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covery of the parents might lead to that of the young, examples of which I shall 

 be very glad to receive for the purpose of figuring. The plant occurs very sparingly 

 in South Devon, but all my investigations vrere barren of results. — John Scott, 

 Devonport: 29^A November, 1882. 



J^timicrus rtifus, Miill., at Hurst Green, Sussex. — Through the kindness of Mr. 

 E. A. Butler, of Hastings, who presented mc with the specimen, I have the pleasure 

 of recording the occurrence of Eumicrus rufus at Hurst Green, a small village, one 

 and a half miles from Etchingham Station on the S. E. railway, and about three 

 miles from Hawkhurst. Mr. Butler took the insect on his little girl's dress, after 

 she had been playing about for some time in a field, so that it evidently came out of 

 the gi'ass, and might probably be obtained by sweeping in the same locality. Ita 

 capture is interesting, as corroborating Mr. Champion's specimen, which he took in 

 Richmond Park, and which has, I believe, up to this time, been the only recorded 

 British specimen. The species is easily recognised by its rather short oval elytra, 

 and almost globose thorax, neither of which are foveolate ; the most curious point 

 about it is its long metasternum, which makes the hind legs appear as if they came 

 off the extremity of the body. — W. W. Fowlee, Lincoln : December 9lh, 1882. . 



Myrmecoxenus raporariorum at Birmingham. — In October last, I found this 

 rare and interesting little beetle in some plenty in a hot-bed near here. It is some- 

 what remarkable that although I have examined hot-beds on the same spot year 

 after year, I have never found Myrmecoxenus before, and that now it should turn 

 up in numbers. The lesson seems to be that the more we work our old hunting- 

 grounds the more productive they become. — W. Gr. Blatch, 214, Green Lane, 

 Smallheath, Birmingham : December 15^A, 1882. 



Catalogub of the Tortkicid^ of Noeth Ameeica Noeth of Mexico : 

 by Peofessoe C. H. Feenald (published in the Transactions of the American 

 Entomological Society, Philadelphia, 1882). This is a valuable addition to the 

 Lepidopterological literature of the United States, and cannot fail to afford great 

 assistance to the rapidly increasing number of collectors and " scientists" who are 

 giving attention to this interesting family. It has been carefully compiled by the 

 author, after several years of patient and conscientious labour, during which he has 

 made it his object to become personally acquainted with the types of all species 

 described up to the date of publication. He has not spared himself the trouble of 

 a journey to Europe for this purpose, and has, moreover, enjoyed exceptional oppor- 

 tunities of studying those types which have remained in various American collections. 



The result of Professor Fernald's labours, eo far as it has at present been given 

 to the public, takes the form of a complete list of species, with full references to all 

 synonyms, taken " in part from the valuable catalogue by Messrs. Staudinger and 

 Wocke, but the greater part verified by reference to original works." To these are 

 added, in all cases, the dates at which the different names were originally published. 



We are promised, at some future time, a generic revision, based upon an arrange- 

 ment of the material which the author has brought together from various parts of 

 the world. Such a revision is undoubtedly much called for ; the premature death 



