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and between this time and April 11th twenty-nine fine specimens 

 in all emerged. — Egbert Lawson ; 4, Moncriefle Terrace, Craigie, 

 Perth, N.B. 



CoLEOPTERA OP GLAMORGAN. — The first instalment of an annotated 

 list, by Mr. J. R. le B. Tomlin, of Coleoptera known to occur in the 

 county of Glamorgan, will be found in ' Report and Transactions of 

 the Cardiff Naturalists' Society for 1912,' vol. xlv. pp. 41-58. Nearly 

 three hundred species are entered as follows: — Cicindelidas, 2; 

 Carabidue, 175 (4 doubtful) ; Haliplidas, 6 ; Pelobiidae, 1 ; Dytiscidae, 

 52 (1 doubtful) ; Gyrinidse, 5 (1 doubtful) ; Hydrophilidte, 58. 



Lepidoptera of Haslemere. — Mr. F. A. Oldaker has compiled 

 an excellent list of the Lepidoptera occurring within six miles of 

 Haslemere. This was recently published as ' Science Paper No. 5,' 

 by the Haslemere Natural History Society. Two photographic 

 plates and a map of the district accompany the list. 



Hadena oleracea destructive to Tomatoes. — I beheve it has 

 not been brought to the notice of entomologists what havoc Hadena 

 oleracea is creating amongst tomato growers. Tomato growers are 

 suffering great losses all over the country (especially during this 

 year) through this pest; and the trouble seems to be on the increase. 

 In September I visited the nursery of a friend of mine who is one of 

 the largest tomato growers in the North of London, and he showed 

 me a bucket nearly full of pupge which his men had collected to burn. 

 These all came out of one house. The only remedies seem to be to 

 collect the larvae by hand, which is a slow process, and to take the 

 top layer of soil off when the insects are in the pupal stage and burn 

 it, which also means a great deal of labour. Of course being under 

 glass the insects are protected against birds, and, though I examined 

 a great number of larvae and pupae, I failed to find one ichneumoned. 

 Being thus protected against two of their greatest enemies, the insects 

 increase apace and make the nurseryman's fight against them all the 

 harder. If any of your readers can suggest a better and more 

 effective remedy than the two I have mentioned, I should be most 

 grateful to hear from them. I have suggested that when the inseci 

 is in the imago state next year fumigation might be tried, but I am 

 rather doubtful as to the efficacy of ordinary fumigants on a insect 

 with so much vitality as Hadena oleracea. — B. S. Williams ; 77, 

 Durham Road, East Finchley, N. 



Aberration of Baratha (Mamestra) brassicji;. — On July 14th 

 my father brought in to me a fine var. of M. brassica which he had 

 found on a fence locally. The ground-colour is pale ochreous brown 

 with dark fuscous markings, but the most remarkable point about the 

 insect is the curious formation of the stigmata. The reniform and 

 orbicular are joined by a white line, as in P. ^iniperda, only instead 

 of being joined at the bottom, as in piiiiperda, they are joined at the 

 top, giving the specimen a most extraordinary appearance. I also 

 bred a fine form of this insect this year; the whole of the upper 

 wings being suffused with deep blackish fuscous except the sub- 

 terminal line, which is bright yellowish ochreous and broad, not 



