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vulffare) was abundant at the spot, I have been for some time in 

 expectation of getting the butterfly, but I failed till this year. There 

 seemed to be only a few individuals in flight, as we did not see more 

 than two at one time during a whole month. — Henry H. Beown ; 

 Cupar-Fife. 



Pyrameis (Vanessa) cardui, Linn., at 1050ft, in Banffshire, — My 

 son captured a specimen of this butterfly beside the cairn on the 

 summit of the Binn Hill at Cullen, Banffshire, 1050 ft. above sea- 

 level, on July 22nd last. It was faded and rubbed, having probably 

 been carried to that elevation by a high wind, although it is not easy 

 to account for the vagaries of cardui. — Henry H, Brown ; Cupar-Fife, 



Stauropus fagi at Mickleham. — On July 27th last, after a poor 

 day's collecting, I took a fine female specimen of the above species 

 resting on the trunk of a beech tree about ten feet from the ground. 

 It was quite perfect, and I think had not been out of the pupa more 

 than a day. — E, C, Goulton ; 4, Carnford Grove, Balham, 



Apamea ophiogramma at Balham. — On August 26th last I took a 

 worn specimen of this insect at electric light in the town. Although 

 I have kept a good look-out, it is the only one I have seen, and should 

 like to know if any others have been taken here. — E. C. Goulton; 

 4, Carnford Grove, Balham. [See report of S. Lond. Ent. and Nat, 

 Hist, Soc, Aug. 28th, published in this number. — Ed.] 



DicYCLA 00 IN Kent. — I took a fine specimen of this species on a 

 gas-lamp near Chislehurst towards the end of June last. — G. B. 

 Browne ; 43, Southbrook Eoad, Lee, S.E., Sept. 17th, 1902. 



Prionus coriarius in Berkshire and in Hertfordshire. — On 

 August 26th last Mr. W. H. Warner, of Fyfield, near Abingdon, sent 

 me, for identification, a specimen of this somewhat uncommon beetle, 

 which he had found on the 21st of the month "crushed and lying on 

 a path in a neighbouring wood." I may mention that in 1893 I 

 captured an example of this species as it was flying across a pathway 

 on Batchworth Heath in Hertfordshire. — Eichard South ; 96, Drake- 

 field Road, Upper Tooting, S.W. 



Blatta AUSTRALASIA IN SouTH DERBYSHIRE. — A cockroach forwarded 

 to me by Mr. Hugo Harpur Crewe from South Derbyshire proved to 

 belong to this species. Enquiries kindly made for me by Mr. Harpur 

 Crewe show that it has been established for the last five years, and 

 that it first made its appearance in a greenhouse where some orchids 

 were unpacked which were received from Queensland in 1895. — 

 Francis C. R. Jourdain ; Clifton Vicarage, Ashburne, Derbyshire. 



Odonata bred in 1902. — From nymphs obtained in Byfleet Canal, 

 and a few from the river at Wye, I bred this year tiie following 

 species : — Of the Anisopterids, JEschna grandis (eight or nine, sexes 

 in about equal proportion), Lihelliila qnadrimaculata, Sympetrtim 

 striolatum ; of the Zygopterids, Ischnura elegans, Erythronivia naias, 

 Enallagm.a cyathigernm. The greater number of the Zygopterid 

 nymphs turned out to be Enjthromvia naiaa; nearly all the Anisopterids 

 were of the family J^lschnidte, and all of these of the species Mschna 

 grandis. The first jE. grandis imago appeared in the earlier part of 



