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list. Most of my Irish captui-es will be found in the Irish Natiiralisi 

 for 1910 and 1911. As Mr. Donisthorpe has already given a list of 

 the species we found together last June in Scotland, these Avill be 

 omitted. 1 find that there are many insects I must mention, and 

 therefore propose to deal with the various groups separately. I will 

 begin with the (reodepltcKja. 



CicindcUt inaritinia, Dej., Sandwich, Kent, on sandy coast in 

 numbers. ('i/cJims rostratiis, L., its occurrence in Richmond Park is, 

 perhaps, worth mentioning. Pelopltila bnrealis, Pk., Lough Ramoz, 

 Co. Cavan, in profusion. t'liviiia collaru, Hbst., Reigate, Surrey. 

 Dyschiriio! aiu/Kstatioi, Ahr., Littlestone, Kent, one on sand by sea- 

 shore. Bewhid'nnn hru.vdlcnxe, Wesm., common at Balrath, Co. Heath; 

 one in the middle of the town of Cambridge. l>. deconim, Pz., 

 i>urford Bi'idge, Surrey (one). B. aftine, Steph., Cromer, Norfolk. 

 /?. /-pitstiilatiiiii, Dej., Pulborougb, Sussex (h^iit. Mo. Ma;/. 1909.) 

 />'. ftdiiii/atinn, Duft., Gravesend, not common. H. darki, Dawson, 

 Pulborough. B. aeneiim, Germ., Cloverhill, Co. Cavan, common. 

 B. o-striatum, Gyll., common in an old stone wall at Balrath. 

 (Ullenus lateralis, Sam., Strood, Kent, common in stones on bank 

 of Medway. Trechns micros, Hbst., Burwell Fen, Cambs, one in mole's 

 nest; Alphington, Devon, on two occasions in moles's nests, once in 

 numbers. T. rindaris, Gyll, five by treading mud on Wicken Fen. 

 August 21st, 1910. The light was failing as I reached the spot, and 1 

 had to leave early the next morning ; otherwise I am certain I should 

 tiave got a long series. T. secalis, Pk., Golder's Green, Middlesex, and 

 Leatherhead. Surrey. Panai/aetts mix-inajor, L., not uncommon on 

 Burwell Fen. /'. 4-/)t(stidatiis, Stm., Alphington, running on roads in 

 some numbers on May 15th, 1910. Badister peltatus, Pz;., not 

 uncommon at edges of a pond at Pulborough. IJcinns silplwides, F., 

 occasionally abundant under lumps of chalk near Gravesend. L. 

 di'fires.siis, Pk., Brighton. Harjialns /laralldns, Dj., Gravesend. 

 ArupalpKs brunnipes, Stm., Wintney Heath, Hants. Aniwdactybis 

 atricornis, Steph., one at top of clift's at Cromer. Ainara constdaris, 

 Duft., Burwell Fen. I'terostichns aethiops, Pz., four specimens under 

 bark of a dead Scotch fir at Crowcombe, Somerset. Plati/dents mri- 

 rollis, Marsh., Gravesend, Strood, Wimbledon Common. Anc/iouieniis 

 rrrsiitus, Gyll., common in a reedbed by the canal at Woking, in 1906, 

 but has not occurred to me there since. Metahletns truncatdltis, L., 

 common on Burwell Fen. J)roiiiiits atjilis, F., Epping Forest. I>. 4- 

 si(/natiis, Dj., one under the bark of an old pole in a brickfield at 

 Maddingley, Cambs., February 24:th, 1907. Aetopkoms iinperialis, 

 Germ., occasionally in profusion in a bed of reeds at Gravesend {Ent. 

 M". Mo;/., 1906). Boli/stir/iiis rittatiis, Brul., Gravesend and Strood. 



{To he continued.) 



On a IVlalformation of Hydroecia paludis. {With I 'late.) 



By T. A. CHAPMAN, M.D. 



The Rev. C. R. N. Burrows has handed to me for examination 

 a specimen of Hi/droecia palxdis taken at Mucking, that he came 

 across in mounting examples of the genitalia of Hydroecia, in 

 making his classical researches inio the nictitans group. With his 

 customary caution he does not make any assertion as to what it is, or 



