1891.] Ill 



Note concerning Pseudomacromia elegans and pretiosa,Karsch. — In the current 

 number of the " Entomologische Nachrichten " (1891, Heft, v.), Dr. Karsch 

 describes two magnificent dragon-flies, under the above names, from Caraeroons. I 

 liave had these two species in my collection for several years, discovered in the same 

 district by the late Mr. D. G. Rutherford, and have readily identified them by Dr. 

 Karsch's excellent descriptions. But Dr. Karsch places them in two different 

 sections, thus : — 



a. Hind- wings with no inner triangle Ps. speciosa. 



b. „ ,, an ,, ,, Ps. pretiosa. 



I possess two ^ of Ps. speciosa : in one the inner triangle is present in both 

 hind-wings ; in the other it is absent in both hind-wings. 



I have one ? of Ps. pi'etiosa : the inner triangle is present in both hind-wings, 

 and in the right hind-wing there is]an additional nervule. 



It appears to me that this character is seldom of strict sectional value in 

 Lihellulina, and is only of importance when studied from a large number of indi- 

 viduals of a species. 



Ps. pretiosa is one of the most handsome of the Libellulina. It is strange 

 tliat both Dr. Karsch and myself should have seen only the ^ of one species and 

 the ? of the other ; but I can hardly consider this (perhaps mere coincidence) 

 suggestive. — R. McLachlan, Lewisham : March I6th, 1891. 



Anthophora pilipes at Ilfracomhe. — After the very severe winter which we 

 have had it may be worth recording that Anthophora pilipes, S , was enjoying 

 itself in the sun here on the 28th February. I saw two males, one of which allowed 

 me to catch it in my fingers ; I do not think this is unusually early in normal years, 

 but this has not been a normal winter, and in a place like this, which is not generally 

 at all an " early " one, I was surprised to see them. I fear the snow storm of this 

 week must have equally surprised them, and prevented further enjoyment, at least 

 for some time. — Edward Saunders, Ilfracombe: March I3th, 1891. 



Note on some Irish Trichopiera. — When looking over some Trichoptera col- 

 lected by the Rev. W. F. Joimson near Armagh, I noticed one female of Gramma- 

 taulius atomarius, F., an insect which has not been recorded for Ireland. In the 

 same box there was an insect which is now being turned up more frequently, namely, 

 Molanna palpata, McL. From the same neighbourhood there was also Limnophilus 

 ajffinis, Curt., Molocentropus picicornis, Ste., and Plectrocnemia conspersa, Curt. 

 Chimarrha marginata, L., occurred in considerable plenty near Bundoran. — James 

 J. F. X. King, Glasgow : March, 1891. 



(Sbituarn. 



It is with regret that we announce the death of Dr. J. M. J. af Tengstrom 

 whose work on^ the Micro-Lepidoptera of Finland, " Bidrag till Finlands Fjdril- 

 Fauna," published in 1847, in the " Notiser Sallskapets pro Fauna ct Flora Fennica 

 Forhandlingar," placed him at that early date in the foremost rank of the Micro- 

 Lepidoptcrists of Europe. 



