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of this year I again spent at Dilham, and although I obtained a few specimens of 

 C. perlellus, the Tortrix did not put in an appearance. The weather was very un- 

 favourable, and there were very few insects about of any kind. — Arthur Cottam, 

 Eldercroft, Watford : August lOth, 1903. 



Does the suhfamili/ CordttI iinrp exist in Mexico or Central America ? — Does any 

 one know of the undoubted occurrence of Odonata of the subfamily Corduliinrs, 

 Selys, in Mexico or Central America? I find no mention of such in the literature, 

 and the only specimen I have seen purporting to come from those countries is a 

 H'ale f^omatochlora lepida, Selys, in the collection here, with the label " Mex." 

 Nothing is known of the history of this specimen, to which I long ago added the 

 label " locality probably erroneous." This enquiry is made in the interest of the 

 Odonate part of the "Biologia Centrali- Americana," edited by Mr. F. D. Godman, 

 P.R.S., &c. — Philip P. Calvert, Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia, Pa., 

 U.S.A. : August l\th, 1903. 



Laphria Jlava at Aviemore. — To-day, when collecting near Loch Gamhna, a 

 specimen of Laphria flava, L., settled upon my wife's dress, but before I could 

 get the net within reach of it, it had flown. A few years ago I took a specimen 

 near the same place, namely the south side of tlie Loch, and thus away fi'om 

 where the forest fire laid waste the district. — James J. F. X. King, Aviemore : 

 July lUh, 1903. 



Neopachygaster orhitalis, Whibg., and Nephrocerus flavicornis, Zett., in the 

 New Forest. — On June 18th, near Brockenhurst, I had the good fortune to sweep a 

 male oi N. flavicornis. I kept it alive for several days; it usually rested on the 

 roof of the pill-box, with its body sloped downwards at an angle of 30° or so. It 

 has a facies of Psilopus, and to some extent of Baccha. The same afternoon a 

 damaged holly tree produced one specimen of N. orhitalis sitting under the bark ; 

 two pupse (many were empty) produced two more imagos within a week. — F. 

 Jenkinsok, 10, Brookside, Cambridge : July l?>th, 1903. 



Mallota clmhiciformis. Fin., Stegana coleoptrata. Scop., and Acletoxenus for- 

 mosus, Lto., at Cambridge. — On July 4th, about 10 a.m., I caught in my garden 

 a fine female of M. cimbiciformis on a tallish bush of a tea rose, then in full flower 

 and very sweet. This evening, on the roof of my greenhouse, I was surprised to 

 see S. coleoptrata. Yesterday Acletoxenus formosus appeared, hovering about like 

 a Chlorops, and settling daintily on leaves. I saw and took five between 10 and 11 

 a.m., and another at 3 p.m. ; and five more to-day. I do not yet see any clue to 

 its habits. I wish your readers could see them alive ; the grace of their movements 

 and the beauty of their colouring must be seen to be believed. — Id. 



Coleoptera at Cambridge.— Dr. Sharp asks me to record Hypophleeus bicolor 

 among refuse (pigeons' droppings, &c.) from the roof of King's College Chapel; 

 also Thalycra sericea, taken at Six Mile Bottom, while sweeping for Diptera. 

 Magdalinus barbicornis has occurred in my garden. — Id. 



