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his walking-stick, when the motion of the air caused it to move its wings. 

 The larvae have been found feeding in a potato field in the west end of the 

 town. — Claude A. Pyett ; Waterloo Road, Ipswich. 



Callimorpha HERA, &G., AT Dawlish. — Whilst staying at Dawlish for 

 a fortnight, in the middle of August last year, my brother and I were for- 

 tunate enough to catch, amongst other things, six specimens of C. liera, 

 three with red hind wings, two with orange, and one with yellow. We also 

 saw another example with red hind wings, but failed to secure it. Three 

 out of the seven seen were flying about, and the sun was shining brightly 

 at the time. We also took one Thecla hetula and a worn Argynnis paphia. 

 Pararge egeria was very common in nearly all the lanes. We did no 

 collecting at night. — C. E. Bedford; Murwance, Acton, W., March 1st. 



Early Appearances. — Throughout the past month (February) the 

 weather, as far as this part of the country is concerned, has been remarkably 

 mild and bright. On three separate occasions Vespa vulgaris was observed, 

 and on one especially bright day a fine V. crabro (female) was noticed flying 

 around a window, evidently enjoying its winter's flight. A few days later 

 an hybernated Vanessa urticcB was observed resting on a gravel-path. — 

 Augustus D, Imms ; " Linthurst," Oxford Road, Moseley, Worcestershire, 

 March 4th, 1897. 



Gonopteryx rhamni. — On Feb. 27th my brother noticed a G. rhanini 

 flying in a street here.— C. E, Bedford ; Acton, March 1st, 1897. 



Phigalia j)edaria (pilosaiia). — My first capture of the season was a fine 

 male P. pilosaria, which I found at rest on a lamp at Old Colwyu, when 

 passing through on the evening of January 6th. — R. Tait, Jun. ; 15, Rec- 

 tory Road, Crumpsall, Manchester. 



Entomological Expedition to the Himalayas. — I am leaving 

 England next week upon an entomological expedition to the Eastern 

 Himalayas, and shall be glad if you will permit me to take this opportunity 

 of informing correspondents that the whole of the specimens which I hope 

 to obtain, with the exception of a series which I shall retain for my own 

 collection, have alreadv been disposed of. — W. Harcourt-Bath ; Birming- 

 ham, March 4th, 1897. 



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The Hemiptera-Homoptera {Cicadina and Psyllina) of the British Islands: 

 a Descriptive Account of the Families, Genera, and Species in- 

 digenous to Great Britain and Ireland, with Notes as to Localities, 

 Habitats, dr. By James Edwards, F.E.S. Pp. 261. Appendix, 

 Index, and two plain plates. London : L. Reeve & Co. 1896. 

 This is a valuable addition to the series of excellent works ou 

 British Entomology published by Messrs. Reeve & Co. 



In 1876, when the ' Catalogue of British Hymenoptera,' by Messrs. 

 Douglas and Scott, was produced, the number of species then known 

 to occur in these islands was 268 ; at the present time our author 

 finds that the number does not exceed 307, and four of these are now 

 described as new. "The least satisfactory feature of this work is, 

 probably, the record of localities ; but the meagre nature of this arises 



