1874.) 15 



it, except that the colour ia not eo constant aa he represents, there 

 being considerable variation in the depth of the drab clouds and fuscous 

 markings. Some examples taken by Mr. Howard Vaughan arc nearly- 

 white. It is very possible that this variety may have been called lac- 

 teann, Tr., by Stephens ; but lacteana, as figured by Herrich-Schiiffer, 

 has a blue-grey dorsal blotch edged with grey ; the wings also are 

 broader than those of candidulana, K^olck. 



GraplwJita pupillana, Clerck. 



Qrapliolita citrana, Hiibn. — M. Jourdhcuille says " larva in the 

 lowers of Artemesia campestris.''^ This is one of the species which 

 still exist on the ancient sea-sands of Brandon (now twenty miles from 

 the sea). It is very common there, and seems to frequent Achillea, 

 millefolium. 



Splialeroptera icfericana, Haw. — Changed by Wocke to longana, 

 Haw. This is Haworth's name for the ? , and occurs six pages earlier 

 in his work than that of the ^ , hence the change. This, however, 

 seems rather a severe stretch of the law of priority. 



(Tb he continuedj. 



Notes on captures of Coleoptera near Llangollen and Manchester. — During 

 the past year, I found near Llangollen Lathrohium angusticoUe (under a stone on 

 Griben Oernant) ; Telephorus unicolor and Juscus ; Balaninus villosus, hy beating; 

 Opilus mollis under ash bark ; and a few Athous vittatus by sweeping ; and in the 

 vicinity of Manchester, Choragus Sheppardi ; Ilaplocnemus nigricornis ; and a few 

 Cis vestitus. — JoSEPn Chappell, 1, Naylar Street, Iluline, Manchester : 1th April, 

 1874. 



A Irood of white-ants (Termites) at Kew. — Some time since, the Museum 

 attached to the Eoyal Gardens at Kew received a portion of the trunk of the tree 

 (Trachylobium HornmannianumJ that produces the gum copal of East Africa. Quito 

 recently, this was found to be infested by a colony of white-ants, and living specimens 

 of the insect (winged and in various apterous forms) were exhibited by Mr. Jackson, 

 the Curator, at the la.st meeting of tlie Linnean Society, and of the Scientific Com- 

 mittee of the Royal Horticultural Society. Through the kindness of Mr. Jackson, 

 I have been able to make a preliminary examination of the insect, and find it to bo 

 a species (not yet identified by me) of the genus Calotermes of Ilagen. The winged 

 examples (unexpanded) are somewhat over Imlf-an-inch in length. It would probably 

 be difficult to find anywhere in this country conditions more favourable to the 

 development of white-ants than exist at Kew, and no place in which their ravages 

 (if a colony were to be established) would bo of greater consequence ; it is to be hoped, 

 therefore, that every precaution will be taken to avoid such a contingency. At pro- 



