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of Lehia crux-minor, and immediately afterwards another fell to my lot from the 

 same spot. The fine grass just outside this patch also yielded CorimelcBna scara- 

 h(Eoicles.—E. A. Butler, 39, Ashley Eoad, Crouch Hill, N. : September 1st, 1892. 



Hare Diptera in 1892. — Limnobia trimaculata, pulcTiella, hicolor, and nigrina, 

 Tipula plumbea and fascipennis, Pachyrrhina scurra, Ptychoptera scutellaris, 

 Chironomus flexilis, and Phorostoma maritima, at Bournemouth ; Tipula Biana 

 (one only), Phalacrocera replicata, Pachyrrhina analis (two males), Thaumasto- 

 ptera calceata, Rhaphium longicorne, and Syrphus cinctus, at Lyndhurst ; Tipula 

 nigra and HelopJiilns lunulatus, at Shapwick, Somerset ; Limnobia pictipennis, 

 Thaumastoptera calceata, Tipula hortulana, Nephrotoma dorsah's, Doros conopseus, 

 Chilosia maculata, Psychoda albipennis and ustulata, and Leptopeza fiavipes, at 

 Glanvilles Wootton.— C. W. Dale, Glanvillos Wootton : September 1st, 1892. 



Brachypalpus biinaoulatus , Mcq., in South Devon. — At the commencement of 

 last July Mr. G. C. Bignell sent me for identification a fine pair of Brachypalpus 

 bimaculatus, Mcq., which he had taken in Bickleigh Yale, South Devon, a few days 

 before. I believe there is only one British pair of this rare insect in the Entomo- 

 logical Collection at South Kensington, which was taken at Clifton, near Bristol, 

 some years since. — Cortndon Matthews, Erme Wood, Ivybridge, South Devon : 

 September, 1892. 



JEschna juncea in Surrey.— On the 17th inst. my brother and I took three 

 specimens (2 (^ 1 ? ) of this usually northern species in the same locality which in 

 June we took Sympetrum Fonscolombii ; jE. cyanea and grandis were also out 

 sparingly ; S. scoticum and striolatum were common, and we also noticed a few 

 Enallagma cyathigerum. — C. A. Beiggs, 55, Lincoln's Inn Fields : Sept. 12th, 1892. 



Butterflies of the Riviera: by Frank Bromilow. 8vo, pp. 115. Nice 

 (Alpes Maritimes) : Libraire Galignani. 1892. 



Judging from the frequent requests we have had to indicate some work in the 

 English language treating on the Butterflies of the Riviera, this somewhat bulky 

 pamphlet should supply a want. It does not pretend to be more than an Annotated 

 Catalogue, with local information, and somewhat copious notes on the egg and larval 

 stages and food-plants. About 170 species (exclusive of local and other forms) are 

 indicated. The author apparently resides in the Alpes Maritimes (from which the 

 " Departement " takes its name) themselves, and those who only visit the shore region 

 are likely to miss the seventeen species of Erebia, and also others. The pamphlet 

 is very well got up. We must hold the author responsible for the substitution of 

 " Families " for " Genera " in the Index, at p. 105. 



Directions for Collecting and Preserving Insects : by C. V. Riley, 

 M.A., Ph.D. (forming Part F. of the Bulletin of the United States National Museum, 

 No. 39). Pp. 140, 8vo. Washington: Smithsonian Institution, 1892. 



This profusely illustrated work is of a dual nature, the first 26 pages consisting 



