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127. Pnrasemm transvcrsella. In your last number (Entomol. 202) where Mr. Ste- 

 phens is (IciTcribing his new Parasemia, he refers to (Ecophora sulphurella, it should 

 have been Oliviella. The same mistake occurs also in Wood's ' Index Entomologi- 

 cus.' Mr. Bentley has a specimen [of the new Parasemia] in his collection. — Id. 



128. Asilus ? Taken 12th June in oak and pine woods. The insects of 



this genus are called in Savannah "wolf-flies" in general, and by many people "witch- 

 es." They are as great devourers of other insects as the Libellula. It is curious to 

 observe them when they have caught one of the Hymenopterous class, to see them hold 

 it out at arm's length (as it were), while they continue sucking its blood, until they 

 render the insect too weak to be stung by them ; they likewise prey upon every kind 

 of their own genus (wolf-fly) that they are able to conquer. — Abbotts 3ISS. 



129. CEsirus nasalis, called in Savannah "throat-nit layer." It differs in laying 

 its eggs about the breast of horses, they also fold the extremity of the abdomen when 

 they are not laying their eggs. For a remedy for killing these worms in horses, they 

 first drench the horse with sweetened milk fasting, and about an hour after, when the 

 worms have let loose their hold, they drench the horse again with shumach-root boiled 

 strong. — Id. 



130. Ichneumon atratus. I have taken them when laying their eggs, with their 

 tails thrust into the wood so far that they were sometimes not able to disengage them- 

 selves. — Id. [The tails are between four and five inches in length]. 



131. ISphcx — — ? Taken 6th August; it builds in holes they make in the dirt 

 in the sides of walls ; they feed their young entirely with the large sorts of green lo- 

 custs or grasshoppers, but what is remarkable, with none but green ones, and are sel- 

 dom to be met with but where they build. — Id. 



132. Sphex ? This species builds in the ground, and feeds its young en- 

 tirely with caterpillars ; it is very curious to observe them, after having carried into 

 their hole a caterpillar so large that they are hardly able to fly with it, come out care- 

 fully, and close up the hole by scratching the soil over it so nicely that it cannot be 

 perceived. — Id. 



133. Scarabceus Tityus. After they are dead they change black, and in a year or 

 two (when dry) they recover their colour again : this sooner happens when exposed to 

 the sun. — Id. 



134. Galerida amcricana. Taken in April; found under old logs and behind the 

 bark of old pines. When touched it emits a liquor like powder or smoke. Named 

 " gunpowder-beetle." — Id. 



135. Hyboma yibbosa, Fabr. It makes a large ball of hair, in which it deposits its 

 egg, burying it in the earth It is rare, and commonly called in Georgia " hair-ball 

 beetle." — Id. 



130. Phileurus didymus. The larva is very large and found in oaks. It is of a 

 cream-coloured white with a dark brown head. * * Commonly called in Georgia 

 " bull beetle."— i(Z. 



137. Captures near Mickleham. The following were captured in the neighbourhood 

 of Mickleham, Surrey, between the 9th and 18th of October. 



Agrotis suff"usa, Glsea rubiginea and Xylina semibrunnea. One specimen of each. 



Glaea Vaccinii and spadicea. Abundant. 



Glsea polita and subnigra, scarce ; and Glasa satellitia, common. 



Orthosia pistacina and lota, rather scarce ; and Or. flavilinea and macilenta, com. 



Xylina Lambda, rather common. 



