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I have also observed wheat severely attacked by this Cecid. One point of interest 

 I particularly noticed in this neighbourhood, namely, the number of puparia on each 

 stravi^, as many as eight being squashed together at one spot on several straws. I 

 also found some situated above the third node ; many had formed a large galled 

 swelling at the node nearest them, which I have not observed before to such a 

 marked extent. From the slovenly farming I should fancy they have every facility 

 for increasing in this neighboui'hood, unless steps are taken to check it. I believe 

 this is the first year they have been present in excess in this county, although the 

 hessian fly appears to have been long existent in Devonshire, as the labourers know 

 the " flax seeds " well. — Fred. V. Theobald, Teignmouth, S. Devon : October, 1893. 



Scraptia fuscula at Windsor. — On June 25th, while collecting with my friend, 

 Mr. W. H. Blandford, in "Windsor Park, I took a single specimen of the above 

 insect on the inside of a hollow decayed beech. Dorcatoma flavicornis also occurred 

 in some numbers in the same tree. — A. J. Chittt, 33, Queen's Gate Gardens, S.W. : 

 September, 1893. 



Coleoptera found at Saunton and Morthoe, North Devon, June, 1893. — Cicindela 

 campestris, hyhrida. Neiria complanata. Leistus ferrugineus. Dyschirius politus, 

 wneus. Eadister hipustulatns. Broscus cephalotes. Pterosticlius dimidiatus. Amara 

 spinipes, apricaria, patricia, eommunis, ovata. Harpalus azureus, tardus, ruhripes. 

 Pogonus chalceus. Bemhidium littorale. 



Bledius spectahilis . PMlonthus laminatus. Ocypus pedaior, hrunnipes. Quedius 

 fiiscipes. PcBderus riparius. Platystethus arenarius. Aleochara hipunctata, algarum. 

 Oxytelus tetracarinatus. 



Hoplia pliilanthus. Anomala Frischii. Apliodius fcetens, erraticus,ater. Ontho- 

 phagus fracticornis, ovatus. Cercyon depressus. 



Acritus pvAiciuw . Scymnus frontalis, Mulsanti. Pocadius ferrugineus. Parnus 

 auriculatus. 



Athous vittatus. Dascillus cervinus. 



Chrysowela fastuosa, stapTiylosa. Sphceroderma cardui. Adimonia tanaceti. 



Microzoum tihiale. Cteniopus sulphureus. Notoxus monoceros. Opatrum sahu- 

 loswn. Heliopathes gihhus. Lagria hirta. Plialeria cadaverina. 



Ceuthorhynchus cochlearice, asperifoliarum, litv/ra. Bhytidosomus glohulus. 

 Phylloiius pomonm. Alophus triguttatus. Barynotus ohscurus. Apion miniatum, 

 Cleonus sulcirostris. Cneorrhinus geminatus. Sitones griseus. Hypera trilineata. 

 Otiorrhynchus atroapterus, rugifrons, ovatus. — Habold Swale, 3, Abbeymead, 

 Tavistock : October 1th, 1893. 



Carcinops \4s-striata, Stepli., in the Isle of Sheppey. — During the past week I 

 have met with the pretty and somewhat rare little Histei", Carcinops \4s-striata, in 

 considerable numbers in the precincts of a glue and chemical factory at Q,ueenborough. 

 It was chiefly found under bi-icks, bits of old sacking, bones, &c., in company with nu- 

 merous Omosita discoidea, and many stragglers of yilphitohlus diaperinus, Dermestes 

 vulpinus, Corynetes rujicollis and rufipes,-w\\\c\\ latter species simply swai'm through- 

 out the works. The Carcinops, however, seem to occur almost entirely out of doors, 



