lli, [October, 



the 3'^ntomologist's Monthly Magazmc (by Mr. C. Barrett, vol. vii, page 278) as to 

 the correctness of the observation, originally made by Mr. A. Fryer, of Cliatteris, on 

 the habit of the larva3 of Cidaria sagittata gnawing the stems of their food-plant 

 and feeding on the withered leaves. I have much pleasure in sending two pieces of 

 Thalictntm flavum found by myself on the 18th ultimo near Chatteris, and which 

 will, I think, bear out the correctness of Mr. Fryer's statement. I took one larva 

 off the leaf which is partially eaten, and one (at rest ?) on the stalk of the other 

 specimen, just below the place bitten. I might add I noticed several plants which 

 had been served in the same manner.— Wm. Saunders, 1, Asliley Villas, Borough- 

 bury, Peterborough : September ISi/i, 1875. 



[The leaves received with their stems partially bitten fully confirm Mr. Saunders' 

 observations. — Eds.]. 



Spilodes palealis, <^'c., in Norfolk. — On the 20th of August I took two specimens 

 of this insect, one in my garden at Thetford, and the other in Croxton Parish, tliree 

 miles distant. Mr. Barrett, in his able paper on Norfolk, says no recent captures 

 have been recorded. Colias Edusa and llyale seem to have changed seasons, as I 

 took, in the same locality, Edu.sa on the 2 ith of June, and llyale at the end of 

 August. For Pterophorus laitiis, I was chiefly indebted to the keen sight of a kind 

 friend, more accustomed to its rapid flight. — Battershell GtILL, 9, Cambridge 

 TeiTace, Regent's Park : l3th September, 1875. 



Spilodes palealis on Barton Moss. — I had the pleasure of capturing a female of 

 the above species on the 21st August, flying amongst the heath, and about seventy 

 yards from the London and North-Western Railway, in the presence of Mr. Robert 

 Kay, of Bury. The insect had been very likely carried on some passing train from 

 some unknown locality nearer than Folkestone. — Joseph Chappell, 1, Naylar 

 Street, Hulme, Manchester : September, 1875. 



Capture of Cramhus latistrius, Haw., at Addingtoyi. — On the 19th of August, at 

 the foot of the Addington Hills, next Shirley, I put up among the heather a male of 

 Crambus latistrius, but having only a large sweeping-net, I was unable to \ise it for 

 capture, so there ensued a veritable chasse du papillon, and eventually, when we 

 were both tired of running and flying, respectively, I took it from a sprig of heather 

 with a pill-box. — J. W. Douglas, Lee : 12th September, 1875. 



Psoricoptera jibbosella near Plymottth. — On the 27th ultimo I found this curious 

 little moth in Bickleigh Vale, to the north of Plymouth. Probably it had not been 

 recorded previously west of Bristol, but it has been no rarity in collections since 

 Mr. Barrett 'blew' it off tree-trunks at IJasleiucre. Provided it does not rain (!), 

 I know of no more charming spot in England, for a naturalist of any kind (or even 

 for the mere tourist), than Bickleigh Vale. — R. McLachlan, Lewisham: September 

 nth, 1875. 



Note on the odour emitted by Ilemiptera. — Is it possible that a bug can develop 

 aii ether wliich, under certain conditions, will (tiuse anaesthesia to itself? Last week 



