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tophilus schonherri, in great numbers. A single specimen of Carabus 

 monilis, L., was found walking in the kitchen of the village inn. — 

 T. Hudson Beare, 10, Regent Terrace, Edinburgh. October 21.s£, 1907. 



MYfflENOPTERA. 



Xestophanes brevitarsis, and X. potentill^e. — 1 bred males and 

 females of both these gall insects from my Formica fusca nest from 

 Porlock, the latter in some numbers. The former, our hymenopterist 

 editor (Mr. Chitty) informs me, is new to Britain. Of course they 

 have nothing to do with ants, but were bred out of some subterranean 

 galls of Potentilla reptans which happened to be in the nest. — Horace 

 Donisthorpk, F.Z.S., F.E.S., 58, Kensington Mansions, W.G. 



Cephalonomia formiciformis. — These curious little Proctotrupids, 

 which look much like ants, having both winged and apterous forms, 

 were taken by Mr. C. J. C. Pool, in burrows of Cis boleti, in fungus 

 from Epping and Enfield, and I subsequently took some specimens 

 when with him, on a tree infested by Cis pgymaeus. Chitty says 

 they occur in faggots, etc., being parasitic on a small fungus-feeding 

 insect, very likely on different species of Cis. I am indebted to the 

 kindness of Prof. Dr. T. T. Kieffer for the names of these species. — Id. 



SCIENTIFIC NOTES AND OBSERVATIONS. 



Ckoss-paibing of Insects. — As an addition to the large number 

 of unusual pairings, between individuals of different species (Nat. 

 Hist. Brit. Lep., v., pp. 3-4), I may say that, this afternoon, in the 

 Bois des Freres, near Geneva, I noticed a very strange-looking pair of 

 butterflies in cop., viz., Cyclopides palaemon $ and Hesperia malvae $ ; 

 I observed them for a good minute, and could scarcely believe my eyes, 

 so boxed them, after which they remained together only for about 30 

 seconds, before disengaging. I have never seen anything so abnormal 

 before, except on one occasion, now some seven years ago, when 1 took 

 two beetles, Pachyta virginea S ■ paired with a $ /'. qua l-rimaculata, 

 at St. Croix, in the Jura. Last year, Mongenet took, killed, and 

 brought home, still in cop., Anthrocera lonicerae and A. carniolica. — 

 P. A. H. Muschamp, F.E.S., 20, Chemin des Asters, Geneva. June 

 4-th, 1907. 



BlTHYS QUERCUS ATTRACTED BY HoNEYDEW ON TREES. 1 Spent SOlUe 



little time, on August 20th, watching the imagines of Bithys qitercus, 

 which were frequenting some wild-cherry trees growing on a wooded 

 slope, and noticed that they were especially fond of settling on leaves 

 that were curled up by the ravages of aphides, about which they 

 continuously walked. Next morning I again visited this spot, and 

 with the aid of binocular glasses was able to obtain a good view of 

 one of these butterflies with its proboscis at work, feeding on the 

 honeydew. This, I expect, is its principal food, and probably explains 

 the habit of this species of frequenting the tops of various trees and 

 so seldom visiting flowers. — J. F. Bird, The Nurtons, Tintern. 



Resting habit of Aporia. — Aporia cratakgi apparently pairing 

 more than once. — -Whilst staying at Airolo, from August 2nd — 10th, 

 1907, I found Aporia crataegi, going over, but fairly common both 

 near Piotta and Brugnasco. Both sexes, when feeding on flowers of 



