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fold, below ami somewhat before it, tlie ppeckliiifr being carried along the fold 

 to the base ; at the lower edge of the plical patch is, a sin.ill black spot lying on 

 the fold ; along the ternieu the brown speckling is almost continuous, lorming 

 a narrow band in wliich is another small black spot at about the ruiddle; there 

 are also indications of three brown spots along tlie middle of the terminal cilia 

 which are pale stramineous. Exp. nl 11-13 mm. Jlimhvuujs not wider than 

 the forewmgs; pale shining sLeel-grey ; cilia with a pale bronzy tinge. 

 Abdomen and Leys pale shining stramineous. 



Tijpe. 6 (95926) ; $ (95927), Mus. Wlsin. BM. 



Hah. S. France : Alpes-Mah. : Cabbe-Roquebrvtne, 27.V.1913 

 {TVlsm.). Five specimens from a tuft of dry grass in a patch of mixed 

 herbage on the shore, nearly at sea-level — the five specimens were all 

 from the same tuft of grass, no others were seen. On my last visit to 

 Monte Carlo, in 1916, I found that all this vegetation had been entirely 

 washed away by the sea ; no trace left of any grass-tufts similar to that 

 from which the species was taken. 



341. MEGACRASPEDUS Z. 



3008-1 Megacraspedus pentheres, sp. n. 



Antennae three-fourths; stone-whitish, speckled with cinereous. Pulpi 

 projecting twice the length of the head beyond it; the long tuft on the median 

 joint stone-whitish, much speckled with brownish cinereous beneath ; terminal 

 joint short, upstanding, whitish. Head stone-white. Thorax stone-whitish, 

 speckled with brownish cinereous. Foreichu/s stone-whitish, dusted with 

 brownish cinereous; with minute black speckling around the outer third of the 

 costa, continuing around the apex and along the dorsum to within one-third of 

 the base ; there are also three small, elongate, black dots, one in the fold 

 beyond the middle, another slightly above and beyond it on the disc, and a 

 third in the same line with the latter, about the end of the cell — the middle 

 •spot equidistant between the other two ; cilia with a pale bronzy brown sheen. 

 Kq). al. 2-10 mm. mndwim/s shining, pale bluish grey; cilia with a pale 

 brownish bronzy sheen. Abdomen dull brownish grey. Lef/s stone-whitish, 



Tijpe. 6 (95931) ; Mus. Wlsm. BM. 



Rah. S. Feaxce: Basses-Alpes: Annot, 19-12.VIII.1913(pr/s;«.). 

 •Seven specimens taken on the slope below the Chambre du Eoi, but 

 found only in one spot on a walled-uj) terrace, formerly cultivated. 

 Probably nearest to attriteUus Chr., but rather more clearly marked, 

 less suffused, and with longer tuft on the palpi. 



Insects damaging lead and other metal-work. — In this Magazine for 

 iOecember 1919 (p. 278) Mr. F. Laing has given an interesting summary 

 relating to damage of lead by insects. To this I am able to add references to 



