142 THE ENTOMOLOGIST. 



inconspicuous, pale brown, with a darker margin. It is full- 

 fed by the end of May, and then descends to the ground, 

 and turns to a pupa in a slight web on the sinCace : the moth 

 does not appear until the following January or February. 

 This larva is very abundant in Epping Forest at the time I 

 have indicated. — Edward Neivman. 



Eu lomologica I Periodicals. 



The 'Enfomologisfs Montlily Magazine.'' — This invaluable 

 jomnal gets more and more scientific with each succeeding 

 number. No. 7 contains : — 



" Description of a New Species of Articerus from Australia, 

 by G. R. Waterhouse." 



" An Essay towards a knowledge of British Homoptera, 

 by the Rev. T. A. Marshall." An excellent paper : the cha- 

 racters being given in Latin will render this paper as accept- 

 able to otn- continental neighbours as it is to omselves. 



Erifish Species of Bolitobius. Mr. Rye describes eight 

 British species of this genus : all of these are characterized 

 with the customary care of tliis able coleopterist. 



" Notes on Tarsophlebia Weslwoodii, a fossil dragon-fly, 

 by Dr. H. A. Hagen." 



" Cidaria russala and immanata, by the Rev. J. Hellins." 

 My own paper, now in the hands of Mr. Doubleday, will 

 comprise any new matter brought before us by Mr. Hellins 

 in this paper. 



Alterations in Nomenclature. Mr. Rye thinks the Aniso- 

 toma ornata of Fairmaire, Ann. Soc. Ent. de France, 3rd 

 series, iii. 30, identical with A. Litura of Stephens, Manual, 

 p. 104, No. 829 ; and Tychius pygmaeiis of De Barneville, 

 Rev. & Mag. de Zool. 2nd series,"^ xii. 167 (1860), identical 

 with T. brevicornis of AVaterhouse, Proc. Ent. Soc. Lend. 

 (1862), The names Litura and pygmseus, having the claim 

 of priority, nuist stand. 



A New British Tachinns and. New British Aphodius. 

 Mr. Sharp describes T. pallipes of Gravenhoorst, and A. ob- 

 literatus of Panzer, as new to Britain ; the latter from two 

 specimens taken at Mickleham : for the former no habitat is 

 given. 



