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Great Salkeld, 16.8.1910; Plesiodema pinetellum Zett., Wandel Fell, 2.7.1911, one 

 specimen ; Corixa praeusta Fieb. var. wollastoni D. and S., Sprinkling Farm, 

 1.7.1903, two examples, the type being not uncommon. When no numbers are 

 given, it may be understood that the species was taken freely. — H. Britten, 

 Myrtle View, Windmill Road, Headington, Oxon : Novemher 12th, 1916. 



Psallus vitellimis Scholtz in Oxfordshire. This little Capsid was beaten 

 out of pine branches in fair numbers at Bayswater, near Headington, Oxon. 

 17.7.1915, and a week later tiu-ned up freel}' on pines at Shotover, Oxon. I am 

 indebted to Mr. E. A. Butler for the identification of this species. — H. Britten. 



Limnophilus fuscinervis in Co. Monaghan. — I have the pleasure to record 

 the capture of a second example of Liimwphilus fuscinervis Zett. in Ireland, the 

 onlj"- previously known specimen from these Islands having been taken by 

 Mr. J. N. Halbert in County Mayo, as reported by me in Ent. Mo. Mag., XLV, 

 p. 233. The new locality is a lake near the Monaghan road, a short distance 

 beyond the village of Emyvale. The insect, which is a ? in good condition, 

 was swept on August 10th last from reeds on the margin of the lake, and along 

 with it occurred Agrypnia pagetana and some other commoner species. Only a 

 very short time was available for collecting at the lake in question and I had 

 no opportunity of revisiting it. The species has evidently a fairly extensive 

 range in Ireland, the two localities in which it has been found being widely 

 apart. — Kenneth J. Morton, 13, Blackford Eoad, Edinburgh : September 22nd, 

 1916. 



An exotic Blattid, Rhyparobia maderae Fabr. in Yorkshire. — On September 

 14th, a live specimen Avas brought me of Rhyparobia maderae Fabr., having been 

 found at the local goods station in some loose packing. It has been identified 

 by Mr. Lucas. — H. Ling Roth, Bankfield Museum, County Borough of Halifax : 

 November \Oth, 1916. 



The occurrence of Xenopsylla cheopis Roths, in Bristol. — Professor Walker 

 Hall and Dr. D. S. Davies of the University, Bristol, have permitted me to 

 record that on August 5th this year they secured two examples of Xenopsylla 

 cheopis Roths., on a Mus norvegicus, at the rag factory which was the seat of the 

 outbreak of plague in the to^vn of Bristol. It is interesting to note that the 

 rat was infected with plague. — N. Charles Rothschild, Arundel House, 

 Kensington Palace Gardens, W. : November, 1916. 



Obituary. — Charles Adolphus Briggs, of Rock House, Lynmouth, N. Devon, 

 died on October 17th last. He was born on May 26th, 1849. Dvu-ing the earlier 

 portion of his life he chiefly devoted his attention to Lepidoptera, but later took to 

 collecting Odonata, Ephemeridae, and Mollusca. In 1896 he took up his resi- 

 dence at Lynmouth, and after that paid considerable attention to Trichoptera 

 and mosses, till failing health compelled him to rest. On October 13th, 1914, 

 he had a paralytic stroke from which he never thoroughly recovered. He was 

 never married, and for foi-ty years lived with his brother, T. H. Briggs, who 



