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was not uncommon in dead stems of clematis ; Melilotus officinalis furnished me 

 ■with a small series of Apion meliloti and swarms of A. tenue, as well as one or 

 two Tychius meliloti ; Ochina hederce occurred in profusion in an old holly hedge ; 

 and Phytohius comari was locally abundant on a few plants of the willow herb, in 

 the three stages of larva, pupa and imago. This last-mentioned species forms a 

 loose membraneous cocoon attached to the under-side of the leaf near the midrib, 

 resembling that of Sypera rumicis in shape. Ceuthorrhynchus alliarice occurred 

 sparingly on the garlic mustard, and I got a few specimens of C. picitarsis from 

 Sisymbrium officinale. — W. H. Bennett, 11, Q-eorge Street, Hastings : Feb., 1894. 



Sub-aquatic CurculionidcB in the Sastings district. — During last season I paid 

 a good deal of attention to the sub-aquatic weevils, and met with several not 

 previously recorded from here. On April 9th, when collecting near Camber, I found 

 lEubrychius velatus in plenty in a pond, and was much struck with its swimming 

 powers. Previously, I had always found it clinging to the various aquatic plants ; 

 but on this occasion all the specimens I saw were swimming briskly about, and were 

 apparently quite as much at home under water as the ordinary water beetles. 

 Litodactylus leucogaster occurred at the same time and place, with plenty of 

 Fhytobius notula, but these, as usual, were found either on the aquatic plants (above 

 the water), or on the margins of the ponds or ditches. Several species of Bagous 

 were met with during the season. B. collignensis* {=^ lutidentus) occurred in some 

 numbers at Camber, near Pevensey, and near Newenden. I also took a fine series of 

 B.frit* and B. tempestivus at Camber, and a few specimens of B. subcarinatus. At 

 G-uestling, on Easter Monday, I swept a single specimen of B. lutulosus* in a dry 

 lane. Those marked * have not been previously recorded from the district. — Id. 



Species of the Dipterous genus Fiastata new to Britain. — I was at Albrighton, 

 near Wolverhampton, on December 26th, 1893, and it being an unusually warm day 

 I set to work to collect Diptera by beating ConifercB, and was rewarded with Fias- 

 tata fumipennis, Mg., and from the heather thatch of an old summer house I 

 obtained F. hasalis, Mg. At Deal in July, 1892, 1 took F. obscurella, Fall., and at 

 Pitlochry in August of the same year F. nebulosa, Fall., was swept from rushes. I 

 have to thank Mr. Meade for naming the above, all of which, except F. nebulosa, 

 are I believe new to Britain. — Alfred Bbaxjmont, 153, Hither Green Lane, 

 Lewisham : January 29th, 1894. 



Lygus atomarius, Mey., and other Semiptera in Ireland. — Amongst my 

 Hemipterous captures of last season there is an example of the above rarity ; it was 

 taken during September, in company with L. rubricatus, off Conifers, near Lucan, 

 Co. Dublin. Mr. E. Saunders, who has most kindly assisted me in the identification 

 of this and many other species, pronounces it to be undoubtedly L. atomarius, 

 hitherto only recorded from one locality in England. The names of a few of the 

 best Seteroptera collected during 1893 may prove interesting to those studying the 

 Order. Ischnorhynchus resedcB and Stygnus rusticus, Enniskerry, Co. Wicklow. In 

 the Dublin district I obtained, amongst many others, the following species : — Cymus 

 glandicolor, Scolopostethus neglectus, Oerris argentata, in Royal Canal ; Salda 



