^ [January, 



Hesperia tliautnas, livenla, and sylvarms. — Sierre. 



Sphinx convolvuli. — One specimen at flowers of tobacco plant, Sierre. For- 

 thesia aunjlua.— At light, Aigle. Agrntis cnndelarum. — Top of Simplon Pass. A. 

 decora. — Berisal. HelintJiis dipsacea. — Sierre, several. Odezia iihiale. — Laquinthal. 

 0. atrata. — Simplon. Ortholitha limitata, 0. hipunctaria. — Simplon. Phasiane 

 clathrata. — Laquinthal. Cleogene lutearia. — Laquinthal. Acidalia flavenlaria. — 

 Laquinthal. Larfntia salicata. — Laquinthal. 'Zyrjcenn, epMaltes. — Sierre. Psodos 

 alpinata. — Flying over road near Berisal. Cramhns pinetdhis — Laquinthal. Py- 

 rausta octomaculalis. — Laquinthal. 



Shrublands, Eltham, Kent : 



October 5th, 1903. 



ASTEIA I:LEGANTULA, Zett., A SPECIES OF BIPTEJIA NEW 

 TO BRITAIN. 



BY F. JENKINSON, M.A., Hox. D. Litt. (Oxon). 



I spent the latter half of Aup;ust on the banks of the Findhorn, 

 and worked as assiduously as the weather permitted. The wind and 

 rain made all methods of collecting; difficult. What insects T pjot b^' 

 sweeping were often damaged ; I accordingly thought myself very 

 fortunate when I saw at the bottom of my net, uninjured, what 

 looked like a delicate orange Pipunculus with outspread wings ; it 

 proved to be a species of Asteia. Schiner's note (p. 281) sent me to 

 Zetterstedt, Dipt. Scand., vi, 2575, 3, and I found I had taken Asteia 

 eleganlula. The specimen has since been seen by Mr. Collin, who 

 confirms my identification. It is a fine large species, the alar expanse 

 being 7 mm. ; and the thorax, instead of being unicolorous black, is 

 (to quote Zetterstedt) " ferrugineo-flavus, dorso vittis subquattuor 

 abbreviatis fuscis obsoletis ;" though what subquattuor means I do 

 Dot know. The date of my capture was September 1st. 



10, Brookside, Cambridge : 



November l'7th, 1903. 



PTINUS TECTUS, Boieldiett, RECENTLY INTRODUCED INTO 



BRITAIN. 



BY PROF. T. HUDSON BEARE, B.Sc, F.R.S.E., &c. 



T am informed by Mr. C. O. Waterhouse that the specimens of 

 the unknown PHmis exhibited at the meeting of the Entomological 

 Society of London on October 7th are to be referred to the above 

 species. 



P. tecfus was described by Boieldieu in Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr., 



