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name) having the metatarsi quite straight. In this country we have only one 

 species, viz., that with the curved metatarsi, which has always stood with us as 

 longicornis, L., and as it proves to be identical with that of Linnaeus, no change will 

 be necessary in our List — but the species known on the Continent as longicornis, with 

 the straight metatarsi, will have to be renamed. What name should be applied to 

 it is open to considerable doubt, as the synonyms of longicornis, L., according to 

 Dalla Torre are numerous — there appears to be a choice between linguaria, Fab., 

 furax, Rossi, tuberculata, Fab., strigosa, Pz , vulgaris, Spin., bicincla, Lep., vidua, 

 Lep., nigrescens, Perez. Reference to the types of these will be necessary before 

 deciding on the name lo be selected, and I therefore refrain from offering any 

 suggestion on this point. — Edward Saunders, St. Ann's, Woking: June Mth, 1902. 



A Correction. — In the Report of the Birmingham Entomological Society, ante 

 page 136, is a slight error which I should like to correcl, viz., Pompilus cinctellus, 

 Stelis alerrima, Agenia hircana, Pseudagenia punctum, all from Wyre Forest, being 

 given as new to the district. Pompilus cinctellus has been taken several times by 

 Mr. Martineau,and there is an old record of S. aterrima by the Rev. T. A. Marshall. 

 The other two, A. hircana and P. punctum, are I believe new records for Wyre 

 Forest. — Ralph C. Bradley, Moseley, Birmingham : June 6th, 1902. 



Ants displaced by Woodliee in New Zealand. — At page 132 ante, lines 15 and 

 29, where Mr. W. W. Smith writes of "The introduced English Woodlouse 

 (Porcellio grangei)," to what species does he refer? No woodlouse is known in 

 England by this name. Presumably " grangei " loc. cit. is a mis-reading of graniger, 

 White (1847), which Miers in 1876 unfortunately failed to synonymize (as he 

 ought to have done, having the type-specimens under his eyes) with P. scaber, 

 Latr. But in this case, why is the synonymy given instead of the name ? and why 

 should the species be referred to as English especially, rather than European or 

 almost cosmopolitan ? — A. E. Eaton, Woodlands, Seaton, Devon : June, 1902. 



The National Collection of British Lepidoptera. — As this Collection in the 

 Natural History Museum at South Kensington is now being re-arranged, revised 

 and augmented, a convenient opportunity is afforded for making it what we all wish 

 it to be, that is, thoroughly representative of the Lepidoptera of the British 

 Islands. 



One very important improvement would be the addition, in as much detail as 

 poesible, of the early stages of each species. It is hardly to be hoped, however, 

 that this desirable end could be obtained in any way approaching completeness 

 without the assistance of the entomological public. We therefore venture to ask 

 our readers to help the Museum to effect this useful work by contributing whatever 

 material, either living or preserved, that they may have to spare. There are already 

 larva! and pupre of a few species in the Collection, but all the examples are not 

 good, so that gifts of ova, larva; and pupa' of any species would be acceptable. 

 Lists of presentations, with names of donors, will be published in this Journal 

 each month. — Eds. 



