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(and in some cases invaluable) energies into a more profitable 
channel would be incalculable. 
(To be continued.) 
NOTES AND OBSERVATIONS. 
THe Coccip GENUS CrRroruto.— Having occasion to examine 
some material of Ceroputo calcitectus (Ckll.), collected by Mr. E. 
Bethel on Agropyron at Canon City, Colorado (the species new to 
Colorado), I chanced to notice the resemblance of the male, especially 
in the venation, to Monophlebus trivenosus, Germ. & Ber., from Baltic 
amber. Upon comparing the figure of M. trivenosus with a male 
C. calcitectus it became evident that they were congeneric, so the 
amber fossil must be known as Ceroputo trivenosus. The only note- 
worthy difference between the two is that the caudal style is con- 
siderably shorter and broader in the fossil.—T. D. A. CockmRELL. 
A Lirrte Work on Sprpers.—Though the study of spiders is 
not considered strictly a part of entomology—at least, in Britain— 
yet most ‘general entomologists” take some interest in them. 
Possibly the lack of a cheap, convenient, modern manual has deterred 
many from paying attention to these interesting forms. Recently I 
have had occasion to work up the spiders of the Hawaiian sugar-cane 
fields. Many of these are immigrants, and although, of course, 
Simon’s great volumes are indispensable to any serious spider work, 
yet I have found a more modest little book very useful in giving me 
a preliminary idea (in the absence of a reference collection) of these 
immigrants at the outset of my studies, as Simon’s ‘ Histoire Naturelle 
des Araignées’ does not deal fully with species. Planet’s ‘‘ Araignées,” 
published in 1905 as the fourteenth part of Deyrolle’s ‘ Histoire Natu- 
relle dela France,’ has not, I believe, been noted as yet in the ‘ Ento- 
~ mologist,’ but will, I am sure, be very useful to any British entomolo- 
gist who is at all interested in spiders. It is portable, cheap, runs to 
341 pages, 18 well-executed plates, and 230 text figures, making a 
total of 370 figs. As the proof-sheets were read by Mr. Simon, the 
accuracy of the volume is guaranteed.—G. W. KrrKapy. 
ACROLITA CONSEQUANA, H.-S., in DEvonsHIRE.—I have to record 
the discovery of the larvee of this local Tortrix by my wife in South 
Devon in July, 1907. They were feeding on the seed-heads of the 
spurge (Huphorbia paralsas) on the sandy flats near the sea. The 
imagines, seven in number, duly emerged on August 6th following. 
They are smaller than usual, owing no doubt to the drying of the food- 
plant on our return home. I am indebted to the kindness of Mr. 
H. A. Atmore, F.E.S8., of King’s Lynn, for confirming the identity of 
the species. As far as I can discover it does not appear to have been 
recorded for this county before. Mr. Stainton describes it under the 
name of Pacilochroma hawkerana, and gives as its locality ‘on the 
Hampshire coast” (‘Manual,’ vol. ii. p. 239). Mr. Meyrick records 
it from Hants and Dorset (‘ Handbook,’ p. 505). Mr. Barrett, on 
p. 73, vol. xi. says: ‘It is only known to be found in Hayling Island, 
