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Of Lihellula fulva we probably saw fully a hundred examples, 

 the great majority of which were adult blue males, certainly not more 

 than half a score females being noticed in all ! This species also fre- 

 quented the river and adjoining wide reaches, but we saw it over a 

 much wider area than we did yE. isosceles, which indeed we only found 

 on about a mile of water. 



Ortheiruvi canceUatum was plentiful, but seemed to avoid the 

 river, and occurred on the dry grounds away from the water, where 

 it was a comparative easy capture. Of less noteworthy species — 

 Brachytron praiense and Libellula qxiadrimncuhtia wore both plentiful. 

 Erythromma naias I believe would have been common had we worked 

 for it ; whilst Ayrion puJchellum was by far the most abundant 

 Dragon-fly seen, occurring in plenty apparently everywhere. Pyrrlw- 

 soma nymphula {minium) and Ischnura eleyans scarcely need mention. 

 Of Planipennia only a few common species were taken ; but among Trichoptera 

 a local species occurred in Erotesis baltica, hitherto, as far as I know, only recorded 

 in Britain from the Cambridgeshire Fens. Another interesting one was Limno- 

 philus xanthndes, which proved to bo nearly the most abundant species noticed, 

 three or four would fly at one time out of bush after bush at the strokes of the 

 beating stick. Other species included Phryganea grandis, ColpotauUus incisus, 

 Orammotaulius atomariim, Limnophilus flavicornis, L. marmoratns, L. luridus, L. 

 sparsus, Tricpnodes hicolor, and Holocentropus picicoriiis, most of them in plenty. 



My friends worked hard among the Lepidoptera, but with poor results, as for 

 some reason sugar and light were both unproductive. Papilio Machaon was 

 abundant, Arctia urticee came fairly freely to light, and Hydrelia unca was con- 

 stantly disturbed as we walked about. Other species included Smerinthus ocellatus, 

 Choerocampa lUpenor, Nudaria senex, Acldalia immutata, Timandra amataria, 

 Eupithecia valerianata,CoU ix spar.saia, Lobophora sexaHsata,Melanthia alhicillata 

 (about the wood), Leucania pudoriiia, Axi/Iia putris, Dipterygia pinastri, Mamestra 

 anceps, Apamea unanimis, DiantluBcia cuciibafi, lladena suaxa, Hypenodes costce- 

 strigalis, Herminia crihralis, Paraponyx slratiu(((lis,Chilo pl/raginatelhis, Schwnobius 

 mucronellus, and many others. 



HuddersCeld : August I7th, 1903. 



Coleoptera in the Neto Forest. — As this season has been an acknowledged bad 

 one for Coleoptera, I think a few species I look in the New Forest are worth 

 recording. I managed to get away for two days at the very beginning of August, 

 but as it was my first visit to the Forest, and I wns alone, I spent the greater part 

 of my time wandering about rather aimlessly. I chiefly worked old tree stumps 

 and small pufi^ balls growing on them. In the puff balls I found Aspidiphorus 

 orbiculatus, Oyll., common, and also took four Enicmus testacetis, Steph., and two 

 each of Sphlndus dubius, Gyll.,and Liodes orbicularis, Herbst. Sitting on old logs 

 I took single specimens of Leptura scutellata, F. (of which I found many old re- 

 mains in one log), and Tillus elongalus, L. 



