4 THE ENTOMOLOGIST. 



the cabinet it should l)e In-ed, as really fine specimens are few and 

 far between. — (Captain) P. A. Cardew ; 50, Melbury Gardens, 

 Cottenham Park, Wimbledon. 



Paeasite of Callopheys eubi. — Somewhere in Switzerland — I 

 think in the Val d'Herens — I picked up a larva of C. rubi last year, 

 wdiich this spring produced an ichneumon fly. I ought perhaps to 

 say that the pupa of C. rubi is so distinct that the determination of 

 the species is not in the least doubtful. The fly emerged by cutting 

 a lid off, consisting of the front of the pupa-case. The specimen is 

 now in the collection of Mr. C. Morley, who says the parasite " is a 

 true ichneumon {Anisohas platystylwi, Thoms., Ann. Soc. Fr. 1888, 

 p. 122), and is the first parasite ever bred from Thecla ruhi, so far as 

 I am aware. It was only known from Sweden and France." — T. A. 

 Chapman ; Betula, Eeigate, June 17th, 1910. 



Ephemera danica (Ephemeeopteea). — On May 28th last this may- 

 fly was emerging near Slyfield, Surrey, and a few sub-imagines were 

 taken home. One male I ^Yatched for a quarter of an hour or so as it 

 was trying to emerge. The thorax-skin split longitudinally, and, as in 

 the Odonata, emergence commenced in that region ; next appeared the 

 head. Wings, abdomen, and legs seemed to be coming out more or 

 less together, the legs being perhaps a little behind the rest. The 

 abdomen was arched up, and apparently stuck. Ultimately I tried 

 to help, but without success as regards fore wings and some of the 

 legs. Just before emergence commenced the w-ings were spread 

 horizontally, while the insect twitched and jerked its abdomen, &c. ; 

 it seemed clear that a change was going to take place. Throbbing 

 was noticed in the freshly exposed and shining dorsal part of the 

 thorax. If this emergence was normal, it is clearly a very gradual 

 process, and in some ways resembles that of a dragonfly. — W. J. 

 Lucas. 



*^ Teiecphoea vulnerata (Homoptera). — At the beginning of 

 June, in the coverts between Claygate and Oxshott, Surrey, this 

 rather strikingly coloured froghopper seemed fairly abundant. — 

 W. J. Lucas, i ^^^ f o CS^ 



The Capture of some Cicindelid^ in Boeneo. — While on a 

 collecting expedition in the early part of this year in the upper waters 

 of the Limbang — one of the great rivers of Sarawak — I witnessed a 

 curious method of capturing Coleoptera, which may perhaps be of 

 interest to entomologists in England who still use the prosaic net. 

 It came about in this way. After a hard day's work paddling up the 

 river against a strong current, we {i. e. my five Dyak collectors, six 

 Bisaya coolies, and myself) arrived at a native house, where we 

 determined to pass the night. Accordingly, the two boats were 

 hauled up on to a high sand-bank at the river's edge and we pro- 

 ceeded to disembark. I noticed at once several Cicindelidae flying 

 over the sand, and soon discovered there were three species, viz. the 

 ubiquitous Cicindela aurulenta, Fab. — about the commonest beetle 

 in Sarawak — a smaller, red-spotted species, Cicindela crespignyi, 

 Bates, and a third species, new to me, which turned out to be 

 Cicindela opigrapha, Dejean, a rather local species. After seeing me 



