Insects. 8903 
“The following notes are copied, almost verbatim, from those I made at the time 
in my entomological note-book :— 
_ “ Calosoma Curtisii.—Nov. 1, 1852. The first of the season taken and brought to 
me; smallest had yet; very bright green; found below N. Adelaide hills. 
“ Nov. 2. Found self another Calosoma in foot-path between N. and 8S. Adelaide, 
in Square near the Church ; also small; running quickly. 
“ Noy. 3. Found three more Calosomas, foot of N. Adelaide hills, 4 p.M.; running 
across paths. (Caterpillars of Plusia abundant). 
“ Nov. 5. Five Calosomas; two in morning; three in afternoon; morning at same 
place—ford or crossing place. 
“Noy. 6. Four more Calosomas; always found at foot, never top of hills; always 
in paths with grass at sides; all those found last few days full-sized. 
“ Nov. 8. Four more Calosomas; same places. 
“Nov. 9. Five more, one of these for first time im grass, and not very near 
path. 
“Nov. 10. Extraordinary day for Calosomas; found altogether twenty-four in 
compass of half a mile. 
“ Noy. 11, 12 and 13. Respectively four, two and one of these beetles. 
“Nov, 15. Two Calosomas; one a female burrowing in ground, as if to lay. 
“ Noy. 16. Four more Calosomas, under cow-dung in park lands N. Adelaide ; 
two under one piece, also two large larve ; first I have seen; probably larve of these 
beetles ; very active indeed, jumping about when touched; exuded a dull white matter. 
Colour dull black with red bands. (Figure here drawn). In evening of same day 
one Calosoma flew into room. 
“Nov. 17. Another Calosoma-larva under cow-dung. 
“Noy. 19. Saw the curious larva of the Calosoma crossing the road quickly, 
nearly as quickly as the beetle itself, in same spot as before—i.e. near ford. 
“Noy. 20. Another larva, same kind, crossing the road.” 
Paper read. 
Mr. M‘Lachlan read a paper “On the Types of Phryganide described by Fabri- 
cius from the Banksian Collection.” In this paper the Limnephilus intercisus of 
Walker was identified with the Phrygania irrorata, Fabr., and the Dipseudopsis 
capensis of Walker with the Phryganea notata, Fabr., it being conceived that 
Fabricius was in error in stating that the latter was from North America; and the 
third type-species, P. signata, Fabr., was referred to the genus Brachycentrus of 
Curtis, possibly B. incanus of Hagen.—J. W. D. 
Note on Miarus.—I think it must be this time three years since Douglas first 
showed me how to find the little Miarus on Blackheath, in the Campanula there. 
The hare-bell growing here is nearly two feet high, and has eight or nine flowers on a 
stem. The Miarus attached to the plant is rather larger than M. Campanule, but 
not so big as M. Graminis. Nearly every flower has its tenant. It is a great treat to 
meet thus with an old friend, and finding, as I did, Apoderus in the same bank, 
the hunt along the old city walls was a great success.—George Lewis; Kiu-Kiang, 
September 28, 1863. 
