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The " Tsetse " has been dealt with by L. Sander (Leipzig, 79 pp., 

 1 pL, 25 figs.) and Austen {Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist.). 



Contributions towards our knowledge of the Anthomyidae have 

 been made by Stein (Tijd. Ent. and Ann. Mas. Hun;/.), of the Phoridae 

 of Peru and the Indo- Australasian Region by Brues (Ann. Mas. Hun;/.), 

 of the Hippoboscidae by Speiser [Zeitschr. Hym. Dipt. Ann. Mas. 

 Genov. and Ann. Mas. Hung.), of the North American Cuterebra by 

 Swenk {Journ. New York Ent. Soc), and of the Chironomidae by 0. A. 

 Johannsen {Bull. New York State Museum), being Part II. of Aquatic 

 Nematocerom Diptera, of which the first part appeared in 1903. 



Meunier has published various articles on diptera from amber and 

 copal {Rev. Soc. Bourbonnais, the Missc. Ent., the La I'euille, etc., and 

 Ann. Mus. Hung.). 



The Aphaniptera, or " Fleas," have received their share of attention 

 from C. F. Baker, who has published a "Classification" of the order 

 {Proc. Nat. Mus. Washington) from Rothschild {Novit. ZooL), Rainbow 

 {Rec. Austral. Mus.), Semenow {Rev. Russe Ent.), and others. 



®RTHOPTERA. 



Leptophyes punctatissima in Wigtownshire. — It may interest 

 some of your readers to hear that 1 captured a specimen of this 

 " Treehopper," basking in the sunshine on a large flat boulder, above 

 high- water mark and below the Garheugh Rocks, Luce Bay, about 

 3 p.m., on October 15th, after a severe storm. There are no trees 

 within half a mile of the spot. — J. G. Gordon, F.E.S., Corsemalzie, 

 Whauphill, Wigtownshire. February 15th, 1906. 



Jg^OTES ON COLLECTING, Etc. 



Some Notes from the Cannock Chase District. — Although not so 

 bad as the season before, I cannot say that 1905 was a good year. I got 

 no early spring insects except two Brephos parthenias. Very cold east 

 winds being very much in evidence about that time. In May, 

 Callophrys rubi was fairly common, as was Hadena glauca. The 

 frost in the early morning of May 28th was a tragedy. Oak, beech, 

 and even birch trees were all wilted, I had over 201arva3of Catocalasponsa 

 sleeved out, and they were all killed. Asteroscopus sphinx, sleeved on 

 the same bough, escaped, though I had hard work to find food for 

 them. All the Vaccinium myrtillus, in exposed and low-lying situations 

 was destroyed, and, in consequence, Bomolocha fontis and Eapithecia 

 debiliata were very scarce; I do not know when the larvae of these insects 

 are fullfed, and perhaps I should not say "in consequence." Sugarin early 

 June was very unattractive, and was never of much use all through the 

 year. I was glad to get a pair of Viminia wenyanthidis, in cop., and 

 the ? obliged me with a quantity of eggs, from which I have now a 

 nice lot of pup*. The form of Viminia menyanthidis I get here is 

 quite different from any I have seen elsewhere ; but never before last 

 year have I been able to breed it, and so get fresh specimens. The 

 pair I got the ova from were as pale as Acronycta leporina, and will, I 

 think, constitute a distinct variety. I feed the larvae on birch in large 

 sleeves, and, when I took the sleeves down, I found three fullfed 



