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C. Nicholson, F.E.S., Hale End, Chingford, N.E. October 3rd, 

 1907. 



Colias edusa at Chichester. — Colias edusa occurred here and in 

 the neighbourhood sparingly during the months of August and 

 September. The last date upon which it was noticed, or taken, to my 

 knowledge, was on September 24th — a truly glorious day, when two 

 males were captured by my brother, Mr. Frederick Anderson, in a 

 clover-field not far from our house. They appeared little the worse 

 for wear, and, not requiring them, I gave them their liberty. — Joseph 

 Anderson, Chichester. October 22nd, 1907. 



Sirex juvencus at Chichester. — A very large female of this 

 somewhat rare Sirex was brought to me by a boy, who found it alive 

 on the pavement of one of the streets here on October 7th. Sirex gigas 

 is much more common, and few seasons pass without its occurrence in 

 this locality. During a period of over 30- years, on tbe contrary, I 

 have not seen or heard of half-a-dozen specimens of Sirex juvencus. — 

 Joseph Anderson, Chichester. October 22m/, 1907. 



CURRENT NOTES. 



The Entomologischen Jahrbuch (Frankenstein and Wagner, Leipzig) 

 for 1908 is well before time as usual. It contains a fair amount of 

 useful matter for students of all orders. The lepidopterist will find 

 what is called a "Monthly Calendar of Micro-lepidoptera " but the 

 actual notes are limited to casual remarks on the Pyralids and 

 Crambids, which are not very enlightening, and in many instances 

 merely tell one that a species is taken in Hungary, or the Valais, and 

 without any "biological" or "habit" note of interest. Something 

 more useful might surely be attempted. Gauckler gives a short paper, 

 entitled "Xylomiges conspicillaris, a Monograph," which falls short of its 

 title, e.g., " The pupa is brown " is all the information that one gets 

 of this stage. A much more scientific note is that by Gillmer on 

 Gortyna ochracea, his observations on the egg being more than usually 

 interesting. Harmuth has a short paper on Hyles hybr. epil<>l>ii, 

 in which the attempt to deal with the literature of the Eumorphid 

 hybrids fails rather lamentably. Strohmeyer has a note on the food- 

 plants of Melitaea maturna, stating that he reared the larvae on 

 Veronica, Taraxacum, Plantago, Lonicera xylosteum, etc., instead of tbe 

 usual ash. Some data on the measurements of Pieris bramvac are noted 

 by Auel. Tietxmann gives an account of his captures in the Wandsbek 

 district in 190G, among which an abundance of hybernated Xylina zincken ii 

 in the spring and ( 'yclopides sylvius at the end of May, are to be 

 noticed. " Night collecting in Styiia," by Hoffmann, is the title of 

 another paper, whilst there is also a note stating that Staudinger's 

 collection of lepidoptera was purchased by the Prussian State for £7,500. 

 The coleopteristwillfind several interesting articles, <.//. /'Aquatic beetles," 

 by Kulmt. " Melanic and other forms of Coccinellids," by Reichert, " The 

 Larva of Steatoderus ferrugineus," by Dorn, etc. A paper on tbe genus 

 Volucella, by Speiser, will attract dipterists. Another on Ohrysopa, 

 by Reichert, will prove interesting to neuropterists. Papers on " The 

 Ants of Tirol and Vorarlbeg," by von Dalla Torre, and on " Cynips 

 calycis," by Scbuster, deal with the Hymenoptera. Papers on Rhyneota, 

 the general subject, and a lengthy obituary, also find place. The " books 



