$18 THE ENTOMOLOGIST. 
green, with the segmental divisions yellowish. Legs purple; 
ventral legs purple on the outside only. Var. 2. Brighter 
green than in var. 1, and the purple dorsal arrow-heads 
wanting, but having the distinct black dots on the posterior 
of the segments; the dorsal line is more distinct than in 
var. 1; the subdorsal lines yellowish, and the spiracular lines 
formed by a series of interrupted purple marks, most distinct 
on the anterior segments. Head without the purple marks 
on the crown, but marked with that colour on the cheeks as 
in var. 1.—Geo. T. Porritt; Huddersfield, May 11, 1871. 
Ravages of Haltica fuscicornis at Grately, near Andover. 
—I lately received from Mr. H. B. Hill, of Grately, near 
Andover, a box containing several specimens of Haltica 
fuscicornis, which I have forwarded on to you. Since that 
Mr. H. has kindly furnished me with the following particulars 
respecting their destructiveness :—‘‘ We have had the same 
insects here for two years previous to this, but generally 
a month later. They appear to attack vetches and old ley 
saintfoin grass chiefly. They are to be met with in this locality 
all over the roads, crawling about; and after a shower of rain 
to be seen in thousands floating on the surface of every little 
pool of water; in fact, some of my work-people have had 
their little gardens ruined by them. They think that the 
atmosphere is full of them, for, having placed buckets of 
water outside their houses to try the effect, they find the 
surface of the water covered with them in the course of a few 
hours. However, my idea is that they are the same species 
as the common turnip-fly; and I hope the brutes will soon 
take flight again.” Had Mr. Hill compared these insects 
with the turnip-fly (H. Nemorum), he would scarcely have 
mistaken them for the “same species,” and would readily 
have seen the appropriateness of the specific term fuscicornis. 
—RHenry Reeks. 
Satyrus Tithonus, &c., in Ross-shire-—Mr. Davidson’s 
courteous offer (Entom. v. 265), which I gratefully accept, 
should have been replied to before, but I have been absent 
from England during two months. With reference to the 
other species he mentions, Cymatophora Or has been recorded 
from Ross-shire by Mr. T. Blackman (KE. M. M. vy. 102); and 
by Dr. White, who took the larve of this species (EK. M. M. 
v. 284) and of Notodonta Dictzoides (E. A. 1869), and also 
