52 I f"elj'-»»'-y, 



occurred, and one each of Laphria marginata, L., Pamponertoi germanicus, L. 

 Myiolepta Juteola fell to my sliare ; no doubt had the weatlier been fine several of 

 these species would have been jnet with more freely. 



Tabatii have been scarce this season, the only one I met with commonly being 

 Chrysops quadratvs, in July, near Matley Bog : it was a nuisance, three or four 

 settling on the hands at one time and drawing blood viciously. 



Among Tipulidre, Idioptera pulchella, Mg., with its curious senii-aptcrous ? , 

 was met with for the first time at Sutton. Ephelia van' nervis, Zeii., also turned up, 

 but only one specimen. 



Liogma ghibrata and Limnohia hifasciata occurred in the New Forest, where 

 also I captured a species of Dicranomyia, which seems undescribed. Limnohia 

 nigropunctata, Schum. : this was common at Wyre Forest, and I afterwards took 

 one at Sutton, also a ^ Xiphura atrata. I have still a large number of insects to 

 identify, but I think enough has been said to show that the year 1894 has not been 

 a poor one for the Dipterist.— Ealph C. Bkadlet, Holly Bant, Sutton Coldfield : 

 December, 1894. 



Notes from New Zealand. — The present season here is one of the most backward 

 we have experienced ; plants and insects are fully a month behind the usual time. 

 On September 30th, the weather being very hot, we decided to make the first 

 entomological expedition of the season. The following were the only species of 

 Lepidoptera taken : — one Protosyncema steropucha, several Siniaefhis comhinatana, 

 one Strep sicratea zopherana, and a long series of a species of Mallohathra, which 

 was very abundant, flying rapidly in the hot sunshine. Only two specimens of 

 Vanessa gonerilla were seen, and a great paucity of insect life was noticeable 

 generally. On October 10th I found a large number of galls on a small shrub of 

 Melicope simplex ; some of these resulted in a small Dipteron, apparently allied to 

 Cecidumyia. I enclose specimens of both the gall and the Dipteron. I am also 

 sending a series of Stolotermes riijiceps, including winged individuals, soldiers, 

 workers, and gravid female. These were taken from a single nest in a rotten log 

 during last May, and, judging from this, the winged individuals make their appear- 

 ance at all seasons of the year. — G. V. Hudson, Karori, Wellington, New Zealand : 

 October 23rd, 1894. 



[Mr. Austen, of the Bi-itish Museum, identifies the Cccidomyiid as a species of 

 the genus Hormomyia, Lw. — Eds.]. 



Icuiciu. 



The Coleoptera of Baja California : by G. H. Horn, M.D. 



In the Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, ser. 2, vol. iv, pp. 

 302 — 449, t. 7 (August, 1894), Dr. Horn gives a complete list of the Coleoptera of 

 Lower or Baja California, with descriptions of new genera and species. This is a 

 useful contribution to our knowledge of the Coleopterous fauna of a little known 

 region : Lower California having been hitherto a sort of " no man's land " amongst 

 Entomologists. The region in question is not included within the scope of Godman 

 and Salvin's Biologia Centrali- Americana, and Leconte, Horn, and other North 

 American Entomologists exclude it from their lists of the Coleoptera of America 



