392 THE ENTOMOLOGIST. 



dissolved in spirits of wine, and just made a little warm ; the 

 results are most satisfactory. — T. Potts ; 79, Spring Gardens, 

 Doncaster. 



Extracts from the Proceedings of the Entomological 

 Society, February 3, 1873. 



Supposed Case of a Tricliopterons Insect. — Mr. M'Laclilan 

 exhibited the quadrangular case of the larva of a species of 

 Trichoplerous insect, together with the larva itself, preserved 

 in glycerine. These had been placed in his hands by the 

 Rev. A. E. Eaton, who found them in the Dove, a swiftly 

 running stream in Derbyshire. He supposed it to pertain to 

 Brachycentrus subnubilus, as the larvae of that species were 

 not known to manufacture quadrangular cases. Mr. Eaton, 

 however, stated that he was not quite satisfied that the case 

 and larva found by him were actually those of Brachycentrus, 

 for he had never seen that genus in the part of the Dove in 

 which he found them, though it occurred lower down the 

 stream. 



Large Fleas in a Mouse^s Nest. — Mr. Champion exhibited 

 specimens of a large species of Pulex, found by Mr. F. 

 Walker in a mouse's nest in the Isle of Sheppy. 



Cerastis eryihrocephalus. — Mr. Bird exhibited the speci- 

 men of Cerastis eryihrocephalus, taken on the 28lh of October 

 last at Darenth Wood, and recorded, Entom. vi. 264. 



Impaled Noctua. — Mr. Meldola showed a specimen of a 

 Noclua impaled on a thorn, supposed to have been done by 

 a shrike. Mr. Weir was inclined to think that, in this case, 

 the insect was so impaled ; but he believed that insects were 

 frequently impaled by other means. 



Fireflies in the South of France. — Mr. Pascoe called 

 attention to a remark made by Mr. Walker in the February 

 part of the 'Entomologist' (Entom. vi. 304), to the effect that 

 the fireflies (Succiola Italica), seen in abundance in Italy, had 

 probably entered that conntry from the East, and were 

 hindered by the Maritime Alps from occupying the Mediter- 

 ranean coast of France. He (Mr. Pascoe) had seen the 

 insect in abundance in France, between Cannes and the Var, 

 and was desirous of ascertaining if any entomologist had 

 noticed it further westward in France. 



