168 THE entomologist's record. 



of " Blandford " for certain species in the Manual, was never there in 

 his life, and that the whole of the records for " Blandford" refer to 

 Bloxworth, a place seven miles distant as the crow flies. This error 

 appears to have been knowingly propagated for " strategical reasons."' 

 In the same way the locality referred to in general terms in the 

 Manual as the " New Forest " is said to refer to Kingwood. 



Mr. Arkle says (Kntom.j that there is " a form of the larva of 

 Tt'jihrosia cirjiusriilaria f hiatortata ) = T. bixnchilan'a" ih&t is " inky- 

 black, except for the pale blotch above and upon the claspers of seg- 

 ment 10." One would like to know what insect INIr. Arkle refers to by 

 this marvellous synonymy, possibly, we take it, l)'jiJir<isia crcpiiscularia 

 (= hivndularia I and not 'J'l'jiJtrasia bislartata, Goze, at all, as he refers- 

 to an expectation of breeding the black form. "Which, too, is the 

 "10th segment" of the larva? The head contains possibly four 

 segments, the thorax three, so that the 10th would be about the third 

 abdominal. ^Vhy not eliminate a communication that no one can 

 possibly understand ! ! 



Mr. Morley records (E. M. M.j I'tinit^ (jrDiianiis, F., in some 

 numbers in Suffolk in April last. Mr. Champion records having taken 

 HyjKijihloeus linearis, F., at Woking. It will be remembered this insect 

 was first discovered last year in Britain by Mr. H. Heaslerat Oxshott. 

 Mr. J. H. Keys records having taken the rare Queilius hiwjiconiis, near 

 Plymouth, in July, 1896. 



At the meeting of the Ent. Soc. of London, May ord, 1899, Mr.. 

 Enock exhibited a living example of the remarkable aquatic Hymen- 

 opteron — Presticichia aijuatica, Lubb., and said it was one of a brood of 

 nine, including 8 ? 5 and 1 ^ , that issued on May 1st from a single 

 egg of C'ohjmbcti's found on September 5th, 1898. At the same meet- 

 ing Mr. Merrifield showed some specimens of Heriiaris huvihyliformis^ 

 Esp., with the scales still covering the central portions of the wings. 

 He said that these scales, which are present immediately after the 

 emergence of the insect but soon become detached, may be rendered 

 adherent by allowing a very weak solution of indiarubber in benzoline 

 to run over the wings. 



A series of papers on the Hemiptera collected by the veteran ento- 

 mologist, J. W. Douglas, has just been presented to the Library of the 

 Ent. Soc. of London by Mr. McLachlan. The collection contains not 

 only printed but MS. copies of rare papers, not otherwise obtainable. 

 The papers make altogether 14 volumes of considerable size. 



Errata. — Page 37, line 14 from bottom and bottom line, also p. 39, line 14 from 

 bottom, for " Trypcta " read " Carjmcdjysa." — E. Heuter. [We have to apologise 

 to Professor Eeuter for these blunders, which were due to our ignorance of Tnjpcta 

 ■pomonella, Walsh, being a dipterous insect, and the assumption (altogether un- 

 wari'anted) that the author was using a synonymy different from that in use in 

 Britain. The insect Tnjpeta pomonella, Walsh, is referred to in its proper connec- 

 tion p. 38, line 5. In the other cases mentioned, Carpocapsa poxionella, L., should 

 be read for Tnjpcta pomonella.'] 



Page 107. Hint 24. — Delete " feeding." [Coleophora therinella larvte are full- 

 fed in September-October, hibernate full-fed, pupate in May, emerge in June and 

 July ; in England found on Cnieitu arvenais. Sorhagen records it also from C. 

 paliistris, Carduti.-^ nutans, and Varlina milriaiis.—'E. 11. Bankes.] 



Page 108. Hint '28. — For " instahilella" \ead " plant<iiii)iella. ^'[Gelec}iiit (I/ita) 

 instdhileUa feeds in leaves of Atriple.r portuhintide)^ only, is full-fed in April, when it 

 wanders away for pupation. The larva of <>'. plantaginella feeds in roots of sea- 

 plantain, iilthough it can be obtained much more easily in root-stocks of Flantugo 

 cornupus than of 1'. maritima (vide, E. M. M., 2nd ser., v., p. 82).- — E. E. Bankes.] 



