qo [February, 



Mr. Harwood sent me a pair, and subsequently adds (January 16th) 

 " I bred about a dozen specimens from pupae of Depressaria heracleana 

 in 1902 ; the locality is within a mile of my house " (in Colchester). 

 " T think there were three males and nine females, at any rate, I had 

 this number together labelled ' I. hericliana,^ being determined to my 

 satisfaction some years ago ; but seeing they did not all agree with 

 your description, I thought I should like you to look at a pair." 



Ipswich : January, 1904. 



ISIasmostethus ferrugatus, F., in Derhyshire. —I am very pleased to be able to 

 record the capture of a second British specimen of this handsome Hemipteron ; it 

 was captured by Mr. G- Pullen about the middle of last June on raspberry in a 

 garden on the outskirts of the town of Derby, and was forwarded to me for ex- 

 amination by the Rev. F. C. R. Jourdain, who is assisting with the Victoria County 

 History of Derbyshire. The other record for this species was from Bangor, North 

 Wales, July, 1900 {cf. Ent. Mo. Mag., xsxvi, p. 131). — Edward Saundees, St. 

 Ann's, Woking : January 8th, 1904. 



OrtTiostira nigrina, Fall, (macropterous) in Somersetshire. — Two fully de- 

 veloped specimens of this rare species have been sent to me for identification by Mr. 

 Dale, of Glanvilles Wootton. They are the first British examples of the macro- 

 pterous form that I have seen, and were taken by Mr. Dale at Shapwick in Somerset- 

 shire. The only other British records that I know of are from Scotland. This 

 macropterous form is so unlike the brachypterous that it might well be mistaken 

 for a distinct species ; it is somewhat similar in shape to a Dictyonota, but smaller, 

 and with thin antennae, the third joint of which is testaceous and very slightly 

 widened at the base as in brachypterous specimens. — Id. 



Is Leptidia brevipennis a British insect ? — As an old Reading Collector I have 

 been much interested in Mr. Barnes' note in the last number of this Magazine 

 (p. 14) on the capture of Leptidia brevipennis near an ants' nest. This discovery 

 is likely to be far more important than might be inferred from the very modest way 

 in which it is recorded. There is no doubt, I think, that the beetle could have had 

 nothing whatever to do with the ants near which it was found ; it had probably but 

 just alighted or dropped on what, for so defenceless a species, would be a most 

 dangerous spot. It would be difiicult in August to sift or hunt among any fallen 

 leaves which were not near ants. The locality where the insect was taken is an old 

 hunting ground of mine, a grand wild place resembling parts of the New Forest. 

 There are certainly no old baskets there, but plenty of the material from which 

 baskets are made, and I think if Mr. Barnes searches carefully in the same district 

 next season it is extremely likely he will find that the beetle lives there as an indi- 

 genous species. — W. Holland, University Museum, Oxford : January 15th, 1904. 



Occurrence of the genus Strobliella, Klap., in "Northern Africa. — This genua 



