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NoNAGRiA NEW TO BRITAIN. — Mr. H. M. Edelsten exhibited 

 on behalf of Mr. E. P. Sharp, and Mr. A. J. Wightman Avho 

 was present as a visitor, a series of Nonagria edelsteni, Tutt 

 ( = neurica, Schmidt), from Sussex, taken in August this year, 

 this being the first time that the species, which is quite distinct 

 from JSF. neurica, Hb. ( = dissoluta, Tr. = arundineta, Schmidt), 

 had been observed in this country. He also showed for 

 comparison long series of xV. neurica (ai^undiiieta) and var. 

 dissohita, from various British localities, with iV. neurica 

 from Germany. 



Mr. J. W. Tutt stated that great credit was due to Messrs. 

 Wightman and Sharp for their discovery of Nonagria edelsteni 

 as a British insect. He pointed out that as far back as 1802 

 Hiibner figured the well-known allied species, with the dark 

 basal half of the reniform surrounded by a pale ring, under 

 the name of neurica, whilst later, in 1818, he figured the 

 dark aberration also as neurica, recognising them as the same 

 species. Treitschke, in 1825, also maintained their specific 

 unity, but called the dark form dissoluta. In 1858 Schmidt 

 discovered two allied species : (1) with dark basal half to 

 reniform with pale circumscription, evidently neurica, Hb., 

 (2) a somewhat similar insect with white collar, three white 

 spots edged with blackish placed longitudinally along the 

 middle of the wing, the outer one corresponding with the 

 dark spot of neurica, Hb. The first of these he unfortunately 

 renamed arundineta, whilst the second he equally unfortun- 

 ately referred to neurica, Hb. Herrich-Schiiffer maintained 

 HUbner's and Treitschke's conclusions ; Staudinger, in his 

 Catalogue, unfortunately followed Schmidt, and, in turn, was 

 followed by the collectors who used the Catalogue. In pointing 

 out this series of errors recently Mr. Tutt had found it 

 necessary to rename the species that Schmidt had erroneously 

 referred to neurica, Hb., and in doing so called it edelsteni 

 (Ent. Rec, xx, pp. 164 et seq.), in honour of Mr. H. M. 

 Edelsten, who had done so much towards making known to us 

 the differences of Schmidt's two species. 



Pseudogynes of Formica rufa. — Mr. H. St. J. Donis- 

 THORPE brought for exhibition Pseudogynes captured alive at 

 Nethy Bridge in September last, where they occurred in some 



