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same beetle occurred here a couple of years ago, and were then found half drowned 

 in one of the College lakes. I have also taken this month two specimens of the 

 unicolorous green variety of Anoniala Frischii, both flying ; and one specimen of 

 Cryptocephalus higuttatus (Scop.), which I found clinging to a stem of dry grass. — 

 E. F. Elton, Wellington College, Berks. : Jult/ 11th, 1892. 



Anthocomus terniinatua, Men., at Wicken.—When. relaxing and mounting a 

 small box of Coleoptera the other day from Wicken Fen, I came across two specimens 

 of a beetle which I was very soon able to identify as Anthocomus terminatus. They 

 were obtained with the rest by shaking bundles of dried reeds, &c., over a newspaper 

 at Wicken Fen in June, 1888.— B. Tomlin, Llandaff : October, 1892. 



Chionaspis vaccinii, Bouche. — I collected this Coccid last August at Argentiere, 

 Haute Savoie, on the stems of Vaccinium in pine forests, and sent it to Mr. R, 

 Newstead, of the Chester Museum, who kindly named it for me. The locality in 

 which I found it is over 4000 feet above the sea. It is curious that Signoret, the 

 original discoverer of the species, found all his specimens on the leaves, whereas 

 mine invariably occurred on the stems. Mr. Newstead has kindly favoured me with 

 a few notes, remarking that he knows of no record since the description of the 

 species nearly twenty years ago. He finds, from the examination of several females, 

 that they agree with Signoret's description (Essai, p. 130), except as to the arrange- 

 ment of spinnerets, a slight discrepancy which may be due to the immaturity of the 

 specimens. — Id. 



A New Catalogue of Heniiptera. — The " Musee Royal d'Histoire Naturelle de 

 Belgique " has in hand a " Catalogue g^ndrale des Hemipteres," compiled by M. 

 Lethierry, of Lille, and M. Severin, Assistant in the Museum, which cannot fail to 

 be of the greatest utility. We have seen the commencement of it. The plan 

 adopted is that of Gremminger and Yon Harold's Catalogue of Coleoptera. — Eds. 



Reduvius personatus in a wasp's nest. — I have received from Mr. W. H. Tuck, 

 of Bury St. Edmund's, various insects taken in bees' and wasps' nests ; amongst 

 them was a specimen of Reduvius personatus, which was obtained from a nest of 

 Vespa germanica. The nest, Mr. Tuck writes, " was in a rat's hole near water, and 

 was built upon the old domicile of the rats." I do not remember to have seen a 

 record of the occurrence of Reduvius in such a situation ; all I have taken have been 

 in houses. Unfortunately there was nothing to show whether it was merely a casual 

 visitor or a resident. — E. A. Butlek, 39, Ashley Road, Crouch Hill, N. : October, 

 1892. 



Brachypalpus bimaculatus, Mcq., and other rare Diptera in 1892. — Mr. Coryndon 

 Matthews' note on this species is very interesting. In addition to the capture he 

 mentions, Mr. Wainwright and I have each taken one this June at Sherwood 

 Forest on hawthorn bloom. Among other rare Diptera taken by myself this season 

 are — Criorrhina rujicauda (one), Jioccosa (common), Xylophagus ater (one), Xi- 

 phura atrata, Pachyrrhina crocata (common), at Sherwood Forest. Merodon 

 equestris — of this fine species I was delighted to take two females and one male in 

 my own garden. Syrphus flavifrons, Platychirus latimanus, Didea alneti (one), at 



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