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Gastrodes abietis, L., in the New Forest. — Last Easter I spent a week-end at 

 Brockenhnrst with my friend Mr. G. Arnold, and on April loth, while walkin<^ 

 to Denny and Matley Bogs, we came upon a large spruce fir which had fallen 

 across the " Drift Road." On breaking open the last year's cones at the top of 

 the tree we found them tenanted by both our species of Gastrodes in some 

 numbers, G. abietis, L., usually much the rarer of the two, being uivich more 

 plentifvil than its congener G ferrugineus, L. — A. H. Hamm, Oxford: June 9th, 

 1911. 



Hybos culiciformis. Fab., in Scotland. — In his " Diptera Danica," 

 Dr. Lundbeck distinguishes clearly three European species of the genus Hybos. 

 I am not in a position to express an opinion as to the correctness of the 

 synonymy worked out by Dr. Lundbeck ; but taking the species as he gives them 

 I can record all three from Scotland. While this makes an addition to 

 Mr. Verrall's " List " of 1901, it does not appear to make an addition to our 

 records. Two species only are given in Mr. Verrall's " List " — grossi^es, L., and 

 femoratus, Miill. ; but the third species — culiciformis', Fabr. — has been recorded 

 'from Aberlady as far back as 1873 (" Scot. Naturalist," Vol. ii, p. 202), and has 

 been recorded since from Grlen Falloch and Loch Long in the West of Scotland 

 (Brit. Assoc. Handbook, 1909, j). 260) . Whether these records refer to culiciformis 

 as interpreted by Dr. Liindbeck I am unable to say. In my collection culiciformis 

 and grossipes were mixed together ; Schiner's remark under the latter species : 

 "Genitalien des miinnchens stark verdickt" (a character which applies only to 

 culiciformis as here recorded) being partly responsible for my mistake. 



The three™pecies are quite distinct, as the specimens (comprising both 

 sexes of each species) now before me show, all agreeing perfectly with the 

 descriptions given by Dr. Lundbeck. I have culiciformis from Loch Tay, Aber- 

 foyle, and Comrie (Perthshire) ; Edinburgh, Glencorse, Arniston, and Polton 

 (Midlothian) ; and Aberlady (Haddington). The dates of captiire range from 

 July 2nd to September 11th (1903-1907) ; and most of the captures were made 

 by my friend the Rev. James Waterston, B.D., B.Sc. Femoratus has occurred 

 in most of the foregoing localities, and appears to be equally common. Grossipes 

 I have from only Aberfoyle, Blairgowrie, and Comrie (three (J <? and one ? in 

 all) ; it thus appears to be a rarer species than its congeners. — A. E. J. Carter, 

 Blairgowrie, Perthshire : 22nd May, 1911. 



^oci?ti<?s. 



The South London Entomological and Natural History Society : 

 Thursday, April 2~th, 1911. — Mr. W J. Kaye, F.E.S., President, in the Chair. 



Mr. P. A. Bvixton, of Tonbridge, was elected a Member. 



Mr. Tonge exhibited a pupa case of JEgeria andrenseformis as found in sitxX 

 projecting from the burrow after the emergence of the imago. He had found 

 four such cases in nature. Mr. Kaye, a similar exhibit with the living imago 



