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lamented Mr. Richard Beck, on the Coccus of the orange- 

 Mr. Beck did not name the species, and 1 therefore propose 

 to call it Coccus Beckii, after its distinguished historian. 1 

 have now the pleasure of recording a new feature in its his- 

 tory ; it has either migrated to the apple, or is a parasite of 

 the orange and apple in common. i)uring the investigation 

 which took place on the discovery of that beautiful little fly, 

 Ceratitis citriperda, in the pear, my friend Mr. Sterry called 

 my attention to this second infester of the orange having 

 established itself on a different fruit. It appeared as a nar- 

 row scale about a tenth of an inch in length, slightly bent at 

 one extremity, and always adhering so closely to the rind of 

 the apple that it is scarcely possible to remove it entire. 

 The females are larger than the males, and never by any 

 chance leave the spot where they first fasten themselves : the 

 male is winged, but has never yet been taken in that state. — 

 Edtvard Newman. 



Sibinia Slat ices, a new Coleopteron of the Family Cnrcu- 

 lionid(B. — In the summer of 1866 I captured a number of 

 specimens of a Sibinia from the sea-thrift. These have been 

 sent to several coleopterists, but up to the present time I 

 have been unable to learn its name (if it has any), further 

 than that it is a species new to Britain. Under these circum- 

 stances, and after waiting for about eighteen months, I shall 

 not perhaps be considered impatient if I now introduce it 

 under the manuscript name of Sibinia Statices. Habitat of 

 larva and imago in the flovver-heads of the sea-thrift, Island 

 ofPortsea. It is a pretty species, light brown in colour, 

 with darker dorsal stripes, and when quite fresh is covered 

 with dense scales, but these latter are soon rubbed off; then 

 the insect has somewhat the colour and appearance of 

 Amalis Scortitium. It is about the size of Miccotrogus pici- 

 rostris, and very local. I have searched the island round, 

 and as yet have only found it in one spot a few yards in 

 diameter, where it is pretty abundant. Under the circum- 

 stances 1 do not think it advisable to be more explicit as to 

 its locality, as dealers would soon exterminate the species, — 

 Henry Moncreaff ; Soutlisea. 



Orchestes Alni in a Branch of Whitethorn. — In October 

 last I broke off the portion of a decaying branch of white- 

 thorn which was much perforated and eaten by some wood- 



