204 THE ENTOMOLOGIST. 
I therefore conclude that the captor of the supposed C. Davus 
very likely was mistaken, and his C. Davus was C. pampbilus. 
Now, for what I obtained: not a single specimen for my 
cabinet, but on myself 1 was able to show the result of my 
walk, for the gnats (Culex pipiens) had served me most 
unmercifully, having bitten me on my neck, face, and hands, 
in about fifty places, each place swelling as big as a pea.— 
G.C. Bignell; 6, Clarence Place, Stonehouse, Aug. 12, 1876. 
Lycena Arion.—I went to Bolthead for L. Arion on the 
17th of July, and only took one specimen. I was informed 
by a gentleman I met there, also collecting, that Mr. G. F. 
Mathew had visited it on the Friday before, and only took 
one. I should like to know Mr. Mathew’s opinion as to 
whether it is likely that L. Arion will be éxterminated in that 
locality.—J. Brown; Exeter, August 7, 1876. 
Trochilium allantiformis.—A fine specimen of this rare 
insect was taken here by my cousin, Master 8S. W. Jenney, 
on July 15th, whilst basking in the hot sunshine on a laurel 
leaf.—[Rev.] H. Harpur Crewe; Drayton-Beauchamp 
Rectory, Tring, July 28, 1876. 
Acronycta slriyosa.—| have pleasure in recording a new 
locality for Acronycta strigosa. I took a single specimen 
flying at dusk along the side of a hedge of whitethorn and 
blackthorn, in Chatteris, on the 10th July last. A single 
specimen was also taken at sugar here two years ago. It does 
not seem to occur in any abundance here, as L subsequently 
sugared several times near the spot where mine was taken ; 
but, as is usual with sugar this year, the result was a blank. 
—A. Harold Ruston; Aylesby House, Chatteris, Cambridge- 
shire, August 12, 1876. 
Acronycta Alni.—I have had the good fortune this year 
also to breed Acronycta Alni from a larva, taken at Chatteris 
on the 18th August, 1875, the capture of which was recorded 
in the ‘Entomologist’ for October, 1875 (Kntom. viii. 228). 
The insect emerged from the pupa on the 15th April, aud is 
a female in perfect condition.—Zd. 
Acronycla Alui in Carmarthenshire.—On the 28th of July 
last my wile was so fortunate as to beat a larva of A. Alni 
from an oak tree, near here. ‘This is the first time | have 
heard of this species having been taken in Carmarthenshire. 
—Owen Wilson; Cwmffrwd, Carmarthen. 
