222 THE ENTOMOLOGIST. 



Insects, taken all round, are scarce here this season, and rather backward ; 

 however, on the oaks close to this, larvee were fairly plentiful, chiefly 

 Tcsniocamjm stahilis, T. cruda, and T. mimosa (which occurred also fre- 

 quently on bramble, and a few on honeysuckle), and many common geo- 

 meters. — Spotswood Gkaves; 29, Victoria Street, Tenby, June 14th, 1894. 



Deilephila liyornica in Devonshire. — On the evening of June 7th 

 I captured a specimen of D. livornica tlying round the flowers of rhodo- 

 dendrons. — John N. Still ; Horrabridge. 



Early Appearance of Smeeinthus tili^. — On April 26th a fine 

 specimen of this moth was taken, freshly emerged, in the Shooters Hill 

 Road, and is now in my collection. As far as personal observation goes, I 

 have found it scarce round here, and never so early as this date. — 

 J. N. Smith; 30, Shooters Hill Road, Blackheath, S.E., April 30th, 1894. 



Heterocera from Caussols, Alpes-Maritimes. — One of the insects 

 which I thought was probably referable to Lithosia lurideola (Entom. 178) 

 has been submitted to Herr Ernst Heyne, of Leipzig, who has identified 

 it as L. complana. Aporophyla luUdenta var. sedi, also determined by 

 Herr Heyne. Bomhyx quercus and B. rwii (larva) are also additions to the 

 list. — F. Bromilow; Nice, Alpes-Maritimes, France, May 6th, 1894. 



The Hemiptera-Heteroptera of Purfleet, Essex. — After having 

 worked this neighourhood for several years during the months of August 

 and September, 1 am able to furnish the following list, which I believe to 

 be correct as far as it goes. Only single examples have been captured of 

 tliose species marked with an asterisk : — Euryc/aster maura, Sehirus 

 bicolor, S. alhomarginatus (two dead specimens), ^lia acuminata (one 

 imago and larva together), Tropicons rujipes,-^- Verlusia rhombea/'- Mtjrnuia 

 miriformis, Scolopostethus af/inis, Drynius sylvaticus, Stygnocoris rusticus, 

 Piesma quadrata, P. capitata,-'- Monanthia avipUata, Derephysia foliacea, 

 Miris calcaratus, MeyaLoceraia erratlca, M. longicornis, M. ru/icornis, 

 Teratocoris saunderd,-'^ Leptoterna doLobrata, L. ferruyata, Pantilius tuni- 

 catus, Phytocoris lonyipennis, P. reuteri, P. varipes, P. ulmi, Oncoynathus 

 binotatus, Calocoris infusus, C. chenopodii, C. bipunctatus, Rhopalotomus 

 ater, Capsus laniarius, Liocorus S-jmstulatus, Pceciloscytus nigritus,--' Hadro- 

 dema pinastri (two specimens), Plesiocoris ruyicollis,'^- Lyyus prateyisis, 

 Li. pabulinns L. viridis, L. kalmii, L. cervinus, Camptobrochis lutescens, 

 Monalocoris filicis, Pithanus maerkeli, Campyloneura viryula, j^torrhinus 

 anyulatus, Chlamydatns ambulans, Byrsoptera ntfifrons, Dicyphus palli- 

 cornis, D. pallidus, D. coiistrictus, Malacocorls chiorizans, Piiophonis 

 clavatiis, P. bifasciatus, Halticus luteicullis, H. apterus, Orthocephalus 

 saltator, Loxops coccineus/'- Orthotylus bilineatus, 0. nassatus, Heterotoma 

 merioptera, Macrocoletis hortulanus, H. molUcidus, Oncotylus decolor,-'^- 

 Phyllis coryli, P. aveUa)i(B, Psallus salicelliis, Plagiognathus viridulamis, 

 P. arbustonmi, Acompocoris pygmmis, Acanthocoris nemorum, A. nemoralis, 

 Piezostethus galactinus, Tliriphleps minuta, Lyctocoris campestris, Acanthia 

 lectulana, Pluiaria vayabunda, Nabis brevipennis, N. latlventris, N. major, 

 N. flavomarginatus, N. Umbatus, N. ferus, N. rugosus, Salda cocksii, 

 Hydrometra staynorum, Gerris thoracica, G. lacustris, Velia currens, Noto- 

 necta glauca (var. maculata), N^epa cinerea. On June 3rd, 1893, I took the 

 following, which are not mentioned above : — Lyyus contaminatus, Psallus 

 betuleti, P. amhigims, P. varians, P. alnicola (,^). — R. M. Leake ; 15, Alleyn 

 Park, S.E., June, 1894. 



