THE ENTOMOLOGIST. 13 



netted a specimen of Sarrothripa Revayana, an insect not 

 previously taken here. Dining the summer we have taken 

 several specimens of Hypok'pia sequella on apple and syca- 

 more. — E. S. HutcJiimoH ; Grantsjfield, Lc.ominUer. 



Note on Vespa norvegica. — Is Mr. Harding quite sure that 

 the nest he found suspended from the branch of a gooseberry- 

 bush belonged to this species ? (Entom. ii. 319). I ask this in 

 the entire good faith of a brother naturalist. The question 

 naturally arises from Mr. Harding's ignorance of the economy 

 of the five commoner species of Vespa, viz., V. Crabro, V. 

 vulgaris, V. germanica, V. rufa and V. sylvestris ; in fact I 

 should fancy, from Mr. Harding's description, that the nest 

 belonged to the latter species. Mr. Harding says, " In the 

 month of April I observed a large wasp," &c. Now, the 

 queens of V. sylvestris are large, but the queens of V. nor- 

 vegica are not particularly so ; and, moreover, the markings 

 on the abdomen much resemble each other, but V. norvegica 

 may always be distinguished from V. sylvestris by having a 

 well-defined anchor-shaped mark on the face, whereas the 

 latter has a pure yellow face. If the nest belonged to Vespa 

 sylvestris or V. rufa, it had evidently fulfilled its economy 

 for this season, and the young queens had left in search of 

 suitable hybernacula. The nest is enlarged by adding to 

 the circumference of the combs. To do this they gnaw away 

 the covering next to the combs, and add an additional one 

 to the outside of the nest. I should add that Mr. Smith 

 entirely agrees with me as to the species. — H. Reeks. 



Glowworms in November. — On Tuesday, the 14th of No- 

 vember, I saw five glovvworms in full splendour : is it not 

 late for them \— Stephen Clogg ; December 4, 1865. 



Apion Ononidis taken. — Mr. D, Sharp records, at p. 119 

 of the 'Entomologist's Monthly Magazine,' that he has taken 

 Apion Ononidis of Gyllenhal, but gives no date or locality. 



Ceuihorhynchus suturalis of Fabricius on the Welsh Coast. 

 — I have the pleasure of sending you a notice of a splendid 

 Ceuthorhynchus, new to Britain, which 1 have recently de- 

 termined. 



Ceuthorynchus suturalis, Fab. 



Curcul. suturalis, Fab. Ent. Si/st. Eleul., vol. i. p. 20, sp. 80. 



Ceuthorhynchus suturalis, Gyll. 8, 132. Schon. Sgn. Ins. 

 Cure, Genus 577, sp. 5. 



