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habitat I invariably find tl)at, when full-fed, they gnaw a 

 hole in the stem of Q^jnanthe crocata, and, crawling up the 

 hollow until they come to a joint, suspend themselves by the 

 anal hooks, and turn to naked pupae there. The imago 

 escapes through the hole which the larva had made on 

 entering. I have found as many as twenty pupae hanging 

 together in a bunch from one joint. — Henry Moncrcaff ; 

 Southsea, August IJ, 1867. 



Malformed BracJiiints crepitans : Can Coleoptera repro- 

 duce a Leg ? — Whilst searching for a pupa which I had 

 dro])ped among the grass on a clay-bank near the sea in this 

 island, I came unexpectedly upon a large number of sj)eci- 

 niens of Brachinus crepitans. They were in parties of from 

 ten to twenty at the roots of the grass, mixed up with Ancho- 

 menns prasinus, the latter numbering two to one. I collected 

 a considerable nuniber, and on spreading them out this 

 morning I found one of them to have a curious malformation 

 of the right hind tibia. The tarsi-joint had apparently been 

 crushed at some time of its existence, and the foot turned 

 under ; but from a small space above this another foot had 

 grown, four joints of which are partly formed, and a corre- 

 sponding spine on the other side of the leg. 1 send the 

 speciu)en for your acceptance. Have Coleoptera the power 

 of reproducing a lost liinb, and, if so, at what period of their 

 existence ? — Id. 



Abdera quadrifasciata in Dunham Park. — I have captured 

 a few specimens of this scarce beetle on the dry fungus 

 attached to a felled beech-tree in Dunham Park. Last year, 

 when the tree was standing, I met with a single specimen. — 

 1{. S. Ed lest on ; Bowdon, August 14, 18C7. 



Tlie new Hop Insect. — llie insect about which you write 

 has been very plentiful this year, and has done us much 

 injury as hop-growers. It appeared about the middle of 

 May, and is at tirst a small, white, jumping insect, found on 

 the lower shoots of the hop : here they live by day, and at 

 night they work up the plant and riddle the leaves, also 

 piercing the tops of the shoots, and especially those parts 

 where blossom is about to appear; thus, when the plant has 

 made its bine, there is ahnost an entire absence of blossom, 

 very often the little " pins," as they are called, showing 

 themselves dried up. Towards the end of June or beginning 



