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boring beetles, although Thompson refers it to the coleop- 

 terous genus Colon. 



" Blennocampa aterrima, Klug., a very rare species of 

 Tenthredinidae, taken at Cobham in June last on the bloom of 

 Solomon's Seal {Polygonatum vmltiflorum), which was grow- 

 ing in profusion on the bank of the railway. This species 

 of sawfly has not, I think, previously been found in this 

 country since the time of Curtis, when it was taken at Putney 

 by the present Earl of Ripon. Cameron gives as the food 

 plant of the larvae, Convallaria tmiltiflora, and C. polygonata, 

 and the continental range, Sweden, Holland, France, Ger- 

 many, Italy, and Russia. 



" Blennocampa alternipes, Klug., another rare species, was 

 first taken by myself at Loughton, in Essex, by sweeping, 

 and was described by Mr. Cameron in his monograph of 

 British Phytophagous Hymenoptera, Vol. 2, page 220. I 

 again met with it in Headley Lane, Mickleham, in May last, 

 on the wild raspberry, on which the larvae feed, eating holes 

 from the underside of the leaves. Its continental distribution 

 is Sweden, Germany, and France. 



'^ Allauttis marginellus, Pz., taken on Hayling Island, in 

 July last, on the flowers of the Water Parsnip [Smm lati- 

 folium and 5. angnstifoliuiu), on each of which it seemed 

 equally plentiful. Cameron speaks of this species as being 

 somewhat rare in this country. Mr. Smith found it in the 

 London district. Stephens records it from Coombe Wood 

 and Norfolk. Mr. Dale records it from Glanville's Wooton 

 and Whittlesea Mere, and Mr. Bignell has found it at Ply- 

 mouth. At S. Hayling I might have taken hundreds. Its 

 continental distribution, as given by Mr. Cameron, is Sweden, 

 Germany, Switzerland, Italy, and Russia." 



Mr. Cooper exhibited Spilosoma menthastri, Esp., bred 

 from pupae obtained in the vicinity of Glasgow, and differing 

 from our southern form in having the ground colour of a bufifish 

 yellow, very pronounced in some specimens. In all, the 

 black spots on the upper wings were more or less elongated, 

 forming streaks, and in some cases joined together, giving a 

 netted appearance. They appeared to come from a local 



