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Prionocyphon serricornis in Kent. — Last year (in August or September) I took, 

 in Kent, a small orange beetle, which I in vain tried to set properly, and, after 

 breaking several of its legs, I was about to throw it away, but, on second thoughts, 

 I carded it as it was. 



A short time ago I took it to the British Museum, where Mr. C. 0. Waterhouse 

 recognised it as Prionocyphon serricornis, one of our rarest Coleoptera. 



As I did not know of the insect's rarity when I captured it, I cannot tell what 

 tree it was found on, but it was probably knocked off oak, nut, blackberry, or birch, 

 as those four trees (especially the two former) are the most numerous in the locality. 

 I have never seen it recorded from the south-east of England before, in fact, I be- 

 lieve only a very few specimens have been captured in this country. — E. A. Brttnetti, 

 15, Lower Grosvenor Place : April l&th, 1881. 



Stigmonota scopariana bred. — I have to-day bred three specimens from the 

 larvae mentioned at p. 70 of this volume. What a lovely species this is ! but why 

 on earth should it come out so early, when not a vestige of its food-plant will be 

 seen for some weeks, in the bleak, cold region where it occurs ? 



That it appears to be known, however, as an April species is shown by the 

 remarks of my friend Mr. C. G. Barrett at p. 36 of this volume. — J. B. Hodgkinson, 

 15, Spring Bank, Preston : April 10th, 1881. 



Note on Trioza urticce. — The time is fast approaching for the capture of this 

 species of Psyllidce in all its stages, and I herewith give a short description of the 

 nymph form of the creature, for the benefit of those who care to collect and breed it. 

 In June and July these nymphs may be had in great numbers by beating the 

 common nettle (Urtica dioicaj into a net or, what I consider to be much preferable, 

 an inverted umbrella. When taken home they should at once be placed upon a 

 small plant of nettle set in a flower pot and covered with a glass shade, where they 

 will thrive perfectly. The colour is pale green, shining, the entire margin has a 

 fringe of white hairs, some of which, round the apex of the abdomen, are much 

 longer than others. Head rounded in front. Antennae pale, apex dusky. Eyes 

 purplish-brown. Elytra-lobes almost white. Abdomen: upper-side sparingly clothed 

 with long, fine, white hairs, and having a roundish pale yellow spot on each side near 

 the base. Length about 1 line. — John Scott, Lee, S.E. : April 15th, 1881. 



Bare Hemiptera near Hastings. — On April 9th I was fortunate enough to take 

 two specimens of Gerris rufo-scidellata at Gruestling, one of our rarest British 

 Hemiptera. Mr. E. Saunders has kindly verified them : on looking over my col- 

 lection he also picked out four specimens of Nabis lineatus, = Poiveri, Saund., 

 which I had taken last September at Camber, and a developed specimen of Stygnv- 

 coris rusticus from the Hastings district, a species which is very rarely met with in 

 this state. — E. P. Collett, 12, Springfield Road, St. Leonards-on-Sea : l&th April, 

 1881. 



