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sparsely represented; the only insect I saw during the day which 
was worth taking was a fine specimen of Hremobia ochroleuca, 
which I found in the chalk-pit. In the neighbourhood of Bromley 
sugar has been as fruitless as it was last year; and Geometre 
have not been nearly so abundant as usual, the only exception 
being Phorodesma bajularia, of which I took a considerable num- 
ber. Among the Noctue, Brephos parthenias was abundant at 
the end of March and beginning of April, but this, with the 
exception of the ubiquitous Noctua xanthographa and Plusia 
gamma, was the only representative of that large family which I 
saw in any abundance. Of Triphena pronuba I do not think I 
saw half a dozen specimens throughout the season, and of 
T. orbona I do not recollect one, While sugaring at West Wick- 
ham one evening in July, I observed Hepialus hectus flying over 
the tops of the grass in large numbers, and a few Geometre were 
on the wing; but the solitary visitor to the sweets was one speci- 
men of Rusina tenebrosa, and near this town I have diligently 
worked a good round of trees with very little better success. On 
the whole I have found the season considerably worse than the 
last in every respect; many species which I took then appeared 
in considerably diminished numbers this year, and many have not 
put in an appearance at all.—P. Warcuursr; Hope Park, Brom- 
ley, Kent, October 1, 1883. 
Diererous Miner 1n THE Lear oF THE GROUND Ivy.— 
Early in September I gathered a few leaves of the ground ivy 
(Glechoma) that gave evidence of the work of some dipterous 
miners. They were put into a glass-topped box, and occasionally 
sprinkled with water to keep them moist. The larve must have 
been nearly full-fed, for in a few days I found half a dozen pupe 
in their brown cases adhering to the bottom of the box. The 
tenant of one of these put on wings on September 27th, and has 
proved to be the Phytomyza glechome of Kaltenbach, possibly 
new to Britain. Kaltenbach says of it :—‘‘ The larva lives in two 
generations,—from May to June, and from August to September. 
The galleries which it forms extend at first along the edge of the 
leaf, widening materially as the grub attains maturity.” The 
tunnel, indeed, which is pale and conspicuous, slightly reminds 
you of a wreath of steam. Kaltenbach says, in relation to the 
imago:—“ Fly dull black, poisers whitish, legs uniformly black ; 
the ordinary cross-vein does not exactly coincide with the smaller 
