70 THE ENTOMOLOGIST. 



imagine, as few are the galls from which he has received no 

 record of parasitism as affected by the Torymidce, — those 

 general controllers of gall-life. However, this species is one 

 of the few, and none of Walker's three are confirmed.* — 

 E. A. Fitch. 



NOTES ON LYC^NA ARION. 

 By Gervask F. Mathew, R.N., F.L.S., F.Z.S. 



(Contiuued from p. 40.) 



On July 8th, 1875, 1 left Dartmouth by the evening coach, 

 intending to go as far as Kingsbridge, sleep there the night, 

 and take the steamer to Salcombe the next morning; but in 

 the course of the journey one of my fellow-passengers 

 observed that he was going to Salcombe that night, and had 

 ordered a boat to be waiting for him at Frograore, a little 

 village between Torcross and Kingsbridge, where an arm of 

 the estuary nearly touches the high-road. He kindly offered 

 me a passage, which of course I gladly accepted, as it would 

 save me some distance and expense ; also giving a clear day 

 to start with on the morrow. Accordingly on reaching 

 Frogmore we bade farewell to the coach, jumped into the 

 boat which was waiting, and had a pleasant pull down the 

 creek to Salcombe, where we arrived at half-past eight. I 

 put up at my old quarters, the Victoria Inn. 



The next morning when I got up, a little before seven, 



hoping to have a good long day before me, I was wofully 



disappointed at finding it was raining heavily, with but little 



prospect of a cliange. At ten o'clock it became lighter, a 



slight break appeared in the clouds, and it ceased to rain ; 



so 1 sallied forth towards Bolthead. However, this was but 



the forerunner of a more furious downpour, for I had scarcely 



gone half-way when the rain descended again in perfect 



torrents. I had to return in a soaking condition to my inn. 



There was no change for the remainder of the day ; the rain 



poured without intermission. During the afternoon 1 came 



to the conclusion that whatever Salcombe might be in fair 



* At my request Mr. G. B. Rothera kindly sent me what insects be had 

 bred from the galls of this species. They were as follows : — 6lb March, 187i, 

 one Caiitmome, sp. ? (uiale) ; loth, twenty-four N. niaiiismatis ; 15th, thirty- 

 six N. numisinatis ; 2lst, eighty-four N . mimismatis ; 2nd May, forty-four 

 P.sosarmus. The peculiarity of this record is the absence of Sijncrgi. — E.A.F. 



