JOS : October, 



Odour from Creophilus maxilhsus. — On catching in the house a specimen of ] 

 this beetle last June, it exuded a thick white liquid which gave out an odour exactly 

 resembling that of bananas. I do not know if this has been noted before. — Id. 



Sirex gigas ovipositing.— lr\ the s])ving oi this year a child denuded a branch 

 of Deodara, of about six inches in diameter, of its bark on one side for a space of 

 about three feet ; the wood appears perfectly sound and is extremely hard. On the 

 30th June one of my children came to me and said, " Do come, I have got something 

 really good on the fir tree." On proceeding to the spot I found a fine female of 

 Sir ex gig as sitting on the bare spot of the Deodara branch ; expecting it would fly 

 away, I put my hand out at once and took it by the wings, but found it adhered to 

 the wood ; at first I supposed the tarsi were the source of tlie adhesion, but I found 

 this was not the case, but that the borer of the ovipositor was engaged in the solid 

 wood, and I believe an egg was laid, though I fear I thoughtlessly destroyed it in 

 probing the hole with a pin to ascertain its depth ; this proved to be very slight, 

 not more than a line. It seems extraordinary that such a solid piece of wood should 

 be selected to receive the egg ; but the vitality of the branch is doubtless somewhat 

 diminished in consequence of its denudation, so that the obsei-vation would seem on 

 the whole to support the views of those who doubt whether xylophagous insects 

 ever attack perfectly healthy and vigorous wood. — D. Shaiip, Southampton : 

 Julg 1st, 1886. 



Anisolahis maritima, Bonelli. — Numerous specimens of this earwig were cap- 

 tured by Mr. T. J. Bold in September, 1856, at South Shields, under stones on the 

 sand {vide Trans. Tyneside Naturalists' Field Club, vol. iv, 1858^60, pp. 55 — 6). 

 It was then supposed to have been recently imported by shipping ; but no evidence 

 of its having established itself in the country seems to have been given since. 

 Would not some Entomologist of the district make search for this interesting 

 species, and allow us to add it to our very meagre Orthopterous fauna ? — Eland 

 ShAVT, 13, Lanhill Eoad, London, W. : September, 1886. 



British Orthoptera. — If any Entomologist will give me well authenticated 

 information of the recent occurrence in Britain of the following Orthoptera, I shall 

 be greatly obliged: — Anisolahis maritima, Bon., (Edipoda ccerulescens, Linne, 

 Psophus stridulus, Liun6, Decticus verrucivorus , Linne, QScanthus pellucens, Scop., 

 Nemohius (AchetaJ sglvestris. Fab. — Id. 



Deilephila euphorhice reported from Bowdon.—\ have had a specimen of Deile- 

 phila euphorhice brought to me, which was caught at Bowdon this season; evidently 

 the larva had fed near where it was found, at rest on the trunk of a tree. Both 

 wings are crippled on the right side, it is otherwise perfect and in beautiful condi- 

 tion. — Joseph Chappell, 29, Welbeck Street, Manchester : September 1st, 1886. 



Hahits of Phycis carbonariella {Salehria fusca). — One of the most singular 

 preferences known among small motha is that of Phycis carbonariella for bvxrnt 



