118 THE ENTOMOLOGIST’S RECORD. 
describes two new species of Aphidae, both found in ants’ nests by 
Mr. W. C. Crawley, near Porlock, in 1915. Macrosiphum myrmecophilum 
was found with Donisthorpea niyra (Lasius niger) at Porlock, it had 
been previously found in Co. Kerry with the same species of ant by 
Mr. Donisthorpe. Hyalopteroides pallida is the type of a new genus, 
Hyalopteroides. This species was discovered at Porlock Weir, in a nest 
of Donisthorpea nigra (Lasius niger). Numerous figures of details are 
given in the text. 
Mr. W. J. Lucas, in an article in the March number of the 
Entomologist, gives a summary of the observations on British 
Orthoptera in 1915. The same writer has two papers, one on 
‘Cockroaches’ and another on “Crickets,” in the ‘“ Proceedings of 
the South-London Entomological and N.H.S.,” for 1915, now in the 
press, which added to his previous papers in the same series, will be 
useful to those taking up the study of the British representatives of 
this order. 
The month’s article on ‘“ Popular and Practical Entomology,” in 
the Canadian Ent. for February, is an account of our old friend 
(enemy) of the chalk hills, Depressaria heracleana, which appears to be 
even too abundant on the farms of some parts of N. America. 
Although the species has been known so well for so many years, 
Stainton’s remarks, ‘“N.H. Tin.,” vol. vi., p. 112 (1861), as to its ovi- 
position have apparently held good. ‘The ege of this species is no 
doubt deposited in spring on the undeveloped umbels of Heracleum sphon- 
dylium by the hybernated female.’ In more than 55 years we have suc- 
ceeded at length in reaching the following stage, ‘‘ The eggs are small, 
more or less rectangular in outline, with rough edges, measuring ‘32- 
40 mm. in length, and -17--19 mm. in width. They are pearly white 
in colour and ribbed longitudinally.” (‘ Can. Ent.,” xlviii., 37). 
Mr. F’. H. Woolley Dod has another of his numerous articles on the 
Noctuidae of Western Canada in the Canadian Entomologist for March. 
With his many years of field-work, his knowledge of this group is not 
only extensive but deep, and his writings are gradually clearing the 
muddle in which most of the groups of this family were merged by the 
ignorance from want of material and first-hand knowledge of previous 
workers. Bye the way, Mr. Woolley Dod is now stationed in London 
in the Canadian contingent, and our local Societies might extend their 
welcome to him at their meetings. : 
We have received a long “‘ Phenological Report on First Appearances 
of Birds, Insects, etc., and First Flowering of Plants in Dorset in 
1914,” by our correspondent, Mr. W. Parkinson Curtis, F.E.§., reprinted 
from the ‘ Proc. Dorset N.H. and Ant. Hield Club.” This is not a 
mere mass of figures, but full of very interesting details on most of 
the data, which could only have been obtained by many hours of close 
observation on many occasions. When the author forwarded the 
report, he wrote promising us another article containing an account of 
his further observations on the question of Birds attacking Insects. 
In No. 2 of the present year’s issue of the Bull. Soc. ent. France, 
is a note on the Time of Emergence of various species of Lepidoptera, 
by J. de Joannis. The writer urges the possible usefulness of such 
data if sufficient be obtained. Will our readers please note. 
The South-London Entomological and N.H. Society has recently 
issued its Annual List of Fixtures for 1916-17. We note that there 
will be some half-a-dozen Field Meetings during the year. On May 
