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to state that I found the larrte of this moth last montli at Chislehurst. They were 

 in considerable numbers on a species of Riibus and PotentUla tormentilla, but re- 

 stricted to an estremelj limited area. — B. A. Bower, Lee, Kent : Nov. 6tk, 1897. 



Pluxia monefa, Fab., at Lee, Kent. — On June 30th last I caught in the garden 

 here a specimen of the above hovering over the blossoms of foxglove. The evening 

 was an ideal one for PlusidcB at flowers, as quantities of Flusia gamma, several 

 chrysitis, and two H. triplasia were also attracted by them. It is doubtful if moiieta 

 is well established here, as a bed of its food-plants grown for the purpose of inducing 

 the females to visit and deposit ova, has so far been unproductive. — Id. 



Holocentropus stagnalis. Alb., near Ipswich. — Amongst some Trichoptera cap- 

 tured by Mr. Claude Morley I find several specimens of H. stagnalis from the marshes 

 at Bramford near Ipswich, April 23rd, 1897, where it was very common amongst 

 reeds in one particular pond. It was first noticed as British by Mr. J. E. Fletcher, 

 near Worcester, early in May, 1886 {cf. Ent. Mo. Mag., xxiv, p. 43), and Mr. King 

 has recorded it from near Westport in Ireland {ibid., xxv, p. 235). I feel pretty 

 certain that examples from East Anglia came under my notice years ago, before it 

 had been differentiated, and were probably passed over as aberrant individuals of 

 H. picicornis, St. — E. McLachlan, Lewisham, London : November 18tk, 1897. 



Anisolabis annulipes, Lucas, at Qv.cenhorovgh. — In ray notes on Apterygida 

 aracMdis {ante, p. 133) I recorded the occurrence in the Queenborough Chemical 

 Works of a very immature Forficulid, which Mr. Malcolm Burr considered might 

 be Anisolabis annulipes, Lucas. A search for the creature by Mr. W. W. Esam 

 and myself, early in September, resulted in the capture of two or three mature 

 specimens, which placed its identity beyond doubt ; and on October 2l8t I found 

 several more all fully grown. They were obtained in one place in the yard of the 

 works, among bones and rubbish under some old sacks and barrels. As the Aniso- 

 labis is decidedly less active than its companion Apterygida, besides being of a 

 harder texture, it is much more easy to secure without damage. — J. J. Waikee, 

 Sheerness : November 8ih, 1897. 



Crabro aphidum, Lep., in Ireland. — On the 29th of last June I look a ? of this 

 rare Crabro in my garden here. It has been kindly identified for me by Mr. Edward 

 Saunders. — Percy E. Freke, Step House, Borris, Co. Carlow : October 2bth, 1897. 



Nomada guttidata, Schenck, at Ipsicich.~^I am delighted to be able to record 

 the occurrence of a bona fide British specimen of this species, of which Mr. Saunders, 

 to whom I am indebted for its determination, possesses a single ? without locality, 

 as recorded by him in his Hymenoptera, p. 293. My example is also a ? , and was 

 taken from a flower of one of the yellow Composites in the woods to the south-west 

 of Ipswich on May I7th, 1897. — Claude Morley, Everton House, Ipswich: 

 October 22nd, 1897- 



Notes on rare Diptera in the New Forest in 1897. — In Vol. xxx, p. 255, of 

 this Magazine I recorded the capture of the first British specimen of Mallota eris- 

 taloides, Lw., taken in Park Ground Enclosure on July liOth, 1894, and although 



