302 THE ENTOMOLOGIST. 



Hop Insects. — I shall be obliged for the name and any 

 information about the insects which 1 enclose : they are 

 found on the under side of the hop-leaf; they jump nimbly, 

 riddle the leaves (as the enclosed pieces will show), and 

 puncture the young bine. We call them here " cuckoos." — 

 Lorell Squire. 



[The insects are a species of Typhlocyba : I cannot give 

 the specific name with any certainty ; but the damage they 

 are doing to the hops this summer is really fearful. — Edward 

 Newman.] 



Proceedings of the Entomological Society of London. 



May 6, 1867. — Professor Westwood, Vice-President, in the 

 chair. 



Mr. J. Sidebotham, of 19, George Street, Manchester, was 

 elected a Member. M. S. C. Snellen van Vollenhoven, of 

 Leyden, was elected a Corresponding Member. 



Mr. Stainton exhibited cases of Coleophora lixella, the 

 larva of which, when young, was found to feed on Thymus 

 serpyllura, but afterwards transferred itself to a species of 

 grass : cases were shown which were found on grass, but 

 composed of portions of the leaf or calyx of thyme. 



The Secretary read a letter from Mr. R. W. Fereday, Cor- 

 responding Member, of Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zea- 

 land, dated 4th of February, 1867, of which the following is 

 an extract : — " I have much satisfaction in communicating to 

 the Society the capture of a specimen of Pyrameis Cardui, in 

 the province of Canterbury, on the 5th January last. The 

 plains of Canterbury are separated from the west coast of the 

 island by a range of mountains ; one of these is named 

 Mount Torlesse, and is about 6000 feel above the level of the 

 sea: immediately adjoining are some lower hills, and it was 

 at the summit of one of these, about 3000 feet above the sea, 

 that 1 met with this butterfly, and made the capture. It was 

 flying about and settling on a piece of rock, the herbage up 

 to the top of the hill being tolerably luxuriant amongst the 

 stones. It is the only specimen I have seen, and have not 

 heard of any one else having seen one in this colony. It is 

 so precisely like my English specimens in size, colour and 



