204 • Fenruary, 



Stenns Kieseniveiteri, several, in wet Sphagnum, early spring, in a very similar locality 

 to that at Wimbledon, and most of the usual Wimbledon species occurring with it; 

 S. opticus and cinerascens, wet places ; Aphodius tessiilatus and testudinarius, in 

 stereo re ; Smlcrotiyx cicur, on the heath. — Id.: December 2nd, 1878. 



On the habits of Ap ion HooTceri and Thyamis dorsalis. — Apion Jlookeri : there 

 is a small field at Knowle, Warwickshire, in which I have occasionally found single 

 specimens of this species by sweeping, and in which, this year, I took a goodly num- 

 ber by an accidental discovery of its favourite plant. In looking for larvae of Cucullia 

 chamomillcB on the wild chamomile {Matricaria chaniomilla) ,1 noticed a small black 

 speck upon each of several unopened buds, which, upon closer examination, turned 

 out to be our little friend A. HooTceri. Every specimen was deeply absorbed in the 

 business of feeding, having its tiny head buried in the centre of the unopened bud. 

 I did not find a single one on an open flower. As I have never seen this fact pre- 

 viously recorded, I thought it might be worth communicating. 



Thyamis dorsalis : during a spring visit to Ventnor this year, I searched for 

 T. dorsalis in every conceivable spot, without finding more than two specimens. I 

 determined to procure more if possible, and so set about my task systematically. I 

 shook individual plants into my net, without result, until I became tired. At last, 

 seeing a tuft of common groundsel {Senecio vulgaris), I made a stroke at it as a sort 

 of final effort. To my great joy, T. dorsalis was discovered at last ! Seven indi- 

 viduals fell from that small tuft of groundsel. I tried again in another place, and 

 more dorsalis. Seeing a field in which Senecio was growing in abundance, I went 

 and swept it, meeting with the most complete success. I afterwards took a friend 

 with me to the same spot, and he bagged dorsalis to his heart's content. — W. G-. 

 Blatch, Green Lane, Smallheath, near Eirmingham : December 18th, 1878. 



[The attachment of these two beetles to the plants respectively specified is 

 familiar to all southern collectors. — Eds.] 



On the habitat of Enoecyla pnsilla. — This autumn, when sweeping the moist 

 herbage under the trees in Monk's Wood and Crown East Wood, I obtained males 

 of this caddice-fly,- — thus bringing its habitat in this country and on the continent 

 into harmony. The situations where I had previously taken the species — near the 

 margins of rivulets — are not really out of agreement with its woodland habitat. The 

 whole district where it occurs was once wooded ; and, no doubt, when the country 

 was brought into cultivation, some remnants of the trees and undergrowth would be 

 left by these tiny watercourses, affording the needful conditions (moist moss to feed 

 on, and a situation to hide in, after the feeding time is past, alike free from wet and 

 drought) for the insect's life-course. By two of these rivulets there still exist evident 

 relics of the ancient forest — for instance, at Mudwall, where the rivulet runs by the 

 high road, there is a rather steep bank, of a few yards in extent, clothed with our 

 regular woodland flora, including one or two scrubby oaks ; and at this place, which 

 does duty for a field hedge, I recently took a specimen of Leucophasia sinapis. — J. 

 E. Fletcheb, Happy Land, Worcester : November 30th, 1878. 



On the preservation of Aphides, Sfc. — Perhaps it may be of interest for you to 

 hear that the method of preserving Aphides communicated by M. J. Lichtenstein 

 in Ent. Mo. Mag., xv, 191, has been detailed previously by Mr. F. Petzold, of Vienna, 

 in No. 8 of my Entomologische Nachrichten (1878). Mr. Petzold's method has the 



