18 [June, 



Vanessa Antiopa at LJandaff. — Shortly after eleven this morning, I disturbed 

 one of these rare visitors in the drive here. It took several high nights around the 

 tree, but very kindly returned close to me several times, and had I been provided 

 with a net I could have caught it easily. During a long course of years this is only 

 the second specimen of Vanessa Antiopa I have seen at Llandaff. — J. Earle 

 Olltvaxt, Bishop's Court, Llandaff: May 9th, 1881. 



Note on the earlier states of Psylla buxi. — This is one of the commonest species 

 of the genus. The terminal shoots of the plants of the Box (Buxus sempervirensj 

 may now be found filled with the creature in its eai'lier stages. The deformation 

 the shoots assume, caused by their attack, tends to turn the leaves towards each 

 other when they assume a somewhat oval or globular shape. On opening one of 

 these the cavity will be found to contain a quantity of white or starch-coloured 

 opaque particles, amongst which the young green larva? and nymphs will be found, 

 the former easily distinguished from the latter by their somewhat smaller size and the 

 Want of the elytra-lobes — John Scott, Lee, S.E. : 14-th May, 1881. 



Note on Aphalara nervosa. — Next month is the time for capturing this species 

 of Psyllidce on the yarrow {Achillea millefolium), and where the plant grows pro- 

 fusely, I believe the insect, from what I have experienced here, will also be found in 

 considerable numbers. Singularly enough, with all my painstaking, I have been 

 unable to capture the creature in its earlier stages, and I shall feel obliged to any 

 one who takes an interest in the group and is fortunate enough to meet with it in 

 these states, who will forward some to me for the purpose of describing and 

 figuring. Coleopterists are likely to meet with it when sweeping the plant in search 

 of Ceuthorhynchideus Chevrolati which is attached to it, and is to be met with at the 

 same time although not in such fine condition as in September, when the newly- 

 emerged insects are in their greatest perfection. — Id. 



Additions to the Morayshire Hemiptera. — In addition to my previous list of 

 bugs occurring in Morayshire, I have to record the following species taken last 

 summer at Forres. Gastrodes abietis, in fir cones wherever looked for ; Gerris 

 spera, Athysanus brevipennis, Trapezonotus agrestis, Stiroma albomarginata, Eupelexa 

 producta, and cuspidata, both frequently on a di*y grass bank, also bred from larvae ; 

 Liburnia discolor, Deltocephalus, species not yet determined, and Athysanus striata, 

 common in swamps ; Typhlocyba crata>gi, beam tree ; T. abrotani, in profusion on 

 Southernwood ; T. Douglasi, on beech ; Pantilius tunicatus, in abundance on 

 hazels. — G-eo. Norman, Athole House, Pitlochry, N.B. : May 9th, 1881. 



The muscular power of Rhagium inquisitor. — Having noticed the strength of 

 jaw of several beetles and other insects, I tried some experiments with a specimen 

 of Rhagium inquisitor. The beetle was held between the finger and thumb, and the 

 weights used were wrapped in a sheet of paper tied round with a string of sufficient 

 size to give the beetle a firm grip and yet allow it to let go easily when it felt inclined. 



