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Although tho North Amorioan species Monocliamiis dentator, and I b(>lieYe others, 

 have been taken here, imported probably in the larval or pupal state, I am not awaro 

 of the occurrence before of this insect in Britain. 



The insect is alive and very active ; while I am writing this, it has feasted on some 

 decayed apple, and seems quite content with its home (a Lepidoptcrous breeding 

 cage). Kolhing, I believe, is known of the habits of the early stages of this insect.. 

 — C. G. IIall, Kennington, S.E. : Jidy, 1875. 



Capture of Anisoxya fascula, III. — Yesterday I beat a single example of this 

 rarity from an elm tree in this parish. In the net it looked like a small Anaspis 

 lateralis, but it had a brownish hue, and did not behave like an Anaspis, so I 

 resolved to take it. If it had been a better adept at mimicry, it would have illus- 

 trated the survival of the fittest, for it would have gone the way, out of the net, of 

 most species o{ Anaspis; but failing in exact representation, it has increased the 

 number of the illustrious dead. Its resting place on the leaf of an elm I take to 

 have been casual, as the species is probably a feeder on fungus or rotten wood. I 

 afterwards beat another example out of white-thorn branches which had been used 

 to stop a gap in a hedge close by.— J. W. Douglas, Lee : 7th August, 1872. 



Note on ravages of Otiorhgnchus sulcatus.— This weevil is a great pest in nearly 

 all the vineries about here, both in the perfect and larval states ; the larvae destroying 

 all the fibrous roots, and the beetles sometimes eating the leader of the vines com- 

 pletely off, which, in a young cane, is a serious injury. I have found numbers of 

 them in the garden ; so no doubt they have been brought into the vineries with the 

 soil. In some vineries close to us, the proprietors took out the whole vine border 

 and put a fresh one in, only to find things as bad as ever. Hand picking at night 

 seems to be the only resource ; our gardener catches as many as 30 or 40 in a night. 

 But, of course, we cannot do that with the larvae, or it would disturb the vines too 

 much. — n. H. Bolton, Jun., Ncwchurch : Julg, 1875. 



Meloe brevicollis near London.— ^l have recently taken this rare species at Dart- 

 ford. It has, I believe, been found near Keigate; but the majority of the few 

 British specimens are from the neighbourhood of Plymouth. — Eknest S. Spiers, 

 21, Bernard Street, Russell Square, W.C. : Julg, 1875. 



Occurrence in Britain of the galls of Andricus glandimn, Gir.—l have dis- 

 covered in Cadder Wilderness, and at Ardlui, Loch Lomond, two or three galls of 

 Andricus glnndium, Giraud, Verb, zool.-bot. Gesellsch. Wicn, 1859, ix, p. 355 ; 

 Mayr, Die Mitteleuropiiischen Eichen-gallen, p. GG, pi. vii, f 92. My specimens wero 

 collected in early summer, and only have produced Sgnergi so far. The autumn is 

 the best time to search for the galls.— P. Camekon, Jun., 13G, West Graham Street, 

 Glasgow : 23«Z July, 1875. 



Vanessa Antiopa at Chertsey.—^l beg to inform you that on the lOtli of tliis 

 month I caught, on St. Ann's UiU, Chertsey (Surrey), on a windy and cloudy after- 

 noon, a splendid specimen of Vanessa Antiopa.— Ahv:x. Waillt, 110, Clapham Road, 

 S.W. : 21st August, 1875. 



Description of the larva of Xylomiges conspicillaris.—l am indebted to Jfessrs. 

 Fam and Bird for the opportunity of describing the larva of this species (locality, 

 near Dartford). 



