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and apparently does not fly at dusk. Its habits are therefore not 

 very much those of an Acidalia. Indeed in appearance and 

 habits it seems closely allied to Stroiia, in which genus Berce 

 (' Faune Entomologique Frangaise') places it. — J. H. A. Jknner; 

 4, East Street, Lewes, October 24, 18S8. 



SiREX GiGAS NEAR Enfield. — Late in July, 1.SH7, a friend 

 of mine netted a splendid specimen of Sirex gigas, which was 

 flying about in a garden here. Tiie insect is now in my posses- 

 sion. It may have come from a timber-yard close by. — H. D. 

 Sykes; Tlie Cedars, Brigadier Hill, Enfield, Middlesex, Oct. 22. 



Various Captures. — My captures during the past season, 

 besides a fair quantity of Lepidoptera, include in Coleoptei'a, 

 Typlueus vulgaris, Coldharbour Common, Surrey ; Atfelahus 

 curculionides, Eppiiig Forest, near Loughton; LioplilcBus nuhilus, 

 Mycetophagus 4-pustulatns, Creophilus maxillosus, Leistrophus 

 nehulosus, L. murhuis, Onthophagus vacca, near Stamford Hill, 

 the three last very plentifully. Hylohius abietis, taken at sugar, 

 Brockenhurst, New Forest ; Liopus nehulosus, beaten from 

 sallow, Chattenden Woods ; Dorcus parallelopipedus, Prionus 

 coriarlus, Necropliorus vesp'dlo, N. iiiterruptus, N. ruspator, N. 

 humator, sent to me from Wellington, Somerset ; the two last, with 

 other commoner species, were found under a dead hedgehog. 

 Among Orthoptera: Micropteryx cinereus, Odoiitura punctatissima, 

 in Chattenden Woods, near Strood ; Ectohius lapponica, taken at 

 sugar, Brockenhurst, Hants. Among Homoptera : Ledra aiirlta, 

 near Cobham, Surrey, Ciiattenden Woods, and Epping Forest, 

 near Loughton ; Centrotus corniUus, same locality as the last. 

 Among Hemiptera : Naucoris cimicoides, several, Stamford Hill; 

 Ranatra linearis, Epping Forest, Snaresbrook. Among Trichop- 

 tera : Rapliidia londinensis, beaten from a hedge in a lane 

 between Potter's Bar and the Railway station. Among Hyme- 

 noptera : Trichiosoma lucorum, near Cobham, Surrey; Ahia 

 nigricornis, Holmwood Common, Surrey; Lampronata setosa, 

 several females around a Coss^s-infected tree, Stamford Hill ; 

 Sirex gigas, sent to me from Wellington. Among Diptera : 

 Tipida gigantea, Stamford Hill; BomhyVius major, Holmwood 

 Common ; Volucella homhylans, Chattenden Woods ; Tachina 

 fero.-v, Atylotus fidvus, Chrysops rdictus, from Wellington ; 

 EristaUs intricarus, Stamford Hill.— F. Milton; 1(54, Stamford 

 Hill, N., October 22, 1888. 



