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under fir bark : a full account of tliis insect may be found in Ent. 

 Ann., 1872, 88. It is also probable that one Scolytus, at least, 

 and another Pityoplithoriis, will have to be added to the British 

 list, so that we may see that a good deal yet remains to be done 

 among our wood-borers, and every collector should be careful 

 to examine closely, and set on one side, any forms of which 

 he is doubtful. — [Rev.] W. W, Fowler; Lincoln, September 

 15, 1882. 



Galls of Gymnetron villosulum, Gyllenhal, and Larv.e of 

 Athalia annulata(?), Klug., on Veronica anagallis. — Dr. 

 Paxton, of this town, having noticed for some years past certain 

 galls on Veronica anagallis growing on the banks of the canal 

 here, and on the sides of the River Lavant, at Lavant, brought 

 them to me for determination. The capsules of the plant are 

 transformed into a roundish green gall, about the size of a dried 

 pea, some of which upon opening contained the larvse, some the 

 pup£e, of a beetle, and others the beetle itself. Seeing it to be a 

 weevil, but not knowing the species, I sent them to our good friend 

 Mr. Fitch, who is always so ready to impart his varied and 

 valuable information. From him I learn that the beetle is 

 Gymnetron villosulum of Gyllenhal ; he also adds that he has 

 neither seen the gall himself, nor does Miiller mention it in his 

 list of gall-makers in the 'Annual' for 1872. Last Saturday, 

 upon searching Veronica anagallis for more galls, I found the 

 larva of a sawfiy feeding upon this plant ; these I collected, and 

 forwarded to Mr. Fitch for identification. He writes : — " The 

 sawfly larvse are those of Athalia annulata, Klug., I believe, but 

 try to breed the imagos ; the larvae will soon go into the earth, 

 but will not pupate until the spring, so do not disturb them. 

 The larvse greatly resemble those of the turnip 'nigger' {Athalia 

 spinarum), which is well figured in Curtis's ' Farm Insects,' pi. b, 

 and in George Newport's essay, published by the Entomological 

 Society." — Joseph Anderson, jun. ; Chichester. 



Naphthaline. — In the July number of the ' Entomologist ' is 

 an article, by Mr. Jenner Weir, on the use of naphthaline. I see 

 that in his experience of it, prepared in cones, it tends to grease 

 and to discolour cabinet-drawers ; for the latter I cannot answer 

 but the white crystals of naphthaline I have used, and know a 

 great many vvlio use it find it is not only a preventative against 



