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Fhalaris. It is certain also that in the August brood it feeds in 

 leaves of reed. This is confirmed by Lord Walsingham, by the late 

 Mr. Machin who collected larvae in abundance, and by my own ex- 

 perience in the Norfolk Fens, where the insect is plentiful ; but how 

 the larvae of the first brood feed in those localities in which the second 

 brood attacks the reed is still a matter of conjecture. Probably, 

 however, Phalaris is almost everywhere available. 



So far as I can ascertain, Mr. Boyd's interesting observation has 

 not previously been recorded in this country. Entomologists abroad, 

 however, have been more observant. Sorhagen (Kleinschmett. Mark 

 Brandenburg) records it on the two plants and in both broods. Snellen, 

 besides these two food-plants, adds " Holcus, Festiioa, Poa, and 

 Agrostis.^^ (It is difficult to imagine this large larva in a leaf of 

 Agrostis). Hartmann and Wocke record two broods, both (ap- 

 parently) feeding in the reed as well as the Phalaris, but no one 

 hints at any alternation of food-plants ; Kaltenbach and Hof mann only 

 give Arundo, the latter quoting Stainton. Several of these references 

 are from Lord "Walsingham's library, by the kindness of Mr. Hartley 

 Durrant. 



39, Linden Grove, Nunhead, S.E. : 

 May Uth, 1895. 



SOME EEMARKS 

 ON THE HABITS OP AEPOPHILUS BONNAIEII, SIGN. 



BY JAMES H. KEYS. 



After an interval of nearly five years I have again the pleasure 

 to record the capture of Ae'pophilus Bonnairii, Sign., and this time 

 with rather better results. On April 28th I took a mature specimen 

 near the old locality, but about thirty paces further seawards than the 

 example last noted {cf. Ent. Mo. Mag., ixvi, p. 247). On comparison 

 of the two I was struck with the fact that w^hereas my old specimen 

 taken in the month of August showed signs of wear about the apex 

 of its elytra, the example now taken in the month of April was quite 

 perfect ; it was also more active when alive. 



On the next day I felt constrained to go again, and to search 

 as far out seaw^ards as possible. Accordingly, climbing over a reef 

 of rocks which run out a considerable distance into the sea, I came 

 to a transverse channel, the bottom of which was strewn with 

 large boulders, with smaller stones scattered between them, and with 

 the interspaces filled with a mixture of gravel, broken shells and a 



