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salt-marsh plants along the Imnks of the estuary. Four specinions of a 

 peculiar grasshopper, Conocephahts dorsale Latr., were also swept from tlio 

 dense growth of Scirpus maritimus at Otterton. The species of Hemipiera 

 marked with an asterisk are not given from Devonshire in Saiinders' work. — ■ 

 G. C. Champion, Horsell, Woking : October 18th, 1915. 



Bothynotus pilosus Boh., near Carlisle.— On August 14th last, I captured one 

 specimen, a fine male, of this rare Hemipteron. It was taken by general 

 sweeping in a lane near here. Mr. E. A. Butler kindly identified it. — 

 Jas. Murray, 2, Balfoiu* Eoad, Carlisle : October 6th, 1915. 



Stenamma westwoodi at Gravesend. — While walking along White Hill Lane 

 on the 13th inst, late in the afternoon, a small insect settled on my face. It 

 was a winged ant, and on examination proved to be a <? Stenamma westwoodi, a 

 species I met with years ago at Maidstone. Mr. Donisthorpe has taken it at 

 Darenth Wood, bvit the insect, so far as I know, has not previously been 

 recorded from Gravesend. — G. E. Frisby, 40, Windmill Street, Gravesend : 

 October loth, 1915. 



Occurrence of Dolerus triplicatus Klug, in Norfolk. — In reply to an enquiry 

 made by Mr. H. E. Box, I beg to state that on May 18th, 1912, I had the good 

 fortune to capture four males of this rare Tenthredinid aboxit four miles from 

 King's Lynn. All of them were netted whilst flying amongst species of Juncus. 

 Subsequently, I submitted one of these specimens to the Rev. F. D. Morice, 

 and to him I am indebted for its identification. This insect had not previously 

 been known to occiu* in Norfolk. — E. A. Atmobe, King's Lynn, Norfolk : Sept- 

 ember, 1912. 



Syrphus guttatus Fin., in Cheshire. — On the 3rd of July last I was fortunate 

 enough to capture three females of Syrphus guttatus Fin., at the flowers of 

 Aegopodium Podagraria (the "Goutweed") in a lane near my house. All three 

 specimens have the two white marks on the thorax, just before the sci^tellum. 

 I saw no other specimens, though I searched the likely spots near by, hoping to 

 get the ^ . Verrall refers to S. guttatus as " this rare Syrphid," and it woiild 

 1)0 interesting to know if it is now more common. — Herbert Bury, Lomber 

 Hey, High Lane, Cheshire : September 16th, 1915. 



Jibstracts of Serent ^iteraturt. 



BY HUGH SCOTT, M.A., F.L.S., F.K.S. 



Froogatt, W. W. : " Sheep-maggot Flies." New South Wales Depart- 

 ment of Agriculture, Farmers' Bulletin No. 95, pp. 1-52, 4 plates and other 

 figures, March, 1915. 



This work, while primarily concerned with applied entomology, contains 

 much that is of biological interest. In it is brought up to date all information 



