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except on the groiirid (no case is mentioned in The 'Satnral HiMory of 

 the British Lepidnptera, iii., p. 483), it may be worth while to put on 

 record the fact that, on February 9th, I found a pupa of this species in 

 a small hole, about 2^ins. across, full of decayed leaves, quite 4ft. from 

 the ground, in a poplar-tree in our .garden. — Edwin Capon, 16, Sceptre 

 Street, Mile End. Fehruar;/ Uth, 'l908. 



Note on British records of Sirex juvencus, F. — Indisposition 

 prevented my replying in the following number of the Kntooioloyist's 

 Record to Mr. Eustace R. Bankes' query with respect to my note on 

 the recent occurrence of Sire.r jtirencKs at Chichester. I have shown 

 the four Sirices, with metallic, blue-black bodies, in my possession, 

 taken here at various times — one of which I have given to him — to 

 my friend, Mr. H. L. F. Guernionprez, of Bognor. He pronounces 

 them to be Sirex noctilio, F. [Noctilis is an erroneous spelling, I 

 believe; at least, so I am imformed by Mr. Guernionprez, who has 

 been in correspondence on the subject with the Eev. F. D. Morice, 

 who says that the terminal letter is o in all the works of Fabricius 

 accessible to him.] Mr. Morice also wrote that he has now seen one 

 genuine British S. juvencnx, F., but that all the others Avith black 

 antennfe may be considered noctilio. There is a specimen of Sirex 

 noctilio m the cabinet of Mr. W. H. B. Fletcher, of Bognor, and 

 another in that of Mr. A. Lloyd, of Bognor ; both of which, like the 

 four which came into my hands, are females. These are the only 

 records of this Sirex, of which I am cognisant in this locality. — 

 Joseph W. Anderson, Aire Lodge, Chichester. Februartj 18th, 1908. 



Formica sanguinea in the Midlands : A correction. — I have only 

 just seen the November number of the Ent. Rec, in which, on p. 254, 

 Mr. Donisthorpe mentions the capture of this species in the Midlands 

 by Mr. Ellis, and speaks of it as a new record. This is a mistake. 

 The species was discovered as far back as June 11th, 1892, by Mr. 

 A. H. Martineau, and the locality has been well-known to Birmingham 

 entomologists ever since. Its occurrence was recorded by Mr. A. H. 

 Martineau in the list of Hymenoptera in the Worcestershire volume of 

 the Victoria County Histories, the locality being described as Bewdley. 

 As a matter of fact, I believe that Mr. Ellis was introduced to the 

 small colony by Mr. Martineau himself. — Colbran J. Wainwright, 

 F.E.S., 45, Handsworth Wood Road, Handsworth, Stafit's. February 

 IQth, 1908. 



Collecting lepidoptera in the Southend district and elsewhere. 

 — I send a few notes as to lepidoptera observed last season (1907). I am 

 afraid, however, that they will be regarded as merely a list of the slain. 

 A(jlais nrticae and Dasystoma salicella were seen at sallow-catkins at 

 the end of March ; I'anessa io and Aylaia nrticae at purple-nettle early 

 in April. On the marshes, under willow-bark, I found a number of 

 larvje of Furrhypara nrticata, which had crept up from a bed of nettles 

 in the ditch below ; I note that Buckler speaks of larvje of this species 

 hybernating in tough silk cocoons under bark of ash. I bred a few 

 Lithocolletin tristriyella from elm on May 9th, and L. ember izaepennella 

 from honej'suckle on May 11th. Antispila pfeijf'erella was flying among 

 dogwood at Southchurch on May 12th. Carpocapm yroasana emerged 

 on July 6th from beech-mast gathered at Warley last autumn. I was 

 able to get away for a few days to the East Kent coast in July, and, 

 though not favoured with good weather, found a number of interesting 



