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There appear to be but two previous British records of this species, both ema- 

 nating from WoUaston. Crotch (Entom., ii, 260) records it from Q-ainsborough, 

 Lincoln, taken by Wollaston ; and Champion (/. c), from Newton Abbot, Devon, 

 ex. coll. Wollaston. There is a specimen, without data, of which nothing is known, 

 in the Power Collection. The above localities give no clue to its local distribution, 

 but, judging by the present instance, I should certainly expect it to affect moist 

 woods in Britain. 



I failed to identify the specimen, and am much indebted to Mr. E. A. Newbery 

 for the determination. — Claude Moeley, Ipswich : November, 1900. 



Heliothis armigera bred at Tavistock. — It may be worth recording that on 

 August 4th, 1898, I took six larvse, of which four fed up on restharrow, which I 

 ^{xAgeA to he H. marginal a. One of these emerged on July 17th, 1899: then to 

 my surprise this year, on July 30th, one H. armigera emerged, to bo followed by two 

 others on August 3rd and 17th. I believe this is a new locality for the latter 

 insect.— F. F. Southby, Hazeldon, Tavistock : October ZOth, 1900. 



Psectra diptera, Burm., in Ireland. — Among some insects handed over to me 

 by the Fauna Committee of the Royal Irish Academy, for the purpose of working 

 out, I find a male of this very scarce species. It was taken near Wexford during 

 the present year. The specimen is a very good one, although a portion of the left 

 antenna has been broken off. — James J. F. X. King, 1, Athol Gardens Terrace, 

 Kelvinside, Glasgow : November, 1900. 



[The only other native example was taken by the late Mr. J. C. Dale " off a 

 hazel bush at Breach Wood, near Langport, Somersetsliire, on June 26th, 1843 :" 

 cf. Curtis, Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. (2), iii, p. 56. — R. McLaculan]. 



Salesus guttatipennis, McLach., in Wilts. — Seeing a note {ante, p. 263) on the 

 capture of this species at Colesborne, I think it may be worth recording that I found 

 it abundantly here (some forty miles further south) during the first half of October, 

 amongst tall herbage by the sides of streams in the water-meadows. It was then 

 much the commonest Trichopteron. — E. Meybick, Elmswood, Marlborough : No- 

 vember 9th, 19U0. 



zEsckiia mixta, Latr., near Rye. — A female of this species was taken by Mr. 

 E. Connold on the Camber sandhills, October 22nd. This is a good addition to the 

 list of East Sussex Odonata. — E. N. Bloomfield, Guestling : November 1st, 1900. 



Occurrence in Kent of Blacus armatulus, Ruthe, a Braconid netv to Britain. — 

 Amongst some BraconidcB taken this year at Appledore, Kent, the Rev. T. A. 

 Marshall informs me there is Blacus armatulus, not previously recorded from 

 Britain. Also Agathis malvacearum, Latr., a very rare species here. — A. Beaumont, 

 The Red Cottage, Pond Road, Blackheath, S.E. : November Uh, 1900. 



A quarter of an hour on the Breck. — So strong was the wind on August 27th 

 last that I was compelled to dismount my bicycle in the centre of Lakenhcath 

 Warren, Suffolk. By turning over stones of never more than two inclies diameter, 

 I discovered in fifteen minutes on the bare, bleak Breck: — Coranus subapterns. 



