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frequently observed it in Wanstead Park, and in almost every 

 part of Epping Forest. Specimens gathered on fungi at the last 

 Fungus Foray were submitted to Mr. J. W. Taylor. 



Helix aculeata, common in Wanstead Park, is an addition to 

 Crouch's " List of the MoUusca of Beacontree Hundred." {E.N. 

 vol. iv.) — T. Petch, Leytonstone. 



I.VSECTS. 



Leucophsea Surinamensis,Linn. in Essex. — This pretty 

 cockroach has occurred abundantly in a tan-pit adjoining the 

 greenhouses of a private garden between Chelmsford and 

 Bloomfield and is doing considerable harm to the pineapples, 

 orchids and other plants. In Mr. Burr's Bvitish Ovthoptera, 

 published in 1897, the occurrence of two individuals at Bognor, 

 Sussex, and one at Kew, is mentioned, but Mr. Burr states that 

 " it hardly deserves to be called British until it is proved that it 

 actually breeds here." There is no doubt of its breeding in the 

 present locality, as it has been established for several years, and 

 the specimens brought to me are of every age and size from 

 recently hatched young to mature insects. The gardener who 

 submitted the specimens to me doss not know how they came, 

 but in the past few years numerous tropical plants have been 

 brought into the garden, and the cockroaches may have been 

 brought with one of them. I have sent specimens to the British 

 Museum collection, and my naming has been confirmed there, 

 and I am also sending specimens to the Essex Field Club 

 Museum, 



Since writing the above, I hear from Mr. W. H. Harwood, 

 of Colchester, that about 30 specimens have recently been found 

 near Liverpool and Manchester. — E. Charles Horrell, F.L.S., 

 County Laboratories, Chelmsford. [According to Burr, L. 

 sui'inamensis is a cosmopolitan species, being found throughout 

 the tropics, Brazil, Cayenne, Martinique, Senegal, China, Java 

 Philippines, Mexico, Central America, British Columbia, Burniah, 

 etc. — Ed.] 



Vanessa lo, var. cyanostica, at St. Osyth. — This form, 

 which was first observed and named by the Rev. G. H. Raynor, 

 of Hazeleigh, differs from the normal io in the possession of a 

 single blue spot beneath the ''peacock eye" on the hind-wings 

 of the butterfly. I netted many " Peacocks " at St. Osyth last 



