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ground. These woods are purely beech, and there is not an elm within half a mile,, 

 so that probably, in this case at any rate, the beech and not the elm is the normal 

 and accustomed food of this insect. — Alex. Nash, Standish Vicarage, Stonehouse, 

 Grloucestershire : February Mh, 1893. 



[At the time Mr. Grardner's note was published, it occurred to me that A. 

 ulmata had been always associated in my mind with heech, both at home and on the 

 continent. — E. McL.]. 



Occurrence of Retinia posticana, Zett., in Norfolk. — Among a series of eighty 

 specimens of Retinia turionana bred in 1891 from pupse collected from shoots of 

 Scotch fir around King's Lynn, is one differing in several respects from typical 

 turionana. The small size of this specimen, its exceptionally dark blackish head 

 and thorax, and a comparative absence of reticulations in the basal two-thirds of 

 the fore-wings, caused me to think that it might be R. duplana. It proves, however, 

 to be a fine specimen of the R. posticana, Zett., a species which I believe has not pre- 

 viously been met with so far south, and is also an addition to our county list. — 

 Edwaed a. Atmore, 48, High Street, King's Lynn, Norfolk : February 9th, 1893. 



Occurrence of Ephestia Kuhniella, Zell., in Norfolk. — Some flour containing 

 large numbers of Lepidopterous larvee and pupae was sent to me last autumn from a 

 large mill in this county. The moths, which have since emerged, are undoubtedly 

 E. EUhniella, and I understand they are working great mischief in the establishment 

 whence they were sent to me. The existence of this very undesirable pest in Norfolk 

 has, I believe, not been hitherto noted. — Id. 



Abundance of Sirex juvencus at King's Lynn. — Some years ago a single specimen 

 of this insect was brought to me by a plumber who captured it whilst at work on a 

 Church steeple in the town. From that time I had not seen a specimen alive until 

 last year, when my attention was called to " large flies," as they wei-e termed, which 

 were emerging from an old log of larch lying upon the boat quay of our harbour. 

 I visited this log, or more correctly speaking, trunk of larch, repeatedly between the 

 hours of 9 and 10 o'clock in the morning, and by so doing had the satisfaction of 

 securing some three dozen specimens ; of these five are males and the rest females. 

 It was interesting to watch these handsome insects cutting their way out of the 

 timber, a process, however, which I sometimes assisted by means of a penknife, and 

 I may add, as often transferred a specimen to a box by the aid of a pair of forceps. — 

 Id. 



Formica sanguinea, Sfc, at Shirley. — In the last Feb. No. of the Ent. Mo. Mag., 

 I recorded having found one small nest of this species where it was once so common. 

 This year (1892) sanguinea very unwisely shifted the position of this nest to an 

 open spot a few yards distant, no doubt more suitable for sun and warmth, but not 

 for safety. The ants did well all the spring and summer till the August bank 

 holiday, when the nest was raided and practically destroyed, the ants deserting the 

 spot ; but thi'ee smaller establishments close at hand, but in more secluded positions, 

 were found within the course of the next fortnight. Workers of Leptothorax 

 acervorum were again present in and about the nest, more especially during April 

 and May. One worker which I watched entered the nest, remained a few seconds. 



