1865.] 



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Remm-hahly small specimen of Satyrus Megcera,—On the 29th September, 1861, 

 I took, near Basle, a specimen of S. ilego'ra, having an alar expanse of only 8^'". 

 All four wings, and the other parts of the body, are well proportioned. — Albert 



MULLER. 



CaiAure of Beilephila celerio at Brighton. — On September 8th I took a good 

 specimen of D. celerio, which flow in at the window of a house I was sitting in at 

 two o'clock ia the morning. This is the second of this species that I have taken 

 within the last two years.— John N, Winter, 28, Montpellier Eoad, Brighton, 13th 

 September, 1865. 



Captwes near Dover. — Whilst insect-hunting along the coast between Dover 

 and Sandgate, during the last fortnight in August, I captured the following 

 species : 



C. Edusa, commonly ; (var. Helice, one specimen) ; C Hyale, one (? ; P. Adonis, 

 flying by hundreds, along with swarms of P. Cory don and P. Agestis; A. ornata, 

 tolerably plentiful amongst thyme near Folkestone ; A. gihiaria, commonly ; P. 

 vitalbata, three specimens ; besides a great number of commoner insects not worth 

 recording. — H. Ramsay Cox, West Dulwich, September Mh, 1865. 



Note on Acidalia promutata, On. — Is this species double-brooded ? On the 8th 

 inst. 1 took a very fine ^ at light, which is now busy depositing ova. 



I have lai-vae now feeding on Potentilla reptans, which are not nearly full-fed ; 

 these were oMamed /row eggs laid in June. — Alfred E. Hudd, Gloucester Row, 

 Clifton, September 12th, 1865. 



Second brood of Botys asinalis.— The second brood of B. asinalis is now out ; 

 I have seen several specimens this evening in the garden. — Alfred E. Hudd, 

 Chfton, September 16th. 



[A description of the larva of this species, with notes on its food, &c., from the 

 pen of the Rev. John HcUins, will appear in our next. — Eds.] 



Notes on the occwrence of j^schna borealis and other Bragon-flies at Bannoch, — 

 During my stay at Camachgouran, Loch Rannoch, Perthshire, in the beginning of 

 last June, I obtained three specimens (2 <? , 1 $ ) of an jEschna, which I have since 

 identified with JS. borealis, Zetterstedt. This may be looked upon as a re-discovery 

 of the species as British, its claim to a place in our fauna having rested on the 

 authority of a single specimen, taken many years since in the North of Scotland 

 by Mr. Wilson, and by him presented to M. de Selys Longchamps (Vide " Revue 

 des Odonates," page 121). My examples were all taken on the steep fern-covered 

 face of rocky hills, where their capture was most difficult ; they never appeared to 

 frequent the flat gi-ound or moors. Two others were seen, but not taken. 



^. borealis is allied to mixta, Latreille, and affinis, Van der Lind. (the latter 

 not a British species), but the distinguishing characters are fully pointed out by 

 M. de Selys and Dr. Hagen in the " Revue," and in the Entomologist's Annual for 

 1857, page 52 ; but, owing to a .slight discrepancy between my insects and the 

 published descriptions, T sent a male to Dr. Hagen, who tells me that it is 



