no THE entomologist's RECORD. 



placed ] Irniirritx next the For/indiiloc as a family, and Mr. Green's 

 researches having cleared up the mystery of J>i/sc)itina, if we reject 

 Ti/j>Jili)lahia larva, Phil., as probably being an lajii/.r, the insect in 

 question is the last of these uncertain earwigs. After asking the above 

 question, and giving a brief account of the various mentions of T'. 

 ai/ilis, Dr. Kraiiss suddenly replies, asserting that it is the larva of an 

 Kiiihia. The form of the anterior metatarsus is a clue to its relation- 

 ship with the Kiiihiidat', and after a careful examination he ends up by 

 considering ('ojidi/ldjialaiiiaaiiilis, Snnd., as the larva of 7'.'/»/^/rt [(HipitJia) 

 )inhilis, Gerst., of which it must, therefore, be regarded as a synonym. 



Scudder has followed up his great HcvisiiDi of tJic Mdanopli with a, 

 supplement (published in the Vroc. Darcnport Acad, of Sci. loira, vii., 

 1H99, pp. 157-205, pi. vii-ix). He describes 23 new species of 

 Mrlanojditx, a genus which already contained 131 species. The same 

 prolific author has given us a " Monograph of the genus ScJiisiocrna " 

 {Pro. Aiiier. Acad. Arta and Sci., xxxiv., No. 17, March, 1899). He 

 shows that N. in'rciirina, Oliv., the only Old World representative of 

 the genus, occurs also in Houth America, and considers it highly 

 probable that Africa was originally colonised by this species from the 

 eastern coast of Houth America. To back up this theory he brings 

 forward accounts of specimens taken in the middle of the Atlantic. 

 S. jiatauoisr, Burm., which is sometimes united with S. jiemjiina, he 

 separates by the width of the elytra, comparative width of the metazona 

 of the pronotum, and by the form of the cerci. 



Mr. J. J.Walker records (K.M.M.) the capture of Qiicdius lovi/icorms, 

 Kraatz, at Cobham Park, also the equally rare Tjiniiitanun rittiliiif,l\\., 

 on Scrojdiidaria aquatica, at Halstow, Kent. The Rev. A. Thornby also 

 mentions that he took eight specimens of the rare Cri/jdoccjdialus- 

 cvii/iiiix, Schneider, in a little marsh in north Lincolnshire, in June 

 and July last ; whilst the Rev. Theodore Wood records the capture, by 

 Mr. T. H. C. Taylor, of (T)ion)iiii>i variabilis, L., in July last, at Jjalham, 



Lord Walsingham calls attention to the fact that a new regulation, 

 relating to the sending of insects by " sample post," came into opera- 

 tion on January 1st, 1899. This regulation reads [I'ost Office (iuide, 

 p. 424) as follows: — "Patterns and Samples. — Natural history speci- 

 mens, dried or preserved animals and plants, and geological specimens, 

 may be forwarded at the sample rate when sent for no connuercial 

 purpose, and packed in accordance with the sample post regulations. 

 Limits of size and iveiiiltts. — (1) British colonies or possessions and non- 

 union countries — 51bs., 2ft. x 1ft. x 1ft. (2) Foreign countries in 

 postal union — 12ozs., 12in. x Sin. x 4in. Rate of iiosta;/e. — ^d. j)er 

 2oz. (minimum charge Id.). Packimj. — Must be sent in such a 

 manner as to be easy of examination, and, when practicable, must be 

 sent in covers open at the end. Letters may wd be enclosed, but 

 descriptive labels are permitted." 



Mr. A. 1). Michael is at present engaged in writing a monograph 

 of the " British Ti/roijli/jdiidac" for the Ray Society. He is in need of 

 living specimens of the species which is said to work destruction in 

 neglected collections of dried insects — the dreaded " mite " of cabinets. 

 He would be greatly obliged if any entomologists who are so troubled 

 would send him the broken insects and debris, in a small, dri/, wide- 

 mouthed bottle, securely corked, addressed to A. D. Michael, Esq., 

 The Warren, Studland, near Corfe Castle, Dorset. 



