THE ENTOMOLOGIST. 147 



traps, poppy-leaves, elder-leaves, or beetle-poison. — J. Run- 

 so n ; York. 



77. Cicada anglica [hgemalodes, Lin.] in Surrey. — Mr. 

 Barrett, to whom we are indebted for so many and such im- 

 portant additions to our insect Fauna, took, last June^ a spe- 

 cimen of Cicada haematodes in a copse near Haslemere : it 

 was flying in tlie sunshine, down a grassy ride, and pitched 

 among some rushes and long grass, making with its wings a 

 rustling somewhat like that produced by dragon-flies. — 

 * Un/omologisfs Man f lily Magazine'' for December, p. 171. 



78. Harvest Bugs. — Will any of your readers try and 

 suggest some remedy for the following serious nuisance ? 

 The country round Keevil, in Wiltshire, is infested with mi- 

 nute scarlet insects, which are usually known by the name of 

 " harvest bugs." These insects appear in thousands between 

 the months of July and October, lasting apparently till the 

 cold weather destroys them ; and during this period they 

 will bury themselves in the flesh, and cause such violent 

 irritation as sometimes to produce illness. The country is 

 almost entirely grassland, with fine hedgerow elm timber : 

 but it is in the garden and orchard, where the grass is kept 

 tolerably short, that these creatures appear to have their 

 head-quarters ; and here they attack any intruder upon their 

 colony with such virulence that the present occupier of the 

 place says he will be forced to leave it if he cannot find some 

 remedy for the evil. He and his family are not exceptions; 

 the country labourers and all are affected more or less ; and 

 as these latter do not appear to have any " nostrum " or re- 

 medy, beyond the application of vinegar and water or ammo- 

 nia to the place bitten, I am induced to ask if any of your 

 numerous readers, some of whom will surely have expe- 

 rienced this evil, can suggest some remedy. If the garden 

 could be any way treated, syringed or what not, or any pre- 

 ventative be used, the advice will be most gratefully re- 

 ceived. — J. T. D. Llewelyn ; Ynisygerum, Neath. 



79. Abundance of the Larva of Pieris Brassiccc (Large 

 White Cabbage Butterfly). — 1 never knew these so numerous, 

 except on one occasion some years back, when they spread 

 themselves over the country in search of food, and were to 

 be seen crawling over the garden-walls, and on to the foot- 

 paths and pavement, where many were trodden under foot. 



