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looked for, it might be found all along the coast, as P. chalceus is quite common in 

 many places. — Alfred Thornley, South Loverton Vicarage, Lincoln : November 

 5th, 1902. 



Histeromerus mystacinus, Wesm., in Devonshire. — Three specimens of this rare 

 parasite were captured by Mr. J. H. Keys on August 14th, 1901, while hunting 

 for beetles in a decayed oak tree in the valley of the river Tavy, between Lady 

 Virtuous and Lady Bertha mines. He very kindly presented them to me, and on 

 referring to Marshall's Monograph of the Braconida, I observed that its history 

 was unknown, and that no record of any British captures had been made, although 

 two specimens were in Marshall's collection, and were given to him by Mr. Ward, 

 and supposed to be taken in or near London. On reading this I arranged with my 

 friend Keys to visit the tree together, which we did on August 24th, and found the 

 beetle Sinodendron cylindricum, Linn., in all its stages ; and, still better, found 

 three larvae, each surrounded by about a dozen parasitic larva;, apparently full-fed ; 

 they were brought home, but they could not stand their disturbance. — Gr. C. 

 Bignell, Saltash : November teh, 1902. 



Ectopsocus Briggsi, McLach., abundant at Bognor.— Although I have collected 

 Psocids for the last twenty years, until last week I was unaware of the existence of 

 this species, at which date Mr. C. A. Briggs, of Lynmouth, its discoverer, kindly 

 sent me specimens. I was, therefore, naturally much surprised to find on Saturday 

 last, November 1st, that it was in abundance in my own garden at Bognor, Sussex, 

 in larval, nymphal, and imaginal states on the under-sides of fallen leaves of the 

 North American poplar, in which situation it appears to be feeding on a fungus. 

 Its occurrence at a time when collecting among damp leaves is not over pleasant is 

 no doubt the reason of my not having observed it before. It would be interesting 

 if other observers would communicate the result of their investigations in similar 

 localities, for the purpose of ascertaining its distribution. — H. L. F. G-ueemonprez, 

 Dalkeith, Bognor, Sussex : November Wth, 1902. 



Hibernation of Dragon-flies. — With reference to Mr. McLachlan'e note in the 

 November number of the Ent. Mo. Mag. (p. 265), I may mention that Mr. Lucas, 

 in his " British Dragon-flics," p. 260, writing of Pyrrhosoma nymphula, Sulz., says, 

 "In early seasons P. nymphula appears in April, the earliest date noted being 

 April 29th," &c. Many years ago I remember taking a specimen myself in April 

 at Burgess Hill, Sussex. I have no note of the exact date, but think it was early 

 in the month. Perhaps this species hibernates as well as Sympycna fusca. — W. F. 

 Kibby, Natural History Museum, South Kensington : October 30th, 1902. 



[But if Mr. Kirby will refer to the same work, p. 258, he will find that Mr. 

 Lucas once bred P. nymphula from the nymph on April 27th. — K. McLachlan]. 



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Dr. Joseph Kriechbaumer was born at Tegernsee in Bavaria on March 21st 

 (Hagen, Bibl. Entomol., says March 13th), 1819, and died at Munich on May 2nd, 

 1902. He qualified for the medical profession at Munich, but apparently never 



