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Systrichoj)sylla oMusiceps, Miisema, in Scotland. — While on a walk in the 

 Altyre Woods, near Forres, N". B., I found a sick or dying mouse, and from it there 

 fell on the path a gigantic flea. Compared with the mouse it was as if a man was 

 attacked by a flea six inches long. Mr. Waterhouse kindly named it for me as Pulex 

 talpce, from the British Museum collection. Chancing to-day to read Mr. Dale's 

 interesting note on p. 161 of this Magazine for 1890, I send this corroboration of 

 his observation. There was upon the mouse another flea, small and light coloured, 

 Typhlopsylla musculi, Duges. The two fleas mounted side by side are a strange 

 contrast. — Id. 



Mecostethus grossiis, Linn., in Norfolk. — In the latter half of September of 

 this year I spent a fortnight in the " Broads " district of Norfolk, and, though not 

 on an entomological expedition, collected a few Orthoptera. My only notable cap- 

 ture was a male specimen of M. grossus, Linn., at Irstead, on September 10th. 

 amongst tall rank grass close to the bank of the river Bure. I was disappointed at 

 not finding others, for though I searched the locality well on three days, I was no 

 further successful. 



The last capture I know of in Britain of this species was one recorded from Co. 

 Kerry, by the late Mr. H. N. Eidley, in a note to the Ent. Mo. Mag., vol. xx, p. 

 215, dated January 8th, 1884 ; but he did not give the date on which he took it, and 

 called it " Pachytylus cinerascens, F." This specimen I found in the British Museum 

 collection, amongst several others of M. grossus, Linn., which were at that time 

 labelled, " Locusta flavipes, Gmelin," and Mr. Eidley's mistake probably arose 

 through his looking up L. flavipes, Gm., in Leopold Fischer's " Orthoptera Europsea," 

 or in Brunner v. Wattenwyl's " Prodromus," and finding it given there as a synonym 

 of P. cinerascens, Fab., which is an error of these authors. 



Stenohothrus hicolor, Charp., and Oomphocerus macvlatus, Thunb., I found 

 fairly numerous on the sand dunes on the sea coast near Waxham ; and St. elegans, 

 Charp., was plentiful in the same locality. St. viridulus, Linn., occurred at the 

 Staith, at the head of Hickling Broad. — Eland Shaw, Wandsworth : Dec, 1892. 



Cambeidge Entomological and Natueal Histoet Society: November 

 WtTi, 1892. 



The following addition to Eule V was made : — " That corresponding non-resi- 

 dent Members be admitted into the Society, paying an annual subscription of 2/6." 



Mr. Moss exhibited a specimen of Vanessa Atalanta, having a pale buff border 

 on the under-side of the posterior-wings, of the same width as the usual red one on 

 the upper-side. Mr. Wells, a variable series of Cerastis vaccinii from West Wick- 

 ham. Mr. Bickard, a specimen of Plusia moneta, taken at Cambridge in 1890 ; a 

 series of Ephestia KiihnieUa, bred from a mill at Cambridge ; and some insects 

 which he had found eating moths put into a box to relax : these were pronounced 

 by Dr. Sharp to be larvse of one of the Muscidce. Mr. Jones, three varieties of 

 Nenieophila plantaginis, owe marly h\.&c\,t}iej -weve all more or less crippled, and 

 he gave as his opinion that the abnormal coloration and crippling arose from disease. 

 Mr. Farren, long and variable series of Peronea variegana, hastiana, Schalleriajia, 

 comparana, and other Tortrices. 



