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(and in some cases invaluable) energies into a more profitable 

 channel would be incalculable. 



(To be continued.) 



NOTES AND OBSERVATIONS. 



The Coccid Genus Cekoputo. — Having occasion to examine 

 some material of Geroimto calcitectus (CklL), collected by Mr. E. 

 Bethel on Agropyron at Canon City, Colorado (the species new to 

 Colorado), I chanced to notice the resemblance of the male, especially 

 in the venation, to Monophlehus trivenosus, Germ. & Ber., from Baltic 

 amber. Upon comparing the figure of M. trivenosus with a male 

 C. calcitectus it became evident that they were congeneric, so the 

 amber fossil must be known as Ceroputo trivenosus. The only note- 

 worthy difference between the two is that the caudal style is con- 

 siderably shorter and broader in the fossil. — T. D. A. Cockeeell. 



A Little "Work on Spiders. — Though the study of spiders is 

 not considered strictly a part of entomology — at least, in Britain — 

 yet most "general entomologists" take some interest in them. 

 Possibly the lack of a cheap, convenient, modern manual has deterred 

 many from paying attention to these interesting forms. Eecently I 

 have had occasion to work up the spiders of the Hawaiian sugar-cane 

 fields. Many of these are immigrants, and although, of course, 

 Simon's great volumes are indispensable to any serious spider work, 

 yet I have found a more modest little book very useful in giving me 

 a preliminary idea (in the absence of a reference collection) of these 

 immigrants at the outset of my studies, as Simon's ' Histoire Naturelle 

 des Araign6es ' does not deal fully with species. Planet's " Araign^es," 

 published in 1905 as the fourteenth part of Deyrolle's ' Histoire Natu- 

 relle de la France,' has not, I believe, been noted as yet in the 'Ento- 

 mologist,' but will, I am sure, be very useful to any British entomolo- 

 gist who is at all interested in spiders. It is portable, cheap, runs to 

 341 pages, 18 well-executed plates, and 230 text figures, making a 

 total of 370 figs. As the proof-sheets were read by Mr. Simon, the 

 accuracy of the volume is guaranteed. — G. W. Kiekaldy. 



AcEOLiTA consequana, H.-S., IN Devonshiee.— I have to record 

 the discovery of the larvoB of this local Tortrix by my wife in South 

 Devon in July, 1907. They were feeding on the seed-heads of the 

 spurge {Euplwrhia par alias) on the sandy flats near the sea. The 

 imagines, seven in number, duly emerged on August 6th following. 

 They are smaller than usual, owing no doubt to the drying of the food- 

 plant on our return home. I am indebted to the kindness of Mr. 

 E. A. Atmore, E.E.S., of King's Lynn, for confirming the identity of 

 the species. As far as I can discover it does not appear to have been 

 recorded for this county before. Mr. Stainton describes it under the 

 name of Poecilochroma hawkerana, and gives as its locality " on the 

 Hampshire coast" ('Manual,' vol. ii. p. 239). Mr. Meyrick records 

 it from Hants and Dorset (' Handbook,' p. 505). Mr. Barrett, on 

 p. 73, vol. xi. says : "It is only known to be found in Hayling Island, 



