OQfi [October, 



to the observations of Prof. Eugnion relative to the development of another species 

 of Encyrtus from a Hyponomeuta. The book is inaccessible to me just now, but the 

 figure there given of a Hyponomeuta larva stuffed with Eiicyrtus pup:c might serve 

 (mutatis mutandis) for tliat of the Depressaria above noticed. — Id. 



Coleoptera from Hoy, Orkney. — The following is a list of the contents of a 

 small bottle received through the kindness of Mr. W. L. Greening, of Warrington, 

 and collected in the Island of Hoy during the summer of 1895. The list contains 

 no unexpected names, nor any special rarities, and is only interesting as representa- 

 tive of the Coleopterous fauna of part of the extreme northern limit of the British 

 Islands. The captor not being a Coleopterist it may be assumed that the species 

 enumerated were abundant on the occasion of his visit. Cicindela campestris* 

 (dark form), Carabus ylahratus, C. arven.si.s* C. catenulatvs (very small), Nebria 

 brevicollis, Clivinafos.ior, Taphria nivalis, Calathus mollis, C. micropterus, Amara 

 lifrons, Bembidium littorale, Ocypus olens, Queditis trisfis, Xantholinus glahraius, 

 Simplocaria semistriata, Athous tiiger, Chrysomela sanguinolenia,* Apion Spencei, 

 A. heematodes, and Otiorrhynchus blandus, the last the most abundant of thein all. 

 — W. E. Shaep, Ledsham, Cheshire: August 30th, 1897. 



Bothynotus pilosus and other Hemiptera in North Kent. — While collecting on 

 August 27th in some woods between Heme Bay and Canterbury, I had the good 

 fortune to take a fine specimen of the rare Hemipteron, Bothynotus pilosus. It was 

 a brachypterous ? , and was obtained by sweeping amongst long grass by the side of 

 a path in the wood. This capture is interesting as giving a new locality for the 

 insect intermediate between those in Sussex and Norfolk from which it has previously 

 been recorded. Other interesting captures during August were Corizus capitatus by 

 sweeping and Pilophorus cinnamopterus plentifully on young fir trees in the same 

 woods ; Teratocoris antennatus plentiful in all its stages and in both sexes in a 

 marsh amongst Scirpus marifimus at Hampton, near Heme Bay ; T. Saundersi 

 (chiefly females) jilentiful amongst long grass, and especially Juncus compressus, in a 

 salt marsh near Whitstable ; Cyrtorrhinus iiaveolus much less commonly in the 

 same place ; Henestaris halophilus in profusion in a salt marsh at Swalecliffe, and 

 Peritrechus nuhilns in a marsh at Hampton, chiefly in the folds of a piece of tarred 

 canvas, which was evidently its head quarters, as it contained large numbers of 

 exuvise ; Plagiognatlms albipennis on Artemisia, Myrmedobia distinguenda in thatcli, 

 and one developed 9 oi Nabis Jlacomnrginatus by sweeping, at Swalecliffe. Choro- 

 soma Schillingi and Allodapus rufescens were also present in small numbers in the 

 Swalecliffe marsh, and Monanthia dumetortim was common in hedges. One morning, 

 while on my way down to the sea for a dip, I saw a beautiful specimen of Pieris 

 Daplidice settle on a flower just in front of me, but having at hand no better ap- 

 pliances than a beetle net and a straw hat, I managed to miss it, and it sailed away 

 to be no more seen. — E. A. Butler, 39, Ashley Koad, Crouch Hill, N. : September 

 13th, 1897. 



Query respecting Acanthia ciliata, Eversmann. — Under this name, in the 

 " Bulletin de la Societe Imperiale des Naturalistes de Moscou," 181-1, p. 9, Dr. 



* These species have also been found iu Hoy by Mr. McArthur. G. C. C. 



