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unknown. The simultaneous existence on the same plant of the insects in all gra- 

 dations of life, shows that tlie species, like others of the same nature, is pseudaga- 

 mous, and that there is a continuous production and not distinct broods. 



In tlie Ent. Mo. Mag., xxiv, p. 95, writing of Lecanium testiido, Curtis, wliich 

 I liad from Ivew on Brexia madagascariensis and Cratapa gynandra, I said tliat, 

 except in one small particular, the scales externally were identical with L. oleoe ; 

 and liaving subsequently received several exactly similar scales on various plants 

 from Demerara, some of which having been dissected by Mr. K. Newstead, and 

 found to agree as to antennaj and legs witli L. olece, I am now satisfied that L. 

 tesludo must be referred to that prior species. Signorct, who did not know L. testudo 

 except by description (Ess. Cochen., p. 271), surmised that it might be the same as 

 L. cycadi.i, Boisd., but that species is anomalous in having nine joints in tlie an- 

 tenna;, and in reality is not known since Signoret's time, so that actual comparison 

 cannot be made and the question decided. — Id. 



Bomhus soroensis, Fah., at Ilfracombe. — Notwithstanding the rain and wind 

 which have been prevalent lately, I was lucky enough to find a male of the above 

 species on a head of Senecio at Ilfracombe. The record of this locality is, I think, 

 worth making, ae I do not know of its having occurred so far west before. — Edwaed 

 Saunders, St. Ann's, Woking : October 16th, 1891. 



Ilemerohius pellucidus, Wlkr., near F.reter. — The Rev. A. E. Eaton has just 

 given me an example of this rare and very local insect taken by him at Exwick, near 

 Exeter, on the 8th July last. This, I think, is a new locality. It had been pre- 

 viously taken in England by Messrs. J. C. and C. W. Dale at Grlanvilles Wootton, 

 and by Mr. J. E. Fletcher near Worcester. — R. McLachlan, Lewisham, London : 

 October 2nd, 1891. 



Concerning the female of I.wcelipteron fulvum, Costa. — I am not sure that the 

 female of this insect has been previously noticed. I have before me a ? from near 

 Amasia in Asia Minor, lent me by Mr. Albarda of Leeuwarden. It differs from the 

 S in the apex of the abdomen being obtuse and without appendages, and in the 

 absence of the blackish scale-like hairs on the inner margin of the wings (especially 

 the posterior) so conspicuous in the c? . In connection with this my notes on allied 

 species, published in Ent. Mo. Mag., xxii, p. 215, should be compared. — Id. : 

 October nth, 1801. 



Drepanopferyx phalanoides, Linn., in Scotland. — On the 5th instant I had a 

 few hours' collecting at Cleghorn, and a single specimen of tliis interesting insect, 

 beaten from hazel, gave some value to my otherwise not very rich booty. So late in 

 the season it was hardly looked for, and its appearance is the more noteworthy 

 seeing it has been an absentee for five or six years, although repeatedly sought after. 

 This makes the fourth specimen from Cleghorn, probably the greatest number yet 

 taken in Britain in one locality. The insect proves to have a wider range in the 

 Glen than was thought probable, as the present specimen was taken at some distance 

 from the place were tliose previously recorded (Ent. Mo. Mag., xxii, p. 139) were 

 found. — Kenneth J. Mokton, Glenview, Carluke, N.B. ; October 8lh, 1891. 



