70 THE ENTOMOLOGIST. 



of Neiiicophihi iHssuIa and S. fuUfjlnnsa I took oii the same heath. They 

 all died. Three of the latter were almost black ; the other four were of the 

 usual foxy colour. I should be glad to have the names of the sawfly larvae 

 and of the ichneumons. 



Dragonflies. — Out of a total of thirty-seven British species, we have 

 sixteen in the Chester district. I saw ten of these sixteen during the 

 season. I append a list : — 



Ischnura elegans. Chester. Plentiful from May 19th to June 27th. 

 There was a second brood, few in number, Aug. 1-lth. 



Agrion jniella. Chester. Flying with 7. e^ans. Plentiful ; May lOlh 

 to June 20th. 



EnaUar/maci/atliigerum. Chester and Delamere; June 20lh to July 23rd. 



Platetram qnadritiiacidata. Delamere. Scarce this season ; June20ih 

 to August. 



Leucorrldn'ia duhia. Delamere. Less in numbers than last summer; 

 June 2uth to July 11th. 



Sympetrum scoticum. Delamere. Not so numerous either; Julyllih 

 to Oct. 3rd. 



JEschna (jrandis. Common about Chester as usual; July th to end 

 of August. I saw one hawking along a hedge, July 14th, at 9 p.m.; 

 another on the 21st, at the same time. Netted the lust one, and then let 

 It go. 



^.jiincea. Delamere. Common from July 11th to about the end of 

 August. Rather late in appearance. Inadult, July 11th ; spots lavender 

 colour; wings very perfect and beautiful, as if glazed with transparent 

 varnish. Altogether it had a pale lavender appearance on the wing, exactly 

 like the dragonfly I could not make out at Wilherslack (Entom. xxvii. o(>7). 

 I liave now no doubt the latter was an immature .Ti,. juncca. This species 

 1 have seen on the wing at 7 p.m. 



Lestes sponsa. Delamere. Unusually numerous from July 11th to 

 almost the end of August. 



Cor duleg aster aimulatns. A male, taken about the middle of August, 

 in the railway yard at Arthog, near Barmouth, was brought to me Sept. 3rd. 



My collection ] now only numbers twenty-six species; the remaining 

 eleven, chiefly Feu and Raunoch species, appear diflicult to get — J. Arklk; 

 Chester. 



Lepidopiera in Sui^folk. 



The records of past years afford conclusive evidence that the county of 

 Suffolk is eminently suited for the study of entomology, and this resume' of 

 a year's work amongst the Lepidoptera, principally in the neighbourhood of 

 Ipswich, though not perhaps including any insect of exceptional rarity, 

 will, I think, prove the truth of the foregoing remark. Although my diary 

 does not run to the extent of pages which it did in 1895, it must not be 

 inferred that the season was less productive than its predecessor, for that 

 result is partly attributable to the irregularity with which my entomological 

 pursuits were conducted, owing to professional engagements, and partly to 

 the miserable weather of the autumn. In collecting the Micros the time 

 at my disposal was principally devoted to the consequent neglect of the 

 Macros. Light I practically neglected, and I need only say that my 

 anticipations in regard to it (Eutom. xxix. 63) have been realized, the 

 introduction of the incandescent ga&light having materially diminished the 



