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fed left the plants and pupated in the surrounding earth, without 

 any cocoon. — Percy C. Reid; Peering Bury, Kelvedon. 



Dragonflies Bred in 1913. — I have bred this year Gomphus 

 vulgatissivms (one), ^schna grandis, Cordulia cenea, Lihellula quadri- 

 viaculata, Sympetruvi striolatwn, Pyrrhosoma nymphula, Ischnura 

 elegans, Erythro7nma naias, and Galopteryx virgo. The nymph 

 of Gomplms viclgatissimus was obtained in the New Forest in May. 

 It is the first time I have taken one of this species, though I have 

 for some years collected nymphs (and bred, too) in the same place 

 in the forest, on one day at any rate, in early summer. I got no 

 Gordulegaster annulatus this year, though they have generally turned 

 up there, or, more accurately, have been turned up. A few hours on 

 the Ouse, near St. Ives, in early June produced many Ischnura 

 elegans and one nymph — an Anisopterid — which I have not yet been 

 able to identify. It is growing fast, living mainly on small snails ; 

 but it is now taking to worms, which it refused for a long time. — 

 Harold Hodge ; 9, Highbury Place, London, N. 



Plebeius (Lyc^na) medon (astrarche) IN Dovedale. — Referring 

 to the note of Mr. St. John (vol. xlvi. p. 314), I was in Dovedale 

 in July, 1908, and found this species quite common and I secured, 

 as did Mr. St. John, quite a good series of thoroughly typical 

 specimens. Insects generally were decidedly scarce, though I took 

 one specially prettily marked blue female of Polyommatus icarus. 

 Nudaria mundana was not uncommon on the walls of the outbuild- 

 ings of some of the farmyards, whilst Boarmia bistortata lariciaria, 

 Dbld. occurred in the dale. I also took one or two pretty Cerostoma 

 sequella — and, apart from lepidoptera, Sirex gigas females were seen 

 several times, though I only took a single specimen. — G. T. Bethune- 

 Baker. 



A Dragonfly at Sea. — On September 6th, somewhere in mid- 

 sea, between Kevel and Helsingfors, I saw the insect flying about 

 over the deck. It subsequently settled on a chair, where it was 

 caught by a fellow-passenger, who gave it to me. The presence of 

 this dragonfly seemed curious, since there was no land within a good 

 many miles, neither had we touched land since leaving England. 

 — John B. Hicks ; Stoneleigh, Elmfield Road, Bromley, Kent, 

 November 8th, 1913. 



Wasps Active in December. — On December 5th I was much 

 interested watching wasps, apparently workers, going in and out of 

 a nest in the ground. This must be unusual. — B. C. Stowell ; 

 Laleham, Bexhill-on-Sea, December 12th, 1913. 



Polia flavicincta in Glamorganshire. — I took this moth at 

 sugar on October 2nd last in my garden. I can find no record of its 

 being taken in this county before. — E. U. David ; Yscallog, Llandaff, 

 November 24:th, 1913. 



NoLA ALBULA IN Hants. — I havo much pleasure in reporting the 

 capture of Nola alhula whilst collecting in Hampshire (about July 

 18th and 19th). My friend, Mr. Danby, has two specimens, and I 



