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detriment of the points they have dealt witli. I iiave, therefore, thoui^ht it 

 would be well to cull attention to tlie distinction. There is objection, no 

 doubt, to the introductiiin or change of tenn■^ already in use, but I never- 

 theless think it would be an improvement to delinitely se[)arate the two 

 classes (active and passive) under the more precise terms — mimiciy and 

 simulation. The latter term has the advantage of being a single word, and 

 is besides more expressive of the diff.-rence required to be implied. — 

 WiLLiAji Whitk ; 4, Mecklenbiirgh Square, W.C. 



SiRKX IN North Wales and Cheshiric. — I saw a fine specimen of 

 Sirex f/iffas at Bettws-y-coed, N. Wales, on September 17th. 1^88, which 

 was flying about the railway station, and finally settled upon a man's arm, 

 causing no little sensation among the bystanders, who took it to be a very 

 large hornet, or something worse. I should imagine that the specimen 

 must have been a genuine native of the district, as there is much timber 

 about, and certainly no need for foreign importation. I may also mention 

 that Sirex juvencus was for many years established in a small fir-wood at 

 Rock Ferry, Cheshire, where I frequently saw specimens; I have not 

 visited the locality lately, so cannot say if the species occurs there still. — 

 WiLLouGHBY Gaudner ; 18c, Exchange, Liverpool. 



SiRicx JUVENCUS IN liONDON. — My insect, referred to by Mr. E. R. 

 Dale (Entom, 17), I thnik must have come from one of the factories or 

 timber-yards in the neighbourhood. Some years ago I caught three examples 

 of Sirex ffigas in a pianoforte factory at Wood Green, where a quantity of 

 pine timber was used, but not being then a collector I destroyed them. — 

 S. Robinson ; Claptield Terrace, Winchmore Hill, N. 



DoLOMEDES FiMBRiATUS IN IRELAND. — A few years ago, when search- 

 ing for the rare little water-snail, LiinncBus invoUUus, .Harv., in the small 

 lake which lies on Cromagioun Mountain, above tlie Tower Lodge, 1 met 

 with a large and handsome >pider, which I was not able to cxptuie, and I 

 suppose it then escaped into the water. But, on visiting this like a second 

 time with some friends, we succeeded in capturing the spider, which, as I 

 anticipated from what I had seen of it, proved to be the rare and local 

 species, Dolomedes Jlinhriatm (Clerck), long known in the fens of Cam- 

 bridgeshire, but wliicli J believe I was the first to find in Ireland. — A. G 

 More ; 74, Leinster Road, Dublin. 



Newspaper Extomologv. — Now that the '•' Institute of Journalists," 

 which was lately paraded before the public with such ceremony, has com-' 

 menced work, it is to be hoped that a little elementary science-teaching will 

 bft impressed upon its members. We have on several occasions given 

 examples of " Newspaper Entomology," and here is another, showing the 

 necessity for some attention among " reporters " to more exact definition of 

 8uch words as "species." The London 'Daily Chronicle,' of Feb. 19th, 

 1889, in reporting a lecture by the late Rev. J. G. Wood upon "Ants," 

 says he "spoke chiefly of that wonderful species of ants known as the 

 Hymenoptera ;" again, "at one period of the year there appeared some 

 50,000 small bees, which were incessantly at work." — John T. Carrington. 



Erratum. — Page 77, line 28 — 39, for " the part if any," read " the vast 

 if any." 



