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Colias Edusa in December in the South of France. — It may perhaps be of 

 interest to record that I observed a single example of C. Ediisa, flying on the 

 Promenade des Anglais, on December 1st. The morning was bright and warm for 

 the time of the year. Vanessa Atalanta, of course, still disports itself in the sun. 

 It occurs all the year round in fine weather. — Frank Beomilow, Nice, S. France : 

 December 5th, 1892. 



Romoptera at Woking and Chobham. — In my list of rarer species observed in 

 the above district (Ent. Mo. Mag., xxviii, p. 218), I recorded the occurrence of 

 Fediopsis nassatus, Grerm., and Deltocephalus oculatus, Sahib. Mr. J. Edwards has 

 been good enough to examine the specimens which I captured, and tells me that he 

 does not think either of them is correctly named. The Fediopsis, although un- 

 known to him, he says is certainly not nassatus, and as he has been so kind as to 

 send me continental examples of that species to examine, I can quite endorse his 

 opinion. 



The Deltocephalus belongs to a very difficult group of that difficult genus whose 

 species are ill-defined at the best, but at any rate, I think I had better for the 

 present withdraw D. oculatus from the list of species inhabiting our Woking dis- 

 trict. — Edwaed Saundeiis, St. Ann's, Woking : December 14<th, 1892. 



CoccidcB in the Lesser Atitilles. — The scale-insects of the Lesser Antilles seem 

 to be almost entirely unknown, except from a very few recent records. Mr. C. A. 

 Barber has lately sent me many interesting species from several of the islands, in- 

 cluding several apparently new to science. Of the previously described species, the 

 following may be put on record : — 

 (1.) Antigua. — Lecaniwm hemisphcericum, Targ. (on Eranthemum) ; Chionaspis minor, 



Mask, (on Capsicum) •,'^Mytilaspis citricola, Pack, (on Tangerine orange) ; 



Lecanium longiUum, Dougl. (on pigeon peas) ; Lecanium olece, Bern, (on Ter- 



minalia, with a n. sp. of Lecanium) ; Ischnaspis filiformis, Dougl. (on Sabal).^ 

 (2.) Montserrat. — Asterodiaspis pustulans, Ckll., In. Inst. Jamaic, 1892, p. 143 (on 



pigeon peas and white oleandei"). v^ 

 (3.) St. Xitts. — Vinsonia stellifera, Westw. (on Ardisia polt/cephala) . 

 — T. D. A. CocKEBBLi, Institute of Jamaica, Kingston, Jamaica : Nov. 29th, 1892. 



Coccids in Ants' nests. — In connection with the article on this subject, on p. 

 307 of the last volume of this Magazine, I may auention that a Lincoln head- 

 gardener has informed me that he has observed a species of ant (presumably exotic) 

 in his hothouses carrying Coccids from place to place, and establishing colonies, just 

 as certain species of ant do with certain Aphides. As the owner of the garden has 

 since died, i am afraid that it will be iuipossible now to identify the species ; the 

 same gardener (Mr. Wipf, now of Hartsholme Hall, near Lincoln) tells me that he 

 was on one occasion considerably troubled with Coccids, and, noticing a large number 

 of wasps about, he t lought they were attacking the grapes ; he found, however, that 

 they were devcurii g the Coccids, and that they did not attack the grapes before 

 they had cleared the /h. — W. W. Fowlee, Lincoln : December 15th, 1892. 



