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the cabinet it should be bred, as really fine specimens are few and 

 far between. — (Captain) P. A. Cardew ; 50, Melbury Gardens, 

 Cottenham Park, Wimbledon. 



Parasite op Callophrys rubi. — Somewhere in Switzerland — I 

 think in the Val d'Herens — I picked up a larva of C. ruhi last year, 

 which this spring produced an ichneumon fly. I ought perhaps to 

 say that the pupa of G. ruhi is so distinct that the determination of 

 the species is not in the least doubtful. The fly emerged by cutting 

 a lid off, consisting of the front of the pupa-case. The specimen is 

 now in the collection of Mr. C. Morley, who says the parasite " is a 

 true ichneumon {Anisobas i:)latystylHS, Thorns., Ann. Soc. Fr. 1888, 

 p. 122), and is the first parasite ever bred from Thecia rubi, so far as 

 I am aware. It was only known from Sweden and France." — T. A. 

 Chapman ; Betula, Eeigate, June 17th, 1910. 



Ephemera danica (Ephemeroptera). — On May 28th last this may- 

 fly was emerging near Slyfield, Surrey, and a few sub-imagines were 

 taken home. One male I watched for a quarter of an hour or so as it 

 was trying to emerge. The thorax-skin split longitudinally, and, as in 

 the Odonata, emergence commenced in that region ; next appeared the 

 head. Wings, abdomen, and legs seemed to be coming out more or 

 less together, the legs being perhaps a little behind the rest. The 

 abdomen was arched up, and apparently stuck. Ultimately I tried 

 to help, but without success as regards fore wings and some of the 

 legs. Just before emergence commenced the wings were spread 

 horizontally, while the insect twitched and jerked its abdomen. Sec. ; 

 it seemed clear that a change was going to take place. Throbbing 

 was noticed in the freshly exposed and shining dorsal part of tlie 

 thorax. If this emergence was normal, it is clearly a very gradual 

 process, and in some ways resembles that of a dragonfly. — W. J. 

 Lucas. 



Triecphora vulnerata (Homoptera). — At the beginning of 

 June, in the coverts between Claygate and Oxshott, Surrey, this 

 rather strikingly coloured froghopper seemed fairly abundant. — 

 W. J. Lucas. 



The Capture of some Cicindelid^ in Borneo. — While on a 

 collecting expedition in the early part of this year in the upper waters 

 of the Limbang — one of the great rivers of Saraw^ak — I witnessed a 

 curious method of capturing Coleoptera, which may perhaps be of 

 interest to entomologists in England who still use the prosaic net. 

 It came about in this way. After a hard day's work paddling up the 

 river against a strong current, we {i. e. my five Dyak collectors, six 

 Bisaya coolies, and myself) arrived at a native house, where we 

 determined to pass the night. Accordingly, the two boats were 

 hauled up on to a high sand-bank at the river's edge and we pro- 

 ceeded to disembark. I noticed at once several Cicindelid® flying 

 over the sand, and soon discovered there were three species, viz. the 

 ubiquitous Cicindela aurulenta, Fab. — about the commonest beetle 

 in Sarawak — a smaller, red-spotted species, Cicindela cresyignyi, 

 Bates, and a third species, new to me, which turned out to be 

 Cicindela ojngrapha, Dejean, a rather local species. After seeing me 



