1893.] 287 



though the first specimen met with was taken in my presence, aboiit a fortnight ago, 

 by Mr. B. Gr. Rye, in a sack of "greaves" lying just inside the building. This is, 

 I believe, the first time the beetle has been taken in Britain in any quantity. — 

 James J. Walkee, 23, Ranelagh Eoad, Sheerness : Octoler 22th, 1893. 



[This species is very widely distributed, occurring in Europe, Japan, the Azores, 

 Madeira, North America, Brazil, &c. — Eds.]. 



Additions to the Irish List of Neuroptera. — The two following species do not 

 appear to have been recorded hitherto from Ireland : — Isopteryx tripuncfata, two 

 obtained in moss sent from Ardara, Co. Donegal, in May ; and Limnophilus nigriceps, 

 of which I took several at Lowry's Lough, near Armagh, in September. 



I do not find the following species mentioned in Mr. J. J. E. X. King's list, or 

 any later record, as occurring in Ulster : — Sialis lutaria, Lowry's Lough, near 

 Armagh, and at Churchill, Co. Armagh ; Leuctra fusciventris, taken in August at 

 Ardara, Co. Donegal; Bercea pullata, in the Mullinares, Armagh, in May; Mr. 

 King gives as the only other locality for this species Carrowbeg, Co. Mayo. 



I am indebted to Mr. R. McLachlan for kindly determining these species for 

 me. — W. F. Johnson, Armagh : JSfovemher \Wi, 1893. 



Pararge Megcera in Octoher. — On October 13th a pair of P. Megcera were 

 sunning themselves on a Michaelmas daisy bush by the Wish Tower at Eastbourne. 

 The $ , which was close to the path, was in absolutely perfect condition, and rather 

 above the average size. The cJ seemed equally fresh, but he was farther off, so 

 I cannot speak positively. — A. H. Clarke, 109, Warwick Road, London, S.W. : 

 Octoher 2Sth, 1893. 



[There can be little doubt that these represented an exceptional third brood. — Eds.] 



Corrigendum concerning " JBiigonia."- — My attention having been called to a 

 lapsus in my paper on the " Bugonia" (Bull. Soc. Ent. Italy, 1893) in the footnote 

 on p. 215, concerning Carpocapsa pomonella, I deem it useful to publish the cor- 

 rection here. 



Instead of— "A two-winged insect of the Family Tri/petidce, 'Which, infests apple 

 plantations," read "A small moth (Tortrix) which infests," &c. 



Not being familiar with the nomenclature of moths, I took the species for 

 Trypeta (subg. Mhagoletis) pomonella, Walsh, which attacks apples in North America, 

 and the name Carpocapsa 1 confused with Carphotricha, which is one of the 

 subgenera of Trypeta. — C. R. Osten-Sacken, Heidelberg : November, 1893. 



James Batty, of 65, Fawcett Street, Sheffield, died on October 14th, aged 62 

 years. He was an excellent type of the working man Lepidopterist, and the last 

 surviving practical worker of the old Sheffield Entomologists' Chib, which comprised 

 many well known naturalists thirty and forty years ago. Batty had an excellent 

 knowledge of larvse, and was the discoverer of those of Tapinostola elymi and Celcena 

 Haiuorthii. He was a regular correspondent of the late Mr. Wm. Buckler and the 

 Rev. John Hellins, and used to keep them well supplied with material for descrip- 



