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Eupteryx vittatus. — In confirmation of the note in the August No. (p. 67, 

 ante), I may mention that on a large patch of ground-ivy, in a wood not far from 

 here, I found, this morning, Eupteryx vittatus in the stages of larva, pupa and 

 imago, the latter in some numbers. — E. A. Butler, Hurst Green, near Hawkhurst : 

 August 1th, 1882. 



Leptidia hrevipeniiis, Muls., found in England. — Some little time ago, I received 

 a Longicorn, very like a Ilolorchus, from Mr. Chappell, of Manchester, who said 

 that Mr. Eeston, of Stretford, had taken it in some numbers ; it was, however, very 

 different from any other British Longicorn when examined closely, so I sent it to 

 M. Fauvel, who named it as Leptidia brevipennis, Muls., an insect that seems to be 

 peculiarly French. I therefore wrote to Mr. Eeston, asking him for any particulars 

 as to its capture, and he replied as follows : " During the July of 1880, one of my 

 servants brought me two specimens taken in the garden at the back of the house 

 (the only two specimens then noticed). Last July, however (1881), two or three 

 more were captured, and a day or two after they called my attention to the fact that 

 numbers (dozens in fact) were creeping upon the floor in the scullery ; upon ex- 

 amination, I traced them to an old basket used for potatoes, and generally kept 

 under the slopstone, and consequently moderately damp ; in this they show their 

 presence by numerous small round holes about the size of a pin's head." After I 

 wrote to him upon the subject, Mr. Reston submitted this basket to a professional 

 basket maker, who pronounced it to be evidently " of French make from Dutch 

 willows." I think that this history well deserves recording, as there can be no 

 doubt that several of our Longicorns, and many other CoJeoptera besides, have a 

 still more slender claim than the beetle above mentioned to be considered indigenous. 

 Had the captures outside the house alone been noticed, and had Mr. Reston not so 

 thoroughly investigated the matter, the insect might very probably have found its 

 way into the British list, especially as it is an insect that might very well be found 

 in Britain, and is very likely at some period or other to become naturalized. — 

 W. W. FowiEE, Lincoln : August 9th, 1882. 



Stridulation in the female of Parnassiiis Apollo. — In the evening of the 23rd 

 of July, while reclining on the grass near Bannio (Yal Anzasca), a rustling as of 

 lizard or snake close to the back of my head made it desirable to look round to see 

 what was going on there. An apparently drowsy P. Apollo hanging on by her fore- 



i feet to a composite flower, deprecating the menacing brim of my hat, was slowly 

 flapping her wings, and scraping the hinder pair with her four posterior legs, which 

 were thrust backwards simultaneously each time that the wings opened. Obstruction 

 to the movement of the fore-wings caused no hindrance to the production of the 



] sound ; but when the hind-wings also were held firmly between the linger and thumb, 

 the noise ceased. The insect became so wide awake at this stage of the proceedings, 

 that no further observations could be made ; but it seemed probable tliat friction of 

 the spines of the tibiae and tarsi over the wing-veins largely contributed to the 

 vibration of the wing membrane. — -A. E. Eaton, Chepstow Eoad, Croydon : 18^A 

 August, 1882. 



Acronycta alni near Bristol. — While collecting in Leigh Woods to-day with 



