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<? , Worth Forest, Sussex, 3 : v : 14, N. D. Riley ; 1 <? , 1 ? 

 (both nearly adult), Abingdon, Berks, 25 : v : 14, G. C. Champion; 

 S' , Calthorpe Broad, 9 : vii : 14, H. J. Watts ; 1 ^ , 2 ? , 

 Hailsham, 24 : v : 15, H. Bosley ; 1 <? , 1 ? , Burnham Beeches, 

 23: vii: 17. 



w^scHNiDiE. — Gomphus vidgatissimus, Linn., 1 ? , Penymaes, 

 Montgomery, J. Williams Vaughan. Brachytron hafniejise, MiilL, 



I $ , Hailsham, 24 : v: 15, H. Bosley. Mschna grandis, Linn., 

 Woking, 18 : vii : 15, G. C. Champion (the specimen flew past 

 the observer's head at the late hour, of 8.30 p.m.) ; Burnham 

 Beeches, 24 : viii : 15, 26 : vii : 17. ^. mixta, Latr., 1 ^ , Sewer, 

 near Kingsbridge, S. Devon, 3 : ix : 01, W. D. Lang ; 1 ? , 

 Surrey bank of Thames, between Putney and Hammersmith, 

 15 : X : 18, W. D. Lang. JE. cyanea, Miill., Burnham Beeches, 

 24 : viii : 15, 22-27 : ix : 17 ; 1 ^, Ealing, 1915 ; 1 ^ , Ealing, 

 31 : viii : 16. Anax imperator, Leach, 1, Burnham Beeches, 

 20 : vii : 17 (observed, but not captured). 



LiBELLULiD^. — Somatochlora metallica, Lind., 3, N.E. Hants, 

 Mrs. T. D. Arter, vi:17 (see also 'Entom.,' 1, p. 191, 1917). 

 Cordidia cenea, Linn., 3 5" , 1 2 , Burnham Beeches, 19-27 : vii : 17 

 (on the last-named date a pair were also seen in cop.). Libel- 

 lula quadrimaculata, Linn., ^ , Hartford, Hunts, 26 : vi : 14, 

 J. Peck; 1 ?, Pant Glas, Carnarvon, 8 : vi : 15, C. Oldham. 

 L.fulva, MiilL, 1 (? , near Huntingdon, 17 : vi : 14. L. depressa, 

 Linn., 1 ?, Hailsham, 24:v:15, H. Bosley; 1 ?, Woking, 



II : vi : 15, R. J. Champion; 1 ? , Burnham Beeches, 27 : vii : 17. 

 Sympetrum striolatum, Charp., 1 ? , Ealing, 1915 ; Burnham 

 Beeches, 22 : viii : 16, 27 : ix : 17 ; 1 ? , Penymaes, Montgomery, 

 J. Williams Vaughan. S. dance, Sulz., 1 $ , Penmaen Pool, 

 Merioneth, 17 : ix : 15, C. Oldham ; 1 S^ , Penymaes, Mont- 

 gomery, J. Williams Vaughan. 



58, Eanelagh Boad, Ealing, 

 March 24th, 1919. 



NOTES AND OBSERVATIONS. 



WiCKEN Fen Fund. — This Fund is raised annually by entomolo- 

 gists to assist in defraying the expenses incurred by the Custodian of 

 Wicken Fen, the National Trust, in administering and preserving the 

 Fen, and in providing a watcher to protect the plants and wild life 

 dwelling therein. Contributions are earnestly solicited ; they should be 

 sent to the Hon. Treasurer, W. G. Sheldon, Youlgreave, South Croydon. 



British Orthoptera. — We understand that the Ray Society's 

 volume for the present year will be a work on British Orthoptera by 

 Mr. W. J. Lucas. It will treat of earwigs, cockroaches, crickets, and 

 long-horned and short-horned grasshoppers. The illustrations will 

 comprise twenty-five plates (six coloured), a frontispiece, and twenty- 

 five figures in the text. 



Hyloicus pinastri in Suffolk. — Last summer, while staying at 



