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H. Garman (Seventy-fourth ' Bulletin,' Kentucky Agric. Exper. Sta., 

 1898, pp. 45-70, figs. 2-8), as being perhaps the most comprehensive 

 and accessible of the already enormous mass of literature on the 

 subject. 



M. Kiinckel d'Herculais has quite recently published (1899, C. R. 

 Acad. Sci., Paris, cxxviii. pp. 620-2) some interesting notes relating 

 to this fungus attack. 



In attempting to infect the nymphs of a grasshopper (Schistocerca 

 percf/rina, 01.) with the spores of a fungus discovered on the imago, 

 M. d'Herculais found that repeated moultings (every eight days) made 

 the fixation of spores on the integument a matter of great difficulty. 

 When one reflects that in moulting even the internal lining of the 

 tracheae is cast, it is evident that ecdysis must be an important factor 

 in insect economy as an effective riddance from parasites. — G. W. 



KlRKALDY. 



Tan-pit Liquor attractive to Moths. — Last year I went over a 

 large tan-yard. While walking about between the pits I noticed that 

 in every one of them there were many Geometers and Nocture floating 

 upon the surface of the liquor. Now, as this liquor contains the 

 essence of oak bark, &c, I feel confident that if collectors would pro- 

 cure good liquor, and use it in the same way that we do treacle, it 

 would be an excellent attraction. Collectors can but try, and publish 

 results. — J. Hy. Fowler; Poulner, Ringwood, Hants. 



Diptera of Scotland. — Under the title " Diptera Scotica," Mr. 

 Percy H. Grimshaw, in the ' Annals of Scottish Natural History ' for 

 April, commences a list of the Diptera found in Perthshire. In the 

 first instalment nineteen families and one hundred and twenty-three 

 species are referred to. 



Coleoptera of Suffolk. — Mr. Claude Morley, author of " A List 

 of the Hymenoptera-Aculeata of the Ipswich District" (Entom. xxxi. 

 pp. 12-17 and 38-41), has just published a most useful annotated list 

 of Coleoptera found in Suffolk. This work is further referred to under 

 " Recent Literature." 



Cannibalism of Arctia villica Larvae. — Some larva? of Arctia 

 villica which I was rearing last spring, although plentifully supplied 

 with food, exhibited cannibalistic tendencies. Some of their number 

 made no cocoon, but assumed the pupal form on the bottom of the 

 box. When these had cast off their larval skin, and before the pupal 

 envelope had hardened, they seemed to offer an irresistible temptation 

 to their companions' appetites, and while thus helpless were partly 

 devoured by them. — Albert May ; Hayling Island. 



CAPTURES AND FIELD REPORTS. 



Captures at Sallow-bloom near Coventry. — As I have not seen 

 any record of captures at sallow-bloom in this neighbourhood in the 

 ' Entomologist' of recent years, I send the following notes: — From April 

 1st to 22ud I visited some sallow-bushes between Kenilworth and Stone- 



