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NOTES AND OBSERVATIONS. 



HirpoTiON (Ch^rocampa) celerio at Birkenhead. — It may l)e 

 of some interest to note that I saw, but did not unfortmiately capture, 

 a specimen of C. celerio in the garden yesterday evening at dusk. It 

 was hovering over the flowers of lupin and other plants. I feel 

 certain that I made no mistake, as the moth was within two feet of 

 me, and I got a very good view of it. — Ealph Eylands ; Highfields, 

 Bidston Eoad, Birkenhead, June 12th, 1911. 



CLytus arcuatus in North-East London. ^A specimen of tliis 

 beetle was found on a wall in Wick Road, Hackney, on June 10th. 

 It was shown by Mr. J. O. Braithwaite, at the meeting of the North 

 London Natural History Society, at Einsbury, on June 13th. — 

 V. Gerrard ; " Kenmore," Connaught Avenue, Chingford, Essex, 

 June 24th, 1911. 



^geria andren^formis in Viburnum opulus. — On May 19th 

 last I was agreeal)ly surprised to find an old liurrow of ^geria 

 andrencBformis in a branch of guelder rose {Viburnum opulus). On 

 opening it I found it had produced an ichneumon ! I have frequently 

 searched V. opulus for signs of this species, but this is the only 

 burrow I have detected. V. lantana is much more common than 

 V. opulus in this district — Mid-Kent. Is V. opulus more often bored 

 in localities where V. lantana does not so largely predominate ? — 

 P. P. MiLMAN ; Burham, near Rochester, June 16th, 1911. 



Lepidoptera at Light in the Haslemere District. — On 

 Monday night, June 5th, I took the following insects, on a white 

 sheet placed in front of two acetylene lamps : Stauropus fagi (three 

 males), Palimpsestis fluctuosa, and one example of Drymonia tri- 

 macula (dodonea). Some twenty other quite decent things were 

 secured. Nearly everything turned up late as usual ; the S. fagi did 

 not appear until between 11.45 p.m. and 12.15 a.m. Mr. Norman 

 Riley, of the South London Entomological Society, was with nie at 

 the time. — Bertram E. Jupp ; Lyn Lodge, Camelsdale, Haslemere, 

 June 16th, 1911. 



Eristalis cestraceus, L., in North America (Diptera). — -Several 

 species of Syrphidte are known to be common to Europe and North 

 America, but an addition to tlie list of such species has been made 

 by Mr. Ernest E. Austen (Ent. Mo. Mag. xxii. 2nd series, p. 63). 

 When determining a female specimen of Eristalis, from East Prussia, 

 recently presented to the National Collection by the Hon. N. C. 

 Rothschild, Mr. Austen found that it was referable to E. aestraceus, 

 L. At the same time he discovered that the specimen described by 

 Walker, some sixty years ago, as E. astriformis was specifically 

 identical with E. cestraceus, L. 



Chrysopa flava (Neuroptera). — In connection with Miss E. M, 

 Alderson's paper {antea, p. 126) on this lacewing fly, the following 

 records may be of interest for dates and localities. June 14th, 1896, 

 one at the Black Pond, Esher Common, Surrey, by the side of its 

 transparent filmy pupa-case ; the wings were not fully expanded. 

 July 1st, 1901, one received from Twickenham, Middlesex. June 7th, 



