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Eavages of Termites {"White Ants") at Sydney, N.S.W. — In the very full 

 interesting and suggestive Annual Report of the Trustees of the Australian Museum 

 for the year 1895 (the forty-second), we find the following allusions to this subject: — 

 At page 1, Dr. James C. Cox (the Chairman) says, "An accident to the plaster 

 revealed the astounding fact that the entire roof over the central part of the main 

 building had been destroyed by wliite ants. The destruction was so complete that 

 it is surprising that the portion affected did not collapse. It has been temporarily 

 supported under the direction of the Government Architect." At page 3, Mr. R. 

 Etheridge, Jr. (Curator), says, " I have already referred to the presence of " White 

 Ant " in the high roof facing College Street. On survey it was found that an 

 entirely new roof was required, but to render the present one temporarily safe to 

 life and property, shoring up was energetically taken in hand by the Grovernment 

 Architect, pending the placing of a sum of money on the estimates to provide a new 

 roof." No attempt seems to have been made to identify the particular " White 

 Ant" that caused the mischief. — R. McLachlan, Lewisham, London: 2%th 

 October, 1896. 



Stenophylax rotundipennis in East Yorkshire. — I took a male specimen of 

 Stenophylax rotundipennis at Castle Howard on September 8th last, among an 

 abundance of Halesus radiatus. Last June, at the same place, I took Limnophilus 

 fuscicornis, Leptoceriis nigro-nervosus and Osmyhis chrysops all commonly, and 

 many other species. — Geo. T. Poekitt, Crosland Hall, Huddersfield : November 

 Wth, 1896. 



Blabera gigantea at Bradford. — Mr. J. W. Carter, of Bradford, has informed 

 me that a large cockroach was taken some time ago at timber works at that town. 

 After comparison with specimens in the collection of Mr. Mosley, of Huddersfield, 

 he considers it to be Blabera gigantea, Linn. It had probably been imported 

 from tropical America with foreign timber, as no more have been taken and it does 

 not seem to be established there. Periplaneta americana, L., which used to be so 

 common at Bradford, seems now to have disappeared, while P. orientalis, L., and 

 Phyllodromia germanica are numerous. — Malcolm Burr, Bellagio, East Grinstead : 

 November Srd, 1896. 



Local Azotes on British Orthoptera. — Ectobia Panzeri, Steph. — On August 8th 

 last, near Christclmrch in Hampshire, I came across considerable numbers of 

 Ectobia Panzeri ; they were discovered hiding under dead seaweed and other 

 rubbish but a few yards from high-water mark. Of the sexes perhaps the fenjale 

 was rather the commoner, and many specimens were dark, especially in the legs. 



Nemobius sylvestris, Fabr., and Thamnotrizon cinereus, L. — In the New Forest 

 at the beginning of August last N. sylvestris was in great abundance near Brocken- 

 hurst, and I came across a couple of specimens of T. cinereus in the same locality. 



Periplaneta australaslcB, Fabr. — During the last few weeks I have received 

 considerable numbers of this cockroach from Kew Gardens, and from some gardens 

 at Bishop's Waltham in Hants, in both of which localities it is well established; the 

 specimens were in all stages of development. The females, which are larger than 

 the males, have the yellow margin to the pronotum more pronounced than is that 

 of tlieir mates. 



