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!ting-charade of Altiora peto .— and a very curious figure it was, its long body pen- 

 lint, and its wings seen distinctly vibrating in the l^xcelsior course.— J. W. Douglas, 

 Beaufort Grardens, Lewishara : June 29th, 1884. 



jl Adicella filicornis, Vict. ; an addition to the British Trichoptera.—On the 14tli 

 !■ June last, on the occasion of the excursion of the aiasgow jS^atural History 

 )ciety, I captured by the river Mouse, near Cleghorn, Lanarkshire, a single ^ 

 V Adicella filicornis, Pict., a species of Leftoceridoe new to our lists. During the 

 ^:ter part of the same month the locality, was visited by Mr. King, of Glasgow, and 

 :78elf, and a small number of both sexes were taken by each of us. They were 

 (tained by sweeping the vegetation about a rock-spring. Only two or three ex- 

 iiples were seen on the wing when the sun was shining brightly ; the flight was 

 ^ry lazy. 



A. filicornis may readily be distinguished from the only other British (and 

 lown European) species of the genus by the almost black pubescence of the wings, 

 '..e Mouse is one of the larger waters which fall into the Clyde. About Cleghorn 

 iflows through a very deep rocky glen, the sides of which are thickly wooded, 

 '^ell sheltered, it is a good locality for Caddis flies, and produces Diplectrona felix, 

 lunoecia irrorata, Tinodes avreola, and many other species.— Ken>'eth J. Moeton, 

 Crluke, N.B. : August Qth, 1884. 



* lA. filicornis has a very wide continental distribution, but southern rather than 

 ti thern. I have taken it on several occasions, but mostly only singly.— R. McL.]. 



■ s The electric light as an attraction for Trichoptera.~Or\e evening in July, 1881, 

 I-as at Spa, in Belgium, in company with Baron de Selys-Longchamps and his 

 finly. There was a fete, and as part of the attractions to visitors an electric light 

 Vi used. It was also attractive to insects, for the man in charge was obliged to 

 kp continually brushing them away. Those insects were mostly Trichoptera. 

 C Monday evening in the present week I arrived in Paris from the south ; it was 

 tJ occasion of the "Fete Rationale," and I took two hours' stroll to 'see the 

 il minations. At the Place de la Concorde, four electric lights were so placed as to 

 tbw their rays on the four sides of the Obelisk of Luxor from a considerable 

 d ance. Close to the lights it became evident that a multitude of insects, appearing 

 h' silvery atoms as they entered within the limits of the rays, were attracted by 

 tlm. I inspected the masonry against which three of the lights were fixed. It 

 w snnply covered with insects, and again they were almost entirely Trichoptera, 

 DO'tly LeptoceridcB. My collecting bottle was not in my pocket ; but even if it had 

 bm I might have thought twice before attracting the attention of the mass of 

 hnanity everywhere about by using it. The carbon points were exposed, but it 

 d; not appear to me that the insects immolated themselves against them as is 

 uially the case at an ordinary light ; the heat seemed to cause them to drop before 

 tlr had damaged themselves. I was greatly surprised at the small number of 

 Lidoptera; the only other insects in any abundance were sundry small green 

 linoptera.—'R. McLachlan, Lewisham : July 17th, 1884. 



Trichoptera from Unst, North Shetland.— Mr. C. A. Briggs has been so kind as 

 ;0?nd me a few Trichoptera collected by himself in the above-named remote portion 

 « he United Kingdom last month. They are : Limnophilus sparsus. Curt., Steno- 

 '^W,ax latipennis, Curt, (apparently common), S. concentricus, Zett., and Plectroc- 

 ^eta conspersa, Curt., all well-known species, but all are remarkable for small size 

 i^n dark coloration. Records of any species (even the most common) from the 



land Islands are desirable.— Id. : A^igust 2nd, 1884 



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