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salicella at Hastings ; on March 27tli, Pieris rapes common in Wiltshire ; and on 

 April 6th, Anthocharis cardamines common. — C. W. Dale, Grlanvilles Wootton : 

 May 1st, 1893. 



Uarly appearance of Odonata and other Neuroptera. — Being desirous of noting 

 the first appearances of Dragon-flies this year, I have already paid several visits to 

 my last year's locality, the Hut Pond, near Wisley, Surrey, and the results are 

 certainly surprising. My first visit was on April 18th, and produced only a few 

 Hemerobius limbatus, one JS. nitidulus, and a few Limnophilus griseus. No Dragon - 

 flies to be seen. On the 28th Libellula quadrimaoulata was fairly common. I saw 

 one Platetrum depressum, and a few Enallagma cyathigerum, Hemerobius limbatus 

 and rdtidulus, and one 'Ephemera vulgata (imago), a few Limnophilus vittatus and 

 centralis. On the 29th, at Egham, I saw Brachytron pratense, but failed to catch 

 it, having only my hat. On May 6th, at the Hut Pond, L. quadrimaculata was 

 common, as also, was P. depressum ; several B. pratense seen, and five taken ; Agrion 

 puella common, one Urythromma Naias, Ephemera vulgata in swarms, and one 

 Chrysopa perla. On the 10th my brother and I took four Cordulia cenea, and saw 

 several others, and one Pyrrhosoma minium. These two species we had not pre- 

 viously seen at this pond, and are additions to the list I published, Ent. Mo. Mag., 

 n. s., vol. iii, p. 8, and bring the total number of the species taken at this pond up 

 to twenty. Both are included in my list of " expected species." I also took one 

 E. Naias and one (Ecetis ochracea. I think I saw Anax formosus. On May 15th ^. 

 formosus and Orthetrum cancellatum appeared, both immature, but the latter fairly 

 common. A few (E. ochracea seen, but only one taken. During the second week in 

 May species of Chrysopa appeared commonly in our garden, but as I had not time 

 to set them, I took none. — C. A. Beiggs, 55, Lincoln's Inn Fields : May Vlth, 1893. 



Abundance of Bombylius major. — In reply to Mr. R. C. Bradley, I write to say 

 I also found Bombylius major very common in the New Forest, flying about sunny 

 banks during the latter part of April, when I was staying there. In a very short 

 time I took as many as I wanted, and could have secured any number. I also took 

 two B. minor, but did not see B. discolor. Can any of your readers inform me 

 whether the latter insect is local, or whether it comes out earlier or later than the 

 other species ?— F. C. Adams, 68, St. Ermin's Mansions, S.W. : May 6th, 1893. 



Coleoptera at Tenterden, Kent. — On July 19th last I was at Tenterden, and 

 having about an hour to spare, I looked about for Coleoptera. Unfortunately, I had 

 no collecting apparatus with me except a newspaper, or I might have got more. On 

 the flowers of Umbelliferce, Anaspis subtestacea, thoracica and ruficollis were com- 

 mon, and Mordella fasciata (2), MalacMus ruficollis (1), Mordellistena pumila and 

 humeralis (1), and plenty of Anthrenus museorum, were found under the same 

 conditions. Beating aquatic plants in the water produced nothing but a single 

 specimen of Donacia dentipes and plenty of Galeruca lineola. Gymnetron noctis 

 was not uncommon in flowers of Linaria vulgaris, and a few specimens of Anobium 

 fulvicorne occurred with Priobium on old hop poles. Out of an old willow tree I 

 got a nice specimen of Phlceotrya Stephensi. I suppose I was too late for this species, 

 as T found a good many elytra in old burrows in the willows. — W. H. Bennett, 

 11, George Street, Hastings : May, 1893. 



