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RHYNCEITES SERICEUS, Oerbst, NOT A BRITISH INSECT. 

 BT G. C. CnAMPION, F.Z.S. 



Bhyncliites sericeus, Herbst, has ^oug appeared on the British 

 list, various continental autborities having treated it as synonymous 

 with the subsequently described B. ophthalmicus, Steph. But this is a 

 mistake, as JR. sericeus is not a British insect, and the true R. ophthal- 

 micus, Steph., = B. olivaceus, Gyll., the latter name post-dating 

 that of Stephens by tvs'o years. B. sericeus, Herbst, of which I 

 captured numerous specimens in Northern Spain last year, is readily 

 separable from B. ophthalmicus by its larger size, the brighter metallic 

 colour, and the multipunctate elytral interstices. Herbst's coloured 

 figure, rough as it is, is sufficient to show that his insect could not 

 have been synonymous with that of Stephens. 



ITorsell, Woking : 



March Uh, 1904. 



SUFFOLK LEPIDOPTEEA IN 1903. 

 BY THE BEV. E. N. BLOOMPIELD, M.A., F.E.S. 



For the third year in succession Mr. A. E. Gibbs, F.L.S., of St. 

 Albans, has collected in the same district of East Suffolk, at Felix- 

 stowe, Orford, Bentley, &c. Of course the greater part of the 

 species taken are the same as in former years, but there are a few not 

 before met with, and others whose occurrence may be worth mention. 



The season is generally considered to have been very unfavourable, 

 but Mr. Gibbs reports that no inconsiderable number of the seaside 

 species have been unusually abundant. 



He has furnished me with a list of the Macros, and Mr. C. G. 

 Barrett has most kindly looked over the Micros, and determined the 

 more obscure species. The following gentlemen have also sent me 

 lists of their captures, the Eev. A. P. Waller, at Hemley and Wald- 

 ringfield ; Messrs. H. Lingwood, at Needham Market and Dunwich ; 

 W. J. Ogden, at Kessingland ; and A. E. Tonge, at Lowestoft. 



Rhopalocera were generally scarce, and none worth mention were taken, though 

 Mr. Waller reports Thecla rubi, L.,and Lycsena argiolus, L., as common at Hemley, 

 and Mr. Lingwood, L. JEgon, Schiff., common at Dunwich. 



Of the Bombyces there was a dearth, though Halias prasinana, L., and Calli- 

 genia miniata, Forst., were netted at Bentley, Nola confusalis, H.-S., and Nudaria 

 senex, Hb., at Hemley, Porthesia chrysorrhaea, L., at Felixstowe, and a larva of 

 Stauropusfagi, L., at Needham Market. 



