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suppose that it hrs only two scutellar bristles, it may be, in some eases, 

 erroneously referred to a group in that section which has the front 

 tarsi dilated, but, so far as I have seen, the first tarsal joint of this 

 group is always most swollen, especially in the ? . I am indebted to 

 Mr. J. J. F. X. King for the loan of his series of fumata, to assist me 

 in describing the species. 



In July last, I noticed at Strathlevon House that the leaves of the 

 turnips in the garden were blotched by the mines of larvjB, and as T 

 wanted to rear some of the mining species of Dlptera, I removed a 

 number of leaves and placed them in a tin, hoping that I might obtain 

 some AijromyzidcE from them. T succeeded in obtaining a large 

 number of pupae, which bore a striking resemblance to those of 

 Phora urbana, Mg., which I had previously bred from moles' nests, 

 but they were much smaller and of a yellow colour. 1 forgot 

 about them till the late autumn, and one day I inadvertently opened 

 the tin, when at once several specimens of Pliora rujipes, Mg., tlew out 

 and scuttled over to the window. An examination showed that a large 

 number of both sexes were in the tin dead, and a few more remained 

 in the pupa state. I knew that some species were said to feed on 

 decaying vegetable matter, but it was a surprise to find them mining 

 live leaves. 



10, Diilichip Terrace, Bonhill, 

 Dumbartonshire, N.E. : 

 January, 1909. 



Obituary. Lt.-Col. C. B. Bingham : a correction. — In the obituary notice in 

 the January number of tlie Knt. Mo. Mag. I notice an error for which, I believe, 

 I am primarily responsible, and wliich I should like to correct. Bingham came of 

 an old Irish family, but he was born in India, and was sent over to Ireland to be 

 educated.— W. F. Kirbt, Hilden, Sutton Court Eoad, Chiswiek : January, 1909. 



Another protest against the luck of .system in abbreviating the names of ento- 

 mological authors. — May I be allowed to add my voice to Mr. Champion's protest 

 against the lack of system in abbreviating author's names ? For some reason it 

 seems that a majority of Orthopterists have names beginning with B, and yet 

 sometimes this letter alone is used as an abbreviation for an author's name, in which 

 case it usually means either Burnieister or Brunner. The next step, " Br.," is 

 hardly an improvement, for it might mean either of these two, and, moreover, does 

 not actually exclude Bolivar, Brancsik, Borelli, even de Bormans, and thft under- 

 signed. When we remember that there are three Orthopterists whose names so 

 closely resemble each other, as von Brunn, Bruner, and Brunner, abbreviation seems 



