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size as those illustrated by Mr. Verity. I have compared them to-day. 

 They are early spring specimens from the neighbourhood of Florence. 

 With regard to the varieties of Erebia neoridas, ig it really certain that 

 the insects illustrated belong to that species at all ? They lack the 

 characteristic shape of the fore wings, which are usually very trun- 

 cated. Another peculiarity of E. neoridas, even more universal, is that 

 the inner edge of the rust-coloured band, upper side fore wing, is almost 

 as straight and firm as if marked off with a ruler, and. although in the 

 two upper side illustrations the band is broken off before its normal 

 termination, yet there is more than enough remaining to show the 

 strongly curved form of the inner edge of the band. If the illustrations 

 are as good as they appear to be, I should have had no hesitation in 

 referring all three to Erebia eunjale. I have specimens from the Dent 

 du Midi above Champery, taken last August, which exactly correspond 

 with the under side illustration, except that the light band is yellow 

 instead of white. The deep tooth on the inner side of the band is very 

 characteristic of E. eunjale ; that in K. neoridas is much slighter and 

 less conspicuous. A specimen of Chri/sojj/ianus pfda;as ab. schviidtii was 

 taken by Mr. Sloper at Martigny in August, 1901 (see ' Butterflies of 

 Switzerland,' &c., p. 18). — George Wheelek ; Montreux, March l?th. 



Recent Books on Coccm^, or Scale Insects. — Those who are 

 interested in this very important, but till lately much neglected, family 

 of insects, may be glad to know that the study has been greatly 

 facilitated during the last year or two, and is now receiving attention 

 from many good practical observers both at home and abroad. Three 

 large books on the subject may specially be mentioned : — 



1. Robert Newstead, ' Monograph of the British Coccidse.' Two 

 vols. (Ray Society i, 1901 and 1903. (Completed.) 



2. Mrs. Maria E. Fernald, A.M., " A Catalogue of the CoccidaB of 

 the World " (Special Bulletin, Hatch Experiment Station of the Massa- 

 chusetts Agricultural College, Bulletin No. 88), 1903. (Completed.) 



8. E. Ernest Green, ' The Coccidte of Ceylon.' Parts 1-3, 1896, 

 1899, 1901. (In progress.)— W. F. Kikby. 



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MoRiMus FUNEREUs IN ENGLAND. — A specimeii of the longicorn 

 Moriiniis funereus was taken either in 1899 or 1900 in the East India 

 Docks, I believe for the first time in England. For this reason it may 

 perhaps be well to record it. — E. C. Ansorge ; 12, Addison Road, 

 Bedford Park, W., March 17th, 1904. 



Neuroptera from Cheshire. — The following species of Neuroptera 

 were taken by Mr. R. South in 1895 : — Uevierobius subnebulosus, 

 Macclesfield. Chrysupa Jiava, Macclesfield. Phri/(janea (jrandis, P. 

 striata, Macclesfield. LimitophUus griseus, L. iijnavm, L. lunatus, 

 L. centralis, Laugley. Asi/narchus cainvsiis, Langley. Micropterna 

 lateralis, Macclesfield. Stenophi/lax stellatus, Macclesfield. Halesus 

 radiatus, Macclesfield. Anabolia nervosa, Macclesfield. Flectrocnemia 



