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this insect, or heard of its capture, in this locahty. — H. A. Morell ; 

 Heathdene, Wordsworth Road, WalHngton, Surrey. 



Strangalia aueulenta in Cornwall. — On July 19th of last year 

 (1917) I was lucky enough to capture a Q specimen of the rare 

 Longicorn, Strangalia aiirulenta, on the cliffs at Millhook, a few 

 miles south-west of Bude. I was sitting near a few plants of Vicia 

 sylvatica, waiting till it got dark enough (lights being forbidden) for 

 the larvae of Toxocavipa craccce to come up and feed, when the beetle 

 flew on to the sleeve of my coat. I see in Fowler's ' British Cole- 

 optera ' that the species is sometimes described as " of a deep velvety- 

 black colour, with four transverse reddish-yellow bands on elytra," 

 or " as reddish-yellow with four black fasciae " ; my specimen is dis- 

 tinctly referable to the latter description. — E. O. Armytage, F.E.S. 

 (Lieut.) ; Millhook, nr. Bude, Cornwall. 



Anopheles bifurcatus in Wanstead District. — It may be of 

 interest to record that Anophelines have been most prevalent in the 

 Wanstead and surrounding districts this season. From specimens 

 captured I was easily able to determine them as A. hifurcatus from 

 E. K. Pearce's book on Diptera ; also Tlieohaldi a^inidata has been 

 very abundant, and this little beast can make things very uncomfort- 

 able for us humans ; but although a vicious biter, I do not think it 

 is a malaria-carrying species. In my opinion the increase of these 

 dangerous enemies of mankind is due to neglect, in not being able 

 to provide the necessary labour for clearing and keeping clean the 

 damp, grass-covered ditches, canal-sides, ponds, and ornamental 

 waters, for it is these places which provide ideal breeding-grounds. 

 One way of destroying these germ-carriers is cyanide dissolved in 

 boiling water, the fumes of which have a fatal attraction, and the 

 insects readily drown themselves in it. — Leonard Tatchell ; Wan- 

 stead, August 26th, 1918. 



Errata.— Page 161, for " W. E. Butlin " read " W. E. Butler." 

 Page 235, for " Bethune-Barker " read " Bethune-Baker." 



SOCIETIES. 

 The South London Entomological and Natural History 

 Society. — August 8th. — The President in the Chair. — Mr. Ashdown 

 exhibited a variable series of Malacosovia neustria and a dark Noto- 

 donta dromedarius v. perfusca from the New Forest. — Mr. Neave, bred 

 Hyles eupliorhicB from the " front " in France, and a Vespa norvegica 

 from Rotherhithe. — Mr. Ashby, a long series of Getonia auratCi from 

 Portland, and a Lasiocampa qiiercus near v. callunce from the same 

 place. — Mr. W. West, the Neuropteron, Osmius maculatus, from the 

 New Forest.— Mr. Blair described the pairing habits of the " Swift " 

 Hejnalus sylvtnus, referring especially to the folding down of the 

 hind wings of the females. — Mr. Bunnett, larvae and pupaB of 

 Coleoptera species Cassida equestris, Gionus blattarice, Ghrysomela 

 polita, etc. — Mr. Sims, ova of Piezodorus lituratus (Hem.) on furze. — 

 Mr. Edwards, exotic PieridcB, including Callosime zoe, G. ialone, 

 Pieris charina, etc. — Mr. Sich read a paper, " Species in the Genus 

 Cerostoma." — H. J. Turner (Hon. Editor of Proceedings). 



