gg [September, 



Halictus breviceps, E. Saund., $ , on Echium, &c. 



„ punctatisshnus, Schenck, ? , on sandhills, east. 



„ leucopus, Kirb., (J ? , on thistle heads, &c. 

 Andrena Qwynana, Kirb., on sandhills, east, var. hicolor. 

 Cilissa tricincta, Leach, $ , on sandhills, east. 

 Epeolus productus, Thorns., on sandhills, east and west. 

 Osmiafulviventris, Kirb., on thistle heads. 

 Somhus cognatus, Steph., = venustus, Sm., common on Teucrium on the beach. 



Edward Saunders, Lloyd's, E.G. : l^th August, 1883. 



An extraordinary flight of dragon flies. — Prof. Alfred Newton, writing in 

 "Nature" for July 19th, 1883 (vol. xxviii, p. 271) gives the following account of a 

 flight of Lihelhda quadrimaculata, according to the observations of an English 

 gentleman at Malmo in Sweden : — 



" On Sunday, June 24th, we had an extraordinary flight of L. quadrimaculata , 

 Linn. They passed over, or through, the town or neighbourhood for about half an 

 hour in the afternoon. The next day they re-appeared for more than an hour ; but 

 on Tuesday, the 26th, at 7.30 a.m., they again began in millions, and, notwithstanding 

 the wind had shifted to the south during the night, they held the same course from 

 north-west by west, heading south-east by east. The streets, shipping, and every 

 place, were full of them. They did not fly very high, and seemed to avoid going 

 into open doors and windows. Some hundred or so alighted on tlie gooseberry 

 bushes, apple and pear trees in the garden, but never touched the fruit : I observed 

 one sitting on the dead tip of an apple twig, and pushed it off with my stick thirteen 

 times, the insect returning each time after flying away five or six yards. The flight 

 ended that night about 8 p.m., having been incessant for more than twelve hours. 

 On the 27th they appeared again about noon, flying the same course, but in 

 much reduced forces. Each day since I have seen a few, but very few. The papers 

 say they were observed in all southern and central Sweden and in many places in 

 Denmark, and they swarmed about the ships on the Sound. With their disappear- 

 ance came the hot weather." 



[i. quadrimaculata occurs over Europe, Northern Asia, Japan, and North 

 America. Migratory swarms of it have often been observed and recorded, but those 

 above noticed appear to have been extraordinary. I am not aware if such swarms 

 have ever been noticed in this country. It would certainly have been very extraordi- 

 nary had they been found to eat fruit. — E. McL.]. 



Scutigera (Cermaiia) coleoptrata near Aberdeen. — Though I can hardly claim 

 a place in your Magazine for notes regarding Mgriopoda, perhaps the following may 

 be of interest to some of your readers. 



Mr. MacPherson, of Haddon Street, Aberdeen, has kindly supplied me with 

 specimens of Scutigera (Cermatia) coleoptrata from Stoneywood paper works, near 

 Aberdeen. They have been established in these works for more than 25 years, and 

 breed there freely. They are found principally in those rooms which ai-e warm and 

 somewhat moist ; they have probably been introduced in bundles of rags from the 

 South of Europe. I should be interested to know whether this Myriopod is found 

 in similar situations in other parts of Europe. I have taken numerous specimens of 

 Lithobius variegatus, Newp. (the only exclusively British Chilopod as yet described) 

 very generally throughout the Wes>t of Scotland. — Thos. D. Gibson-Carmichakl, 

 Castle Craig, Dolphinton, N.l!. : August 22nd, 1883. 



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