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first named freely. Sericomyia horealis and lappona, very common, the former 

 unusually large epecimens. Criorrhina berberina, oxyacanthcB, auAJloccosa (Sutton), 

 the last being taken in my garden before breakfast. Xylota abiens (Sutton), ten 

 specimens, all males, were taken in close proximity to a dead tree, some on the trunk 

 itself. .Z". sylvarum also occurred, and X. lenta was taken on the Cotswold. Mero- 

 don equestris, seven specimens taken in my gardens (four distinct varieties), and I 

 have heard of other captures ; this insect is no doubt increasing in the country. 

 Dioctria atricapilla, one from the Cotswold. Q-ymnochcBta viridis, Sutton and 

 Cotswold, one from each locality. Conops vesicularis (1) and Bombylius canescens, 

 Wyre Forest, where I also captured a fine var. of Volucella bombylans, combining 

 the two forms, the thorax being yellow and the tail red ; this might well be called 

 var. intermedia. At the end of July, by sweeping rush heads at Sutton, I took an im- 

 mense quantity of Platychiridm, among which were two specimens of P.fulviventris. 

 Eristalis cenea, taken freely at Weymouth in August, also sepulchralis (1), this was 

 also taken at Sutton. Oncomyia nigra (1) and Sepedon sphegeus, from Wyre Forest 

 in September. Among the Daddies, Tlpula vittata, PacTiyrrhina crocata, Pcecilos- 

 tola punctata, all occurred in my garden, the last named so freely that I could take 

 half a dozen with one stroke of the net, it also varied much in colour from pale grey 

 to black. Phalacrocera replicata, this was not uncommon in a bog in Sutton Park 

 on May I4th ; on getting home at mid-day and finding it was a prize, I went again 

 in the afternoon, but none were to be seen. — Ralph C. Bradiet, Holly Bank, 

 Sutton Coldfield, Warwickshire : December, 1893. 



Coccus ricbi of Schrank. — In this Magazine, vol. xviii, p. 275, the late M. 

 Lichtenstein states that he had identified the long-lost Coccus rubi, Schrank, in a 

 species of Dactylopid, living on the leaves of Hubus discolor ; but I think he was 

 mistaken. Sehrank's description points clearly to a hemispheric Lecaniuni, ? , and 

 I have referred to it a like species of that genus {cf. Ent. Mo. Mag.,iii, n. s., p. 105) ; 

 whereas Lichtenstein states that his dissimilar $ Coccid is " fringed and spotted 

 Willi snow-white woolly secretion, and has 8-jointed antennae." He also adds, in 

 his description of the male, that it has " four white tails or setse, the interior pair as 

 long as the entire insect, tlie exterior as long as the wings. This latter character 

 induces me to term the genus Tetrura." It may, incidentally, be observed that 

 G-eoffroy says his Coccus adonidum, $ , " has the four white filaments of its tail 

 snow-white." The late E. T. Atkinson, in his "Insect Pests," Calcutta (1886), has 

 noted the proposed genus " Tetrura" without any remark. All I wish to contend 

 for now is that Lichtenstein's Tetrura ulini cannot, by the evidence adduced, be the 

 same as the Coccus ulmi, Schrank, and that the latter is correctly idcniified as a 

 Lecanium, as stated above.— J. W. DoiTGLAS, 153, Lewisham Eoad, S.E. : Novem- 

 ber 6th, 1893. 



Eriopeltis Lichtensteinii and Signoretia luzulm in Scotland. — I have received 

 from Dr. T. A. Chapman some of the sacs of Eriopeltis Lichtensteinii on grass- 

 stems, and of Signoretia luzulce, on the leaves of a Luzula, all taken in Argyleshire. 

 These are interesting on account of the northern locality ; both species having 

 hitherto been found not north of Cheshire. — Id. 



