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was a great deal in Cornwall where his father lived, and I feel sure that it 

 would not otherwise have been placed in his cabinet with his own specimen. — 

 Nelson M. Richardson, Montevideo, near Weymouth : September 10th, 1914. 



Nomiades semiargus, Rott., in Kent. — Mr. Green's note on' Nomiades semiar- 

 gus, Rott., induces me at last to place on record a male specimen which I took, 

 as a young beginner, at the end of July, 1876, while I was catching L. iearus on 

 some rovigh pastures in south-west Kent, situated in the triangle formed by 

 Edenbridge, Cowden and Dorman's Land. I had the specimen by me for many 

 years, but some time ago its skewer-like pin and hopelessly rubbed and fenes- 

 trated condition, caused me, foolishly enough, to dismiss it from my collection. 

 The place of capture was situated on the Wealden Clay, far south of the Chalk 

 range, from which, however, it might have straggled. At the time I wondered 

 if my school holidays had begun earlier in July I might not have found more 

 examples. Undoubtedly this species, like other scarce allied forms, could 

 easily be passed over as a common " Blue." It may not be so completely 

 extinct in Britain as is generally supposed. — F. H. Haines, Winfrith, Dorset : 

 September 11th, 1914. 



Tortrix pronubana, Hb., in Chiswick. — The first specimen taken here 

 occurred on July 18th, 1907. It appears this year as if this brightly coloured 

 species had established itself in the garden. A rather worn female was taken 

 May 30th. In early August some larvae were found feeding between united leaves 

 at the ends of shoots of the Bay tree, Laurus nobilis. As no larva? had been noticed 

 feeding in this manner on this tree, some of these were kept for observation, 

 They soon spun up and a darkly marked male T. pronubana, was bred on 

 August 16th. Later three females were bred, the last on September 11th. In 

 the opposite corner of the garden, imagines were seen September 3rd and 7th, 

 flying in the morning sunshine. They are very conspicuous on the wing, but 

 easily lost to sight after they have settled. — Alfred Sich, Corney House, 

 Chiswick W. : September 16th, 1914. 



Abnormal coupling in insects. — One day early in July, on Dartmoor, a pair 

 of Argynnis aglaia rose in front of me amongst the heather. As their colour 

 appeared pecrdiar, I followed them up, thinking that one might be an unusual 

 variety. They were wild, and only after several attempts to get near was I 

 able to take them on the wing. In the net it was seen that in addition to the 

 $ and ? aglaia, a $ E.janira was attached to these. In spite of their struggles, 

 it was only when the ? aglaia was killed, that the janira became detached. 

 The (J and $ aglaia remained attached for some time after they were killed. 

 Apparent copulation between extremely different insects would seem to be 

 very unusual, but in Hymenoptera I have observed two very remarkable 

 cases : In 1893 I took a $ Nesomimesa hawaiiensis attached to a 9 Crabro haw- 

 aiiensis, insects so different in build, that coupling would be deemed almost 

 impossible. In 1911, at Dawlish, I found a $ Andrena albicans firmly attached 

 to a hibernated ? of Halictus xanthopus. This case is the more remarkable 



