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from the side of the brook, running through Matley Bog. This 

 gentleman also obtained a $ of Merodou equestru, which species also 

 Mr. Nicholson had taken at flowers in the " Lynwood " garden. 

 This is an introduced species, having been brought to England in 

 bulbs, in which the larvai live. It is now well established in this 

 country. The party returned early, and after a hearty tea, caught 

 the 7 o'clock train back to town. Mr. Jennings reports the following 

 species, other than Lepidoptera, taken during the trip, in addition to 

 those already mentioned : — Coleophoea. — Geodephaga : — Cahmniia 

 inqmutdf (two beaten from oak, and one each from hazel, beech, and 

 hawthorn); Ahax striola (one, under log on heath) ; Harpahis ruhripi's 

 (ditto) ; Dromms 4.-maculatus ; four species each of PteroHticJiux, 

 NutiopJiilus, Harpalus, and (Jahithiifs, not yet najUied. Brachelytra : — 

 Creo))hihis maxUlosics (under a dead rabbit on Whitemoor). Necro- 

 phaga : — Hilpha ^-punctata (beaten commonly from oaks) ; S. rw/osa ; 

 >S. sinuata (several obtained from the before-mentioned dead rabbit) ; 

 Saprimis (two unnamed species from the same source). Lamellicornia : — 

 (Teotrupea rcnialis (on Whitemoor) ; Tro.r salndosus (under an old rag 

 at a spot where there had evidently been a gipsy encampment) ; 

 McIolontJia ruh/aiis (several beaten from oaks) ; Vliijlhipertlia hortirola 

 (four in various situations) ; Lnranus n'rnis (several). ELATERiD.i;: : — 

 Campijhis linearis (out of hawthorn) ; ('(iri/inbitefi hnloxL'rirem (common 

 on oaks). Malacodermata : — Dulichoaoina nobile (from aspen). Longi- 

 cornia : — AnopAodera si'.ri/uttata (on a wall) ; lihwjiuin hifasciaUun, 11. 

 inquisitor (at sugar in Jones' enclosure) ; CUjtus arietis (two on dead 

 wood) ; To.cotus nieridianiis (netted, flying near the Lymington Eiver at 

 Rhinefields) ; Strcou/alia ni(jra (three from Matley Bog). Phytophaga : — 

 Cli/thra quadripiuictata (taken by Mr. Bacot at Denny) ; Crijptocephalux 

 lineola (from heather on Whitemoor) ; Adimonia capreae (several) ; 

 Flii/todccta riiiiiualis (several]. Heteromera : — Lat/ria hirta (out of an 

 oak in Hurst Wood). Rhyncophora : — Attelahtis nircidionides (two 

 out of oaks; lilt ij ncli ites pnlicscens {se\era\ ont of oaks); (HiorrJn/nvm 

 piripcs (several from hawthorn) ; Strop/iosmnm corijli (common on 

 anything but hazel) ; Ih/Iohins ahictis (three) ; Krirrhimis tortri.r 

 (two from aspen) ; A', inacidatiis (several from aspen) ; Balaninm 

 (/landiwii (beaten from oak). Diptera : — Baiiihi/lim major (in a 

 most dilapidated condition, having half of both wings gone, and 

 very ragged pubescence). Hemiptera-Heteroptera : — AcantJiosoina 

 (three specimens of a species beaten from hawthorn), a yellow 

 species was common on oaks, and a fine green Capsid was beaten 

 from hawthorn at Rhinefields. Hymenoptera : — Tenthredinidac : 

 Tenthrido )iiacidata (taken by Mr. Harvey, near Brockenhurst). — 

 Lawrence J. Tremayne, Buckley Road, Brondesbury. 



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City of London Entomological and Natural History Society. 

 — June 1st, 1897. — Tiresias serra bred. — Mr. Heasler exhibited 

 Tircsids s<rni, bred from larva obtained under bark at Richmond, last 

 January. This species appeared to pupate in the last larval skin. 

 Notes on breeding Arctia caia. — Mr. Bate exhibited four female 

 Arctia rata, the offspring of a pair exhibited with them, which were 

 the second brood of 189G, emerging in September last. He said : 



