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the little fly produced from the eggs of Pygocra bucephala 

 should be considered as Telononius Phaloeuarum, and as the 

 Teleas Phakenaruui of Nees ab Esenbeck (Hym. Ich. Affin. 

 Men. ii. -287). I believe that I described the same species as 

 Telonomus Belenus (Ent. Mag. iii. 35-i), and cited Teleas 

 Phala^narum, with a query, as synonymous. The Telonomi, 

 as far as known, are all egg-parasites, and there are several 

 closely-allied species : when writing on the genus I found 

 the previously described species difficult to recognize. — 

 Francis Walker ; September 25, 1865. 



262. Calosoma inquisitor near Burton-on-Trent. — In a 

 wood near here I was fortunate enough, early in June last, to 

 take about thirty specimens of this insect, and could have taken 

 more. 1 found several in the hot sunshine, and also just at 

 dark, moving about freely on the stems of the oak trees, but 

 did not observe many during the daytime high up on the 

 branches, as described by Mr. F. Plant in the ' Zoologist' some 

 years back. — J. T. Harris^ 31, Litclijield Street, Burton- 

 on-Trent, in Ent. Mo. Mag. 



263. The Larva of the Cockchaffer and the Cattle Plague. 

 — The rooks and starlings are visiting us in such numbers as 

 to threaten the destruction of our grass-land : they pull up the 

 little tufts of grass, some that look a little different from the 

 rest, and leave them on the surface, where they die; and these 

 unsightly objects may be seen coursing over the pastures by 

 myriads when there is the slightest breeze. I have had the 

 turf turned up in half a dozen places, to see the extent of the 

 mischief, and find a number of droll-looking grubs, which no 

 one in this part of the country has ever seen before, and 

 which I fancy are connected with the cattle plague : will you 

 examine and report? I see in the last 'Entomologist' it has 

 been attributed to an insect. Can you suggest a remedy for 

 the plague of rooks and starlings ? — James Willis ; Stock- 

 bridge. 



[The larvae which accompanied this letter are unmistakably 

 those of a cockchaffer, but I incline, from their small size, 

 great numbers, and habitat in meadows, to believe them to 

 be those of Amphimalla solstitialis rather than Melolontha 

 vulgaris. I imagine they can have no connexion with the 

 cattle plague. The rooks and starlings are doing the greatest 

 service in their endeavours to destroy them : these birds are 

 essentially the farmers' friends. — Edward Newman.] 



