114 THE ENTOMOLOGIST. 



the projecting oviduct is one of the cliaracteristics wherein 

 Cerchysius differs from the other Encyrtidae. The third is 



CERCOBELUS JUGffiUS. 



established as a genus on account of the fewness of the 

 joints of the antennae, and on account of the compressed 

 abdomen. 



Entomology at Leominster. By Thomas P. Lucas, M.B. 



Leominster is a small marliet-town in Herefordshire, dull 

 and monotonous, excepting on the ever-eventful marliet-day. 

 Once the richest priory in the liingdom, its old church is but 

 a portion of the grand cathedral, which formerly defended 

 the heads of devout worshippers. The beautiful lake — which 

 long ago spread its crystal waters beneath the canopied 

 heaven, and afforded recreation to the skilled oarsman or 

 adept fisherman — has disappeared : middle-aged men remem- 

 ber a vast extent of marsh land, formerly its bed, where 

 Artemis was wont to linger; but now nearly all this has 

 disappeared before scientific agriculture and its concomitant 

 drainage. Once the classical Acis was common here, and 

 afforded amusement to one of the fathers of Entomology ; 

 but now, alas, both have retired from the scene ; the one to 

 reward the diligent searcher no more; the other still, we 

 rejoice to say, abiding to instruct and encourage the student 

 of Nature. But all the rarities have not departed from 



