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Pachytylus cinerascem, F., in Kerry. — I captured a specimen of tliis uncommon 

 grasshopper in a marsh on the side of the road between Grlencar and Waterville. 

 I beheve it has not been hitherto recorded from Kerry. — Id. 



Description of a neio species of saw-fly from Greece. — I am indebted to Mr. 

 C. W. Dale for allowing me to describe a new species oi Athalia, which he captm-ed 

 on the seashore near Athens, and which I propose to call AtJialia niaritima. 



?. Expands nearly half an inch. Black; prothorax, scutellum, sides of abdo- 

 men, femora, tibise, and base of the first joint of the four front tarsi, and the tips of 

 all the tarsal claws, rufous ; antennse 11-jointed, sub-clavate, black, clothed with 

 short bristles ; head and thorax finely punctured, not pubescent ; scutellum forming 

 nearly an oblong square ; middle of abdomen, above, and ovipositor, black ; wings 

 fusco-hyaline. Not closely allied to any known species ; it approaches A. spinartim, 

 Fab., &c., in its rufous scutellum, and A. lugens, Klug, in the colour of its tarsi. — 

 -W. F. KiEBY, Zoological Department, British Museum : January \Qth, 1884. 



Aleurodes immaculata, Heeger. — Mr. Scott recently brought from Devonshire 

 some examples of a white, spotless Aleurodes, which he saw in profusion on ivy 

 {Hedera helix) at Mount Edgcumbe, in August last. It agrees very well with the 

 description and figure of A. immaculata by Heeger (" Sitzungsb. k. Akad. Wissens.," 

 Jahrg., 1855, xviii, 33, 1856), a species ascribed by him to Stephens, but without 

 reason, for he never published a description of his A. immaculata, of which the 

 name only appears hi his " Catalogue of British Insects." Frauenfeld and Signoret 

 did not know the species in nature, the latter surmises it may possibly be identical 

 with A. phillyrecB, Haliday (Ent. Mag., ii, 119, 1835) ; if this were established, the 

 latter is the older name. But where, as in the genus Aleurodes, many species are 

 extremely difficult to separate by the characters of the adult insect, microscopic 

 examination alone might fail to differontiate thoroughly this species from others with 

 white spotless wings, and it would be necessary to consult the characters afforded by 

 the larva? and pupce of the reputed species respectively, for all authors agree in 

 stating that in the earlier stages of life, unmistakable distinctions are apparent, that 

 is, in those species that have been thus observed. Heeger found his species, for 

 several years, abundant on ivy, on a plant of which, taken into his room, he traced 

 the stages of life in his Aleurodes. The name of the species, which pending fui'ther 

 investigation may bo considered distinct, is new to the British list. — J. W. Douglas, 

 8, Beaufort Gardens, Lewisham : January 14^/t, 1884. 



Eupteryx melissce, Curtis. — With the foregoing insects Mr. Scott also commu- 

 nicated some specimens of E. melissce, which he found in a garden near Devonport, 

 common on rosemary bushes {Rosmarinus), not an unlikely habitat, for the species 

 was originally recorded as having been taken on balm {Melissa), and both plants 

 belong to the Labiatce. The species is well distinguished, as the Eev. T. A. Mar- 

 shall observes, by the sea-green hue of its elytra, and also by the hinder tarsi of the 

 male being without the black spot characteristic of the <J of its close ally, E. stachy- 

 dearum. Hardy. — Ii>. 



