working out the species.

" MorwcU," Lipson Road, Plymouth :
April I5a, 1907.

ALEOCHARA IJISCIPENNIS, Muls. and Rey : A BRITISH INSECT.
BY G. C. CHAMPION, F.Z.S.

8ome two years ago, at Mr. E. Saunders's request, I examined
the Sfaphylinid(B in Dr. Capron's collection, and amongst other in-
teresting species (^Aleochara maculata* , Homalota I'ufotestaeea, Quedius
longicornis, &c.) noted two specimens of an Aleochara strange to me
as British. One of these was subsequently submitted to M. Fauvel,
who pronounced it to be a small example of A. discipennis, Muls. and
Eey. Dr. Capron's insects were mostly captured in the neighbourhood
of Shiere, Surrey, but as no locality was attached to his specimens, it
seemed inadvisable to record this particular species till further evidence

* A specimen of this species was captured on the wing at Guildfoid })y my son on March
27th, whence 1 have previously recorded it.

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could be adduced of a definite British habitat. This want has now
been supplied by Mr. J. J. Walker, who found a somewhat immature
example in sheep dunji: at Queendown Warren, near Chatham, on
August 20th last.

A. discipennis may be briefly described as a small A. fusci2)es,w\t\\
the antennae formed very much as in A. lanutjinosa. The elytra are
shorter than the prothorax, rufescent, with the sutural region and the
sides infuscate, much as in Oxypoda Uvidipennis and its allies. The
hind body is somewhat densely punctured towards the base and more
sparsely so towards the apex, a character separating A. discipennis
from all the forms of A. succlcola. The elytral punctuation is finer
and denser than in A. laniiqino>i(i. A. discipennis is found in France,
the Alps, Pyrenees, Tyrol, &c., and is apparently not rare. I have
recorded it from Moucayo, North Spain.*

Horsell, Woking :

April, 1907.

ENICMUS FUNQICOLA, Thoms., A SPECIES OF COLEOPTERA
NEW TO BRITAIN.

BY E. A. NEWBERT.

The above interesting addition to the list is owing to the exertions
of Mr. H. Britten, who has done so much good work among the
beetles of Cumberland. Its nearest allies are E. rugosus, Herbst, and
E. testaceiis, Steph., from these it may be separated as follows: —

I. Metasternura and 1st abdominal segment punctured more strongly on the sides.

a. Body and elytra black ; a longitudinal line impressed on the 1st ventral
segment ; average size smaller E. rugosus, Herbst.

aa. Elytra reddish-testaceous, with the body black ; without impressed line on
1st ventral segment; average size larger E.fungicola, Thoms.

II. Metasterniim and 1st abdominal segment impunctate, but sometimes with very

fine longitudinal wrinkles ; upper surface entirely lighter or darker tes-
taceous E. testaceus, Steph.

Some of the above distinctions are invisible in specimens carded
in our usual manner, but as a rule the colour of the upper side is
sufficient to separate them, E. rugosus being entirely black, E. testaceus
entirely reddish, and E.fungicola black with reddish elytra. I have

* Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond., 1904, p. 89.

104

[May,

not thought it necessary to include E. fmnsoersus, 01, in the above
table, the shape of the thorax being quite different ; while U. minutus,
L, comes in another subgenus {Gonithassa, Thorns.).

We have now as British all the European species in the subgenus
Emcmus, i. sp., except two from the Caucasus {i. e. duUus, Mann , and
mannerheimi, Kolen.). Those who desire a detailed description of E
^^^-^eo/^. cannot do better than refer to M. Belon's " Lathridiens "
(Lyons ed., p. 332)- The insect has hitherto only been recorded from
Scandinavia, Moravia, Silesia, and Transylvania.

Mr. Britten took the species in some small numbers in dry fun^i
on a tree at Edenhall, Cumberland, May 13th, 1906.

12, Churchill Eoad,

Dartmouth Park, N.W. :
April \Wi, 1907.

[The insect recorded by me fron. Aviemore (Ent. Mo. Mag., xi, p. 64) under
the name Lathridins rugoms must be referred to E.fungicola. Mr. Tomlin has
also taken it at Cannock Chase. --G. C. CI.

EXARTEMA LATIFASCIANA, Hw., ab. VINE AN A, n. ab.
BY EUSTACE R. BANEES, M.A., F.E.S.

Of this exceedingly local and usually scarce Tortrix, more gene-
rally known in Britain as Sericoris latifascmna, Mr. A.. C. Vine some
years ago, met with an interesting recurrent aberration which seems
certainly worthy of a special name, and with which it affords me great
pleasure to associate his own. It occurred, though very rarely, in
Abbotts' Wood, Sussex, where the three examples that Mr Vine
generously gave me were taken by him in 1890 and 1S91 from a single
ash tree, which yielded him three or four others, together with t'he
whole of the le.igthy series of typical specimens that he then secured
This aberration differs from the type in that the conspicuous yellow
fascia and the yellow markings of the fore-wing are obsolete, thouc^h
the leaden-grey lines that accompany them remain, and are, except for
a few pale flecks on the costa, the only markings on the deep fuscous
ground-colour.

Two of my specimens have the cilia of the fore-wing uniformly
dark fuscous, but in the third they are ochreous, blotched with dark
fuscous, as in the type, with which, however, all three agree in having
the palpi white and the crown of the head ydlow. Whereas some
authors, e. g., Wilkinson, Stainton, and Meyrick, have described the
fore-wings of latifasciana as yellow with fuscous markings, it seems

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to me preferable, as the above diagnosis will show, to regard them as
fuscous with yellow markings, but it is merely " a distinction without
a difference." 1 have not at hand Havvorth's original description of
latifasciana, published iu Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond., i, 337 (1810), but
have little doubt that he took the latter view, and that the broad fascia
that suggested the name is the i/eUoiv one: in any case, this was
obviously so when he gave the name aurofascicma to this same species
in Lep. Brit., 4<68 (1S12), for it must be remembered that his lati-
fasciana of Lep. Brit., iL4, is not the Tortrix under notice, but Acalla
schalleriana, L.

1 learn from Mr. Vine that the latter half of July is the best
time for the imagines of jSJ. latifasciana, which fly, rather high, from
about 4 to about 7 p m. He used to watch for them as they approached
the ash tree with a spinning flight and alighted on the bunches of
old seeds, from which they were then beaten out and netted, but
he failed to ascertain whence they came, and says that they certainly
do not roost among the ash seeds, and that a large supply of these,
collected in the hope of breeding the insect therefrom, only yielded
Argyrotozn conwayana, Eb., iu abundance. On the Continent the larva
is found, in the spring, in galleries amongst moss on ti'ee-trunks, but
Mr. Vine tells me that there was very little moss on the trunk, and
none at all on the exposed roots, of his extraordinarily productive
ash tree.

Norden, Corfe Castle :

April IGth, 1907.

THE MIGRATION OF AQUATIC REMIPTERA.
BY N. M. EICHARDSON, B.A.

On September 2(jth, 1904, Mrs. Richardson was standing by a
small pond in one of our fields at about 11 a.m., when she noticed
that there was something unusual going on amongst its inhabitants
and called me to see it. The pond is a shallow one, never dry, like
many of these field ponds, about seven or eight yards in diameter,
and there is a similar slightly larger cue on the other side of the
hedge. It is a good deal shaded by trees, and the margin of it is
soft mud. Numbers of "water-boatmen" {Gorixa geofroyi, Leach)
were coming up out of the water to the edge of the pond, parts of
the shore being often lined with a rank two or three deep. They
mostly remained for a short time in the water, on the surface, within an
inch or two of the shore, and as soon as the sun came out, which it did

106 [May,

at frequent intervals, began to fly away. Those which came on shore
either crawled back or rose with difficulty. They generally took one
or two turns in the air before they finally departed, and at times it
looked as if a swarm of bees was flying about, their flight being not
unlike that of bees, but rather slower. T'hey finally flew off, rising to a
considerable height, all in an easterly direction towards the Weymouth
Backwater, about 1| miles distant, but whether that was their destina-
tion (it is brackish water) or not, it is impossible to say. The number
that left the pond must liave been very large, for the exodus lasted
for certainly two hours and probably longer ; it had quite ceased by
2.30 p.m., and I estimated the rate of departure as being often as
many as from one to two hundred in a minute when the sun shone
brightly. Some thousands must have left the pond akogetlier, far
more than I should have imagined it contained. A great many fell a
prey to the starlings which were hawking about in an unusual manner
in considerable numbers at a little distance, in the line of flight of
the insects. A few (perhaps 20 or 30) large water beetles (Acilius
sulcatus, Linn.) came to the edge of the water and sat on sticks, &c.,
which projected above its surface, and some crawled up the mud, but
we only saw four actually fly away, so that the migratory impulse did
not seem to be so strong upon them as on the boatmen. I did not
see any other insects migrating, unless it were one or two small
beetles, but I am not sure about these.

Nothing unusual appeared to be going on in the adjacent pond
to the west, wliich is generally well populated and also a permanent
pond. There was hardly any wind, none at all being perceptible on
the pond, but what there was came from the west, and it was a rather
warm day for the season. Under ordinary circumstances one sees a
few of the water-boatmen occasionally in the pond, but they never
seem to be particularly numerous.

No further migration from this ])ond was observed until
October 1 1th, when, between 11 and 12 in the morning, the day
being warm and sunny, another smaller species of " water-boatman "
{Gorixa fahricii, Fieb.) was seen to be migrating in considerable
numbers, though not to the same extent as the larger species in
September. They continued tmtil about 2 \).m., when the flight
ceased. They did not swim to the edge of the pond like Corixa
gcoffroyi, but seemed to rise straight from the bottom and fly up from
the surface of the water. They then circled round higher and higher
until they were lost among the branches of the surrounding trees ;
but some, after taking a turn or two over the water, flew straight

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iiw.ay down the field in an easterly direction, the same as that taken
by the larger species. Whilst the flight was going on a few of them
paddled about on the surface in a sort of dance, but these did not
seem to fly away like those which came straight up from the bottom
of the [)ond. No migration of any sort was going on in other ponds
in adjacent fields.

1 have always understood that these small ponds were believed
to be stocked with water-beetles (and I suppose any other winged
water insects such as water-boatmen) by immigrants flying from other
[)ieces of w%'iter, but I have not come across any account of a migra-
tion such as the present one, though it must surely be of not infre-
quent occurrence, and likely to be observed by those who keep their
eyes open for such things.

Montevideo, Chickerell, near Weymouth :
April, 1007.

THE BRITISH PLECOPTERA (PERLIDMJ.
BY K. J. MOBTON, P E.S.

The following short sketch of our knowledge of the British
Plecoptera has been suggested by some enquiries that have reached
me, reminding me that a good deal of recent information concerning
our species has never been noticed in any of the British Entomo-
logical publications. In the genus Nemoura, in |)articular, several
changes and additions have to be recorded ; but it may be of use to
run over all the genera.

Bictyopteryx.— lLyvo species appear in McLachlan's Catalogue of
1870: mio-ocephala and rectangula. The latter, according to examples
named for me by him, seems to be quite the same as what he called
microcepTiala, the individuals referred to having merely a somewhat
simpler nenration than is usual, and as far as I can say with certainty
at present, only one species of Dicfyopterijx (in the restricted sense)
occurs in Britain. I have seen it in many examples from highland
lakes and lowland rivers in Scotland, and from the Severn, the Kennet,
and the Test in the South. All these British insects were at one time
considered by Klapalek as rectangula and different from microcephala ;
but he now regards a South European insect as the true rectangula,
and he has recently described our species as new under the name of

108 fMay,

D. mortoni. The same form has been fouud in Germany. The form
to which the name tnicrocephala was applied has now been determined
as dispar, Kambur, while microcephala, Pict., is the name reserved for
a form in whie-h the (^ is full-winged.

The other British species included by Klapalek in Dictyopteryx is
quite different, and has been placed by him in a separate sub-genus,
Dictyopterygella. The species is D. recta, Kempny, which has been
in British collections for the last forty years as a form of Isogenus
nubecula. It is a most abundant insect at many Highland lakes, and
is well known to most British Neuropterists.

Isogenus nubecula, Newm. — Common at some of the great
European rivers, but I have never been able to obtain it from this
country, although McLachlan had no doubt about its occurrence.

Ferla. — This genus remains represented by three species: maxima,
marijinaia, and cephalotes. 8ome doubt has been thrown on the exist-
ence of the second named species. jMcLachlan, however, knew it
well, and was satisfied that he had seen it from Britain. It has never
come my way.

Ghloroperla. — Perhaps this genus is not yet thoroughly under-
stood. But in the meantime qranimatica is the onl}' species that can
be spoken of with certainty. There is no evidence that C. rivulorum
occurs with us.

Isopteryx. — /. burmeisteri and apicalis as understood by Con-
tinental authors have not come before me from this country, and they
are very doubtfully British. The two species that can be included
with certainty are iripunctata. Scop., and torrentium, Pict.

Capnia holds C. nigra, Pict., and atra, Morton. ^. species
recently described by Klapalek as Capnia vidua has the wings rather
shortened in the ? , and he has suggested that the Braemar specimens
referred to by me (Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond., 1896, p. 59) may belong
to vidua. This subject requires further investigation ; but the
material is not now accessible, and it would be also necessary to
examine males.

Tceniopteryx. — The species are nebulosa, Linn., trifasciata, Pict.,
and risi, Morton. It is necessary to mention that our trifasciata is
somewhat different from the Continental species called by that name
by Klapalek, who also refers nebulosa to a separate genus, Nephelop-
teryx.

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Nemoura. — This genus has been divided by Kempny and Ris into
several sub-genera, and the species are as follows : —
Sub-genus Protonemurn, Kempny.
prcecox, Morton.
meyeri, Pict.
Sub-genus Amphinemura, Ris.

cinerea (OH v., Pict.), Morton.
*sfandfussi, Eis. Distinguished from cinerea especially
by a remarkable arrangement of dark spines on
the appendages. Taken by me in Scotland many
years ago, but I have not seen it recently.
Sub-genus Nemura, sens. str.

varlegafa, Oliv. et Auct.
*mnrqinata (Pict.), Kiap. = lateralis, Mort., Trans.
Ent. Soc. Loud., ISOi, p. 5G4. I now agree that
Klapalek's view is likely to be the more correct,
and I have adopted it, as has also Dr. Ris in
his valuable paper (Die Schweizerischen Arten
der Perliden-Gattung Nemura. Mitt. Schweiz.
Entom. Gess., Bd. 10, Heft 9). Occurs in Devon
and Scotland, and probably elsewhere.

cambrica (Steph.), Mort.
avicnlaris, Mort.
Sub-genus Nemurella, Kempny.

inconspicua (Pict.), Mort. This name has been adopted
by Ris, but not by Klapalek, who has called the
species picfefii.

Leuctra. — I have already given notes on the British species. See
vol. xxxviii, pp. 255-6. They are : —
geniculata, Steph.
klapdleki, Kempny.

fusciventris, Steph. ?
alhida, Kempny.
liippopus, Kempny.
handlirschi, Kempny.

race or var. inermis, Kempny.
niffra (Oliv.), Klap.

13, Blackford Road, Edinburgli :
December lOth, 1906.

* Now formally recorded as British, I think, for the first time.

110 [May,

Stenus niveiis, Fauti.,at Chohham. — Amongst a few Coleoptera found in Sphag-
niim at Chobliam on April 1st, tlie following are worth noting: — Stenu.i niveux,
Faiiv., Homalota eremita, Rje, and H. fallaclosa, Sharp. The Stenufs was also
found by me last year at the same locality, but was ouiitted from my note in the
Ent. Mo. Mag., xlii, pp. 136, 137. It is evidently a perfectly good species, and
occurs in some numbers in the Sphagnum, unaccompanied by S. pallitarslx, Sleph.
M. eremitn, of which two specimens where tnken.has not hitherto been recorded from
so far south, though a familiar insect on the Scotch mountains. — Gr. C. Champion,
Horsell, Woking: Aiiril 15//;, I'JnV.

Stegatwptt/cha pygmwana in Surrey. — Although the late Mr. Weston, writing
27 years ago in the " Entomologist" (vol. xiii, lfiO),says, "It has, I believe, occurred
sparingly in Surrey," I have not seen any allusion to its capture in this county
since, nor does its name appear in the Victoria History of Surrey, published only
five years ago ; it may be of interest, then, to state that 1 met with it in some
numbers in April last year flying round spruce firs in the bright sunshiue. In two
short visits I netted upwards of fifty s)>ecimens. I Jiave nor looked for it this
month, owing to the low temperature and lack of sun up to the {)resent, and a
bright sunny day is absolutely necessary ; no sun, no pi/g»i;eana ! I ho]ie to find
the larva in July. - A. Thubnall, Thornton Heath : April Wih, 1907.

Xanthia ocellaris at Norwich : a correction. — The record of the occun-ence of
Xanthia ocellaris at Norwich, on page 65 of the current volume of this Magazine,
has by mistake been attributed to Mr. E. A. Atmore, of King's Lynn, instead of
to myself. — H. J. Thoitle.ss, Corfe, College Road, Norwich : April \7th, 1907.

Psamotis pulveralix, Hb., in Sussex. — I took a specimen of tliis Pyralid on a
street lamp in Bognor, Susses, on August 8th last year; the insect has been kindly
identified for me by I\Ir. W. H. B. Fletcher. Strangely enough from the situation
of its capture, it is a female. — 11. L. F. Guekmonpkez, Dalkeith, Bognor: April
12th, 1907.

Nabis boops, Schiodte, in Sussex. — A specimen of this rare Hemipteron was
swept up by mc at Slindon on August 14th, 1905. — Id.

Notes on Dipiera in Scotland, 1906. — My collecting last year was confined to
districts which I liad already worked, but a number of new species were obtained.
In the following list those marked with an asterisk are new records froni the Forth
district.

At Pollon, on June 2nd, I found Ifomalomi/ia armata,* Mg., S , Pipiza lutei-
tarsis,* Ztt., ? (former records, as far as I can make out, are all from the Soutli of
England), and Loxocera .«ylvatica,* Mg., 9 ; on June 9th, Pipunndus confusus,*
Verr., ^ $ S ; on August 6th, Macrocera lutea, Mg., both sexes, Ptychoptera
lacustris,* Mg., $, Peris geniculala, Curt., ?, I'achydromia pecloralis* ¥ln., J,
Argyra atriceps,* Lw., several of both sexes, Azelia triquetra,* W., $ , Sapromyza

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inusta* Mg., ? , 5. prxusta* Fin., <? ? , and Micropeza lateralis, Mg. ; on Sep-
tember 20th, Dynatosoma nigricoxa* Ztl., <? , Mycetophila lineofa* Mg., 2 V ?>
^T/. litn((ta* Mg., cJ 9 . 'Sciophila fasciata* Ztt., 9 , Macrocera stigma* Curl., ? ,
and Diadocidiaferruginosa* Mg., 9 .

From Musselburgh the following species may be recorded : Oreogeton flaoipes,*
Mg., in coitii, 30.VII.06, Tacliydromia cursitana.* F., and Sapromyza rorida* Fin.,
24.VIT.0(>, Dolichopus pennatux* Mg., S 9 , 30.VII.06, and on the same day D.
longicornis* Stan., J 9 > in some numbers, also Xanlhochlorus ornatns* Hal., 2 J (? ,
Azelia zetterstedli* Rnd., was common on UmheUiferx, 24..VII.0f>, and several
examples of Scatnphaga maculipes,* Ztt , and Calobata cibaria* L., were taken,
5.VII.H6. On my window T got Lasioxoma Jiirtum* Mg., 2 <? <J , I 9 , 1. VIII.06,
Bolilophila cinerea, Mg., 9 j 28.X.06 ; and I may also mention CuJex pipiens,\i.,
2 9 9. ly.XII.OG, surely a late date. A fine specimen of Syrphns guttatus, Fin.,
S , occurred, 24. VI. 06, and Porphyrops riparia, Mg., was common along the river
banks ; it was also common at Polton.

I re-visited Aberfoyle on August 20tli, and remained till September 3rd. The
weather was good, but flies were not quite up to the average as regards numbers,
though my list of species is longer than on any previous visit. During the first
week of our stay Bibio pomonse, F., was in swarms. For miles over the hills they
were to be seen in crowds flying over the bracken and heather, or clinging to the
rocks, while every pool had its quota of dead or drowning individuals. During the
previous summer a good sized plantation, chiefly oak, had been cut down, and on
stumps remaining I found many flies, such as : Micropalpus vitlpinus, Fln.,commo:',
Trixa oestroidea, Desv., (J, and Pallopfera nsta* Mg., 2 9 9 , 28. VIII.06. Sun-
ning on leaves I got Chilosia longula,* Ztt., $ , 25. VIII. 06, Syrphus cinctellus,
Ztt., several, S. ductus* Fin., 4 9 9 , 23.VIII.06, Xylota forum, ¥., J, 1.IX.06,
Pyropkwna rosarum, F., S, Conops Jiavlpes,* L., <? , 23. VIII. 06, and Loxocera
albiseia* SehrV., <? , I.IX.06. Pipunculns was in some numbers, and on August
23rd I took in a very short time 18 <? (? and 1 9 of campe.ifris, Ltr., and a beauti-
ful (? of xanlhopus,* Thoms. On the same day occurred also Arctophila mussitans,
F., $, Ischyrotyrphus glaucius, L., 5 9?. Hylemyia flavipennis, Fin., 9. and
Morellia simplex,* Lw., both sexes. On August 25th I took two fine 9 ? of
Pachyrrhina imperialis, Mg., and on the 28th, while near the top of Craigmore
three Tabanids settled on my coat, but I caught only one, which proved to be a
rather worn example of Tabanus sudeticus, Zlr., 9 . A number of Hydrophorus
borealis,* Lw , were found at a small pool on August 27th, but as they uever left
the surface of the water they were difficult to catch, the net being soaked at each
attempt. However, I managed to get about twenty specimens, including both
sexes. Other DoUchopodidx taken included Argyra leucocepJtala,* 'Mg., 2 ^ S,
24. VIII. 06, Gymnopternus terosus,* Fin., a common species, Hypophyllus obscur-
ellus* Fin., ^ , 23. VIII.06. Dolichopus signatus,* Mg., 1 <? , 2 9?, 23.VIII.06,
D. vitripennis,* Mg., <? 9, 2.IX.06, and D. di.soifer,* Stan., 9, 24.VIII.Ci6. On
previous visits I have taken this species, earlier in the season, in some plenty.
General sweeping produced Elgiva lineala,* Fin., c? , 29. VIII. 06, Allophyla atri-
cornis* Lw., $ , 21.VIII.06, Lepidomyia w,elanoeephala,* F., 9, 21. VIII.06 (I am

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indebted to Mr. Grimshaw for this identification), Olaphyroptern fascipennis*
Mg., 9, 1.IX.06, and Erloptera flnoencens* Mg., both sexes common. — A. E. J.
Carter, 4, West Holmes Gardens, Musselburgli : March \Wi, 1907.

A Natural History of the British Butterflies, their World-wide
Variation and Geographical Distribution ; a Text-book for Students and
Collectors : by J. W. Tutt, F.E.S. Vol. 1, pp. 479, plates XX. London :
Elliot Stock. Berlin : Friedliinder & Sohn. 1905-1006.

It is just fifty years since the late Mr. Stainton, at pp. 69-71 of his well-known
" Manual," deplored our lack of knowledge of the life-history of many of our native
butterflies — indeed, one might well say of nearly all, except the commonest and
most familiar of our species. Following a suggestive list of questions as to our
acquaintance with this subject, he goes on to say, " When these questions can be
answered with reference to each species of our butterflies, we may then adnnt that
their natural history is known ; and it would then become practicable to write
a good monograph of the group."

The vast amount of work devoted, since the above was written, to the study
and investigation of the Palsearctic Rhopalocera from all points of view, has placed
us in a position to answer Mr. Stainton's questions with regard to our relatively
few species of butterflies in a manner far more complete and thorough than even
he could at the lime have foreseen : and the first portion of such a monograph as
he contemplated is now presented to us as one of the volumes of Mr. Tutt's great
work on the British Lepidoptera.

The writer of the volume now under review h.as long held a chief place among
Entomological writers abroad as well as at home, and every advanced student of the
Order is deeply sensible of his indebtedness to Mr. Tutt for the most complete and
detailed, as well as the most scientific, treatise on the Lepidoptera of our islands
that has appeared up to the present time. It is perhaps not necessary to state, in
view of the careful and exhaustive method pursued by Mr. Tutt in dealing with his
subject which is now so well known, that in the present volume, the first of several
to be devoted to the consideration of our Butterflies, the amount of information
relating to each species is almost overwhelming. Every available source, from the
beginnings of Entomological literature to the current periodicals, has been ransacked
for data and observations, and the assistance of a large and repi'esentative body of
our leading workers in the Order Lepidoptera is gratefully acknowledged by
Mr. Tutt.

The first eighty pages of the volume, which is uniform with its predecessors in
the author's " British Lepidoptera," and of the same high quality as regards
printing and general get-up, are devoted to a general consideration of the earlier
stages of the group, so far as the ovum and larva are concerned. The author
negatives the idea, still popular in some quarters, that the differences between
" Butterflies " and " Moths " are of an essential and deep-seated character, and he
treats the former as comprising two of the super-families of the " upright-egged

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stirps " of the Lepidoptera, tlicir closest relatives being found in such " moths " as
the Castniids, Notodontids, Noctuids, &c. The chapters on the photographing of
the eggs of butterflies, contributed by Mr. A. E. Tonga, and those on the methods
to be employed in finding and obtaining the ova themselves, as well as the larvae,
are taken from Mr. Tutt's well-known " Practical Hints for the Field Lepidopterist,"
and will be read again in this connection with renewed interest. Even more
valuable and suggestive are the two clia]jters (IX and X) entitled "The Association
of Ants with Butterfly LarvEe," and " Carnivorous Habits of Butterfly Larvse."
Most of the known instances of ants attending on, protecting, and deriving nutri-
ment from (one might almost say " milking ") the larvse of Lycaenid butterflies
relate to exotic, and especially to Oriental and Australian species ; but a full
account of the association of our little ant, Formica Jlava, with the long-sought
larva of Lyr^ena arion, quite recently observed by Mr. F. W. Frohawk (Entom.,
vol. XXXVI, pp. 58-60), is given on pp. 36, 37. Chapters XII, " On the Silk-
spinning Habit of Butterfly Larvae," and XIII, " On the Coloration of Butterfly
Larvae," in which the subject is regarded from the standpoints of "cryptic "and
" warning " coloration, are also of very great interest, especially from the evolutionary
point of view. The external and internal structure of the butterfly larva is fully
detailed in chapters VII and VIII, the interesting subjects of the aestivation and
hibernation of the larva being postponed to a succeeding volume.

Turning now to the butterflies dealt with in this volume, the large scale on
which the work is carried out admits of only ten species being included, namely,
our eight " Urbicolides " or so-called " skippers " (Mr. Tutt omits all mention of
the reported occurrence of Hexperia alveus, Hiibn., in Norfolk) and our two
" Coppers," Rumicia (Chrysophanus) phiseas, L., and the long-extinct Chrysophanus
dispar, Haw. The general consideration of the superfamily " Ruralides," to which
the two last -mentioned species, and our familiar " Hairstreaks " and "Blues," as
well as our solitary representative of the great Erycinid group, Hamearis (Nemeo-
biusj lucina, L.,are now referred, and the historical summary of their arrangement
by successive systematists from Linne onwards, occupies sixteen pages (298-314) ;
while to Rumicia phi aias itself no fewer than eighty-four (330—414), many of them
in small type, are devoted. The treatment of this species may be taken as a fair
sample of the thorough manner in which the whole work is to be executed ; and
while it seems to us that a comprehensive scheme of tabulation of such details as
the times of appearance, distribution at home and abroad, &c., would have facilitated
reference in the case of this and the other species comprised in the volume,
Lepidopterists, one and all, will be grateful to Mr. Tutt for having brought together
so great a mass of interesting information on one of our most familiar and .beautiful
butterflies. The variation — climatic, seasonal, and geographical — of Rumicia phlxas,
as of all the other species, is most fully worked out, and a large number of varieties
and aberrations, more or less marked, are for the first time indicated and described.
The minute and carefully arranged account of the various stages of the life-history
(pp. 380-396) will be read with great interest, as will the very full summary of the
history of Chrysophanus dispar as a British butterfly, and the story of its extinction
(pp. 42U-428). The life-history of this species has been for the first time completed
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those of Thymelicus aclxon and Urbicola comma have also received their finishing
details. Enough, however, has been said to show the vahie of this first instalment
of Mr. Tutt's great work, which is indispensable to every serious student of the
Order Lepidoptera. We would add that the twenty plates with whicli the volume
is illustrated are reproduced in excellent style from first-rate photographs, and
would especially call attention to the beautiful and life-like figures of Heaperia
malvw in its natural attitudes, from photographs taken by Mr. Hugh Main, on
plate XIX. A volume dealing with the remainder of the " Ruralides " is, we
understand, well advanced in preparation, and will be published probably within
the next twelve months, and this we shall be heartily glad to welcome. — -J. J. W.

Cataloocts Coleopteeorum Europe, Caucasi et Armenia rossic^ : by
Dr. L. V. Heyden, E. Reitter, and J. Weise : edited by E. Reitter ; Editio
Secunda : Berlin, Paskau and Caen, 1906. Imp. 8vo, ))p. 771.

Students of Palcearctic Coleoptera will be pleased to see the new and revised
edition of this very useful list. A comparison of the two editions shows the vast
number of additions that have been made during the past fifteen years, and also
that our knowledge of the European Coleoptera is by means exhausted. An inno-
vation in the present list is the separate pagination of the two columns on every page,
and the much larger size of the pages themselves. The system of classification
adopted is also new, and one that will probably not commend itself to the purely
British Coleopterist. The species are arranged under nine main groups : — (1)
Adephaga, for the families usually included under that name, plus the Rhysodidx
and Faussid.i; ; (2) Poltphaga, for the Staphylinidif. (arranged in the reverse
order, commencing with the Piestinx), and several of the families belonging to the
Clavicorn series; (3) Palpicobnia ; (4) Canthaboidea, for the Malacoderms,
Bytu'fidx, Ostomidx, SpAwritidas, Nitidulidx, Cucuj'idas, Cryptophagidse, Erotylidse,
Phalacridse, Thorictidse, Lathridiid.v, Mycetophagidit', Sphindidx, Cissidas, Coly-
diidss, Endomychidx, Coccinellidas, &c. ; (5) Dascilloidea, for ihe Helodidss, Uryo-
pidse, Georyssidse, Heteroceridx, Dermestidae, Nosodendridas, JByrrhidas, Dascillidas,
and most of the Serricorn series ; (6) Heteromera, commencing with the (Edeme-
ridae, and ending with the Tenebrionidx ; (7) Phytophaga, for the Cerambycidx,
Chrysomelidm, and Lariidx {Bruchidx) ; (8) RuYNCiiOPHORA, commencing with the
Anthribidx ; (9) Lamellicoknia. This arrangement, it may be noted, is somewhat
similar to that proposed by Dr. Sharp, in the Cambridge Natural History, vol. ii
(1899), who divided the Coleoptera into six sections : (I) LameUicornia ; ("Z) Ade-
phaga ; (3) Polymorpha ; (4) Reteromera ; (5) Phytophaga ; (6) Rhynvhophora.
Most of the species and varieties described by British authors seem to be noted,
including such recent additions as Eiiplectus tomlini and Dacne foioleri,3oj,ih.o\ig\\
at least one omission is obvious, viz., Ceuthorrhynchiis contractus, Marsh., var.
pallipes, Crotch (described in Fowler's Coleoptera of the British Islands), from
Lundy Island. Two pre-occupied generic names are retained, viz., Diglossa and
Hylophilus, though in each case there is another one available.

Preliminary List of Coleoptera obsera'ed in the neighbourhood of
Oxford from 1819 to 1907 : compiled for the Ashmolean Natural History Society

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of Oxfordshire, from all available records : by James J. Walkee, Hon. M.A., R.N.,
F.L.S. : reprinted from the Ashmolean Natural History Society Report for lOOfi.

This list of beetles includes all those observed by the author during his resi-
dence at Oxford since the early part of 1904, supplemented by the captures of
Messrs. W. Holland, A. H. Hamm, and J. Collins, of the Hope Department of the
Oxford Museum. About 150 species noted by the Eev. F. W. Hope, between 1819
and 1822, while he was an undergraduate at Christ Church, have been traced (in-
cluding detailed records of the capture of such doubtfully British forms as Necro-
phorus germanicus and Platycerus caraboides) and the captures of Prof. Westwood
(including Claviger tesfaceus in 1838) have not been overlooked. The area covered
is a radius of seven miles from the centre of the city, and altogether 1399 species
are enumerated, about 42-5 per cent, of the total number known from the British
Islands. The list can be compared with that of the Rochester district, six miles
radius, published in 1899, by the same writer, in which 1615 species are recorded.
For an inland midland district, Oxford, therefore, compares very favourably, and
even there a certain number of forms usually associated with the coast have been
found, Harpalus anxius, for instance, being a common insect at Tubney. In a
supplementary note at the end of the list various species found in "mole's nests"
are added, showing that this method of searching, first tried with success by Dr.
Joy, is everywhere profitable.— G. C. C.

The Victoria Histoet of the Counties of England ; a History of
Yorkshire ; Insects : edited by George T. Poeriit, F.L.S., &c. Pp. 80, folio.
London : A. Constable & Co., Limited. 1907.

The section of the " Victoria History " relating to the Entomology of Yorkshire
has been entrusted to the editorship of our colleague, Mr. G. T. Porritt. It is thus
needless to say that the work has been well executed, especially as regards the
Lepidoptera, Neuroptera, and Orthoptera, the orders that chiefly occupy his
attention. The list of Lepidoptera in particular, with the full enumeration of
localities, and the interesting annotations to nearly every species, appears to us to
be quite the best that has yet appeared in the " History," and it is preceded by a
concise but lucid and valuable account of the remarkable spread of melanism in
Yorkshire moths, which has of late attracted so much attention. In all, 1,384
species, or 64'4 per cent, of our entire Lepidopterous fauna, are enumerated as
having occurred in Yorkshire; a number probably greater than in any other county
of England, and no doubt due not so much to its extent and varied character as to
the fact that, from the commencement of the study of our insects, it has always
possessed a large and efficient band of hardworking collectors and observers. In
the remaining Orders, the Coleoptera, by Messrs. E. G. Bayford and M. Lawson
Thompson, shows a good total of 1,707 species, or 52 per cent, of the British
beetle-fauna ; the water-beetles of the far-famed Askham Bog, and the wonderful
captures by Messrs. Lawson and Wilkinson near Scarborough a generation ago,
adding largely to the list of rarities. The lists of the Hymenoptera and Biptera
are, on the other hand, very meagre, barely one-seventh of the total number of
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large group of Chnlcididre are reoorcled from Yorksliiro ; while the Hemiptera are
alfogether omitted. The chief value of these " County Lists " of insects lies in the
fact, that they form an " up-to-rlate " summary of our knowledge (or our want of it)
of the fauna of the districts dealt with, and that they indicate clearly the amount of
work remaining to be done to make such knowledge complete ; and in both these
respects the present list is one of the most important that has yet appeared.

Catalogtte of British Orthoptera, Neuroptera. and Trichoptkra : by
the late C. W. Dale, F.E.S. Revised and corrected. W. H. Harwood and Son,
Colchester.

Mr. Harwood has been well advised in issuing this Catalogue, for such an
one has been urgently wanted for many years. Althougli based on a series of
Lists prepared by the late Mr. C. W. Dale, there is, we fancy, in some Orders,
but little of the author's original lists left, for the arrangement and nomen-
clature of these insects have quite recently been so much altered, Mr. TTarwood
found it necessary to obtain the co-r>peration of specialists in the various Orders ;
aud so the Lists stand largely as the work of Messrs. Malcolm Burr, F.L.S. (the
Orthoptera) ; W. J. Lucas, F.E.S. (the Odonata) ; H. L. F. G-uermonprez (the
Coppoqnatha) ; and Kenneth J. Morton, F.E.S. (the remainder of the Neuroptera
and the Trichopfera). No more competent authorities could have been selected,
and in themselves they form a guarantee of the accuracy and completeness of the
compilations. So recent are some of the names which have supplanted those more
familiar to us, they sound quite strange to British ears, but there is no doubt they
are correct, and will have to be generally adopted. We are glad to find that, as we
have contended for many years it should, Hemerohhis quadrifasciatiis is at last to
rank as a distinct species. We notice one or two errors in the names given as the
authors of species ; and the genus Acrldium is printed Airridinm ; but there is
little else to which we cannot give the heartiest praise. — Gr. T. P.

Birmingham Entomological Society : March I8th, 1907. — Mr. G. T.
Bethune-Bakee, Pi'esident, in the Chair.

The Rev. C. Thornewill showed several interesting Lepidoptera : Agrotis ne-
glecta, Hb.,from Burnt Wood, N. Staffs., a specimen of the so-called yellow variety
discovered there by Mr. F. C. Woodforde ; Conniia paleacea, Esp. (fulvago, Hb.),
which emerged unlocked for in his breeding cage from amongst some N. Shropshire
larviB, and which he believed to be new to the County ; a fine var. of Helotropha
leucostigma, Hb. (fibrosa), which was taken at sugar in his own orchard at Whit-
church, Salop, and had been illustrated by Barrett ; Ephyra pendularia, 01., var.
suhro.teata, from Burnt Wood ; and Ortholitha cervinata, Schiff., a remarkable var.
bi'ed with others from N. Shropshire. Mr. Or. H. Kenriek, a series of Pyralidx
chiefly from New Guinea, and side by side with them a series of moths belonging to

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otlier families to wliich they bore a striking and unmistakeable resemblance. The
other mollis were very various, both in relationship and pattern, and they were very
conspicuous species, so that the resemblance was a striking fact, and pointed to either
Batesian or Miillerian mimicry of a decided character. Mr. .J. T. Fountain, a very
fine exhibition case, which he had made and filled with an excellent representative
series of Lepidopfern, with the idea of lending it to the Council Schools in order to
interest the children in Entomology. Mr. Gr. T. Bethune-Baker, a long series of
L}icwna nrion, L., from many localities and in all its forms, and pointed out how
dark many of the high Alpine forms wore, and also that Cornish specimens were
the brightest coloured of all. Mr. A. II. Martineau read a letter from the Rev. E.
N. Bloomfield referring to his (Mr. Martineau's) exhibit of Xestophanes potentillse
on November 19th last, and pointing out that he was not quite correct in saying
that it occurred in Devonshire oidy, as he had taken it at Battle, and near Guest-
ling, in Sussex. — Colbran J. Wainwright, Hon. Secre/ari/.

Lancashire and Cheshire Entomological Society: The usual Monthly
Meeting of this Society was held in the Eoyal Institution, Colquitt Street, Liverpool,
March 18th, Mr. W. Mansbridge, F.E.S,, Vice-President, in the Chair.

The Members heard with regret of the death of Mr. John Eobson, of Hartle-
pool, an Honorary Member of the Society, and one who had taken considerable
interest in its welfare.

Dr. W. Bell, J. P., gave a most interesting demonstration of his methods of
larva preserving, and exhibited numerous beautiful examples of the art, some species
being mounted upon preserved plants, others upon artificial foliage, many of the
larvffi being accompanied by their respective imagines set in their characteristic
resting attitudes. He also exhibited a specimen of Plusia aurifera, one of three
captured in Cornwall by Mr. Moore ; the insects remained unrecognised until
recently ; there are only two other records of this rai-e insect in Britain, viz., one
now in the British Museum collection, and another in a Liverpool collection, formed
by the late Mr. Eobertson, of Limehouse, which is still in the possession of his
family. Other exhibits were : — Fine varieties of Arctia caja by Mr. B. H. Crab-
tree, (1) with yellow hind-wings, (2) a chocolate form with nearly unicolorous fore-
wings, (3) had all the dark markings of a dull ochreous buff colour, (l) a specimen
with white fringes to the fore-wings, and reduced dark markings. Mr. Sopp,
the cockroach, Phoraspis leucogramma, Perty, taken in the Liverpool docks, this
being a Brazilian species not previously recorded as having occurred in Europe.
Mr. W. A. Tyerman, a long and variable series of Tasniocampa opima, bred from
Wallasey ova; some very dark forms were included. Mr. W. Mansbridge showed
a short series of Zygsena minos from Argyllshire, together with the Welsh form for
comparison. A papei-, by Mr. Robert Newstead, on the genus Qlossina (Tsetse flies)
and -S^o^noxj/*, was announced for the next meeting on April 15th. — H. R. Sweeting
and Wm. Mansbridge, Hon. Sees.

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The South London Entomological and Natural History Society:
Thursday, March lith, 1907.— Mr. R. Adein, F.E.S., President, in the Chair.

Mr. South exhibited the various named forms of Nonagria geminipuneta. Mr.
Tonge, photographs of a ? Kyhernia marginaria, and a c? Phigalia pedaria, botli
at rest on trunks, tlie former most inconspicuous, the latter very conspicuous ; also
tlie former insect set on the bark as taken. Mr. Newman, bred series of Plusia
hractea from Aberdeen, and an example from Fermanagh. Mr. R. Adkin, series of
Hadena protea from Rannocii and South England, the former specimens being
Icjs green and nuieli brighter. Mr. Turner, the named forms of Pararge msera
from various continental localities, and read a note on the direction which tlie
variation takes in this species, pointing out an extreme form of var. adrasta taken
by him in the Pyrenees. Mr. Harrison, a series of the same species from Meiringen,
ijicluding a very fine var. triops. Mr. Turner, a number of species taken in
Switzerland by Mr. Harrison in 1906, including Boletohia fuliginaria, Onophos
glaucinaria, G. pullata, Psodos quadrifaria, P. alpinata, &c. Dr. Chapman, living
specimens of Thais poly xena from the south of France. Mr. B. Adkin, specimens
of the following species, being transition forms between the typical form and the
named varieties : Boarmia repandata, B. ahietaria, Eupithecia venosata, and E.
pulcheJIata. Mr. Fremlin, a large number of specimens bred by him, during a series
of experiments to show the effects of Physical and Chemical Agencies on Pupse, and
read a paper giving a summary of the results obtained. — Hy. J. Turner, Hon. Sec.

Entomological Society of London: Wednesday, March Oth, 1907.—
Mr. C. O. Waterhouse, President, in the Chair.

Mr. John C. Moulton, of The Hall, Bradford-on-Avon, Wilts. ; Mr. W.
Schmassman, of 2, Kinnoul Villas, Freezywater, Waltham Cross ; and Mr. R. J.
Tillyard, B.A., The Grammar School, Sydney, New South Wales; were elected
Fellows of the Society.

The President proposed the following resolution, which was seconded by Prof.
E. B. Poulton, D.Sc., F.R.S., &c., and carried unanimously: — "That this Society,
being informed that a proposal has been made that children in our schools be in-
structed to collect objects of Natural History for the purpose of exchanging them
for similar objects collected by school-children in our Colonies, deprecates the
adoption of any such system."

Pi'of. E. B. Poulton exhibited male specimens of the Danaine butterflies,
Amaiiris egialea, Cram., and Limnas chrysippus, L., collected at Ibadan, near Lagos.
Mr. H. S. Griadstone, specimens showing that the scent-producing patch near the
anal angle of the hind-wing had been eaten out on both sides — very cleanly and
neatly in the case of the Amauris — although only a minute portion of any other
part of the wing-surface had been attacked. The facts appeared to tell strongly
against the view that specially protective (aiiosematic) substances are, as snine have
supposed, concentrated in the male scent-glands. Prof. Poulton, on behalf of Mr.
G. F. Leigh, of Durban, a blown specimen of the larva of Spiramiopsis comma,
Hampson, showing the two pairs of remarkable processes as well as the two eye-like

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spots, one situated in front of the base of each posterior process. Dr. T. A. Chap-
man, several specimens sent for exhibition by Mr. W. Purdey, inchiding Leioptilus
carphodactylus taken by him near Folkestone, a species new to the British list ;
also some good varieties of Acalla crintana and a very dark L. tephradactylus,
looking at first sight very like L. xcarodactylus. Dr. F. A. Dixey, specimens of
Teracoliix aehine, Cram., and Be'enoi.t severina, Cram., bred and captured at
Salisbury, Mashon aland. The exhibit showed that in both species the appearance
of the wet season phase could be induced under artificial conditions in a brood that
should normally have belonged to the dry season form. The specimens of B. sever-
ina also exemplified the effect of moisture alone ms contrasted with moisture and
heat. Mr. Selwyn Image, an aberration of Odezia atrata,'L\wn., taken by Dr. G. B.
LongstafP at Mortehoe, N. Devon, on June 26th, 1906, displaying a general tendency
to albinism. Mr. W. E. Sharp showed a small collection of Coleoptera, to illus-
trate the tendency of some species to micromorphism, and gave an account of the
causes of which these small forms were the I'esult. Mr. H. St. John Donisthorpe,
a number of similarly stunted specimens, in further illustration of this characteristic.
Mr. W. J. Kaye, a series of the genus HeVieonius, arranged to show (I) how Herr
Kiffarth, in a paper published in 1901, entitled, " Die Gattung Heliconiux" divided
the genus into two main divisions by a secondary sexual character, viz. : Group I,
in whicli the inner margin of fore-wing of t? on under-side is composed of smooth
scales reaching the median nervure, and Group II, in which the smooth scales do
not reach ths median nervure by about a millimetre. The remarkable result
of the application of these characters revealed the fact that in several instances
what we had hitherto called one species was in reality two species, one belonging to
Group I, the other to Group II. Thus. Heliconius hydara was found to embrace a
sub-species of H. amarylUx in euryades, Riif., H. xenoclea included H. batesi. Riff.,
and H. phyllis included H. nanna. Mr. Hamilton Druce, a case of butterflies,
illustrating the interesting Lyctenid genus Mimacriea, including two groups, the one
mimicking the Danaine, the other the Acrseine butterflies.

The following papers were communicated : — " The Life History of Tetropium
gabriell, Weise," illustrated by lantern slides, by Rev. G. A. Crawshay, M.A,
" Some Teratological Specimens," illustrated by several exhibits, by Dr. T. A.
Chapman, M.D., F.Z.S. " Entomology in North-West Spain," by T. A. Chapman,
M.D., F.Z.S., and G. C. Champion, F.Z.S. " The Larva of Collyris emarginatus,
Dej.," by Robert Shelford, M.A , F.L.S. " A Preliminary Revision of the Forfi-
culidse and Chelisochidx" by Malcolm Burr, B.A., F.L.S. " Descriptions of some
new Butterflies from Tropical Africa," by Hamilton H. Druce, F.Z.S. " A Catalogue
of the Australian and Tasmanian Bi/rrhidie, with descriptions of new Species," by
Arthur M. Lea, F.E.S.

Wednesday, March 20th, 1907. — The President in the Chair.

Dr. Ernest Edward Octavius Croft, of 28, Hyde Terrace, Leeds ; Mr. Felix M.
Dames, of 12, Laudgrafenstrasse, Berlin, W. ; Mr. Thomas Frank Partridge Hoar,
of Quex Lodge, West End Lane, Hampstead, N.W. ; Professor Dr. A. Jacobi,
Director of Zoology and Anthropology in the Ethnographical Museum of Dresden ;
and Mr. Harold J. White, of 42, Nevern Square, Kensington, S.W. ; were elected
Fellows of the Society.

120 I May, 1907.

It was annoiinced tlial. tlic Kev. F. ]). Morico, Al.A., and Professor E. B. Poul-
ton, D.Sn., M.A., F.R.S., would represent tlie Society at the fortlicoming celebrations
at Upsala and Stockliolni.

Dr. F. A. Dixey exhibited several species of Phrinsura and Mylothrix, illustra-
ting the remarkable parallelism between different forms of the two genera, a
correspondence believed by the exhibitor to have a mimetic significance, the mimicry
being probably of the Mullerian kind.

The following papers were communicated : — " Studies in the TettUjitive. {Ortho-
ptera) in the Oxford Museum," by Joseph L. Hancock, M.l)., F.E.S. " A List of
the Coleoptera of the Maltese Islands," by Malcolm Cameron, M.B., R.N., and Dr.
A. Caruana Gatto. " The Life History of Spindasis lohita, llorsf.," by John C. W.
Kershaw. " On the Egg Cases and Early Stages of some South Chinese Cas.iididse ,"
by John C. W. Kershaw and Frederick Muir. " A Life History of Tesseraloma
papulosa, Tlninb.," by John C. W. Kershaw, with " Notes on the Stridulating Organ
and Stink Glands," by Frederick M. Muir. '' The Vinegar Fly {Drosophila
funehris)" by Ernest E. Unwin, communicated by Professor L. C. Miall, F.R.S.
" On (he Structure iind Life lIif<tory of the Holly Fly," by Professor Louis Coinp-
ton .Miall, F.R.S., and T. IL Taylor; and a "Note on Xanthorhoe ferrtigata,
Clerck, and the Mendelian Hypothesis," by Leonard Doncaster, M.A., F.E.S.

Wednesday, April, lOtli, 1907. — The President in the Chair.

Mr. Sydney R. Asliby, of 11'.), Greenvalo lioad, Klthani Park, Kent; Mr.
Arthur Buileid, F'.S.A., of the Old Vicarage, Midsonier Norton, Somerset; Mr.
Bernard H.D. Harrison, ofChuemont, Ashleigh Road, Barnstaple; and Mr. Charles
F'ielding Johnson, of Mayfield, Binnington Crescent, Stockport ; were elected F^ellows
of the Society.

Tlie decease was announced of Mr. John Emmerson Robson.

Dr. F. A. Dixcy exhibited specimens of I'ieritur belonging lo the genera Tera-
colus and Muphina. The exhibit was intended to illustrate the fact that in species
of which the wet-season phases were very distinct from each other, the correspond-
ing dry-season phases often could only be discriminated with difllculty. Mr. G. C.
Chauipion, on behalf of Mr. J. Edwards, a few forms of the genus Osphya, tog(;ther
with certain otlier species occurring at the same time and place, and which, having
regard to gait and appearance, resemble them more or less closely. It was not sug-
gested that these resemblances were |)rotective. Attention was also drawn to one
impoitant function of the hind-legs of the male, namely, to secure him in position
at the time of pairing. Mr. H. J. Carter, a microscopic slide prepared to demon-
strate tliat the antennae in certain species of the genus Trachyscelis have eleven
joints, and not ten as hitherto described.

The following papers were communicafed : — " Odonala calleetcd by Lieut. -Col.
Nurse, ehiedy in North- Western lndi;i," by Mr. Kenneth J. Morton. " The Life-
History of Cydimon {Urania) leiius," by L. Gupjjy, Jun., eomniiniieated by
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June, 1907. J 121

ON THE ELATERID GENERA HYPNOIDUS, Stepu.,
AND CRYPTOIIYPNUS, Escn.

BY C. J. GAHAN, M.A.., F.E.S.

The species of Elaierida that were iiicl tided in the <:;enus TFi/p-
noidiift in the first edition of Eeitter's " Calalogus Coleopterorum
Europre " are, in the last edition, rightly ranged under two different
genera. These genera are easily distinguishable by an important
difference in tlie structure of the acetabula of tlie middle cox®. In
one, the mesothoracic e[)imera extend to the acetabula and take part
in their external boundary ; in the other genus they are completely
shut off from the acetabula, owing to the meeting together of the
lateral parts of the mcso- and uieta-sternum. This distinguishing
character was first used by C. G. Thomson, then by Schiodte, and its
value has since been recognised by Champion, Horn, Reitter and
others, liut what I wish more particularly to point out is that, with
the single exception of Schiodte, these authors have applied the generic
names Hypnoidus and Crt/ptohjpnus in a way almost exactly the
reverse of that in which they were used by Stephens, who in this
matter holds priority.

When Stephens founded the genus Jlijpnoidm (111. Brit. Ent.,
Maud, iii, p. 2G0, 1830) he arranged the species in two sections. In
the first section he placed II. riparms, Fab. ; the second section
including a(/ricol(t, Zett., quadripustidattis, Fab., dermcstoides, Ilerbst,
and pulcheUiis, Linn. II. ripariics, Fab., ought therefore to be
regarded as the type of Ili/pnoidus, Steph. x\ny doubt as to tliis
should be removed by a consideration of Stephens' subsequent
procedure. In his "Manual of British Coleoptera," p. ISO (IS39),
he raised his two sections to the rank of genera, characterising the
first under the name of Ilypolithiis, Esch., and the second as Crypto-
Injpnus, Esch. ; so that here, for the first time, the two genera are
separated and the name Gryptoliypnus is given a definite application,
being restricted to those species which Stephens ])laced in his second
section. It is evident also that he dropped Ilj/pnoidas as a synonym
of the earlier described Ilypolithus, Esch., not knowing that the
latter name was pre-occupicd and could not be used. Schiodte
adopted the same names as Stephens for these two genera ; and,
except that Uypnoidus must replace IlypoUthiis, this is the course
which, in my opinion, ought to be followed.

In accordance with (his view, the two genera and the British
species may be arranged as follows : —

122 [J"ne,

Acetabnlca of middle cosee not extending to epimcra... genus Crtptohtpntts, Esch.

Acetabiila of middle coxfe extending to epimera „ IIypnoidus, Steph.

Genus Crtptohtpnus, Esoli.

A. Pronotuni punetidalc and glossy, never granulate or rugulose.

a. AuteiiufB longer than luilf the hodj ; elytra uiiicolorons, bhieli.

1. marilimii.i, Curtis.

a'. Antenna* shorten- than half the body ; elytra usually having four yellow
spots 2. (jiiiidrlpnfituJalttSjJf'ah.

B. Pi'onotnm rugulose or granulate, in greater ]iart dull.

b. Pronotuni as broad at least as long, less strongly granulate behind than

in front 3. dennexfou/es, Fab.

h'. Pronotuni longer than broad ; vvhollj' rugulose exeopt sometimes along
ft median raised line.

c. Size smaller ; hind angles of pronotuin more or less distinctly
divergent 4. piiJchellus,Jj.

c . Size larger ; hind angles of pronotuni convergent... 5. sahulicola, Boh.

Genus Hypnoidus, Steph.
Only one British species known 1. riparins. Fab.

I have omitted G. oneridionoJis, Lap., from the above list, since its
record as a British species (Eiit. Mo. Ma<r., 1898, p. 207) is dependent
on a single specimen taken at Pegwell Bay, which, as Mr. Champion
sugo;ested, may have beeii accidentally introduced. It is to be
noticed also that I treat C. sahiilicola, Boh., as a species distinct from
puIcJiellufi, Linn., notvt'ithstanding that M. H. du Buysson (Panne
Gallo-Rhenane, Elaterides, p. 23t!) and Herr Reitter (Cat. Col.
Europ£e, &c., 2n(l edit.) consider them to be the same, believinj^
ap])arently that snhuIieoJa was founded upon female examples of
pulchenus. Until an opportunity was afforded me of seeing and
examining a series of those specimens of sahulicoln that were taken
by Dr. Sharp at Thornhill in Dumfriesshire {vide Ent. Mo. Mag.
18GS, p. 100) I had accepted M. du Buysson's vi(!\v, and had arranged
the British Museum specimens accordingly. I found, however, that
the distinguishing characters for sahnlicola given by Thomson and
Sharp are as clearly marked in the male as in the female ; all the
specimens agree in having the hind angles of the pronotum slightly
convergent. Through the kindness of Mr. J. E. Black and Prof.
T. Hudson Beare I have seen several of the specimens of C'.pulchenus
taken by them in Inverness-shire (vide Ent. Mo. Mag., 100(5, p. 155).
These specimens, which undoubtedly belong to the true C. piilcJicJhis,
Linn., are distinctly smaller on the average than those of sahulicoln,
and in all of them the hind angles of the pronotum are divergent.
The difference in the shape of the hind angles of the ]ironotum
appears to me, therefore, to be not sexual but s|)ecific. There is
certainly no sexual difference in the form uf the bind angles in

19070 123

snhulicoln, and such slijj;lit variation as may be noticed in pnlcJicJIics
seems to me to be individual and not sexual. Assuming tliat
snhulicoln, Boh., is a distinct species, it will be found that this insect
is not confined to the Northern countries of Europe, but extends
even to the South of France, and has been confused with pitlchcUns
by Candcze and other authors.

T ought to mention that M. du Buysson (Faunc Gallo-Rbenane,
Elaterides) treats Crj/pfoliypmis, Esch., as a section only of the genua
Ilypnoidus, Stej)h., but he appears to have adopted this course
througli what is certainly a wrong interpretation of the structure of
the middle coxal cavities in Arctnpiln, Cand., which he treats also as
a section intermediate between Ilypnoidas and Cn/pfohtjpnus.

British Museum, Cromwi-ll Roarl, S.W. :
May, 19U7.

ON MELANOTUS liUFIPES, Herbst, AND 31. CA8TANIPES, Patk.
BT E. A. NEWBERT.

Mclntwtus castitnipcs was first brought forward as new to Britain
by Mr. E. W". Jansou (Eut. Ann., lvS5G, S5 : Crafoni/cJ/ns cnstanipes,
Payl<.) on the strength oP specimens taken by Mr. Foxcroft at
Ranuoch. The same insect was subsequently recorded by Mr. E. C.
liye and other collectors from this locality.

Having long had my doubts as to the specific value of these two
so-called species, and Mr. O, E. Janson having very kindly placed at
my disposal some of Foxcroft's and Rye's original examples, I sent
them to M. Bedel for his opinion, together with the common
M. riifipes taken at Highgate, and a very short parallel sided female
belonging to Mr. Kidson-Taylor. M. Bedel's opinion is short but
conclusive ; he says : " On rcunit actuellement cnstanipes li riifipes,
mais il y a 2 formes ; la votre mo parait bien castanipes^ The last
edition (190G) of the European Catalogue confirms this synonymy.

When we consider that the common insect known to us as
rufipes is called castanipes on the continent, and that probably
specimens of the Rannoch insect sent for confirmation were returned
as castnnipes, it is not difiicult to imagine how the error first arose.

il/. rufipes is very variable in size, and the male is more elongate
and less parallel than the female. It may also be remarked that
when the insect is taken by sweeping it is much darker in colour
than those dug out of stumps, which have never been exposed to the
liizht.

12, Clmicliill Roail, Davtmoulh Park, N.W. :
MayJ2.nd, 1907.

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124

[June,

ARENA OCTAVII, Fauv., ON DAWLISH WARREN.
BY PHILIP DE LA GAEDE, U.N., F.E.S.

In the course of setting some Plnjtosus halticus taken on Dawlisb
Warren on April lOtli, I came across an insect which at once struck
me as being a stranger, and, on account of its similarity to P. halticus,
probably Arena octavii. Mr. E. A. Newbery, who has kindly
examined the specimen for me, is able to pronounce it as undoubtedly
that species.

On this particular day scarcely any beetles were to be found
among the ordinary dead seaweed at high-tide mark, and I had
gradually worked up the beach to the line of an abnormal spring-tide
of ten days past before meeting with the usual number — possibly
some heavy rain during the previous night had driven them to the
caked scum and refuse as providing better shelter — but the nature of
the then habitat was more or less on a par with the llfracombe record
of 1891 for Arena " in a dead gull on the shore." (Ent. Mo. Mag.,
xxviii, IGO).

Prior to this 1891 capture by Mr. Tait, one s])ecimen was taken
on Chesil Beach by Mr. Blatch in 1SS;J, and now Mr. Attle reports
(Ent. Rec, xix, 91) having taken one at Llanbedr, Merioneth, in
September last.

As I believe no description of this species hns ever appeared in
English, it may be opportune to give the chief points of distinction
from P. halticus in tabtilar form : —

Arena octavii, Faiiv.

Head with distinct, sliallow pmicturos
which are obsolete on a ceiitr;il spricc^

Aiiteniise— Lliird joint pear-shaped, half
as long as second.

Maxillary palpi — somcwliat sf roni^ly en-
larged from base to apex.

Thorax — transverse, oidy a little nar-
rowed behind.

Eljtra — very little shorter than tliorax ;
insect winged.

Abdomen — black, cxcejit apex ; scarcely
dilated ; sliiny.

Anterior tibife with long, outstanding
bristly hairs, which are scarcely spines.

Average size — shorter.

" Teignview," Christ ow, near Exeter
May 4t/i, 1907.

Phylonus balticvs, Kr.

Head with very indistinct punctures,

which are sometimes obsolete.
AntcMinse — third joint ahnosfc globuJHr,

one-third or one-fourth lengtli of

second.
Maxillary jialpi — ^much more elongate

and linear.
Thorax — as broad a-i long, distinctly

narrowed behind.
Elytra — much shorter than thorax ;

wings scale-like, rudimentary.
Abdomen— always red at base; dilated

at apex ; dull, at least, at apex.
Anterior tibiro with spines for digging.

Average size — lonjjer.

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ALGERIAN MICRO LEPIDO PTERA.
BY THE HT. HON. LORD WALSINGHAM, M.A., LL.D., F.R.S., &c.

{Continued from page 58).

COLEOPHORA, lib.

3G79 : 1. — COLICOPIUORV AROENTIFrJIBRrATA, sp . U.
Antennae whitish, broiizj <al Iho base. Palpi smooth, porrect ; whitish. Head
sliining bronzy. Thorax coppery bronze. Forewiiitjs bright, shining, coppery
bronze ; costal cilia pale silvery bronze, the dorsal and terminal cilia bronzy grey.
E.vp. al. 15—16 mm. Hindwings pale leaden grey ; cilia bronzy grey. Abdomen
dark leaden grey. Legs bronzy grey.

^)/P(^, S (8303) ; ? (97590). Mus. Wlsm.

Hab. : ALGERIA— Haimuam-es-Salahin, 1S.III.1895 {Eaton) ;
25.111.1903, 1-1. 1 II— lMV. 1904 {Wlsm.). Forty-oue specimens.

Two ypeeiuicus were taken by Mr. Eaton " in a dry torrent bed,
a little to the ri<^ht and just beyond the reed-encircled pond about
one kilometre 8.W. of Hammam-es-Salahin," and I searched for the
species very diligently in the same locality but only succeeded in
taking one much worn (^ at light in 1903. In 190'l! I found it the
commonest insect in tlie place, and set thirty-eight specimens, — cases
subsequently collected on Trifolium sp. must undoubtedly belong to
this species, although unfortunately 1 did not breed it.

3700 : 1. — CoLEOPHORA SUBCASTANEA, sp. 11.

Antennae stccl-grey, yellowish oelircous towards the base ; without tuft. Palpi
long, ])orrect, extending nearly twice the length of the head bej'ond it, closely
clothed witli hair-like scales to the apes ; ochreous. Head and Thorax light
yellow-ochrcous. Foreivings light yellow-ochreous, blending toward the apex with
pale chestnut, by which the ncuration is indistinctly marked on the outer half of
the wing ; cilia brownish oclireous. Exp. al. 14 — 17 mm. Hindwings pale grey ;
cilia pale brownish grey. Abdomen greyish fuscous. Legs pale oclireous.

Type, ? (96521) ; ^ (90524). Mus. Wlsm.

Hah.: ALGERIA— Biskra, 15.III— 15.IV.1903 ; Ilammam-es-
Salahin, 9. IV. 1904. Eleven specimens.

A few specimens taken near the race-course, on recently culti-
vated land, now run to waste, among low herbaceous growth. Larva
not discovered. Quite a distinct species, perhaps most nearly allied
to sfefanii; .Toauu.

3712 : 1. — CoLEOniORA MICROXANTnA, sp. n.
^/iiennae snow-white ; not tufted, but slightly thickened at the base. Palpi
smooth, without projecting scales beneath ; white. Head white. Thorax pale
lemon-yellow ; tegulae white. Forewings narrow, pointed ; lemon-yellow, with two

126 [June,

sikerj white streaks, one along the fohl reaehing to one-third, one along the outer
half of the cell, the cosia verj narrowly white throughout ; costal cilia white, apical
cilia with a short black streak running through them, beneath which they are
silvery white, changing to brownish grey along the uorsuni. ]£xp. al. 7^8 tiitn.
JUiidwings very pale brownish grey ; cilia still ])aler. Abdomen silvery, with a
greyish tinge. Lpijs white.

Ti,pe, S (9G528) ; ? (9G9G8). Mus. Wlsiii.

Hah.: ALGERIA— Biskrn, 14-26.111.1903 (TT/sw^.) ; 27-;3L.ni.
1895 {Eaton); II:imin;im-cs-Siilaliin, 3-23.IV.1901 {Wlsm.). Six-
teen s[)ec'iiiieiJ.s.

This pretty little speeies, which i.s perh:i[)s most nearly allied to
albicosta, Dp., though quite distinct, seems to he somewhat widely
distrihuted, hut occurs only in patches. It evidently takes shelter in
various plants^ hut 1 have found it only hy smoking the almost hare
ground near the diy Oueds.

3715 : 1. — COLEOPHORA EUl'RETA, sp. n.
Antennae white; with a short aborted basal tuft. I'u/pi, Head and Thorax
white. Forcwlngs pale bronzy brown, a narrow silvery white streak running along
the costa anil including the costal cilia to the apex ; a rather broader silvery white
streak from the base, following the upper edge of llie fold and running through the
cilia below the apex, but not actually touching the dorsum, slightly attenuated from
near the end of the fold outward ; a shorter white streak from the base follows the
dorsum to nearly half the wing-length ; cilia very pale brownish ochreous. Exp.
a/. 13 — 14 mm. }Iindwiii(js rosy grey ; cilia very pale brownish ochreous. Abdo-
men yellowish. Lei/s white.

%'f', S (9G52G). Mus. Wlsm.

Hab. : ALGERIA-Riskra, 21.11I-11.IV.1903. Four speci-
mens.

A slender, distinctly marked specieis in whi(di the silver streaks
are clearly defined hy the gradually widening l);i,n(l of the ])ale
brownish ground-colour, which becomes slightly attenuated to the
apex on th(> outer fourth of the wing, the lower band of tlie same
colour gradually narrowing to the dorsuui from near the base.

It is allied to Jielianfhcincl/a, Mill. (3G89), and hiUnccUa, U -S.
(3715), but the median silvery strenk is uniformly wider than in my
S[)ecimens of those species, and the dark ground-colour is very deci-
dedly paler than in either of them. It is of the size of heJianthc-
mella, therefoi'e somewhat larger than hilineella, but I am not aware
that these species have ever been critically compared. I have bred
the former from Cistus monspeliensis, and Milliere recorded it from
Helianthemiim tuhiTaria, neither of wln'ch plants occur at Biskra.

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IleineuKinii oinitled to give the Food-plant of hilineeJla, but Rajronot
made a M8. note in liis co])y of Standi ii<^(;r and VVocke's Cataloii that
it led on Ildiantlicmnm vuhjnre. Th(;re are at least two species of
Hclianthemum at, or near, ]3iskra on which I have had occasion to
search very persistently for other larvae, and had there been a
Colcophora case upon thcui I could not have failed to observe it.

3721 : 1. — COLKOPHORA IIU'I'ODUOMIUA, Sp. U.

Antennae wliito, with distinct black ainiulations ; a short hoary grey tuft on
the basal joint. I'aljyi short, ilcpciulent ; Iioary whitish. Head greyish white.
Tliorax olivaceous fawn, with a narrow wliito streak along the outer edge of the
tcgulac. Furcwing.i olivaceous ochreous, fading to greyish ochreous along the dor-
sum, with a line of a few iinlistinct fuscous scales above the outer end of the fold ;
the cosla from the b:isc is narrowly pure white to about two-lifthi, where the white
band is rather abruptly dilalod to 1 wici; its width and so continued to above the
n\)c\ ; the cilia at the apex are fawn-grey, a short slender white streak running
through them immediately below the apex, dorsal cilia pale brownish grey. Exp.
al. H — 12 mm. Ilindwings shining, pale stcel-grcy ; cilia pale brownish grey.
Abdomen dusky cinereous. Legs whitish.

%^^, S (90525); ? (97578). Mus. Wlsm.

Uab. : ALUERIA— Biskra, 17.il[— 9.lV.rJ03 ; Ilammam-es-
Salahin. hnv\A Astra f/ahis gombo, iO.III., excl. 13.1V.1901 ; 23.1V.
1901. Four specimens.

The somewhat abrupt dilatation outwardly of the white costal
band renders this species distinct ; it is nearest to frieiitclln, Chr.
(3721), which however is easily separable by the dense clothing of
the ;intennao toward the base, and by the more uniform tint of the
darker portion of the wing-surface, which in hippodromica is distinctly
paler dorsally. The type was taken on a very wiiidy day on the hills
overlooking the Hippodrome, or new race-course, at Biskra, but the
bred specimen is from Hammam-es-Salahim. I bred this species
from a very obscure-looking case on Astragalus gomho, apparently
formed from the end of a young leaf. It was accidently taken
among leaves gathered to feed other larvae and observed only when
crawling u[) the bottle. Further search among the same plants
(vvhiidi grow on the plains but not on the hillsides) was quite
fruitless, and even when the moth was bred I had the utmost dilliculty
in recovering the case from among the leaves to which it had become
attached.

377G : 1.— CoLi<;oi'UORA acanthtllidis, sp. n.

Atitenuae white ; basal joint with a long tuft of yellowish scales, ralpi white,
with a few projecting scales at the end of the median joint. Kead and Thorax
white. Foreioings yellowish, with a rather wide silvery white band along the costa

128 [June,

fi'oin about one-third, tapering to a point in tlio cilia above the apex ; a second
silvery white streak from tlie base running along the fold and rather suddenly
attenuated beyond its middle ; a tliird, much shorter streak, between the points of
the other two, running to the tcrmcn below the apex, there is also a silvery spot at
the Hexus ; a greyish brown streak follows the lower edge of the silvery costal
band, attenuated to an acute point from the apex inward toward the base — this is
dusted with a scattered overflow of yellowish scales from the space below it ; cilia
at the apex brownish, below it yellowish, along the termen pale brownish grey.
lixp. al. 14—16 mm. Hindwlii/^s iridescent, shining, dark grey; cilia brownish
cinereous. Abdomen yellowish white. Legs white.

Tj/pe, ? (96G02) ; ^ (14032). Mtis. Wlsm.

Ilab. : ALGERIA — J]iskra, Larva Acaiitl/j/l/is frat/acKiifkoides,
24.XIL1896, excl. 1897 (Eaton) • IIainiiiani-es-8alabin. Larva 19.1V.,
excl. 25. VI. 1903 {Whm.) ; 11. IV. 1904 {Wlsm.). Three specimens.

Allied to ecJiiiielhf, Stgr. (3770), and carfilcK/inella, Chr. (3707),
but the white costal streak shows no yellow intermediate space
between itself and the costa as in carHhujiucUa. It is of a yellow
colour (less yellow-ochre than echinella) , and the short intermediate
silvery streak is straight, not bent as in cchinella and cartlhujinella,
moreover, the silvery white dorsal streak does uot extend beyond the
flexus.

The case carries two lateral, semitransparent, thin, shell-like
shields at the apex in which two dark spots are visible, giving the
appearance of eyes in a swelled head ; with this exception the case is
brownish ocbreous, smooth, polished, and very slightly wavy, some-
times widening upward from a scarcely oblique mouth with the apex
recurved, or hook-like, when the shields which conceal it are removed.

3820 : 1. — COLEOPHORA AltOKNTEONIVEA, sp. n.
Antennae silvery white ; with a long projecting white tuft at the base. Pa/pi
short, slender, smooth, porrect ; white. Head and Thorax silver3' white. Fore-
wings shining silvery white, without markings ; cilia the same ; underside dull
reddish grey, the costa, apex, and cilia white. JSxp. af. 20 mm. Ilindtcings pale
brownish grey, distinctly white along the middle and on the basal half of the
dorsum ; cilia white ; underside white, shaded with reddish grey towards the base-
Abdomen yellowish white, with a double row of blackish spots on the four median
segments. Legs shining white.

Type, ^ (8GG9). Mus. Wlsm.

Hah.: ALGERIA— Le Tarf, 2.VII.1890 {Eaton). Two speci-
mens, taken on " rough pasture near the school ; after sunset till
7 p.m., among Cynara cardunculus " (Ein.).

The rather streaky whitened appearance of the upper side of the

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hiii<l\vings, as well as the colouring; of both wings on the iindersiilc,
enables this to be somewhat easily distinguished from other uni-
colorous white s|)ecies.

3.S()6 : 1. — CoJiEOPHOHA PUAECIPUA, Sp. U.
Antennae vvliile, very faiiiMy aiiiuiliiti' ; vvilli a rallier short bi'ownish while t.uffc
on the basal joint. Palpi white, witii slightlj' projecting scales at tlie end of the
median joint beneath. Head brownisli white. Thorax white, with a brownish
streak along the middle posteriorly. Forewinffs with the costa pure white through-
out, this white band gradually widening outward from the base to the apex, its
lower edge clearly defined by a dark ehocolate-brown streak from near the base,
gradually narrowing outward, its outer extremity broken into scattered scales before
and at the apex of the wing ; below this streak the wing-surface may be described
as ashy grey, with a slight brownisli tinge above the fold but not below it, a line of
black scales, more or less separated from each other, running from the base below
the fold as far as its outer extremity on the dorsum ; cilia on the costa white, below
the apex pale browmsh cinereous, ^.r^j. a^. 18— 20 mm. Hindwings shining, pale
slaty grey ; cilia brownish cinereous. Abdomen shining greyish. Legs very pale
greyish, unspotted.

Type, ? (96529) ; ^ (9G530). Mus. Wlsm.

Hab. : ALGERIA — Biskra, 11-20.111.191)3; Ilammara-es-
Salahin, 9-l7.lV.1904. Four specimens.

Perhaps most nearly allied to directclla, Z. (3866), but at once
distinguished by the conspicuous dark chocolate-brown streak below
the white costal band. A conspicuous and most distinct species of
which unfortunately I could only secure four specimens.

3904 : 1. — COLEOPHORA POECILELLA, SjJ. n.
Anlennae and Palpi dull white. Read dull white, slightly stained with
ochreous above. Thorax pale fawn-ochreous. Foreioings pale fawn-oclireous to
two-thirds of their width from the dorsum ; dull white along the costa, minutely
dusted throughout with blackish scales ; cilia pale fawn-ochreous. Fxp. al. 13 —
14 mm. Ifindwings pale grey ; cilia very pale ochreous. Abdomen and Leij.s dull
whitish.

Ti/pe, ^ (dG4^Q5) ; $(96498). Mus. Wlsm.

Hab. : ALGEEIA— Ilammam-es-Salahin. Larva Siiaeda vermi-
culata, 2.1V, excl. 5.1V-6.V., 28.X.1903 ; 2-10.lV.1904; Biskra
3. IV. 1903. Twelve specimens.

Bred from larvae feeding in an elongate, cylindrical, brownish,
or grey, case on Suaeda vermiculatu ; these emerged during April
and May, but a single belated specimen was bred on the 28th October,
1903. Two specimens were captured in 1904. Most nearly allied to
laripamella, Zett. (3904).

C'To be continued).

130 [June,

SOME NOTES O^ THE LEPIDOPTERA

OF TiJE "DALE COLLECTION" OF BlilTISH INSECTS, NOW IN THE

OXFOKD UNIVERSITY MUSEUM.

BY JAMES J. WALIiEU, M.A , K.N., F.L.S.

{Coiif iituc'd from pu>/e 101).

Argi/niiis (//re, L. — One undor-sido (a|)[iaiviitl_v c? ) i" fairly good (irdcr, but
sligliUy worn ; it is .set low down on ;i ralliei- old lilnglisli pin. Tlio label on one
side is " Kirkman's sale, 1817," and on llie oilier side is a note in C. W. Dale's
liandwritini;, nearly illegible, but the name " Weaver " can be traced ; a label at the
side, " Warwickshire." This is pi'oljably one of the sijeciniens reimled to have lieen
taken by Kieliard Weaver at Sutton Park, near Birininghani, about 1S30, whieh
were recorded and figured by tiie Rev. W. T. Uree in " Loudon's Mag. Nat. Hist.,"
vol. V, PI). 750-1 (1832). J. C. Dale also records Weaver's captures of A. dia in
" The Naturalist," vol. T, p. 115 (Groonibridge, 1838), and gives on Plate IV a
fairly good coloured iigurc of the uiuler-;^ide.

Argynnh selene, L. — A fine variety, in which the usual fulvous tint on both
sides is entirely replaced by clear ochreous-white or bone-colour. " From J. G.
Ross, 1870." (C. W. D.).

Melitiva athalla, Bork.— A very varied series, including the beautiful example
of the var. ;>^ro»/a, Hub. (eo.?, Ilaw.), which is figured on Plate IV, fig. 1,2, of
Stephens's " Illustrations." It isstill in excellent preservation, and is labelled " Eos,
Mr. Howard," and in C. W. Dale's iiand-writing " Taken in 1802, Ilaworth ('oil.,
Stevens Coll.," and at side " 1.SU3, Surrey" Another closely similar specimen
(under-side) is rather 'more sharply marked above, and paler on the under-surfaee,
" S. Stevens Coll. 11)00 " (C. W. D.), and at side " Eon, Haw. var." Other examples
from the collection of the hito Mr. S. Stevens have the hind-wings greatly darkened,
and one lias a broad central dark band on fore-wings; and an extremely fine variety,
from t.he same source, is almost uniformly ilark brown above, the submarginal row
of fulvous s|iols, and a few faint indications of the basal spots of fore-wing, alone
remainiii". A large pale example is labelled " Dirlynna, Haw.," and another
curious-looking light form (very old) is lubc^lled " From T. Cooke, Feb. or Mar.,
1861" (•!. C. D.), and at h\i\{i '■ LesseLLala, Pet., var." ; it agrees with tlie insect
thus named, figured in 111. llaust., plate V, fig. 1, 2.

Jile/iLra cu>.vui,L. — Another good and variable series ; a large specimen wilh
very pale ground-colour labelled " Folkestone " at side.

Melilcta (irleinif, Fab. — The series of this species includes examples from
Glanvilles Wootton, Malvern, Penarlh, Carlisle, Rannoch, Piteaple, Aberdeen,
Westmeath, Gralvvay, &c. ; there are four siieciinens of the var. pm^claru, and seven
of the var. hibernica, Birchall. A nice variety with the base of hind-wings broadly
black is labelled " G. King, July 20.59 " (J. C. D.). The two finest varieties are
described bv Mi'- J- C. Dale, with good woodcut figures of the upper and under-
sides, in Loudon's .Mag. Nat. Hist., vol. vi, p. 378 (1833). The first (fig. 47a, 48a),
a ? has the hind-wing black, with a large fulvous blotch at the base, and the
submarginal black spots in fulvous rings, the under-side being much suffused with
dusky; it is labelled "Enborne, Berks., June 15th, 1813, Mr. St. Maur ?."

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Tlic ^rcond (fig. 47b, 481)), ,ilso 9 , is suffused all ovoi- with dark brown, the sub-
uiai'giiial liaud of the hind-vviiig.s only being clear; il is labelled at siile " South
Wales ; var. sii/iii/era," and is stated by Mr. J. C. Dale (/. c.) to have been taken by
Cajitain Blonier at Haverfordwest.

ThecJa hctuJ:c, L. — A good series from Essex, Ghmvilles Wootton, &c.
T. pniiil, L. Sixteen fine examples from Monk's Wood. T. w-album, Hubn.
One witli the W mark at anal angle of hind-wings obliterated. T. quercus, L.
Two examples with the ocellus at anal angle of hind-wings without central
black dot.

JVuda rit/ii, L. — A f in very fine condition, curiously bleached, the hind-
margins of all the wings quite pale brown.

Chrysophauus chrt/seis, F.^Three examples of tlii.s reputed British species, one
(? labelled " Woodside, Epping, from Stephens, fr. Dr. Leach" (J. C. D).

Chiy.sdjjhaniis virr/aurex, L. — Represented by eight examples, mostly in only
fair condition. A rather worn !? , on an old-fasliioned English pin which has been
cut off below the insect, is labelled " E. L. Capel-Cure on Cromer, Aug. 2G, 1878,
see Entom., v. XIII, 45" (C. W. 1).). Five $ specimens are labelled — " Mus.
151om." (J. C. D.) ; " From Stephens " (J. C. D.) ; " Huntingdonshire, from
Dr. Leach," at side " Yaxley " ; " Griesbach Collection " (C. W. D.) ; " Haworth
Sale 1824" (C. W. D.), the two latter being under-sides. Two ? 's also bear the
same label as the last mentioned, one having a label " Isle of Ely " at the side.

Chft/sophaitus hippoihu'c, h.— ¥om' examples; one ^ in very bail order, and
one 9 , rather better, are labelled " from Latham " (J. C. I).). A S l>"s a large
triangular label with " Hippulho'c " on one side, and on the other " Mus. Haworth,
Faversham,Kent" (C.W. D.), and a J under-side," Uaworth's Sale,1824" (C.W.D.).

Chrysophanus di.tpar, Haw. — The Dalean Collection contains one of the finest
series extant of this now extinct British butterfly, numbering 26 specimens, 11 of
which are S and 15 ? , one of the former and two of the latter sex being set to
show the under-side. They are for the most part in excellent order, though a few
antennffi are broken. Unfortunately very few bear any data; a? is labelled
'' Whittlesea Mere, July, 1819," another (under-side) " Whittlesea Mere, July 8,
1833," and a third " Bred on June 23, 1811 " (C. W. D.). Variation in size is very
considerable ; the smallest <? (measured as set, with the wings only slightly sloping)
expands only 31 mm., and another is only a little larger, while the finest S 's 52 mm.
in expanse. The smallest ? is 35 mm., and the largest 52 mm. across the wings.
Two ? 's are much suffused with copper-red on the basal area of the hind-wings,
and another is much irrorated with black scales, and has the black spots very
largo. The gem of the whole collection is an almost entirely black 5 , H'c central
area of the fore-wings, to the end of the cell, suffused witli copper-red, on which
the two basal black spots show up distinctly ; the transverse submarginal band o'
black spots being just visible, but almost lost in the black suffusion. The hind-
wings and under-side of this magnificent aberration are nearly normal. It is
labelled "From Simmonds " (J. C. D.).

Chrysophanus phlxas, L.— A large and very varied series, including a very fine
example of the silvery ab. schmkUH, Gerh., " From W. & D., 1899 " (C. W. D.) ;
a cJ from Glanvilles Wootton has the right fore-wing, and a worn ? the left fore-

132 [June,

wing, of the " schmidtii" co\o\M'. A very fine variety with llie usual black spots
very faint, and tlic disc of fore-wings, and subniarginal band of hiud-wiiigs, a
])cculiar pale buff colour with only a slight coppery tint. A fine ? lias the ground
dull copjjer, whitish towards the anal angle of fore-wings, and another of the same
sex is light dull brown with hardly any metallic tinge, but the black spots large and
clear. Two specimens have the subniarginal copper band of hind-wings reduced to
one or two clongal-e dashes, and a curious-looking ^ lacks the subniarginal black
spots on fore-wings. Several approach (he dark ab. e/eux, h\, and one is a very
well marked example of that form.

Polyommattis alsus, L. — One or two from Dover, ahnost immaculate beneath.

Lyaena bsetica, L. — Two examples ; a (? in fair condition, but badly set,
"From J. Gr. Eoss, 18S2, who had it from boy who touk it in Devonshire"
(C. W. D.), "Dartmouth " at side. Another ^ , under-side, in fair condition, on
a large common pin, " Hllon, Triii. Coll., Cainb." ; " Andovcr" at side.

Pohiommatus crc/v, W. V. — A ver}' fine series of 19 specimens, including several
from Glanvilles Wootton. One <? " From J. G. Eoss, 1878 " (C. W. 1).), is labelled
at side " Cardiff." A fine S luis the ocelli on under-side very conspicuous, enlarged
and somewhat elongated, and in another S lliey are almost absent.

roli/omniatus arion, L. — Fifteen specimens, chiefly from Barnwell Wold and
Langport, Somerset. U'wo have the black spots on upper-side nearly obsolete, and
in another way they are much enlarged and elongated.

" Polyommatiis alcon, Stcph., var." — Under this name is a specimen set to
show the under-side, very old, but quite good, except that the abdomen is missing.
On a triangular label is " Alcon, Hub., 2(515, W. J.," and at side " n. I'edford."
The reference in C. W. Dale's " Eegister " is " var. alcon, Stcph , from Mr. llaworth,
ir. Jones, Cliefden, Bucks." Whatever the origin of the specimen, it is almost
certainly not a variety of arion, but agrees in every particular with specimens of
LycH'H'i alcon, F., in the Oxford Museum and in my own collection. CJ. Stephens,
111. Uaust. T, p. 68.

Lycicna ar()iade!i,V-<\\\.— k ])air in good order; the $ lias a circular ticket,
" Dr. Marsh, 1874, Whatley " ; the ? , " Whatley, Somerset," at side. These would
appear to be the specimens recorded by the Ecv. J. Seymour St. John, in " Entomo-
logist," vol. xviii, p. 292 (1885).

Polyommatun doryla.i, Uubn.— One <J , set to show the under-side, in fine con-
dition, on a modern English pin leaning very much forward as is the practice with
many English Lepidopterists. The label is very illegible, but appears to read
'Burney's Sale, 1893, from Cooke, Zoologist, 8402 " (C. W. D.). At p. 8402 of
the " Zoologist " is a note from Henry Doublcday, dated January 12th, 1803, as
follows : — " Mr. Cooke, of Oxford Street, recently detected two specimens of this
species among a number of Adonis taken in England which he had purchased.
One of these I have seen and it is certainly L. dorylas, and now that attention has
been called to it, the insect will probably be met with in the coming summer."
IVIr. Dale's specimen is in all respects identical with Ijycxna hyJns, Esp. (= dorylas,
Iliibn.), of which species a specimen, " caught at Dover on 7t]i September, 1902,"
was exhibited by Mr. Sloper at the meeting of the Entomological Society of
London on October 15th of the same year (Proc. Ent. Soc, 1902, p. xxsii). The

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butterfly, long ago wol! figured by Lewin (" Tlie Tnsncts of Great Britain . . . ,"
tab. 37, fig. 5, 6; 4to ; 1705), and noted by him as taken on a chalk hill at Dart-
ford, Kent, is in my opinion certainly L. hylas, and not, as it has sometimes been
considered, an aberration of L. bellarijus {cf. also II. Donbleday, Zoologist, p. 8167).
It is just possible that, as in the ease of Lampides bxtica, stray examples of L. hylas
sometimes find their way to this country.

Folyommalus cori/don, L. — The exceedingly fine series of 88 specimens of this
species includes 2 (? ^ of a liglit leaden-grey tint above, with hardly a trace of
blue ; one $ with entirely light hind-margins (var. fotohri, South, Entom., xxxiii,
p. lOf., plate III, fig. 4, 5), and another of the same sex, suffused above with black
almost to the end of the cell. Two fine specimens of the ? ab. ai/riqrapha, Bdv.,
one " from Meek, 1887 " (C. W. D.), and the other " Newmarket." Several streaked
under-sides of both sexes, and others with the ocelli on hind-wings more or less
obsolete ; but the finest is a $ , normal above, but beneath of a pale and very
peculiar clear greenish-white tint, slightly rayed along the nervures of the hind-
wing with brown. All the usual ocelli are absent, except the discoidal lunule and
the submarginal row of the fore-wings, and two costal spots near base of hind-
wings ; the marginal orange lunules are well marked on the hind-wings, are well
marked and surmounted by faint black crescents, and the hind-margins of all the
wings are brown, regularly interrupted by white spots between the nervures. This
magnificent aberration is labelled " From J. G-. Ross, 1880 " (C. W. D.).

Poli/ommatus adonis, F.— Several examples with the ocelli of hind-wings
beneath, except the discoidal lunule, obsolete or nearly so ; and seven more or less
blue ? 's labelled at side " ceronus, Esp.," one very striking, but somewhat crippled.
Poli/ommatns icarux, Rott.— This species is represented by no fewer than 107
specimens from numerous localities, those from Sligo, Orkney, and Armagh being
very fine and brilliant. Of aberrations, the most striking is a ? , quite ordinary on
the upper-side, but beneath modified much in the sanui manner as the remarkable
P. corydon above described ; the ground colour being clear whitish slightly rayed
with brown on the hind-wings, the discoidal lunules of the fore-wings, and the
submarginal series of orange spots with their surmounting black lunules very
clearly and distinctly marked, but otherwise almost immaculate. This fine form
was taken by J. C. Dale in Dorsetshire, on August 5th, 1826, and is labelled at side
" Aug., 1826, Buckland." Another ? , in which the outer row of ocelli on the fore-
wings is elongated into strong black streaks, is labelled " Ilarwood, Colchester,
1899" (C. AV. D.). There is a fine <? of a beautiful pale lavender-purple tint
above, labelled " G-. King, 1859 " (J. C. D.), and at side " Labienits, Jerrayn " ; and
a very handsome ?, " Glanvilles Wootton, June, 188S " (C. W. D.), is very dark
above, the outer third of the hind-wings light lavender-blue with submarginal black
spots, the apex of the fore-wings also broadly blue.

Polyommatus astrarche, Bergstr. — Two of var. alloils, Hiibn. (one from Castle
Eden Dene), quite immaculate above ; a ? from Langport, Somerset, with clear
white black-centred spot in cell above, "taken by Edward Paul, Esq.," is recorded
by J. C. Dale in the "Naturalist," vol. i, p. 16. There are 21 examples of the var.
salmacis, Steph., and 23 of var. artaxerxes, Fab.

Polyommatus s-gon, Bork,— A very fine gynandromorphous example, the right

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side l)('iii<; S iind the Inft, side 9, the sexual diffeivnces beiiiji; equiilly well niarlied
oil tlie under-side, is "From J. G-. Ross Coll." (C.W.J).). Two specimens are
labelled " Dover," one a curious small pale luvender-blue ^ , the other, of the same
sex, verj pale beneath with all tlie markings obsolescent.. Anottier old J , prol>ably
from Ilawortli's CollecLion, taken near Holt, Norfolk, and labelled " marit'tinus " at
side, is very dark beneath, witli tlie ocelli of the fore-wiiifjs much elongated.

Nemeuhiiix hichia, L. — Tlie series includes several (>xamples from Glanvilles
Wool ton.

Si/rU'ht/ius (ilvfioln.i, Iliibn. — There are no fewer tlian (Hteen examples of tlie
ab. fants, Mcig. (also labelled " Larafcr.r, Ifavv., var."), some of which are exceed-
ingly fine. 'J'liive are labelled re?i)erlively "Meek, Slandish Cabinet, TH30";
" Bedell Cabinet (J. C. I).)," and " Klton. Trin. Coll., Cam., ISOt." A very dark
example, with the white spots much redueeil, " var. from .1. Cr. Ross " (C. W. D.).

Steropes paniscus, Fab. — A good series from Monk's Wood, Hunts., and
"Castor Hanglands, near Peterborough."

PamphUa comma, L. — One very light-coloured J, not labelled.

Tamphila Uiiea, Fab. — A fine c^ aberration, in which the fulvous ground-
colour is entirely replaced by whitish-ochreous or bone-colour. " J. ^Villiamsoll,
Folkestone."

Pamphila Uneola, O. — A fine series from Leigh, Essex.

Famphila aclseon, Eott. — This butti-rfly, discovered as a British species by
J. C. Dale at Durdle Door, Dorsetshire, on August IGtli, 1832 (C. W. Dale,
" History of Our British Butterflies," p. 219), is represented by a good series from
Swanage, Lulworth, and the " Burning Cliff," Dorsetshire.

I'Jrrala. — On page 9G, lines 2G and 27 from to]), for " brought to Kent by the
birdstuffer," read, " brought to Kent, the birdstuffer." Page 97, line 17 from fop,
page 99, line 14 from top, page KKI, line 5 from bottom, and page 101, line Hi from
top, for " London's." read " Loudon's."

" Aorangi," Lonsdale Road,

Summertown, Oxford :
April 9th, 19U7.

{To he continued).

JTydrxna britteni, Joy, from Central France. — Immediately after the descrip-
tion of this insect was published (Ent.' Mo. Mag., vol. xliii, p. 79), I received
a (? specimen of a Sydrxna from Capt. Saintc Claire Dcville, of Bouges, witli a
note suggesting that it answered peifectly to the diagnosis of 11. britteni, and I jun
pleased to be able to confirm this identification. Capt. Deville has kindly sent me
the following most interesting particulars of its capture. "The insects" (he
possesses more ? ?) "were taken in April and July, 19(io, in the bed of a small
stream which is very cold, being at about 750 metres altitude, in the neighbourhood
of Arleuf. This place is among the granite mountains of Morvan, fi kiloni. to the
east of Chateau-Chinon. I have noticed that the mountain fauna of the centre of
France is very similar to the British fauna, and as to that of our Western coasts,
it is absolutely identical." — NoKM AN IJ. Joy, Brudfield, near Reading : April i'Htli,
1907.

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riinella hrilrinn'ica, Maltli., a»d other rare Trichfiplcrygldrc. — 1 li;i<l for lonn;
biM'ii lioping to find tinif to visit, Ihe Natural History Museum and ('oni)i!irc soiiif
intcrosting-lookiug Trichnpterygldx with the types in tlie Matllievvs eollection.
'I'licse types 1 found in splcnilid condition, and I liad no difficulty in identifying the
following rare specii-s in my collect ion : —

Pl'meUa hrilannica, iMatth.— Matthews described this species from a single
specimen, and, considering wlint a distinct form it. is, lie was quite justified in
doing so. It has not been recorded from t.lie British Isles since, hut has dccurred
very rarely on the Continent. Matthews' specimen was tali(>n on tlie back of a slug
at Weston, in Oxfordshire. I possess o)ily one exam]i]e, which I took when
carefully sifting a mole's nest from this neighbourhood in March last year. I luive
very little doubt that this was quite an accidental find in such a situation. I
remember when digging up the nest that I tore off a piece of b.irk from an old root
quite a foot beneath the surface of the ground ; it was beliind this that the beetle
was most probably hiding. If this is its natural habitat its apparent great rarity is
ensily accounted for.

Eur ij])l ilium saxonicum, Gillm. — In the Ent. Mo. Mag., vol. xxxix, p. 253,
I recorded I'ii/iitiii marj/iiialiiiii, Anhe, a.n having been taken by myself in the New
Forest by sweeping short grass in tlie evening. This specimen I now find is
EitryptiliHin saxonicum, Gillm., a species not recorded before from Hampshire, or,
indeed, from England. ]\Ir. Tonilin also took a specim(>n last year in Sherwood
Forest.

J'/ilinm rugvlosum, All., is the commonest member of its genus in this
neighbourhood I I have taken it in abundance in hedge clijipings, &c. I see in the
catalogue of Ileyden, Reitter and Weise (1891) this insect is regarded as a variety
of P. kimzei, Heer. It is quite evident that tlu^se Coleopterists had not seen a
specimen of the species, as it is very distinct from /'. ktinzei in shape, S(;ulpture, and
length and colour of antenna^ ; it is more closely related to P. xpencei, All.

Bieocrara variolosa, Muls. — I took one specimen of this rare and very distinct
species on a window here in June last year. — Id.

Bhizophagus co'ruleipennis, Sahlh., tj'c., at Woking. — The very fine hot
weather during the past three days has brought out a number of Cohopiera, and
various interesting species have again been taken on the wing towards sunset,
several of which are new to the district. The following are noteworthy : lihizo-
phdgtts caruleipennis. Sahib.,* one s)3eeiinen, captured with mj' hat. May 12th ;
Deleaster dichrous, Grav., not rare, on three successive evenings in the same spot ;
I'tinus germanus,F., one male, May 10th; S t II icus fr-ag His, Grnv., oue specimen,
May 12th ; Tomicus laricis, ¥., Hedohia iinpercilis, L., both in numbers, Hglesinus
vlttatits,'F.,xiwA. Xglehorus snxeseni, Ratz. — G. C. CiiAMPlON, Horsell, Woking:
May VMh, 1907.

Aseinum slrialnm, L., at Chohham. — On April 1st the larva of Asemum
striatum (recognised at once bj' the two spines at the anal extremity of the body,

• Mr. Bagnall has recently recorded the capture of a single specimen of this raie species at
Gibside, and Dr. Sharp has, I believe, captured another iu the New Forest.

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as figured by Dr. Sharp in Trans. Ent. Soc, 1905, plate 9) was found at Chobliam
in various charred sappy pine stumps. The stumps were again examined on
April Sth, and several pnpiB extracted and brought home. These pupne were placed
in sections of bamboo-cane, and placed in a tin, and forgotten ! But on opening
tlie tin, about three weeks later, tliough the contents had suffered from mould,
two crippled Asemums were found, sufficient to establish the identity of the insect,
and its presence in this portion of Surrey. The same slumps harboured many
specimens of Ipn 4-ffuttala, F., /. 'i-pnnc/a/a, llerbst, and a single Coninomus
constrict ns, Gylh — Id-

Uydrochus mtidiooWis, MuU., in the Hirer Teign. — A;nongst flood rubbish in
the River Teign here a week ago I took one example of this species, which was
recently added (Ent. Rec, xviii, 133) to the British list by Mr. Donistliorpe. —
Philip de la Garde, " Teignview," Christow, near Exeter : May Uli, 19u7.

Bemhidium 4-pustulatum, Dej., and Platysteihus aliitaccus, Th., at Sitting-
bourne.— In September last, while working the nnrshy ground at the back of Old
Milton, Sittingbourne, I obtained three of the rare B. '\-pustitlatum, and eight
P. ahttaceus, which Mr. Newbery has very kindly identified for me. — Ir>.

Occurrence of Carlodere argm, Reitt., in Britain. — A single living specimen
of the above European beetle was taken a few years ago at a wholesale druggist's
in London. Until recently it has done duty in my collection for C. filiformis,
Gyll., but having seen the ivno filiformis it was evident that the two were different
species. M. Bedel has been good enough to name the insect as above. The
specimen in question is probably not indigenous, but as it nniy be mixed with
C. filijormis in other collections, it appears worthy of notice. It can be readily
separated from both C. filiformis and C. filum by its large prominent eyes. — E. A.
NiiWBEKY, 12, Churchill Road, Dartmouth Park, N.W. : May 2nd, 19U7.

Lafhrohium heripenne, Ileer.—Jn view of Canon Fowler's reference to this
species on page 30 of the current volume, it may be well to place on record that my
collection contains two males, which have been authenticated by Mr. W. E. Sharp,
wlio introduced the species to the Britisli list. One of these is from Cannock Chase
(ex coll. Blatch), and as Mr. Blatch had it labelled L. rufipenne, Gyll., it seems
probable that all his localities for the latter insect are referable to L. Ixvipenne,
Heer. J can vouch for the occurrence of L. heoipenne at Lewisham, Gosfield, and
in the Manchester district. — J. R. le B. Tomlin, Stoveley, Reading : May, 1907.

Cis ptcnctulatus, Oyll., in England. — Records of this Cis have, I believe,
hitherto been exclusively Scotch. It will be of interest therefore to note its capture
in Cumberland, the precise locality being Orton Woods to the west of Carlisle,
where it has occurred in some abundance this spring. It was obtained under and
in the chinks of bark on a fallen Scotch fir upon which a Polyporiis was growing

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freely. Associated willi the Ch were a mimber of other hark spocios, siicli as
Homalota cuspidata, II. immersa, Phhtopora reptana, &c. — F. H. Day, 151,
Q-ordon Terrace, Carlisle : May, 1907.

Enicmusfungicoln, T'/zoh).?.— With regard to this interesting species, introduced
to our list by Mr. Newbery in last month's Ent. Mo. Matj. (pp. 103-101), I should
put on record the capture of a specimen by myself so long ago as May 10th, 1901,
from a fungus growing on an ash tree near Langwathby, in the Eden valley. This
locality is about two miles from Edenhall, where Mr. Critten met with his little
colony in 190G. My specimen was accidentally overlooked until Mr. Britten gave
me some of his a little while ago. — Id.

Ceuthorrhj/nchus pllosellu.i, Gt/IL, cf"c., near Oxford. — On May lllh, I found a
single example of the apparently very rare weevil, Ceiithorrhynchiu pilosellas, Gyll.,
in a small sandpit at the edge of a wood near Tubney ; at the time of capture I mis-
took it for the common C maryinalH.f, Payk., and did not realize my good fortune
until my bottle was turned out at home. Rhinomacer attelaboides, F., a species
which is evidently extending its range southward, occurred singly by sweeping under
some well-grown Scotch firs ; and the capture, among many other local species
already recorded from Tubney, of Homalota tesfaceipes, Heer, Megacronus cingu-
latus, Mann., Trachys pumila, 111., Fhytcecia cyIi7idrica,Jj., Longitar.ius agilis, Rye,
Bravhytarsiis varius, F., Miaru.i plantarum, Germ, (not rare), Ceutkorrhynchiditis
chevrolati, Bris., Hyleshiiis oleiperda, F., &c., testifies to the excellence of the day
as well as to that of the locality. — James J. Walkee, Aorangi, Lonsdale Road,
Summertown, Oxford : May \Qth, 1907.

Paltodora strlatella, HI., in East Dernn. — Among some Lepidoplera recently
received for identification from Dr. A. Sharpin I was greatly interested to find two
specimens of Paltodora .itriafelta, lib., which, together with a third, were secured
by him in East Devon during August last. The distribution of this species in
Britain, where it appears to be very local and decidedly scarce, is given in Meyrick's
Handbook Brit. Lep., p. 572 (1895), as " Kent to Hants and Cambridge," but it
had been previously recorded from outside the area thus indicated, for, in Lep. Dors.,
p. 54 (1886), the late Mr. C. W. Dale chronicled the capture by himself of " a
couple " of examples — a correction of the " single specimen only " entered in his
Hist. Glan. Woot., p. 225 (1878)— at Glanvilles Wootton, Dorset, on August 3rd,
1870. But, to the best of my belief, P. striatella, of which the larva lives at first
in the flower-heads, and afterwards in the stems, of tansy (Tanacetum vitlgare, L.),
had never been found so far west as I Devonshire until Dr. Sharpin took it there last
summer, and his specimens are certainly the only modern ones among the few
British individuals that have come under my notice. It will be seen from Stau-
dinger and Rebel's "Catalog" that this species is the tanacetella of Schranck,
Rossler, and von Heinemann, while tlie striatella of these last two authors, and of
Herrich-Schiiffer, is quite distinct from the subject of this note. The larva of
P. anthemidella, Wck. {striatella, H.-S., Rossi., Hein., has been recorded as feeding
on Anthemis cotula, A. tinctoria, and Chrysanthemum corymbosum, on the con-
tinent, but the insect is not known to occur in this country. — Eustace R. Bankes,
Norden, Corfe Castle : May lUh, 1907.

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Catalogus Coleopterorfm EuROPiE, &c. : Editio Secunda.

In the review of this work, anted, p. 114, a mistake was made that requires
correction. Tiie Coleoptera are placed under nine groups as stated, hut group (2)
should be named Siaphylinoidea, and the term Poltphaga made to include groups
2-9 inclusive, equivalent to the section Adepiiaga. The heading for tlie Adephnga
is given an enth'e page, and families only are included under it, while that for the
Poltphaga is given as a headline, and each of the eight groups placed under it are
divided up into families as well. The want of uniformity in the system of arrange-
ment is very apt to mislead at first sight, hence this explanatory note. — d. C. C.

BiRMINGITAM ENTOMOLOGICAL SOCIETY: April \hlh, 1007. — Mr. G. T.

Bethune-Baker, President, in the Chair.

Mr. E. C. Rossiter showed Twniocamp.-v bred from dug puprc from Wyre Forest,
amongst them being specimens of incerfa, wliich approached stahUls so nearly that
he was uncertain to which species to assign them. Mr. Hubert Langley, various
Lepuloplera from the neighboui-hood of Leamingtcm, including Sarrothripus revai/-
ana, Sc, taken on sallow bloom and new to Warwickshire, and dark forms of
Hi/hernia marginaria, Blch., $ , M. leticophxaria, Schiff., and Chimahacche fagella,
F. Mr. J. Tj Fountain, a largo number of Lepidoptera taken this year, including
live Bislon strataria, ITufn., taken the same day at Sutton, Panolis <iriseovariegata,
Goeze, fine specimens from Sutton ; Vanessa poltjchJoros and Polygonia c-aJhum
from Wye Valley, &c. lie remarked upon the extraordinary resemblance of the
Panolis to tufts of fir cone, with which tlie ground was ])lentifully strewn, by birds
or squirrels, and amongst which they were taken. Mr. L. Doncaster, the specimens
of A iigefona pruuafia,Jj., renved by him in the course of breeding experiments upon
tlie species, the results of which he explained. Mr. G. T. Bethune-l'aker, a series
of the magnificent butterflies belonging to the Morphine genus Tenaris from New
Guinea. Mr. Colbrau J. Wainwright, Lepidoptera taken locally by Mr. W. H.
Hardaleer, and including Noctiia castanea (neglecta) from Sutton; Hadeiia trifulii
(chenopodii) from Handsworth, &c. Mr. G. H. Keurich remarked that the castanea
were neither of the southern grey form, nor the northern reddish form, but of an
intermediate light brownish colour, and that he had taken similar specimens at
Wyre Forest. — Colbran J. Wainwright, Hon. Sec.

Lancashire and Cheshire Entomological Society: This the concluding
Meeting of the Session, was held at the Royal Institution, Colquitt Street, Liverpool,
Monday, April 15th, Mr. W. Mansbridge, Vice-President, in the Chair.

Mr. Kobert Newstead, Lecturer on Economic Entomology and Parasitology at
the liiverpool University, delivered a lecture upon Stomoxys and the Tse-tse flies
(Olossimf), among the latter being tlie insects which produce sleeping sickness.
Tlie lecturer described the life-history and development of these most interesting
flies, giving particulars of tluMr habits and distribution, as well as the structural
characters available for classification.

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Tho life-histoi'j of Slomoxi/s rcmainc-d unknown until worked ovit. by the
Ipctiirer parLlj \\\wn captive spci-inicns, vorifuHl by his discovery, at Rossett last
year, of the fly in every stage. The Hies were found hiying their eggs upon heating
grass mowings, and feeding upon the warm decomposing grass, were embryos m all
stages of development.

The mouth parts, wliieli form the biting organ, were very fully described and
illustrated by blackboard drawings and microscopic prei)aration8 of these, in many
respects, remarkable flies. Specimens of eight out of nine known species of the
Olossiiifc were exhibited by the lecturer, together witli preserved larvse and pupre.

Mr. Joseph Collins, of Oxford, sent for exhibition a bos of Culeoptera and
Diptera taken from moles' nests in the vicinity of Oxford, and contributed notes.
Working on lines suggested by the researches of Dr. Joy, of Reading, Mr. Collins
found the following species, all of which were shown, viz. : Quedius vexans, common ;
(2- longicoriiisjii s\wYt series, much rarer than vexans; Aleochara sp adicea, ia.ir\j
common; A. succicola ; JIeteru(koi>s niflra, common; Oxi/poda spectabilis, not
common; O. inelatarsalis,\n two localities, a nice series; Humalota paradoxa ;
Oxytelusfairmairei; O. sculp Itirat us ; Medon cas/aneus; M.propinquus; Diptera:
nifstrichopsijllii Lalpx, the mole flea. Mr. W. A. Tyerman exhibited a long bred
series of TcCiiiocampa guthica, which had fed on lilac, and preserved larvse of
Odoidojiera hideuiata showing protective resemblance to the lichen commonly
found on birch bark. Mr. Oscar Whitlaker, living examples of Vlea minutissima. —
H. R. Sweeting and Wm. Mansbuidge, Ron. Sees.

The South London Entomological and Natural History Society:
Saturday, March 23rd, 1907.

A Meeting was held at the British Museum, Natural History. Dr. Bowdler
Sharp conducted those present over that portion of the Museum devoted to the
Study Collections of Birds and Birds' Eggs, showing and commenting on many
choice and beautiful specimens. Subsequently other galleries were visited.

Thursday, March 28th, 1907.— Mr. R. Adkin, President, in the Cliair.

Mr. Main exhibited specimens of the Mole Flea, Ilyslrichopsylla talpx. On
behalf of Mr. Alderson, specimens of Musca domestica, bred from maggots expelled
from the intestines of a child. This was said to be the first time that the species
had been properly identified, although similar occurrences had been reported.
Mr. Adkin, several series of Anchocelis rujina from various localities ; those from
Rannoch being the most richly coloured. Mr. Montgomery reported Pieris napi as
flying in mid-March, and Mr. Newman, P. napi, P. rapse, and J\inessa atalanta as
being common in South Devonshire.

Thursday, April Wth, 1907. — The President in the Chair.

Mr. South exhibited preserved larvae at different iiistars of Gastropacha querci-
folia and Epicnaplera ilicifolia, and discussed the orange markings present on the
2nd and 3rd segments ; also a cocoon of the latter species and of Liclia ccenosa.
Mr. Tonge, photographs of the cocoons of Dicranura hicuspis among lichen, and of
a larva of Charaxes jasius showing the peculiar formation of the head. Mr. West,

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the rare Coleopteron, Ojcyliemus variolosnx, from Darenth Wood, in August, 1903.
Tlie species is rare on tlie Continent. Mr. Ncwmiin, a long bred series of Pulygonia
c-album, representative of sonie 7U0 tallowing but trivial variation. Mr. 13. Adkin,
a bandless form of Anaitis plagiata, a EiqjUhecia 2Jii-iiiiliiia with only (wo transverse
lines, with nice forms of Cam2)tograinma bilineata and other species. Mr. Ka^'c,
a bred series of Daphii'm nerii from Dalniatia. Mr. Adkin, a series of Cymatophora
duplaris from Rannoch, and contributed notes on the two very distinct forms.
Mr. Adkin made some I'emarks upon insects attacked by verdigris ; a discussion
ensued, Messrs. Montgomery, Kaye, South, and others taking part. Mr. Turner,
the butterfly-like moth, Synemon parthenoides, the sexually dimorphic llelero-
nympha merope, and other insects from Western Australia. Mr. Ray ward read
notes on the curious relations he had observed between ants {Formica Jlava) and
the larva of Pulyommatus icarus, and gave details of his experiments.

Thursday, April 25fh, 1907. — The President in the Chair.

Mr. Newman exhibited a branch of birch, upon the twigs of which were about
a thousand ova of Dl.morpha versicolura, laid by females sleeved around it. Mr.
Main, some email Scorpions, the larva of a Mantis, and an example of the large
locust, Acridiuin xgyptium, L, all living, and sent him from Ilyeres by Dr.
Chapman. Mr. Sieh, the ova of Lilhocolletis cuncomiteUa, a species closely allied
to the more common L. pumifulieUa. — Uy. J. TuKNEK, Jlon. Sec.

Entomolooical Society of London: Wednesday, May \st, 1907.—
Mr. C. O. Watekhouse, President, in the Chair.

M. Alexandre Bonnet, of 36'''*, Bjulevard Bineau, Neuilly-sur-Seine, Seine,
France; Mr. Henry Murray Giles, of Perth, Western Australia ; Mr. Arthur Leslie
Raywood, of Colebrooke, Park Lane, Wallington, Surrey ; and Mr. Yeend Duer, of
Tokyo, Japan ; were elected Fellows of the Society.

The decease was announced of the Rev. William Henry Heale, M.A.

Mr. O. E. Janson exhibited a small collection of Coleoptera made by liim in
Iceland in July, 1906, comprising thirty-nine species, of which some were previously
unrecorded as inhabiting that island. Mr. J. A. Clark, living larva) of Utiorrhyii-
chus snlcatui feeding on the roots of ferns. Commander J. J. Walker, living speci-
mens of Oxythyrea stictica, L., Epicometis hirtella, L., and Anlhaxia parallela.
Lap., taken by Dr. T. A. Chapman at St. Maxime, S. France. Dr. F. A. Dixoy,
specimens of seven different forms of the variable female of Lcuceronia argia, Fabr.,
showing that each form stood in mimetic relation with a separate model., also
exhibited. The President, some Coleoptera collected in Pahang by Mr. H. C.
Robinson and recently received at the Natural History Museum. The series con-
tained some interesting cases of mimicry between beetles of widely separated
groups. Dr. G. B. Longstaff, living specimens of the Elaterid Pyrophorus
noctilucus, Linn., brought from Trinidad by Dr. F. L. J. M. de Verteuil, R.N.
Mr. H. St. J. Donisthorpe, on behalf of Prof. T. Hudson Beare and himself, speci-
mens of Quedius riparius, Keil., and Try2)odendron quercus, Eich., taken by them
at Porloek, Somersetshire, on April 161 h and 17th ; also Jlydrovatus clypealis,Shp.,
taken by them on April 14tli, at Worle, near Weston-super-Mare. Mr. Donisthorpe

1907.] 141

also showed the larva and pupa of a Diptcron of the genus Microdon, taken in a
nest of Formica fu sea at Porlock last month. Mr. R. Shelford, a specimen of the
curious parasitic Ortliopterous insect Ilemimerus taljioides, Walk., from Portuguese
Guinea; and read a note on "A Case of IIonieDotic Variation in a Cockroach." —
H. Rowland-Bkown, Jlon. Sec

HELP-NOTES TOWARDS THE DETERMINATION OF BRITISH
TENTHREDINID2E, &c. (19).

HT THE UEV. F. D MOHICK, M.A., F.E.S.

BLENNOCAMPIDES {confinued)^PERICLISTA to BLENNOGAMPA.

Ill two more genera of the Blennocampides, as in those with
which we have just been dealing {Jlhadinocera;a, &e.) the eyes are
noticeably remote from the mandibles (" gena? distiiicta^ "). These
are PericJista, Kuw., and Ardls, Knw., and of each we have (I believe)
two British species

Periclista, Konow.

The J c? of this genus are unmistakeable, being the only Blenno-
campiils with " continuous external neuration " (Ent. Mo. Mag.,
March, 1903, p. 53). The $ ? do not possess this character, but
they have another vtry distinctive one in tlic outline of the saw-
sheath, viewed laterally, with its short but sharp triangular apex
(Fig. 11, infra), and one of the two species can be recognised at
once by its coloration.

Our two species are vwlanocephala, F., and lincolata, Kl. I do
not remember to have personally met with the latter as a British
insect; but it is no doubt Mr. C'amerou's lineolala (recorded from
Worcester and Scotland), though it is strange that in giving the
characters of the c? lie says nothing about its peculiar neuration.

Melanoceplialn has the abdomen reddish in both sexes, in lineolata
it is black. Melonocephala differs from all our other Bhnnocampides
in having both the thorax and the ahdomen mostly red above. lu all
other cases either both or one of them is black. Mehinocephala ^
follows the general rule, its red coloration being confined to the
abdomen.

Both in tnelanoccphala and in lineolata the body is a little longer
and considerably broader than in Pareophora. 1 make its measure-
meuts average about 6 mill. X 2 mill, (in dried specimeus).

142 [June,

Arbis, Konow.

In Ardis the gen?p, thougli quite " distinct," are considerably

shorter than in Pcriclista and
Pureopliom. The V saw-slieath
is produced into a hmg sliarp
" niucro," which is very unlike
, ^, . the blunt apex of Pareophora

a. Jipex of savv-Bhcath in Avdu sulcata $ . '

6. ,, ,, ,, I'ericHsiamciaHoccpiiaia ^. or the li'iang'ular one of Pm-

chut a. (8ec Ingure U).
Our two spi'cics, hipioiclatn, Kl., and sulcata, Cam., are both
black-bodied, and in both — but n)orc conspicuously in saJcata — tliere
is a peculiar impression or furrow on the head, followini,^ the posterior
margin of each eye. The prunotum and teguhc are black in sulcata,
partly pah^ in bipunctaia. The latter has also much njore white upon
the legs, and the 2nd cid)ital seems to be (gtMierally, at least) much
longer and not so high as compared with the 'Avtl, a character noticed
by Mr. Cameron in distinguishing Jjipuiictata from P. llnroJata. But
w'lu'ther it can always be relied upon to separate hijninctata from
sulcata 1 cannot say Avithout more material than lies before me.

There is a lliird species of Ardis on tlie Continent, viz., plana, Kl. {=^sericans,
Hig.), in which the head is not furrowed beliind the ejes, and tlie body (especially
on llio ventral side and towards the apex of tlie abdomen) is clothed with a notice-
able, though fine, pubescence. Mr. Cameron describes in Vol. I a Blennocainpa
sericans as Britisli, and partieidarly mentions the latter character as distinguishing
it. But in Vol. IV he states that his sericans is a 3Ionophadiuis, and identical with
Klug's " eloiiffafa" {? elo>if/atu/a,Ti\.). Of the latter species I have only foreign
specimens, which have, as Klug says, " abdomen apice scriceo-micante " ; but the
cliaractcr is even more distinct in my specimens of "plana" (also foreigners). It
is very likely that the true ''^ plana =^ sericans " exists in this country ; but in the
absence of records I naturally cannot " list " it.

We come now to the short-cheeked Blennocampides, and I com-
mence with the very distinct and uniform genus Tomostetlms, Knw.,
consisting of short and sturdy-looking species, W'itli short stout
antenna", wliose fJrd joint occupies nearly a quarter of their entire
length, and exhibiting very strongly the character of " prjesterna
discreta" (Ent. Mo. Mag., May, 19U3, p. 115, Fig. 9), whence tlieir
generic name Tomosfetlius, i. e., " cloven-breasted." The furrow
which thus separates the " prassterna " from the rest of the breast
nnist not be confounded with the division between the pro- and
mesosternum which is to be found in all genera. It lies behind the
latter, and is a mere " depression," though a deep one, not a "fissure "

1907. 143

of tlic cliitin. Tlie front femora appear to fit into it, when the insect
draws its legs together, as it usually docs wlien captured. Hence
there is sometimes a diiliculty in seeing tlie cliaracter in specimens
not prepared witli a view to displaying it; hut, if the front legs are
pulled well out of tlie way, it is very noticeahle indeed, when the
insect is looked at upside-down. " Carding," naturally, altogether
conceals it.

In all sjjecies of Tomosfetlius the wings are more or less dusky ;
the legs are mainly hlack in some species, in others they are more or
less widely yellowish. But the most important characters are those
which lie in the structure of the head, though unfortunately it is
often very diflicult to see them without special preparation of the
specimens. In practice one has generally to rely on neuration, size,
and colour-differences.

Konow enumerates in his papers on the European Blennoeampids
(Vienna, 18S0) six species of Tomoslef/nis, and I possess British speci-
mens of all six. The following Table is founded on his ; but I add
certain characters which 1 have found helpful, ami explain at greater
length others which he states somewhat briefly, so that a beginner
might not realize his meaning. I have also brought the nomen-
clature up to date by information received from his later writings on
the subject, and mentioned in brackets the name given to certain
species in Mr. Cameron's Monograi)h. (Gnffafhinus and fmiereus do
not seem to be mentioned in that work either under those names or
others).

SYNOPTIC TABLE OP BRITISH TOMOSTETHUS spp.

1. 'i'eniporii without distiiicl. margin separating them from the occiput 2.

— Tempora witli a sliarp margin separating at least tlieir lower ])art from the

occiput. (This margin runs from near the base of the mandible [behind it]
upwards towards the hind corner of the vertical area) 4.

2. Discoidal n. and 1 medial n. in fore-wing not parallel. Hind-wing with an

enclosed medial cell. Large black species. Legs black. (Superficially
resembling P. atenima and It. micaiis, but a little smaller) ...nigritns, F.

— Discoidal n. and 1 medial n. parallel 3.

3. Hind-wing without enclosed medial cell. Legs mostly black. (Like the last sp.,

but smaller) fuUginostis, Schr.

— Hind-wing with enclosed medial cell. Legs mostly yellow .fanereus, Kl.

4. Tempora with margin distinct only in its lower part. Body (except the legs in

part) entirely black gagathinus, XI.

X41 [June, 1907.

— Tempora distinctly margined almost up to the verlcs. Body (oxoept in one

variety) partly red 5.

5. Hind-wings without enclosed medial cell. Abdomen black.

(«) Thorax mostly red diiliiis, Gm. (typical form).

(= ephipphim, C).

(i) Thorax black dubins, Grm., var. nigrans, Knw.

(? ^ hrachycera, C, Vol. IV).

— Ilind-vviiif;s wilh enclosed medial cell. Abdomen and legs for the most part red,

thorax black. (A larger species than the last ) luteiventris, Kl.

{^=fttscipe)mis, C).

I liave already reonrdod Britisli ('aj)tiires of T. funereus and
T. ga(jniliinns in tlio Ent. Mo. Ma;^. (Jan., 1901). The former
I received from tlie late Mr. Beaumont, the latter from the Rev. A.
Thornley. The variety of dubins with black thorax (^nigrans, Knw.)
has been sent to me by several correspondents, ainon<; them Mr. li. C. L.
Perkins, and T have also examples taken by Dr. Capron. I notice that
in all my specimens of this form, and likewise in those of the typical
ihihhis, the horny spot which is usual, if not universal, in the 2nd
cubital cell of other Tomostethus s[)ecies is wanting ; and as Mr.
Cameron characterizes a Tomostethus which lie formerly called micans,
but now hraclnjcera, by the absence of this spot, it occurs to me that
hracliycera^ C, and var. nigrans, Knw., may j)erliaps be identical.
But as I have not seen the type of hrachycera, and do not know
■whether the presence or absence of such a spot can really be relied
iijion as a good specific character, I only Ihi'ow this out as a sug-
gestion.

Blennocampa, Jltg.

Next to Tomostethus in his Catalogue Konow places the genus to
which he restricts the name of Blennocampa — a name applied by
previous authors to the whole of (he present group. This genus, as
he now defines it, consists of those; Blennocampides whicli combine
the following characters : short cheeks, no distinct pra?sterna, 3rd
antcnnal joint longer than Ith, 1st cubital nerve in fore-w^ing distinct,
discoidal n. and 1st basal n. sub-paralli'I, and no enclosed medial cell
in the hind-wing, Of Blennocampa as thus defined, 1 know six
British species, which ajipear to be all common insects, and which can
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SYNOPTIC TABLE OF BRITISH BLENNOCAMPA spr.

1. Abdomen reddish assimUis, Fall.

— black 2.

2. Third antcniial joint at least iialf as long again as the fourth 3.

— „ „ „ only sliglitly longer tlian the fourth 4.

3. Small (3—4 mill. long). Hind tibiaj and tarsi whitish jntsilla, Kl.

— Largo (abnit 6 mill. long). Hind tibiaj largely, and tarsi, black ...

allernipes, Kl.
(= cinereipes, C).

4. Teguloe white. Antennse particularly long and slender ientiicornis, Kl.

(=r alchemillse, C).

— Teguloe black. Antennae ordinary 5.

5. Hind tibiae mostly black geniculata, Steph.

(= allernipes, C.)

— Hind tibisD white subcana, Zadd.

AssiiiuHs is one oE our prettifst and most common Blennocampid
species. I have an impression, which I regret that I have not time
to verify before this paper goes to press, that Konow now calls it by
another name (P nffinis. Fall.), but it is still called assimilis in his
Catalogue of 1S90, and I may be labouring under some misconception
on the subject.

Geniculata, Steph., is not to be confounded with the geniculata of
Mr. Cameron's Monograph, to which we shall come later in discussing
Monopliadnus.

Thomson and Cameron separate from suhcana a form which they
call subserrata, but Konow appears not to admit it as a distinct
species, and I am not acquainted with it myself, even as a variety, so
I cannot introduce it into my Table. (According to Mr. Cameron it
differs from subcana in having the tegulye and edge of pronotum
white, and from alcJiemillce [= tenuicornis] in the structure of its
antennje).

Konow formerly included in his Bhnnocampa, for which he has
now formed a new genus, Scolioneura, in consequence of a difference
in the neuration of their fore-wings, the discoidal n. and 1st medial n.
being not sub-parallel, but convergent. The genus has three British
representatives ; but I must defer consideration of them to another
paper, in which I hope to deal with the remaining genera of the
Blennocavipides.

(To he continued).

146 tJ"iy.

A NEW EUROPEAN SPECIES OF PTEROPnORID.E.
Br E. MEYRICK, B.A., F. RS.

In August, 1900, T spent :i fortnight at Saas-Ft'e, in the Vahiis,
Switzerland, and in a former volume (Ent. Mo. Mag., xxxviii, 217)
I described anew Pteropliorld then obtained, Platyptilialeucorrhtjncha.
I have now discovered that I possess another new species of Plrro-
2>1iorid(£ taken on the same occasion.

StENOPTILIA ZA.LOCKOSSA, 11. Sp.
(? ? . 18 — 21 111111. Head ami thorax liglit brovviiisli-ochrcoits sprinkled «ilh
white, with a white line above eyes. Palpi pale bvownish-oulireous, upper and
lower edges while. Anteniiaj grej. Abdomen pale brownish-oehreoiis, with a
white line on each side of back, and two beneath. Legs pale browish-ochreoiis
externally, white internally. Fore-wings cleft from about J, segments moderately
broad, tolerably acute, termen straight, very oblique ; light brownish-ochreous,
paler along dorsum, more or less sjirinkled with whitish, and strewn with blackish
scales about fold and in disc posteriorly, tending to indicate longitudinal streaks ;
a small roundish s])ot of blackish irroration in disc at \, and one at base of cleft ;
cilia light brownish-ochreous mixed with whitish towards base, white on costa
towards middle of first segment, with a dark fuscous basal dot at apex of second
segment, another less marked below it, and sometimes one at lower angle of both
segments. Hind-wings cleft firstly from below middle, secondly from !, first
segment moderately dilated, pointed, second moderate, long-pointed, acute, third
slender ; grey, sprinkled with dark grey ; cilia grey.

Saas-Fee, G,000 — 7,000 feet, in August ; four specimens, on an
open mountain-slope, covered with various flowers ; the species would
probably be attached to a gentian or allied ])lant. Exceedingly
similar to 8. hipunctidactyla, but easily and certainly distinguished
by the patch of white costal cilia ; the a|)ex of the first segment of
fore-wings also appears more acutely jiointi'd, the cilia more produced
and longer at apex, and the costa of this segment obviously less
arched. S. zophodactyla is distinguished from it by possessing three
blackish dots at the base of the terminal cilia of the first segment of
fore-wings (as well as three on the second segment) ; the central dot
of these three is not possessed by any nearly allied, species of the
genus except zophodactyla, and is a reliable test for that species.
S. zaJocrossa is so like these two species that perhaps other Alpine
collectors may find they have it mixed with one or other of them, but
I have no doubt of its distinctness.

S. zophodactyla is a very widely distributed species, occurring in
India and Australia as w'ell as Europe ; canalis, Walk., is a synonym
of it, and Doxosleres, Meyr., founded on this species but based on

1907.] 147

abiionn.ility or error, is a synonym of Sfenoptilia. I recently
received a series from the Khasi Ilills, Assam, and these led to my
makinj^ the investigations which have resulted in the present note.

Tlioniliaiiger, Miirlborough :

May 22)id, 1907.

ALGERIAN MICROLE FIDO PTERA.

BY THE RT. IIOX. LORD WALSIJ^GHAM, M.A., LL.D., F.R.S., &c.
{Continued from page 129).

HrPONOMEUTIDAE.

372:! : I. — COLEOPHOUA PROTECTA, sp. 11.
Antennae white, verj distinctly iinmilated with black ; clothed with yellowish
white hair-scales at the base. Palpi projecting the length of the head beyond it ;
white. Head white. Thorax yellowish white. Foreioingx lemon-ochreous,
gradually shading to bright yellowish brown above the fold, this colour intensified
toward the apes ; costa narrowly snow-while throughout, rather more widely along
the costal cilia ; cilia pale rosy grey. Exp.aL, 10—12 mm. Eindwings rosy grey ;
cilia pale browjiish grey. Abdomen ochveous. Legs whitish.

Ti/pc, 6 0177OG) ; 2 (97GG0). Mus. WIsm.

Hah. : ALGERIA — -Biskra, Larva AcaiithylUs traffacauthoides,
XTI~II, exel. 4-lLin.lS97 {Eaton) ; 28.11— 2LIV.1903 (Wlsm.) •
llammam-es-Salahin, Larvae 15.1, excL 11.111— 24.IV.1901 ; 2-24.
IV.1904; 14.V.1903 {Wlsm.) ; El-Kantara, 23.V.1903 (Wlsm.).
Twenty-seven specimens.

The case, formed of leaflets of AcanthijUis iragacanthoides, is
yellowish white, and is fixed obliquely to the food-plant, which is
somewhat irregular in shajje, with successive layers of the leaf folded
round it, and is conspicuous only when after feeding it attaches
itself to the long naked thorns which protect the plant against all
animals, including camels.

3765 : 1. — CuLEOPUORA PRINCIPIELLA, Sp. 11.
Antennae stonc-wliite, faintly annulate with fuscous. Palpi porrect, divergent,
stone-white; the median joint streaked externally with brownish ochreous, a scale-
tuft projecting at its apex nearly as far as the end of the terminal. Head and
Thorax pale stone-grey. Forewings rather bright brownish ochreous, the costa
narrowly pale whitish ochreous throughout, a short streak of the same along the
outer half of the cell, and another below the basal half of the fold, the dorsum also
narrowly whitish ochreous ; the dorsal streak is sligiitly furcate at its apex ; cilia
pale brownish ochraceous. Exp. at., 11 — 12 mm. Hindwings dull reddish grey ;
cilia the same, but paler. Abdomen leaden grey above, stone-white beneath,

laterally, and dividing the segments ; anal tuft stone-white. Legs pale cinereous.

N 2

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Tyfe, $ (853G). Mus. Wlsm.

Rah.: ALGERIA— Bune,G-20.IV.lS9G, "just above the Mos-
lem cemetery," and " beLind the French cemetery, among the scrub "
{^atoii). Seven specimens.

An inconspicuous species, but 1 am quite unable to identify it
under any hitherto published dcscri[)tion, it is perhaps most nearly
allied to conrferiella, Stgr.

3815: 1.— COLEOPIIORA. AEGTPTIACAE, sp. 11.
Antennae tluU whitish, fainll}' b;irrod with fawn-grey ; the basal juiiit with a
very long tuft. Palpi slemlcr, porrect, stretching half the length of the head
beyond it ; whitish. Head and Thorax stone-whilish. Forewings dull stone-
whitish, with fawn-grey lines following tiie iieuralion and somewhat clearly indi-
cating the margins of the cell ; costal and apical cilia stone-white, Lornal cilia
fawn-greyish. J£xp. al., 10 — 11mm. Ilindivings pale grey; cilia pale brownish
grey. Abdomen stone-white, with a double series of elongate fuscous spots down
the middle. Legs stone-white.

^ypf'^ S (97702). Mus. Wlsm.

Hah.: ALGERIA— Tlammam-es-Salahin, 2-12.lV.1901. Larva
Salvia aegj/ptiaca, III — IV, excl. 21.1V. 1904. Thirteen specimens.

1 have long been acquainted with this inconspicuous species in
its larval state. My attention was first called to it by Mr. Eaton, but I
had great difficulty in rearing it. The case is formed of a single long
leaflet of the food-plant, mined and hollowed-out for the reception of
the larva. It retains the form of the leaf, the anterior opening being
scarcely oblique, ihe corrugated edges of the long pale brown case
being more conspicuous toward the top than along the middle, the
pale mid-rib of the leaf being visible throughout. I took eight
specimens on April 24th, together with several cases from which the
type emerged the same day.

3886 : 1. — CoLEoriiouA gymnocaupei.la, sp. n.

Antennae whitish cinereous, annulate with fuscous. Palpi short, scarcely pro-
jecting beyond the head ; whitish cinereous. Head and Thorax whitish cinereous,
sprinkled with fuscous. Forewings whitish cinereous, sparsely sprinkled with
fuscous scales, and with a slight greyish fuscous suffusion at the base, gradually
diluted outward, leaving the eosta narrowly free and of the pale ground-colour
throughout ; cilia pale brownish grey, whitish cinereous on the costa and at the
apex. Exp. at., 8—9 mm. Sindioiiigs slightly shining, pale greyish ; cilia pale
brownish grey. Abdomen greyish fuscous. Legs pale greyish.

Ti/pe, c? (97707). Mus. "Wlsm.

Hab. : ALGERIA— Biskra, 12.11— 7.111.1894 (i:afon) ; 12.111.

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1003, 1.1V.190I. (Wlsm.) ■ Hammam-es-Salahin, 11.111— 10.IV.1904,
Larva, Oymnocarpon frnticosum, 17.1V, excl. 28.1V. 1901 {Wlmn.).
Nine specimens.

A single specimen was bred from a larva found feeding on leaves
of GijDinocarpon frulicosuin at Ilammam-ew-Salahin on A|)ril 17tli,
1904, The case is short, cylindrical, and thicddy covered with minute
grains of sand ; the mouth is slightly oblique, the op|)osite end being
])ii)ch(>d up in a triangular form, which is however concealed by the
sand-grains. The only bred specimen emerged on April 2Sth ; it is a
small, obscure species, and the cases are very difficult to observe.

ERETMOCERA, Z.

3403 : 1.— ErKTMOCERA. MICROBAnBA.RA, sp . n.
Antennae fuscous. Palpi dirty nliitish. Head fuscous. Thorax bronzy
brownish fuscous. Forewinga brownish fuscous, sprinkled and mottled with pale
groyisli ochreous, which lias a tendency to form an irregular fascia before the middle
and an oblique transverse band before the apex, more distinctly visible on the costa
than below it ; a few long greyish ochreous scales project into the brownish fuscous
cilia, but the amount of such scaling there and on the wing-surface is variable.
Exp. nl., 10 mm. Hindioings slightly paler than the forewings, pale brownish
fuscous, witJi darker brownish fuscous cilia. Abdomen pinkish ochreous, slightly
shaded with fuscous ; the anal tuft blackish. Ze^^,? blackish, with white annulations.

Type, S (8323). Mus. Wlsm.

Hah.: ALGERJA-Biskra, "borders of Oued Biskra, in the
neighbourhood of railway kilometre 199. Beaten from flowers of
TaviarLv brachi/sfj/Iis, 10-11.30 a.m.," 9.V.1895 {Eaton); "by the
Route de Tourgout, opposite the Jardin Laudon, on Ammi visnaga^^
15.V.1897 {Eaton) ; " by the Aqueduct, near Fort St. Germaine and
the brick-kiln, on Ammi visna//n umbels. Common," 19. V. 1897 {Eaton).
Seven specimens.

A much smaller species than onedinella, Stgr., which is its only-
near ally in the genus. It may be distinguished by its more ochreous,
less reddish abdomen, and by the somewhat less distinct pale mark-
ings on the forewings, but the general colouring is extremely similar.

3103 : 2. — EllETMOCEKA NOMADICA, sp. 11.
Antennae black. Palpi lead-grey, with blackish scales along the terminal joint
beneath. Head bronzy brownish, with a few reddish scales round the neck. Thorax
black, sprinkled with brown-grey scales. Foreioings hlixck, sprinkled with brown -
grey scales, a pale pinkish ochreous spot on the costa at three-fourths from the
base ; cilia brownish grey : underside shining, rosy grey, the rosy tinge more
especially visible along the costa ; cilia dark brownish grey, contrasting strongly
with the pale, shining, wing-surface. Exp. al., 12 mm. Hindioings shining,

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pale grey, with a sliglit rosy tinge outwardly ; cilia brown-grey : underside
shining, pale rosy grey; cilia pale brownish grey, rosy-tinged at their base, ex-
cept at the wing-apex. Ahdomen red, shaded with black across tlie base, with
a black band on the aniepemdtiinate segment ; anal tuft ochreous : underside
throughout, shining, deep purplish black, an ochreous spot on either side below tlie
middle. Legs deep purplish black, the hind tarsi with three or four whitish bauds,
one at the base of each of the anterior joints.

Type, S (97701). Miis. Wlsm.

Hah.: ALGERIA— TTammam-os-Salnhin, 31.1.1901. Unique.

The species is separable from mcdineJla^ Stgr., by the black band
on the underside of the fore-wings at the base of the cilia ; it is
larger than onicrohnrhnra, and more distinctly coloured.

A single male was beaten from some low plants of Livioniasfrum
and Suaeda, growing on sandy ground, on a very windy day, and the
most persistent search did not enable me to secure another specimen.

405.— STAGMATOPHORA.
3G13 : 3. — Stag.matophora thaumatI'XLA, sp. n.
Antennae white, annulate with dark bronzy fuscous. Palpi slender, smooth ;
white. Head and face yellowish while. Thorax dark, shining, bronzy fuscous.
Foreioings dark, shining, bronzy fuscous, blending to brighter copper-colour toward
the dorsum, with three conspicuous yellowish white costal patches, one near the
base, one in the middle and a larger one before the apex ; of these the first reaches
nearly to the fold where it is abruptly cut off, the second is slioi'ter and somewhat
triangular, the third elongate and extending through the costal cilia ; contingent to
each of these and extending nearly to the dorsum are patches of golden metallic
scales, the first two tending outward from the lower extremity of the corresponding
costal patch, the third directed inward to the dorsum ; there are also a few golden
scales at the extreme apex ; cilia pale brassy grey. Ex}}. al. 10 — 15 mm. Hind-
wjn^s very pale bluish grey ; cilia pale brassy cinereous. Ahdomen bronzy fuscous.
Legs white, with two bronzy bands outside the tibiae.

Type, ? (889G0) ; $ (8895G). Mus. Wlsm.

Hah. : ALGERIA— Biskra, 24.111— 30.IV.I903 ; llammam-es-
Salahin, ll.III— 13.iy.l904. Twenty specimens.

Not uncommon at light during the month of April.

This species greatl}^ resembles siimptuoseUn, Ld., in the size and
distribution of its markings, but it is rather smaller, and can be im-
mediately distinguished by its much paler hind wings, and equally by
their pale cilia.

TORTRICIDAE.

205.— ANCTLIS, Hb.
2280 : 1. — Ancylts sopiironiella, sp. n.

Antennae smoky fuscous above, except at the base ; dirty whitish at the base
and beneath. Pa/pi short, brushy ; white. Head brownish white. Tliorax

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pinoky grey ; togiiliie while. Forewingx creamy white, witli a series of shorf,
oblique, black costal streaks lengthening outward and alternating on the outer half
of the wing with about five pairs of slender, white, geminated streaks, beyond the
last of which is a white costal spot above the black falcate apex, whose shape is
emphasised by the cilia beneath it. being clear wliite, while those at the extreme
apex are black ; from the base a dark fuscous j)ateh runs along the dorsum, rising
above the fold and thus occupying more than half the wing-width, it reaches to
half the length of the wing, and lias thei'e a tendency to become diffused and drawn
out. into lines of scales along the veins, blending with the leaden grey colouring
which continues thence to the ternien and around the apex, hiding also the points
of the while costal geminations ; about the end of the cell are other lines of fuscous
scaling, one of which is angidated downward, forming a continuous pattern with
those below it, and assisting the gradurd blending of the white ground-colour witii
the leaden grey shading ; terminal cilia white. 'E.\-p. al., 23 mm. llindwings and
cilia rather shining, pale brownish grey, a narrow shade-line running through the
cilia near their base. Ahdomen pale brownisli grey. Legs white, with black tai'sal
annulations.

Type, ^ (97704) ; ? (97705). Mus. Wlsui.

Hfih. : ALGERIA -irauiinam-os-Salaliin, 15.IV.1904; Constan-
tine, 5. V. 1901. Two specimens.

Iliiulwiiigs with 3 and 4 stalked, and therefore agreeing with
laeiana, F. (the type of tlie genus AncijUs), to which species it is most
nearly allied.

Ancylopeea, Stph. (=§ Epicharis, Hb. ; =-f AjicJ/i/Jopern, Stph.),
type lundana, F., should be used for Meyrick's Section A, of Ancylis
" 3 and 4 of Hindwings coincident," and to it should be referred
22(52 spnrulana, Stgr. ; 2263 derasana, Hb. ; 2264 lundana, F. ; 2265
palud(nia, Brt. ; 2265 : 1 mnndarina, Wlsm. ; 2266 miirtillana, Tr. ; 2267
sicuJana, Hb. ; 2267 : 1 ar_(je7iiiciliana, VVlsm. ; and the American
species 5240 nuheculana, Clins. ; 5241 subaequnna, Z. ; 5242 disciqerana,
Wkr. ; 5248 SCT;u'oi'««(7, Z. ; ^lA^Q spiraefoliana,C\m9.. ; 5247 laciniana,
Z. ; 5248 hurgessiann, Z. ; 5249 dub/ana, Clms. ; 5253 nvfjiilifascinna,
7i. ; and 5254 platanana, Clms.

I am unable to refer to 5244 murtfeldtiana, lliley ; 5257 corni-
^/b//rt?i«, Eiley ; 5264 eowe/rt??^, Wlsm. ; 5265 loricana, Grt. ; and 5267
kincaidiajia, Frnld., but the remaining species enumerated in Dyar's
List and in Staudinger and Eebel's Catalog belong truly to Ancylis,
Hb., as also 2272 : 1 latipennis, Wlsm. ; and 2278 : 1 piilclira, Btl.

TINEIDAE.
GRACILARIA, Hw.

4047 : 1. — GUA-CILARIA COKUSCANS, sp. 11.
Antennae yellowish, dotted above with fuscous ; with a reddish brown pecten
at the base. Palpi yellowish, smeared with reddish brown. Maxillaries porrect.

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half as long as the labials. Mead a)id face yellow, reddUli-brown at the sides.
Thorax reddish brown with ]iiirplish iridescence. Fo?-ewinr/s reddish brown, wilh a
yellowish triangular blotch on the middle of the costa, its apex obtusely truncate
above the fold, the whole wing shining in certain lights with very bright jjurple
iridescence ; the cilia around the apex reddish brown corresponding to the wing
colour, those along the dorsum inclining to greyish ochreous. Exp. «'., 11—13
mm. H'lndwitigs dark grey ; cilia rosy grey. Abdomen dark grey. Legs greyish,
the two anterior pairs with dark purplish brown femora.

Type, S (8S78()). Mus Wlsm.

Hah.: ALGERIA — Hainniaui-ps-Salaliin. Larva, Rhus dioica,
III-IY, excl. 12.111— 7. V.I003 ; 2l.IV.19U4. Five speeiinons.

The co7ies made by the larvae were found in March and April,
the moths emerging at the end of that month, the specimen described
was bred April 24th, 1903.

Allied io fribcrrfpnsis, I'rifzsche, and hrnccafdln, Stgr.

474.— MTEMECOZELA, Z.
4642 : 1. — Mtrmecozela. diacona, s/j. n.

Antennae pale fawn -ochreous. Palpi roughly clothed beneath, with short
projecting terminal joint, scarcely extending beyond the head ; brownish ochreous.
Head pale ochreous. Thorax smooth, whitish ochreous. Forewings elongate,
nari'ow, rounded at the apex ; pale whitish ochreous, the neuration more or less
clearly marked out with lines of fawn-brown, some disconnected dots of black
sealing along the central portion of the fold, and sometimes a few black scales on
the upper edge of the cell near the base, with small spots of the same around the
apex and termen at the base of the cilia whieh are pale fawn on their basal half,
becoming fawn-white specked with brown on their outer half. Exp. al. 22 — 33 mm.
IZindwings broader than the forewings, with depressed, obtusely rounded apex ;
shining, pale pearly grey ; cilia pearly whitish. Abdomen dark grey, anal tuft pale
fawn-ochreous. Legs pale fawn-oehreous.

Type, ? (88929) ; (^ (8S94G). Mus. AVlsm.

Hab. : ALGERIA— Biskra, 20.111.1895 {Eaion), l.TII— lO.IV.
1903 (TVlsm.); Hammam-es-Salahin, 7-18.IV.1903, 31.1— 21.IV.1904
(fVls7n.). Forty-five specimens.

The majority of these specimens, taken at light at Biskra and
Hammam-es-Salahin in March and April, are ? ? , and have the habit,
even when apparently dead on the setting boards, of ejecting a
considerable mass of most delicate flutf from the body — this is so fine
that it has been found impossible to preserve it in connection with
any specimen. It is obviously a covering for the eggs sometimes
found deposited within it, but at present I know nothing of the larva
or its habits. The species came freely to light in the town of Biskra
as well as in the desert at Hammam-es-Salahin, but the first specimen

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received was sent mo by the Ecv. A. E. Eaton in 1895. It seems re-
markable tliat so distinct and conspicuous a species should not have
been previously observed or described.

479.-NEMATOIS, ITb.
4693 : 1. — Nematots alqeriensis, sp. n.

Antennae dark purplish on (lie basal tliird, while beyond. 7'a//n black, with
a loose brush of golden yellow hairs projecf ing below and in front. Mead J
blackish in front of the eyes, with a Iniglit golden yellow fringe behind theui ;
? head and face bright orange-yellow. Thorax dark purplish, tegulae shining
golden bronzy. Foreioings <? shining golden bronzy, shaded with cupreous beyond
the middle; a creamy whitish patch on the costa before the outer fourth, with
a smaller one on the dorsum a little before it, a patch of golden bronzy scales lying
at the outer and lower edge of the outer patch where the wing is otherwise
cupreous ; cilia golden bronzy along their base, shining pale golden yellowish
beyond. Exp. al. 21 — 22 mm. Hindivings ^ deep purple ; cilia yellowish white,
with a dark bronzy line along their base : ? cilia rich cupreous at their base, dark
bronzy beyond it. Abdomen S black : ? pale golden yellow. Legs $ hind tibiae
with long blackish hairs at their base, becoming pale yellowish posteriorly ; hind
tarsi pale yellowish, smeared with blackish ; ? pale golden yellow.

Type, S (f>65l7) ; ? (5S92). Mus. Wlsm.

Hab.: ALGERIA— El-Guerrah, 27.V.1903 {Wlsm.); Constan-
tino, 7.VI.IS05, 11.VI.1891 {Eaton). Seven specimens.

I first received this species from Mr. Eaton from Constantino,
taken in June, 1891, and was at once struck by the difference in the
colour of the hindwiiigs in tlie ^ and by the yellow abdomen in the
? , which give it a very distinct appearance from that of Infreillellus,
F. I met with it myself on May 27th when waiting for a train at
El-Guerrah (the junction for Biskra nnd Algiers) a little to the
south of Constantino.

Mr. Eaton met with this species commonly on M'9id and on the
top of Mansourah, at the edge of the forest, on Scahiosn maritima,
L., and made the following notes: — " Oviposition observed on the
14th June, 1894, about 2 p.m. The moth when laying eggs stands
usually on i:he outside of the capitule sideways or head upwards
(but sometimes on the top of the capitule) and thrusts the nude part
of the ovipositor cautiously between the involucels of the florets.
The egg is usually placed outside the floret, at the summit of one of
the furrows between the hairy ridges on the base of the fruit : but
one egg was found inside a floret, lodged securely between the in-
volucel and the sheath of the calyx. Larvae as well as eggs were
found iu the capitules examined, — some of them being plentifully

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stocked with them. Egg '027 by '013 incli, smooth Jind whitish ; the
pyriform egg figured, newly laid, was identified by comparison with
one that was hatching, and tlie larva issuing from the latter agreed
with older larvae in the capititles having the form characteristic in the
family to the best of my recollection of figures." (JEaton, 5893 : 1894).

PROTOLEPIDOPTERA.

3IIGR0PTER YGINA.

MICROPTERTX, Hb.

4765 : 1. — MicuorTEHYX ctaneochrtsa., sp. n.

Antennae and Palpi black. Head bright golden yellow. Thorax purple.
Forewings rich shining bluish purple, with transverse bands of bright golden
yellow ; there is a bkie-purple ]mlcli at the base of the costa, another at the base
below the fold ; thence a broad golden yellow band reaches to about one-third,
broader on the dorsum than on the costa, its outer edge somewhat indented below
the costa ; the succeeding space is shining bright blue, with the purple ground
showing through it, its outer edge clearly defined by the straight median band of
golden yellow which succeeds it ; thence again conies a broad triangular blue patch,
broad on the costa and gradually narrowed to the dorsum ; the third golden band
beyond it being placed obliquely inward from the costa before the purple apex and
termen ; cilia bronzy grey. Exp. al. 8 mm. Hindtuivgs fuscous, with purplish
reflections, more strongly tinged with purple towards the apex ; cilia dark bronzy
grey. Abdomen blackish. Ler/s very dark bronzy grey.

I'^pc, ? (9G512). Mus. Wlsm.

Hab. : ALGERIA— El-Kantara. L1.V.1903. Unique.

A very distinct and beautiful species.

CTo be continued).

SOME NOTES ON THE LEPIDOPTERA

OF THE "DALE COLLECTION" OF BRITISH INSECTS, NOW IN THE

OXFORD UNIVERSITY MUSEUM.

BY JAMES J. WALKER, M.A., R.N., F.L.S.
{Coitlnued from page 134).

II.— HETEROCERA.

The British moths in the Dale collections are coutained in five
cabinets and part of a sixth, and occupy 120 full-sized drawers.
Almost every species on our list is more or less fully represented, in
most instances by extensive series, and as in the case of the Rhopnlo-
cera already dealt with in the preceding pages of this volume, the
number of fine and rcmarlcable aberrations, and of specimens of

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liistorical interest, is very large. The rare Sphinges in particular are
o.\ce!)tionalI\^ well represented, and among these are what are without
doubt the first aulhcntically recorded r^ritish vxamiAvs n^ C//wrocampa
ncrii and C ceJrrio.

SrniNoiNA.

Zfigivna exnlans, IIocli. — A fine siTies from Brai'inar. Z. mc'liloti, Esp.— Also
well represoiited, mul including a fine confluent form.

Z. lonicene, Esp. — One example of the var. ehoravi, Prest, from Castle Eilen ;
three fine varieties with tlie crimson spots on fore-wings confluent into a large
blotch, one of tlieni labelled " Warwick, from H. D., /."jS " (J. C. 1) ).

.Z;. ^(v/o//*, Esp.— One fine jellow aberration (labelled htlescens, Tutt), "Mr.
(.'hristy, Emsworth, Ifants, IS:).')" (C. W. D.) ; several very fine examples with con-
fluent spots, and one, labelled at side " oroi/, IJubn.," with the central crimson spots
of fore-wings much reduced in size, " W. Head, Scarborough, I'JOn " (C. W. D ).

Z.filipendiihe, L— Of this abundant species there is a large and varied series
including two fine yellow forms (ceriiins, Eobson) from "Winchester, C. Goddard,
187')"; two fine confluent aberrations with the basal and central crimson spots
fused into a large blotch, the finest from " W. Head, Scarborough, 1904"
(C. W. D.) ; and another with the same data, in which the crimson colour is
replaced by pale orange-red. A magnificent melanic form (var. chrysanthemi, Esp.),
obtained by C. W. Dale at the sale of Dr. Mason's collection in 1905, and bearing
a type-written label " Bewdley, T. Nqweks " {rede " Nowcrs "). In this beautiful
aberration the whole of the usual crimson colour is replaced by very dark madder-
brown, the spots distinctly visible on the lustrous blackish-green ground colour of
tlie fore-wings. An even more remarkable aberration is of full size and well
developed, but the whole of the dark-green scales of the fore-wings are absent,
these wings being transparent horn-colour with narrow blackish costal margin ; the
usual dark border of hind-wings, and all the fringes are pale grey; all the crimson
markings, and the body, being normal, and the under-side being modified nearly as
above. This specimen was taken by Dr. K. C. E. Jordan, and is labelled " Cliffs,
Teignmo., June 12/44," presumably in his handwriting.

Smerinthus ocellatns, L. — The series includes an example of the hybrid between
this species and 5. populi (labelled Tar. hyhridus, Westw.). The characters of this
insect are decidedly <J , and in general appearance it much more closely approxi-
mates to ocellatus than to populi. It was obtained by J. C. Dale from Mr. H. House,
of Bristol, in 1840. {CJ. Trans. Ent. Soc, vol. Ill, pp. 193-202 (1842).

.S. populi, L. — A curious small $ , almost unicolorous pale brown, the usual red
blotch on hind-wings absent. " From B. Standish, Walworth, Kent " (C. W. D.).

S. tilix, L. — A varied series, including several specimens with the central
band on fore-wings reduced, in one ? liai-dly traceable, the insect being of a nearly
unicolorous pale red-brown tint; "Meek, 1880" (C. W. D.). Another rather
striking $ specimen is nearly uniform light olive-brown, with the central band well
marked, and of a full orange-brown colour ; labelled at side " Doneaster."

Acherontia atropos, L., and Sphinx convohntli, L. — Full series of both species,
but none of special interest, historical or otherwise.

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Sphinx pinaslri, L. — Eiglit cxaiu|)les ; a S i" ^^U ^^^^ condition, "From
Dr. Leach, F.R.S., taken near EtUnburgli " (J. C. D.), and at side, " Rivelston
Wood, near Edinburgh, Mr. Wilson, 1818." (<?/. Stephens, 111., Haiist. I, p. 122.)
Two $'8, both worn, "Bought at Stevens's, 1893, Rev. H. Burney's collection"
(C. W. D.) ; another ? , in fair condition but badly set, " Ilonble. Miss Lushington,
Surrey " (C. W. D.), and a better specimen of the same sex, " Aldeburgh, 1884,
24 March (?) " (C. W. D.) ; while a <? in excellent condition is labelled " Aldeburgh,
Suffolk (illegible) from Mr. Ross' coll., 1S8S " (0. W. D.).

Dei/epliifa eiip/iorbir, L. — Also represented by eight examples, six of which
are from the old locality of Braunton Burrows, North Devon. These include a (? ,
" Devon, B.arni)le., Mr. Raddon " (J. C. D.) ; another J > ^'crj strongly tinged with
rose-colour, "Bred by Raddon, Braunton Burrows, F. Standish bt." (C. W. D.) ;
two c? . "Bred by the late Mr. Raddon. The larvaj taken on the sandhills at
Braunton near Barnstaple " ; a (?," Rev. Windsor Hambrough collection. Given
to him by Mr. A. R. Raddon the son "; and another ^ , in rather poor order and
apparently worn from flying, " Barnstable, Mr. Raddon," and .at side, " 1815." Of
more recent specimens, a very good ? is labelled " Taken in the Isle of Man, sitting
on dead sea weed, July I5th, 1868, by Chas. S. Dewhirst " ; and another ? , from
the collection of the Rev. J. Seymour St. John, bears a printed label evidently cut
out of a sale catalogue, " D. euphorhhe bred from larvx taken at New Quay in
1889, with cocoon and pupa case {Tint. vols, xxili, 18, 319, and x.rvi, 314)."

D. gain, W. V. — Nine specimens; two rather small S from "J. G. Ross'
coll., 1888" (C. W. D) ; a fine large example of the same sex, "From Rev. H.
Burney's collection, 1803" (C. W. D ), "Birkenhead" at side. A $ with printed
label, " bred by Mr. Leather, Liskeard," and another, " Birkenhead, J. T. Carring-
ton, 1873" (C;. W. D ). Two ? 's, " Mus. Spry," "Middlesex" at side, and
" Dr. Knaggs's coll., bred by Syme." A finely coloured $ , " bought of Mr. Reade,
Doncaster, 1837" (J. C. D.), and a very large but worn example of this sex,
expanding as set 3 inches 3 lines (= 82 mm.), " Deal from J. G. Ross' coll.,
1888" (C. W. D.).

D. lineata, Yah. {liroriiica,llsY>.). — Eight examples; a $ labelled "Mus. Dr.
Abbot " is in very good condition considering its great age. (C/. Stephens, 111.,
Haust. I, p. 127.) Two rather worn examples, both $ , " From collection of
Mr. Edmonds of Worcester" (C. W. D.). A very good (? , on a large ordinary
pin, "From J. B. Hodgkinson, Deer , 1869. Taken at Workington by B. Martin " ;
another <?, somewhat worn, " Thornford, nr. Sherborne, Mar. 28, 1862." A very
good $," Taken in Devonshire at Plympton. Capture recorded in Science Gossip
for 1869." Respecting this specimen the captor, Mr. F. A. Ramsey, writes (Science
Gossip, March, 1868, p. 65) : " Suspecting one of my two specimens (taken last
season) to be a female, I kept it alive some time ; it laid a small number of eggs,
and died. I think about thirteen of the eggs hatched ; I placed them on a growing
vine in an airy box; some of them grew to about I5 inch in length, but all
ultimately died." Two other ? 's in good order, one Feby. 2nd, 1861, near
Torquay, Geo. King, in Intell., p. 155" (Ent. Weekly Intelligencer, vol. IX), and
one, very fine, "Taken by E. R. Dale, Gl. Wool ton, Dorset, .iug. 22, 1870."

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visitor to our islamls. Of M.cse, Hio niosl inleresling is a ^T , a little fadotl in
colour, but otiierwisc in frood c-ondition witli the exception of a small piece out of
the apex of each forc-winn;, and the top of the head rubbed bare. It ia labelled
"Taken at Dover by Mr. Leplastrier " (C W. ]).), with a printed label at side,
"Dover, Mr. Le Plaistrier, Sept., 182S." The hitter date is almost; certainly
erroneous .IS regards the year, as the Hrst record of the capture of the imago of
C. nerii u\ our islands appears in the "Entomological Magazine" for 1833 (voh I,
p. 'o-lh) as follows:-" Dwcocer.y of Sphinx Nerii. in England. Sir,— Another
addition lias been made to our visiting Sphinglda; by the capture of the splendid
DeiUphila (may I call it ?) Nerii at Dover about ten days since. From the state
of the specimen, which I have this day examined, it must have been very recently
d^closed, the tips of its wings and Die top of its head alone being slightly injured
by its captor, a hidy residing in the above town. * * * J. F. Stephens,
Sept. IGth, 1833." The specimen now under consideration is slightly damaged in
precisely the same manner as above described. It seems also reasonable to suppose
that it was from this example that the beautiful Ggurc in Curtis' " British
Entomology," plate 626, was drawn. Curtis (/. c. fol. 626, p. 1) at the time this
plate was published (January, 1S37) apparently knew of only two British-taken
C. nerii, one of which was in the cabinet of his fellow-worker, J. C. Dale, and was
presumably lent to Iiini for the purpose of being figured. This figure, although
more fully and richly coloured than the moth is now after the lapse of nearly
three-quarters of a century, agrees with it in a remarkable and convincing manner
in all the minute details of the markings; and though Curtis states (I. c. fol. 626,
p. 2), " The fine specimen of the moth, which is a female, Mr. Leplastrier informed
me was taken by a poor man the latter end of September, 1834., near the pier at
Dover, and was brought to him alive," the antennae in the figure, which are very
faithfully represented, are obviously those of a <? . It therefore appears to me that
tliese two somewhat discrepant records refer to the capture at Dover of a single
specimen of C. nerii which came into the hands of the well-known collector
Mr. Lcplaistrier, and from him passed to J. C. Dale ; and that tliis, the first
example of this beautiful moth known to have been taken in Britain, has thus been
handed down to our time.

The other four specimens of C. nerii in the collection are labelled as follows :—
One <?, old but perfect, " Honble. Miss Lushington, Sussex" (C. W. D.) ; u.^ , in
very good order, has two labels in C. W. Dale's handwriting, " Taken at Eastbourne
by a small boy from Bayswater, about 9.31) in the evening circling round a very
brilliant light. From the Bayswater Chronicle of Sept. 27th, 1884," and " K. Alfred,
Eastbourne, Sept. 24th, 1884, Cat. n. 17-333." One ? , very richly coloured, but
slightly rubbed on the thorax and with one antenna missing, the body being not
very neatly stuffed with cotton-wool, " From the colleen, of late Dr. Hunter, died
1892," at side "Hartlepool" ; and a very fine ? on a modern black pin, '« Clnero-
campa nerii, captured at Poplar, 20th Sept., 1888."

C. ceZeWo, L.— Seven examples; of these a S,m surprisingly good condition,
considering its evident age, is without doubt the first recorded British specimen.'
Its label, in the same style and handwriting as those on many other insects
originally in A. H. Haworth's collection, and presumably written by him, is
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recorded specimen of the perfect insect was taken flving in BunhiU-fields burying-
ground so long ago as July, 1779 ; and the specimen now exists in a high state of
preservation in Mr. Ilaworth's cabinet, having been purchased by him at the
dispersion of that of Mr. Francillon." A rather worn <? , " Taken at St. Leonard's,
Sussex, 186r,," and another c? , sH^'litly rubbed, "Taken by a woman at Glanvilles
Wootton on Sept. 12lh, 1885 " (C. W. D.). A very old specimen of the same sex
is labelled " Celerlo, Brighton, J. G. ChMveu, Esq." A ? in capital order,
"Taken by a boy at Teignmouth, 1880, had from Mrs. Vernon WoUaston "
(C. W. D.), and another ? , not so good, " Taken by P. 0. Lloyd at Bognor, Susses,
August, 1885."

C. clpenor, L.-A curious $ , in which the usual rose-colour is entirely replaced
by olive-brown, " Ql. Wootton, C. W. Dale, bred 1871 " (C. W. D.).

Sesia asili/ormh, W. V.- Seven examples; one S, " Ashford, Kent, from
Dr. Harper's coll. Briggs coll., 1801" (0. W. D.) ; one, ?, " Epping Forest,
Mus. M. & M., 1810"; one ?," Hanson's Sale at Puttick, &c., 22 Novr., 1880,''
and another of the same sex, much damaged by verdigris, " From J. F. Stephens "
(C. W. D.), and at side, " Colney Hatch, Middlesex."

S. chri/.mUfonnis, Esp., and S. musoceformis, View. -Good series of both
species, from Folkestone and Cornwall respectively.

S-allantiforwls, -Ncwm.—Oi this " Clearwing," until very lately so rare in
our collections, there are seven specimens. A <? in good order, " Greenhithe,
Kent, Meek, 1878, for £1 10s., taken by James Briant" (C. W. D.) ; a ^ , " Briggs
coll., '96, from Standish cabinet" (C. W. D.). A very nice S, " Gl- Wootton,
Aug. 23, 1902" (C. W. D.), recorded in Entom., vol xxxv, p. 280 ; in which note
•Mr. C. W. Dale withdraws his record (Entom., vol. xxvii, p. 245) of S. coiwpiforwis
as a British species, this having been introduced on a ? spcci.nen labelled
" Brockenhurst, C. Gulliver, July 19, 1894." A very good ? , " J- G. Boss coll.,
190O"; another ?, " Swanscombe, T. Sivey, 1877, Briggs sale, 1896, for £3"
(C. W.D.),and a small example of the same sex, "N. F., Gulliver, 1902" (C.W. D.).
.S'. cuJiciformh, L.— Two orange-banded examples, labelled at side, " v. Thijn-
ns-formis, Zell.," one of them " From Davis, Dartford" (C. W. D.).
6'. spheglformis, Schiff.— A good series from Tilgate Forest.

S. scoUxformis, Hubn.— Four examples from Rannoch, and four from Llan-
gollen ; one of the latter labelled " N. Cooke, July 13, 1862."

(To he continued).

Rhizophagus coeruleipennis, Sahib., in Devon.-A single specimen of this rarity
occurred in flood rubbish from the River Teign at Christow on May 4th. Fortu-
nately the insect happened to be lying " right side up " among the debris or in all
probability I should have passed it over as an oat.-PHiLiP de la Gaede,
"Teignview," Christow, near Exeter: June Mh, 1907.

rin.ia moneta, Fab.,ln ihe Oxford district.-Th\s very beautiful moth is evidently
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iiniigo were taken Inst year at li^lit, &e.,in the city, and in June I reared a very fine
example from a larva casually taken in my own garden ; unfortunately I did not look
for (lie larv.TB until it was too late, hut several empty cocoons were found there in the
auluinn. ])uring May this year at least two dozen young larvce were met with on
a couiile of plants of monkshood {Aconitum napellus), planted in my garden when
1 first came to Oxford in the hope of attracting the I'lusia ; and about the middle
of Ihc month, almost any number, nearly all of quite small size, might have been
taken in a bed of the same plant, in a nursery garden to which I have access.
They had caused a good deal of damage by feeding in the crowns of the plants,
and thereby destroying the young spikes of flowers ; some of the species of
JJelphinivm m the same garden were also attacked, but only in one or two
instances. Cocoons of P. momda are still to bo found by diligent search among
these plants, desijile the fact that they have been "raided" by several of the
Oxford Lepidopterists. I have also noticed the larva) on Aconilum in cottage
gardens at Bletchingdon, about seven miles from Oxford.— James J. Walker,
"Aorangi," Lonsdale Road, Summertown, Oxford : Juue lofk, 1907.

Hi/meiwpleni at Redhill in 1906.— The (oliowiiig arc a few notes of captures
at Redhill last season. Preiwlepis loiifficornis, Ltr., this active introduced species
was common about several shops at Linkfield Corner ; Mj/rmosa melanocephala, F.,
Kedhill Common and Reigate Heath; Tlphia femorala, F., ? (two), burrowing in a
sandy bank, Redhill Common ; Gorytest bicincliis, Rossi (two), sunning on raspberry
leaves, July 23rd and 21tli; Xysson dimidiatux, Tur., among grass in sandy places,
Redhill Connnon ; Odynerux Irimarginatm, Zett., '^ , on raspberry ; Andrena
bimacuiala, K., five ? , two ? , one ? entering burrow with pollen, July 8th,
Redhdl Common ; A. fuxdpex, K., common on Erica; A. cingulata, F , '+' (two),
Reigate; A. loilkella, K., Redhill; Cilissa hxmorrhoidalis, F., fairly common,
females about burrows, males in harebells ; Panurgiis calcaratus, Scop., connnon ;
Chelostoma campanu/arum, K , in harebells and Canterbury bells ; Meyac/ule
maritima, F., abundant on Redhill Common, visiting Rubus, Erica, and Lotus
corniculatiis ; M. circumcincta, Lep., sparingly; M. argentata, ¥., a. small colony
on Redhill Common, visiting Lotus ; Osmia apimtlosa, K., common, Reigate Hills ;
Anthidium manicaium, L., on Ballola nigra and Stachys sylvatica ; Anthophora
furcata, Pz. (three), and Saropoda bimaculata,'?z. (three), both sparingly on Ballota
nigra.— Or. E. Fkisbt, 47, Windmill Street, Gravesend : June, 1907.

A few Irish Ichneumonida;.— So little attention has been paid to the parasitic
Hymenoptera of Ireland since Haliday's time that it may be of interest to put on
record some captures recently effected by the Rev. W. F. Johnson, of Acton,
near Poyntzpass, in Co. Armagh, as extending his own records in the " Irish
Naturalist," 1901, pp. 255-6, and those I mentioned in I.e., 1903, p. 68. Most of
the following specimens were found in moss during the winter, and all of them are
females. Ichneumon latrator. Fab., in moss, 19.xi.04 (with one var. means, Gr.), at
Poyntzpass, and on 14.xii.05 (including two var. means and one of the intermediate
vara, mentioned by lue at " Ichneumonologia Britannica," i, 119), at Summer Hill,
Fermanagh— common upon both occasions ; and one in moss at Poyntzpass, 8.iii.06.

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I. stihquadratus, Tlioins., three at Siiinmer PTill with the above, 14.xii.05. I. ler-
mino.toriu.i, Grrav., two at Edeutubbei* in the nioantaiiis at Co. Louth, 5.iv.06, in
moss ; til is species appears commoner in Ireland than witli us. I. extensorius,
Linn., found commonly both with the last and at Poyntzpass. /. gracilentus,
Wesm., one at Summer Hill, 14.xii.05. "J. aJbiffer" {cf. lehn. Brit., i, 138),
several at Summer Hill, lkxii.05, and Poyntzpass, 5.vi.06. /. hisidiosu.i, Wesm.,
one at Summer Hill, 14.xii.05. Pk:naffenes planifroas, Wesm., two at Poyntzpass,
one of which was in moss on S.iii.06. P. infirmus, Wesm., one in moss at Eden-
tubber in the mountains of Co. Louth 5.iv.06. P. rusticalmt, Wesm., one specimen
of this inicommon species at Poyntzpass. Centeterus opprimalor, Q-rav , one at
Poyntzpass, 17 ii.06, in moss. Microcryplu^ galactimm, Grav., the first indigenous
female I have seen of this species, was taken in moss at Poyntzpass, 10.xi.04.
M. nigrocinctus, Grav., four in moss at Poyntzpass, IT.ii.Ol, lO.si.Oi, and Jan.,
lOOfi ; and one at Summer Hill, Fermanagh, 14.xii.05. Cri/ptus tuherculatv.s,
Grav., one at Poyntzpass in July, 190G. I'lmpla turioiiellx, Linn., one at Bosses
Point, Sligo, in June, 1905. P. ocidatoria, Fab., one in a furze hedge at Poyntz-
pass, among spiders, 24..iv.07. A $ and two "f? ? of the Braconid, CcnHnius
gracilis, Hal., originally described from Ireland, were also taken on the sandhills
at Enniscrone in Co. Sligo, in August, 1904. — Cl.\ude Morlev, Monks' Soham
House, Suffolk : 3Iag 15th, 1U07.

Note on the life-hiatonj of Mgcetaiilus blpiDictattts, Fin. (Sepsid;c). — On Mar.
17th, 1007, on the Go"; Hills, near Cambridge, I found three larvse of this fly in an
old bird's nest. The part in which they were was composed entirely of hairs ; and I
never observed the larva3 leave the small portion of the nest in which I carried them
away. They were whitish translucent maggots, in general appearance much like
miniature blowfly larva) ; broader jiosteriorly, mucli narrowed anteriorly. The main
trachese were plainly visible through the integument, also the dark chitinous head-
skeleton, which appeared very similar to that of the blowfly larva. They pupated
in the hairs late in April, the pupse being of a warm light brown colour. The flies
emerged May 10th and I3th, 2 ? ? and 1 S- Being ignorant of the fact that
very little was known as to the life-liistory, I unfi)rtnnately gave the larva; very little
observation. — Hugh Scott, Cambridge : June, 1907.

Hgpophyllas crinipes, Stip,(i.,in the Forth District. — On page 87 of the current
volume of this Magazine Mr. Mallocii records tlie capture of this Dipteron last June
from IMurroch Glen in the West of Scotland, but he does not mention that the
species is an addition to the British list. I am glad to be able to record it from the
East of Scotland, as I have an undoubted <? taken here on June 24th, 1905, and
also two V ? , which I believe belong to the same species, taken here on June
17th and 19th, 190 1. I had set them aside for further examination, and on showing
them to Mr. Grimshaw he confirmed my identification.

The (J characters are well marked : front metatarsus longer than the tibia, and
bearing inside a row of hairs, long at the base, gi'adually becoming shorter, and,
according to Schiner, "auf der mitte ganz aufhoren," but in my specimen continued
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dilated, and the third joint of the antennae is short, and not elongated as in the
other British species of the genus ; the first joint of the arista also is much shorter.
I have quite rocentlj recorded H. obscurelhi^, Fin., from the Forth District. —
A. K. J. Caiitku, \, West Holmes Gardens, Musselburgh : June ^rd, 1907.

[This species was also taken by Dr. J. IT. Wood in Sloko Wood, Herefordshire,
on June 18tli, I'JOfJ. — G. H. Veuuall].

Correclion of Localily. — In mj paper on the genus Imina, published in the
Transactions of the Entomological Society of London for 1906, I described a
species as Loxotrochis sepias from a specimen in the British Museum Collection,
stating ifs locality as Espiritu ISanto, New Hebrides ; I have since been informed
by Sir George ITampson that I misinterpreted the label, and that the real locality
is the province of Espiritu Santo in Brazil. — E. Metbick, Thornhanger, Marl-
borough : May 22iid, 1907.

fu'uiciu.

A Natural Histout of the British Lepidopteea : by J. W. Tutt, F.E.S.
Vol. V. 8\o, pp. siii, 558. London : Swan, Sonnenschein and Co. 1906.

Following closely on the first volume of Mr. Tutt's " Natural History of the
British Buttci flies," noticed on p. 112 of the curi'ent volume of this Magazine, we
have to welcome another instalment of his great and comprehensive treatise on our
indigenous Lepidoplera.

This volume, the fifth in order of the series, is devoted to the consideration of
those delicate and highly interesting insects known familiarly as " Plume Moths " —
Alucitides, as our author styles them — of which nineteen species, comprising the
" Agdistid " and " Platyptiliid " branches of the Plume Moths, and including,
roughly, two-thirds of the species known to occur in our Islands, are dealt with in
Mr. Tutt's usual thorough and exhaustive manner. It may indeed fairly be said
that the present volume, embodying as it does the outcome of continuous research
and accumulation of material from all sources during the last twenty years, fully
equals, if indeed it does not excel, any of its predecessors in original and scientific
treatment of its subject.

A very comprehensive and detailed historical account, from the time of Linne
to the present day, of the two superfamilies into which the " Plumes " are divided
by the author — the Agdistldes, rei)resented in Britain only by the well-known
Adactylus bennetii, and the Alucitides, comprising all the rest of our species — is
followed by a general consideration of the biological characters of the grouj) as
a whole. Especial weight is give)i to the excellent work of Zeller and O. Hofmann
in this connection ; and the discussion of the phylogcny and the still somewhat
uncertain i-eiationship of the Plume Moths to the other great sections of the Order
Lepidoplera will be found very suggestive and interesting. We would call special
attention to the carefully drawn-up and elaborate table, facing p. 106, by Dr. Chap-
man and Mr. Bacot, of the characters of nearly every species occurring in our
Islands in its last larval instar.

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The life-history of each species dealt with is considered at full length from all
available sources, and incidentally a large amount of valuable information is given
respecting allied forms to ours, not found in Britain. Among so much that is
interesting, we would select for particular notice the very detailed account in all its
stages of our curious salt-marsh frequenting species Adactylus lennetii ; and,
perhaps most remarkable of all. Dr. Chajiman's most valuable researclies into the
life-history of Buckhria (TrichopliiuxJ pnludum, first given in Trans. Ent. See ,
London, 190G, pp. 133 — 153, the excellent coloured plalc illustrating this memoir
being reproduced here. The assistance of Mr. Bacot, Dr. Chapman, Mr. Eustace
Bankes, Mr. A. Sieh, and other well-known Entomologists, especially the two first-
named, who have collaborated with Mr. Tutt in working out this difTicult group of
moths, I'cceives full and grateful recognition.

The two preliminary chapters of the volume (pp. 1 — 07), are devoted to the
consideration of the important questions of" Hybridisation " and '■ Mongrelisation "
for the results of the interbreeding of different forms of the same species) in the
Lepidoptera. An immense mass of n)ost valuable and interesting material, amount-
ing to an exhaustive summary of all that has been written on these subjects, is
contained in these chapters, and is brought " up to date " by an " Addendum "
(pp. 536 — 543), a rr.snmd of the most recently published memoirs on the subject of
liybridisation.

We understand that a large amount of material dealing with the Alucitid
branch of the " Plume " phylum has been brought together in readiness for a
forthcoming volume of the work ; and when this appears, Lepidopterists will be in
possession of a standard book of reference on these most interesting moths, equal in
scicnlifie value to any work of the kind that has yet been accomplished by any
student of the Order.

oybituiiriT.

Frederic Moore, D.Sc., A.L.S., died at his residence, 17, IVfaple Eoad, Penge,
after a short illness, on May 10th, at the ripe age of 77 years, and was buried on
the loth at Elmer's End Cemetery; the Entomological Society of London, of
which he had been a Fellow for more than half-a-century (he having been elected
as long ago as 1853), being represented at his funeral by the President, Mr. C O.
Waterhousc, Col. Swinhoc, Mr. W. L. Distant, and other well-known Entomologists.
Dr. Moore may be regarded as the father of Indian Lepidopterisf.s ; his knowledge
of the butterflies and moths of that vast region was unequalled, and his industry
and devotion to the science thai he loved was untiring, and remained unabated to
the very end of his long life. Among his numerous entomological memoirs, chiefly
on Indian and Eastern Lepidoplera, three great works stand pre-eminent ; the
earliest being " A Catalogue of the Lepidopterous Insects in the Museum of the
Uon. East India Company " (in conjunction with the late Dr. Thomas Horsfield,
1857-59), which may be said to constitute the foundation of our knowledge of the
subject; "Descriptions of New Indian Lepidopterous Insects (ITeterocera) in the
Collection of the late W. S. Atkinson " (1879-88), and the very valuable " Lepi-
doptei'a of Ceylon (1881 — 87). His last great undertaking, the " Lepidoptera

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Indica," was begun in 1890, and is still incomplete, the portion relating to the
Lifcn'nicUe and Hesperiid:e not having been commenced when death overtook him.
As, howt'ver, he had accumulated all the material necessary Tor the completion of
Ills task, it is to be lioped that some competent Entomologist may be found to
undertake this highly important and desirable ]}ieee of scientific work. Dr. Moore
was first attached to the Staff of the Museum of the East India Company under
his colleague Dr. Horsfield in 1818, and retained the ofTicc of Assistant Curator
until, on the transfer of the collections to the British Museum in 1879, he was
retired on a pension. 'I'he very extensive collection of butterflies and moths
accumulated by him during his long life, which contains nearly all the types of
the species he described, has been fortunately secured for the National Collection.
A genial, upright, and kind-hearted man, he was always ready to place his collec-
tions and his vast knowledge at the disposal of any genuine worker, and his death
leaves a blank among the leading Entomologists of the world that will not be
readily filled. We are much indebted to his friend. Colonel Charles Swinhoe, for
his kind assistance in drawing up this obituary notice.

docilities.

The South London Entomological and Natural History SociETr:
Thursday, May 9th, 1907, Mr. R. Adkin, F.E.S., President, in the Chair.

Mr. Goulton exhibited a long bred series of ITylernia marginaria (progem-
marlaj from Wimbledon. Mr. Newman, a brood of living larvae of Aporia eratsegi,
from Kentish ova, nearly full-fed. Mr. Kaye, living larva; of Oporina croceago
from Gomshall. Mr. Tonge, bred specimens of Eupithecia consignata from Hayling
Island. Mr. Main, lantern slides showing the metamorphoses of Charaxes jantis.
Mr. Tonge, lantern slides showing the ova of various Lepldoptera and numerous
instances of protective coloration.— Ht. J. Turner, Hon. Sec.

Entomological Society of London: Wednesday, June S/A, 1907.—
Mr. C. O. Wateehouse, President, in the Chair.

Mr. C. N. Hughes, of Knightstone, Cobham ; Mr. Albert Ernest McClure
Kelly, Assistant Entomologist to the Department of Agriculture, Natal; and
Mr. M. G. Muklie, of Hyderabad, Sind, India, and Cambridge University; were
elected Fellows of the Society.

The decease was announced of Dr. Frederic Moore, D.Sc, A.L.S., F.Z.S., the
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NOTES ON THE GENUS CRYPTOrHAGUS, WITH A TABLE OF
THE SPECIES.

BY ARTHUR J. CHITTY, ]\r. A , F. E. S.

Having recently liad to work out for the purposes of my
collection a table of the British Cryptopharii from the characters given
iu Gaiiglbaucr's work on the Ooleoptera of Middle Europe, it lias
occurred to me it might prove useful to others. The maiu divisions
used by British collectors appear to me to be based on very diflicult
characters, and I have often been unable to satisfy myself with
sufficient certainty that the beetle I was trying to name did not
belong to some group other than that to which I had at the outset
referred it. Ganglbauer depends neither on the callose prominences
on the thorax nor on the presence or absence of a basal fold before
the scutellum, and his table ap])oars to me to group the insects in
a satisfactory manner. No doubt there are difficulties, whatever

1007.] 165

table is used, and the species require to be known individually ; and
in preparing this for publication I have become painfully conscious
that there is a great deal more work to be done in the genus than I
have time to accomplish. Notwithstanding the late Mr. Rye's well-
known dictum*, a microscope, with a 1" objective at least, is an
almost indispensable adjunct in naming these insects correctly, and
a Zeiss binocuhi!', with its stereoscopic effect, is likely to be found
even better.

Some of the characters here given will at first sight appear
difficult to a reader, but with the insects before them most of the
characters will be readily a[)preciated. I have been able to procure
Continental specimens of such of the species included as are not
otherwise represented in my collection, except fuscicornis, which is
very rare on the Continent, and doubtfully l^ritish. My obligations
to Herr Ganglbauer are obvious ; without his magnificent work this
l)aper would not have been attem])ted ; and I may say the same of
Canon Fowler's " Coleoptera of the British Isles," though my table
differs from that given by him I am also much indebted to Herr
Jieilter's second edition of the European catalogue — a splendid work.

The genus Micramhe has often been treated as |)art of the genus
Cryptopharjus (see Cox, Handbook Brit. Col., vol. i, p. 468), so it may
be useful to give the distinctions here ; they are : —

1 — Penullimate tarsal joints slighter but Imrilly shorter than the preceding ; pos-
terior tarsi of the (? , 4-jointed Crtptophagus.

2 — Penultimate tarsal joints much smaller than the preceding JtiCRAMBB.

TABLE OF THE SPECIES OF CRYPTOPHAGUS.

I — Elytra with the j)iibescenee entirely decumbent, without longer outstanding hairs,
i — Eyes with tolerably fine facets. Antennae stouter, the 7tb joint not or hardly
longer than broad.
1 — The thickened pai-t of the anterior angles of the thorax (callosities) occu-
pying a fourth or fifth of the sides.
A— The lateral tooth of the thorax in or near Ihe middle of the side.

a — Antennae with a two-joinf ed club .pubescens, Sturm.

J) — Antennte with a three-jointed club.

a* — Elytra closely but not strongly punctured, puncturation almost the

same at apes as at base validus, Ki-aatz.

h* — Elytra becoming much more finely punctured at apex.

* " But when the collector finds that he needs a compound microscope to separate species,
it is the firm opinion of the present writer that that collector had better take to some other
pursuit than stvidying Cultoplera." — E. C. Rye in "Science Gossip," 1873, p. 14y.

166 ''-''•'

at— Thorax almost as long as broad, with strongly thickened anterior

angles, and the sides almost straight with an obsolete middle

tooth .fumatm, GyW.

it— Thorax strongly transverse, with less strongly thickened anterior

angles and a distinct middle tooth.

a« -Thorax with sides more or less strongly margined.

#_Elytra with the punctures at base as strong as those of the

thorax, but more widely separated ; colour uniform reddish.

+_A.verago size larger ; punctures finer, hair longer...

badiiis, Sturm.

-}-|_Average size smaller ; punctures coarser, hair shorter and

more sparing .fusdcornis, Sturm.

** - Elytra with the puncturation at base decidedly or at least

perceptibly finer than that of the thorax.

t— Antenna) stout ; colour ferruginous, the elytra sometimes

with a black patch at the suture spreading out towards

tlie sides ; often, however, entirely ferruginous ; usually

the largest species, but occasionally quite small...

populi, Payk.

tt— Antennre less stout; elytra dark, with a reddish-brown
base or entirely ferruginous or brownish-yellow.
+— Smaller, sides of thorax more angled at the central tooth,
which is distinct ; elytra shorter in proportion to

thorax ; pubescence shorter scaniciis, L.

++_Larger, thorax less angled at the central tooth, which is
small ; elytra longer in proportion to thorax ; pu-
bescence longer ; colour ferruginous...

snhfumatus, Kr.

iJ— Sides of thorax very feebly margined, the whole insect

parallel-sided ci/Iindrtis, Kiesw. (paraUelua, Thorns.) .

B-The lateral tooth of the thorax well before the middle of the side.

a-Shorter and broader, thorax strongly margined at sides...

saginatus, Sturm.

i-Narrower and slighter, t.horax less strongly margined.

dentatus, Host.

2-Tlie thickened part of the anterior angles of the thorax occupying only a
sixth or seventh of the sides.
A-The lateral tooth of the thorax before the middle of the sides, very

j„(^ig,i„c, Seidell aim, Newm. {bicolor, Sturm.).

B-Thc lateral tooth of the thorax in the middle of the sides, distinct.
a-Shorter, more convex, puncturation stronger; thorax more parallel

sided, lateral tooth smaller umhratus, Er. {ruficomis, Reitt.).

i-Longer and slighter, puncturation weaker ; thorax more contracted be-
hind, lateral tooth stronger dislinffuendus, Sturm.

ii-Eyes with larger facets ; antennae somewhat slender, especially joints 6, 7 and
8, and r,th and 7th joints longer than broad ; anterior angles of thorax
reflexed and produced into a large hook-shaped tooth... acutangulus,Gy\\.

1097.) 167

II — Eljfra with longer, more erect outstanding liairs, in addition to the more
or less dccmnbent pubescence.
i — Anterior angles of thoi-ax with a looth, wliicli may however be blunt ; lateral
tooth in or behind middle of sides of thorax.
1 — Anterior tibiie produced externally into a distinct tOoth ; upper surface

strongly punctured and setose li/coperdi, Herbst.

2 — Anterior tibisE not so produced ; upper surface less strongly punctured.
A — Eyes with large facets ; elytra longer, finely and closely ininctured ; be-
tween the long antl somewhat elecunibent pubescence are a few out-
standing long and less decumbent hairs arranged in rows...

lellaris. Scop.

B — Eyes with facets normal (but not so small as in Section I.i.) ; elytra
shorter, more coarsely punctured, with less close decumbent pubes-
cence ; outstanding hairs not in rows, except in affinis, in which
species they are easily abraded.
a - Elytra and thorax strongly and evenly punctured, thorax almost square,

colour wholly or in part dark ruficornis, Steph.

b — Elytra and thorax not so punctured, thorax transverse, colour ferru-
ginous.
a* — The thickened part of the anterior angles of the thorax occu-
pying a sixth of the sides, and prolonged behind into a sharp
looth; thorax nearly one and a half times as broad as long,
af — Elytra with the punctures at base about three times as far apart
from one another as are those on the thorax, pubescence longer

and more abundant punclipennis, Bris,

fit — Elytra with the punctures at base hardly less coarse than those of

thorax, pubescence less abundant and not so long...

2)i(osiis, Gyll.

b* — The thickened part of the anterior angles of the thorax occu-
pying a fourth or fifth of the sides, and blunt or feebly toothed
behind, outstanding hairs in rows, thorax about twice as broad

as long affinis, Sturm.

ii — Anterior angles of thorax not produced into a tooth ; lateral tooth before, or at
any rate not behind, middle of thorax (but the character is difficult to
appreciate) ; sides of thorax strongly margined.

1 — Short and bi'oad, very coarsely punctured seiulosus, Sturm.

2 — Somewhat elongate, much more finely punctured schmidti, Sturm.

For a table of the geuus Micrambe see Fowler's " British Coleop-
te^'a^ vol. iii, ]). 827.

I have nothing to add except to confirm the statement of Canon
Fowler that M. vini, Panz., is sometimes taken on low-growing firs.

1 add a few notes on the genus Cryptopliagus.

In working the first half of the table above, it is best to separate
C. acutangidus first. The large size of the facets of the eyes is

168 tJ"'^' ^^''''•

readily seen with even a strong lens (see also cellaris). This
character, combined with the hook-shaped tooth at the anterior
angles of the thorax, the close, even pubescence and the slender
central joints (tj, 7 and 8) ot" the antenna', makes identification easy.
The insect occurs in all sorts of places. I have a specimen from
the District Eailway, and others fi-oiii Welbeck Street. It is the
C. unclnatas of Stephens (111. Mand., iii, 75). C. icaterhousei of Hye,
described Ent. Mo. Mag., vol. iii, |). 101, is a monstrosity of the
species, and is a[)parently the C. liei/denl of Reitter (Revis., 3G).

C pubescens. — The two-jointed club prevents any mistake as to
the insect. Its inclusion in the table under I. A. is, however, con-
venient as helping to explain these characters. The insect occurs
chiefly in wasps' nests in September and October, I believe all over
the Kingdom.

C.fumatus is a large species with a small thorax. My speci-
men from Forres was originally named for me C. ilentalus, but
besides being much larger it has the elytra less parallel-sided and
wider proportionately to the thorax.

C. hadius. — The very transverse thorax with a decided fui-row or
basal fold, and the tooth in the middle of the side, and the distinct
puncturation towards the base of the elytra, are the best characters.
1 have it from Sevenoaks. Mr. Newbery tells me he has taken it
freely in his London garden. He has pointed out to me that the
callosities of the front angles of the thorax are cup-shaped.

C. fuscicornis I have never seen. The characters are taken from
the description in Ganglbauer.

O. ijoptili is to be known by its stout antenna;. Sometimes, and
apparently on the Continent normally, there is a dark coumion patch
on the elytra, usually wanting in English specimens. Mr. G. C.
Champion tells me that among the specimens taken by him at I^'arn-
ham, below the burrows, of ColJctcs daviesana (and not in them, as
mentioned in Fowler), there occurred a number of small light
specimens which would have been extremely difficult to identify had
they occurred without the usual form. 1 have apparently oue of
these small specimens from South Wales. The antennae are, however,
I think unmistakable, but the club appears to vary a little, possibly
according to sex.

G. scttnicus {= humeraJis, Steph., 111. Mand., iii, p. 74) occurs
everywhere in rubbish, fungi, &c. It apparently has two forms, one
with the elytra dark with a reddish-brown base, and the other ferru-

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ffinous ; this latter form has caused considerable difficulty with
collectors, but it may readily be known if compared with the normal
form, with which it entirely agrees in shape and puncturation. It is
generally known as the ab. pnfrnelis of Sturm.

C. vnlidiis and G. suhfiiimitiis.— There has been great confusion
both in England and on the Continent as to these species. It is
difficult to say how it arose, as the main points of Kraatz's descrip-
tions are clear and agree with the types which I have seen since the
table was in type. Some of the first-determined British specimens
of C. validnf!, which has, however, been taken on very few occasions
here, were named by Eye as G.fumatus (see Fowler, Col. of Brit. Is.,
vol. iii, p. 323), and several of the old collections will probably be
found to have the insect under this name. Another insect, which is
undoubtedly C. imlidus, was named by Rye as C. sithfumaUis, and this
is the specimen mentioned in Fowler as in Mr. Champion's collection.
0. voUdus is a large, broad, rather dark insect, something like
C. popuJi when viewed from a distance, with fine close puncturation,
the callosities of the front of the thorax very little developed, only
a small tooth in middle of sides, and with close rather long golden
pubescence, the elytra somewhat parallel-sided, and the legs long,
with the tibiae widened towards the apex, I have received it from
the Continent under the name O. siihfumafus, so that I do not feel at
all sure that Ganglbaiier has not inverted the two species. Fowler's
description is, however, perfectly correct. Any one who has any
doubt as to the insect has only to see the specimen in the Power
Collection at the British Museum. I do not think that after
seeing an example of the right insect confusion is possible. G. sub-
fiimatus appears also to be British ; it was in the Power Collection
mixed with var. patrueUs, but has now been separated. Mr.
Champion has also specimens which must, I think, belong here.
It usually has long elytra, but a specimen from the Continent sent
me as G. validus, and another from Huntingfield, which appear
undoubtedly to belong to the insect, do not show the character in
a marked degree. The distinction from G. scanicus given in ray table
will do, whether intended by Ganglbauer to apply to the insect or to
G. validus, if the character as to the central tooth of the thorax is
omitted. The table would be perhaps more satisfactory if, besides
this omission, there were substituted on page 320 : —

a* — A large, broad, and usually dark insect, with the antennae normal (not
particularly stout), and the thickened part of tlie anterior angles
of the thorax little developed validus, Kraatz (? Ganglb.).

h* — Insect not as a*.

170 [August,

C. ci/Undnis is distinct from all the British species by reason of
its parallel form. Tt occurs nnrler bark of ])iiie (P/iiits xylve.sirU)
ill the Nortli of Scotlaml. I liave never taken it ; my s[)ecimens
were captured by Mr. G. C. Champion.

G. sa()inatus and C. dentatus maybe known from the other species
of the first main jL^rouj) by haviiifr the tooth before the middle of the
side of the thorax. The callosities of the; anterior ani^les, though
occupying a good fifth of the side, are very little developed. The two
species can liardly be confused with one another. C. sacfinatus has the
elytra more oval and the sides of the thorax more rounded thnn has
C. denfaf/ifi,\vh\c]\ is a more jiarallel-sided and longer insecl, with rather
stout antenna. A very small form of O. dentatus occasionally
occurs. Mr. Newbery has one which is apiinrently immature, and
was named before it came to bim 0.fu.saicorn/s. I have two almost
black forms from a granary in Uolhorn, possibly these are the ab.
oiiger, Bris.

G. nmhi'dtiis and ('. disfiiK/uendits. — These are two much smaller
insects, which ap|)ear not to vary much in size The small hiteral
space occupied by the thoracic callosities at once distinguishes them
from the previously mentioned species. They are very like one
another; for distinctions see ]<\iwler's British Goleoptem, vol. iii
pp. 819 and 822, but T must confess that some of the specimens
which T have seen ajipear to me to be inlcrinediate. G. umhratus
appears 1o be quite rare. I have one from Huntingfield and
another from Foxhali, near Ipswich. G. diftfiiiqucndiis is not
uncommon in granaries. There is said to be a bh-udc form of the
insect.

G. scttfrl/atus = liicoJor. — Tliis, the smallest species of the gemis,
might be confused with the two last-mentioned insects, but the lateral
tooth of the thorax is very indistinct, and the callosities of the front
augles are but little developed. Newman, in Ent. Mag., ii, 202, gives
the wrong size 1 line, but the description has generally been accepted
as applying to the insect. In Stephens' collection, under the name
scufelJafiis, is an example of the species, but it is mixed with a
specimen of nciitanqulus and another of sarfinatus.

The I'ough hair of the insects comprised in the second division is
best seen under a microscope. In G. cellaris and G. nffinis the out-
standing hairs are in rows, and in G. cellaris the callosities of the
front angles of the thorax, which vary considerably in shape, appear

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more turned towards the front of the insect than in other species.
Many of" tlie species Iiave four callosities on the surface of the thr)rax,
but these are not always visible, and it is better not to rely on this
character. The eye facets of this section appear to me usually lart^er
than those of the other, so that character is not so satisfactory for
G. cellaris as it is for C. acutangidns.

I do not feel sure whether C. punctipennis is really distinct from
C. pilosus. ]t is, in my experience, the commoner insect of the two,
but I may draw the line of distinction at the wrong place. In the
British Museum there is a specimen in which the punctures are not
oidy far a|)art, but also much larj^er. li punctipennis ought to have
the punctures larger as well as further apart, my insects and most of
those standing in British collections as punctipennis are really pilosus.
In C. setuJosus the joints of the club of the antennae are more widely
separated than in the other species, and the elytra are shorter and
the pubescence is very rough. C. schmidti and rujicornis, on the other
hand, are very distinct. I have no British representative of the
former. C. rujicornis I have from a faggot heap on the hill above
Streatley, Berks. ; the specimen in Stephens' collection (presumably
the type) is pale coloured. The species is not included in the last
European Catalogue except as a possible synonym of li/coperdi, which
is absurd ; it is only mentioned by Ganglbauer in a note, in which he
says that Stephens' name is not a synonym of timhratus, but that the
insect referred to appears to be more like lycoperdi, in which he is
right, as it undoubtedly belongs to the group with outstanding
hairs ; but there is a great difference between being " more like " and
being synonymous with. It has a sharp tooth behind the callosities
of the thorax. I know of no other European species to which it can
])ossibly be referred. In connection with the above article, I have
jiarticularly to thank Mr. G. C. Champion for valuable suggestions
and help, Mr. Newbery for kindly checking most of the table with
me with actual specimens, Mr. E. Saunders for going through his
collection with me and for the loan of specimens, and Mr. Arrow, of
the British Museum, for obtaining for me Kraatz's types, without
which I should have fallen into error, and for comparing s[)ecimens
for me.

27, Hereford Square, S.W. :
June I8lh, 1907.

172 [August,

HYDRJLNA LONQIOR, Ret, and OCTITHEBIUS VIETDIS, Peyron,
ADDITIONS TO THE BRITISH LIST OF COLEOPTERA.

BY E. A. NEWBERT.

With a view to a short revision of tlie British Palpicorvia T have
recently been in corresponrlenoe with M. le Cnjjitnine Sninte Claire
Deville, and am p;reat!y indebted to him for much valuable infor-
mation and assistance. As a first result of this, T am brinjrinp;
forward the two above-named species. It is at |)i'eseut uncertain if
they are absolutely new 1o our lists, or whether they should
replace HydrcBna anqustata, Sturm, and OchfhehiKS mnrfiipaUens,\ia,tv.,
respectively.

T must refer the student to Eey's Palpicornio, 2nd edit., Lyons,
1S84, for detailed descriptions of the two species. T propose here
only to give such (diameters as will se]iarate them from their near
allies.

HTDii^'^NA LONQTon, Rey.

This insect comes in the sub-division in which the (dytra have
8 or 9 rows of punctures between the suture and the humeral angle.
It may be sejiarated from II. riparia, ^^u\i., and niqrita, Germ., by
its more parallel and elongate form ; it has, lunvever, considerable
resemblance to some forms of riparia, which is on the average a
larger insect, with differently formed posterior tibiae in the male.
The only species for which //. lonrjior is likely to bo mistaken is
11. ancjustaia, Sturm. The following (diaracters will separate these
two species : —

k. — Tliorax very distinctly and rat lior sliavply angled in middle of sides; elytra
with stvise regular to apex, interstices narrow ; male witli intermediate
tibice lootlied on inner side, and posterior libiae dilated angularly at inner
apical third //. longior, Rey.

AA. — 'J'horax obtusely angled in middle of sides ; elytra with strife less regular, be-
coming confused before apex ; interstices less narrow ; male with interme-
diate and posterior tibia? simple H. angustaia, Sturm.

Hydrcena nnqnstata is smaller on the average than H. lonqioj;
with the disc of the thorax almost impunctate. M. Ste. Claire
Deville has very kindly furnished me with French examples, but I
have seen no British specimens.

If. lonqior lias occurred on several occasions in some of the
tributary ditches of the Lymington Kiver, near Brockenhurst.
Mr. de la diarde has taken it at Christow, near Exeter, and the
specimens from Polmont, (^lasgow, standing as II. anqitstafa in the
Power collection must also be I'eferred to H. longior, Rey.

1907.]

173

OcnTHEBius viKiDis, PovroD, = O. obscurus, Dejean, Key, &c.
O. marf/ipallens v;ir. B, Mills., Fairm., &c. ; i^millus, Steph. ?
Tliis iiKstTt coini'ts in the ^M'oiip in which the thorax has two
transverse impressions and an indistinct central furrow, but is without
hiteral seuiicolon-lilve impressions. The British species in tliis j,rroup
may be distinguished as follows : —

A.— Posterior angles of thorax broadly excisetl, liUed vviLli a broad membrane ; size

very small: length 1 nun O. ea,am/«*, Muls.

'^A. Posterior angles of thorax narrowly excised, membrane narrow.

a.— Metasternum amootli and shining in the middle (palpi dark ; raised parts
of the thorax shining and punctured) ; size very small : length

1 'i'*^' O. marg'rpallens, Latr.

aa.— Metasternum entirely dull, alutaceous.

6.— Thorax very dull bronze, entirely alutaceous ; palpi dark ; size very
small : length 1 nun O. viridis, Peyr.

66.— Thorax shining bronze on the raised parts, which are punctured but
not alutaceous ; palpi jiale ; size larger : length li— IJ mm....

O. marinus, Payk

I have specimens of O. viridis in my collection taken by Mr.
W. H. Bennett at Pett, Sussex, which have been named by M. Sainte
Claire Deville. The specimens standing as O. man/ipallens in the
Power collection labelled " Baiuhani " must be referred to O. viridis,
and possibly also those from Gravesend.

It should be remarked that; the deseri|)tion of H. angustata in
" i-'owler's British Coleoptera " applies much better to that species than
to E. longior, while his descri[)tion of O. marf/ipallens is much more
applicable to O. viridis.

12, Churchill Road, Dartmouth Park, N.VV. :
July \6th, 19u7.

A NEW BRFlTStl EARWIG?
BY MALCOLM BURE, F.L.S., F.O.S., F.E S.

In the Ent. Record, vol xv, p. 254, 1908, I recorded two female
specimens of Forjicula nnricularia, Linn., taken in horse-dung at
Compton Bay, near Freshwater, in the Isle of Wight. These two
specimens are remarkable in that the wings are abortive and the
elytra are truncate.

I have since examined these specimens again, and have compared
them with fresh examples of females of ForJiGula decipiem, Gene,
from Italy, and I can find no difference.

174 [August,

Unfortunately, there is not inucli difference between the females
of these two species, and it is not ])ossible to decide this question
definitely without seeing the males.

The male of F. decipiens agrees in structure generally with that
of F. auricularla : the pygidium is similar, and the forceps only
differ in the presence or absence of the median tooth at the end of
the dihited part ; this is })resent in F. auricuhiria and absent in
F. decf2)iens ; the forceps and j)ygidium of the females of these
species do not differ.

In size and colour the two are alike, except that F. decipiens is
somewhat |)aler, the head and [)rouotum being especially lighter.

The antennae of F. auriciiJm'ia usually have 14 segments ; those
of F. decipiens have 12 ; my two females from Compton have 13.

The pronotum of F. auricuhiria has the posterior margin gently
rounded ; in F. decipiens it is almost straight; ia my Compton Bay
specimens, it is not so straight as in typical F. decipiens, but not so
rounded as in F. nurlcularin.

Tn F. decipiens the elytra are not only very distinctly shorter in
proportion than in F. auricularia, but sharply truncate at the ends ;
in F. auricularia they are almost sinuate at the ends. In the form
of the elytra, these specimens from Compton agree exactly and
entirely with F. decipiens, and there are no traces whatever of wings,
thus also agreeing with F. decipiens.

The pitting of the abdomen seems to me to be a trifle stronger
in F. decipiens than in F. auricularia, and in this the Compton
specimens agree with F. decipiens; I do not, however, put much faith
in this, as it is only a question of degree, and the eye may see what
the mind wishes to discover.

Now% in colour and in the form of the elytra and absence of
wings, these specimens agree perfectly with F. decipiens ; in the form
of the pronotum and antennje they approach rather to this species
than to F. auricularia. It will therefore be asked, what is the
objection to calling them F. decipiens? The objection is this, that
F. decipiens is a meridional insect. The situation of these Compton
Bay specimens, in a pile of horse-dung on the coast of the Isle of
AVight, far from towns and farther still from a port, points to a
natural occurrence, and this species has not yet been recorded as a
traveller like Apterygida arachidis, Anisolabis annulipes, and to a less
extent, F. auricularia. It is therefore highly improbable that F.
decipiens should be a native of England. It is a common insect in

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the south of France, in Italy, in Spain and in Dalniatia ; in Central
Europe it has been recorded from Mont Cenis. It is therefore hardly
to be ex[)eclc(l in ihis country.

Had these siiecinicns been t:ikeu in the south of Europe I should
have named them F. dec/pints without a moment's hesitation. They
were crawling freely about in the dun*;, but though both sexes of
typical -P. auricula rid were abun<laiit, I failed to find a male of the
wingless form.

The riddle is intensely interesting, and it cannot be cleared up
without discovery of the male. 1 ap[)eal therefore 1o entomologists
to keep a sharp look ont for wlmt appears to be the common earwig
without wings, foi- it would be I'.iost satisfactory to add a good and
indigenous s|)ecies to our l>ritisli list, which is rather meagre in this
respect.

Sibertswold, near Dover :

Jaltf 15M, 1907.

SOME NEW AFRICAN iilFHONAPTERA.

BY THE HON. N. C. BOTHSCHILD, M.A., T.L.S.

Platk III.

The species here described were obtained by Baron Maurice
de Eolhschild on his ex|)edition through Abyssinia and East Africa.

1. Ctenocephalus kosmabus, sp. nov. (figs. 1 and 2).

The head beiirs anteriorly at the genal edge one long curved epine and some-
times a second smaller one. 'J'he prolhorax has a comb of 14 spii)es. Tlie tlioracic
and abdominal tergites bear each one row of bristles. On the inside of the hind
coxa there is an irregular row of from 7 to 9 short stout spines, the hind femur
bearing on the same side a series of 6 to 8 bristles.

The genitalia of tlie male resemble those of C. erhiacei. There is a large hairy
flap, slightly curved downwards, and beneath it a short triangular process bearing
bristles. There are no luiirs above the stigma of the eighth abdominal tergite of
the female, but the apical edge of this scierite is densely hairy, there being also on
the side a number of bristles.

Tchalenko, East Africa, off Hyrax ahyssinicus.

LISTKOPSYLLA, gen. nov.

Frons with a large spade-shaped tubercle. Eye small. Behind the same a
bristle-like spine. No genal comb. The labial palpus consists of 4 segments.
Pronotum with a comb containing more than 25 spines. Mcsonotum with thin
subapical spines. No apical spines on metanotuni, but there arc such spines on the
first five abdominal tergites.

Type: agrippi7ies, liothsch. (1902, described as a Ccratophyllus).

2. LiSTKOPSYLLA DOLOSUS, Sp. noV.
Differs from L. agrippinx as follows : — There are on the pronotum two rows of

I^yg [August,

bristles and a comb of 27 spines. The mesonotum is densely hairy from the base
to the postmedian row of long bristles. There are thi-ee rows of bristles on the
abdominal tergites, the first four tergitcs bearing also an apical comb of short spines.
This comb consists of 22 spines on the fii-st Icrgite, and of 2 on the fourth. The
hind femur bears 4 bristles subventraliy before the apex.

Kikiiyu Escarpment, Hriticsh East xifriea ; no host given.

3. Ctenoputhalmus engis, 5^;. nof. (fig 3).

The mefathoracic cpimerum bears (5 bristles. The first abdominal tergite has
3 rows of bristles, while the other tergites bear 2 rows. Tlie most ventral bristle
of the postmedian row is placed beneath the stigma. The seventli sternite is
sinuate, the lobe situated above the sinus being obliquely excised. On the eighth
tergite there are no hairs above tlie stigma, while there are 6 bristles at the apical
edge and 5 or 6 near the ventral edge.

Closely allied lo C. triodontus, Eolhsch. (1907) and G. ansorgei,
id. (1907), (figs. 4 and 5).

Addis Abeba and Bourka, Abyssinia, off a rat.

EXPLANATION OF PLATE IIL

1. Cteuoccyhalus rosmarus,he7i.A oi ?.

2. ,, ,, ninth tergite, S .

3. Ctenop}it}iulmu.s cngis, seventh sternite and eighth segment, ?.

4. ,, fricifZon-iws, seventh steruite, ?.

5. ,, ansorgei, seventh sternite, ?.

Tring Park, Tring :

Ju/i/, 1907.

A RARIi; BRITISH FVNGVS-MIDGE {CEROPLATUS LINEATUS,¥ABn.)
RE-DISCOVERED IN LONDON.

BY E. E. AUSTEN.

This morning a male of tlie above species was taken by my
boy -attendant, C. Hill, on the window of the Diptera lioom here.
C. lineatus is a large, dark-coloured species, with yellow, brown-
striped thorax and conspicuously blotched wings ; the specimen which
is the subject of this note measures 9^ millimetres in length. In
Mr. Verrall's " List of British Diptera," 2nd edition (1901), p. 10,
C. lineatus appears in italics as requiring confirmation. On turning
to Fabricius's original descri[)tion of the species (" 8ystema Entomo-
logia)," 1775, ]). 751) I find the following sentence : " Habitat in
Anglia: capt. in Mus. Brit., d. 21 Jun." In Walker's " Ii]Becta
Britaitnica.— Diptera," vol. iii (1856), p. 67, the species (under the
name Platijnra Jineata) is recorded as " liare. In the British
Museum"; and the Old Collection of British Diptera still contains
half a dozen faded specimens of the species, all of which, how^ever,
like the rest of that collection, are without locality-labels. Con-

1907.] 177

tinontal Diptcrists agree in characterising G. Unrntus as " rare," or
"very rare" (according to Van der VVulp it has hecn taken from
time to time at the Hague, from June to September, " indoors ") ;
and, so far as I am aware, no precise record of its capture in the
British Islands has appeared since Fabricius's day. That entomo-
logical history should repeat itself in this way after an interval of
132 years is therefore worthy of special notice, and the fact that the
National Natural History Collections are now housed at South
Kensington instead of at Bloomsbury, as formerly, makes the coin-
cidence, if possible, still more remarkable.

British Museum (Natural Ilistory),

Cromwell Road, London, S.W. :

June 21th, 1907.

DESCRIPTIONS OF NEW SPECIES OF STAOMATOFHORA, H.-S.
{LEPIDOPTERA : TINEINA).

BY THE RIGHT HON. LORD WALSINGHAM, M.A., LL.D., F.R.S., &c.

The species here described have necessitated the study of a
natural group in the genus Sta<jm<tfophora^ and it seems desirable to
publish the results arrived at in the form of a separate paper.

HTPONOMEUTIDAE.

STAGMATOPHOEA, H.-S.

The following tabulation is confined to species allied to serra-
tella, Tr., and sumptuosella, Ldr.

(With three continuous defined transverse fasciae 2.

(^ With three broken fasciae, or irregular lines of spots 3.

C With short white basal streak along fold =^ S<3l2.^ful</urUelfa, Rgt.

1^ Without white basal streak = 3611. — tririvella, Stgr.

large equally conspicuous whitish costal spots 4.

spot less conspicuous than those beyond it 5.

Palpi white, unspotted ; hind wings whitish...

=^ 3163 : S.—thaumafeUa, Wlsm.
Palpi white, with spots; hindwings brownish grey...

= 3613. — sumpiuoseUa, Ldr.

spot on terminal joint 6.

spots on terniinal joint... =^ 3613 : 2. — beata,'W\am.

( Median fascia bulging outwards : 7.

7 Median fascia not bulging outwards = 3613 : l.^teiierii, Wlsm.

^ Outer costal spot pure white, conspicuous = 3610. — serrate/la, Tr.

) Outer costal spot much mixed with gold, narrow, inverted...

/ = 361U : 1. — sareptensis, Wlsm.

("With three larg
|_With basal spot

r Palpi with one distinct sj
(^ Palpi with two distinct sj

178 [August,

3610 : 1. — SxAaMATOPHORA SAREPTENSIS, Sp. «.
Antennae dark bronzy brown, with four or five white annulations before the
apex. Pal/ii wliite, terminal joint witli a conspieiious dark ring before tlie apex.
[lead and face white. Thorax dark bronzy brown. Foreioing.s bronzy brown, with
three wliite costal streaks, each terminating in pale golden metallic scaling, the first,
near the base, pointing obliquely outward ; the second, about the middle, also
oblique ; tlie third, as far from the second as is the first, slightly inverted ; from the
dorsum arise three corresponding, slraigliter, pale golden metallic bars, tlie fii'st
reaching to the fold and almost touching the apex of the first costal streak ; the
second crossing the fold and scarcely ]ireceding tlie medio-costal streak ; the third
pi'ecediiig the outer costal streak, but sometimes touching it at its inner point ;
a patch of similar pale golden scales lies at tiie apes, and one or two are visible at
the base of the tornal cilia ; cilia greyisli brown. Exp. al. 16 — 17 mm. Ifind-
wuiffs grey ; cilia paler, greyish brown. Abdomen shining, pale brownish. />py*
alternately barred with white and bronzy brown.

Ti/pe, ^ (Cliristoph Coll.). Mus. Wlsm.

Hub.: S.E. RUSSIA— Sarepta, 15-25. VIII. 18tj6, 18.VIII.1S70
(Chrisfoph) ; Kasikoparan, 24.VII.1883 (Chrisfoph) . Ten spt-ciiiions.

This species has been included in various collections with such
series as are supposed to represent Stagmatophora .serrafclla, Tr., but
it is somewhat larger and differs from serratella in the much stronger
and coarser palpi, and in the much narrower preapical white costal spot.

In the Zeller Collection there are only three specimens of the
smaller form, one of which also comes from Sareptu, but is not the
the species above described. In ihc llofmann Collection tiiere are
five specimens of the smaller s[)ccies and only two sareptensis. lu
the Cliristoph Collection all are sirrepiens/s, but labelled '" serratella^

3GL8. — Stagmatophoha sumptuosella, Ldr.

Elachi-sta sumptuosella, Ldr. Verb. ZI3. Ver. Wicn V (1855),
234, Pi. V. 9 (1855) ^ Slm/matophora sumptuoseUa, Stgr.-Wk. Cat.
Lp. Eur., 124, No. 2282 (18GI) '^ : 32L, No. 2G23 (1871) ^; Stgr. Hor.
Soc. Ent. Ross, XV, 385-6 (1880) ^ ; Hrtm. MT. Miinch. Ent. Ver.
IV, 47, No. 2623 (1880) S; Stgr.-Rbl. Cat. Lp. Pal. II, No. 3613
(1901) 6.

Uab. : ASIATIC TURKEY— IvHuiJAVENDEKiAii, 13russa, VI * ;
SiVAS, Amasia, VI * ; Haleb, Shar Devesy {Nat. Coll. 18!)3) ;
Mesopotamia {^tgr.) ; Syria ^~-^, Beyrout V

A fine species with large equidistant air.l approximately similar
white costal spots, and two distinct dark rings on the terminal joint
of the i)alpi. It is very like heata, VVlsm., but has the basal and
median costal spots much larger than in that species.

1907.] 179

3613 : 1. — Stagm.vtophora. teucrii, sp. n.

Aniennae black. l'ali>i rather stout, reaching above the crown, median joint
densely clotlied, teriiiinal joint as long as the median, comparatively smooth ;
milk-white, a short black shade around the base of tlie median, and a black ring
a little before tlie apex of the terminal joint. Head milk-white. Thorax black.
Forewliigs bronzy black, with tiireo white costal patches, the first narrow, tending
obliquely outward at one-sixth from the base, becoming pale golden a little below
the costa, and slightly overlapping the fold at its lower extremity ; the second on
the middle of the costa, wider and shorter than the first, somewhat triangular,
becoming pale golden toward the apex, which is slightly bent outward on the upper
edge of the cell — beneath it is an opposite pale golden spot, scarcely separated from
the dorsum ; the third white patch, at the commencement of the costal cilia, is yet
wider than the others, cuneiform, with its point directed inward and showing a few
pale golden scales at its apex, where it nearly touches an irregular, upright, patch of
golden scales arising from the dorsum ; a small pale golden spot lies at the extreme
apex of the wing ; cilia smoky blackish, becoming paler and more brownish on the
dorsum ; the whole wing-surface is coarsely scaled, with a tendency to raised sealing
towards the base on the dorsum — the pale gold metallic scales shine very brilliantly.
Exp. al. 22 mm. Hindioings shining, leaden grey ; cilia brownish grey. Abdomen
pale brownish ochreous at the base above, more silvery at the sides, broadly banded
behind and beneath with dark greyish fuscous. Legs creamy white ; with greyish
fuscous bands on the hind tibiae and on the basal joint of the tarsi, a few scales
only on the distal joints ; the anterior and median legs much more distinctly dark-
banded.

Type, ? (14029). Mus. Wlsm.

Larva rather stout, tapering to either extremity ; white, without markings.
Head black ; pronotal plates olivaceous greyish, darkened along the edges of the
suture and posteriorly ; thoracic legs dark olivaceous greyish, with two whitish
annulations ; anal plate whitish. Long. 11 mm.

Type, Larva (88264 : Tangier, 3.VIII.1902, Wlsm). Mus. Wlsm.

Hah. : MOROCCO — Tangier. Larva in galls, Teucriumfruticans,
II— VIII {Wlsm.), VIII, excl. 25.IX~26.X.1903 ( Vaucher). SPAIN
—Cadiz: Chiclana {Wlsm.)- GIBRALTAR (^/s;«.). Two speci-
mens.

In 1901, when collecting at Chiclana in the south of Andalusia,
I observed some elongate galls on the wood}'^ stems and branches of
Teucrium fruticam. They were not abundant, and all that I opened
contained either empty pupa-cases, or the remains of parasites which
had destroyed the larvae, nor was I able to discover at that time any
freshly made galls. Meeting with the same shrub in the following
year in the neighbourhood of Tangier, in Morocco, I collected a
considerable number of galls, many of which contained living larvae,
although the majority, for the most part on the old wood, were
occupied by mere remnants as before, and the percentage of those

180 [Auaust,

destroyed by parasites was very large. I collected these qalls at
intervals froui February to the beginning of June, when the larvae
appeared, so far as I could judge, to be full-fed, and it was a great
disappointment to me that during the following mouths they did not
produce a single specimen of the perfect insect. At the beginning
of 1903 I again met with the same galls at Gibraltar, and determined
to pay a special visit to the place on my return from Algeria in June,
when again I collected a good supply and brought them to England ;
from these nothing was produced, and on examination the larvae were
found more or less shrivelled, although some were yet alive in .August.
I then wrote to Mons. H. Vaucher, a resident at Tangier, to whom
I had sliown the galls collected in the previous year, asking him to
send me some. After much unsuccessful search he rediscovered
them and sent me three galls, which I received on August 2Sth, 1903
with the ultimate result that on September 25th a perfect specimen
appeared to set my mind at rest as to the mystery which surrounded
these obviously unknown larvae. A cri[)pled $ subsequently emerged
on October 26th.

This species is considerably larger than Stogmatophora sumpfiio-
sella, Ldr., and has the subterminal white costal spot considerably
larger than the two preceding spots,; moreover, it shows no second
dark ring on the terminal joint of the palpi.

3613 : 2. — Stagmatophoea beata, sp. n.

Antennae blackish, with whitish annulations, one of which, at the outer end of
the basal joint, is more conspicuous than the others. Pa/pi reacliiiig above tlie
crown ; white, with a blackish ring at the base, a faint bronzj ring near the apex of
the median, and two black rings around the terminal joint. Head milk-white.
Thorax bronzj black. Forewings bronzj black, with three white costal patches ;
the first, narrow, oblique, at about one-sixth, connected at its apex with an out-
wardlj-curved series of three patches of bright golden raised scales, one above tlie
fold, the other two below it; the second white patch, scarcelj wider than the first,
is also connected with patches of raised bright scales, the first extending bejond its
apex, the others nearer to the base, confluent, and reaching to the dorsum ; the
third white patch, in the commencement of the costal cilia, is wider and more con-
spicuous than the others, and is not connected at its ajiex with the patch of raised
golden scales, which slightlj precedes it on the dorsum ; there is a small golden
spot at the extreme apex ; cilia smokj blackish, becoming paler and more brown on
the dorsum. Exp. al. 20 mm. Hindiiuni/s shining, jiale leaden grej ; cilia
brownish grej. Abdomen brownish ochrcous toward the base, grejish fuscous
posteriorlj, the segments indicated bj whitish lines. Legs dark smokj fuscous,
banded with white at all the joints and at tiie origin of the spurs.

Ti/pe, (J (88702). Mus. Wlsm.

1907.] 181

Hah.: ALGERTA-ITaminam-es-Salaliiii, 17.V.1003. A single
specimen taken at light.

Tliia species differs from teucrii, Wlsm., iti llu' iniich more con-
spicuous and richly golden sealing, which is also considerably raised,
and in the more anniilated legs and palpi. It may be well to observe
also that Teucrinm fruticnns does not occur anywhere near Biskra,
and T have searched vainly for galls on ihe smaller species of Teucrium
which is found there. There is at present no clue to its life-history.

Mertoii Hall. ThetCord :
July, 1907.

EPIBLEMA COSTIPUNCTANA, Haw., AN ABERRATION OF
E. TRIGEMINANA, Steph.

BY KUSTACE R. BANKES, M.A,, F.E.S.

In Ent. Mo. Mag., x. 37-8 (1S73), the late Mr. C. G. Barrett
expressed the belief that Tortrix costipunctana, Haw. [Lep. Brit.,
443 (1812)], was distinct from all our other recognised species. This
opinion was founded upon a specimen standing as costipunctana \i\
the Doubleday collection, agreeing " most accurately with Haworth's
description," which Barrett translated.

Sorely puzzled for long about Haworth's insect, I succeeded in
solving the mystery eleven years ago, when 1 found in tiie J. F.
Stephens collection in the British Museum a moth, on the pin of
which was a reversed label bearing ''costipunctana"' in Haworth's
own writing. This proved the individual to be Haworth's original
type specimen, and it was forthwith indicated as such. The moth,
which is a male, somewhat broken, was standing by itself in the space
allotted to the name costipunctana, and in succession to trigeminana,
and is, in my opinion, undoubtedly an aberrant form of trigeminana.
It follows, therefore, that the name costipunctana, Hw., must be
substituted for that of trigeminana, Steph., and the synonymy, as
worked out by Mr. J. Hartley Duirant and myself, is as fcdlows : —

EpIBLEMA COSTIPUNCTANA, HaW.

Tortrix costipunctana. Haw., Lep. Brit., 443, No. 150 (1S12) ; Gra-
phoUtha pierretana, Dup., Noct. vi, p. 5GG, pi. 2G(j, fig. 3 (1834) ;
Spilonoia trigeminana, Ste])h., Cat. ii, 174, No. GOGS (IS29) ; [? Spilo-
nota costipunctana, Stph., Cat. ii, 174, No. 6910 (1829)] ; Poedisca
brunnichiana, Dup., ix, 253, 9, p. 35S (1834) ; Spilonota trigeminana,

182 [August,

Stph., Til., iv, 94, No. 10, PI. 87, f. 3 (1S84) ; [? Spilonota costipunc-
iann, 8tp}i., III., iv., 95, No. 12 (1834)] ; SpUonota argyrann, Stpli.,
III., iv, 95, No. 13 (1834); Ephippiphora hepaticnna^YdiV.poecilana, Grii.,
Iiid., 43 (1845) ; Poedisca poecilana, H.-S., Schmet. Riir., f. 220, iv,
241 (1849) ; SpUonota trigeminana. Wood. Iiid. Ent , PI. 31, f. 905,
p. 137 (1839) ; [? SpUonota costipunctana, Wood, Ind. Ent., PI. 31,
f. 907, p. 137 (1839)] ; SpUonota argyrana, Wood, Ind. Ent., PI. 31,
f. 908, p. 137 (1839) ; {Poedisca) confasana, 11. -S., Schmet. Eur., vi.,
IGl (IS5G); {Poedisca) Iwpnlicana, H.-S., Tort., fig. 223 (1849);
Halonota trigeminana, Wlk., Brit. Tort., 94, No. 2 (1859) ; Ilalonota
trigeminana, Stii., ]Man.,ii, 211 (1859) ; Orapholitha confusana, Hein.,
Schmet. Deutsch., Tort., 147 (1863) ; Orapltolitha poecilana. Hein.,
Schmet. Deutsch., Tort., 152-3, No. 269 (1863) ; GraphoJitha con-
fusana, Hein., Cat. Lep. Eur., 253, No. 1054 (1871) ; Grajyholitha
trigeminana, Hein., Cat. Lep. Eur., 255, No. 1101 (1871); Ilalonota
costipunctana, Brt., Ent. Mo. Mag., x, 37-8 (1873) ; Grapholttlia
confusana, Frey, Lep. Schweiz, 313 (1880) ; Grapholitha trigeminana,
Erc}', Lep. Schweiz, 310 (1880) ; Ephippiphora trigeminana , Weston,
Entom., xiii, 132 (1880) ; Poedisca trigeminana, SnelL, Vlind. Ned.,
Microlep., 330-1, No. 50 (1882) ; Ephippiphora trigeminana. South,
Syn. L. Br. Lep., 26 (1884) ; Grapholitha confasana, Shgn., Klein-
schmet. d. M. Brand., 322, No. 40 (1880) ; Grapholitha confusana. Rag.,
Ann. See. Ent. Fr., Ixiii, 212, No. 1054 (1894) ; Epihlema costipunc-
tana, Meyr., HB. Br. Lep., 495 (1895) ; Epihlema trigeminana, Meyr.,
HB. Br. Lep., 495-0. No. 15 (1895); Stgr. and Ebl., Cat., 117,
No. 2103 (1901) ; Ilalonota trigeminana, Brt , Lep. Br. Is., xi, 150-2,
Pi. 489, 3-3a (1906).

This species, Ihe larva of which, as is well known, feeds in the
rootstocks of Senecio jacohcca, normally has, on the jioslerior half of
tlie cosla of the fore-wing, eight sliort narrow white streaks, arranged
in four pairs, the two streaks of each pair being separated from one
another by a narrow dark brown streak, and each pair being separated
from the next by a dark brown bar. In Haworth's type specimen of
costipunctana, however, the white costal streaks are broader ; the
narrow dark streak that separates the two white streaks of each })air
does not disajipear, but the dark bar between each two pairs is itself
reduced to a streak. Llence the white streaks have quite lost the
appearance of b(>ing arranged together in pairs, and are seen as eight
separate white costal streaks or s))ots, alternating with seven dark
ones, these latter representing the four dark streaks that normally
separate the streaks of each pair, together with the three dark bars

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that ordinarily separate the four pairs from one another. In all
other respects the specimen, which had both fore-winp;s symmetrical
in markings, is perfectly normal, thouoh rather undersized.

TTawoi'th (I.e.) says of cosfipuncfnno that it occurs in Norfolk
but is very uncommon, while Stephens (111,, H;iust., iv, 95) says of it,
" Rare : occasionall}' found in July near London, and in Norfolk, and
I possess a specimen which was found near Edinburgh." As already
stated, there was, in 1896, only one specimen, viz., Haworth's original
INorfolk individual, standing under the name " costipiinctana " in the
collection, but it was impossible to tell what specimens Stephens had
placed under this name, for Dr. Butler then informed me that the
collection, thougli founded on that of Stephens, had been completely
re-arranged - it was not known by whom - since Stephens' time.
Probably Wood's figure of costipunctana (Tnd. Ent., PI. 31, fig. 907)
was taken from a specimen standing under this name in the Stephens
collection, and presumably it is intended to represent an abnormally
small and pale male of costipunctana, Hw.

Haworth gives the alar. exp. of costipunctana as 6'", and Stephens
gives it as 6^", while the latter gives trigeminana as expanding 10'" |
This last measurement is obviously incorrect, for Stephens himself
says (111., iv, 94) that he has only seen one specimen of tricjeminana:
this must therefore be the one figured on the Plate {op. cit.., PI. 37,
fig. 3), but the natural size, given below the enlarged figure, shows
that the alar. exp. of the individuii! w;is only 7],"\ which is about the
usual expanse of a good-sized exaniple of the s])ecies. Haworth's
type specimen, set as it is with the wings drooping, would, if perfect,
expand fully G'", and would be exactly the same size as a small
typical specimen that stood in the series of '"'' trigeminana'''' just before
it, and as one or two sjiecimens in my own series.

The identity of the moth standing as costipunctana in the
Doubleday collection, and referred to by Barrett (I.e.), is beside the
question of nomenclature. I find, however, that when looking
through the collection some years ago, I made a note to the effect
that the specimen, which is pale and very worn, may safely be
referred to " trigenvinava " ; I made no entry about the arrangement
of the costal markings, but since Barrett says that the individual
agrees most accurately with Haworth's description, I infer that they
are similar to those in Haworth's type specimen.

In the well-known "Catalog" by Staudinger and Woeke, and
elsewhei'e, the name costipunctana, which is omitted from Staudinger

184 [August,

and "Rebel's Catalog, was incorrectly adopted for the species generally
known as galUcolana, Z., but which, as shown by Eagonot, in Ann.
Soc. Ent. France, Ixiii, 219 (1894), ought to be called alhiginnna, Gn.
jE. alhuffinnna has also been erroneously called " obscurana^' by
Wilkinson, Stainton, and others, but ohscurnna is the species des-
cribed by Herrich-Schaffer as ravulana. I have often seen, in the
National collection, Stephens' original type specimen of ohscurnna,
and it is unquestionably identical with rnruhiim, IT.-S., as stated by
Mr. W. Warren in Ent. Mo. Mag., xxiv, 8 (1887).

Novden, Corfe Castle ;

July 4th, 1907.

Doryiomua fremnia', Pat/k., cf-c, near Guildford. — Amongst a few Coleoptera
taken recently near Griiildford, the following are noteworthy : — Dorytomus tremula',
Payk., sparingly, on Popuhis alba, in company with £>. tortrix, L., and D. costiros-
iris, Gyll. ; the first mentioned insect, the male of which was not represented in my
collection, is apparently not rai-e in the district, tliough I had not previously seen it
alive. It is perliaps new to Surrey. Phyllodecta cavifroH>t, Th., Zeugophora sub-
spinosa, F., and Psallux rotermundi, Schltz., also occurred on the same trees. Ilister
marginatus, Er., three specimens, in a rabbits' burrow, July 13th. Antherophagun
silaceus, Herbst, by sweeping, on same date. Strangalia quadrifasciata, L., in
rotten beech. Amara infima, Duft., and Harpalus discoidens, F., at Blackheath, May
20th. Rhyncolus nler, L., in dead pine, Hurt Wood, in company with Bhagium
bifasciatum, F. (including some interesting vars.), May 20th. Cri/phalus abietis,
Ratz., Xyleborus saxexeni, Rntz., Hylesimis viftafus, F., Atomaria badia, Er., &c.,
on the wing, in pine wood, Maroli 30th. Nitidula riifipes,!! , in dead bird. Micro-
glosxa piilla, 0[y\\.,\r\ si\\\i\ \)\i.* — G. C. Champion, Horsell, Woking : July 16///,
1907.

Epurxa ohlonga, Herbd, at Chobham. — About a fortnight ago I found two
specimens ( (? ? ) of an Epiinva ut Cliobhiun, under pine bark, so like E. suturalis,
Reitt. (treated as a var. of E. thoracica, Tourii., in the new edition of the European
Catalogue), that they seemed at first sight to belong to that species. They are,
however, a form of E. oblonga. Herbs!., with the suture of the elytra similarly in-
fuscate. E. suturalis has the antennal club entirely testaceous, and the prothorax
a little more rounded at the sides, otherwise the two species are very much alike.
E. oblonga has not previously been seen by me in this district, though the allied E.
pusilla, Herbst, is common at times under sappy pine bark. I also have a specimen
of E. oblonga with a dark suture from the Manchester district. — Id.

Agapanthia lineatocoUis, Don., at Oxford. — On June 21st, and again on June
27tli, I met with this beautiful Longicorn not uncommonly in a wet wooded valley
in Oxfordshire, less than four miles distant from the centre of the city of Oxford.

* This species has recently been taken by my son at Woking in a great tit's nest.

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The first specimens were found on wliat is no doubt its usual food-plant in this
country, the Marsh Thistle, Citicu.s palusfris ; but the majority were taken on the
Uenip Agrimony, Eupatortum cannabinum, basking on the leaves in the sunshine
(when there was any !) or hiding beneath them when the sun was obscured. Canon
Fowler's remarks on the peculiar odour emitted by this beetle (Ent. Mo. Mag., vol.
xxii, p. Gl, and " British Coleoptera," vol. iv, p. 251) are very appropriate, as
to me the smell exactly resembles that of a smouldering candle made of coco-
nut slearino; the stridulatory powers of the insect {I. c.) are also very noticeable.
Atjapantkia liiiea/oco/lis is not, however, new to Oxfordshire, there being an old
record from Weston-on-tlie-Green, no doubt by the Rev. A. Matthews (Fowler,
Brit. Coleop., vol. iv, p. 251). The vcvy local Euhriu paludris was also taken rarely
by mo in the same place as the Agapaidhia.—S k^v.i J. Walker, Broekenliurst :
Jtdif 11 Ih, 1907.

Cerophitus luwatus, F., taken at Liindhnrst. — A specimen of this fly, which
hitherto has been regarded as doubtfully British, was found in my cottage on
July 8th. It answers to Walker's Phityura iineata, F., rar. B.— Fredk. C. Adams,
Fern Cottage, Lyndhurst : July 22iid, 1907.

BiKMiNGUAM Entomological Society : June 'Srd, 19u7. — Mr. G. T.
Bethcne-Baker, President, in the Chair.

Mr. E. C. Rossiter again showed a long series of Tasniocampse, bred from pupae
dug near or between Langley Grreen and Wyre Forest, to show how the species
merged into one another ; a long series of incerla, Hufn., at one end, closely resem-
bling those of muiida, Esp., at the other end, were with difficulty separated from
specimens of xta/jilis, View. ; siabitis again merged into gracilis, F., and there
were specimens on each boundary line about which he found it difficult to decide.
Mr. H. Langley showed dark specimens of Tephrosia bistortata, Govz., icom Prince-
thorpe, where tiO /^ of the specimens seen were dark ; curiously, the first to appear
were the darkest. The darkest of all were taken on April 20tli, and none but
dark ones were seen till late in May, when tiie lighter ones began to appear.
Mr. Colbran J. Wainwright, a number of pieces of amber well filled with insects.
Mr. Gr. T. B(>thuiic-Baker, a cocoon of Satumia pavonia, L., with two distinct
openings; there was, however, only one pupa inside, and the cocoon was of quite
normal size. He also showed, on behalf of Mr. G. II. Kenrick, a series of S27U0-
soma mendica, CI., var. rustica, Hb., bred from a female captured in the south of
Ireland ; they all came true to the parent form ; also other bred insects. Likewise
a number of species of Spilosoma and I'hragmatohia from various European
localities for comparison with Mr. Kenrii k's var. rustica. Mr. Chadwick, a visitor,
various interesting aberrations : Semiothisa (Macaria) titurata, CI., a specimen
from Oakley Wood apparently of the dark Delamere form, with dark hind marginal
band, and general dark colour; a very fine dark Chrysophanus pfiloeas, Jj, horn
near Claverdon, with broad hind marginal and apical band, which monopolised
most of the dark markings bearing only two spots on each fore-wing ; on the hind-
wings only a narrowish submarginal band of the ground colour was left ; the

I^gg (August,

ground colour was a fine dark copiiery-red, and the insect altogether was darker
than Harrett's darkest ; amongst other aberrations shown was a Spilosoiiia luhrici-
peda, L., with pinkish border to the wings.— Colbran J. Wainwrigut, lion. Sec.

The South London Entomological and Natural History Society :
Thursday, May 23>-rf, 1907, Mr. R. ,4dkin, F.E.S., President, in tlie Chair.

Mr. Brown exhibited (1) varieties of Trachea piniperda from Oxshott ; in
some the red markings were dominant and in others the green ; (2) a dark
Agrotis exclamationis from Folkestone ; and (3) a very light A. piita from Deal.
Mr. Ashbj, a long series of the beetle, Thanasimus formicarius, from Oxshott,
where it had occurred commonly.

Thursday, June 13///. — The President in the Chair.

Mr. West, of Greenwich, the rare Coleopteroii Triplax lacordairei and the
uncommon Hemipteron Verluski rhombea, both from Darenth. Mr. Tonge,
a living larva of Issoria latona, reared from an ovum sent from Ilyt^res, by
Dr. Chapman. Mr. Hy. J. Turner, a specimen of Tinea cloacella just taken in
Greenwich Park, and the living larvte of Coleophora discordella, sent by
Mr. Wilkinson, of Workington. Dr. Chapman, (I) living larva; of Calocampa
exoJeta, and remarked on their curious custom of feeding on the stale food-plant ;
and (2) varieties of Papilio inachaon, in one of which the costa of the fore-wings
was much more arched than usual towards the apex, and in the other the black
inner line of the dark submarginal band was wanting aiid the black basal circle of
the ocellus was absent. Several species of larva; were noted as having the same
habit as C. exoleta, and in their final instars voluntarily changing their pabulum.

Thursday, June '27th. — The President in the Chair.

Mr. iSich reported he had just seen a living specimen of Amphydasis betularia
in Montagu Street, W. Mr. R. Adkin exhibited specimens of Hesperia malv;e.,
var. taras, from near Hailsham. Mr. West (Greenwich), three rare species of
Coleoptera from Darenth Wood, viz. : — Cryplovephalus 6-puncf,atux, Apodcrus
coryii, and Byctiscus betuleti. Mr. Carr, the remarkable pupa of ILylophila
bicolorana, which was taken during the Society's Field Meeting at Fetcham
Common. Mr. Schooling, (1) a variety of Euchelia jacobxx having the apical
spot united with the submtirginal blotch ; (2) a variety of Bapta temerata having
the two dark costal markings closely approximated ; and (3) short bred series of
Melantkia aJbicillata and Boarmia abielaria. Mr. Main reported that in the Isle
of Wight he had met witli a few Metii;i;a ciiixia, and hod obtained ova. Cupido
minima and Agriades bellargus were also flying. He noted the 9 s of the latter
species as being unusually blue. A discussion took place as to the green tinge
apparent in many white Lepidoptera for a short time after emergence. Mr. Adkin
reported that he had just bred Tortrix pronubaiia, and thus proved it to bo double
brooded. Probably it was continuously brooded in its usual habitat. Mr. Adkin
then gave a short account of the Congress of the S.E. Union of Scientific Societies,
held at Woolwich from June 12th to loth. — Hy. J. Tuenkk, Ron. Sec.

C Forewiiifijs with 5
(^Forewings witli 5

( Uindwi
4 •< .

(^Hindwi

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ALGERIAN MICRO LE PIDO PTERA.

BY THE RT. HON. LOUD WALSINGHAM, M.A., LL.D., F.R.S., &c.

(Con/ inu fid from page 154).

TINEIDAE.
SE TO MOB P HINA E.
Forewinpjs with veins 7 and S stalked out of 9.

CForewings with 2 and 3 stalked = HAPSIFERA, Z.

(Forewings with 2 and 3 separate 2.

i Forewings with 3 and 4 stalked (?), or coincident ( c? ) 3.

( Forewings with 3 and t separate 5.

and 6 stalked = APOTOMIA, Dietz.

5 and n separate 4.

1 wings with 5 and 6 stalked = SETOMORPHA, Z.

?ing3 with 5 and 6 separate = EPILEGIS, Dietz.

("Antennaeof ^ biciliate = HYPOPLESIA, Busck.

(Antennae of 3 simple = EUPLQCERA, Rgt.

449 : 1 (= 457).-EUPLOCERA, Est-
EFPLOCEEA, Egt., Bull. Soc. Ent. Fr., 1895, p. civ ; Stgr-
Wk., Cat. Lp. Pal., II, 234, No. 457 (1901).

Antennae {I), simple; basal joint pectinate. Labial Palpi porrect, median
joint thickly and compactly clothed beneath ; terminal joint suberect, about as long
as the mediiiii, obtuse. Maxillarii Palpi and Haustellum obsolete. Mead and
face roughly scaled. Thorax moderately smooth. Forewings elongate, obtusely
pointed, coarsely scaled : neuration 12 veins ; 7 and 8 stalked out of 9, 7 to costa ;
2, 3, :ind 4 separate. Hiudtoings broader than the forewings, tapering to a slightly
obtuse apex; cilia \: neuration 8 veins, all separate. Abdomen smooth. Legs,
hind tibiae thickly clothed.

Agreeing witli Setomorpha, Z., and Hapsifera^ Ti., in having 7 and
8 of the forewings stalked out of 9 ; it is, however, a simpler form
with vein 3 separate. Hapsifera has 2 and 3 of the forewings
stalked, while Setomorpha has 3 and 4 of the forewings stalked in the
$, but coincident in the (J, and in the hindwings 3 and 4 are
approximate in the ? , but coincident in the cf . I am unacquainted
with Hypoplesia, Busck (= § Pnraplesia, Dietz), of which the neura-
tion of the hindwings is not described, but it differs in having biciliate
antennae.

4494 : 2.— EuPLocEEA maculata, sp. n.

Antennae pale ochreous. Palpi pale ochreous.the terminal blackish at its base
and before its apex. Head and Thorax pale ochreous, the latter with some sprinkling

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of umber-brown scales. Foretoinffn pnle oclireous, with uniber-browii luaoulations
tlirougliout, indicating no pattern, but tending to form two fasciae, one before, the
other beyond the middle, and noticeable in a series of seven or eight spots extend-
ing along the costa to the apex, the ante-apical spot tending to become connected
with others at the (ornns; cilia jiale ochreous. Ti.rp. aJ., 14 mm. Sindwingx
shining, pale greyish, with a slight ochreous tinge : cilia pale ochreous. Alidomen
pale ochreous, somewhat shaded with dull leaden grey above. Legs pale ochreous.

"i'fipc, S (90510). Mus. Wlsm.

Hah.: ALGEETA— El-Kantara. 25.y.1008 (7F/,9;».) ; Pbilippe-
ville (Mna. Jnnnnis and WJsm.). Three specimens.

T have a fio^ure (1.558 : 1805) taken from the type of multifjiit-
tella, Ugt., which shows that in thnt species tlie hlnck scales and spots
do not tend to assume the form of fascine converginj^ towards the
dorsum, wnich, although ill-definetl, nre traceable in vmrulnfa.

TINEINAE.

459 : 1.— ELATOBTA, H.-S.

n. synn. = Abacobia, Dietz ; = Dietzia, Biisck.

Typo, Tinea fuliginoselhi,7j. (H.-S., 1853).

ELATOBIA, H.-S., SB. Schm. Enr., V, 7, 22: VI. PI. X, 10-12
(1853) : V, 78 (1854).

1 (Type) fnli(jinosella , Z.

Abacobia, Dietz, Tr. Am. Ent. Soc, XXX, 22, 29— .30, 92,
PI. V, 1, VI, 9 (1905). 1 (ry|)e) fuliyinosella, Z. (= carLoiiella,
Dietz).

Dietzia, Busck, Pr. U.-S., XXX, 735 (1900).

Bnsck pro])osed tlie neonym dietzia in lieu of abacobi.v, Dietz,
which he repjarded as homonymous with abacobius, Lacordaire (1800),
CoJeopfera. Opinions ma}' differ as to the validity or invalidity of
abacobia, Dietz, but this we need not discuss here, for in 1853 Herrich-
Schaifer proposed tlie jjienconym klatobia with the type fi(Iiginosella,Z.

Elatobia is omitted by Scudder and by Waterhouse.

4539 : 9. — Elatobia fuliqinosella, Z.
u. synn. = inaHineUa, AVkr. ; ■=^ carboneUa, Dietz.
'Jmm fuUginosella, Z., Isis, 1846, 273, No. 18 1: Lin. Ent., VI,
150-1 (1852)2. Elafohia fiiliginosella, H.-S., SB. Schm. Eur., VI,
expl., PI. X, p. v: V, PI. 83, 037 (1853): V. 78 (1851) 3. Tinea fulig ino-
sella, Stgr.-Wk., Cat. Lp. Eur., 100, No. 1232 (1801) ^- Wkr. Cat.
Lp. B. M., XXVIII, 408, No. 28 (1803) s. Tinea marfinella, Wkr.,

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Cat. Lp. B. M., XXVIIT, 472, No. 59 (18G8) ^. Tinea fuliginoseUa,
Ilnm., Schm. Deutsch. Tin., 53, No. 52 (1S70) ' ; Stgr.-Wk., Cat. Lp.
Eur., 270, No. 1402 (1871) '^ Nlkn., Lp. Fn. Estl.-Liv.-Kur., 483
(1871) ^ Kltnb. Pflnz-Feinde Ins., G03, No. 195 (1871) ^'^ Ilnm.
Schm. Deutsch. Tin., Tab., 15 (187G) ^ ; Hrtm., MT. Miirich. Eiit.
Ver., TIT, 199, No. 1402 (1S79) i- ; [Poyr., Cat. Lp. Alsace (2 edn.,
Fettig), 88 (1882) i3 ?] . Srhgn., Tvleinschin. M.-Brndbg., 147, No. 2G
(ISSG) 14. Lfy., Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. LIY (6, s., V:l885), 409-10
(ISSG) 1-^ ; [Reutti, Lp. Fn. Baden (2 edn.), 302 (1898) i" ?] ;
Stgr.-Rbl., Cat. Lp. Pal. II, 238, No. 4578 (1901) i^. Tinea mar-
tinella, Dyar, Bull., U.-S. Nat. Mus., 52, 573, No. G529 (1902) i^.
Ahacohia carhonella, Dietz, Tr. Am. Ent. Soc, XXXI, 30, 92, PI, V, 1,
VT, 9 (1905) I*'. Tinea marfinella, Dietz, Tr. Am. Ent. Soc, XXXI,
89 (1905) '^K

Types ^ ? : fiilic/inosella, Z., ? (Mus. Wlsm.) ; martinella,
Wkr., (J (Mus. Br.); carhonella, Dietz, S (Mus. Dietz; HT., ^, ?,
Mus. Wlsm.).

Hah. : EUROPE i-"^. -i^— LTVONTA i-3. s-^, i4. n . GER-
MANY 2-3,7-8,10,14,17 _ Berlin 2. i4 ; Breslau '^ ■ Frankfiirt lO;
Prussia 3; Silesia '• i*; \? Alsace (Mafzenlieim) V — VIT i=^- i«].
ALPS 7. TYROL i". FRANCE i^-S. France (%r. ; Mus. Wlsm.).
ALGERIA — Biskra, 21.IV.1903 (Wlsm.). CANADA 6, is. 20 _
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STATES i«— Pennsylvania i«— Hazleton i». CoLOBADO-Loveland,
VIT.1891 (W. O. Smith: Mus. Wlsm.). Larva— in bark Pinus
maritima, IT—III ^^ ; in dead leaves Befula, VII— VIII, hib. ii^- 1*.
Imago— VI 1' 3. ^- IS ; VII ' .

Under a microscope the maxillary palpi are found to be folded
and the haustelliim present, but short.

1 he stalking of veins 5 and 6 of the hindvvings, together with
the rather widely separated, slightly curved labial palpi, clothed with
spreading bristly hairs, will enable this genus to be i-ecognised.

466.— TINEA, L.
4570 : 1. — Tinea media, sp. n.

Antennae wliitisli oc-hreous, annulated with umber-brown. Palpi whitish
ochreous, dusted with brown. Maxillaries- folded. Head and Thorax whitish
ochreous. Forewings whitish ochreous, profusely dusted with dark unibci'-browii
scaling, which tends to become aggregated in a scarcely oblique central fascia, ter-
minating at the outer end of the fold, and in a patch, or half-fascia, descending from
the costa at three-fourths ; it is somewhat profuse also about the termen,as well as

190 [August,

at the basal thirrl ; cilia whitish ochreoiis, also slightly dusted. F.xp. ah, 7 — 8 mm.
Hhidwinpn and cilia shining, pale pearly gvey. Ahdomen and Ze^s whitish ochreoiis.

Type, ^ (8992S). Mus. Wlsm.

Hoi.: ALftERTA— El-Kaiitnru, 1S-25.V.1903. Six specimens.

Interinediate between confuselln, H.-S., and hedemanni, Ebl.

4571 : 1. — Tinea ntoropluviella, sp. n.

Antennae |, pale brownish fuscous. Palpi short, slender, dependent ; pale
ochreous. Maxillaries folded. Head rough ; bright ochreous Thorax bright
ochreous. Forewingx bright oehreous, with a number of coal-black dots scattered
about the wing-aurface, these sometimes more or less confluent transversely, but
foriiiing no indication of any pattern ; they are evenly distributed and somewhat
variable in number in different specimens, a slender series of very minute ones
lyiug along the base of the paler ochreous cilia, Exp. al., 8 — 9 mm. Hind-
toings (1), shining, greyish white ; cilia white, slightly tinged with ochreous.
Abdomen and Lecfs pale ochreous.

^I/P^, S (97544). Mus. Wlsm.

Hab.: ALGEEIA— Hammam-es-Salahin,8-24.IV.1904. Sixteen
specimens.

Allied to gramtlatella, H.-S. ; a good series taken by smoking an
isolated and much dwarfed plant of Betama monosperma on the open
desert.

4593 : 1. — Tinea geratocoma, sp. n.

Antennae simple ; dark greyish fuscous. Palpi dependent, sparsely bristled ;
dark fuscous externally, whitish on their inner sides, except for a fuscous band,
occupying the basal two-thirds of the rather flattened, short terminal joint. Maxil-
laries folded. Head rough, hoary white. Thorax dark purplish fuscous. Fore-
tilings dark purplish fuscous, rather shining, with a few scattered whitish scales from
the end of the cell to the middle of the termen ; cilia brownish cinereous, thickly
sprinkled with purplish fuscous ; underside uniformly shining, iridescent, bronzy
purplish. Fxp. al., 15 mm. Hindivings (f), bronzy towards the base, blending to
purplish outward, with some pale lilac scales distributed narrowly along the margins
on the outer half of the wing and across the pointed apex. Ahdomen bronzy
fuscous. Legs fuscous, with pale cinereous tarsal annulations.

Type, ^ (97734). Mus. Wlsm.

/fab.: ALGEEIA— Philippeville, 4.V.1904. Unique.

This species may be distinguished from haasi, Hbl., by its blacker
and more elongate forewings, its somewhat narrower hindwings, its
darker antennae, and especially by its lohite, not yellowish, head, only
slightly tinged with yellowish on the face. The palpi are compara-
tively naked, and white on their inner sides.

1907.] 191

4595 : 1.— Tinea punctigera, sp. n.

Antennae uioderately stout, nearly as long as the forewings ; pule yellowish
brown. Palpi dependent ; pale yellowish brown, the median joint with two or
three small bristles, terminal equally slender and about the same length. Mar.il-
laries moderate, bent. Head oehreous. Thorax pale yellowish brown. Forewings
shining, pale j'ellowish brown, with pale fuscous spots ; one at the base of the costu
diffused downwards to the fold, one near the flexus below the fold, one in the fold
a little before half the wiiig-lenglh, one on the disc above and scai'ccly beyond it,
one on the middle of the rosta in line with the last two, and one at the end of the
cell sometimes partly reduplicated ; cilia also shining and slightly paler than the
forewings. Exp. al., 11 — 16 mm. Hindwings and cilia shining, pale whitish grey.
Abdomen oehreous. Legs pale brownish oehreous.

Type, ^ (96508) ; ? (84.83). Mus. Wlsm.

Hah.: ALGEEIA— ConstMntine,20.Xr.l89o {Eaton); Ilammam-
es-Salahin, 17. V. 1903 (Wlsm.). Sixteen specimens.

This species is nearly allied to liguriella, Mill., but differs in the
absence of black speckling on the wing-surface and of the distinctly
blackish scale-spots, as well as of the strong shade at the base of the
costa. The cilia of the hindwings are also rather whitish than
oehreous, but the shining, oily, appearance of the forewing is more
especially noticeable, in strong loutrast to the rather coarse scaling
of liguriella, in which the hindwings are also narrower.

I only met with a single specimen at Hammam-es-Salahin, but
Mr. Eaton writes, " in the Mahomuiedan cemetery ; abundant from
sunset onwards, flying about open, newly dug grass, alighting on the
sides of the pits and on the clods thrown out of tbcm, and running
in and out of the crevices. A few occuri'ed on the boundary bank of
the enclosure, but none were seen on the adjoining unenclosed slopes
of pasture or fallow ground."

471.— TINEOLA, II.-S.
4621 : 9. — TiNicoLA AUTOCHTHON p:s, sp. n.

Antennae longer than the forewings ; shining mouse-grey. Palpi pale brownish
oehreous; depressed, slender, moderately smooth. Mead very rough; pale oehreous.
Thorax pale brownish oehreous. Foreioings narrow, pointed ; pale brownish oehreous,
sparsely sprinkled with rust-brown scales and spotted with rust-brown ; the first
spot is near the base of the costa, a pair of similar spots obliquely placed about
the middle of the wing, the one near the dorsum further removed from the base
than the one above it ; a fourth spot touches the costa at two-thirds, the apex and
termen being thickly sprinkled with rust-brown before the pale brownish oehreous
cilia. Exp. al., 9 mm. Hindtoings dark greyish fuscous. Abdomen brownish
fuscous. Leg.'s pale oehreous, with fuscous hair-scales on the tibiae, and some
fuscous rings around the tarsi.

192 [August, 1907.

Type, $ (96511). Mus. AVlsm.

Hah.: ALGERIA— El-Kaiitara, 20-23. V. 1903. Two specimens.

4627 : 1.— TiNEOLA PAEPALELLA, sp. fl.

Antennae jellowisli wliite, aiimilale with fuscous. Palpi porreet, sparsely
bristled beneath ; yellowish white above, fuscous beneath. Head yellowish white.
Thorax griseous. Forewings yellowish white, sprinkled with greyish fuscous scales,
more noticeably along the basal half of the costa, along the cell tending to form
a spot at its outer end, and about the apes ; this dusting is in some speeimens
almost obsolete, or confined to the apical area ; cilia whitish, sparsely spi'inkled
with fuscous, with a line of fuscous scales running through them. Exp. al.,
16 — 17 mm. Hindwings (I), slightly iridescent, shining, greyish white, a little
clouded towards the apex ; cilia slightly paler. Abdomen greyish. Legs whitish
ochreous, the tarsi sometimes faintly touched with grey.

Tifpe, S (97000) ; ? (97316). Mus. Wlsm.

Rab.: A LGEKIA- Biskra, 13.111.1903; HammaQi-es-Salahin,
3-15,lV.19U4. Nine specimens.

A variety of this species, of which two sj)ecimens were taken at
the same time and place as the type, and two others a few days later,
differs in no respect, except in its paler, more ochreous colour, and in
the correspondingly slightly paler hindwings.

474.— MYRMECOZELA, Z.

4642 : 2. — Myrmecoze],a desekiicola, sp. n.

Antennae ^, slightly biserrale ; sandy ochraceous. I'alpi porrect to a little
beyond the rough clothing of the face, not deflcxed, terminal joint short, median
densely elotiied beneath ; pale sandy ochraceous. Mead and Thorax pale sandy
ochraceous. Forewings elongate, subovate, the costa evenly arched ; pale sandy
ochraceous, with a few fawn-ochreous scales along the base of the costa, below the
fold, and tending to indicate the neuration about the end of the cell ; a more or less
conspicuous fuscous spot lies on the fold at half the wing-length, a few groups of
scales of the same colour being visible along the dorsum, between the costa and the
upper margin of the cell, and about the termcn — these are evidently variable in
number and distribution ; cilia scarcely paler than (he wings, slightly dusted.
Exp. al. ? 17 — 19, S 22 mm. Hindwings broader than the forewings, tapering
upward from the middle to a slightly depressed, obtusely pointed apex; pale,
shining, whitish ochreous ; cilia the same. Abdomen and Legs pale sandy
ochraceous.

%J^> 6 (97736); ? (96995). Mus. Wlsm.

Hah. : ALGERIA — Hammam-es-Salahiii, X.1904 {Coitrteuux) ;
18.1.1906 {Wlsm.). Three specimens.

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in the more flistinctly rounded costa. in tbe comparative absence of
terminal marking^, and in the strong plical spot at half the wing-
length.

The only specimen I met with myself was taken on January 18th,
two others being given to me by my hostess Madame Courteaux who
had collected them in October, 1903. It is probably an autumnal
species, and certainly very rare at other times.

4GG.- TINEA, L.
4571 : 1.— Tinea frustioekella, sp. n.

Antennae pale ochreoiis, witli slender fuscous bars above. Palpi dependent,
sparsely Iiristled, slender; jiale ochreous, with a fuscous band around tlie terminal
joint. MaxiUaries folded. Head pale ochreous, a few rust-brown scales between
the antennae. Thorax pale ochreous, with sli<^lit fuscous speckling. Forewings
narrow, elongate, with obtusely depressed apex ; pale ochreous, speckled with smoky
fuscous scales, which tend lo form four small groups along the outer half of the
costa, and another at the apex, while before the middle of the wing they are aggre-
gated in closely packed transverse striae from costa to lower edge of cell; a few of
these smoky scales are also visible around the apex on the underside of the wing ;
there is a slight rust-brown shade along the fold. Exp. al. Vi — 13 mm. Hindwings
pale creamy ochreous ; cilia creamy wliilish. Abdomen ochreous, shaded with
fawn-brown above. Legs pale ochreous, the tarsi faintly banded with brown
dusting.

Type, S (97321) ; ? (97323). Mus. Wlsm.

Ilnb : ALGERIA— Hammam-es-Salahin, 10-30.III.1907. Three

specimens.

TORTRICIDAE.

TORTRICODES, Gn.
= § OpORINIA, Hb. ; = *CHEI3IAT0PHILA, HS. (nee. Steph ) ;
D. syn. = OxYPTERON, Stgr.

Type 1. Tinea tortricella, Hb. (Stph.).
§ Oporinia, Hb. Verz. Schm. 387 (1826).

Invalid through homonymy with Oporinia, Hb. "Verz. 321-2
(ante 182G) Lep.

ToRTRicODES, Gn. Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. XIV (2.S.1II : 1845). 305
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69-70 (1852).

*Cheimatophila, H8. (nee. Stph.); Ldr. ; Hum.; Stgr-VVk. ;
Stgr-Rbl. Cat. Lp. Pal. II. 93, No. 231 (1901).

The type of Cheimatophila, Stph. is mixtnna, lib. ; the usage of
this geneonym by Hcrrich-Schaffer and others is therefore erroneous.

194 [September,

Type 2. Oxypteron impar, Sttrr. (Stgr. 1870).

OxTPTEHON, Stf^r. Berl. Ent. Zts. XIV. 27G-7 (1870) ; Stcrr-Wk.
Cat. Lp. Eur. 241, No. 107 (is7l) ; Stgr-Rbl. Cat. Lp. Pal. IT. 93,
No. 282 (1901).

The discovorv of additional spocies shows that the structural
characters of Oxi/pferon impar, Stpjr., when compared with those of
Tortricodrs tortricelln, 1Tb , nre insufficient to justify <jeneric sepnr;itiiiii.

1689 : 1. — TonTRICODES POLTTA, ."?/). «.

Antennae greyish fuscous. Palpi projecting lialf the length of the head beyond
it, ; fuscous. Head and Thorax, fuscous. Forerohiq.i sharply pointed, the very
oblique lermen scarcely sinuate ; uniformly bronzy fuscous, in some specimens
varying to a yellower or more brassy tint, but always mon^ or less sinning ; there
is a pale band along the costa from the base, occupying the whole space above the
cell, but attenuate outward and terminating at about three-fifths, this streak is
distinctly paler than the ground-colour; cilia bronzy fuscous, with a slight .shade-
line running through them near their base. J<?j:p. al.,^C^—2^ niiii. Hindiv'nuix
fuscous; cilia shining, cinoreons. .-///r/ojwpH fuscous, /yer/.v bronzy.

Type, $ (97787). Mus. Wlsm.

Hah.: ALaERT.A-Philinpeville, in.X.T905. Eour specimens.

A lartrer species thnn cliapmani, and easily reco<^nised by the
invariable broad pale streak from the base of the costa. The 9
is at present unknown.

1G89 : 2. — TOKTHTCODES EREMICA, Rp. V .

Antennae brownish cinereous, banded above with fuscous. Palpi not pro-
jecting beyond the bead ; brownish fuscous. ITeadnnd 7V/«rrt.r brownish ocliraceous.
Forewings sharply pointed, but the terinen not sinuate; whitish cinereous, over-
flowed from base to middle, and partially beyond the middle to the apes, with pale
bluish grey, sometimes tending to greyish fuscous; the costa paler from base to
middle, and some intermediate patches, notably one before the tornus, and one
adjacent to the termen, pale ochreous, a few ochreous scales also about the fold,
this oclireous colour being accompanied by a few minute dots of black scales, which
(as in chapmani) appear to be fugitive ; cilia pale cinereous, with a slender shade-
line near their base. Exp. at. 11 — 13 mm. Hindwingn pale greyish fuscous ;
cilia pale cinereous, a darker shade-line near their base. Abdomen greyish fuscous.
Legs pale cinereous.

Type, c? (97516). Mus. Wlsm.

Hah.: ALGERIA — Biskra, 28TI.1894 {Eaton)- Hammara-es-
Salahin, 18.1.1906, 5— 15.TI1.1904 {Wlsm.). Nineteen specimens.

This species differs from chapmani in its uniformlj'^ smaller size,
in its paler hindwini);s, nnd in the whiter, less ochreous colouring of
the forewings, which are also much less sprinkled with black dots.
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to fUslodge. T snceeecled in smokinti; a good series of specimens from
detached low shrubby plants on the two small hills near the hotel,
but was unable to associate it with any ]>articular food- plant and
unfortunately did not secure a $ .

1639 : 3. — TORTRICOBES CHAPMAN!, Sp. 11.

Antennae mimitely setulose in the (J; greyish fuscous. Palpi short, scnrcely
projecting beyond the head, median joint moderately clothed, terminal joint short,
de))ressed, not roughened ; pale greyish fuscous. Head greyish fuscous. Thorax
boue-oclireous, shaded with fuscous. Foretvings elongate, lanceolate, slightly bulged
on the costa near the base and beyond the middle, apex acute, scai-cely depressed,
termen slightly sinuate, very oblique, tornus almost obsolete ; bone-whitish, smeared
with ochrnceous, sometimes intensified in a transverse fascia beyond the middle
(especially in the 9 ) ; sparsely sprinkled throughout with easily detached, slightly
raised black scales, these have a tendency to indicate the line of the post-median
fascia, as well as an oblique subterminal line ; cilia bone-ochreous, with two faint
shade-lines running through them. Exp al. ? 11 — 14, $ 14 mm. Hindwin/js
slightly broader than the forewings, apex somewhat acute and depressed, termen
stronu'ly sinuate ; grey; cilia whitish cinereous, sometimes with a faint shade-line
near the base. Abdomen grey, tending to bone-ochreous posteriorly, whei-e it is
somewhat roughened above. Legs bone- whitish.

^?/pe, c? (71933) ; ? (71934) Sicili/. Mus. WIsm.

Hah.: SICILY— Monte Venere, 2900 ft, Taormina, Larva,
flowers of Anemone, b.IV., excl., 19.VIII — 15.TX.1905 {Chapman).
ALGERIA — Constantine, 30.X — 8.XI.1894, 2.XL1895 {Eaton).
Twenty-nine specimens.

The species is variable in the deo;ree to which the pale ground-
colour, always more apparent along^ the middle of the wing, is
obscured by the ochreous, or even sometimes dull glaucus, shading.
It differs from impar, Stgr., and tortricella, Hb., in its uniformly
smaller size, in its sharper and more pointed forewings, and in its
much darker hindwings. I am indebted to Dr. Chapman for eighteen
apecimons bred from flowers of Anemone, at Taormina (Sicily) in
August and September 1905. I received also eleven specimens from
the Eev. A. E. Eaton, taken on M'Cid in November 1894 and 1895,
with the note that " The moth is common among withered herbage
here and there on parts of the slopes that are not cultivated, and
rests with its head upwards. Its colour harmonizes vi'ell with that of
the dead stems and leaves. Failed to ascertain whether it is attached
to AtraclyJis gummifera (a dwarf or sessile thistle) or on an abundant
Oniithogalum, or smaller herbs ; but I am inclined to give the Atrac-
tylis the benefit of the doubt — with the Ornithogalum second."

(To be continued).

R a

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ADDITIONS TO THE LIST OF BRITISH HEMIPTE RA-HETEROPTERA

SINCE 189-\
BY EDWARD ISAUNDERS, F.R.S., &c.

I propose here to collect together the various species of the
above suborder which have been recorded as occurring in this lountry
since the appearance of " The Hemiplera-Heferoptera of the British
Islands," anil also lo indicate the various changes in s\'nonvhiy which
are necessary to bring our nomenclature more or less in line with
that of the continental authorities. fn the Cnpsidcs I have not
adopted ;ill the very closiily allied genera which fiii;ure in the (\)nti-
nental lists ; for although thes(> in a very extensive fauna such as
that of the Pnlsearctic region, whore the number of species in each
genus would otherwise be inconveniently large, are useful and almost
necessary, in a limited fauna like ours the more comprehensive genera
are less puzzling. I have accordingly in many cases treated these as
subgenera, otherwise I have adhered as much as [lossible to the
nomenclature given in Dr. Futon's ''Catalogue des Hemipteres de la
faune palearctique," IS99.

SOUTELLERINA.

Corimeltena, White = Thyreocoris, Schr.
Eurijciaster nigra, F. = E. nigrocucuUata, Goeze.

Ctdnina.

Oiidnusflaincornis, Fab. (Eut. Mo. Mag, xx.\v, p. 155, ^tlnis).

A single specimen of this very interesting addition to our list
was fountl in the Isle of Wight at Freshwater by Mr. W. Holland,
of 0.\ford, in July, 1S95, and there is no record of its subsequent
occurrence.

As a genus, Cqdnus may b(> known at once from any of its British allies by the
spinose marfjina of the head. C.fiavicornis is about tlie size of a Oeotomus punc-
tu/atii.i, but much more convex, and the long hairs which fringe the edges of the
pronotum and elytra distingui.sli it easily.

Fentatomina.
Sciocoris cursitnns, Kab. = S. tcrreAis, Schrank.
Pentntoma Jiiscispina, Boh. = Cnrpocoris purpuripennis, de Gr.
,, hnccarum, \j. = DohfcoriH baccarnm, de G.

„ janiperina, L. = Gkhroc/iroa Juniperina, L.

„ prasina, L. = Palomena prasina, L.

Trop icon's riifipes, L. = Pentatoma rujipes, L.
S/rac/ria, Ifalin. = Eurydema, Lap.

„ festivu, auct., nee. L. = dominidus, Scop.

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ASOPINA.

Asopus, Burm. = lihncor/iifii/iics, Fieb.
Podisus, H.-S. = Troilus, StTil.

ACANTHOSOMINA.

Acanthosoma denfafttm, de (1. = A. interstiiiclum, L.

„ interstinctutn, Reut. ^= Elnsviostethus griseiis, L.

Elasmosfethmferrugntus, F. (Ent. Mo. Mag., xxxvi, p. 131).

This s[)eoies was recorded in 190L) by Mr. W. E. Sharp from a
specimen taken by Mr. E. J. Burgess Sopp at Bangor, N. Wales, in
July ; since then it has been taken by Mr. G. Pullon on raspberry in
a garden on the outskirts of Derby in June, IDOl;, who very kindly
presented uie with the specimen {of. Eiit. Mo. Mag., xl, p. 38).

It is a verj distinct species, somewhat resembling E. griieui, L., but with the
angles of the pronotum produced into strong black spines.

Acanthosoma tristriatum, F. = Cijphostetlms tristriatus, F.

COEEINA.

Gonocerus vennfor, F. = Q. acufeangnlatus, Goeze.

Pseudophloeus waltlii, H.-S. (Ent. Mo. Mag., xxxviii, p. 80).

Introduced by Mr. H. J. Thouless, who took it " while searching
at the roots of grass in a very dry place " at West Walton, Norfolk.

It closely resembles /«^/e«i», from whicli however it can be distinguished bj the
form of the 3rd joint of the anteiui;^, which is slightly widened and black at the
apes, the scutellum is cariiiated at the apes only, and the antennary tubercles are
pointed instead of being obtuse.

Stenocephalina.
Stenocephalus neglectus, H.-S. = S. albipes, F.

OoBIZINA.

Corizus capitattis, F. = O. subrufus, Gmel.

Gorizus hyalinus, F. (Ent. Mo. Mag., xxxix, p. 294).

The late Mr. A. Beaumont was the first to introduce this species
to our list, he took a single example in a marshy place near Gosfield,
in Essex ; since then Mr. H.J. Thouless has recorded it from Norwich
(c/! Ent. Mo. Mag., xl, [). KJ) ; these are the only two records that I
know of its capture in our Islands.

It is a very distinct species, and can be distinguished from its allies by the
narrowly raised, impunetate, anterior margin of the pronotum, on which character
Stal founded a new genus for it {Liorhi^ssus), which is now considered by Puton to
be a subgenus of Corizus ; beyond this subgeneric character it may be known by its
very long pellucid membrane, the long apical joint of the antennae, which is much
longer than the 3rd, by the curiously rounded apes of the abdomen, and by the

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pattern of the back as seen through the membrane ; the ajiical segment has a pale,
central, parallel-sided line, extending from the apex, with a black stripe on each side
of it, whereas in our other species tlie centre is black and the line bordering it pale.

Berttina.
Metacanthus punctipes, Gerin. = M. elegnns. Curt.

Aphanina.
Ploclomenis, Fieb. = Paviera^ Say.
Sli/f/iiits, Fieb. = Styr/iwcoris, D. and S.

,. areiKiriua, Hahii. ^ fulir/ incus, Fourc.
Peritrechus luni(/ei\ Schill. = P. si/lvestris, V.
Aphanus rolandrl =^ Cdlifptmotus rolandri, L.

„ pcdestris, Pz. ^ albo-acuminafus, Goeze.
Beosus lusGus, F. = B. maritimus, Scop.
Scolopostethus neglectus, Edw. = S. fhomsoni, Keut.
Notochilus contractus, D. and S. = N. hamulatus, Tlioms.
Dn/mus pilicorniy, Saund. = D. latus, D. and S.

pillcornis, M. and K (Ent. Mo. Mag., xl, p. 275).
We are indebted to Mr. E. A. Butler for the introduction of thia
species, and for the above corrections consequently necessary in our
synonymy.

It differs from the piliconiis of our books in being smaller (3 — 3^ mm.), in
having the anterior tibitt; of the ^ mucii curved and not bo abruptly dilated at the
apex, in having the anterior femora of both sexes with one large and five or six
minute teelh, in having the abdomen beneath shining and quite smooth without
scattered wrinkles, its basal segments with a few scattered but distinct hairs, and
the apical margin of the 4tli segment without a fringe of hairs.

TlNOIDINA.

Dictyonota crassicornis, Fall. = D. tricornis, Schr.
Monanthia costata, Fieb. = M. fahricii, Stal.

Gerridina.
Gerris costce, II. -S. = G. lateralis, Schum., var. costoB.

Emesina.

Ploiaria auct. = Ploiariodes, Buch White.

Ploiariodcs bai:renspitin()i, Dohrn. (Ent. Mo. Mag., xxxiv, p. 217).

Kecorded by Mr. Champion from Esher, " beaten from a slack of
cut pine branches," August 30th, 1874, and from the New Forest,
June, 1894.

It is, as Mr. Champion points out, readily recognisable by the erect black spine
at the centre of the base of the pronotum ; this rises immediately in front of the

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narrow white ba^al margin, anci looked at, sideways, somewhat resembles the thorn
of a briar, its point slightly inclined foraards, in other respects it closely resembles
r. cuHciformis.

Rkduvina.
\nbis hrenipenni.s, H;ihn. = JV. apterus, Fiib.
„ brevis, Sc-holtz (Ent. Mo. Mag., xxxvi, p. 227, and xxxviii,
p. 269).
Taken by sweepiiif^j on somewhat niiirsliy iJiroMnd alonp; the canal
between Byfleet and Weybridge.

The smallest sjjecies of the rur/oxns gruup, differing from both that species and
ericetorum in the shorter front femora ; in colonr it is of a darker grey than riigosux,
with the nerves of the elytra widely margined with fuscous grey, it is darker, often
nearly black underneath, and the transverse bhick bars of the front femora beneath
are much more pronounced ; in this it resembles ericetorum, but it shows no ten-
dency to become rufescent. The form of the genital style of the S is quite distinct
from that of the other species ; its blade is wider in proportion to its length, and
has a more convex upper margin, which rises from the stipes in a nearly straight
line ; in ericetorum there is a shoulder just above the stipes, followed by a slight
sinuation ; in both the apex is mncronate; in rugosiis there is neither shoulder nor
sinuation, but the blade is comparatively narrow and the apical mucro is scarcely
developed.

Saldina.
Snhia morio, U. & S. Saund. {Muellerl, Gn.) = S. ocidata, Miill.

„ morio, Zctt. (Ent. Mo. Mag., xxxi, p. 236).
I gave the distinguisliing characters of these two species in this
Magazine as quoted above.

Morio may be known from oculata by the very shining surface, looking almost
as if it had been burnished, the puncturation of the elytra being obsolete or almost
80 ; eyes in the $ , looked at from in front, although large, not or scarcely wider
than the face between them, pronotum narrower, more constricted in front, its sides
straighter.

On the moors near Buxton, June, 1889.
Salda setulosa, Put. (Ent. Mo. Mag., si, p. 276).
Introduced by Mr. E. A. Butler, on a single example taken at
Poole Harbour in flood refuse in Au^^ust, 1904.

It resembles opacula, Zett., but differs from it in having the upper surface
clothed with long, upright, bhiekish hairs, and the pale markings of the face much
obscured, the second antennal joint is longer than in opacula, and is black at the
base and apex.

CiMICINA.

Anthocoris sylvestris, F. = A. nemorum, L.

Xylocoridea brevipennis. Rent. (Ent. Mo. Mag., xxxiv, p. 251).

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This new genus and species to niir list was discovered by Mr.
Claude Morley under liawthorn bark in Richmond Park, on March
2nd, 1898.

It may be known from Xylocoris gencrically by the sliorter 1st and longer 2nd
joints of its rostrum, by the long 4th joint of tlie antennae, which is much longer
than the very short 3rd joint, by the eyes being further from the anterior margin
of the pronotum, and by its abbreviated elytra.

It is an elongate insert, flat, very shining and black, with the exception of the
dull, slightly paler elytra ; eyes about equidistant in position between the apex of
the face and the margin of the pronotum ; 2nd joint of the antennae pale and
slightly thickened, dusky at the apex ; pronotum narrow, apical constriction slight,
lateral margins carinated, slightly reflexed and curved, posterior angles acute, base
widely eraarginate; elytra about as long as the jironotum and half the head, dull ;
embolium shining, clothed with a sparse suberect pilosity, membrane reduced to a
mere strip ; abdomen considerably wider than the elytra, suboval ; legs with the
femora blackish-brown, tibiae slightly paler. Long., 2'5 mm.

Capsina.

Myrmecoris gracilis^ Sahib. (Ent. Mo. Mag., xxxix, p. 269).

This interesting and striking addition to our fauna was captured
by Mr. E. A. Butler at Fleet, in Hampshire, on heathy ground, not far
from a nest of Lnsius niger.

Myrmecoris may be known generically from Pithauus, the only British genus
which at all resembles it, by the elongate thorax, which is nearly as long as the
abdomen, exhibiting the |)ortion of the mesonotuin in front of the scutelhim, by the
longer face, which is longer than its width across tlie eyes, and by the less swollen
basal joint of the antenna?, as well as by having its thorax strongly constricted in
the middle and its abdomen at the base.

It is a narrow black insect, much resembling an ant in form by the large head
and by the constrictions of the thorax and abdomen as mentioned above ; legs and
anteniiffi pale piceous, the latter darker on the apical half; elytra whitish at the
base and apex ; abdomen with the sides of the connexivum triangularly spotted
with white at the joints of the segments ; tibiae with very fine inconspicuous hair-
like spines on their inner side. Long., 4 — 5 ram.

Megalocercea longicornie. Fall. = M. linearis, Fues.

„ {Trigonotylus) brevipes, Jak. (Eiit. Mo. Mag., xxix,

p. 110).
Introduced by Dr. O. M. Keuter on specimens taken by him on
Oulbiu ISands, near Forres, on P,^anima arenaria. Mr. Butler also
met with it at Lowestoft ; it is the variety which is mentioned in
" Hemiptera of the British Islands," but which has since been raised
to the rank of a species.

According to Renter's table (loc. cit.) it differs from riificornis in being wider,
with the antennae paler and finely pilose, and having the 2nd joint almost longer

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than tlie 3rd and 4tli together, the 3rd about two-fifths or nearly one-third shorter
than the 2nd, the 4th one-third tiie length of the 3rd, and the Ist joint of the tarsi
slightly shorter than the 2nd and 3rd together.

Cnlocoris striatellus, F. = C. ochromelas, Gmcl.
„ chenopodii, Fall. = C. Uneolatus, Goeze.

„ marginellus, F. = C. M.fiavum, Goeze.

Oncognathus^ Fieb. ^ Stenotun, Jak.

Zygimus, 8aund. = Camptozygum, Eeut.

Poeciloscgfus vulnerafus, Wolff. (Ent. Mo. Ma^., xxxiv, p. 15).

First recorded by Mr. Thouless from Yarmouth in 1S97, where he
took a few specimeiia on the sandhills on Galium verum in September.
It is very distinct from P. iinifasciatus, being considerably smaller, paler, and
greenish-grey, the pronotum with a few darker markings, and the elytra nearly
unicolorous, with a bright red spot and a black line on the outer margin of the
otherwise white cuneus.

Capsus laniarius^ L. = C. ruber, L.

Globiceps cruciatus, Rent. = G. Jiavomaculatus, F.

,, Jiavomaculatus, Rent, and Saund. = selecius, D. and S.

Mncrocoleus, Fieb. = Megalocoleus, Eeut.
Psallus sanguineus, F. = P. roseus, F.
Flagiogtiathufi viridulus, Fall. = P. chri/santhemi, Wolff.

„ {Agalliasfes) evanescens, Boh. (Ent. Mo. Mag., xxx,

p. 254).
The late Mr. A. Beaumont first called attention to this species ;
he took a few specimens amongst Sedum at Colwyn Bay in August,
1890.

It is quite distinct from our other species in its uniform brown colour; it
somewhat resembles /'. wilkinsoni, but it differs from that in being r.ither broader,
by its duller surface, tin; coarser, yellowish-white pubescence and the black antennae ;
from saUitans its pubescence and dull surface, its unspotted elytra, and longer 3rd
and 4th joints of the antenuco will distinguish it at once.

CORIXINA.

Corixa atomaria, Fieb. = G. affinis, Leach.

„ seJecta, Fieb. (Ent. Mo. Mag., xxx, p. 101).

Mr. Jas. Edw.irds introduced this species on specimens from
coast marshes in Norfolk ; it is very distinct structurally, but pro-
bably overlooked on account of its close general resemblance to
lugubris.

$ . Differs from that of luguhris in having a strong transverse keel across the
forehead, situated considerably above the lower margin of the eyes, with a well
defined deep transverse impression above it, which emphasizes the keel ; the entire

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fronB below the keel is excavated. Tn lugHhrin the keel is feeble, and situated on a
level with the lower margin of the eyes, the impression above it is large and sliallow,
and the excavation on the frons feeble and less extensive. The ? of selecta may be
known by the long central keel of the pronotum, which is quite half as long as the
pronotum itself, whereas in lu(jubris it is not more than a quarter as long.

Corlxa saundersi, Kirkiildy (Ent. Mo. Mag , xxxv, p. 3).
This species was described from three or four specimens taken
by myself on Chobham Common ; as they are at present out of my
hands, I can onl}'^ quote from Kirkaldy's article {loc. cif.).

" Differs from nig rolineata in being more feebly rastrate on the corium, and by
the form of the raetaxyphus, horn fo!!sarum by the longer jjronotum and greater
number of pronotal transverse lines, and by the form of the raetaxyphus; as regards
the c? the new species is separable from nigrolineata by the form of tlie strigil and
of the frontal fovea, and h'om foasarutii by the form of the pala9 and of tlie strigil."

Of the raetaxyphus he says, '' very short, triangular, subequilateral ;" of the
strigil, " very large, oblong, oval, length twice as great as breadth, composed of four
(? five) irreguhir, sinuately-margined rows of stria3."

Corixa fahricii, Fieb. = C. nigroUneata, Fieb.

„ cof/jiata, U. and S. {nee. Fieb.) = C caladonica, Kirk.

,, (jermari, Fieb. {intricata, D. and S.).
This species I regarded as a var. of carinatn. Sahib., but now
treat it as distinct, in conformity with the views of others.
Sigarn, Leach = Micronecto, Kirk.

„ scJioltzi, Fieb. = meridionalis, Costa.

St. Ann's, Woking :

August 3rd, 1907.

NOTES ON THE GENUS PEZOMACSUS, IN MORLEY'S "BRITISH

ICHNEUMONS."*

BY E. A. ELLIOTT, P.E.8.

There can be no doubt that Professor Forster made too many
species of this genus by giving specific value to trivial variations,
but 1 think that Mr. Morley has gone rather too far in the opposite
direction.

The development of the basal costa of the petiolar area in this
genus, upon which Forster founds his two great divisions, certainly

*Cf. Ichneumonologia Britannica, voL ii, 1907 (Keys, Whimple Street, Plymouth). By Claude
Morley, F.E.S., &c.

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depends largely upon nourishment in the larval stage ; and the same
may be said, in a less degree, of the scutellum. It will however, be
noticed that in those species where the female always has a distinct
scutellum the male is almost always winged. In some cases, e.g.^
P. nifjritus and F. anthracinus, the male appears to be dimorphic.
P. attentus and P. transfuga I hold to be distinct species : in the
former the abdominal pubescence is apically diffuse, the antennae
basally red, apically iufuscate, and the basal abdominal segment
entirely red ; in transfuga the pubescence is equally dense through-
out, the antennse have the scape black or brown, the apex red, and
the basal segment has distinct dark lateral margins, interrupted by
the rufous spiracles.

I differ from Mr. Morley in considering the density of the
abdominal pubescence a constant character and of specific value.
P. infermedius and P. furax : according to Forster the difference
between these consists in the latter having the petiolar area nearly
vertical instead of oblique, and more elongate antennae. Without
seeing the original specimens, it is not possible to decide whether
these details are sufficient to separate them.

P. carnifex : it is unfortunate that this name has priority, as
the insect described under it is not especially typical — rufulus would
be preferable, both as a type and a more appropriate name. The
species is very variable both in size and in colour ; it certainly
includes the seven varieties in Mr. Morley's first section. As above
noted, I consider the dense apical pubescence of the abdomen
a specific character, and I would group Section II as a good species
under the name unicolor. Possibly the form languidus, having the
meta- longer than the meso-thorax and shorter antennse, may prove
distinct.

P. corruptor and faunus : I am of opinion that these are two
species. It is a most difiicult case, as the differences, though plain
enough when the two insects are placed side by side, are almost
hopeless to describe in words. The males, P. insidiosus and dysalotus,
are correctly assigned to P. corruptor, and P. conveniens to P. faunus,
of which P. xenoctonus is certainly a synonym.

P. diibitator is probably distinct, having a high, oblique petiolar
area, a proportionately longer fifth anteunal joint and dense apical
pubescence. The specimen from near Norwich, to which Mr. Morley
refers, is probably faunus, as the apical pubescence was especially
stated to be diffuse.

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P. faseiatus : it appears that the rather unsatisfactory name
" melanocephalus " claims priority ; it is, however, a case in which the
present very distinctive name ought not to be superseded.

It is probably only by breeding that the known species of male
and female can be correctly paired ; but it would be of great utility
and interest if one could procure details of the experiments which
form the basis of Thomson's pairings in his " Opuscula Eiitomologia,"
where the descriptions are far too brief to be of much use. We are
sure that Mr. Morley's new tabulation of this intricate genus, on the
comparative length of the auteunal joints, gives the species the most
natural sequence, and is much the most easy to follow that has yet
been enunciated ; in its practice one can distinctly see outlines of
his proposed subgenera.

16, lielsize Grove, Hampsfead :
August, 1907.

OLYPHIPTERYX THRASONELLA, Scop., ab. NITENS, n. ab.
BY EUSTACE E. BANKES, M.A., F.E.S.

This beautiful aberration differs from the tyi)ical form in having
the terminal |)ortion of the fore-wing more or less completely occupied
by a large brightly-metallic iridescent blotch, which embraces, to a
greater or less extent, the metallic streaks and spots that usually adorn
the wing posteriorly. The blotch may obviously vary somewhat in
the colours it displays, just as do the typical costal streaks and tornal
spots, but in the three individuals before me, which are all males, the
principal hues to be seen are gold, blue, green, and violet, each of
which ap[)ears to prevail in some portion of the blotch, though they
merge into one another.

That ab. nitc?is, of which my earliest capture was made in a wet
withybed near Bloxworth, E. Dorset, on May 30th, 1905, is a recur-
rent form is clear from the fact that I took, in the same heath-bog
near here, one example of it on July 8th, 1905, and another on July
15th of this year, and doubtless special work for it, which has not yet
been attempted, would have yielded others. It is the opposite extreme
from ab. cladiella, Stn., in which the typical metallic streaks are
obsolete.

Nordeii, Corfc Castle :

July 25th, 1907.

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ON A SPECIES OF SIMPLOCARIA APPARENTLY DISTINCT FROM
S. SEMISTlilATA, Fab.

BY THE REV. n. S. GORHAM, P.Z.S.

In my collection are two specimens of a Simplocnria whicb, while
they differ from S. semistriata, and are probably the insect referred
by vStephens (111. Brit. Ent., Mand. iii, p. 140) to the Byrrhus picipes
of Olivier, cannot I think be the B.picipes of Gryllenhall. He simply
copied the diatrnosis of the last-mentioned author, and evidently
noticed the discrepaiicy, for whereas Gryllenhall says B. picipes is
half as long again but not wider than B. semisfrinta (and Erichson,
under .S. mefallica, corroborates this characteristic), Stephens modifies
it in his description into " as long, but not so broad ;" and this is the
case in the insect to which I now call attention.

The two specimens agree in being rather smaller than iS". semi-
sfriafn, darker in colour, and more particularly in having all the striae
deeper, and continued to, or near to, the apex of the elytra. Thomson
(Skand. Col., iv, p. 218), makes no remark on the greater length of
the insect ; but all these authors agree in describing S. mefallica
(which they consider as identical with the B. picipes of Olivier) as a
larger species than S. semistriata, whereas my two specimens are
smaller. At the same time they are, I think, to be referred to a dis-
tinct species.

The conclusion I come to is, that there are two species of Simplo-
caria in England, but that the smaller and more deeply striate insect
cannot be identified with any described form, at any rate till the type
of Olivier's Bi/rrhus picipes has been compared with my specimens.
One of these was taken by me in tlie Forest of Wyre, in Shropshire;
I am not certain of the locality of the other.

Highcroft, Malvern :

Auffust nth, 1907.

COLEOPTERA IN THE NEW FOREST IN JULY, 1907.
BY JAMES J. WALKER, M.A., R.N., F.L.S.

Although July is usually regarded as by no means the best
month for beetles, in the New Forest at any rate, the results of my
last visit to Brockenhurst from the 3rd to the 24th compare so well
with those of two not unsuccessful expeditions made in 1905 and
1906 at an earlier penod in the year, that I am tempted to give a list
of the chief species of Coleoptera met with during these three weeks.

206 [September,

In the Porest as elsewhere, the effects on insect life of the long
continuance of cold and ungenial weather so characteristic of the
present season, was only too evident ; and for the first week of my
stay, little else could he done except to hunt everywhere for timber
in workable condition, very little of which is to be found now-a-days,
though sufficiently productive whenever met with. The apparent ab-
sence of insects of all Orders — with the exception of the inevitable
bloodthirsty Diptera — was most striking, especially as regards the Lepi-
doptera, and only one or two forlorn-looking specimens of the most
ordinary butterflies were to be seen in the course of a long day's march.
The fine bright weather which set in about the 10th of the month
wrought a most welcome change, and enabled me to meet with
Anthaxia, Agrilus viridis, and other sun-loving Goleoptera, though it
was evidently almost too late in the season for these, as it certainly
was for most of the Longicorns, the only one of this group met with
at all plentifully being the common Straiigalia armata. Collectors,
too, began to put in an appearance, along with some of the more
characteristic Forest butterflies, such as Limenitis sihylla, Argynnis
pnphia and adippe, &c., though these latter were only beginning to
be fairly common when T left ; A. selene being then still on the wing
and in good condition.

The following species of Coleoptera (some of which were also
taken by Mr. A. J. Chitty and Mr. G. C. Champion, who were with
me part of the time) occurred to me: —

Trechiis secriH.t, in wet Sphagnum ; Ilydrxna sp. (probably lotigior, Key) and
nigrifa, taken rallier freclj, especially the first, in the gravelly bods of streams ;
Aleochara cuniculorum, in rabbit burrow.s,and A. mgcetophfiga, in a fungus. Ateiiieles
emarginafus, in a sand-pit ; Lamprinns xaginatus, under a log with Formica fusca ;
Tachinus hipitstulatns, at a Cossus oak ; Megncronns cingulatus, among decayed wood,
Qnedius ventralift, under beech bark, Q. cruentus var. virens, at Cossus oak, with
Homalium rufipes var. nigrum, Q-rav. ; Q. xanthopus, under very rotten beech bark
with I'hiJonlhiis splendidulus. Pa?derus caligatus, running about in a wet place ;
Phlceocharis tuhtilissima, among dead sticks.

Agnthidium nigripenne, under bark ; Liodes orbicularis, ratlier freely among
snuff-like fungus, with its usual attendants Enicmus testaceus,Aspidophorus, Sphin-
dus, &c. Anisotoma nigrita sparingly, A. parvnla and Colon serripes rarely, by
evening sweeping. Scydmunius exilis, Euthia schaumi, Bythinus curlisi, and B.
puncticolUs, among decayed wood and dead leaves ; Trichonyx sulcicoJHs, one ex-
ample among rubbish at the foot of a decaying beech (Mr. Champion took a speci-
men after I left). Tfypernspis re/jpewsis, by sweeping ; Daene /lumeral is, under
beech bark ; Colydlum elongatum, one under the bark of a large fresh beech log ;
Onathoncus nannetensis, by sweeping ; Plegaderus dissectus, not rare in very rotten

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beech, but more sparingly than on previous occasions. Epuriea 10- cfut tat a, a few at
a Cossus oak ; Thymaliis limhatus, sparingly under bark, along witli its curious
larva. Ephistemus globosus, by evening sweeping ; Diploccelun fagi, rarely, and
Mycetophagus picetis, a few, in " rod-rol ten " oak, also Tiresias serra with its larva ;
M. quadrigulfafti.s, in numbers among dead leaves and wood-dust in a hollow beech.
JEJmis volkmari and Limnius troglodytes in the beds of streams, the latter plen-
tifully.

Anlhaxia nitidula, about lialf a dozen on rose and bramble flowers ; Agrilus
viridis, rare, on old sallows and stunted oaks ; A. laticornix, by sweeping. Trachy*
troglodytes, two examples, on July 11th and 13th respectively, by sweeping in a
little swamp. Throacus carinifronx, rather commonly by evening sweeping ; Melasis
huprestoldes, on old hawthorn, and Microrrhagiis pygnueus, in very rotten beech.
Elater lythropterus, one only, under beech bai'k ; E. elongatulus, not rare by sweeping,
this species is apparently much more common and generally distributed than it was
a few years ago. Athotis rhotnbeus, two or three dug out of rotten beech by Mr.
Champion when with me.

Dasytes niger, rarely, in flowers; Lymexylon navale, one ? on July 22nd,
flying about a dead standing oak ; Xyletinus ater, oi\e in dead but sound oak timber ;
Dorcatoma clirysomelina, fairly common in two decaying oak trees, one of which
yielded a few dead but serviceable specimens of Anitys rubens. Anoplodera sex-
guttata, on umbels ; Leptura scutellata, not uncommon, walking about on dead
timber as usual. Chrysomela varians, sparingly on Hifpericum, and Melasoma
populi, abundant in all its stages on dwarf sallow.

Cistela ceramboides , a fine $ among fragments of rotten oak wood ; Myceto-
chares bipustulata, under birch bark ; Eryx ater, at the foot of a decayed beech with
Tetratoma fungorum ; Clinocara undulata, sparingly on dead timber ; Conopalpus
testaceus, by sweeping, also on dead beech ; Anisoxya ftiscula, one among dead
leaves, &c. Phloeotrya ruflpes, under rotten beech bark ; Salpingus xratus, by
sweeping ; Scraptia fuscula, one <? example in dry " red-rotten " oak, with Xylo-
philus oculatus not rarely, the latter also to be obtained by beating the adjacent
foliage ; Tomoxia biguttata, settling on dead beech timber.

Sitones cambricus, on Lotus major ; Orchestes iota, fairly common on Myrica
gale; Tychius h-punctatits, locally not rare on Lathy rus macrorrhizui (perhaps
better known as Orolnis tuberosiis), but much more sparingly than at a somewhat
earlier period last year ; Nanophyes gracilis, by sweeping in a wet place ; I'hytobius
ioaltoni, common on Polygonum, and P. qiiadrinodosus, rather sparingly by sweeping
in the plantations. Cryphalus abietis,hy evening sweeping, and Xylebontx xaxeseni,
in decayed beech.

A visit to Lymington on July 18th produced, besides several species of Coleop-
tera characteristic of the " Salterns," a series of my old Harwich acquaintance,
Codiosoma spadix, dug out of an elm skirting-board washed by the sea at every
high tide.

" Aorangi," Lonsdale Road,

Summertown, Oxford :
August 6th, 1907. .

208 [September,

Medon diJutus, Er., in the New Fore.it.— On July 15th I had the good fortune
to meet with a single example of this apparently very rare Staphylinid, running on
the bark at the foot of a Co*s«.s-infested oak in Frame Wood, near Brockenhuret.
Ml". G. C. Champion kindly identified the beetle for me. — -James J. Walker,
Oxford : August 6th, 1907.

Coleoptera at Eoyston Heath, S;c. — On July 1-lth, the first really warm
summer's day this year, I noticed HomaJopIia ruricola, F., in the greatest abun-
dance on Royston Heath, Herts. The black variety was also fairly plentiful. In
the New Forest on May 25th, I took .inthaxia nitidula, L., on the Whitethorn near
Lyndhurst, also two specimens of Ischnomera sanguinicoUis, F. On June 17th
I captured a specimen of Apion semivittatum, Gyll., at Deal, on the sandhills.
I did not recognise the species at the time, or might possibly have taken more.
I should be interested to know whether it has occurred since Mr. Walton took it at
Margate.— G. E. Bryant, Fir Grove, Esher : Juli/ 20th, 1907.

Ochthehiu.9 inargipaUen.t, Latr., and O. viridis, Peyr. — In my note on the above
in last month's Ent. Mo. Mag., I expressed a doubt as to whether both these species
occurred in Britain. I am now able to state that Dr. Power took O. margipaUens
in numbers at Hanwell, Middlesex, that there are several specimens in the late G.
R. Waterhouse's collection, and that probably the species is as widely distributed
as viridis, Peyr. I have now critically examined the specimens from Gravesend
standing as margipallens in the Power collection, and find them to he piridin, Peyr.
It is still doubtful v/hethev II i/dr.en a a ng us fata, Sturm, is British ; all the specimens
hitherto sent to me as angustata, coming from such widely distant counties as
Cumberland, Devon, Hants, and Sussex ai-e undoubtedly longior, Rey. — E. A.
Newbery, 12, Churchill Road, N.W. : Augu.st 16th, 1907.

Sesia vespiformis at Woking. — On July 28th of this year I took a specimen of
this rare species, which had settled on a carpet in the back yard of this house. It
was first noticed by our cook, who called me to look at it. Not realizing at first
that it was a moth, I had no idea of its rarity, and I rather damaged the front
wings in boxing it, rubbing off some of the black scales from them. There are
numerous black poplar trees in the neighbourhood, one of which almost overliangs
the yard.— C. F. Saunders, St. Ann's, Woking: August 20th, 1907.

Enarmonia ratzeburgiana, Rtzh., bred from Picea morinda. — On June 29th,
1905, I noticed, in Lord Eustace Cecil's grounds at Lytchett Heath House, East
Dorset, traces of a larva that had been feeding, not uncommonly, on the shoots of a
single ornamental fir tree in precisely the same manner as does that of Enarmonia
ratzeburgiana on spruce fir, but it was then clearly too late for any larvae. On
May 27th last I closely searched this individual tree, within a few yards of which
stood a spruce fir, and found feeding on it two larvae, one of which duly pupated,
and yielded a specimen of E. ratzeburgiana, Rtzb., on June 29th. Growing in the
same grounds were three other examples of this same fir, recently identified for me
at Kew as Picea morinda, a native of the Himalayan Mountains, but these were

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searched in vain for larvee. It seems natural to suppose that E. ratzehurgiana was
originally introduced into that spot with the spruce tree in question, and had
strayed from it to the /'. muriitda, but, strangely enough, I failed to find even a
single larva of it on the spruce ! — Eustach R. Bankes, Norden, Corfe Castle :
Julv loth, 1907.

Evetria buoliana, Schiff., feeding on Pinus pinaster. — Sorhagen [Kleinschmet.
d. M. Brand., 92 (1886)], in addition to Pinus sylvestris, gives P. picea, abies,
larix, strobus, insignis, nigricans, and benthamiana, as food-plants of Evetria
(Retinia) buoliana, Schiff., but I have never seen Pinus pinaster so vecovAeA, nor
had I ever observed the larva on any pine or fir except /'. sylvestris until 1902.
In that year, however, I bred, on July 19th, a small but perfect female of E. buo-
liana from a larva found, on June liSth, inside an irregularly-shaped ball of I'esin,
about 9 mm. long by 7 mm. broad, on a twig of P. pinaster. The bud, which
Bhould have produced a shoot that spring, had never started growth, owing to a
space in the wood of the previous year's shoot immediately below it having been
hollowed out by the larva, thougli the contents of the bud itself were intact. The
resinous ball was fastened to the side of the previous year's shoot and to the bases
of three or four of the green leaves, and exactly resembled, in miniature, the ball
of resin in which the full-fed larva of E. resinana is found : firmly attached to its
exterior was a pinaster male catkin. On ray breaking away part of the ball, the
larva at once set to work, and made good the breach with a tough wall of smooth
white silk. It pupated inside the chamber, and emergence took place through the
upper part of the silken wall, adhering to the outside of which was a collection of
frass that the larva had extruded. A similar resinous domicile found on the same
tree three days previously was untenanted.

It seems strange that the parent female should have cared to oviposit on this
old pinaster, which stands alone, for there is a large plantation of Scotch fir within
about 100 yards of it on the S.W. side, and many young pinasters within some 50
yards in the same direction : perhaps she was carried thither by a strong wind, a
continuance of which may have prevented her from retracing her course. With
reference to the imaginal habits, it may be mentioned that, on July 23rd, 1902, I
beat out of Scotch fir, and secured, a pair of E. buoliana, whilst in cop., at about
7.30 p.m.

The above observations refer solely to E. buoliana, Schiff., and not to E. pini-
colana, Dbld., which has been sunk, erroneously in my opinion, as a variety of the
former, both by Meyriok [fIB. Br. Lep., 470 (1895)], and by Staudinger and Rebel
[Cat., pp. 102-3, No. 1851 (1901)]. E. pinicolana, Dbld., which averages rather
larger than its ally, has the costa of the fore-wing more arched, tlie silveiy markings
distinctly whiter and far more clearly defined and conspicuous, and the ground-colour
much more uniform throughout than buoliana, in which this last is paler, and more
suffused with orange, anteriorly than posteriorly. The nature and constancy of these
differences, and the entire absence of any intermediate forms, would, I believe,
convince any one, who could compare together lengthy series of both insects, that
they are specifically distinct, and a close acquaintance, such as I have enjoyed, with
both in nature would certainly render " assurance doubly sure."

210 [September,

These opportunities being denied to Continental entomologists, owing to the
fact that the latter form, as indicated by Slaudinger and Rebel (op. cit., p. 103),
has onlj been found in Britain, the practically unanimous verdict of experienced
British Lepidopterists, both past and present, that pinicolana, Dbld., is not con-
speeific with huoUana, Schiff., should surely find acceptance witli them. If any
specialist will kindly undertake to compare the genitalia, which may perhaps also
present marked differences, I will gladly supply him with plenty of individuals of
both these species. — Eustace R. Bankes, Norden, Corfe Castle : July 25t/i, 1907.

P.S. — Since the above was set up in type, Lord Walsingham has kindly in-
formed me that besides the species mentioned by Sorhagen, Pinus marithna and
pumilio have been chronicled by Ilavtmann [MT. Miinch. Ent. Ver., Ill, 181, No.
921 (1879)], and austriaca and excelsa by Barrett [Lp. Br. Is., XI, 33-4 (1907)],
as foodplants of E. huoliana. P. maritima being synonymous with P, pinaster, the
latter, under its later name, is already in the list of recorded food-plants. — E. R. B. :
August IQth, 1907.

Note on the life-history of Tortricodes chapmani, Wlsm. — The larvae were
abundant in the first week in April on the top of Monte Venere (2900 ft.) at Taormina
in the flowers of Anemone {stellata ?, apparently the species that is common on
the Riviera, with numerous narrow violet sepals). This anemone was only met
with at this one station. The larvae were pale and fleshy (no description taken),
they bent the sepals over, like several Cnephasias do with Chrysanthemum flowers,
and ate all parts of the flower. The pupa has usual Tortrix characters, it has a
strong "beak," no face prominence as ^or^r/ceWa has, and differs very materially
in its anal armature, having an antero-lateral spine (one on either side), and a
terminal (dorsal) flattish process ending in a sharp spine at each lateral angle ; the
anterior ones are somewhat hooked, suitable for holding the pupa back, or in actual
backward movement. — T. A. Chapman, Betula, Reigate : August 16th, 1907.

Meessia richardsoni, Wlsm. ; n. syn. =^ Tinea *vincu/ella, Wlsm. Ent. Mo.
Mag. XXXVI. 17(1 (1900), wee. HS. (Lkp : Ti.v.).— The statement that " vincu-
lella, HS., DOES occur in England teste a good Dorsetshire specimen in Bajikcs'
Coll." for which I am responsible, under the above reference, was a quotation from
my MS. notes made in 1895. The specimen was not before me in 1900 when I de-
scribed richardsoni. Mr. Bankes has now again submitted to me the single specimen
referred to [Wlsm. Det. 5027 : MS. 322 (1895)], and writes as follows :— " Ever since
your paper was published I have been meaning to submit this individual to you in
the hope of convincing you that it is really richardsoni, BluA not vi)iculella,and that
the latter does not, to our knowledge, occur in Britain. It is the actual specimen
upon which your note, at the bottom of p. 176 (Ent. Mo. Mag. XXXVI), retaining
vinculella, H.-S., as a British species was founded, and is the only British reputed
vinculella in existence. The notes quoted in your paper were made after we had
together examined various specimens, and our views then quite coincided. But not
long afterwards I reared a long series of T. richardsoni from larvae collected in the
identical spot of ground where the individual in question was taken, and, on thus

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getting to know it in all its variations, T at once saw that my supposed vincu'ella
was merely richardsoni, from some of my bred examples of which it is absolutely
inseparable. Had I known that you were intending to publish anything on the
subject, I should, of course, have told you of this change of opinion." {Banlces,
i. 1., 15.VIII.1907). I must now admit the error.and express my entire concurrence
with Mr. Bankos' opinion. — WALSiNOHAM.Merton Hall, Thetford : Aug. I7lh, 1907.

Fompilus sanguinolentiis in Surrey. — I should be glad to briefly record the
occurrence of this Aculeate, which has been, up to the present, only known as
British by one ? taken in the New Forest in July, 1900, by Dr. Sharp. The speci-
men now recorded is a <? , and was taken August 1st, 1907. I shall hope to add a
further note at a later date.— C. H. Mortimer, Wigmore, Holmwood, Surrey :
August Wi, 1907.

[Mr. Mortimer may well be congratulated on having discovered this rarity in
a fresh British locality ; although he at once recognised the species liimself, he has
since shown it to me, and very liberally added it to my collection. — E. Saunders].

Dbituarn.

John Harrison. — The north of England has lost a well known Lepidoptei-ist
in the death of Mr. John Harrison, of Barnsley, which took place on July 11 th
last. Mr. Harrison was 73 years of age, and was out of doors on July 5th, when he
seems to have caught a chill, which developed into pleurisy and pneumonia with
fatal result in less than a week. For a very long period he was an active and en-
thusiastic collector, devoting his energies chiefly to the woods of his native county ;
and often have we enjoyed outings with him iu Edlington, Dunford Bridge, and
other woods. He was one of the five founders of the Barnsley Naturalists' Society
in 1867, a local Society which is now one of the most flourishing in South Yorkshii-e.
He was elected a Fellow of the ICntomological Society of London in 1889.— G. T. P.

The South London Entomological and Natural History Society:
Thursday, July llth, 1907, Mr. R. Adkin, F.E.S., President, in the Chair.

Mr. Waterer, Brocklej, was elected a Member.

Mr. Rayward exhibited fine bred specimens of Agriades lellargus and Polyom-
matut icarus, and commented upon their size and brilliancy in spite of the fact
that ants were almost constantly in attendance upon the larvae. Mr. H. Moore,
specimens of Euchelia jacohxse from the Dunkirk sand dunes, one of which was
exceedingly pale, and a Cricket from Lisbon. Mr. Gibb, the " Simplex " net, frame,
and stick. Mr. Sich, cocoons of Cedestis farinatella, a Lepidopteron whose larva
lives in the needles of Scotch fir. Mr. Newman, (1) a gynandromorphous specimen
of Amorpha populi ; (2) bred series of Melitea aurinia from Kent and Ireland ;
(3) a bred series of M. cinxia ; (4) a Smerinthus ocellatus with extreme develop-

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raent of the pink colour of the fore-wings ; (5) bred specimens of Dicranura
bicu-ipis from Tilgate ; (6) a selection of iinder-sides of I'olyommatus icarus from
North Kent ; (7) pupae and full-grown larvae of Argtfnnis paphia and A. adippe ;
(8) living larvae of Aqriades cori/don ; (0) bred specimens of Cucullia gnnphalii ;
and (10) very fine and extremely varied series of Boarmia repandata from Leigh
Woods, Torquay, Epsom, and North Kent, including extreme var. conuersaria and
melanic forms. — Ht. J. Turner, Hoji. Sec.

SPANISH AND MOORISH MICROLEPIDOPTERA.

BY THE RIGHT HON. LORD WALSINGHAM, M.A., LL.D., F.R.S., &c.

\_Conthmed from Vol. XL, p. 8 (19(14)].

GELECHIADAE.
322 : 1— ANAPHAULA, AVlsm.
Anaphaula, Wlsin. Ent. Mo. Ma<?. XL. 26S-9 (1901).

Type, Oelechin gadifella, 8tgr. (Wlsm., 1904).
Antennae scarcely exceeding half the wing-length, slightly serrate ; basal joint
without pecten or shield of scales. Moxi/lnrt/ f'alpi drooping, short. Labial
Palpi smooth, median joint slightly thickened, not roughly clothed ; terminal joint
moderately stout, not sharply acuminate. HauxteUum moderate. Head smooth,
witli long, curved, flattened scales meeting over tiic face. Thorax smooth. Fore-
■wings short, obtusely lanceolate, rather coarsely scaled : nenration 12 veins ; 7 and 8
stalked, to costa, almost connate with fl ; 2 to 6 remote; discoidal subobsolete
between 5 and 6. Hindwingx with the apex strongly produced, termen almost
erect to 5, then rounded, dorsum straight; cilia 2^: wewraiioK 8 veins ; 3 and 4
remote, but discoidal absent between 4 and 5 ; 5 continued to base as media, dis-
coidal alisent between 5 and 6 ; 6 and 7 remote, but approximating towards base.
Abdomen not flattened. Legs, hind tibiae clothed with long loose hairs.

This genus, whicli was established wlien describing Proactica,
[Ent. Mo. Mag. XL. 2GS-9 (1904)] belongs to the Arisfotelia section
of the Gelechiadae. It is allied to Colopferyx, Hftn., which is derived
from a form similar to Anaphaula, by coincidence of 7 and 8 of the
forewings, but most nearly allied to Proactica, from which it differs
in the absence of clothing on the basal joint of the antennae and in
the discoidal being subobsolete between 5 and G in the forewings and
absent between 4 and G in the hindwings.

The neuration of Ai'atetris, IStgr., is not described, and I am
unacquainted with the genus which is placed next to Colopterijx in
Staudinger and E/ebel's Catalog (and may not be structurally distinct
from Anaphaula, but this can only be determined when the neuration
of Apatetris is made known).

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2903 : I.— Anaphatjla gaditella, Stgr.

Gelechia gaditella, Stgr. Stett. Ent. Ztg. XX. 243, No. 91 (1859) ^ ;
Stgr-Wk. Cat. Lp. Eur. 115, No. 1713 (18GI)2; Sen. Tin. S-Eiir.
141, 150, No. 30, 334 (1SG9) '\ Ttoryphora ? gaditdln, Stgr-Wk. Cat.
Lp. Eur. 298, No. 2039 (1871) '; Ilrtm. MT. Miincli. Ent. Ver. IV.
23, No. 2039 (1880) \ Gelechia {Lit a) (jaditella, Stgr-llbl. Cat. Lp.
Pal. IL 147, No. 2658 (1901) «. Gelechia gaditella, Wlsin. Ent. Mo.
Mag. XXXIX. 182-3 (1903) ".

Hah.: SPAIN (Andalusia) 17. Cadiz — Cadiz, 29.T.1858,
•'2. 5 ; 28.1.1902, 14-15.V.1902. Larva, Atriplex halimiis, 14.V., excl.
1.VI.1902 {Wlsm.).

TLe larva mines and eats the small leaves of Atriplex halimus.

348.— SYMMOCA, Hb.

3030 : 1. — Symmoca petrogenes, sp. n.

Antennae f , rather wirle and flattened ; black. Palpi slender, porrect, reaching
more than the lengtli of the head beyond it, median joint moderately and smoothly
scaled, terminal joint at least as long as the median, slender ; white, a few black
scales on the onter side of the median, the extreme apex of the terminal also black.
Send roughly clothed ; pure white. Thorax white, faintly sprinkled with fuscous.
Forewings moderately broad, short, obtuse ; chalky white, sparsely sprinkled with
mixed ferruginous and black scales ; there are three narrow, black, costal patches,
the first somewhat elongate, at the base, with a small semidetached spot beneath it;
the second, shorter, at one-third, with a detached, partly ferruginous, spot beneath
it ; the third, beyond the middle, with a partly ferruginous spot beneath it at the
end of the cell, blending with a diffused patch of black scaling which reaches the
dorsum before the tornus ; the termen, together with the white cilia, lightly
sprinkled with black and some ferruginous scales. Exp.al. II mm. Hindioings 1;
brownish grey ; cilia paler, with a slight ochreous tinge along their base. Abdomen
brownish grey. Legs very pale brownish grey, the tarsi smeared with fuscous
externally.

Type, S (90075). Mus. Wlsm.

Hah. : GIBRALTAR, 3. VI. 1903. Two specimens.

Intermediate between signatella, HS., and nigromaculella, Rgt.,
from the former it differs conspicuously in the absence of a strong
antemedian oblique detached streak crossing the fold, this is reduced
to a small spot ; it also differs noticeably in the spot at the base of the
costa being somewhat produced outward along the costa, rather than
being limited to the extreme base, and in the consequently much
shorter distance between this and the second costal spot, moreover,
although there are a few ferruginous scales, there is no suffusion of

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that colour on the cell. The hindwings are also somewhat paler.
From nifj/romaculella it may be separated by its markings being less
intensely black, and less produced across the wing towards the dor-
sum, and from both species it can be separated by its much smaller
size.

OECOPHOEIDAE.

369.— DEPEESSARIA, Hw.

^= SiGANOROsrs, Wlgrn. (Forewings with 2 and 3 separate).
3297 : 1. — Depressaria cuprinella, sp. n.

Antennae greyish fuscous. Palpi pale ochreous, tending to form two darker
transverse bands on the hirsute median joint, the terminal joint also darkened at
the base. Head and Thorax pale ochreous, the latter clouded anteriorly with
fuscous, and with a fuscous spot behind. Forewings rather narrow, pale cinereous,
varying to very pale ochreous, clouded irregularly with greyish fuscous ; below
the fold a fuscous patch is diffused and dilated outward, with sometimes a small
spot at the base of the costa above it ; in the costal shading three fuscous spots
are faintly indicated, one before, one at, and one beyond the middle; these are
more or less connected, the first two with outwardly oblique shade-bands, in-
cluding such indication of the discal spots as can be seen in the more or less general
suffusion ; the outer costal spot is scarcely separated from a broader, outwardly an-
gulate shade-band, more or less separated from the apical and terminal shading
preceding the pale cinereous cilia, which are sprinkled, or suffused, with greyish
fuscous. Exp. al. 16 — 18 mm. nindwingn rather shining, pale greyish cinereous ;
cilia pale cinereous, with a slight brownish tinge. Abdomen brovvnisli cinereous.
Legs pale brownish cinereous.

Type, ^ (SG859) ; ? (8G800). Mus. Wlsm.

Hah. : SPAIN — Malaga — El-Chorro, 5.1.1901 : Sevilla —
Coria-del-Rio, 10.XII.1900; Alcalar, 12.XIT.1900: Cadiz— Chiclana,
25.II.190l. MOROCCO— Tangier, 13.IV.190l, 14.IV- 18.V.1902.
Twenty-three specimens.

In some varieties the paler portions of the wing develop a dis-
tinctly reddish suffusion, especially towards the base of the costa, and
this is also noticeable on the head and anterior portion of the thorax,
also on the bands of the anterior tarsi. In the darker varieties the
subfasciate appearance is obliterated in the general suffusion.

I have fourteen specimens from Coria-del-Rio (near Seville),
three from Chiclana, two from Alcalar (also near Seville), one from
El-Chorro (near Malaga), and three from Tangier, all of which appear
to belong undoubtedly to the same species.

The only specimens in my collection, not taken by myself, which
can reasonably be compared with euprinella, and which may possibly

i9or.] 215

be that species, although more material might enable me to separate
thera, are two (5250-1) received from the late M. Ragonot in 1891,
bred from larvae on an Umbellifer ; one (13283) received from M.
I'Abbe J. de Joannis, taken at St. Charles (near Algiers) ; and one
(in the Zeller Collection) received from Standfuss, from Palermo. I
will not commit myself so far as to say that they are certainly identi-
cal with the species here described, which is certainly not the same as
marcella, Ebl., for a Cotype of which I am indebted to Dr. Eebel, who
has expressed himself (?.Z., 22. III. 1903), as of the same opinion.

I met with marcella at Grosseto, in Tuscany, on May 4th, 1893,
flying in very great abundance under a rough hedge (85535-G) ; and a
single specimen (in the Zeller Collection) received from Mann, from
Brussa, is the same.

In marcidella the outer shade-bafld before the apex is not indented
by an angular projection of the pale ground-colour at its inner edge,
and has a curved rather than an angulated appearance, moreover such
indication of dark transverse bands as are to be found in it are
straighter and more direct, i.e., not only less oblique, but less irregular.
It is also uniformly smaller in size so far as I can judge.

BLASTOBASIDAE.

350 : 1.— TECMERIUM, rjn. n.

(T€K{xripLov = a sure sign).

Type, Blastobasis anthophaga, Stgr. (= staechadella, Cnst.).
Antennae serrate, ^ biciliate (1), not excavate ; basal joint with a broad con-
choidal shield of scales, scarcely divided into a pecten beneath. Maxillary Palpi
short. Labial Palpi recurved to the vertex, closely clothed ; teruiinal joint shorter
than median. Hau.itellum moderate. Foretoings elongate, costa straight to beyond
end of cell, thence depressed to the obtusely pointed apex ; dorsum convex, with a
slight indentation on vein Ic (not apparent unless denuded) : neuration 11 veins
(7 and 8 coincident, to costa) ; 10 from near end of cell, closely approximate to 9 ;
with costal stigma from end of 12 to a little beyond the subobsolete termination of
11 ; from beyond the origin of 11, at middle of cell, the cell is filled with a thicken-
ing similar to the stigma, this thickening is also slightly noticeable between radius
and 11, and between cubitus and Ic (= fold) ; cell very long, cubitus approxinmting
to radius towards base and forming a narrow neck, beyond which it bulges down-
ward; the internal veins are hardly traceable, being absorbed in the thickening of
the membrane ; 6 almost straight, 4 and 5 slightly arched ; 3 short, almost connate
with 4 ; 2 weak, short, almost upright ; the shortening of veins 2 and 3 is caused
by the almost angular indentation of the margin at vein 1=. Hindioings broadest
towards the base, the costa slightly sinuate before middle, apex slightly depressed,
dorsum flattened, termen oblique ; cilia 1^ : neuration 8 veins; 6 and 7 remote,

216 [September, 1907.

nearlj parallel ; 8 obliquely out of radius before one-third, running parallel with
and scarcely separate from costa to about three-fourths ; at about midway between
its termination and the end of the cell vein 8 is slightly indented from the costa,
and from the angle thus formed it is connected by an oblique transverse bar to vein
7 at a little beyond the end of the cell ; 4 and 5 stalked, connate with (or out of)
3 ; median continuous with 6. Abdomen short, somewhat flattened. Legs, hind
tibiae hairy.

[N.B. — The actual type of this genus is Symmoca staechadella, Cnst. ; described
from specimens from the South of France.]

This genus, having veins 4 and 5 of the liindwings stalked,
belongs to the group comprising Auximohasis, Wlsm., Valentinia,
Wlsni., and Inconisma, Wlsm. The two latter genera differ from it
in having vein 3 of the hind wings separate, and a pecten on the basal
joint of the antennae, while Tecmermvi differs from all three in the
coincidence of veins 7 and 8 of the forewings.

The persistence of a cross-vein between 7 and S of the hindwings
is interesting, and reminds one of Martyringia^ Busck, and Azinis,
VVkr.

When describing the genus Icoiiisma (Pr. Z. Soc. Loud., 1897,
96) 1 remarked that '" so far as neuration is concerned, the European
species Blastobasis anthophacja^ t:>tgr., should be placed in this genus,"
and when pointing out that unthopha(ja, Stgr., = staechadella, Cnst.
[Ent. Mo. Mag. XXXVll. 182-3 (L9U1)], I still placed it there with
a " ?." Had I not now taken the further precaution (more than ever
proved necessary by this illustration) of carefully denuding the wings
and studying them under the microscope, rather than merely with
benzine and a pocket lens, 1 should have been quite satisfied to leave
it there, associating with it my new species spermofhagia, mei'ely, as
heretofore, noticing the discrepancy, from the type, iu its antennae ;
but 1 now recognise its even nearer alliance to Anximobasis.

3051 : 1. — Tecmerium antiiophaoum, Stgr.

= STAECHADELLA, Cnst.^

Blastobasis anthophaga, Stgr. Berl. Ent. Zts. XIV. 319, No. 102
(1870)1; Stgr-Wk. Cat. Lp. Eur. 309, No. 2304 (1871)2; Will. Cat.
Lp. Alp-Mar. 347 (1875) ^ ; Hrtm. MT. Miinch. Ent. Ver. IV. 33, No.
2304 (1880) 4. Symmoca staechadella, Cnst. Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. LIII
(6.S.1V : 1884). 260-1, PI. X.23 (1885) 5; Stgr-Kbl. Cat. Lp. Pal. 11.
163, No. 3045 (1901) ^. Blastobasis anthophaga, Stgr-Ebl. Cat. Lp.
Pal. 11. 163, No. 3057 (1901) 7. Iconisma ? anthophaga, Wlsm. Ent.
Mo. Mag. XXXVll. 182-3 (1901) ».

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Ilnh : SPAIN (Andalusia) '• 2. ^—Malaga— Mala^^a. Larva,
Lavandula, cxcl. m-e. V ^. S. FliANCE ^~^ — ALr-MAU —Cannes,
V^; Larva, Lavandula s/aechas, liib., excl. VI — Vll^; Agay, Larva,
Lavandula 6-faechas ^, lO.V., excl. 'I-lO.YU.l-^dO {Whm.) : Pstr-Or.
— Vernet, Larva, Lav. utaech., L'6.V., excl. 23.V1.L.SI)9 {Wlsm.).
CORSICA -Corte, Larva, Lav. staech., 24.V., excl. 17.V1— lO.VlI.
189G (Wlsvi.).

3051 : 2. — Tecmerium spermophagia, sp. n.
= Blastobasls sp. ? {ex Fhlomis), VVlsui. Eiit. Mo. Mag. XXXVII.
234,2:37 (1901).

Antennae and I'aipi brownish grey. Head and Thorax pale cinereous, dusted
with brownish grcj'. Forewings whitish einereous, profusely dusted with brownish
grey, especially along the costa and toward the apes, where it tends to follow the
lines of the neuration ; a discal spot scarcely before the middle is faintly indicated,
as is also a slight upright tornal spot ; cilia brownish cinereous. Exp. al. It — 17
mm. Hindwings shining, pale brownish grey ; cilia brownish cinereous. Abdomen
brownish cinereous. Legs pale brownish cinereous.

Type, ^ (97905); ? (9796G). Mus. Wlsm.

Rah. : SPAIN — Cadiz — Chiclaua, Larva in seed-whorls of
Fhlomis purpurea, 25.11, excl. 2-18. IV, 14. VI, 1S.V11I.1901. Twelve
specimens.

An obscure species, having much the appearance of a Blasiobasis
of the phycidella, Z., type, but its neuration and the structure of the
antennae at once distinguish it. It agrees with Tecmerium anthophaya,
Stgr., in the coincidence of veins 7 and 8 of the forewings, but differs
in having 4 ami 5 stalked, connate with 3, and the margin is scarcely
impressed on vein 1*= ; in the hindwings the neuration is as in antho-
pharja, but there is no cross-vein between 7 and 8, and the discoidal
is subobsolete. The palpi also are shorter and scarcely recurved.

Several specimens were bred from seed-whorls of Phlomis purpu-
rea, collected owing to the presence of larvae of Phalonia moribundana,
Stgr. ; I also bred a single specimen (97976) from among rubbish on
Thymus sp. ?, but this may perhaps be accounted for by mere acci-
dental mixture in my bottles.

In Ent. Mo. Mag. XXXVII. 182-3 (1901) I published my
reasons, apparently good and sufl&cient, for regarding Symmoca
staechadella, Cnst., as a synonym of Blastobasis anthophaga, Stgr.,
referring to the s[)ecimen (S. France, G827) which I had purposely
obtained from Staudinger with a view to decide this point. My
Spanish collection naturally caused me to refer again to Staudinger's

T

218 [October,

original description, which, although it might be taken to apply perhaps
almost equally well to staechadella. Oust., or to spermophagia, Wlsm.,
appears to point in some particulars rather to the latter than to the
former. It is worthy of remark that the original description is the
only direct reference to Spanish specimens of anthophafja, which is
not even included in Seebold's list of Spanish species [Iris XI, 291-
322 (I89S)] — all other references are to French specimens, or mere
citations of the original reference. If Dr Staudinger is responsible
for the error, or his representatives have been issuing another species
under his name, any correction should follow from the same quarter,
and I deliberately publish the above name for my Spanish species,
feeding as it does on a different plant, to show that I do not venture
to accuse so high an authority, upon the quite insufficient evidence
before me, of either intentionally, or unintentionally, misleading
Milliere, Ragonot, and myself.

3051 : 3. — Tecmeeium kosmarinellum, Wlsm.

Iconisma ? anthopluuja, Stgr. + rosmarinella, Wlsm. Ent. Mo.
Mag. XXXVII. 1S3-4 (1001) K

Hah. : S. FRANCE — Beaulieu. Larva, Rosmarinus officinalis,
30.1 v., excl. 2-l7.VIII.lsyO.

The recognition of the distinctness of this new genus induces
me now to regard as a good species the small rosmarinella, originally de-
scribed as a variety of anthophaga, Stgr. In its smaller size and in its
almost unicolourous wing-surface it more nearly resembles spermopJia-
(jfia, with which it also agrees in its shorter and ])orrect, rather than
recurved palpi. I should therefore place it next this species observing
that it is separated from both by its much smaller size {Exp. al.
barely 12 mm.).

3051 : 4. — Tecmeuium ? mnemostnellum, Mill.

Blastobasis mnemosynella, Mill. Cat. Lp. Alp. Mar. 340-7 (1875) i.
Stgr-Iibl. Cat. Lp. Pal. II. 103, No. 3053 (1901) '\

Hah. : S. FRANCE i.2_Cannes, VIII \

It is possible that mnemosynella, Mill., of which little is known,
should also be placed here, but if so it is more nearly related (by the
description of the palpi) to anthophaga, tli;in to rosmarinella which it
resembles in its reduced size.

{To be continued).

1907.] 219

In re THIODIA MARITIMA, Wstwd. [LEP. TIN.],

f EPIBLEMA CANDIDULANA,\
VERSUS \ AND V Stor-Rbl. Cat.

y S EM ASIA WIMMERANA, J

BY THE RT. HON. LORD WALSINGUAM, M.A., LL.D., F.U.S., &c.

257.— THIODIA, Hb.

= Semasia, HS., Stgr-Rbl. ; = Cydea, Hb.. Meyr. ; = Thiodia, Hb.,
Stph., Wlsm., Fruld.

2042 : 1. — TniODiA maritima, Wstwd.

= maritima (Dale MS.), Wstwd. ; maritima (Dale MS.), l^bld. ;
= *ivimmerana, Dbld., Stepli., Wilk. {nee Tr.) ; [? = *lacteana.
Staph, (mpc Tr.)] ; =^ candididana, Brt. (? Nlkn.).

Carpocaijsa {sp. n.), Dgl. Ent. I. 384 (1842) i. Carpocapsa

maritima, A\^stwd. Br. Moths 11. 138, uo. 19 (1844) 2. Gatoptria wim-
merana, Dbld. List 20 (1849) '^ Grapliulifa wimmerana, Stph. List Br.
Au. BM. X. Lp. 62, no. 0 (1852) 4. [? GraphoUta lacfeana, (Tr. ?),
Stph. List Br. An. BM. X. Lp. 02, no. 7 (1852) ^]. Carpocapsa
maritima, Wstwd. Br. Moths (n. ed.) 11. 138, no. 19 (1854) ^.
Orapholitha wimmerana, Wstwd. Br. Moths (n. ed.) II. Synopsis
p. xi (1854) ". Gapioptria wimmerana, Stn. Ent. Ann. 1855. 33
(1854)8; (2 ed.) 55 (1855) s. GraphoUta wimmerana, Wilk. Br.
Tort. 243-4, no. 6 (1859) ^ Stn. Mn. Br. B. & M. II. 253, 254, 4G3,
no. 1146 (1859) ^^. Gatoptria wimmerana, Dbld. Syu. List Br. Lp.
25 (1859) 11. [? Paedisca lacteana, Wkr. Cat. Lp. BM. XXVII. 253,
no. 6 (1863) i^]. GraphoUta wimmerana, Wkr. Cat. Lp. BM. XXVII.
263, no. 8 (1863) ^'^. Gatoptria wimmerana, Morris NH. Br. Moths
III. 205. PI. 94.6 (1868) i^. [? GraphoUtha candidulana, Nlkn.
Lp. Ell. Est-Liv-Kur. 11. 413-5, no. 269 (1870) i^ GraphoUtha
(^Faedisca) candidulana, Stg'r-Wk. Cat. Lp. Eur. 252, no. 1037
(1871) 13]. Gatoptria maritima, Ubld. Syn. List Br. Lp. [teste,
Brt. 18] (1873). GraphoUta candidulana {wimmerana, Wilk.) Brt.
Ent. Mo. Mag. XI. 14—15 (1874) ^^. [GraphoUtha candidulana, Hrtm.
MT. Miiuch. Ent. Ver. 111. 185, no. 1037 (1879) i':! ; Biittn. Stett.
Eut. Ztg. XLI. 413, no. 1037 (1880) ^O; Srhgu. Kleinschin. M-Brndbg.

T 2

220 [October,

105, no. 180 (1886) 21]. Catoptria candidulana, Brt. Bnt. Mo. Mag.
XXIV. 221 (1888) 22 : Tr. Nf k. Nat. Soc. I V. 095 ( 1889) 23. GraphoUtha
candidulana, Rgt. Anu. Soc. Eut. Fr. LXIII (1891), 211, no. 1037
(1891) 24. Cydia candidulana, Meyr. HB. Br. Lp. 186, no. 13 (1895) 2-=-.
Epiblema candidulana, Stgr-Rbl. Cat. Lp. Pal. II. 116, no. 2080
(1901) 26. Orapholitha candidulana, Brt. Lp. Br. Is. XL 212-1,
no. 5, PI. 197. 5, 5^ (1906) 27.

jEf«i.: ENGLANDl-l^-17-lS,2-2-27_ Essex (St. 0»yth)l-2.6- 10.14,25.

Kent (Gravesend) '-'-10' 14. 25; Sussex 2? ; Suffolk 27; Norfolk (King's
Lynn) 23. 27. [p LIVONIAi-^-i'^ 21, 20-7. ? (jlERMANYi^-ic, 20-21, 26-7].
Larva — fl. Artemisia maritima, IX — (h) 22—3, 25, 27 . j^p Artemisia absyn-
tkium 20-21 ; J. vulgaris 20-21]. Imago, VIL L ^-lO' ^^-^^- 20-1. 25, 27.

In July 1812 Douglas captured some specimens of a Tortrix at

St. Osytb (Essex) which he recorded as Carpocapsa {sp. n.)

allied to pupillana [Ent. I. 381 (1812)], and in 1811 Westvvood
(Br. Moths II. 138) described the species as new under the name
Carpocapsa maritima (Dale MSS.). On the last page of the first
edition of Doubleday's List (published in November 1819) the same
species is identified as Catoptria wimmerana, Tr., under which name
it is also recorded by Stephens in the British Museum List (1852),
and, quoting from this List, Westwood in the Synopsis to the second
edition of his British Moths (p. xi) sunk maritima as a synonym of
wimmerana, Tr. In this he was followed by Stainton, Wilkinson and
others.

About 1870 some doubt seems to have arisen as to the correct
a[)plication of the name wimmerana to our English species, and in the
last Supplement to his List (1873), Doubleday revived Dale's MS.
name maritimana which he had formerly used as a synonym. Writing
of " Orapholita wimmerana, Wilk.," Barrett [Ent, Mo. Mag. XI. 11 —
15 (1871)] states that he should have followed Doubleday in sub-
stituting for this Dale's MS. name maritimana, but he chooses
candidulana, iNlkn., as the earliest name, adding "there being no
figure or description published of ma"itimana, Dale." In this he
was obviously misled by Doubleday and by Stephens, who had both
overlooked Westwood's description of maritima, which name must
undoubtedly be accepted in lieu of " wimmerana, Wilk." (nee Tr.).
In identifying our British specimens as candidulana, Nlkn., Barrett
was influenced by the reception of exponents of that species from
Zeller, and found " that the paler specimens of our insect agree

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precisely with types of candidulana, Nolck.," adding " Some examples
taken by Mr. Howard Vaughan are nearly white. It is very possible
that this variety may have been called lacteana, Tr., by Stephens."
1 have not seen Howard Vaughan's specimens, but I have pale
varieties, and have carefully compared them with a German series.
Although I am not prepared at present to discuss the points of
difference, it seems to be somewhat doubtful whether they have been
properly united. One character by which I have not yet failed to
distinguish specimens taken in England is to be found on the under-
side of the costa, on the apical third of the forewings, where candi-
dulana, Nlkn., possesses about three pairs of short, stumpy, and
sometimes indistinct, white streai\s— in marifima, Wstwd., these are
also present, but, especially toward the apex, more produced and
attenuated.

For the present I should not propose conclusively to eliminate
candidulana, Nlkn., from the synonymy ; at the same time we must
discount the British references to " lacteana, Treit. ? " [Stph. List.
Br. An. BM. X. Lp. G2, no. 7 (1S52) ; Wkr. Cat. Lp. XXVII. 253,
no. G (1863)] relating to a single specimen in the British Museum,
which Stainton [Ent. Ann. 1855, 33 (1854): (2 ed.) 55 (1855)]
believed to be wimmerana [i.e., marifima'], and Doubleday [List 25
(1859, &c.)] regarded as a variety of pupillana, L.

In Staudinger and Wocke's Catalog [1252, no. 1037 (1871)],
candidulana, Nlkn., is placed in Qrapholifha, Tr. (B. Paedisca, Ldr.),
characterised by the presence of the costal fold in the ^ , although in
Nolcken's (then recent) description of " candidulana, Hnm., in lit."
we read " Der Mangel des Fliigelumschlags trennt Candidulana zwar
auf den ersten Blick, aber nur in mannlichen Geschlechte, von Alhi-
dulana und Lacteana," nor did Staudinger and Eebcl discover the
mistake, for they refer it [Cat. Lp. Pal. II. 116, no. 2080 (1901)] to
JSpiblema, Hb., Meyr., a genus consisting of species possessing a
costal fold. Wilkinson, Barrett, Meyrick, and other British authors
following these, have rightly recognised that maritima, Wstwd., did
not possess this character, and have classified it accordingly. It
properly belongs, with the true candidulana, Nlkn., to the genus
Thiodia, Hb., of which the type is citrana, Hb.

We are now left with the question — What is the true " Orapho-
litha wimmerana, Tr." ? Eef erring to the Zeller Collection we find
two blocks labelled ''wimmerana,'' the first consisting of three speci-
mens, one of these being a specially labelled exponent from Kinder-

222 [October,

mann, " icimmerann, Kdm.," which Zeller testifies, by another label,
to agree with " loimmerana, Tr. 10, 3. Ill ; HS. 4, 246, f 309 ; Hum.
p. 170." We must accept this as the true wimmerana, Tr., Treitschke
having received his specimen, with the same name, also from Kinder-
mann. Zeller's second specimen, a small (^ , is from Fischer von
Roslerstamm, labelled " tvimmerann, Filnfk. FJl.688," and wath these
he places a third (J, from Sarepta, Christoph, 7. V. 1859, which agrees
with a series in Christoph's Collection, — these doubtless are the
topotypes of "Srp." in Staudinger's Catalog. With the exception of
a slightly different arrangement of the white costal marks towards
the apex (probably somewhat variable), there seems to be no sufficient
reason for separating these Sarepta specimens from toimmernna, but it
certainly is noticeable that these marks do not taper to fine points (as
described by Treitschke), but converge upon each other before losing
anything of their width, and the first and fourth from the apex are
usually joined at their points, enclosing a space in which are three
shorter ones ; moreover the hindwings are paler.

The second block consists of three specimens ot" maritima,
Wstwd., one sent by Barrett, as " wimmerana,''' in 1871, the others by
Doubleday, as " wimmerana ? ", in 1874. Zeller did not actually place
these with his wimmerana, still less did he put theui near candidulaiia,
Nlku., but we must admit that these are not the pale variety which
has more justifiably been compared with that species.

Hofmann's Collection contains as " loionmerana " three specimens
only, two from Herrich-iSchiiffer's Collection, agreeing with his fig. 309,
and perhaps not materially disagreeing with Treitschke's descrij)tion,
but in spite of Zeller's opinion to the contiary, as slated on his label
referred to above, all three (and [irobably also the figure) are unques-
tionably incana, Z.

Duponchel [II \. Lp. Fr. Sppl. IV. 185-6, no. 364. PI. 66. 1
(1842)] states that he received a specimen from Fischer von Rosler-
stamm, and that the species had not been found anywhere but in
Hungary, where it was discovered by Kindermann : his figure (66.1)
$ , therefore represents another of the original specimens. The clue
to the locality is to be found on the label of Zeller's second specimen,
where " Fiiufk." evidently refers to Fiinfkirchen (== Pecs), on the
west side of the Dauube (about 100 miles Kouth of Buda-Pesth,
where Kindermann resided).

1907.] 223

niALACRUS HYBRID US, Flacit, AN ADDITION TO THE LIST OF

BRITISH COLEOPTERA, WITH A REVI'^ION

OF THE BRITISH SPECIES OF PUALACRUS, Patkull.

TBT E. A. NEWBERT.

The genus Phnlocrus has received very little attention in this
country for many years. In 1888 Dr. Karl Flach published a revision
of the PhalacridcB (Best. Tab., Heft, xvii, Briinn), but it does not
appear that Canon Fowler had seen this work, since in his " British
Coieoptera" (Vol. iii, p. 148), published a year after, he uses the
characters given in (^ox's " Handbook " of 1874 almost without
alteration. In 1892 M. Guillebeau essayed a revision of the group.
While giving great credit to Dr. Flach for the excellent characters
for classification which he had brought forward, he ignores the most
valuable of them all — i.e., the " alutation " of the upper surface — for
no better reason than that it requires the use of a compound micro-
scope, an indispensable aid, which, in his desire to popularize the
subject, he mistakenly rejects. He relies chiefly on the form and
convexity of the body, the depth of the dorsal stria?, and some other
less important characters, with the result that, although he has done
a certain amount of good work, he has greatly multiplied species —
80 called — many of which have been very properly reduced to
varieties or synonyms in the last (1906) European Catalogue.

The principal characters which Dr. Flach uses for classification
are the presence or absence of the basal border of the thorax, the
alutation of the upper surface and the shape of the body. The size
of several of the species is very variable, so much so as to suggest
a possible subsequent subdivision into more species, if good and
constant characters can be found. At present I have only been able
to find good characters for five British species, and have been com-
pelled to reject P. Immherti, Rye, and P. hrisouti, Rye, for the want
of these characters in the original descriptions. I have not, however,
seen Rye's types, but the fact that these two so called species are
recorded from Britain only, goes far to confirm my doubts as to their
specific or even varietal value.

Before examining the specimens with a one inch objective, they
should be cleaned with chloroform, which will be found much better
for this purpose than benzine.

The following table will serve to separate the British species : —
A. — Thorax bordered in front of scutellum.
I. — Elytra alutaceous throughout.

224 [October,

a. — Tliorax not alii(,;iceous.

Size Ij to Sj mm P. hi/bridus, Flacli (v. cotifasus, Giiill.)-

For details see Flach's diagnosis.
aa. — Tliorax similarly alutaceous to elytra.

b. — Last joint of antonnse slender, neai-ly three times as long as broad ;
form of body broader and more convex; aiutation finer;
punctuation of interstices of, elytra not in rows. 1| to 3 mm...

P. corruscu.1, Pz.
bh. — Last joint of antennro stout, about twice as long as broad ; form
of body narrow elliptical, less convex ; aiutation coarser;
interstices of elytra with rows of punctures. \{ lo 2 mm....

P. caricis, Sturm.
II.— Elytra not alutaceous, except sometimes at extreme apex , dorsal inter-
stices with a single row of large jninctures on the inner side of each

stria ; thorax not alutaceous. 1^ to 1| mm P. substriatus, Gyll-

AA. — Thorax not bordered in front of scutellum.

(Thorax not alutaceous ; elytra feebly so).
c. — Form short, broad, and convex ; legs and antennre sometimes reddish.

2 mm /'. champion}, Guill.

brunnipes, Rye, nee. Bris.
cc. — Form longish oval, somewhat narrowed behind, resembling Olibrus
Jlavicornis, Sturm. 2^ to 3 mm \_P. brunnipes, Bris.].

Plmlocruf! Iri/hridus, Flach. The following is Flach's diap;nosis : —

Potundato-ova/is, Phal. grossi fere statura, inter hunc et P. corruscus intermeditis,
thorace sat denne sultiliter punctulafo, ititerstitiis glabrix, stria marginali posteriore
media distincta, lateribus dejiciente ; elytris retrorsum vix angustatus, subtiliter
reticulatis ; strisc seriesque dorsales subtilissimw ; interstitio suturali fiaud elexiato,
serie punctorum 4 — 5 majorum, ceteris vage obsolete punctulatis ; antennarum clava
articulo 11 priecedentibus duobus longiore, suam latitudinem diipJo longitndine
superante. Long. 3 — 4 mm Patr. Transsylvania.

] am unable to say with any certainty whether our insect is the
van. confusus, Guill., or not, owing to M, Guillebeau's vague and
indefinite description ; but confasns being a common French form, it
would seem to be most probable. It appears to be chiefly a coast
species here, Deal, Sandwich, I>ognor, Southend, Erith, Felixstowe,
Sheppey. There are two specimens in the Power Collection labelled
" Lewisham."

P. corruscus, Pz. — The differences between this common and
widely distributed species are so well indicated in the above diagnosis
of liyhridus that nothing more is needed. Like the latter species, or
at all events the var. confusus, it varies extremely in size, and as small
narrow specimens are liable to be taken for caricis, I have given
several points of distinction in the table. P. humherti, Rye, and
hrisouti, Kye. appear to be forms of this species.

iw.j 225

P. caricis, Sturm. — The somewhat flat elliptical form will at once
distinguish this species, which is sometimes of a brown colour. Found
on Carex rather commonly.

P. .mbstrintus, Gyll. — A very short convex insect, which appears
to be rare. I know of no recent captures.

P. championi, Guill. — Allied in form to both siibstriatm and small
specimens of hyhridus, but can be separated from the former by its
finely alutaceous elytra, and from both by the absence of the border
in front of the scutellum. It differs from hrunnipes, Bris., which
does not appear to be British, by its smaller size, shorter and more
convex form, and finer rows of elytral punctures. The abdominal
segments are narrowly ferruginous according to M. Guillebeau.
Most of the known specimens are from Shecrness, but there are
some in the Power Collection labelled " Madingley " (a wood near
Cambridge).

I am very much indebted to Mr. E. A. Waterhouse for calling
my attention to the confusion existing in this genus, and for furnish-
ing mo with a large number of specimens for examination.

12, Churchill Eoad,

Dartmouth Park, N.W.
August I9th, 1907.

CEYPTOPHAOUS SUBDEPRESSVS, Gyll., A NEW BRITISH

BEETLE.

BY NORMAN H. JOT, M.E.C.S., F.E.S.

On August 4th last, when beating young fir trees near Strath -
poffer, E,oss, I captured two specimens of a Gryptophagus which T at
once recognised as being new to me on account of their very closely
punctured and dull appearance. I had little diflficulty in identifying
them from Herr Ganglbauer's work on the Coleoptera of Middle
Europe as C. subdepressus, Gyll., and have since confirmed this by
comparing them with specimens kindly lent to me by Capt. Deville.
Tn general shape and size C. subdepressus somewhat closely resembles
C. scnnicus, L., but differs from it in several important particulars.
The punctuation is much thicker, and the apex of the elytra is nearly
as strongly punctured as the base. The pubescence is shorter and
finer. The thorax is much more narrowly margined, and the callosities
at the anterior angles are smaller. The lateral tooth is in the middle
of the sides, and is small. Ganglbauer classes it with G. validus,

226 [October,

Kraatz, on account of the punctuation of the apex of the elytra, but
C. vnlidus is a mucli larger species with thicker antennae, and vvith a
more distinct transverse impression at the base of the thorax. Ac-
cording to Ganglbauer C. suhdepressus is found rarely on " Nadelholz "
and bushes; Capt. Dcville tells me that it is taken in France in the
mountains by beating the lower branches of fir trees, especiall}^ Picea
excelsa, and that it has spread to the plains with the plantations of
pines, where it is taken in company with Micramhe ahietis, Payk.

Mr. Chitty is to be congratulated on his notes on the genus Crypto-
phagus, and I have found them very useful. C. scanicus v. patruelis,
Sturm, is certainly the form that gives rise to the greatest confusion,
as it varies a good deal in breadth and other particulars. C. umbra f us,
Er., I have by no means found the rarity that Mr. Chitty describes it,
as I take it not uncommonly here in dry fungi and wood mould. C.
distinguendus, Sturm, I have only taken in Reading in a warehouse.
All my specimens of C. umhratus have the thorax dark as in 0. scu-
tellatus, Newm.

Bvadfield :

September 14th, 1907.

DESCRIPTION OF A NEW SPECIES OP STENOSTOMA FROM

MALTA.

BT MALCOLM CAMERON, M.B., E.N.. E.E.S.

Stenostoma melitense, n. sp.

Narrow, elongate, metallic-green, very finely pubescent with grey.

Head elongate, including eyes only slightly wider than thorax, very finely
wrinkled, not punctured.

Antennse and palpi testaceous. '

Thorax longer than broad, cylindrical, slightly impressed before scutellum,
finely wrinkled transversely, giving it somewhat the silky appearance seen in
Malachius Jlahellatus, Friv. Legs clear testaceous, tarsi infuscate.

Elytra broader than thorax at the shoulders, gradually contracted posteriorly,
finely but rugosely punctured, with three longitudinal nervures on each, the first
very indistinct. Length, 6 mm.

I tabulate the differences between the species : —

S. coerulewn, Pet.— Size larger (10 mm.), more robust. Antennje

testaceous to the middle of the fourth joint, the remainder dark.

Head and thorax with scattered superficial punctuation, the latter

contracted anteriorly. Elytra coarsely and rugosely punctured.

More pubescent.

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S. meJifetfse, mihi. — Size smaller (6 mm.), less robust. Antennje
entirely testaceous. Head and thorax finely wrinkled, not punctured,
the latter cylindrical. Klvtra finely and rugosely punctured. Less
])ubescent.

S. melitense was taken at Wied al Jniena, in June, on Hovvers of
Scolymus.

R. N. Hospital, Chatliani :

August mk, 1907.

[Tliere aro spccimciii? of iS. melitense from Corsica (Ajaecio) and Sicily in my
collection —G. C. C]

LlCriDOFTERA AT ELECTRIC LIGHT AT HERCULESBAD,
HUNGARY.

I?T A. H. JONES, F.E.S.

During a visit to Herculesbad, from June 15th to 25th last, I
had a good opportunity of working the electric light. Some of the
nights were extremely favourable, and moths came in considerable
numbers. Three species of butterflies were visitors.

The following is a list, and it will be observed that a good pro-
portion of the species are represented in our British list : —

Melitaea athalia, Esp. ; Thecla ilicis, Esp. ; Zephi/rus quercus, Esp. ; Sme-
rinthus quercus, Esp., occasional specimens ; iryloicus pinastri, Esp., one example ;
Deilephila euphorbix, Esp., one example ; Metopsilus porcellus, Esp. ; Cerura
furcula, Esp. ; TJicranura vinula, Esp., not uncommon ; SpataJia argentina, ScliifP.,
occasionally ; Pterostoma palpina, Ksp. ; Dasychira pudibunda, Esp., not uncom-
mon ; Stilpnotia salicis, Esp., common ; Malacosoma neustria, Esp , common ;
Odonestis pruni, Esp., common ; var. montana, this dark form was not rare ;
Acronicta pontica, Stgr., occasionally ; Agrotis putris, Esp. ; A. segetum, Esp. ;
Mamestra genistas, Hb., several; Miana bicoloria, oh.furunculu, Hb. ; Leucania
l-album, Esp., several; Eutelia adulairix,^h. ; Anarta funebris, Hb, ; Abrostola
tripartita, Hufn. {urticee, Hb.) ; Orammodes algira, Esp. ; ^dia funesta, Esp.,
not uncommon ; Catocala nymphagoga, Esp. ; Sabrosyne derasa, Esp., occasionally ;
Oeometra vernaria, Hb. ; Acidalia remutaria, Hb., common ; A. deversaria, ab.
diffluata, H.-S , not uncommon; Anaitis plagiata, Hh. ; Larentia dotata ; Enno-
mos erosaria, Hb. ; Angerona prunaria, occasionally ; Semiothisa Hturata, Hb. ;
Boarmia repandata, Esp. ; B. roboraria, Schiff., rather common ; B. consortaria,
Esp., rather common ; Hylophila bicolorana ; Spilosoma lubricipeda, Esp. ; Arctia
villica, Esp., frequently ; Calliniorpha dominula, Esp., frequently ; Miltochrista
miniata, not uncommon ; Lithosia complana, very common ; Cochlidion timacodes,
Esp. (testudo, Schiff.), both males and females somewhat common ; Cossus ligni-
perda, a frequent visitor ; Zeuzera pyrina [aesculi, Esp.), occasional specimens.

Shrublands, Eltham :

August 22nd, 1907.

228 [October,

PSORA GRACILIS, A NEW SPECIES BELONGING TO BECKER'S

GROUP I.

BY JOUN H. WOOD, M.B,

This very distinct species, of which jxt present only the female
has been obtained, will come next to unispinosa, Ztt., with which it
agrees in having but two scutellar bristles and in the incrassated
second thick vein of the female. It is a particularly long and slender
insect, hence its name.

9 . Thorax and abdomen black, tlie former shining and narrow, tlie latter dull,
long and slender ; frons highly glossy and scarcely broader than long, palpi black
and of the usual form ; wings dark gi'ey, especially in the course of the thin veins
which stand out conspicuously, costa barely to middle of wing, otherwise venation
and fringe as in unispinosa ; legs long and slender, dark brown or blackish, knees
yellow and front coxse pale yellow, a single small spine in upper third of middle
tibia; and a still smaller one at the tip on the outer side, none on fore and hind tibioe.

Long., 2-2i ram.
The only species with which it can possibly be confounded is
unispinosa ; but at the same time the ])oints of distinction are many
and obvious, such as the narrow and glossy frons, the black palpi (iti
unispinosa they are of a clear )'ellow), the dark wings, and the colour
and armature of the legs. Pour examples have been taken, always
in late autumn, from September to November, in the years 1905, 6
and 7. Three were obtained by sweeping under high trees in Stoke
Wood, and the fourth was boxed whilst running up a beech trunk in
the park adjoining.

The following alterations will be necessary in the table (vol. xvii,
p. 193):-

19. — Halteres black or blackish.

a. Legs moderately stout and yellow ; spines on all the tibioe...

unispinosa, Ztt.

b. Legs long and slender, dark brown ; no spines on fore and hind tibia;.. .

gracilis, n. sp.
20. — Halteres whitish {nudipalpis), or yellow (autumnalis).

As the question of distribution is always of some interest, 1 may
mention that since the publication of my former notes on the subject
two out of the four British species, which had not then occurred in
Herefordshire, have now turned up in the county, and in my own
home district too. They are carinifrons and femorata. The former
seems not uncommon in the autumn, and is usually found in wet
places ; but the latter is scarce, four only having been taken, the
dates ranging from April 24th to July 7th.

Tarrington, Hereford :

September, 1907.

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NOTE ON THE COUPLING OE EMl'IS BORKALFS.
BY MI LB URN IIOWLETT.

During a recent visit to the Highlands I noticed how frequently
the female of Empis borealis was feeding during (he act of co[)ula-
tion. This peculiarity of Euipids has often been commented on, but
without, as far as I know, anything more than a casual connection
between the two acts being inferred. Bearing in mind Professor
Poulton's recent work on the diet of Empids, I caught during one
afternoon five pairs of E. borealis in cop.^ and found that all the females,
without exception, were engaged on a meal, while of a dozen females
caught alone none had prey. Sain put a stop to further observations
that day, but on the next opportunity (June 11th) I revisited the
same spot, as it seemed to be a favourite trystiug-place, meaning to
try to see whether the male habitually took advantage of the moment
when the female, engaged with prey, could not conveniently repel his
advances. I took two pairs in cop., and, as before, both the females
had i)rey ; a flying lone male also had prey, but did not seem to be
eating it. The sun having made its appearance, some of the flies
could now be seen dancing about the lower branches of some firs by
the side of a little burn, some eight or nine feet from the ground ;
soon another, carrying prey, joined them, and flew up and down below
the dancers in a provocative manner. After a few moments one of
these latter responded, and, after a second's struggle in mid-air while
they coupled, the pair flew slowly off and settled on some low heather
bushes near by, the female sucking the prey. I had taken it for
granted that the dancers were males, and the solitary prey-bearing
visitor a female who had been pounced on as she passed, but ou
returning to the firs it was soon apparent that the dancers were all
females, for as the sun passed behind a cloud they settled down ou
the ends of the fir-twigs, where they could be inspected at leisure, and
it was, besides, not diflicult to distinguish the sexes even when ou
the wing. When next the sun came out and the dance began again,
another prey-bearing visitor came up, and exactly the same programme
was goue through as on the previous occasion. A third visitor was
caught just as copulation was apparently about to take place, and
this proved to be a male carrying a delicate. Neuropteron {Ghloro-
pcrla, sp.) not only alive and unwounded, but iu strikingly good
condition, quite fit for a cabinet specimen.

Thus it appeared that the male brought up a choice specimen,
which he transferred to the female during their brief aerial struggle

230 [October,

(the details of this strugi^le I could not make out), and that she
enjoyed it while copulation was in progress.

It was soon quite evident that this was the normal course of
events. In all, six " visitors" were caught just before copulation would
apparently have taken place ; all were males and all bore living prey in
notably good condition (A seventh, also a male with live prey, was
caught on June 14th). In the case of four pairs, caught as soon as
possible (five seconds or less) after coupling, the prey was a little
rumpled and was in the possession of the female, while with seven
other pairs caught at varying intervals (up to nearly ten minutes)
after coupling the condition of the prey naturally got progressively
worse the longer the female had enjoyed it, its last state being
a crumjded ball of shrivelled remains. Altogether fourteen females
were seen at this spot, and in eleven cases copulation was observed to
take place as described, while three females failed to obtain partners
and finally gave up the dance altogether at about 5.30 p.m. In no
case was a female ever in possession of prey until supplieil with it by
her swain, nor did two or three Perlids, which came within very easy
range, appear to have any particular interest for the dancers, who
made no effort to seize them.

On .Tune 1-ith, during a dull and gusty interval, I saw a male
lying close among some grass, and on inspection found that he was
clasping a Perlid. After about twenty minutes the wind dropped
and the sky cleared a little, and the self-denying male, who had
refrained from gratifying his appetite all this time, at once made for
the fir trees (about thirty yards away), still carrying his burden.
I was able to keep within a short distance of him, and had the
satisfaction of seeing him pair WMth one of two females who were
dancing at the time. I caught the pair a few seconds after coupling,
and found the Perlid in possession of the female.

On June 15th 1 took a male sitting among grass holding an
undamaged Bibionid {Blbio varipes).

During copulation, after a short flight (generally of not more
than twenty yards), the male usually hung by the front pair of legs
to a twig or blade of grass, sup|)orting thus the whole weight of
himself and partner ; the middle legs clasped the thorax of the
female, while the hind pair of tarsi supported the prey in position
beneath her proboscis, the apical part of the femora meanwhile
firmly compressing her upturned abdomen.

The hind legs of the female hung idle, while with the two front
pairs she manipulated the prey, kneading it as one who sucks an

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orange dry, and overv now and again lurniug it about to insert her
beak in a fresh spot.

The insects victimized were as follows : —

June 9th. — From 5 pairs in cop ; 3 Perlids, 2 Bibio varipes.
„ 11th. — „ G visiting (J '3 ; 5 Perlids, 1 Ephemcritl.
„ 11th. — ,, 11 ^'s in cop. ; 6 Perlids, 4 Ephcincrids, I Tipulid.
„ 14th. — ,, 1 visiting d ; 1 Pcrlid.
„ 14th.— ,, 1 $ in cop.; I Perlid.
„ loth. — „ 1 c? sitting on grass ; 1 Bibio oaripe.t.

It is unlikely that the male makes this offering at the shrine of
his divinity from purely altruistic motives ; it may be that the pre}"^
functions as a kind of adventitious " sexual adornment,"* or as
a bribe to secure his personal safety, while on the other hand it
appears not unlikely that various suggestions with regard to Culicidce,
Tabanidce, and other blood-sucking flies, aneut the existence ot" some
definite physiological connection between the ingestion of animal
juices and the process of reproduction, may ultimately be found to
have some bearing on the case.

In this species {U. horeaUs) pairing seemed not to occur later
than 6 o'clock, but about sunset (9 — 9.45 p.m.) I found Rilara maura
in a dancing crowd (in which both sexes were present) ten to fifteen
feet above the surface of the burn. They were too high for the net,
but every now and then an individual could be seen flying with a
jerky undulating motion, when one of those above would fly down
to it and copulation would ensue (this reminding one much of the
motions of E. horealis prior to coupling). The pair then, instead of
settling, proceeded with steady level flight along the course of the
burn, about ten feet from the surface, and by standing in mid-stream
I was able, during thi-ee evenings, to catch thirty-three pairs. From
twenty-six of these I took prey, and this was in possession of the
female in all those cases (about half the total number) in which it
had not been relinquished before I was able to determine the owner.
Out of several males, captured when flying casually about (not in the
dance), four had prey, but only in one case was it unvvounded, the
other three having evidently been sucked.

As I could not succeed in catching any of the males just as
copulation api)eared imminent, I was unable to arrive at any definite
conclusions regarding the disposal of the prey in this species. On

* Aldrich and Turley, in their account of the " Balloon-Making Empid," say that the female
is attracted by the size of the balloon carried by the male ; that the balloon frequently contains an
insect, but that balloon and (presumably) insect are dropped as soon as copulation takes place.

232 [October,

subsequent exauiinatiou of the prey, however, it was seen that of the
thirty victims, twenty-six from females f (?) in cop. and four from
lone males, twenty-two were more or less completely enveloped in
a fine veil or shroud-like web of silky tiireads. If, as is su|)po8ed,
this web be carried only by the males, it would seem that some of
the females must have been feeding on insects caught by members of
the opposite sex, and in the absence of fuller information we may
take it that this indicates at least the possibility of a parallelism, in
essentials if not in detail, betweeu the coupling habits of Hilara
maura and of Empis borcnlis.

The thirty victims of //. maura mentioned above consisted of
seven iSimuliids {Simulium latipes) and twenty-three small Chironomids.

Wymondliani, Norfolk :

September, 1907.

FORFICUL.E SPECIES nova.

A UCTORE

ANBREA SKMENOV TIAN-SIIANSKT.

FOUFICULA BUKKIANA, A. SemCUOV, Sp. 11.
F. vicarix, Sem. (1902) proxime aiRiiis simillimaque, sed capile subtiliter
alutaei'o, vertice subbifovoatiin iinprosso (semperne ?), pronoto miiiore, imprimis
angustiore, sqnamis alarum paulo brevius patentibiis, forcipe S cruribus toto
dimidio apicali minus forliler atteiuiutis, supra fortiter, infra paulo levius ioiigitudi-
naliter sulcatis, ante basin brevius cohaercntibus, cujus partis margine interno minus
acute denticulato, ad ipsam basin fortiter obliquato, deuticulo marginis interioris
ante partem dilatatam basalem sito, paulo obtusiore, angulum fei-e rectum cfficiente ;
antennis, pedibus, pronoti basi lateribusque, clytris, alarum squamis, forcipis parte
dilatata basali pra^ter margiiium inteniuui perpallide strnmincis.

Long., $ , tot. 13'1 mm., forcipis, 2'2, lat. abdom., 3 mm.

China: prov. Kan-ssu, pr. oppidum Lau-tshou (W. Eilchner !).

Solum specimen ^ mihi ab amico M. Burr, cujus in honorem
speciem nominavi, beuevole commuuicatum (sub. No. 207/0(5) (coll.
M. Burr).

St. Petersburg, Vass. Ostr. 8 lin., 39.

[Note. — This is one of two males taken by Lieut. Filchner in his expedition to
China; the Dermatoptera wore determined by me, and the account will appear in
the work dealing with the Filchner expedition, which is shortly to be published by

E. S. Mittler und Sohn, of Berlin. The specimens were originally determined us

F. vicaria, Sem., and are there I'ecorded under that name, but I have recently sub-
mitted one to M. A-P. Semenov Tian-Shansky, who has compared it with his

t Definitely seen in fifteen cases only.

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original type of F. vicaria, from Korea, with I he result tliat he considers it a distinct
and hitherto uiidescribed species allied lo F. vicaria. There is a pair in my collec-
tion, and a pair in the IJerlin Museum. The female resembles the male, but is a
trillc darker in colour ; the same impressions are present on the head, and the
forceps are of course simple. — Malcolm BtJKU, Sibertswold, near Dover: August
31«(!, 1907].

ANTHOCORIS LIMBATUS, Fiub., AN ADDITION TO THE BRITISH

HEMIPTERA.

BY HUGU A. SAUNDERS, 13. A.

While staying with my fiilher, Mr. Edward Saunders, at V\''oking
in the early part of Se|iteinl)er, I was fortunate enough to discover
this novelty to the British list.

Having only just began to collect tlemiplera, I was very careful
to take nearly every specimen of Anthocoris that i could find, owing
to my inability to distinguish the various species apart. Among those
brought back one afternoon were specimens of A. nemorum, A. nemo-
ralis, A. confuaus, A. (jallarum-almi, and what subsequently turned
out to be two males of A. limbatus. .\s I knew that these must have
come from some sallows I had been beating along the canal near
Woodham, 1 went over the same ground again a few days later, and
was able to locate the exact bush and obtain a few more specimens,
but only two were females.

A curious fact is that, although the branches of the sallow bushes
were very much intermingled, 1 could ouly beat A. limbatus from the
branches of one particular bush.

43, Waldegrave Road, Upper Norwood :
September l%th, 1907.

[This little species can be recognised at once from Anthocoris si//vesiris, F.,
its nearest ally, which it resembles in the entirely shining hemelytra, by the broadly
testaceous base of the thorax. It is also much smaller, and has the thora.\ pos-
teriorly more eniarginate and its sides converging more gradually to the apical
margin. — E. S.

Eumicrus rufus, Mull., Sfc, near Ouildford. Since the publication of my note
on the capture of various Coleoptera near Guildford {antea p. 184), the following
species have been taken in the same district : — Eumicrus rufus, Miill., eight speci-
mens, and Sphindus diihius, Gyll., in abundance, from an old beech stump ; Affa-
thidium confusum, Bris., four specimens, and Cis alni, GylL, from fungus on a dead
oak bough.— Geo. C. Champion, Ilorsell, Woking: August, 1907.

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234 [October,

Crt/ptophagus ctflindrus, Kies., at Chohham. — I am pleased to be able to record
the capture of two specimens of this species in Surrey, the first British examples
from south of the Tweed. They were found under bark of pine logs, in company
with Ilypophloeus linearis, F., Epurxa ohlonga, Herbst, and E. pusilla. III. — Ii>.

Cartodere elongata, Curt., Sfc.,from the North of England. — Yesterday I had
tlie pleasure of taking a single specimen of the above beetle from a mould fungus
growing on a log of Scotcli jiine infested by Trypodendron lineatum, 01., which my
friend Mr. Gillanders of Alnwick, with whom I was slaying, was rearing. At the
same time we found a dead example of Kypophlijuia hicolor, 01., another addition
to our county's fauna. We spent some time watching and searching the Trypoden-
dron logs for the parasitic beetles, Epitrxa angastula, Er., and Acrulia injiata,
Gyll., without success. E. angmtula has been met with again in the Derwent
Valley, in fungus with Trip lax bicolor at Gibside, growing on a beech infested with
Trypodendron domesticum.

I should perhaps mention that Mr. Gillanders has discovered Trypodendron
lineatum in profusion in spruce, at Lytliam, near Eelford, and in Scotch pine at
Countess Park, North Tyne ; Tomicus aciimlnatus , Gyll., which I have already
recorded from the neighbouring County of Durham, also in numbers, Beanley
Wood, Northumberland, July, 1906 ; whilst Mr. A. C. Forbes has taken Cryphalus
ableti.i, Ratz., in Douglas fir from Cockle Park, Northumberland ; all of whieli, as
well !i8 many other Scolytids, will be fully dealt with in Mr. Gillanders' fortiicoming
work on E"orest Entomology,* a work which will fill a want that has long been felt
by many classes of Economic Naturalists, and cannot fail to interest the general
reader.

The Cryphalus tiliic, Panz., recorded in my paper on Introduced Beetles (Ent.
Mo. Mag., vol. xlii, p. 37) I now learn was taken by Mr. Gardner at birch sap,
Eggleslone-in-Teesdale. — Eichaed S. Bagnall, The Groves, Winlaton-on-Tyne :
September Qth, 1907.

Enicmus fungicola, Th.,from the County of Durham. — Some time ago I noticed
a species of Enicmus in my friend Mr. Gardner's collection labelled '* ruyosus,
Herbst," but which differed from tlie true rugosus in the colour of the elytra which
were ferruginous-red instead of black. I Iiad the opportunity of examining one
closely tills evening ; the raised keel of the prosternum between the anterior coxae,
the chief cliaraeter of Enicmus, i. sp., was very distinct, and also the strong punctua-
tion of tlie metasternum and first abdominal segment, but the first ventral segment
was simple, and there is no doubt that it is really E. fungicola, Th., the species
brought forward as British by Mr. Newbery in May, 1907 (Ent. Mo. Mag., ser. 2,
xviii, p. 103). Mr. Gardner's short series of this insect was taken by himself from
a tree fungus at i''gglestone-in-Teesdale. — Id.

Heuoticus serratus, Gyll., from Scotland. — As so very few specimens of this
rare beetle have been taken in Britain, it is worth while recording its occurrence at
Arroehar, Loch Long, where I took an example in July, 1906. — Id.

Sypera tigrina, Boh., at St. Margaret's Bay. — Before starting for iny summer

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holiflays (it St. Margaret's Bay I made a careful list of beetles I intended to search for,
one of them being llypera tigrina. I am jjlad to siiy I found it in fair numbers on the
wild carrot {Daucus carota) growing at tiie foot of the chalk cliffs on the northern
side of the bay. I took my first specimen on August 25th, and it was still to be found,
though in scantier numbers, when I left on September .'jth. Messrs. Donisthorpe
and Chitty came over, and each secured a good series of the insect, which, judging
from the requests I have had for specimens, must be rare in our collections. — T.
Hudson Beake, 10. Regent Terrace, Edinburgh : September \&th, 1907.

Apion semioittatum, Gi/IL, at, St. Margaret's Bay. — In the September issue of
this Magazine (p. 208) Mr. Or. E. Bryant records the capture of a specimen of this
species on the Deal Sandhills on June I7th last, and asks if there is any record of
the capture of this insect since it was taken by Mr. Walton, over 60 years ago, at
Margate. The answer is yes ; it was swept up by Messrs. Chitty and Tomlin in
1905 on the Deal Sandhills. I included this insect therefore in my holiday list, and
began at once to search for its food-plant, Mercurialis annua. Mr. Donisthorpe,
who was spending his holidays at Deal, was also on the look out for it. I was
lucky enough soon to find the plant, and got the insect at once in scanty numbers,
and Mr. Donisthorpe immediately afterwards discovered both plant and insect at
Deal and in greater numbers. The plant is apparently very fond of old potato
gardens, but it is then usually unproductive ; plants growing by the sides of hedges,
and even on the shore, were much more productive of the beetle. I was able to
verify what Canon Fowler says of its life-history, by finding a specimen in the pupal
state in a knot of a very large ])lant growing in a garden in the village. The species
evidently makes it appearance in the perfect state in the autumn ; it was getting
more common when I came away on September 3rd, and it required a lot of work
to get specimens when it was first discovered on August 26th. — Id.

Rediscovery of My el oh cirriyerella in Wilts. — In vol. xi, p. 2.37, of this Maga-
zine I recorded the original capture of several specimens of this species at Ramsbury,
Wilts., in 1874. I am not aware that it has been taken by any one else in the
interval, and have often puzzled myself in vain with endeavours to guess a possible
origin for those specimens. Judge, then, my surprise when my own son, E. E.
Meyrick, now a boy at Marlborough College, brought to me for identification a very
fresh example of Myelois cirrigerella on July 20th, beaten out from a larch tree in
Savernake Forest, about two miles from Marlborough. This locality is about five
miles from the original one, and of a totally different nature, and as there are few
plants common to the two, and those only such as are also very common throughout
Britain, the question of the food-plant is still very puzzling. There are two or three
possible clues which I purpose to follow ; but I should certainly be glad of a little
more light. However, I think it is now established that the species has undoubtedly
been existing in the neighbourhood all these years, and we ought to be able to solve
the problem presently. — E. Meyrick, Thornhanger, Marlborough : Aug. 19///, 1907.

Occurrence of Oelechia streliciella, H.-S., in the Highlands.— \\h\\e at Aviemore
for a few days in June, 1905, 1 observed several specimens of a Oelechia among heather
that had been burnt the previous year, which appeared to be unknown to me. It

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236 t October,

wns flying in oompanj with G. xohitelln and G. ericefeVa, tliougli much more
sparingly. I referreci if. to the authorities of the Oxfo'-rl Museum, who returned it
as probably a northern variety of G. sequax. Tn January of this year T asked the
opinion of Mr. Eustace R. Bankes, who in due course pronounced it to be Gelechia
streliciella. During the last days of Tune this year T was again at Aviemore, and
revisited the locality in the hope of finding it again. The weather was so unfavoura-
ble that only nine specimens were secured, though I have reason to believe that the
species is not very uncommon in suitable situations in that locality. Tt lies very
close, and cannot be disturbed except during sunshine, when it flies with great
rapidity, just over the lierbage.for a few yards, and then rests on the ground, where,
owing to its closely rolled wings, it is far from easy to see it. Its time of emergence
Is about the middle of June. — C. T. Cbuttwell, Ewelme Rectory, Wallingford :
Jh/.V 27th, 1907.

Gelechia dreliclelln, TT.-S., in Britain. — This Gelechia, under (he name
" sfrelitziella, H.-S." {recte " strelitziella, Hein." = streliciella, H.-S.), was added
to the British List by Stainton in Ent. Ann., 1872, p. 12.3, but in Ent. Mo. Mag.,
Ser. 2, iv, pp. 213-14 (1893\ I showed that it must bo removed therefrom, the
addition having been based upon an erroneous identification, and there being then
no proof that the insect had ever occurred in the United Kingdom. It has, there-
fore, afforded me especial pleasure to have recently had the opportunity, fourteen
years after the publicaticni of my previous note, of identifying Canon Cruttwell's
Scottish Gelechia as the true xtreliciella, TT.-S!. Seeing that tlie two specimens of
it, that reached me in his box of " deter minanda," were not referable to any recog-
nised British species, and being unable at the time to compare them with any good
continental collection, T forwarded them for Lord Walsinghani's opinion. In his
absence abroad, Mr. J. Hartley Durrant, when returning them, kindly enclosed an
undoubted example of xtreliciella, H.-S., from f he Zeller collection, as being probably
identical with tliem, and this I found to be certainly the case.

Gelechia fitinatella, Dgl., which has been erroneously sunk by Meyrick [TIB.
Br. Lep., 601 (1S05)] as conspecific with di<itinctella, Z., and upon which I hope to
contribute some notes later on, is the British species most closely resembling
streliciella, but may with certainty be distinguished from it by the very conspicuous
white dots or dashes that, accompany the black stigmata, and by the colour of the
fascia and of the other pale markings, which are brownish-buff instead of white.
As streliciella has been confused with sequax, I may mention that the former is
easily separated from the latter by its rather larger size and longer and narrower
fore-wings, by its head, which is grey instead of white, by its much less marbled
appearance, due to the white markings being much narrower and lees clearly-defined
and conspicuous, and by the number, size, and position of the tliree black stigmata.

The life-histories of both G.fumatella and streliciella seem to be entirely un-
known, but whereas all the widely-separated localities known to me for the former
are on sandy coasts, the latter appears, both in Scotland and on tlie continent, to
frequent inland heaths, &c.

It seems advisable to mention that Canon Cruttwell's earliest captures of G.
streliciella were recorded by him as " G. sequax, a very fine form," in Ent. Mo.
Mag., Ser. 2, xvi, 259 (1905), which reference must be included in any attempt to

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work out. the full synonymj of the species. Unfortunately three species of Oelechia
recorded in Ciinon Cruttwell's note (I.e.) viz , " -lequax," " ericefel/a," and " proxi-
mella," nre omitted from the Special Index (erroneously headed " Q-eneral Index ")
to the volume in question, though the fourth, viz., " soluiella," is included therein !
— Eustace R. Bankes, Norden, Corfe Pastle : August Mth, 1907.

Tortrix .lemialbana at Donca.ster. —A few days au;o Mr. L. S. IJrady, of Sheffield,
sent nie on for confirmation of his own determination a very vrell marked and fine
specimen of Tortrix semialbana which he had taken on August Ith last in Edlington
Woods, Doncaster. The capture is exceedingly interesting, as hitherto the species
has only been recorded from the South of England, and then very locally ; indeed,
of late years it seems only to have occurred at Folkestone. — Geo. T. Pobeitt,
Edgorton, Iluddersfield : September ^rd, 1907.

Lyqxus eqnestris, Linn., at St. Margnret\'i Bay. — While spending my
holidays at St. Margaret's Bay I was busy sweeping the wild flowers on the cliffs
cloi^e to the Granville Hotel on a hot suimy still day (August 29th), when my
wife who was with me called out " here is a beautiful bug sitting on a flowering
umbel;" hurrying up I was greatly rejoiced to find I was the lucky captor of a
specimen of the above rare bug. .Mr. Saunders, in his " flemiplera-Heteroptera of
the British Islands," p. 69, records only three captures (there is a more recent one
from the Isle of Sheppey), and says that it is probably only an " occasional visitant."
I may say (hat while I was in the locality the wind was never a favourable one for
insects crossing fi'om the Continent to our islands. — T. Hudson Beaee, 10, Regent
Terrace, Edin'nirgh : September \C>th, 1907.

[The Sheppey specimen referred to was taken on September 22nd, 190fi, by my
friend Lieut. J. J. Jacobs, R.E., and kindly given to me by him. It was found, I
believe, on a flower head of Centaurea nigra. — J. J. W.].

Identification of Saliui notatulun ^ . — Having recently been successful in
finding several of both sexes of this Aculeate in company, I think I can settle the
vexed question as to the correct V for the well known and very distinct $ . The ?
bears all the characters assigned to it in Mr. Edward Saunders' work, with (he
exception that in all my specimens the cubital nervure runs to the apex of the fore-
wing as in exaltatus. The clear eye-spot on this wing will prevent confusion with
pannilns, and the black legs with obtu.sioentris. The two insects with which
notatulus $ might be confounded arc exaltatus and ptisillus. In both the latter
the penultimate joint of the anterior tarsus is longer than wide (in exaltatus twice
as long), and the anterior coxse and prosternum bear a row of long pale recurved
hairs : whereas in notatulus the tarsal joint is transverse, the anterior coxse bear one
or two very short hairs, and the prosternum is entirely glabrous. Mr. Saunders
has also directed my attention to the fact that notatulus 9 looks blacker than any
other V s of the genus owing to the absence of the fine golden pubescence that
occurs on the head and thorax of all the latter. — C.'H. Moetimer, Holmwood :
feptemher, 1907.

Osmia parietina in Wales. — A. $ of this species (which was re-discovered at
Criccieth in 1900 by Mr. Nevinson) and which I have been at a loss to classify since

238 [October,

I took it in July, 1905, has just been identified by Mr. Edward Saunders. It
occurred at Aberdovey. As I have not lieard of its occurrence quite so far soutli,
it may be of sufficient interest to record. — Id. : September, 1907.

Ceratina. cyanea at RedhUl. — From a number of bramble stems collected last
winter on Kedhill Common, and which mostly produced Pemphredon lethifer, and
Ichneumons, a single specimen of Ceratina cyanea, 9 , emerged durini; the third
week in May. As it is, I believe, a new locality for tiie insect, it may be worth
recording. —G. E. FitiSBY, 47, Windmill Street, Gravesend : September Srd. 1907.

lUuieiu.

"Indian Insect Pests :" by H. Maxwell Lefrot, M.A., FZ.S., F.E.S.,
Imperial Entomologist. Pp 318. Office of the Superintendent of Government
Printing. Calcutta. 1906.

To quote from the introduction written by Mr. F. G. Sly, Officiating Inspector-
General of Agriculture in India, this book is a remarkable " testimony to the stre-
nuous efforts made during the past three years " hy the Imperial Entomologist, Mr.
Maxwell Lefroy. Designed to assist planters, students, and those interested in
agricultural matters in India, it represents for many of tlicse the first-fruits of ento-
mological research in their country, judiciously peptonized and served up in a
manner often suggestive and always lucid and accurate.

Our own country is comparatively so little affected by insect pests that it affords
a very misleading standard by which to judge of the requirements of tropical lands,
but even the average Englishman would probably consider that a single entomologist
might have his work cut out to deal worthily with the pests of a country like India,
with an area of one and a half million square miles, a great part of which is under
cultivation. To those acquainted with the nature of the work the idea that such
an almost pathetically isolated individual could successfully cope with so huge a task
would probably appeal only in its humorous aspect, and it may come as a surpri.se
to them to hear that the Entomological staff of the Department of Agriculture, on
whom devolves the onerous duties connected with a thorough study of Indian insect
pests, does actually consist of but one Entomologist, with one Kuropean and a few
native assistants.

We understand that another Entomologist will shortly be appointed, hut until
the Indian Government can see its way to establishing Entomological Stations in
each province, all working in collaboration with the staff at head-quarters, it is im-
possible that the country can I'cap the benefits which an adequate organization
would confer. In the introduction previously referred to, Mr. Sly expresses himself
as hopeful that such a scheme maybe carried out in the near future, and it is greatly
to be hoped that such a development so obviously needed may not be long delayed.
Neither India nor its insects are uniform, and an accurate knowledge of local con-
ditions in Madras cannot be obtained by studying those in Bengal or Bombay. The
necessity of this close study of local conditions is rightly emphasized by Mr. Lefroy,
and its importance in so diversified a country as India should need but little
demonstration.

1907.] 239

The opening chapters of the book treat in general fashion of the structure,
food, lifc-historj, form, and classiGcation of insects. This is followed by an in-
teresting and essentially practical account of llie origin of pests, and of those
preventive and remedial measures which have been found to be most generally
applicable in India. The main body of the book is occupied by a detailed treatment
of a large number of pests which affect many of the staple crops of the country,
including also chapters on grain insects, cattle pests, and beneficial insects, the
whole representing an immense amount of careful and systematic observation. Most
of the pests are figured in more than one stage, and in very many cases the whole
life-history lias been worked out. Wherever possible means of combating the insects
are advised or suggested, and useful directions for the pi-eparation of various in-
secticides are given in an appendix, while modifications in methods of cultivation
are in many instances recommended. A second appendix gives full and clear in-
structions for collecting and preserving insects.

In view of the extraordinarily low price (two shillings) at whicli the Govern-
ment has issued the book, severe criticism of the three hundred and fifty illustrations
(mostly half-tone) would be out of place. They are nearly all the work of Indian
artists, and while the great majority are clear and well executed, a lack of experience
in drawing for process is now and then apparent.

Only those who have some experience of India can appreciate the difficulties
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Mr. Hubert Langlcy reported finding Stauropus fagi, L., in Princetliorpe
Woods, near Leamington, on June 15th and 22nd last, these being the first certain
records in the county ; also at the same place ho had taken Larentia silaceata, Hb.,
Boarmia roboraria, Schiff., and Lymaiitria monacha, L. ; likewise a series of males
of Dasychira pudibunda whicli he took in the same locality, he said they were quite
abundant on the wing at the time. Mr. R. S. Searle showed bred Chaerocampa
elpenor, L., from Wicken, together with a Hymenopterous parasite, probably Fro-
ichneumon laminatorius. Mr. J. T. Fountain, another ichneumon which he had
bred also from C. elpenor, one of the large red species ; also a bred series of Ange-
rona prunaria, including all its forms. Mr. Langley, a number of cocoons of a
Hymenopterous parasite bred from larva) of Oeometra papilionaria ; he said that
although a number of the larvae of the parasite had emerged from the larva of
papilionaria, the latter had continued to feed for some time before it collapsed and
died.— Colbran J. Wainweight, Hon. Secretary.

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Mr. Newman exhibited a long bred series of Arctia villica from larvee collected

240 [October, 1907.

in North Kent, and including a number of asymmetrical forms with aberrant
markings. Mr. R. Adkin, tiie Coleopteron Aiwhium panicenm, which had been
found destructive to sample packets of tobacco. Mr. Sicli, a specimen of Tortrix
pronubana taken in his garden at Cliiswick. Mr. Soutli, a short series of Abraxas
sylvata, including some curiously clouded forms. Mr. West (Grreenwich), tliree
rare species of Hemiptera from the New Forest, Eysarcoris xneus, Corizus maculatus
a,n(\ Lopus ffothicus. Mr. Step, photograjjlis of Lepidoplera at I'est, taken during
the Field Meeting of the Society at Bos Hill. Mr. Clark, an unusually pink form
of Amorpha popull.

Thursday, August 8th. — Tiie President in the Chair.

Mr. South exhibited a hybrid sjjecimeii of Malacosoma, M. caitren.ti.s- and .'/.
neu.siria, and read notes. Mr. .Montgomery, a bred s|)ecimen of Toxocampa cracae
from Cornwall. Mr. Newman, an exceptionally pink form of Saftiniia carpini, a
very dark example of Hinerinthiis ocellatus, a dark bred Arctia caja, living larvte of
Ennomo.t anfttmnaria from Dover, and a cocoon of Anthrocera fiUpendulx from
which the pupa had been extracted by birds. Mr. G-oulton, a female of the sawfly,
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Cemiustoma laburneUa from Cliiswick.

Thursday, August 22iid. — The President in the Chair.

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tiie New Forest, and made remarks on the variation of the species. Air. Tonge,
the living larva of Saturnia pyri from continental ova, and larvije of Dipterygia
srabriuscula from ova laid by a ? taken at Eeigate. Mr. Newman, a larva of
Dicranura bicuspis from Tilgate Forest, and pointed out the difference from D. bi-
fida. Ml'. Turner, specimens from West Australia, including (1) Delias aganippe,
a brilliant Pierid, Lyavnesthes inous, a " Blue," Apina callisto, a Noctuid motli,
the Pyrale Mecyna polygonali.s, and the two Tineids, Cryptolechia alveola and 1 inea
clathrata ; (2) three cases of a large species of Psychid, (Eceticus s}). ?, made of
short twigs, with a number of parasites of the genus Bassus, which had emerged
from one case ; (3) examples of the Coccus J s called the " Paradise Fly " ; (4) a
series of the cJ s of the conspicuous beetle Rhipidocera femorata, with beautifully
developed antennae ; (5) a specimen of Helxus perforatus, a Tenebrionid witli
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Melanargia galathea, and A. nietiloti. Dr. Chapman, a specimen of Lycsena eumedon
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P^IRST NOTES ON THE LKPIDOPTERA OF LUNDY ISLAND.
BY G. 1!. LONGSTAFF, M.D., F.R.C.P., F.K.S.

The very interestinj^ observations by Mr. Norman If. Joy * on
the Coleoptera of this lonely mass of trranite suggest that some
a<-f'ount of its Lepidopiera should be published.

Thirty years ago Mr. John R. Chanter f printed a list of 47
Butterflies and Moths noted on the island by the present lord of the
manor, the Rev. Hudson G. (leaven, a gentleman who modestly
disclaims being a skilled Entomologist.

Sinee the publication of Mr. Chanter's book I have myself paid
seven or eight visits to the island, but most of these have been limited
to the very short calls permitted to visitors by the excursion steamers.
One or other of rhese visits have been in company with Dr. F. A.
Dixey, Mr. A. L. Onslow, Mr. F. R. D. Onslow, and Mr. Clinton
Maund.

As a result, I have confirmed 14 of Mr. Pleaven's species, and
added 46 not noted by him, thus leaving 33 species that require
confirmation ; of these, at least 24 are such as one might well expect
to meet with, but a few are decidedly startling.

The following list comprises 93 species, and includes all
Mr. Heaven's species, which are indicated by his initials. Where
I have not myself seen the insect the name is included in square
brackets. Those marked with an asterisk are in my Mortehoe list.

Lithosia caniola, Hiibn. Common at light, 1907. Two found by Mr. F. R. D.
Onslow at rest on grass by day. This would appear to be a new locality for this local
cliff-loving species ; it was first taken in South Devon, and the late Mr. Barrett
found it in Pembrokeshire.

* Phragmatobia ftdigi)iosa, Limi. One at light, August 26th, 1907 ; anotlier
by Mr. F. R. D. Onslow flying in the sun.

*\_Arctia villica, Linn. One seen by Mr. A. L. Onslow]. *\_A. caja, Linn.

H. G. H.].

*Polia lichenea, Iliibn. One at light.

*[^Harmodia nana, Rott. {conxpersa, Esp.). One taken at light by Mr. F. R. D.
Onslow, 1907].

*Melanchra cespitis, Fabr. Oue at light. *M. serena, Fabr. One at light.

*M. pixi^TAxwi. A larva.

*\^Afffotis segetum, Schiff. H. G. 11.]. *A. ypsilon, Rott. {suffusa, Hiibn.).

One at light. *A. lunigera, Stph. Several very fine specimens at light, 1907.

* [.4. oJd^Jsca, Hiibn. One taken at light by Mr. F. R. D. Onslow, 1907].

* Entomologist's Monthly Maguzino, 190(5, vol. xvii, pp. 1—5 ; ihid., 1907, vol. xvili, pp. 27—29.
t lundy Island, a Monograph, Descriptive and Historical. Cassell, Fetter and Qalpin.
Preface dated 1877.

X

249 [November,

*A. ■9tri(jHla,Thi\nh. { porphi/rea, Uiihn.). Two dead examples found on (lie

ground. *[./. pronuha, Linn. II. Cr. IT ]. *.i. xanfho(jraph(i, ¥:ih\\ Vi>r_v

common Qjing at dusk ; a few at liglit.

*Luperina testacea, Hiibti. At light.

*Caradrina mafiirn, Hufn. (oi/fhereri, Fiibr.). Two spcfirnens at liglit.

*\^Mef.achrosfis muralix, Forst. ((j/ a ml if era, Iluhn.). H Gr. II. A spneies
that I expected to And, but so far have not met with].

Acronycta rumici.t, Linn. Three larvie on various vi.sits. It i.^ curious tiial
I liave not found tliis conspicuous caterpillar at Mortelioe.

*Phisia </amma, Linn. Also H. Gr. H.

*Tep/iror}i/sfis ohlongatn, Tliunb. {rentaureala. Fabr.). One al light.

*T. naiiatn, Iliibn. A verj" fine large specimen on a rock.

* Pfemi/ria ftociata, Hork. {suhtri.statn, Haw.). Mr. F. II. D. Onslow.

\_Euxtrom(i ansociata, Bork. (dofida, Giieu. ; splnachiata, Haw.). il.(3r. 11.
This species is recorded by Barrett frDin South D(>von and Exmoor; also from
Giamorgansliire. It is, however, not unlikely that it has been confounded with
E. dotata, Linn, (pyraliata, Fabr.), which Barrett sajs is gencralij distributed in
Devon, and occurs also in Glamorganshire and Pembrokeshire, and which I liave
several times taken at Mortelioe].

*Hijdri.omenn oceJlata, Linn. *//. tnincata, Hufn. (f. inimanata. Haw.).

One kicked up from heather. *7Z". hiliiieata, Linn.

* Xanlhorhoe Umitata, Scop, {mensuraria, Schiff.). *A'. spadicearla, Bork.

{ferruyaria, Haw.). *X. fluctuata, Linn.

*Eois Itisetata, Hufn.

* Lept.onierin ma rginepu aetata, Goeze ( promutata, Guen). A fine specimen at
rest on a wail, 1903 ; another at light, 1907.

*\_Opisthograptis liiteolata, Linn, {cratxgala, Linn.). H. O. II.].

\_Si]nop&ia abruptaria, Thunb. H. G. II.].

*Abraxas grosxulariata, Linn. Dr. Dixej ; also II. G. H.

\_Ennom.os alniaria,lAx\x\. (tiliaria, Bork.; canaria, Iliibn. H. G. H. Recorded
by Barrett from Glamorganshire, also from Dartmoor].

*Oonodontis ellnguarki, Linn. A specimen taken by Mr. F. R. D. Onslow al
rest on a low plant.

*\_Macroglossa stellatarum, Linn. II. G. II.].

*[^Sphinx convolviiU, Linn. H. G. H.].

*\^Acherontia atropos, Linn. IT. G. H.].

*[^Smerinfhus populi, Linn. IT. G. IT. There is nothing very surprising in
the occurrence of these four SphingidiV^.

\_Notodon.fa dromedarius, Linn. II. G. H. This species is recorded by Barrett
as occurring at Barnstaple and on Dartmoor, also near Swansea].

*\_Phalera bueephala, Linn. H. G. II.].

Salurnia pavonia, Schiff. H. G. H. Mr. Clinton Maund took a young larva,
August 26th, 1907.

\_Endromis versicolora, Linn. H. G. H. In the Victoria History of Devon
Mr. Barrett says, on the authority of Ed. Parfitt, that a single specimen has been
taken at Barnstaple. It is not easy to see how Mr. Heaven could have failed to
identify this correctly, supposing that he actually caught the insect and compared
it with a figure. But it seems a strange locality for the moth].

1907.] 243

* La.tiocampa quercA-i, Linn. Also H. Q. H.

* Krwqnster rubi, Jj'mu. The younc; larrfB common, 1907. Curiously enough,

tlii.s species is not recorded by Mr. Heaven.

[Cliiiorampa cnstrensis, Linn. H. G. H. Mr. Barrett quotes old records for

the mouth of the Exe, but does not give Wales as a locality. It seems reasonable

to assume that Mr. Heaven has nmde a mistake, and that the insect which he saw

was really C. neustria, Linn., a species that is common both in Devon and South

Wales].

*\_Argt/nniii euphro.tyne, Linn. H. G. H.]. *\_A. nelene, Schiff. H. G. H.].

[MelUxa athalia, Rott. H. Or. H. This seems an unlikely locality, but the

butterfly is well known as a denizen of Dartmoor, and Mr. Barrett recorded it from

Barnstaple (where Mr. Or. F. Mathew used to take it commonly years ago) and

Listow, jilaces almost in sight of the island].

\_Vanessa c-alhum, Linn. H. Or. H. This occurs in Wales (and possibly

Somerset) ; but the late Mr. Barrett did not notice it in the Victoria History

of Devon]. V. urticas, Linn. Also H. Or. H. *[r. polt/cMoros, Linn.

H. G. H.]. *[r. w, Linn. H. G. R.]. * F. atalanta, Linn. Also H. G. H.

*V. cardui, Linn. Also H. G. H.

*Sati/rus spmele, Linn. Rather common ; curiously it is not mentioned by

Mr. Heaven.

*lEpinepkele tithonux, Linn. H. G. H.] *E.jnnira, Linn. Also H. G. H.

*Coenoni/mpha pamphilus, Linn. Also H. G. H.

*Chrys!ophanus phlxas, Linn. Also H. G. H. *[C. astrarche, Bergstr.

{agestis, Hiibn.). H. G. H.].

*Lycxna iearus, Rott. (alems, fliibn.). Also H. G. H.

*]iCoUas edma, Fabr. H. G. H.].

*[Qonepterifx rhamni, Linn. H. G. H.].

*\^Euphloe cardamines, Linn. H. G. H.].

*Pieris napi, Linn. Also H. G. H. *[P. rappc, Linn. H. G. H.].

P. bra.ssicpe, Linn. Also H. G. H.

*Crambus pratellun, Linn. *C. culinellus, Linn. *C. perJeUus, Scop.

*C. geniculeus, Haw. Rather common.

Hydrocampa nymphwata, Linn. A single specimen taken by Mr. F. R. D.

Onslow.

* Scoparia frequentella, StainJ. On rocks. *S. dubitalis, Hiibn. {pyralella,

Hiibn.).

[^Platyptilia ochrodactyla, Hiibn. H. G. H. Recorded by Mr. Barrett for

Glamorganshire and Pembrokeshire, but not for Devon].

\_Pterophorus spilodactylus, Curt. H. G. H. Mr. Barrett gives no locality

nearer than Somerset. It is quite possible that Mr. Heaven may have confounded

this and the preceding with commoner Pluities].

*\_Orneodes hexadaetyla, Linn, {polydactyla, Iliibn.). 11. G. H.].

*Zyri;ena filipendulse, Linn. Abundant. Also in Mr. Heaven's list.

[Z. trifolii, Esp. H. G. H. As Mr. Barrett gives Barnstaple and Bideford, as

well as Wales, this record seems likely enough].

*Bactra lanceolana, Hiibn. Among rushes.

*Eucosma lacunana, Dup.

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[November,

*IIemimene petirerella, Linn. Taken by Dr. Dixev in 1898.

*Laspet/resia uUcelana, Haw. Abundant flying over llie dwarf gorsc, Ulex
gaUli, Planch.

*AeaUa atpersana, Hiibn. One.

*Evxanthis anguxtann, Trcits. Tlie large June form.

Trochilium muxci forme, View, {philanthiformis, Lasp). Mr. A. L. Onslow
secured a specimen among Thrift, Armrrin marifimn, Wi'kl., Juno 27th. 1.0^.
I was with him when he took another near Moorwinstow, May 31st, 1905. T have
often searched the Thrift about .Morte Point and Baggy Point, but hitherto in vain.

*Depress:aria cos/osa, Haw. A fine specimen of the dark-veined variety kicked
up, August 2Glh, 1907.

*EInchista cygnipennella, Hiibn.

IKepialus hectux, Linn. H. G. H. A very likely locality ; P.arrett gives
Barnstaple and Lynton].

Tt will bo observed that of the 33 species in Mr. Heaven's list
that I have not yet been al)le to eonfirm, 21 have been taken by me
at Mortehoe ; tnoreover, out of the 46 species recorded by uie, but
not bv Mr. Heaven, as many as 11 are in my .Mortehoe list.

Twitchen, Mortehoe :

September 16fJ/, 1907.

OELECniA SOLUTELLA, Z., ab. CRUTTWELLI, n. ab.
BY EUSTACE R. BANKEs, M.A., P.E.S.

This albinic form has the fore-\vin<i;s greyish-white, onlv darkened,
just here and there, by a few fuscous scales. The extreme base, how-
ever, is fuscous, powdered with greyish-while, and the usual black
stigmata are present, and are rendered exceptionally conspicuous by
the paleness of the ground-colour. The specimen before me resembles
the type in the colour of the head, thorax, hind-wings, and abdomen.

Of this grand aberration, which I have much pleasure in naming
after Canon C. T. Cruttwell, the only example that I have; seen was
included amongst other Lepidoptera recently received from him for
identification. It is a very large male, with a wing expanse of 19'5
mm., and in fine condition, and differs so greatly in appearance from
the typical Oelechia sohitella, 7i., that it might well be mistaken for a
totally distinct species, but I have no doubt whatever that it repre-
sents an extreme form of this insect, which is alread}^ known to be
sometimes lightly dusted with greyish-white.

The individual in question was taken at Aviemore, Inverness-
shire, by Canon Cruttwell during the past summer, and since a similar

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one was seen by liini there, tliouo;h unfortunately it \va^< not secured,
it is pi'obable that ab. criUlwelli occurs in that locality regularly but
very sparingly.

Norden, Corfe Castle :

Heptemher 'oth, 1907.

IDIOCERUS SCURRA, Gbkm. : A Sl'EOlES OF ROMOPTERA NEW
TO THE BRITISU LIST.

BY E. A. BUT LEU, B. Sc, F. E. S.

1 am glad to be abbs to announce the addition of this fine species
to ihe list of British Ildinuptcra. J)uring the latter j)art of Septem-
ber 1 took a number of s|)ecimens on some Lombardy poplars growing
on a piece of waste land atljoining my garden. Mature examples of
both sexes were found, but some s|)ecimens were still nymphs even at
so late a date. /. scurra is pretty generally distributed in the Palse-
arctic province, having been recorded from almost all the countries of
the continent, except Scandinavia, as well as from the Caucasus,
Turkestan, and 'I'unis. It is said to occur on Snlix and Populus from
April to October. It is easily distinguished from our other British
exponents of the genus by its strongly rugose fore-parts. The ? is
also a larger and more robust insect. The antennae of the ^ lack the
OTal plate which characterises so many species of the genus. In the
list of species /. scurrn is placed at the head of the genus. The
following description will enable the species to be recognised: —

Crown, frons and pronotuiu in both sexes strongly rugose transversely.

$ dirty brownish-yellow, with a variable amount of black markings. Frons
with an irregular dark streak between the eyes, which, however, is often indistinct.
Scutellum with a black triangle in each basal angle, and a forked black spot between
them. Veins of the elytra sometimes marked with black streaks at irregular in-
tervals, often almost concolorous. The transverse vein sometimes makes with the
adjacent parts of the brachial and tiie lower branch of the cubital a distinct
black H- Apex of the anal vein white. Abdomen black above, yellowish beneath.
Legs pale, tibiae outwardly with a black stripe.

$ of a uniform rust-brown colour, without black markings. Traces of irregular
yellowish spots on the pronotum. Apex of anal vein white. Abdomen above black,
beneath pale yellow. Other varieties of coloration are described from continental
specimens, but mine are all as above. Length, 6^ — 7j mm.

Kab. : Lombardy poplar. Crouch End, London.

I have to thank Mr. James Edwards for kindly confirming my

identification of this species.

56, Cecile Park, Crouch End, N. :
October 8th, 1907.

246 [November,

DESCRIPTION OF A NEW GENUS AND SPECIES OF CICADID.^
FROM SOUTH AFRICA.

BY W. L. BIST ANT. F. E. S.

Subfam, TIBICININ^.

Division MELAMPSALTARIA.

BTJYISA, gen. nov.

(? . Vertex traiisvcvso, longer than front, with throe hmgitudinal Tiirrows, in-
cliuiing i-yes a little hroader tlian pronotum ; head beneath broadly trniitiversc
bi-tween eyes, the face prominent, subgloboso ; pronotum about as long as vertex
and front togetlier, the lateral margins nearly straight, tiie posterior angles mode-
rately produced outwardly ; mesonotum longer than pronotum, its disc moderately
convex ; abdomen as long as space between the apes of head and base of cruciform
elevation ; tympana entii-ely exposed ; opercula transverse, not meeting medially
nor extending beyond the base of abdomen ; abdomen beneath with the lateral
margins laminatcly produced and strongly deflected, the basal segment prominent;
rostrum reaching the intermediate coxte ; tegmina short and broad, only about
twice as long as broad, costal margin arched, a little sinuate near ba^e, bases of lower
vein to radial area and upper vein to lower ulnar area fused, apical areas short,
broad, and only seven in number ; wings with five apical areas.

Allied to Pauropsnlta by the wings possessing five apical areas,
but differing from all the other allied genera of Melampsaltaria by
the tegmina, which possess only seven short, broad, apical areas.

BUTISA UMTATj;:, sp. n.

<J. Body above black ; vertex with a longitudinal ochraceous spot between the
ocelli, which are red ; pronotum with the lateral and posterior margins and a central
longitudinal line obscui'ely ochraceous ; mesonotum with two central longitudinal
fasciae, its lateral margins, the angles of the cruciform elevation and the basal margin
of the metanotum ocliraceous ; abdomen above with the segmental margins greyish
pilose, the lateral areas of the segmental margins and two spots on both the apical
segment and the anal appendage, testaceous ; body beneath and legs pale ochraceous ;
face excluding basal spot and lateral margins, space between face and eyes, spots to
coxae, streaks to femora, apex of rostrum, metasternum, and a central longitudinal
fascia to abdomen, black ; extreme lateral margins of abdomen reddish -ochraceous ;
tegmina and wings hyaline, the venation mostlj' ochraceous, tegmina with the costal
area ochraceous, the post-costal vein black.

Long. excl. tegm. $ , 10 mm. Exp. tegm. 25 mm.

Kah. : South Africa ; Trauskei, Buntingville near Umtata (Miss
F. Barrett, Brit. Mus.).

'J'he type of this species was collected by Miss Barrett, and pre-
sented to the Museum by the late C. (J. Barrett.

Steine House, Sulliurst Road,

South Norwood, S.E. :
October Qlh, 1907.

1907. 1 247

HELP-NOTES TOWARDS THE DETERMINATION OF ItRITISH
TENTHltEDINID.E, &c. (20).

MY TlIK UEV. F. 1) MORICE, M.A., F.E.S.

BLENNOCAMPIDES fconUnuedJ == SCO LION EUR A to FEN ELLA.

SCOLIONEUBA, Kuw.

The three species of Scolioneura kuown to me as British are
nana, Kl., bcAulcti, Kl., and vicina ,\\\\\v . Nana is easily tlistiiiguislicd
hy its white tej^iihc and edj^es of pronotimi, its black and white legs
(the hind femora entirely black), and by a dusky bund, which in fresh
specimens at least is tolerably distinct, crossing the wings from the
stigma downwards. It is also a rather smaller species than the other
two. In hetuleti and vicina the tegulse are black, the legs (including
the hind femora) are testaceous, and the wings unhanded. These two
latter species are certainly very similar, and are probably mixed in
most collections, but the wings in vidua are clear hyaline, while they
are slightly but distinctly brownish in betuleti. The antenna} also
look more slender in vicina. The latter is probably the species
described by Stephens as Sidandria fenuicornis, which cannot be the
tenuicornis of King, but I am unable to identify it in Mr. Cameron's
work, unless it is included in his Bl. hetideti.

Entodecta, Knw.
Of this genus I have one British specimeji from North Wales,
which has been determined for me by Herr Konow as ^.i«h2«7j«6', Kl.
It is a very small black insect with whitish legs and tegula), and much
resembles a Fenusa — having the division between the 1st and 2nd
cubital cells practically obliterated as in that genus — but the cubitus
itself is quite normal, not bent at a sharp angle as is the case with
genuine Fenusa spp. (See my Table of Generic Characters.) Mr.
Cameron describes several species under Fenuna which are unknown
to me, and perhaps this may be among them. But the synonymy of
these small Blennocampids is a subject with which I am not prepared
to grapple, and I therefore refrain from offering conjectures which
might only make confusion worse confounded.

MONOPHADNUS, Htg.

This genus (omitted from my Table of Generic Characters by an
oversight for which 1 have already apologized) contains such of the
Blennocampids as combine the following characters : («) cheeks very
short, {b) 1st cubital n. distinct, (c) two median (recurrent) nn. received
in different cells, {d) no separate " prassterna," and (e) hind-wings

248 [November,

with one enclosed medial ci'll. Tlic species are of medium size
(about 5 — () mill, long.), and the only three known to mo for certain
as British are all black-bodied insects. The most common of these is
probably albipes, but none of them are rare.

SYNOPTIC TABLE OF BRITISH MONOPHADNUS spp.

1. Fourth joint of antennae about lialf as long as the third. Radial n. in fort'-

wing remote from 3rd cubital n. (Legs wiiite and black, with black hind
femora) aliipes, Guiel.

— Fourth joint of ant. quite two-thirds of the length of the third. Radial n. in

fore-wing nearly or quite interstitial 2.

2. Pronotum, tegubr, and at least the greater part uf the hind tibiae black...

genicuhdus, Illg.

— Pronotum, teguhe, and hind tibifc yellowish rujicruris, Bridle.

These speciea are all described under the same names by Mr.
Cameron. The genicuhitus of Htg. {B. qeniculata, C.) is not to be
confounded with (/eniculata, Steph. 'I'he latter is Mr Cameron's
B. aJternipen, and is not a Monophndnus, but a true Blennocampa.
8ee my last i)aper.

PSEUDODINEUKA, Kuw.

This genus was established by Konow in 1S85 for the reception
of certain species previously classed as Nematids, but excluded from
that group as he defines it, by their short cheeks, and by the imperfect
development of a "humerus "in the hind-wing. The only British
species known to me is/uscula, Kl., of which I have specimens from
Dr. Capron's collection determined for me by Konow, but there are
probably others belonging to it among the species referred by Mr.
Cameron to Dineura. The latter author's Dineura despecta is, perhaps,
but according to Konow, "not certainly," identical w\th fuscula : it
seems not to be the despecta of Htg., which belongs to Konow's
genus Mesoneura.

Kaliosyspiiinga, Tischb.

The species referred by Konow to this genus form a part of tho.-<e
included by Cameron in Fenusa. I possess British specimens of
three species, viz. : ulmi, Sundev., duhrni, Tischb., and me/anopoda,
Cam. (= nigricans, Thoms.), but will defer their tabulation till the
end of the {)resent paper. The generic characters of KdJiosysphinga
have been given already — it differs from Fenusa {sec. Knw.) in two
points of neuration, in the fore-wing the humeral area has a decep-
tive appearance of being " contracted," and in the hind-wing the
" humerus " (as in Pseudodineura) is imperfectly developed or even
entirely wanting.

Fenusa, Leach.

^nly know for certain two British species of this genus. Mr.

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Cameron gives eight, but. ais has been said above, his Fenusa includes
the species referred by Konow to Kaliosysphinga. My two are
pygmcea, KI. (from coll. Caproii), and nigricans, Kl. (== befulce, C, .),
given to me by Mr. McLachlan. See the Table following.

Fenella, Westw.

I have several specimens of one species, which has been deter-
mined for nie by Ilerr Konow as nigrita. Fenella westwoodi, C, is
unluiown to me, and Konovi^ has remarked that the description does
not show why the author refers it to Fenella ratber than to Fenusa.

The above four genera, though amply distinguished by the
characters pointed out by Konow, consist of species which are super-
ficially very similar, and I believe it will be most convenient for my
readers if I tabulate such of the insects included in tlitm as are
known to me together. They are all very small and dark insects,
with black bodies, and a length which seldom exceeds and otten falls
considerably short of 3 mill. Most, if not all, are leaf-miners ; and 1
believe they are generally pretty common, though 1 have not often
come across them in my own collecting — i)robably because I hardly
ever "sweep." All the species tabulated have been determined for
me by Herr Konow ; so that, though my list is no doubt very im-
perfect, it can be relied upon as accurate so far as it goes.

SYNOPTIC TABLE OF BRITISH PSEUDODINEURA, FENUSA, &c.

1. Ilind-wing with t.\o closed cells (cubiUl and medial), but no " huuiorus "

(genus Pseudodineura, Knw.). Tlie only species known to me for certain as
British is Pseudodineura fuxcula, Kl.

— Ilind-wing with no closed cubital or medial cell 2.

2. Ilind-wing without humerus. Fore-wing with humerus approaching so closely

to the brachius that the humeral area, though really " petiolate," appears
" contracted " (genus Kaliosysphinga, Tischb.) 3.

— Hind-wing with humerus. Fore-wing with its humeral area simply " petiolate,"

no appearance of being " contracted " ^•

3. Radial n. received in front of the second cubital n... Kal. uiiiii, Sundw,

— Radial n. received beyond the second cubital n 4.

4. Fourth antennal joint scarcely longer and a little thinner than the second, the

third longer by quite a half than the fourth A', dohrni, Tischb.

-• Fourth antennal joint evidently longer and almost thicker than the second, the
third hardly longer by a half than the fourth. A slightly larger species than
the last, and with darker wings -^- melanopoda, Cam.

5. Antennsewith more than 10 joints ..Fenella niffrita, Westw.

— Antennae with 9 or 10 joints (genus Fenusa, lieacli) 6.

6. Smaller. Legs white and black, with black hind femora F. pygmxa, Kl.

— Larger. Legs, including the hind femora, yellowish F. nigricans, Kl.

(To be continued) .

250 [November,

A note on the habitx of Choleva watsoni, Spence. — This evening I captured
on a window wliat I thought might be a hirgo Colon, but it turned out to be
ChoJeva wat-soni, Spenee. When examining it in the bottle witli a low-power
lens, I was fortunate enough to observe it in the act of cleaning itself. This jjroved
to be sueli an interesting process that I watclied it for some time on several occa-
sions. The beetle cleans the whole of its upper surface (except the head and tlie
extreme apex of the elytra) witii the middle tibi:e and tarsi, each tarsus passing a
little over the median line. It first "licks" one front tarsus for a short time ; it
then rubs this tarsus over the inner surface of the middle tibia and tarsus of the
same side. The middle tibia is (hen turned up right over the back from behind
forwards so that the inner or concave surface of the tibia and the inner edge of tlie
tarsus come into contact with the back, tiio libia matching pei-fectly tiie convexity
of the elytra. The leg is then moved forwards and backwards, reacliing almost to
the apex of the elytra, and as far forward as the anterior edge of the thorax,
which is moved slightly over to that side. One; would hardly have supposed this
latter position possible, and it certainly looks a wonderful acrobatic performance.
The apex of the elytra is cleaned by the hind tibiuo after the '■ saliva " lias been
carefully rubbed on to them from the middle tibiae. The head is cleaned by the
anterior tarsi, whether the dorsal or palmar surface 1 could not ascertain for certain,
but I believe the former. Sometimes the beetle appears to lick the middle tarsi,
but I am not certain of this. On examination under the microscope I find the
inner aspect of the middle tibiaj is very densely p.ibescent.- -Nokman il. JoY,
Bradfield, Berks: Octoher Ixt, 1907.

Cryptofhagas .subdeprefisus, GylL, cj*c., in Surrey. — To the locality for C. sub-
depressus — introduced as British by Dr. Joy in the last No. of this Magazine, on
two examples captured by himself in Ross-shire on August 4th last— 1 can adil
Woking, one specimen taken on the wing, amongst pines, on August 20th 1905, and
Guildford, two specimens, beaten from spruce firs, on August 5th last. During the
present month (October) Mr. J. J. Walker and I have obtained several others on
the same trees near Guildford. As noted by Dr. Joy, the species is mainly recog-
nisable by the very dense fine puncturation of the elytra. Thomson compares C.
subdepressus with Micrambe abletis, Payk., on account of its slender legs and short
fine pubescence, and the two examples taken by myself on August 5th were supposed
to be that insect at the time of capture. These same spruce firs have also yielded
C. dentatus, Herbst, Micrambe vini, Panz., Melanophfhalma similata, Gyll., sparingly,
and 3J. gibbosa, lierbst, and M.fuscula, Hum., commonly, Uromius meridionalii,
Dej., D. 4:-maculatus, L., D. 4-noiatus, Panz., and L>. melanocep/ialus, Dej., Cryphalus
abietis, Ratz., Cardiastetkus fasciiventris. Garb., Miarophysa pselaphiformis , Curt.,
and M. eleganlula, Baer., Podisus luridus, F., Acanthowma hasinorrhoidale, L , and
Jassus mixtus, F. The various specimens referred to 31. similata are separable
froui M.fuscula by their smaller size, less transverse, more coarsely punctate pro-
thorax, and coarsely punctate-striate elytra, with the alternate interstices raised
towards the base ; and from M. gibbosa by the deep fovea on the prolhorax, &c.
Among the Coleoptera observed at Woking since the publication of my last note
(anted, p. 135), the following are worth recording : — lihizophagus voeruleipennis ,
8ahlb., another specimen, taken on the wing, by my son, on May i:7th, on the same

1907.] 251

spot wliere tlio first was captured on May 12th ; Abdera hifasciata, Marsli., one
specimen, on August 1st, swept up under an oak ; Anchomenus verxuius, Gryll., in
numbers in August, seen for tlie first time here ; Stenus incrassatiis, Er., not
rare ; Acrognathus mandibularis, Gyll., very rarely this season, tliere having been
but few suitable evenings for it to take flight.— G. C. CuAMPioN, Horsell, Woking :
October 14th, 1907.

Ocypus cyaneus, Pat/k., in Scotland. — I captured a fine male of this rare species
when collecting with my friend Dr. David Sharp, near Grrantown on-Spey, in June
of this year. A few days later Canon Cruttwell and Dr. Sharp took BradyceUus
placldus, Gryll., not uncommonly in tiie same locality. O. cyaneus is, I believe, new
to Scotland. — Thos. G. Bishop, Beattock House, Beattock, N.B. : Oct. 11th, 1907.

Coleoptera in North Wales. — Some notes on a few days' collecting in North
Wales last June may be of interest to Coleopterists. The weatiier throughout my
stay was very cold and wet, and insects generally were very scarce, but partly to
make up for this, several good things turned up. Most of my time was spent in
the neighbourhood of Barmouth. There is a good stretch of high saudliills here,
and Cicindela maritima. Dej., is quite common in one or two places A dead speci-
men of ^gialia rufa. P., also occurred, along with Uyxchir 111.1 nitidiis, Dej., and
Bledim atricapillus. Germ. An old gull's wing produced, among other things,
what I think must have been Arena octavii, Fauv., but as both specimens were
carried off by the terrific gale blowing at the time, I cannot say definitely whether
it was this species or not. Mr. Attlee has a record from this district (Ent. Rec,
xix, 'J4). Cassida sangv.inolenta, F., was swept from a ditch bordering the sandhills,
and Phyllotreta sinuata, Steph., from waste herbage by the side of the road. Tliere
are some extensive woods along the base of tlie hills a mile or two inland, and (rom
thistles growing in a very marshy spot in one of these woods 1 got a number of
Larinus carlinx, 01., most of them were, however, very worn. Calosoma inquisitor,
L., occurred near by ; Melasoma seneum, L., was common on alders growing on the
banks of a mountain torrent ; Clythra 4-punctata, L., and Apoderus coryli, L.,
occurred on hazel ; and one of my most welcome finds, Cryptocephalus bipunctatus,
var. lineola, F., was taken on the outskirts of the wood. Donacia impressa, Pk.,
was fairly abundant on some tall grass, but was very local, all the specimens I saw
being within a length of a few yards. Chrysomela faduosa. Scop., occurred near
the same place. The hills behind the woods rise to an elevation of some 2500 feet.
Carabux glabratas, Vk., is to be found in several localities here, usually running
among the heatlier during the daytime, and in 1904 I took in the same district two
specimens of (!. violaceu.i, var. exasperatus, Duft. Phyllopertha horficola, L., was
in swarms everywhere, from halfway up the hills right down to the shore ; I could
have taken any number of it. A day on Snowdon produced very little besides
Megacromts inciinans, Gt., (rom under a. stone not very far from the summit. —
P. H. Jackson, "Dumfries," 112, Balham Park Road, S.W. : October 1st, 1907.

Coleoptera in the Highlands.— During the month of June this year 1 was in
Scotland, and able to get some collecting, first at Braemar and afterwards at

252 I November,

Aviernori". Considering tho ungenial character of the season, and tlie almost total
absence of bright sunshine, the results obtained were far from unsatisfactory,
except that the insects were individually not numerous, even usually connnon
species being scantily represented. The specimens have been submitted to the
inspection of Commander Walker and Mr. W. Holland, to whose great kindness
I am indebted for the determination of several puzzling forms. I subjoin a list of
the principal captures in the hope that it may interest the readers of the Magazine.
(A ^ Aviemore ; B ^ Braemar).

Elaphrus lapponicux, Miscodera arc/ica, Amara alpina, Sotiophilus aquaticux,
Ci/ckrus rostratus, Patrohits as-iimilis, all on the highest slope of Mount Marronc,
at nearly 3000 feet elevation. Bradycellux cognatus, harpalinux, and similis,
Patrobus excavatu.t, Amara bifrona and aulica, Calathun melanocephalun, v. nubi-
gena, and C. micropterim, on the lower slopes of the same mountain, close to
Braemar. By the river side, Amphigt/nuH piceus, Bembidium andrese (anglicanum.
Sharp), atrovaeruhum, nitidultim, and bruxellense, Ualiplus fulvus, Hydroporus oh-
sciirus and umbronix, Agabus stunnii, Plafambus maculafti.t (v. immaculatus'^ , Ogri-
nus tiatator, a very conspicuous and beautiful form, and G. minutus, and Philydrus
melanocephafus. Among the fir trees, Tachinus elongatus, Quedius brevicornis ?
and xanthopus, and Quedionuchus laevigatun, lihizophagus dispar and parallel ocoUi.y,
Sinodendron cylindrlcum, and several larvae from which I have since bred Rhagium
inquisitor. On the pathways at Braemar, Silpha nigrita, a large dark brown
variety which seems peculiar to Scotland, Choleva trisfis; and among brushwood,
Limonius cylindricus, Telephorus obscurus, paludosus, and peJlucidus, lihagongcha
limbata and elongata, Helodes marginata, Zeugophora turneri (on d>pon). Besiiles
these, the following deserve notice: — Geodrnmicus nigrita, M., Lest eva ,iharpi,B.,
Philonthns proxiinu.i, A., P. carbonarius, A., Cryptohypnus maritimus and dermes-
toides, A., Melanotux rujipes and viir. castanipes, (very large), A., Corymbites
quercus, B., C. imprexsuf; , A., Pogoiiochcerux fascicular is, A , Tetratoma ancora, A.,
Clinocara tetratoma, B., Salpingus castanev.x. A., Anaspis fiava and rufilabris. A.,
Rhinomacer nt.tel aboides and Magdalis duplicata, both on stacked fir logs, together
with commoner species. Otiorrhynchus miurus and muscorum. A., O. septentriunis
and nionticola at botli localities ; Pisxodes pini and notatus, A., Tychiiis nenustus
with Apion striatum and Phytodecta olivacea on flowers of broom, A., Pityogenes
quadridens. A., Miarus plaritarum, B. I have been surprised to find some of thi^
above species so far north ; and, as my experience was the same with regard to
several Micro- Lepidoptera, I cannot help thinking that more complete local lists
for the northern parts of our islani.1 would reveal a much more general distribution
of many genera and species than is commonly recognised. Though neither Hraemar
nor Aviemore are probably as rich in this Order as Nelhy Bridge, it is evident from
the above record, which represents ;i fortnight at e.acli locality, that there is abun-
dant material for an assiduous Coleopterist.* I noted the number of specie.'!
observed during tho whole period, and found it 199. — C. T. Ckuttwell, Ewelme
Rectory, Wallingford, Berks. : September 30tk, 1907.

Hydrsena longior, Rey, in North Wales. — In view of the recent introduction
of this species to the British list by Mr. Newbery, it may be of interest to record

Cf. Ent. Mo. Mag., x, p. 158 ; xi, pp. 63, 64 ; xiii, pp. Ill, 112.— G. C. C.

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its occurrence at Llanberis. 1 find I look a male there several years ago, probablj
from the wet moss ill the river noar the watorfall. Tliis sex can readily be rlistin-
guishcd by tlic very distinct angular diliitatioii of the posterior tibise ; the female I
should imagine it would be rather difficult to separate from some forms of H.
riparia, Kug. — W. E. Sharp, South Norwood : October Qth, 1007.

Coleoptera in Surrey and iTart^?. —Among my captures during the past spring
and summei — and to some extent making up for a very poor season's work — are :
Odontitis mobiliccrnis, F. ; this specimen caused groat consternation at a tennis
party a( Woking by alighting on a fair player ; luckily for me a friend (who knows my
" eccentricity ") captured the insect and presented it to me. HaUomenus humeralis,
Panz., this I took as it was running on a cement path in my garden. Csenopns
fixsirostris, Walt., this I obtained by sweeping at Lyndhurst in June. When at
Lyndhurst Mr. Tate, Jun., gave me a specimen of Pissodes notatus, F., in splendid
condition, which he had taken in the Forest. Callidinm variabile, L., a very small
ppecimen was obtained at Petersfield.— Lewis F. Barton, The Retreat, Guildford
Road, Woking : September 26th, 1907.

Peritrechiis gracilicornis, Put., and other Hemipfera and Coleoptera in the Isle
of Wiffht. —Whiht collecting Tlemiptera in the Isle of Wight during the first
fortnight in August, I had the good fortune to find a specimen of Peritrechus graci-
licornis. Put., on Pan Down, near Newport. The insect might easily be passed
over in the field as P. geniculatus, as the differences are mainly comparative, the
chief being the somewhat larger size and the thinner antennae of _5rrae«7Jco.-»«. This
capture is interesting as being the second British record of the species, the only
other being by the late Mr. Douglas many years ago at Hastings. Other interesting
species which occurred to me were Sehirus morio, L., several larvse in a gravel pit
on St. George's Down, near Newport ; Neides tipularius, L., in the same place ;
Nabis boops, Schiodto, under heath in Parkliurst Forest ; Brachi/steles parincornis,
Cost., running on the damp ground amongst scantily growing rushes at Totland
Bay ; Calocoris seticornis, F., several by sweeping long grass, &c., on the cliffs of
Sandown Bay ; C. ticinensis, Mey., in Rookley Wilderness. On examining a num-
ber of specimens of Orthotylus marginalis, Rent., chiefly from the neighbourhood of
Freshwater, I find that the g of this species has the basal joint of the antennae
dark at the base, and sometimes almost entirely infuscate. Mr. Edward Saundei*s,
whose attention I called to this, has asked me to point out the necessary modification
that must be made in the description of this species in his " Hemipt.-IIeteropt. of
Brit. Is.," where it is stated that the basal joint is pale in both sexes : this should
apply only to the ? .

Amongst the Homoptera the most interesting were Oliarus leporinus, L., in a
salt marsh at Yarmouth ; Cixius scofti, Edw., Sandown Bay ; Ledra aurita, L., a
very young larva in Parkhurst Forest ; Pediopsis nanus, H.-S., and Stictocoris
pretfssleri, H.-S., on Freshwater Down ; Deltocephalus strii/rons, Kb., on Pan
Down. In the salt marshes at Yarmouth I also found a number of specimens of a
doubtful Athysanus, which is near obsoletiis, Kb., but differs from inland examples
of that species in having a longer and more pointed crown, and a differently marked
frons. This form is ill under investigation by Mr. Jas. Edwards.

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Amongst Coleoptera the most interesting captures were Drifpta dentata, Ross.,
by sweeping long grass on the cliffs of Sandown Bay, and Aphanisticus emarginatus,
F., by sweeping rushes in Parkhurst Forest, the locality where Mr. Donisthorpe
originally discovered the species. — E. .1. nuTLEii, 56, Ceeile Park, Crouch End :
Ootober Uh, 1907.

Formica exsecta, Ni/L, in the Isle of Wight. — While collecting Hemiptera in
Parkliurst Forest, I. W., I took occasionally a number of red-headed ants, without
paying particular attention to them at the time, but hoping that F. sanguinea
might be amongst them. On reaching homo and examining them with the aid of
books and collections, I was delighted to find amongst them a $ of Formica exsecta
Nyl. This is a new locality for this rare species, which has previously been recorded
only from Bournemouth and a few other places in the South of England. I have
to thank Mr. Edward Saunders for kindly confirming my identification. — Id.

Lepidoptera from street lamps, Sfc, at Ouildford and Woking. — My brother
and I have spent much of our spare time this year in searching the street lamps for
Lepidoptera at Guildford and Woking. The former place was worked more
thoroughly, but only during the day, and among the species secured there many are
worth mentioning. Tlie P.^eudo- Bombyces were particularly well represented, the
following having been found in or on the lamps :— Dicranura furcula, L., and D.
bifida, Hb., one of each, D. vinula, L., fairly common ; Pterostoma palpina, L.,
several ; Lophopieryx cameiina, L., rare ; Notodonta dictsea, L., almost abundant,
N. dictwoides, Ksp., one of each sex, N. ziczac, L., N. trepida, Esp., singly, N.
ehaonia, Hb., tliree J <? , two 9 ? ; Phalera hucephala, L, was of course common,
whilst of Pygxra curtula, L., only two were obtained. In addition to these one
Notodonta dromedarius, L., and two N. trimacula, Esp., were found by friends on
the same lamps. Otlier species whieli were captured in this way are Agroti.i cinerea,
Hb., fairly common, as many as three in one lamp, between May 29th and June
18th; J/eMei.f ynrteria, Curt., one specimen on April 15th; Aplecta tincta,^Ya\\m.,
Xanthia gilvago, Esp., several, and a fine variety of Catocala nupta, L., with tlie
red of the hind-wings replaced by dark lilac-brown. At Woking one specimen
each of Notodonta trepida, N. ehaonia, and iV. dictxoides were taken at the lamps.
Fnnomos fuscantaria. Haw., both sexes in about equal numbers, and F. alniaria,
L., only males, were fairly common in both localities.

Of the species obtained by other methods the following perhaps are noteworthy :
Cirrhnedia xerampelina, lib., two on ash trunks drying their wings, and several dead
ones in the lamps, Guildford ; Diaiithoecia nana, Rott., in some numbers on a fence
near a dense growth of Silene inflata, Guildford ; Oeonietra papilionaria, L., and
Eupithecia debiliata, Hb. (which is not included in Mr. Goss's list for Surrey), both
bred, the first mentioned from Woking, the latter from near Guildford : Xanthia
aurago, F., on ivy bloom with X. gilvago, Esp., Guildford ; Toxocampa pastinum,
Tr., one at Ilorsley, with ])lenty of Lycxna minima, Fuess., and Nemeobins lucina,
L. ; and finally, one Tethea retusa, L., on the canal bank at Woking. — H. G.
Champion, Horsell, Woking : October lOth, 1907.

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Capture of Orthosia ocellarin, Boric., and other species at Cambridge, Sec— A.
sjjecimen of Orthosia ocellarii, Bork., was taken by mp on a street lamp in Cambridge
on September 16th last. Some of the following records may also be of interest : —
AporophyJa nigra, Hw , on a Cambridge street lamp, 25.9.07 ; T have not heard of
this species being taken here before, though A. lutulenta is somewhat common.
Orthosia gihago, Esp., this species has been very abundant this autumn in Cam-
bridge and district ; one night a friend and I counted over 70 at light, there being
no less than ten in and on one lamp. Heliothis dipsaeea, L., one at light at Cambridge
in July ; one at light, Wicken Fen, August 9th. Hadena ophiogramma, Esp., one
at Shelford, near Cambridge, 20.6.06. Deilephila llneata, F., one at Shelford, 3.8.05,
hovering over lavender. Sfnuropun fagi, L , an imago at rest on palings, Q-og Magog
Hills, 5.7.07 ; a few larvce can be found most years, but T have not heard of the perfect
insect being taken here before. Hnmoensoma sinnella, F., I find this species quite
common on the chalk all over the district ; why is it reputed to be a coast species ?
Energexfis ex/imalis, Sc, two specimens at liglit, Cambridge, during July. Pammene
ochseiiheimeriaiia, Z., Devil's Ditch, near Newmarket, May, 1905, Cambridge, June,
19l)6. Parasia neuroptereUa, Z., Barton Ilills, Beds., 22.8.07. Aristofelia litci-
della, Stph., swarmed in one corner of large lake in Epping Forest, 2.8.07. Mompka
stephensi, St., Richmond Park, 5.9 07. Nepticula fulgens , St., Shelford, Cambridge.
Ochsenheimeria vacctilel/a, F. R., common on the oak trunks in Richmond Park,
5.9.07 ; most of the specimens were in bad condition.

Mr. A. J. Wilmott, of St. John's College, Cambridge, asks me to mention also the
following -.—Orthosia .rerampelina, Hb., ten at light, Cambridge, during September.
Senta maritima, Tausch, one at light, Cambridge, August, 1907. Spilodes pnleaHn,
Schiff., same as last species. ChryaocUsta linneella, CI., locally common at Cam-
bridge this year.— F. W. Edwards, Penwith, Hills Road, Cambridge: October
Cdh, 1907.

Lepidoptera in Glenshian, Inverness-shire, in July, 1907. — Having in pi-evious
years seen moths in abundance at Glenshian, between Fort William and Mahiig,
Inverness-shire, I was induced to take Mr. A. Noakes witli me this year, who gave
me valuable assistance at light and sugar ; and having enlisted my chauifeiir in our
cause, we took long motor drives .-it night to the various hillside woods between the
first two-named places, and with the aid of tlie strong acetylene motor lamps worked
amongst the trees ; many moths followed the light to the road, where they were
duly captured.

The first ten days of July were so wet that very few butterflies were seen ; and
judging by the bareness of Lochailort, and what the natives told us, it is not a good
locality for them. We were surprised at the number of moths found. The one
that gave the most trouble to catch was Ckelonia plantaginis. We landed from the
yacht on Goat Island, on the afternoon of July 2l8t, and saw some half-dozen
darting about at a great pace in the sunshine, too fast to see what they were : we
took eight that afternoon, and two days later about twenty specimens.

Thecla rubi was just over on our first day's visit, only a few very ragged speci-
mens were taken. Pieris napi was fairly plentiful, of P. brassicn- and ra/ta; only a
few, Argynnis selene plentiful, A. aglaia many, but most difficult to capture ;

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amongst those taken was one very fine variety of the 9 : Vanessa nrtiae very
plentiful in larval state, Epinf-phele janira in large quantities, many males almost
black ; E. hyperanthus, Chortobius davus and C. pam]-ihilus, Parnrge megsera and
Polyommatus icarus were the only other butterflies taken ; we saw one " Skipper."

Zygsena filipenduls', Halias prasinana, Nemeophila russula, Clielonia planta-
ginis, on Goat Island only. On the 15th the first Phragmatobia fuligivosaappenred,
Arclia luhricipeda and A. menthastri several, with two of the var. ochracea of the
latter, Hepialus huinuli were very plentiful, H. liectus, vclle'la, and sylvinus only a
few. Diapliora mendica, Loplioptcryx camelina and Lfiiocainpa dictxa only one of
each. Lasiocnmpa qurrcus and Odonestis potatoria, only a few worn specimens.

On the 5lh we took the first Tliyatira hatis at sugar; on later dates the same
was taken at sugar and light ; at which we also took Acronycta lp.porina, A. menyan-
thidis, A. psi, A. rumicis, Leucania pudorina, Xylophasia Uthoxylca, X. hepatica,
Mamestra persicarise, Apamea basilinea, Agrotis strigula, Noctua plecta, N. ditrapez-
ium, N. brunnea, N. festivd, Triphsena comes, var. curtisii, Nxnia typica, Amphipyra
tragopogonis, Euplexia lucipara, Hadena dentina, H. adusto, H. nleracea, H. dis-
similis, H. pisi, H. rectilinea, H. thalassina, H. chenopndii, Cucullia umhratica,
Plusia i^-aureum, Caradrina quadri punctata, var. cnhicularis, Habrnstola tripartita,
Rusina tenebrosa, HydreUa unca, Cyniatnphora or, CerastU vaccinii. Many of the
Noctuse are much darker specimens than are found in the south of England.

Amongst the Qeometrse, Metrocampa margarifata was the most plentiful, many
beautiful specimens wei-e taken ; Geometra papilionaria , about a dozen in the most
lovely condition, these were taken about the 20th ; Rumia cratxgata, Arnphidasys
betularia, and CrncaUis eliriguaria, only a very few. On one hillside on the Fort
William road, far away from any garden or cottage, Abraia'^ grn^sulariata came to
light in qunntities. Thi.i was the only place where we saw this insect.

Carnptograinina bilineata, in quantity and great variety, especially on Goat
Island. CidaTM fulvatn, C. immanata, Hupalus piniaria, Boarmia repandati,
Zonnsoma porata, Asthena sylvata, Cabera pusaria, Lanntia olivata, Acidalia aver-
sata, A. J'umata, llypsipetes sordidata, Anaitis plagiata, Selidosema ericetaria, Venusia
cambricaria, E»nnelesia albulata, Fidonia atomaria, Melanthia ocellala, Mclanippe
montanata, M. tristata, Eupithecia pimpinellata, Ennychia oclomarulata. Botys
fuscalis, HydrocampjL nyniplneata.

We did not collect many of the Pyrales or Micro- Lepidoptera. — James J.
JoiCET and A. Noakes, 62, Finchley Road, N.W. : October 1st, 1907.

Micro- Lepidoptera in the Highlands. — After an interval of two years I spent
my annual holiday in June among the Grampians, first at Braemar and then at
Aviemore, in the liope of doing something among the Micro- Lepidoptera. My
experiences of the weather were no less unfavourable than those of workers in
the south. During four weeks we had not a single day with three consecutive
hours of sunshine, and for most of the time a leaden sky and a persistent cold
drizzle made collecting a truly vexatious enjoyment. The latenesis of the season,
however, enabled me to sec one or two interesting insects, which would otherwise
have been over, e.g., Anarta melanopa and Fidonia carbonaria, both on the bare

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summit of a mountain nearly 3000 foot in lioiglit, flying over tlie stones and seanty
lichen, in a keen wind, wliicli seemed to have no terrors for these hardy moths.
Lower down Hadena glauca was found sparingly on posts, whenever the sun
appeared, and one specimen of Iliippn rficfi.linea. Euj)ilhecia indiqnfa occurred
among the firs, and satyrafa, nanatn, and vulgata among the heather and bushy
scrub. Platypterijx, lacertula, Demax cort/Ii, and Lohophora hfixapterata, were
beaten out of birch and alder, and Fidonia p'nilaria and atoinaria were in profusion.
I was surprised, on June 16th, to see two specimens of Chelonia rus.tula flying at
a considerable elevation at Braomar.

The following list of Micro- Lepidopfern from the same place, which, with
that of those from Aviemore, has been kindly verified and corrected by Mr. Eustace
Bankes, may prove of some interest: — Antithesia xororculana, Stigmonota eoniferana,
Cnephaxia pollfana, Oelechia wthiops, solutella, and ntrella, Inciirnaria pectinea,
Ornixhetulas, Gracilaria auroguttella, Argyrefsthia brockeella (unicolorous aberra-
tion), Oenerostoma piniaripUn, Coleophora murinipenneUa, LithocoUetix xpinolella,
Nepticula woolhopiella, Micropteryx purpurella and nlUonplla.

On June 22nd I moved on to Aviemore, where several interesting species were
obtained •. — Antithesia xororculana and sauciana var. staintoniann (two specimens),
Phlaeode.i tetraquetrana, Coccyx spleiididnJann, cosmophorana, and diMinctana, Stig-
monota cognatana, Eriopsela quadrana, Retinia pinivorana and resineUa, Opadia
funebrana, Euchromia mygindana and arbutella, Coccyx nemoriraga and vacci-
niana. Among the Tineina, 3Iicropteryx aUionella, Oelechia solutella (among
them a fine hoary-grey variety, of which two were seen, and one taken), streliciella,
politella, longicorni.t, proximella, ericetella, notatella, and ximilit var. conjinis,
Ornix loganella and hetulae, Coleophora juncicolella, Lithocolletix xpinolella, and
one much wasted Nepticula woolhopiella (?). The list is a scanty one, owing to
the weather ; but besides the fact of its including G. streliciella, II. -S., Mr.
Bankes informs me that four specimens of a Coleophora, three of which were
taken among Vaccinium oxycoccos, are probably C. marginatella, H.-S., a species
hitherto unknown in Britain. With the exception of the commonest species,
all these insects required careful looking for, and individual examples were few
and far between, so that I was unable to procure a full series of any of the rarer
kinds, but hope another year to remedy this defect. — C. T. Chttttwrll, Rwelme
Rectory, Wallingford : September, 1907.

Coleophora marginatella, H.-S. (?), in Scotland. — Among the many noteworthy
species and varieties of Scottish Lepidoptera that I have lately had the pleasure of
examining for Canon Cruttwell, a Coleophora, of which he secured, in June last, one
example amongst mixed herbage at Braemar, Aberdeenshire, and three others
amongst Vaccinium oxycoccos, at Aviemore, in the county of Inverness, is certainly
second to none in interest. Eealizing that it was distinct from all the species in the
British list, and being unable to reconcile it with any Coleophora described by the
continental authors at hand, I forwarded the specimens to Lord Walsingham, who,
after a vain search in his own collection and in those of Zeller and Hofmann, found
that they agreed well with the figure and description of C. marginatella, which was

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despriberl by Herrieli-Schiilfer [Syst. Bpar. Sehmet. Eur., v, PI. SO, f. fi83 (1854),
p 238 (185fi)], from a single iiuliviflunl taken in tlie Breispau (P.aden) and reeeived
from Reulti. Re therefore returned theni a^ probably vef(>rable to ninrginatfUn,
H.-S., but. in tbe absence of undoubted exponents of the latter for comparison, the
question, unfortunately, cannot be definitely settled at present.

In Staudinnrer and Rebel's " Catalo<j " (No. :'71'i), the latter author, followin£
Heincmann and Wocke [Schmet. Deutsch. u. d. Sehweiz, Tin., 557, No. 8fi3 (187fi)],
entered C. marfjixateUa, H.-S., as synonymous with C. alhico<.tena, T)up., but Lord
Walfiingham informs me that for some time past he has been aware that these two
species are distinct.

The followinf; deseri|)tion that I recently made from Canon Crutt well's four
examples of this Scottish Cohophora, of which the sexes are alike in colour, may
be of interest to t hose who study the Tineina : —

Exp. al., 12 — 14 mm.

Antennpe white, conspicuously ringed with fuscous ; basal joint somewhat
thickened, greyish-brown. Palpi externally greyish-brown, internally whitish.
Head and fhorar greyish-brown. Fore-winq.s- narrow, silky greyish-brown, with the
anterior two-thirds of the costa conspicuously and rather broadly white. J[ind-
?«/»7.v satiny dark grey. Abdomen dark grey. — Eustace R. Bankes, September 21.9/,
1907.

Tortrix ssemialhana, Gn., in Artjyleshire. — A note in Ent. Mo. Mag., October,
1907, p. 237, by Mr Porritt on this species, reminds me that I took T. semialbana
in July, 18.">7, near Lochgoilhead, Argyleshire. T have a note that specimens were
sent to Henry Doubleday on August 17th, and to R. F. Logan on August 21st, in
that year. My own examples may still be seen in the Hereford Free Library and
Museum. — T. A. Chapman, Betula, Reigate : October, 1907.

Oypo.ioma incarnana, Haw., ab. aJnefana, On., near Folkestone. — In July last
I cajitured a remarkably dark specimen of Oi/posoma incarnana. Haw., ab. alnetana,
Gn., at Eltham Park, near Folkestone. .4s I was at the tame unable to satisfactorily
identify the specimen in question, I submitted it to Dr. Rebel in Vienna, who stales
that the insect in question is undoubtedly ab. alnetana. Dr. Rebel writes me as
follows : — " The example, which is a male and very large, measuring 14 mm. in
expanse, is exceptionally dark, and shows but an extremely faint resemblance to the
type. The fore-wings have the first white fascia entirely darkened by scales of a
leaden greyish hue, while on the tcrmen tlie white is entirely absent. The ocellus
is very broad, and outlined on both sides with scales of a metallic leaden colour.
The costa beyond the middle and the apex are ferruginous, the hind-wings and
their cilia as well as the abdomen are very dark grey. The frons is whitish-grey,
and the antenna? white ringed." — W. Purdey, 129, Sea View Terrace, Folkestone :
October, 1907.

Aculeate ITijmenoptera at Holmioood, Surrey. — When recording in the
September Ent. Mo. Mag. the second occurrence in Great Britain (after an interval

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of seven years) of Pom/iilus sanguinolentus, I was rash enough to express tlie hope
of adding a furtlier note on the species at a later date. I have, however, been
unable to discover tlic insect again despite an exhaustive searcli. The only Aculeate
of marked rarity that has occurred here this season (apart from those recorded in
past years) has been a single $ of Crabro gonaijer. Prosopis cornuta and dilalata
have been out in fair numbers, and seem to frequent quite a large variety of flowers,
tiiough curiously enough I luive never yet found either on those of the bramble,
which is given in Mr. Saunders' work as a favourite. Before the Achillea was in
flower, both species were to be found on Marguerite daisies ; later, on Achillea, and
then in turn on iStellaria graininea and Achillea ptarmica. Ceratina turned up
again, but only a single ? . Stelis aterrima ( $ ) I took on Lotus corniciilatu.i, and
is the first of the species (or gcnus) I have seen on a flower of any sort. — C. H.
MORTIMEE, Ilolmwood : Septetnber, 1907.

[Since writing the above I have been intei'ested to find Crabro panzeri here in
an old sandpit. I rreonled a large colony of it from Streatham in 1894, and since
tlien have not seen it again, thougli I liiivc looked carefully for it every year].

Aculeate Hi/menoptera at Swanage, Dor.^et. — Dwr'mg a ten days' visit to
Swanage, last June, one or two interesting Aculeates turned up, but the weather
was of the worst for collecting. It is sixteen years since I recorded the rare
Andrena procima from this locality, and I was interested to find it again in pro-
fusion in its old haunt — a narrow cleft in the cliff, which it seems to have scrupu-
lously adhered to, since there was no sign of it elsewhere. ? s of Methoca
ichneumonides were also numerous on a small patch of cliff barelj' thirty yards in
length. Osmia spinulosa I met here for the first time, and also the rarer
leucomelaiia. This genus is not, I tliink, generally credited with being a flower-
loving one, yet both occurred on buttercup and dandelion ; while, in addition,
I found leucomelana visiting daisy, and spinulosa thistle. I was glad to get a good
series of one of tlie rare Nijssons, N. interruplun, the species being quite plentiful
during the very rare glimpses of sunshine. With the exception of Andrena iucens
and a (? and two ? s of Prosopis dilatata I saw nothing worthy of mention. — Id. :
September, 1907.

Wasps kil liny Rive Bees.— Y)\xr\x\g\sks\, August I witnessed three occurrences
of this. In the first instance a wasp settled on tlie ground near me, bearing a dead
hive bee, recently killed, and still moving. The wasp itself I failed to secure, but it
was eitiier t'expa germanica ov vulgaris: in both the other cases it was vulgaris.
In the first of these I captured the wasp as it flew off with the deceased bee. In
the second there were two wasps, one joining in the fight after it had been pro-
gressing for some time. I disturbed this discussion rather too soon, as having
netted the wasps, I found the bee bitten in two halves between thorax and abdomen.
It would have been interesting to know whether this had been done on purpose to
allow each visitor a share of the spoil. In both the latter instances the wasp was
the aggressor. — Id. : September, 1907.

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Macrocetitrua marginator , Nees. — I liad the pleasure ot" receiving from Mr. W.
A. Kollasoii of Truro, Macrocentrus marginator on April 30th last, wliicli he hud
bred lliat day from some currant stems in which iicsia tipuliformis larva? wore
feeding. This parasite has been bred from different species of Sesia ; Marshall,
however, does not mention it having been bred in England from 6\ tipuliformis, but
tiiat it had been on the cuntinent. — Gr. C. liiGNELL, Saltash : October Vilh, 1907.

Rare Urthuptera near Dover. — I am pleased to be able to record the cajjture
of numbers of Aptertfgida a/bipennis, Meg., and also of Decticus verrucivoru.s, Linn.,
at Stonchall Farm, near Lydden, near Dover. — Malcolm liuiiu, Sibertswold, near
Dover : September thth, 1907.

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" BaXTlSUFLIES OF lloNGKONG AND SO0TU-ICaST ChINA :" by J. C IvERSHAW,

F.Z.S., F.E.S. Parts I-VI. Ito, pp. 181, plates I-XLV and la-V«. Kelly and
Walsh, Limited ; Hongkong, Shanghai, Singajjore and Yo'vohama. London ; K. H.
Porter.

Our knowledge of the Diurnal Lepidoptera of the Chinese Empire, almo.^t a
negligcable quantity a few years ago, may now be said to compare favourably witii
that of most parts of the world of equal extent. This increase is tlue, in the first
place, to the late Mr. J. H. Leech's great and sumptuous work, " Butterflies from
China, Japan and Corea ;" and the work now under review forms another substantial
contribution. Mr. Kershaw may be congratulated on tiie success witli which he has
dealt with the butterfly-fauna of a most interesting district, which if it be not as
rich as that of some other tropical regions (mainly through its being the seat of a
dense and industrious population, before whom nearly every vestige of forest vege-
tation has long ago disappeared), yet includes many fine and showy species as well
as a few peculiar forms of these insects. 14.3 species of butterflies are recorded as
having been met with at Hongkong and Macao, and on the adjoining mainland of
South-liast China, as against about 120 observed by the writer of the present notice
during part of two years (1892 and 1893) on the island of Hongkong alone. The
additional species include the migratory American Anosia {Danai.s) a rchipp us, v/hich
has at last followed its food-plant across the whole width of the North Pacific Ocean.
No new species are described, nor indeed are any detailed descriptions of tiie perfect
insects given ; but all except a very few are figured by the three-colour process from
the author's drawings. While ;ill the plates may be pronounced good, some of them,
as Plate VIII, including most of the Lycxnidai, and Plates IX and X, containing the
Pieridse and some of the I'apiiios, attain a high degree of merit. The supplemen-
tary plates of the larvae and pupa} are also excellent examples of colour-printing as
executed in Japan, though a few of the figures are somewhat lacking in detail. The

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most valuable part of the wurk in our opinion oousist.s in the eareful descriptions
ol the earlier stajjes ol a large proportion of the spoeies, m many c.i^es unknown up
to I lie present ; u,\\d in the biononiie notes and observations on tiie liubils of the
perluet inseels, whieli ainplj testily to Mr. Kershaw's powers as an obsiu'ver. We
may rel'er to the account of the very singular life-history of the Lyea;nid species,
Gerydus chinensls anil Spindasis lohitu, and their association with ants in their
earlier stages, first detailed in Trans. Knt. Soc. Lond., 1!J05 and 19u7, and here
reproduced, us being of special interest, i ho work is written in a clear, though not
severely scientific style (synonymy, for instance, being almost entirely omitted), and
the " General Notes " appeniled to each part make very pleasant reading, and include
much interesting information as to the region dealt with.

" Adstkalian Inskcts :" by Waltuu W. Fuogoatt, F.L.S., Government
Entomologist, New South Wales. 8vo, pp. -ii'J, with 37 plates containing :i70
figures, also 180 text-blocks. Sydney : William Brooks and Co., Limited, 17,
Castlereagh Street. 1907-

Of all the great divisions of the earth's surface the Island •Continent of Aus-
tralia presents us with an insect-fauna which is certainly the most isolated and
peculiar of any of the same extent (except perhaps in respect to one principal group,
the Diurnal Lejjidoptera), and ranks amongst the richest of them all. Our know-
ledge oi its infinitely varied forms of insect life dates from the time when Fabricius
described the insects brought home from its shores by Sir Joseph Banks and the
naturalists who accompanied Captain Cook on his first njemorable voyage. Until
quite recently, however, little has been written about the actual life-history of the
insects of Australia, and the descriptions of a large proportion of the earlier known
species — often inadequate without reference to the types— are embodied in rare,
costly, and not readily accessible works in many languages, and in the publi-
cations of learned societies. The want of a book treating of the insect fauna
of the region as a whole, has been much felt by the large and enthusiastic body of
Entomological workers that of late years has arisen in Australia, and this want Mr.
Eroggatt has endeavoured to supply in the present work. His chief diiEculty — which
he has effectually surmounted — has been to write in a sufficiently popular style to
interest the general reader as well as the beginner in the study of Entomology,
without sacrificing the requirements of the more advanceil student of the science.
Following the classification adopted by Dr. Sharp in his well-known volumes on
"Insects" in the " Cambridtje Natural History," with slight modifications, the
author, we note with satisfaction, treats the so-called " neglected Orders " with fully
adequate detail. Indeed, some of the most interesting sections of the book are
those devoted to the Termites (here regarded as belonging to the Order Orthoptera,

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pp. 20-28), the Remerobiidpe (pp. 57-f!6), tlie Cioadidre (pp. 3k)-35l-), and the
Coccidse (pp. 371-387). As might, be expected, Mr. Froggatt. deals with his subject
largely from the bionomic and economic side, and it is from the latter jioint of view
that the book will be found of especial value in Australia, the numerous and de-
structive insect pests of that region being fully illusti-ated and described. The
Entomologist in the " Old Country " and elsewhere will, on the other hand, find a
great deal to interest him in the account of the varied forms — many of them un-
rivalled in beauty and singularity of structure by those of any other part of the
world — of the Coleoptera, Lepidoptera, lIymenoptera,AV.A Orlhoptera of Australin.
The numerous plates are on the whole exceedingly well executed, and some of them,
especially those representing the " Giant," and " iVIeridional " Termite mounds of
North Australia, the large and grotesque forms of Orthoptera, and the beautiful
beetles of the Buprestid genus Stigmodera, are very striking. We could, however,
have wished that, instead of the showy but not very characteristic butterflies
figured in Plate I (one of them being our old friend Anosia archlppus), some of the
beautiful Satt/ridw and Lycsenidie peculiar to Australia had been delineated. Tiie
text-figures, some of whicii have previously ap|)eared in illustration of papers by
the author in the " Agricultural Gazette of New South Wales," are also very good,
several of them, representing Coleoptera on an enlarged scale, being among the
best of their kind we have seen. Useful hinis as to collecting and preserving, an
interesting account of the chief collections of Australiati insects in their own
country and elsewhere, a list of the principal publications dealing with Australian
Entomology, anil a full index, conclude this interesting and valuable contribution
to the list of Entomological works. The printing, paper, and general " get-up " of
the book leave little to be desired, and we notice only a few misprnits or other
inaccuracies; indeed, almost the only statement which strikes us as open to
question is that on pp. 238-9, as to the frequent occurrence of the larva of
that strictly PaliBarctic hawk-moth, our familiar Sphinx ligustri, in Australian
gardens. — J. J. W.

^orii'tics.

TnK South London Entomological and Natueal Histoiit Society:
Thursday, Seplember \2th, 1907 — Mr. lluaH Main, B.Sc, Vice-President, in the
Chair.

Mr. South exhibited specimens of Litliosia caniola, bred from larvae fed upon
lettuce, which they would only eat when in a decaying condition. Mr. Newman,
a few bred specimens of Eugonia autumnaria,, including two very beautiful ilark
forms, the result of a pairing of tlie unique form bred last year with a typical form.
He also showed varieties of Aylais urticw, including forms with black hind-wings,
rayed hind-wings, and with discal spots almost obsolete. Mr. Goulton, living larva;
of liankia argentula, and a series of Aiitidea badiata showing nmch variation in
the transverse banding and general coloration. Mr. Harrison, imagines of the same
species from Wicken, together with living larvae. Mr. Sich, imagines and ova of

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Trifurcula imynuvdelhi from Surrey, and road notes on the liabils of the imagines
and larvae, and giving the cliaracterist ies of the ova. Dr. Chapman, bred specimens
of Arctia fascintn, from ova obtained by him in Spain. Mr. Main, a long series of
photographs of the life-hi.«tory of Cliaraxes jnsius. Mr. Soufh, a sjiecimen of
AgrinJcs coryilon ab. syvgrnplia, from Wiltshire. Mr. Tutt read a paper, " Egg-
laying of the Brenthids " (Rhopnlncera), and a considerable discussion took place.

Thursday, September 26th, 1907 — Mr. HuGil Main, B.Sc, Vice-President, in
the Clialr.

Dr. Q-. C. Hodgson, of Red Hill, was elected a Member.

Mr. Tonge exhibited a living larva of CuculUa nsteris from Sussex, and showed
some stereographic views he had made of insects at rest. Mr. Ashby, .series of
Donacia crassipe? from the New Forest, D. clavipes from Wicken, and Hfemonin curti'^ii
from Gravesend. Miss Fountaine, both sexes of the two broods of Pieris ergane, the
spring specimens from Montenegro, and the autumn from Hercegovina. Mr New-
man, a very large number of varieties and forms of the various species of Lepidaptera
bred and captured by him during the present season. Mr. Simmons, a series of
llemrrnphila ahruptaria bred by him from a dark wild ? crossed with a bred typical
^, including a very fine gynandrous example, the left side the ordinary ? colour,
while the right side had the very dark form of c? characters. Messrs. Harrison
and Main, a portion of a brood of Acidalia anersata, all of which followed the
colour and markings of banded parents. Mr. Qadge, a fine variety of Abraxas
grossnlariatn, with mere remnants of the usual black markings, captured on
Denmark Hill. Mr. G-oulton, a bred series of Etichlo'e cardamines of unusual size,
particularly the ^ s. Mr. Main, ova of Pararge egeria, in sitH on grass, and living
larvEB of Phorndesina smoragdaria. Mr. Cootc, (I) living larvfe of Celastrina
argiolus on ivy berries from Eastbourne ; (2) a specimen of Agriad.es corydon
var. obsoleta from Eastbourne. Mr. Turner, seines of Parnassius deliiis and Crdias
palseno taken in the Engadine in August. Mr. Sich, (1) Tinenlti biselliella, bred
specimens of large size, the larvse fed on red cloth ; (2) Borlchauscnia pseudospretella
from larvae found in flax seed by Mr. W. West. Dr. Chapman, (1) Plebeius argus
(regon), uniformly dark on the upper side ; and (2) larvje of Cleogene peleteriaria
with imagines from Gavarnie, with specimens of C. idveata from Carinthia for
comparison.— Ht. J. Titener, Hnn. Secretary.

Entomological Society of London: Wednesday, October 2nd, 1907. —
Mr. C. O. Wateehottse, President, in the Chair.

Mr. W. Perrins, Junior, of Davenham, Malvern, and Mr. Frank Milburn
Hewlett, of the Agricultural Department, Pusa, Bengal, India, were elected Fellows
of the Society.

The Rev. F. D. Morice gave an account of his reception as the representative
of the Society, and of the celebrations of the University of Upsala, and of the
Academy of Science at Stockholm, at which he was present.

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November, 1(107.

Commanrlpr J. J. Walker 'bowed livinn; specimens of the Heteromerous beetle
Sitiiris muritliji, first rediscovered at Oxford by Mr. A. 11. llainin, of the Oxford
University Museum in 1903, and found ratlier freely during September, 19U6 and
19()7, on old stone walls in the vicinity of Oxford inhabited by the Mason Hee,
Podalirius (Antliophni-a) pHiiJcs, on wliicli it is parasitic in its early stages. Mr. G. T.
Porritt, black specimens of both sexes of Fidonia atoniaria from the Harden Moss
Moors, ITuddersfield, illustrating tlie melanic tendency of Lepidoptera in the district
Mr. II. St. J. Donisthorpe, Apion setnivittatain taken on Mei-curiilis unnua in
plenty at Deal in August and September, 1907 ; M<mdalis duplicate from Nethy
Bridge in July, 1907 ; Formica sanguinea from Aviemore and Nethy Bridge, the
first record for Scotland ; and Pinzostethus Jonnicetorum, taken with Formica rufa. at
Rarnnoch, in Jidy ; a species which has not been found in "Scotland since Dr. Buciianan
While first captured it in lS7'i. Mr. A. II. Jones, a cas<> of butterflies taken this
^ear at ilerculesbad, South Hungary, inchuling specimens of Erebia melas from the
Domogled, whicli bore a remarkable resemblance to Erebia alecto var. nirhoUi,
Oberth., from Campiglio, and Erebia lefebrrel, Oberth., also shown for comparison
by Mr. H. Rowland-Brown. Mr. Jones also exhibited examples of C/iryaoftluimi^
dispar var. rutilus, and G. nlciphron from tlic nciglibourhood of Buda-Pesth ; both
species of great size and brilliant colouring. Dr. F. A. Dixey, specimens from
Uganda of the African Pierine genus Mijl'dhvU, showing an almost complete
gradation between Mylothris cliloris, Fabr., and M. agathina. Cram. Mr. M.
Jacoby, several fine forms L. bellargus of tlie ab. ceronus taken tliis autumn at
Folkestone, as well as one example of the ab. cimnides, Stgr. Mr. Norman Joy,
a specimen of the rare beetle Cryptophagus sub'Jepressus, Gyll., taken near Garva,
Ross, on August 4th, last. Mr. W. J. Lucas, on behalf of Mr. Nicholson and
Mr. Summers, two specimens of Deilephila euphorhiie bred by them from larvce
found in Kew Gardens. He also exhibited several examples of insects which had
seized their prey, with the remains of the victims in situ. Mr. H. M. Edelsten,
specimens of (1) Sesia andrenpeformis, bred from pupae taken in Bedfordshire and
Kent and (2) Ova of Nonagna canrife, in situ, illustrating the remarkable methods
of oviposition of the species. Mr. A. Harrison and Mr. H. Main, four broods from
females of Picris napi, var. bryonix, captured on the Kleine Scheidegg Pass,
Switzerland, in July, 1906, showing a wide tendency to variation. Prof. T. Hudson
Bearc, a specimen of the rare bug, Lygxus equestris, L., from St. Margaret's Bay.
There are only four previous records of its capture in this country : Bath, 1837 ;
Devizes, 1864 ; Dover, 1886 ; Sheppey, 1906. He also showed specimens of Hypera
tigrina. Boh., taken in some numbers on the wild carrot from the same locality ;
a very local insect, which seems to be confined to the S.E. corner of England ;
and specimens of Apion semivittatum., Gyll., taken during the same period at
St. Margaret's Bay off plants of Mercurialis annua. Col. Charles Swinhoe read
a paper on " The Species of HesperidfB from the Indo-Malayan and African Regions,
described by Herr Plotz, with descriptions of some new Species." Lieut-Col.
Manders, " The Butterflies of Mauritius and Bourbon." Dr. T. A. Chapman,
" The Hibernating Habit of the Lepidopterous Genus Marasmarcha," and exhibited
epeeimcns to illustrate his remarks. — H. Rowland Brown, Hon. Secretary.

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figured by Herri ch-Schiiflfer (Tin. 635), shows that it cannot be the
same species as *merdeUa, Stn., &c., which has been sunk by Meyrick
and others as a synonym of Tinea pellionella, L. The type, collected
at Constantinople by Lowe, is still the unique ex])onent of the species.
A most careful examination under a microscope has failed to reveal
the Slightest trace of maxillary palpi or haustellum. The genus
TineoJa, HS., is found to possess short, but not folded, maxillaries,
but in spite of this objection I would suggest that it should be
referred, at least provisionally, to Tineola, rather than to Myrmecozela,
Z., which differs conspicuously in the median joint of the palpi being
densely clothed with projecting scales, rather than sparsely bristled.
Herrich-Schaffer's figure emphasises tlie difference in marking which
should also at once serve to separate merdella, Z., from the British
species {*merdella, Stn.; nec Z.). The outer spot, so far as I can
judge, invariably single among our British specimens, is distinctly
reduplicated in the figure, as in the type ; moreover the inner spots,
represented in English specimens as a pair, equidistant from the base,
but not reaching the dorsum, are, in the true ^nert^eZZo, better described
as one spot, with a diffused streak of similar dark scales arising from
the dorsum below and nearly reaching it. This also is well shown in
the figure, but is rather more clearly defined than in the specimen
itself. My British Collection contains a good series of *merdella,
Stn., from various sources, including some from Hodgkinson, Douglas,
and Mason ; certainly these are all true Tineae with folded maxillaries.
The presumption at least is that the true merdella does not occur in
England, but this is of course open to correction in the event
of any one finding in his cabinet a British specimen, resembling
that which has been so-called in our collections, but without folded
maxillary palpi.

We are left to consider whether the species, erroneously referred
to merdella by Stainton, has or has not been described. It cannot be
pallescentella, Stn. (= nigrifoldella, Grgsn.). It cannot be *flaves-
centella, Stn. {nec Hw.), which is the ochreous and distinctly irrorated
form of fuscipunctella, Hw., as obviously suggested by Doubleday
(Syn. List 27). It cannot be dubiella, Stn., which Stainton himself
(Ent. Ann. 1874. 3) was unable to separate from pellionella, L.,

266 [December.

because this is described as having all the wings darker (especially
the hindwings) than pellionelln itself, and as having only the discoidal
spot (no others). The only description, founded on British speci-
mens, with vrhich it can be compared is that oi flavescentella, Hw.,
Stph. {nee Stn.), and with this it is quite in agreement, noticeably as
to " punctis obsoletissimis," and " costa basi absque atra."

There is however another description from which I am at
present unable to separate it. viz. : — that of Tinea tristigmniella,
Costa [Fn. Nap. Lp. Tinea 20-1, no. 20. PI. IV. S (1S3G)]. Costa's
figure does not give the idea conveyed by his description, chiefly on
account of the use of gold or other metallic colouring, which his
artists habitually employed to represent a shining surface, but, with
this exception, there is nothing to prevent it from fairly agreeing
with the insect before us. In England the species with which we are
dealing has been confused with nifrdella, and it is at least a curious
coincidence that the first description by Zeller (Tsis 1847. S08-9) of
the specimen which ho subsequently [Lin. Ent. VI. 162-3 (1852)]
separated as merdeUa, was a comparative description referring to dif-
ferences between it and tristigmatella, Costa, these being precisely
the differences which we now recognise as separating merdella, 7i.,
from *merdella, Stn., and therefore, vmless any one able to refer to
Costa's type, can point out in what it differs from *merdella, Stn.
(«ecZ.), as figured by Morris [NH. Br. Moths IV. 24. PI. 99. 14
(1870)], this species should sink as a synonym oi flavescentcUa, Hw.
Sixty years have passed since Zeller wrote, and trisfigmafeUa, Csta ,
has disappeared from the European lists, but it must certainly be
resuscitated, if only as a synonym. With regard to the larva, Morris
writes (/. c. 24), that "It feeds on grain," after mentioning that the
moth occurs in " wool- stores." It is probable that the grain-feeder
he referred to was fuscipunctella, Hw., for Horton [Ent. Wk. Int.
VI. 109-110 (1859)] gives a very carefully detailed account of the
case-bearing larva of the species identified by Stainton as merdella.,
and as it fed on an old pen-wiper, this is consistent with its occur-
rence in wool-warehouses.

The best account however is by Lafaury [Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr.
LIV (6 s. V: 1885), 410-11 (1886;], who shows conclusively that it
cannot be a mere variety of pellionella, L. (with the larva of which
he was also well acquainted), although, like it, this also feeds on old
woollen fabrics, making a somewhat similar case.

The synonymy oi Jiavescentella, Hw. (= *merdella., Stn.), Tineola
merdella, Z. {nee Stn.), and other species of Tinea studied in this

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connection (some not recorded in 8t<];r-Wk Cat , or Stgr-Rbl. Cat.),
is as follows : —

4583. — Tinea fuscipunctella, Hw.
= *flavescentella, Stn. {nee. Hw.).

Tinea fuscipunctella, Stn. Syst. Cat. Br. Tin-Pter. 8, no. 26
(1849)1. Tinea spretella (flavescentella, Bentl.), Stn. Syst. Cat.
Br. Tin-Pter. 8, no. 27 (1849)2. Tinea flavescentella, Stn. Sppl.
Cat. Br. Tin-Pter. 2, no. 41 (1851)3: Ins. Br. Lp-Tin. 34, no. 22
(1854)4; Dbkl. Syn. List Br. Lp. 27 (1859) ^ Stn. Mn. Br. B. & M.
II. 293, 466, no. 1266(1859)6. Tinea fuscipunctella, Morris, NH.
Br. Moths IV. 22-3. PI. 99. 9 (1870) ^ Tinea flavescentella, Morris
NH. Br. Moths IV. 23. Pi. 99. 10 (1870)8. Tinea fuscipunctella,
Merrin Lp. Cal. (2 ed.). 101, 115, 133, 147, 157, 176, 242 (1875) ^
Tinea flavescentella, Merrin Lp. Cal. (2 ed.). 242 (1875) i«. Tinea
fuscipunctella, Hrtm. MT. Miinch. Ent. Ver. III. 199, no. 1404
(1879) 11.

Hah. : ENGLAND i-n -nr. London e. «. lo ; nr. Sheffield i .

Larva in spun tube i\ on dried fruit n ; dried peas, &c., n ; on
all kinds of waste substances^ ; offal n ; birds' nests n ; meal-worm
workings n ; VII— VIII 9- 1', IX — V n. Imaqo V n, VI;''»io,
VII9.U, VIII 11, 1X7.9.11, X 11.

4584. — Tinea pellionella, L.

Tinea pellionella, Morris, NH. Br. Moths IV. 22. PI. 99. 7
(1870)1; Hrtm. MT. Munch. Ent. Ver. III. 199, no. 1405 (1879)^;
Merrin Lp. Cal. (2 ed.). 31, 55, 82, 101, 133, 157, 179, 191, 242
(1875)3.

Larva in case on furs ^, feathers i— ^, swallows' nests '^, stuffed
birds ^ woollens 2, cloths L 3, carpets 3. VIII — HI 2, IV— V 2-3.
VI 3. Imago II— V 1, VI— VII 1-3, VIII— X 1-2, XI 1.

Hab. : ENGLAND, &c.

Experience shows that it is not advisable to regard as mere
synonyms species that have been described, or figured, but which can-
not be easily recognised. I prefer to call attention in this case to
the two following names given to species, regarded as new, by
Gregson (who was a very observant collector), in the hope that those
who have the opportunity may endeavour to discover the grounds on
which he separated them from the already named species in our

collections.

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268 [December,

4584 : 1. — Tinea dubfella, Stn.
[duhieUa, Grgsn., MS.]

Tinea dubielln, 8tn. Ent. Wk. Int. VI. 183 (1859)1-. Ent. Ann.
1860, 128, 138-4 (1859) -^ 8tgr-Wk. Cat. Lp. Eur. 107, no. 1236
(1861) ^ Morris NH. I^r. Moths IV. 22. PI. 99. 8 (1870) '; Stj?r-
Wk. Cat. Lp. Eur. 270, no. 1407 (1871) ^ Stn. Ent. Ann. 1874. 3
(1874)6; Merrin Lp. Cal. (2 ed.). 242 (1S75)'; Ilrtm. MT. Miinch.
Ent. Ver. TIL 199, no. 1407 (1879) ^

Hnb. : ENGLAND (Liverpool) i-^.

Larva in case (like peJJionrlln), on insei-1 remains ^. Imago
VI I'-'.i, VII i.

4584 : 2. — Tinea fuscescentella, Morris.
[fuscescenfella, Grgsn., MS. ; Stn., LN.]

Tinea fuscescentella [Stn. Ent. Ann. 1860. 128, 134 (1859) i
LN.] ; Morris NH. Br. xMoths IV. 21. PI. 99. G (1870)2; st^r-Wk.
Cat. Lp. Eur. 270, no. 1409 (1S71)''; ILtm MT. Miinch. Ent. Ver.
III. 199, no. 1409 (1879) *.

Hah. : ENGLAND (Liverpool) i-^.

Larva in old birds' nests ^. Imago VI — VII '^.

4584 : 1. — Tinea flatescentella, Hw.
n. ayn. = *merdella, Stn. (nee Z.) ; = fristigma fella, Costa.

Tinea Jlavescentella, Hw. Lp. Br. 564, no. 10 (1828)1; Stpli.
Syst. Cat. Br. Ins. II. 224, no. 7538 (1829)2; Crt. Guide Br. Ins.
187, no. 1033:12 (1831)3; gtpli. 111. Br. Ent. Haust. IV. 346, no.
9 (18.34) 1; Crt. Guide Br. Ins. 214, no. 1033: 8 (1837)5; Wd. Ind.
Ent. 225. PI. 49. 1558 (1839) ^ Tinea tristigmatella, Costa Fn. Nap.
Lp. Tinea 20-1, no. 20, PI. IV. 8 (1836) '; Z. Isis 1846. 808, no. 21 «.
Tinea Jlavescentella, Stn. Syst. Cat. Br. Tin-Pter. 8, no. 31 (1849) ^
Tinea frisfigmatella, Hdnrcli. Lp. Eur. Cat. Meth. (3 ed.). 79, no. 97
(1851) ^^ ; Tinea Jlavescentella, Stn. List Br. An. BM. XVI. Lp. 15,
no. 22— dele " Sta." (1854) n. Tinea merdella, Cooke Ent. Wk. Int.
I. 125 (1856) 12 ; Stn. Ent. Ann. 1857. 102-3 (1856) i^ : Stn. Mn.
Br. B. & M. II. 293, 466, no. 1264 (1859) i^ ; llorton Ent. Wk. Int.
VI. 109-10 (1859) 15 ; Dbld. Syn. List Br. Lp. 27 (1859) i*\ Tinea
flavescenfella, Stgr-Wk. Cat. Lp. Eur. 107, no. 1289— dele " Stt."
(1861) 17. Tinea merdella, Dbld. Syst. Cat. Br. Lp. 27 (1806) i^
Tinea tristigmatella, Stn. Tin. S.-Eur. 267 (1869) i^ Tinea merdella,
Morris NIL Br. Moths IV. 24. PI. 99. 14 (1870) ^o. Tinea flaves-
centella, Stgr-Wk. Cat. Lp. Eur. 270, no. 1^12-dele "Stt." (1871) 21.

1907.] 269

Tinen merdella, Stn. Ent. Ann. 1874.3^2. Merrin Lp. Cal. (2 ed.).
101, 133, 1S5, 193, 242 (1875) '-\ Tinea flaoescentella, Ilrtm. MT.
Munch. Ent. Ver. III. 199, no. U12 (LS79) 2^. Tinea trisUgmatella,
Curo Bull. Soc. Ent It XIV. 11 (LS82) 2'. Tinea Jlaoescentella,
Lfy. Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. LIV (6 s. V : 1885). 410-11 (18G6) ^o.
[=z jjelUonella, Meyr. ; Stgr-Wk. — /?«r/m.]

Eab.: ENGLAND 1-6. 'Mi-18. 20-24 _„!.. London i-O; Liver-
pool 12-14,20,22. Manchester i^^ 20 ; D;irlington 23; Worcester ^'\
[? FRANCE 26]. SPAIN - Gkanada — Granada, 8.VI.1901
( Wlsm.). ITALY 7-«. 10. 19, 2.5_N,ipies 7-8, m, 25.

Larva in cases, on wool, X 2<'— e. II i-^, excl. VI i-^- 20 ; on fure
X — XI 23. \Imago in "wool-stores." — "It feeds on grain"! 20],
Imago— N\ *' e. 20, 23^ yi 12. 23.

4588.— Tinea pallescentella, Stn.
= nigrifoldella, Grgsn.

Tinea pallescentella, Stn. Sppl. Cat. Br. Tin-Pter. 2, no. 43
(1851)1; Ins. Br. Li^-Tin. 34, no. 21 (1854)2: List. Br. Ann. BM.
XVI. Lp. 15, no. 21 (1854)". Tinea nigrifoldella, Grgsn. Zool.
XIV. 5295-6 (1856)4. Tinea pallescentella, Stn. Ent. Ann. 1857.
122 (1856) 5; Dbld. Syn. List Br. Lp. 27 (1859) '^ ; Stn. Mn. Br. B.
& M., 393,466, no. 1265 (1859) ' ; Morris NH. Br. Moths, IV. 23,
PL 99. 12 (1870) 8. Tinea nigrifoldella, Morris NH. Br. Moths IV.
23. PI. 99. 12 (1870) K Tinea pallescentella. Bales Ent. Mo. Mag.
VIII. 209-10 (1872) l^ Stn. Ent. Ann. 1874. 3 n ; Merrin Lp. Cal.
(2 ed.). 55, 82, 133, 157, 179, 191, 242 (1875) 12 ; Ertm. MT. Munch.
Ent. Ver. III. 199, no. 1408 (1879) i^; Rbl. VH. Z-B. Ges Wien
Abh. XXXIX (1889). 303-4, no. 13. PI, VIII. 7 (1889) n.

Rah. : EN GLAND 1- 1*- Liverpool i- 2. ^> 5- 7. 9, u . Manchester ^-8 ;
Birkenhead ^-8 ; York 7-8 . gouth Shields 10 ; London, 30.VI.190G
(Wlsm.), Green Park, 4.VII.1887 {Drnt.) ; Norfolk (Merton)
26.V.1903, 29.VIII.1903 {Drnt.). AUSTRIA i*—Gauzeu 1*, Sara-
jevo 14. GERMANY i^ -Stettin i^.

Larva on grain ^' '^~^' n- 1^ ; in cadav., desiccated cat 1^' i* ; in rabbit,
hare, and cat skins (in warehouses and poulterers' shops) 12 ; wool 1^.
V-VI12, VII-XIIio. Imago V, VI; VII ' - 8. «•. 10, 12, VIII 7-10,
IX 9-10, 12^ X 10' 12. 14, XI-XIl 10.

TINEOLA, H.-S.

4622 : 1. — TiNEOLA MERDELLA, Z.

Tinea tristigmatella, Csta. + var., Z. Isis 1847. 808-9. Tinea

270 [December,

merdella, Z. Lin. Ent. VI. 162-3, no. 29 (1852) ; HS. SB. Eur. V. 72,
no. 51 (1853) : PI. 83. 535 (1853) ; Stgr-Wk. Cat. Lp. Eur. 107, no.
1242 (1861) : 270, no. 1416 (1871) ; Hrtm. MT. Miiiicb. Ent. Ver.
III. 199, no. 1416, dele " Attika " (1879).

Rab. : TURKEY -Constantinople.

Ti/pe, (^, Mus. Wlsm.

TiNEOLA (?) sp. (?).

Tinea sp. (nr. merdella), Stgr. Hor. Soc. Ent. lloss. VIT. 230, no.
712 (1871). Tinea merdella, Hrtm. MT. Miinch. Ent. Ver. III.
199, no. l4Aii—pnrtim, nee Z. (1879).

Hah. : GREECE— Attica.

Merton Hall, Thetford :

October, 1907.

FURTHER NOTES ON LEPIDOPTERA OBSERVED AT MORTEHOE,
NORTH DEVON.*

BY G. B. LONGSTAFF, M.D., F.R.C P., F.E.S.

In the four years which have elapsed since the publication of
the second edition of my list of Mortehoe Lepidoptera the following
additional species have come to light. It will be noticed that in most
cases only single specimens have been met with.

Tephroclystis vennsata, Fabr. A single example, 1905. T. albipunctata,

Ha,w. A young larva on Angelica sylvestris, September, 1907.

Eois subsericeata, Haw. A single specimen, 1906.

Apocheima 'pedaria, Fabr. (pilosaria , Hiibn.), a larva.

Deilephila porcellus, Linn. Three larvse taken at Woolacombe by Mr. H.

G. Champion, 1907- D. elpenor, Linn. Several larvae on Epilobium montanum in

the garden, 1904. D. galii, Rott. A larva at Woolacombe found by Mr. H.

G. Champion, September 3rd, 1907.

Achcrontia atropos, Linn. Mr. Hector Wimbush took a moth at Woolacombe,
1903.

Homceosoma binsevella, Hiibn. A single specimen at Vention, just beyond the
parish boundary, July Ist, 1906.

Galleria mellonella, Linn. Several specimens in the house, August, 1907.
There are two nests of bees in the woodwork.

Phlyciasnia fuscalis, Schiff. One, 1906.

Scoparia angustea, Staph, {coarctata, Zell.). Single specimens ; at ivy-bloom
1904 ; on a rock, 1907 ; at light, 1907.

* See Ent. Mo. Mag. 2nd Serio.s, vol. xvi, p. 69.

HM.;] 271

Evergestis extimalis, Scop, (margaritcdis, Schiff.). A specimen at Vention, just
outside Mortehoe parish, July 1st, 1906.

Cydia nigromaculnna, Haw. Taken on same clay and at same place as last,
common among Ragwort.

Lipoptycha saturnana, Guen. Common among Tansy, June 6th, 1906.

Pammene rheediella, Clerck. One beaten from hawthorn, 190G.

Acalla ferrugana. Traits. Two by beating hedges, 1904. A. aspcrsana,

Hiibii. Two, 1907.

Phalnnia cnicana, Dbl. Very scarce ; two among thistles, June 18th, 1906.

Trypanus cossus, Linn, (ligniperda, Fabr.). A larva seen by Mr. A. L. Onslow
crawling on the road, near Pool, October 1st, 1906.

Golechia mulinella, Zell. Common by beuting gorse.

D&prcssaria purpurea, Haw. One beaten out of a haystack, September 8th,
1907.

Cerostoma costclla, Fabr. One beaten from Ilex, Twitchen, August 17th, 1907.

Plutella annulatella, Curt. One at light in the house, September 25th, 1904.

Tinea pellionella, Linn. In the house, 1907.

Eriocephala thunbergella, Fabr. Two specimens about hazel. May 15th and

17th, 1905. E. aruncella. Scop. The form seppella, Fabr. Abundant at

Twitchen, 1906, by sweeping. E. calthella, Linn. A specimen at Twitchen,

1905; several by sweeping at Bennett's Mouth, 1906.

Twitchen, Mortehoe, R.S.O. :

October \3th, 1907.

CRYPTOPHAGUS PALLIDUS, Stubm ; A NEW BRITISH BEETLE.
BY NOEMAN H. JOY, M.R.C.S., F.E.8.

I have the pleasure of recording another British species of the
genus Cryptophaqus, viz., C. pallidus, Sturm, but it is entirely due to
Mr. Britten's critical eye that the species can be added to the list.
He sent me for examination several supposed specimens of C. dentatus,
Herbst , and suggested that they could hardly all belong to this
species. I had little difficulty in identifying the majority of them
from Ganglbauer's " Die Kafer von Mitteleuropa " as C. pallidus, and
this diagnosis has been confirmed by Capt. Deville, who has kindly
given me continental specimens.

According to Ganglbauer this species is very closely allied to C.
dentatus, but is generally rather smaller, with the thorax narrower in
proportion to the elytra, the " callosities " distinctly less developed,
and the elytra shorter, and I may add, slightly less parallel-sided.
Erichsou regarded it as synonymous with C. dentatus, but Ganglbauer
says he finds the distinguishing characters quite constant in a long

272 [December,

series, and remarks that C. pallidus is taken on flowers, not under
bark, &c.

It is almost certainly mixed with C. '/(?»/«/'«« in our collections,
although T do not possess it myself. Mr. Britten's specimens were
taken amongst dead leaves near Lowther Castle, Westmoreland, in
December, 1900, and at Great Salkeld on various dates since 1901.

Bradfield, Berks. :

November lOth, 1907.

COLEOPTERA AT AVIEMORE AT EASTER.
BY PROF. T. HUDSON BEARE, B.Sc, F.R.S.E., F.E.S.

The weather in Edinburgh during the days preceding Easter was
so magnificent that I decided to carry out a long-cherished plan and
have a few da)''s' collecting in the Highlands in the early spring.

We left for Aviemore by an early train on Friday, March 29th,
and returned early on Tuesday, April 2nd. Except for a short spell
of cloudy atmosphere on the 30th, the weather was perfect, the rather
intense heat of the sun shining from cloudless skies being tempered by
a gentle breeze. The Cairngorms and other mountains were still
covered all over their higher slopes with snow, and the panorama from
the terrace of the hotel in the early morning" was quite alpine in
character.

On Easter Monday we walked out to Loch Morlich, just at the
foot of the Cairngorms, and took an open air lunch on its shores, the
brilliant sunshine, the clear waters of the loch sjjarkling in the sun's
rays, the dark masses of firs and pines which stretched from the
further shore of the loch away up the lower slopes of the mountains,
and the snow covered peaks standing out sharp and clear in an atmos-
phere of surpassing clearness and purity, made up a picture that will
remain a treasure of memory for many a long year. If any British
entomologist wants to enjoy the delights of a Swiss holiday within
the confines of his own country, I would advise him to take the chance
of the first fine Easter and go off to Aviemore for a week.

Naturally my collecting was entirely confined to seai'ching under
the bark of fir stumps and fallen trees — I was lucky enough to come
across two or three of these overthrown trees in perfect condition for
beetles ; and secondly, to an examination of two or three of the only
too numerous nests of Formica rufa.

In tliese nests the following species were taken, all of them being abundant : —

1007. 1 273

Oxypoda formiceticola, Mark., 0. hxmorrhoa, Sahl., Notothecta anceps, Er., Homa-
lota paralhlu, Mann., Leptacinu.i forinicelorum, Miirk.

On the iifternoon of the day of our arrival a splendid male Asl\inomus n'dilis,
L., was captured in the Limber yard at Inverdruie, where there was a large amount
of newly sawn up timber from Scotch firs which had been felled during the pre-
ceding season in tlie Rothiemurchus Forest ; this specimen flew in from the forest,
and settled on a pile of planks, just when we were examining them for beetles ; we
were not lucky enough to get any other specimen of the species, but it was sufSci-
ently remarkable to find this insect flying about at such an extremely early date as
March 29th. As I have taken its pupae from under bark in Kothicmurchus Forest
in July, it is probable that the beetle hibernates under bark in the perfect state, and
emerges on the first fine day in spring. Under chips around the stumps of felled
trees, and walking over the stumps, were numbers of Pissodes pini, L., Hylobius
abietis, L , and Ips quadripustulaius, Jj. ; while Rhizopkagus depressus, ¥., Pissodes
tiotatus, F., and Scymnus suturalis, Thuiib., occurred more sparingly. Under bark
of stumps and fallen fir trees I secured a good series of Nudobius lentus, (iw, and
Rhagium indagator, F., was very common.

The following were taken more sparingly in the same habitat : — Quediux xaii-
thopus, Er., Rhyncolus ater, L., Pytho depressus, L. (large numbers of its curious
larviB were seen), Dendrophagns oreiiatus, Pk., Acidoia crenata, F., Pklaeopora
reptans, Gr., and last, but by no means least, Homalium monillcorne, Gyll.

A casual specimen of Aphodius uemoralis, Er., was found crawling on the road,
but though searched for in its pabulum no further specimen was obtained.

As one of the objects of the journey was to get in a considerable
amount of walking exercise, I had no time to work moss, or possibly
the above list might have been considerably extended.

10, Regent Terrace, Edinburgh :
Nooember, 1907.

ON TWO ICHNEUMONIDAi NEW TO THE BRITISH FAUNA.
BY CLAUDE MORLEY, F.E.S., &c.

In view of the forthcoming publication of a new Natural History
of the Isle of Wight, edited by Mr. Frank Morey, of Newport, it
will be Avell to place upon record my capture there of two species not
hitherto established as British.

Mesostenus teansfuoa, Grav.

Mesostenus transfmja, Gr., Ichn. Eur., ii, 752 ; Thorns., Op. Ent.,
V, 516; Schm., Op. Ichn., 573, c? ? • ^- albinotatus, var. 1, Tasch.
Zeits. Ges. Nat., 1865, 110. Stenarceus transfuga, Thorns., Op. Ent.,
xxi, 2381, ^ ? .

This species is perhaps not altogether new to our fauna, since it

274 1 December,

stands in Desvignes' "Catalogue of British Ichneumonidae in the
collection of the British Museum " of 185(3. But the Rev. T. A.
Marshall, in his Catalogues of 1870 aud 1872, follows Taschenberg's
erroneous synonymy of M. transfuga as a Tariety of M. alhinotatus,
Grav. Thomson in 1873 showed its specific right, and consequently
I omitted it from the synonymy of the latter species in my " Ichneu-
monologia Britannica," ii (1907), p. 268. Possibly it may be M.
albinofatus, of which nothing definite in this country is known, that
should be omitted, although judging from its continental distribution
it is as likely to occur with us as M. transfuga ; this I have stated at
Uh. cit. 2G4.

From M. albinotatus it is easily distinguished by the lack of
lateral prominences at the base of the petiole, by the posteriorly
broader head, the finely punctate frons, and the white ^ pronotuin.

I beat a single (^ from the undergrowth in Norton Wood, near
Yarmouth, June 2uth, 1907.

Adelognatuus bekvicoenis, Holmgr.

Adelognathus brevicornis, Holmgr., Sv. Ak. Handl., 1855, p. 197,

c? ?■

This small Tryphonid appears to have been noticed by no one
since its description by A. E. Holmgren from " Uplandia ad Holmiam
et in Dalecarlia (CI. Boheman) ; in Lapponia meridionali, passim."
It differs from his A. palli'idi]pes, which Bridgman records under the
name A. chrysopygus, Grav. {cf. Thorns., Op. Ent., ix, 879), from
Earlham (Trans. Norfolk Soc, 1898, p. 027) with no note of its
novelty as British, in its stout antennae, which are hardly longer than
the head and thorax, and gradually become incrassate towards their
apices.

A single $ was found in my sweep net in Marvell Copse, near
Newport, on June 25th, 1907.

Monks' Soham House, Suffolk :
October IQth, 1907.

Chrysomela marginata, L., on Arthur's Seat. — In vol. xii, 1st series, p. 135, of
this Magazine, Mr. Forbes stated that this species occurred not uncommonly on
Arthur's Seat in a verj restricted locality. Every summer since I came to Edin-
burgh in 1901 I have searched carefully for this insect, but it was not until 190G
that I at length found a few. The first specimens (two) were taken on June 28th,
and by July 15th I had secui'ed a small scries ; after that date the insect was not

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to be found. They all occurred under small stones lyins on the short turf which
covers the hill side in the locality indicated by Mr. Forbes. This summer, hoping
to secure specimens for friends, most of whom seemed to be in want of this species,
I climbed the hill on several occasions but failed to find a single specimen ; possibly
the heavy rains and the bitterly cold weather of May were fatal to it. — T. UuDSON
Beare, 10, Regent Terrace, Edinburgh : November, 1907.

Is Teretrius picipes, F., parasitic on Lyctus canaliculatus, F., as well as on
L. brunneus, Steph. ? — Whilst passing by an old fence at Ashtead, Surrey, late one
afternoon in June, liJOo, I detected a specimen of this rare little Ilisterid beetle
sitting on a rail. A careful examination of both sides of llie remainder of the
fence, which was swarming witii Lyctus canaliculatus, F., did not, however, disclose
another example of the Teretrius, and although I bottled a long selected series of
the Lyctus, I could not discover Lyctus brunneus, Steph., among them. Mentioning
my capture to other Coleopterists, I gathered that they considered my specimen
a chance or stray one, the reasons advanced being either the absence of L. brunneus,
or that I had overlooked it. Wishing to investigate the matter further, I last June
made another investigation of the fence in question, and was pleased to obtain seven
specimens of the Teretritts ; but the most exhaustive search again failed to bring
L. brunneus, Steph., to light. L. canaliculatus was, however, present, but in sadly
diminished numbers, this being probably as much due to atmospheric conditions as
to the ravages of the Teretrius. — E. C. Bjedwell, The Grove, Coulsdon, Surrey :
October I5th, 1907.

Additional Suffolk Coleoptera. — A visit to Lowestoft last Easter resulted in
the discovery of two species not hitherto recorded for the county, viz., Euconnus
hirticollis. 111., and Trechus micros, Herbst. A single specimen of the former
occurred in very wet Sphagnum at Flixton, and two specimens of the latter I was
surprised to find in a mole's nest on the marshes at Barnby ; they were in the
actual nest itself, not merely in the cracks in the mound nor in the burrows as one
might expect.

Other species of interest found in moles' nests were, Oxypoda longipes, Muls.
(= metatarsalis, Thorns.), which was far from uncommon, Quedius longicornis,
Kr. (2), Q. vexans, Epp., Heterothops nigra, Kr., Aleochara spadicea, Er., Homalota
paradoxa, Rey, Choleva spadicea, Sturm, and Bythinus securiger, Reich. — Id.

Ocypus cyaneus, Payk., in Scotland. — In the last No. of this Magazine {anted,
p. 251) Mr. T. G. Bishop records Ocypus cyaneus from Scotland, and states it is its
first record from thence ; Colonel Yerbury, however, took the species at Nairn, N.B.,
a few years back.— Horace Donisthorpb, 58, Kensington Mansions, S.W. : De-
cember \2th, 1907.

Cryptophagus subdepressus, Oyll., from Cumberland. — Among some Crypto-
phagi sent to me for identification by Mr. Britten I find there are three specimens
of the above species, taken as long ago as May 20th, 1900, at Great Salkeld, on
branches of Scotch fir. — Norman H. Joy, Bradfield : November lOth, 1907.

276 [December,

The food-plant of Apion filirostre, Kirhy. — As far us I can discover tlic food-
plant of this species lias never been definitely ascertained. This summer it occurred
to me on several occasions on Medicago lupuUna, fairly commonly, near Westhide
in Herefordshire. Since writing this note I have hoard from Mr. II. Doll man that
he has quite independently made the same discovery at Ditchlin<^, Sussex.— J. R.
LE 13. ToMLiN, Stoneley, Reading : November oth, 1907.

Further experiinenl-s in the breeding of Ahraxan grossutariata, var. varleyata. —
In the Ent. Mo. Mag. of January this year, p. 12, I detailed the results of a pairing
oi Abraxas grossularl.ata var. varleyata, the imagines from the brood being all
varleyata. SufBce it to say that the produce again this year from pure pairings
from those moths showed no trace of anything but varleyata. I3tit now I have to
relate a curious experience. In the 1DJ6 brood of larvae were several which were
evidently weak and grew slowly, some of them eventually dying ; one, however,
managed to pupate when still small, but a considerable time after the others had
spun up, and in due time produced a belated and very small female. I had been
anxious to obtain a pairing between varleyata and a wild typical moth, but as the
indoor fed larvoe had produced moths a month before the wild ones were out, I had
up to this time been quite unable to do it. After keeping this last female alive,
however, for some ten days, I bred a very ordinary male from wild larva;, with which
the small varleyata $ at once paired. She had only strength enough to deposit
about a score eggs, and then at once died. From these few eggs seventeen larvK were
got safely through the winter, but in the early spring two were lost, and when full
grown I accidentally killed a very large one, which would undoubtedly have pro-
duced a ? moth. From the fourteen pupse as many perfect insects were bred, the
nine males all emerging first, followed by the five females. All as regards markings
were of the ordinary type of the species, but one (a <?) had a very pretty yellow
ground colour. Of varleyata there was not the slightest trace in any specimen,
which seems extraordinary when one considers that the tendency of varleyata to
produce its own form is so strong, that even in a pairing of the first generation no
trace of any other form is pi'oduced. I may add, too, tliat the fourteen specimens
were exceptionally large, half as big again as the c? parent, and probably three times
the size of the diminutive female parent. No doubt the result will be regarded by
those who believe in Mendelism as further evidence of the theory ; a theory, how-
ever, in which, so far as Lepidoptera are concerned, I have little faith myself, because
this is, I think, the only one of my scores of experiments with many species which
has supported it, the results usually having been directly opposite. I am willing to
admit that in most of my experiments the respective parents had all come from the
same localities, where there was perhaps the possibility of their ancestors having
influenced the progeny; whereas, in the case just detailed, the larva wliich produced
the J gros.iulariata I brought from Bempton, on the Yorkshire coast, wliere in all
probability varleyata I'lever has occurred, and where indeed the species seems very
constant to type. I am, of course, continuing the experiments, and hope to I'ecord
further results next year.— Gko. T. Pokeitt, Edgerton, lluddersfield : October
I8th, 1907.

Heriades truncorum, Linn., near Cobham, Surrey. — I am glad to be able to

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record the capture of Heriades triincorum, Linn., in some numbers in this district.
The insect lias always been considered a great rarity in England, and the authentic
i-ecords have hitherto been very few, as Mr. Morice has already remarked in Ent.
Mo. Mag., vol. xvii, 2nd series, p. 2l4. Our first specimen was a ?, captured on
ragwort flowers in my garden by my wife on July 20th, a £ being taken on the
same flower on August 3rd. This led to a close inspection of all likely posts and
stakes in the neighbouring hedgerows, with the result that on August ith we found
a large number circling round an old post (elm wood) after the manner of C flori-
somne, Linn. From that date onwards we took several more either on posts or on
ragwort flowers, up to September 11th, when some females were seen still working
at their burrows.

With reference to the observation made by M. Ferton in Corsica (see Mr.
Morice's note, Ent. Mo. Mag., vol. xvii, 2nd series, p. 214), as to the collecting of
resin by H. truncorum, Linn., one of my specimens was taken with a ball or lump
of resin adhering to the jaws. It seems probable that the resin may be used in the
construction of the cells, but I hope to have an opportunity of further studying
this point. I may mention that ragwort is the only flower on which I observed
this species.

As Mr. Morice remarks, it is indeed extraordinary that this bee has been over-
looked in this district for so many years. — E. G. B. Nevinson, Morland, Cobham,
Surrey : October, 1907.

" The Insect Hunter's Companion :" by the Rev. Joseph Geeene, M.A
Being Instructions for Collecting and Preserving Butterflies, Moths, Beetles, Bees,
Flics, &c. Revised and extended by A. B. Farn. Fifth Edition. London : West,
Newman and Co. 1907.

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eminently useful little book, which has probably been in the hands of every beginner
in the study of our British Insects, and is still read with pleasure and interest by
many more advanced workers. The editor has, wisely we think, left as far ias possi-
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author ; the well-known chapter on '' pupa-digging " remains as it was first published
in the " Zoologist " more than half-a-century ago. A curious slip in the " Chapter
on Coleo'ptera" (p. 113) which has persisted throughout all the previous editions, may
account for the beetles, pinned through the left elytron, which are occasionally met
with in collections.

BiEMiNGHAM ENTOMOLOGICAL SOCIETY : September 23r(f, 1907. — Mr. G. T.
Bethune-Bakee, President, in the Chair.

Mr. G. H. Kenrick exhibited various Lepidoptera from Wicken Fen collected
by himself during a recent brief visit. Amongst others were Erastria argentula,

278 [December,

Hb., which, a local collector told him, was not native to the Fen, but had been intro-
duced there by himself; there were also Phrafjmataecia ca/stanex, Hb., Meliana
flammea. Curt., Pyrausta c'dialis, Hb., &c. Mr. Hubert Langley, various Lepi-
doptera taken by himself at Princethorpe Wood, in South Warwickshire, during
the second week in July last ; there was a long series of Boarmla roboraria,
a species hitherto little known as a Warwickshire insect but which proved to be
quite common in this locality ; they were taken chiefly at ligVit, to which the males
came freely between 10.45 and 11.30 p.m. ; other species were Aplecta prasina, F.,
a very dark specimen ; Habroxyne derasa, L., Euchloris pustulaia, Hufn. {baju-
laria, Schiff.), Cidaria silaceata, Hb., &c. Mr. L. Donca8ter,'a very interesting
bred series of Abraxa.i grossuIariafa,'L.,hre(\ and arranged in illustration of the
Mendeliau hypothesis. The experiments had been made with var. faiwfasciata
{lacticolor, Raynor). He said that in nature the variety occurs only in the female sex .
The results of the experiments, whilst according generally with the required Mendelian
proportions, were curiously complicated with the sex question ; for although in the
second generation = cross x cross, the proportions were 3 to 1, yet the males were
all the dominant form, i.e., the type, and the females half and half; whilst still
more curious is the crosses of cross x var. pure gave with <J cross x pure ? var.
result, half and half to each sex ; and with ^ pure var. (obtained during the
experiments) x $ cross, result, all males type, i.e., dominant, and all females var.,
i.e., recessive. Mr. Gr. T. Bethune-Baker, a number of Turkestan Arctias as
follows : a large and beautiful series of A. infercalaris, Ev., with extreme light
and dark forms ; a few A. erschoffi, Alph., with var. iinyka, Std., and a long series
of A. glaphyra, Er , var. manni, Alph. ; he pointed out how much some of the
manni resembled erschoffi type, and said that he believed they would prove to be
forms of one species, though he thought it possible that var. issyka might perhaps
be distinct. Mr. H. Langley, the two specimens of Stauropus fagi, L., already
referred to as having been found at Princethorpe this year. — Colbean J. Wain-
WRIGHT, Hon. Sec.

The South London Entomological and Natural History Society :
Thursday, October 2Uh, 1907. — Mr. R. Adkin, F.E.S., President, in the Chair.

Dr. Chapman exhibited a specimen of Dasychira pudibunda from the Pyrenees
measuring 2| ins. in expanse. Mr. Moore, Hipparchia .semele showing considerable
variation in ground colour on the under-sides, and a small race of Enodia hyperan-
thus, both from Dunkirk sand-dunes, together with an example of Danais plexippus
from Moose Jaw, Winnipeg. Mr. Lucas, the specimens of Hyles euphorbix bred
recently from pupfe found in Kew Gardens. Mr. Tonge, Eugonia fuscantaria taken
by him at Red Hill on his way to the meeting. Mr. L. W. Newman, (1) a series
of Folia xanthomista var. nigrocincta bred from N. Cornwall ova ; (2) ova of
Ennomos fuscantaria and Cirrhoedia xerampelina in sitH on ash twigs ; aiui (3) a
long series of E. autumnaria, including a number of very fine bred dark brown
forms. Mr. Priske, a series of Necrophorus mortuorum and an exceptionally large
Liicanus cerous. Mr. Adkin, a series of Hyponomeuta cogiiateUus reared from an
Euonymus shrub in his garden, and contributed notes ; he also showed ova of
Tortrix pronubana. Dr. Hodgson, a Theretra porcellus, brilliantly coloured on the

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right side, while the left was only faintly coloured, and also a varied series of $
and 9 Polyommatux icarux from Kent, Surrey, and Sussex. Dr. Frenilin, two
fine varieties of Aglain urticHt of the same race as those previously shown by
Mr. Newman. Mr. McArthur, spiders with their snare and prey, mounted between
two sheets of glass. Mr. Turner, a series of Colias phicomone from the Engadine,
and a number of Lepidoptera from Q-uethary, Cauterets, and Gavarnie, including
some extreme forms of Pararge rrnera. Messrs. West, Tonge, Main, Dennis, and
Lucas, a considerable number of lantern slides.

Correction September 12th. Agriades corydon ah. syngrapha was from Surrey,
not Wiltshire. — Hy. J. Tttrneb, Hon. Sec.

Entomological Society of London: Wednesday, October Idth, 1907.—
Mr. C. O. Wateehottse, President, in the Chair.

Mr. P. H. Jackson was elected a Fellow of the Society.

Mr. A. II. Jones exhibited a series of Pieris napi var. bn/onife, from com-
paratively low altitudes, taken in June last at Peszer, near Buda-Pesth, showing
a wide range of variation. Mr. W. J. Lucas, for Mr. M. Burr, examples of
Apteryqida albipennis, discovered by him near Dover this year ; and a S specimen
of B. verrueivorus — an inhabitant of Scandinavia— from the same locality taken
by Mr. Burr. It is about as large as Locusia viridissinia, but looks quite different,
characters in the elytra and head preventing it even being placed in the same genus.
Mr. H. Campion, a specimen of the rare Orthopteron Platycleis roeselii, Hagenb.,
$ , taken September 13th, 1907, near Heme Bay, and Mr. E. W. Campion, an
aberrant specimen of S. .^anguineum, g , from Epping Foi'est, suggesting relation-
ship with certain Orthoptera. Mr. Lucas also showed two examples of Calopteryx
virgo from the New Forest showing failure in pigment. Mr. W. J. Kaye, speci-
mens of Callicore aurelia, Guen., together with a photograph of its larva, showing
the remarkable branch-like horns rising out of the head. The whole life cycle is
but nineteen days. The Rev. F. D. Morice, side by side, a normal <J specimen
of the Anthidium manicatum, L. (the "Hoop-shaver Bee" of Gilbert White's
" Natural History of Selborne"), and a monstrosity or malformation of the same
insect, given to him as a curiosity by M. Vachal, of Argentat, CorrSze. He also
sent round a photograph of the two insects magnified, or rather of their abdomens,
that being the part in which the malformation appears, and described the nature
of it. Dr. T. A. Chapman said this malformation had clearly no causation in any
larval injury, but dated from an early period of embryonic life. The President,
a living ant, a species of Camponotus, which had been found by Mr. Watson at
Kew, in a pseudobulb of an orchis (probably a Bidbophyllum) from the Gold Coast.
The bulb was much excavated, but it had no opening by which the ant could have
entered. He also exhibited a large wasp from German E. Africa (a Salius allied
to dedjax) with a spider, a Mygale rather larger than itself, but which it had
captured and was carrying off. Lt.-Col. Neville Manders, a melanic variety of
Se.ttina nama, captured near Darjeeling ; and a monstrosity of Papilio krishna
from Sikkim, in which the wings on the right side were much larger than those on
the left. Mr. H. Main, the larva of a Hymenopterous parasite of Pygxra buce-
phala, of great size comparatively to its host.

280 [December, 1007.

The President announced that the Council had decided in favour of holding
a Conversazione at some date next year to be fixed by a Committee of Fellows
elected for the purpose of organization, &e.

Wednesday, November ^th, 1907. — Mr. E. Saundkrs, F.R.S., Vice-President,
in the Chair.

Mr. Gr. Arnold, University of Liverpool ; Mr. II. Frederick D. Bartlett, of 113,
Richmond Park Road, Bournemouth; Mr. John Claude Fortescue Fryer, B.A., of
The Priory, Chatteris ; Mr. C. W. Howard, of the Acting Government, Transvaal ;
Mr. Charles II. Mortimer, of VVigmore, Holmwood : Mr. R. F. H. Rosenberg, of
57, Ilaverstock Hill, London, N.W. ; Mr. Harold Baker Sly, of Brackley Knoll
Road, Sidcup, Kent; and Mr. Clement H. Pead, of Johannesburg and St. Leonard's
Road, Bexhill-on-Sea; were elected Fellows of the Society.

Mr. A. H. Jones exhibited a specimen of the Longicorn beetle Acanfhociniis
aedilLs, L., a well-known species found in Gray's Inn Road. Dr. F. A. Dixey,
S and 9 specimens of a new Pinacopteryx, discovered by Mr. S. A. Xeave in
Northern Rhodesia; the $ resetnbled tliat of P. rubrobaaalis, but the S was quite
distinct ; both sexes of P. rubrobasalis and the female sex of Mr. Neave's species
were mimics of Mylothris agathina. Mr. W. G. Sheldon, a series of Limenitis
populi and ab. tremulie with intermediate forms taken this year at Laon, and a
series of Chrysophanus hippotho'e from the same region, the females displaying a wide
range of variation for so restricted a locality as that in which they were captured.
Mr. G. C. Champion, a fully developed example of Mesovelia furcata, M. and R.,
from Slapton, South Devon, and Thamnotrizon cinereus from Lyn mouth, North
Devon. Mr. A. Harrison and Mr. Hugh Main, a case of Aplecta nebulosa, arranged to
show the great range of variation of this species in Delamere Forest ; with series from
Epping Forest, North Cornwall, and the New Forest, for comparison ; the Cornish
and New Forest insects were of the light grey colour which is the prevailing form
in the West and South of England, with the exception of the neighbourhood of
.London, where a dark grey form is found, as shown in the series from Epping
Forest; the Delamere Forest insects ranged from a rather light colour to a melanic
form, with intermediates showing a complete gradation from one form to the other.
Mr. R. S. Mitford, two S sp'ecimens of Cryptocephalus bipttnctatus, taken by him
at Niton in the Isle of Wight, in July, 1907, while sweeping the grass on the slopes
of the Unuercliff ; of the two forms of varieties well known on the Continent neither
had hitherto been found in Britain; he also showed Paracymus leneiis, captured on
the North Essex coast in June, 1898, establishing its claim to be regarded as a
British Beetle ; an example of the very rare Lathrobium rufipenne, taken by him at
Niton, Isle of Wight, in July, 1906 ; a specimen of the rare Ceuthorrhynchus vidu-
atus, taken by him at Brading, Isle of Wight, in July, 1907 ; and a specimen of
Cis dentatus, taken by him at Sandown, Isle of Wight, in July, 1906.

Mr. J. E. Collin communicated a paper " On a large series of Nycteribiidx
(parasitic Diptera) from Ceylon." Dr. G. B. Longstaff then read a paper " On
some Butterflies taken in Jamaica," and a paper " On some Butterflies of Tobago,"
exhibiting a number of examples taken by himself in both localities to illustrate his
remarks. — H. Rowland-Brown, Hon. Sec.

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Additional Suffolk Coleoptera.— /li 275

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The food-plant of Apion filirostre, Kirby. — J". R. le B. Tomlin, M..A., F.E.S. ... 275
Further experiments in the breeding of Abraxas grossulariata, var. varleyata.

—G. T. Porritt, F.L.S 276

Heriades truncorum, Linn., near Cobham, Surrey. — E. G. B. Nevinson, F.E.S- 277
Review. — "The Insect Hunter's Companion :" by the Rev. Joseph Greene,

M.A. Revised and extended by A. B. Farn. Fith edition 277

SociETiKS. — Birmingham Entomological Society 277

South London Entomological Society 278

Eatomological Society of London 279

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in their new Price List, No. L for 1907, offer more than 16,000 species
of well-named LEPIDOPTEKA, set or in papers, from all parts of the world,
in finest condition ; 1400 kinds of PREPARED LARV.^ ; numerous LIVING
PUPuE, &c. Separate Price Lis^is for COLEOPTERA (26,000 species) ; HYMEN-
OPTERA (3200 species), DIPTERA (2400), HEMIPTERA (2200), ORTHOPTERA
(1100), NEUROPTER (600), BIOLOGICAL OBJECTS (265).

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