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and thin, without spurs ; the female with short pointed rudi- 

 ments of wings." According to the same author (who thus 

 confirms Reutti's statement), " the female is on the move 

 by night, and swims on her back under the water; and 

 for pairing she also draws down the male, which flies just 

 over the surface of the water, and also runs pretty quickly on 

 the water; the male is chiefly on the move by night, but flies 

 also by day." VVallengren (referring to Nolcken's paper) 

 adds, that there are probably several species of the genus, 

 and that sometimes winged females occur; he, however, cites 

 Kolenati's figure of A. Nevae as identical with A. niveus. 

 With reference to Newman's remark (Zool. S. S, 3122), that 

 the conflict between the two descriptions of the eggs, noticed 

 previously, is "suflScient to prove that the eggs described 

 were scarcely those of a single species," I may observe that 

 Newman has failed to notice that the conflicting descriptions 

 were given of one and the same batch of eggs, deposited on 

 one and the same Potamogeton leaf 



J. W. Dunning. 



[This supplementary note, read before the Entomological 

 Society, has been most kindly handed me by Mr. Dunning, 

 and I presume concludes what that excellent entomologist 

 has to off"er on the diflicult question — " What are the affinities 

 of Acentropus ?" 



When 1 consider the position occupied by Mr. Doubleday 

 among living entomologists, and the universal respect in 

 which his judgment is held, not simply among ourselves in 

 England, but also on the continent of Europe and in America, 

 it is much to be desired that he would express his views. 

 Beyond the fact that the genus Acentropus is not to be found 

 in either Edition of his invaluable Synonymic List, we have 

 no indication of Mr. Doubleday's opinion. The same may be 

 said of M. Guenee, whose abstention from the discussion is 

 equally to be lamented. — Edward Newman.^ 



Entomological Notes, Captures, Sfc. 



Mosquitoes in the Great Lone Land. — " There came upon 

 us dense swarms of musquitoes, humming and buzzing along 

 with us as we journeyed on, and covering our faces and heads 

 with their sharp stinging bites. They seemed to come with 



